The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-09 00:00:00

POLICE'

.THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.
Michael Murphy, an Irishman, was brought up on re-
mand, charged with robbing Mr. Wood, greengrocer.
From the evidence it appeared the prisoner was standing
among the crowd around Morris's stand, in Covent-garden
Market, when he was observed by Alderman, one of the
officers, to place his hand in the pocket of Mr. Weed, who
was making purchases in that part of the market.
Mr. Wood, however, was not in attendance this morn-
ing, and the magistrate thought he could not dispose of the
case in his absence.
Prisoner—Your worship, the reason he's not here is that
he's lost nothing.

Alderman—He told me, your worship, that he had lost
some copper money from his pocket.
Prisoner—Hear him, your worship ; the lying scoundrel,
why he took the halfpence out of his own pocket and threw
them on the ground, and then collared me and said I stole
'em, the dirty scut. (Laughter.)
Alderman—l can produce three or four witnesses who
saw him commit the robbery.
Prisoner—Can you ; then, why don't you ? The only
thing you can do is lying, and that you're out and out at.
(Laughter.) Why, ye're honour, he never speaks the truth
at all. Mr. Wood didn't loose a copper. Why, the man
who was selling the goods can tell you that, as he heard
what Mr. Wood said, if you'll just have the kindness to go
round and see him after you've done your work. (Laughter.)
Mr. Henry—l shall remand you until Mr. Wood is pre-
sent. lam told he'll be hero on Monday.
Prisoner—That's right, your honour. He'll tell you the
truth. That lying varmint can't do it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Henry (to the constable)—You have no doubt about
seeing the prisoner take the halfpence out of the man's
pocket.

Alderman—Not the least. Two or three ether parties
saw him do it. He made two or three attempts.
Prisoner—Oh I the likes o' that now. He'll get it to
twenty before he's done. I told your worship what a dirty
blackguard he is—me rob a man. I suppose the man who
he says I robbed would know it if he was ; yet he said he
lost nothing, so how could I rob him. That's what I should
like to know. (Laughter.)

Mr. Henry—Well, we will have him here on Monday,
aad then he can tell his own story.
Prisoner—That's right, your honour. You'll have the
truth then. As for that lying vagabond he never told a
word of truth in his life, and never will until his head's cut
off. (Laughter.) I wonder he did't say your worship took
the money. He's bad enough for anything, (Laughter.)
The prisoner was then locked up.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CLEVER CAPTURE OF A TRlBP..—James Wood, de-
scribed as a bootmaker, was charged before Mr. Leigh, who
sat for Mr. Knox, with the following robbery
Mr. John Hennessey, furniture warehouse keeper, of
122, Wardour-street, Soho, said that yesterday afternoon,
in consequence of missing a leather covered chair, of the
value of £2 55., from his shop, he made inquiry, and the
result led him to believe it had been stolen. One of his
young men informed him that he had seen a man loitering
about the street, and, thinking the person might come
again, he with his young men secreted himself behind a
screen, and after they had been so hidden for some time, the
prisoner walked into the shop, passed a quantity of other
chairs, and selected one, which he put on his shoulder and
walked off with. They then went after the prisoner, and
took him back to the shop, and afterwards gave him in
charge. The prisoner then said that if he (Mr. Hennessey)
went with him he would show him where he had sold ono
of his chairs. In the evening one cf the officers (Sergeant
Edwards) came to him and informed him that he had
found one chair at the place where the prisoner had told
him, but it was not of the same pattern, and on his (Mr.
Hennessey) going to the place, No. 6, Silver-street,
he found that although it was not the chair he was in
search of, it was another chair belonging to him, so that
instead of being robbed of two chairs, &c., he had been
robbed of three.

Frederick Larard, in Mr, Hennessey's employ, confirmed
Mr. Hennessey's statement.

David Clark, of 6, Silver-street, greengrocer, proved
buying a chain of the prisbner for ss.
Mr. Hennessey said they were worth 455. each.
Webb, 112 C, proved finding six duplicates and two por-
traits—oof the prisoner and the other of his young wo-
man—on the prisoner.

Mr. Leigh said the prisoner was evidently a dangerous
person, and committed him for 6 months, with hard labour.

THAMES.

THE EGG QUESTION,— Catherine Connell, a poor and
industrious Irish woman of No. 8, Marmon-stree;, St.
George-in-the-East, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged
with being disorderly and assaulting Thomas Webb, shop-
man to a person named Tutton, a cheesemonger and provi..
sion dealer, of No. 10, King's-place, Commercial-road.
The complainant said the prisoner brought back some
eggs she had purchased to the shop in which he was serv-
ing, and said they were bad. He refused to change them,
and she abused him and threw the eggs at him.
Mr. Selfe—And broke them ?

Witness—They were &ready broken in a basin, and she
sent the basin at roe, eggs and all, and they fell on my coat.
Mr. Selfe—Were the eggs good when you sold them ?
Witness—l don't know.
Mr. Selfe—Did you smell them ?

Witness—l never smell eggs.
The prisoner said that yesterday afternoon she went to
the complainant's shop and bought a rasher of bacon and
four eggs, to make up a little dinner for herself, her
husband, and four children. Two of the eggs were rotten,
and when she went back and complained of them and asked
that they be exchanged for good,:she was,threatened to be
kicked into the street. The complainant tried to snatch
the cup containing the bad eggs from her, and some of the
contents went over him.

The complainant—We don't warrant eggs 24 a shilling.
Mr. Selie—You have no right to sell bad eggs to any
one.

A polieman—Sho was very abusive in the streets, your
worship.

Mr. Selfc—l am not surprised at that. The poor woman
lays out a few halfpence in purchasing a rasher of bacon
and four eggs, and two are rotten. It is very provoking.
The prisoner—l had a piece of bad pork from the same
shop.

➢lr. Selfe—Don't deal there again. You may go. You
are discharged.

ROBBERY BY A PORTER.—John Dawsell alias Webb,
porter, aged 29, was charged with robbing his employers.
The prisoner had been in the service of Messrs. Shores
and Brill, outfitters and tailors, of No. 90, High. street,
Poplar, for two months. Mr. Richard Barker, the manag-
ing salesman of the firm having suspicion of him, and hav-
ing missed property at various times, looked into tha pri-
soner's box which was open, and found in it a coat, a pair
of trousers, a waistcoat, and two neckties, all new. They
were worth £3. The prisoner was asked how he dared to
take the goods from the shop, and he said, " Well, I took
them. 1 arr. sorry for it." Ten days ago the various ar-
ticles were on the shelves in the shop.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was immediately sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in
the House of Correction.

WILD SPORTS TN THE EAST.—William Daly, an Irish
labourer, aged 34, of 66, Cabel-street, Wellclose•square,
was charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting
several persons.

The prisoner paid a visit to the International Exhibition
yesterday, and after feasting his eyes and improving his
mind with the numberless objects to be seen there he came
away contented and happy, and expressed himself that he
had laid out his half-crown on a grand day most advan-
tageously, but, unfortunately, he spent another half-crown
at various liquor shops on his way home, which he reached
in a glorious state of intoxication. A row with all the in-
mates of his dwelling was the consequence. At midnight
" the fun grew fast and furious," and he had a 44 shindy"
with his wife, who was also intoxicated, The prisoner
struck his wife with his open hand. A woman
named Julia Hurley, or Haly, hearing the screams of the
wife, rushed upstairs to her room, and the prisoner imme-
diately struck the woman, and seizing her hand with his
teeth bit it severely. She roared out loudly, "My hand's
bitten," and John Sullivan, a shoemaker, went to her
assistance, and the prisoner bit off
°no of his eyebrows.
Others attempted to seize the prisoner, who was like a
madman, and tumbled over or knocked down every one
who came near him. A policeman named Richards, No.
46 11, rushed into the room and was about to seize the pri-
soner, who made a blow at him with a pair of tongs, but
instead of hitting him the blow fell on Sullivan, who was
felled to the ground, and on being raised was carried to the
London Hospital. Airs. Hurley was
also taken there.
Richards produced the tongs used by the prisoner. They
were not damaged, but Sullivan's head was.
Mr. Edward Gwynn, senior house surgeon of the Lon-
don Hospital, said that he dressed the wounds of the two
witnesses, Hurley and Sullivan. The latter had a bite on
the forehead and two lacerated wounds on the top of the
head. The woman had been bitten on
the hand. The
wounds on Sullivan's head might have been done with the
tongs. The wounds were not serious ones.
The prisoner, in defence, said it was the ccdhrop taken,
yer hannai's wot tship, did all this little bit of mischief."
He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

The Vauban and Gomer frigates, now at Toulon,
have received orders from the Minister of Marine to make
to Alexico, the former 100, and
arrangements for conveying
the latter 80 horses.

At the annual meeting of the Royal Insurance
Company held yesterday at Liverpool, the report for 1861
showed that the premiums in the fire department amounted
to £292,403, being an advance of £29,425 over 1860. The
losses consequent on the Tooley-street fire having been
specially provided for at the last annual meeting, the net
profits of the fire branch for 1861 amount to £44,327. In
the life branch the amount insured by new policies was
£521,101. The addition to the life fund during the year
was £61,107, being 70 per cent. of the total premiums re-
ceived. A dividend of 3s. per share and a bonus of 4s. Per
share, free of income•taa, were declared,