The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-01 00:00:00

POLICE-THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.
Francis Knight was charged with attempting to commit
a burglary on the premises of Messrs. Howarth, printers,
33, Bell-yard.
The prosecutor said on Saturday evening ho was at-
tracted by a noise in the lower part of the premises. He
went down stairs to the machine room, and just as he got
to the door he kicked against a bundle in the passage. A
light was procured, and then it was found to be the clothes
produced, which belonged to the prisoner.
Henry Bryan, a lad in the same employ, saw the prisoner
leave the premises about 6 o'clock on Saturday. He was
wearing the coat which the police now had.
Henry Marshall King, warehouseman, said he locked the
premises up safely on Saturday. The machine room door
was fastened, but the door being very thin, it could be
forced open at the bottom sufficiently to allow a lad of the
prisoner's size to squeeze himself through. The counting.
house could easily have been reached when the machine
room door was passed. The prisoner must have returned
after he had left in the early part of the evening, and
secreted himself in the room previous to its being locked up.
Police-sergeant Hill, 1? 5, apprehended the prisoner. He
had since examined the premises, and found the glass in
the machine room broken, and retreating footsteps outside
the building. The prisoner had no coat on when taken
into custody. In entering the room he (witness) told the
prisoner what he wanted him fort when he replied, "Oh, I
thought you would come, but I thought it would be for the
other affair last nights"
Mr. Corrie—Then there was something else ?
Prisoner—Yes. The police are always knocking me
about, and I said I would give one of them a brick if he
did not let me be. I cannot go out at any time without
being struck and kicked by the constables.
Police-constable F 3—He is known, your worship.
Prisoner—Well, what is known is only for assaulting
the police—nothing else. lam not guilty.
Mr. Corrie--I shall send you for trial, so I give you the
usual caution. You can now say anything you please in
your defence.

Prisoner—Can't you settle it here ?—l'll plead guilty.
Mr. Burnaby (tho chief clerk)—That is after you have
received the caution.

Prisoner—Then I shall plead not guilty.
Committed for trial.
Robert Somerville was charged on a warrant for assault-
ing Mary Ann Gutteridge.
The complainant said she was formerly in the prisoner's
service, and the assault for which she had taken out the
summons was committed a few days ago. He struck me
violently in the face.

Prisoner—l only pushed her.
Another witness corroborated the testimony of the com-
plainant.
Mr. Corrie—l shall fine you 20s. Will you pay it ?
Prisoner—Not if I know it.
Mr. Carrie—Then I shall send you to prison for 14 days.
Prisoner--::Very well, you can do that if you like.
Mrs. Somerville—l wish your honour could tell me how
I could get ri I of him. He is a lazy, idle fellow. He leaves
ma to look after the work. He comes home, and, on my
refusing to give him money, he violently illtreats me, takes
the money away, and spends it in drink.
t Mr. Corrie—The only remedy 1 can point out to you is
ho Divorce Court.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
UNPROVOKED ASSAULTS.-Mr. John O'Connell, sur-
geon, of 60, Theobald-road, and Mr. Peter Charll, grocer,
of 4, Little Queen-street, were charged with an unprovoked
assault on Atr. Henry Clark, of May's-building, watch-
maker.

It appears that the complainant was on his way home
this morning about one, and while in Coventry-street, the
defendants came up to him, and having asked him what he
wanted immediately struck him several blows, one of them
using an umbrella, the other his fists. The complainant
was knocked down, and fearing the defendants' violence
might be attended with serious results,called for the police,
who, on going to the spot, found the complainant on his
back, and one of the defendants striking him with his
umbrella.

In answer to Mr. Mansfield the complainant said ho had
given no provocation whatever.

The defendants tried to make it appear that they had
been assaulted by the complainant, and O'Connell, who
said he was a surgeon, and a doctor of medicine, practising
near Red Lion-square, said it was not likely he would do
such a thing.

Mr. Mansfield said it was a most unprovoked assault,
and he would fine the defendants £5 each, or two months'
each in default.