The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-16 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Two POLICE-CONSTABLES CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.—
Two police-constables of the C division, named William
Pawson and Thomas Tollough, were charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a gold watch, of the value of
£lO, from the person of a seafaring man named Gurmet
Ruffin, while locked up at the Marlborough Police-station.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for Tollough ; and Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, for
Pawson.

After hearing the evidence of several witnesses,
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case had been most properly in-
vestigated, and that a great interest attached to it, inas-
much as the persons accused were police constables. He (Mr.
Tyrwhitt) could not account for the loss of the watch, and
he was not bound to do so. It certainly was a most ex-
traordinary case, but he was of opinion that there was no
evidence upon which ho could send the men for trial. He
declared that there was not a scintilla of evidence against
either man, and had they not been police constables they
would never have been placed in the position they were
in, being both men of good character, and that fact should
always have great weight with him.
The accused were then discharged.

THAMES.
DRUNKENNESS AT A RAILWAY STATION—IMPORTANT
CONVICTION.—Joseph Uler, a tall German, was brought be-
fore Mr Paget, charged with being drunk and incapable of
taking care of himself, at the West India Dock station of
theßlackwall Railway, last night.
The prisoner obtained a ticket from the clerk to convey
him to Poplar. He presented it to William Spooner, who
discovered he was very drunk and could not walk steadily.
The prisoner was informed that he could not be allowed to
ascend to the platform, where other passengers were as-
sembled waiting for the down-train from London. The
prisoner insisted on passing, but the ticket-collector would
not allow him to do so, on which the pri-
soner abused him and made a great disturbance. He
also used very filthy language, and in the presence of
women and children. Ile threatened the station-master,
and attempted to strike Spooner. After a scene of great
disorder and confusion the prisoner was consigned to the
custody of a policeman.
Tho evidence of Spooner was confirmed in every par-

icular.

The prisoner said he had a drop too much yesterday, and
told along and very incoherent story about his silver watch
which he said was quite safe in his pocket. He was asked
his trade or profession, and where he lived, to which he
replied that he was a shoemaker, generally employed by
captains and mates of foreign vessels, and that he lived at
No. 1, Cold Harbour-lane, Blackwall.
Mr. Paget said the prisoner had committed a veryserious
offence, he did not know a more serious one. Th• ticket
collector had acted in a very right and proper manner, and
he did wish the same vigilance was exercised at all the
stations on the line and at all the railway stations in the
kingdom. It was highly improper and dangerous to allow
a drunken man or woman to travel on a railway. Nume-
rous accidents had been caused by it. The conduct of the
prisoner was most disorderly and violent, and his language,
though delivered in broken English, was most disgusting.
He should on every occasion of this kind inflict the full
penalties. He fined the prisoner 403., which was the maxi-
mum fine for drunkenness at a railway station.

The prisoner asked the mazistrate permission to go home
and fetch the money. _ .

Mr. Paget—No, if you don't pay it before two o'clock
you will have to travel in the police van to the House of
Correction.

A FACT FOR THE CURIOUS.—A gentleman belong-
ing to Coupar-Angus, while on his way home from
Rotterdam to Leith, on the 9th September, at noon, and
when about 100 miles from the mouth of the Rhine, en-
closed his card in a bottle, pencilling on the back of it that
ho would pay a sum of money to any one who brought or
sent the card to his address. The bottle, carefully corked,
was dropped from the steamer Holyrood about 12 o'clock
noon of the 9th September, and on Wednesday morning
(the 10th October), the gentleman received, per post, the
identical note from a fisherman, who had picked it up on
the shore near Sizwell Gap, about 7 miles north of Orford-
ness, in the county of Suffolk. The battle was found at 3
o'clock on the afternoon of the sth inst. The gentleman
at once transmitted the promised reward to the finder. It
is somewhat remarkable that a promissory-note placed in
such a position should within a Month's time be presented
for payment,--Dundee Advertiser.