The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-03 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBING AT ATTACHE TO THE BRAZILIAN EMBASSY
—Two young men named Wm. Samuel Russell and John
Cowen, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a
pocket-book and some papers from the person of the Cheva
lier Bento Jose Martins, attache to the Brazilian Embassy
in Paris, and staying at 3, Bentinck-street, Cavendish-
square.

Dawson, 301 A, on Saturday night saw the prisoners
bustling about among the persons coming out of the Lon-
don Pavilion. He then followed the prisoners to Windmill-
street, and near the Argyll Rooms saw the prisoners follow
the prosecutor, when Russell put his hand into the coat
pocket of the prosecutor, and withdrew it with a pocket-
book. He seized the prisoners and took them to Vine-
street, and on the book being examined it was found to be-
long to the prosecutor, who, in consequence, attended to
prosecute.

The pocket-book and contents having been identified by
he prosecutor as his property,

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoners for trial.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—John Mahomed, a man of
colour, who has frequently been charged at this court, was
charged with the following unprovoked assault on a girl
named Harriett Thackeray, of 13, Churchway, Euston-
road.

The girl was waiting for her aunt on Saturday night in
Piccadilly, when the prisoner without the slightest pro-
vocation, struck her a violent blow in the chest, felling her
to the ground. A gentleman went to the girl's assistance
and picked her up, and another pursued the prisoner, who,
it appeared, also tried to kick the girl and then ran away.
A female named Meason, bore witness to the unprovoked
nature of the assault.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the fellow for a month with
hard labour.

SOUTHWARK.

ROBBERIES AT LICENSEDVICTUALLERS.—Jobn Prosser,
a young fellow about 20 years of age, was brought before
Mr. Burcham for final examination, charged with at-
tempting to steal a cash box, containing a large sum of
money, in the Dun Cow public-house, Old Kent-road.
It appeared, from the evidence of Barnard, the barman
to the prosecutor, that on Sunday afternoon, the 23d ult.,
about 3 o'clock, the prisoner and another man came to the
bar and called for some half and half. Witness served
them. The prisoner, a few minutes aftewards, went towards
the parlour, and his companion asked for a cigar. While
he was attending to him he lost sight of the prisoner, but
turning round a few minutes afterwards, he saw the pri-
soner in the private bar parlour, near the cupboard by the
fireplace, in which was the cash box, containing a large sum
of money. Witness instantly rushed into the room and
asked him what ho was doing there. He replied that
he did not know. He was looking out for a
coffee-shop. Witness called in a constable, and gave him
into custody. On examining the cupboard he found marks
of violence, shewing that an attempt had been made to force
it open.

Sergeant Pearce, 7 M, said he took the prisoner into cus-
tody, and he had some difficulty in getting him to the sta-
tion-house. When at the latter place he dropped the iron
chisel produced. He had since compared it with the marks
on the cupboard, and found it to correspond. Since the
last examination he had been informed that the landlord
of the Alscott Arms, Bermondsey, had been robbed of his
cash-box containing near £lOO in a similar way, and the
chisel also corresponded with the marks on Mr. Gorang's
cupboard.
The prisoner denied all knowledge of that, or his inten-
tion to rob the Dun Cow. He was drunk, and did not
know how he got there.
Mr. Bmcham convicted him as a rogue and vagabond by
sentencing him to three months' hard labour.