The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. _May 12.

MANSION-HOUSE. —THE SOLDIERY AND THE
POLICE.—Josh. Galway and Patrick Macdonald,
privates in the 3d Buffs, were brought before the
Lord Mayor, charged with being drunk and creat-
ing a disturbance, and likewise with assaulting the
police-constables in the execution of their duty.
The latter prisoner's head was bandaged up, and his
coat was covered with blood.
It appeared from the evidence of several police-
constables that the prisoner Galway with a number
of other soldiers were standing on the footway in
Tower-street, in company with several women, and
were creating a great disturbance. Police-constable
Brown, 531, went to them, and told them to go
away, when Galway turned round and, making use
of very bad language, said " I'll give you some-
thing," and at the same time rushed at him, and
struck him a violent blow in the chest. He then
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caught him round the body and tried to throw him
down, They struggled together, and in the scuffle
fell several times. Another constable came to his
assistance, when one of the prisoner's companions
pulled Brown away, and told Galway to run, which
he did, and the constable 513, who had just arrived,
ran after him and caught bim. Brown was coming
up to take hold of him again, when he kicked him
violently on the knee. The constable 513 was then

pulled down by the prisoner's companions, and
Galway fell on his chest. At the same time some
one from behind kicked him in the eye. (The officer's
eye was very much bruised.) Police-constable 516
then came to the spot, and proceeded to the re: cue
of his comrades, with his truncheon in his hand,
when Macdonald wrenched it from him, and was
aheitt to strike him over the head with it, when
Brown, seeing what ho was about, drew his staff,
and made a blow at Macdonald's arm, intending to
knock the truncheon from his hand ; instead of
, hitting his arm, however, the staff caught him on
the head. One of the constables then went to
Seething-lane station to procure assistance, and
while he was gone the picket came up, and the
sergeant, instead of assisting the police, ordered the
men to draw their bayonets, and force a passage,
and bring back the prisoners, who by this time were
being conveyed to the station. There was imme-
diately a cry of "Draw bayonets, off belts, lads,
don't let them take one away." The bayonets were
immediately drawn, and the officer drew his sword.
By this time, however, some more constables had
arrived, with Sergeant Mosely at their head,
and forming in a line opposite the soldiers, beat
them off as well as they could with their
truncheons ; but the soldiers were getting the
better of them, and one of the officers ex-
pressed his belief that some of them would have
lost their lives had it not been for another ser-
geant of the regiment arriving at the time, and who
gave the order "To the right face," and told
them to put " those things" away, alluding to the
bayonets, upon which they all marched back to the
Tower, and the officer who told them to draw
bayonets was immediately put under arrest, and the
two prisoners were conveyed to the station. It
appeared, however, that neither of the prisoners
had a bayonet, nor did they use their belts; but
they were both drunk at tne

When asked what they had to say in answer to
the charge,
Galway said he was not drunk, he had only had
"two pots of beer," and slid that the police-con-
stable went up to a guardsman whom ho was walk-
ing with, and asked him to treat him, and said they
did not want such a little short as he (Galway)
with them, upon which he, not liking the manner
in which ho was alluded to by the policeman, asked
him what he meant, and told him to go about his
business. The constable then pushed him, and he
pushed him back again. A second constable arrived,
and asked what was the matter, and the other said
ho was making a disturbance, upon which the
second constable said " Why don't you take him,"
and immediately caught him by the neck.
The prisoner Macdonald said he was standing
quietly looking at the row, when the constables
came, and interfered with him.
The Lord Mayor sentenced Galway to fourteen