The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—ROBBING ,AN EUPLOYER.—George
Cooper, a book-collector, in the employ of Messrs.
Whittaker and Co., of Ave Maria-lane, was placed at
the bar, before Alderman Wire, charged with forgery.
It appeared that it was the duty of the prisoner to
give an account of the books he had bought during the
day before he received whatever amount he might have
expended more than he had had given him, or to pay
over the balance he might have in his hands, and by
altering the figures in the book in which the money ad-
vanced was entered, he succeeded in robbing his employ-
ers to the amount of about 161.
The prisoner was remanded.

MARYLEBONE.—Mn. CHISHOLM ANSTEY AND A
CABMAN.—Mr. T. Chisholm Anstey attended before Mr.
Broughton in support of charges which he had preferred
against James Jenkins, a cabman, for using abusive lan-
guage towards him, [and refusing to drive him to the
nearest station-house when required to do so.
From the evidence it appeared that on the previous
night, at to quarter before eleven, complainant arrived
at Paddington by the railway, and seeing defendant
there with his vehicle, he desired to be driven to
Alfred road, near Westbourne-grove, Bayswater • he
(defendant) said, ",It's all right, sir,'l' get in," Which
he accordingly did. After proceeding some distance
defendant pulled up, and asked him which turning he
should take, when he was desired to make inquiry ;
his conduct was then of a very abusive nature, and in
consequence thereof he was desired by the " fare,"
inconformity to a provision in the late Cab Act,
to drive him to the nearest station, there having
been a dispute also about the sum claimed by
the defendant. The latter for some time persisted in his
determination not to go to the station, but as complain-
ant would not alight until he was driven there in order
that he might prefer his complaint, defendant was at
length taken to the station at Paddington, where the
charges preferred were taken down by the inspector on
duty, Mr. Hannant.

The defendant entered into a long statement in denial
of the allegations brought forward against him. He
accused the complainant of having sworn at him with-
out any real provocation for so doing, and in the course
of his address in his own vindication, which address was
delivered by him while under much excitement, he en-
deavoured to show that complainant and not he was the
offender.

The case was at length decided by the magistrate in-
flicting a penalty of 10s., or seven days, for refusing to
drive to the station.

WORSHIP-STREET.—STABBING BY A FEMALE.—
Ann Hubbard, a married woman, of very decent appear-
ance, was examined upon a charge of cutting and
wounding Mary Birch, her neighbour.
It appeared that there had been a previous quarrel
between them in the morning, and in the evening, while
the complainant was in the street talking with another
woman, the prisoner ran up and struck her a blow in
the face, exclaiming, "Take that." She did not see any
instrument in the hand of the other, but she received a
cut upon the chin, which bled profusely, and required
surgical attention. Her son, a little boy, said he saw
the prisoner strike his mother with a black-handled table
knife, but the magistrate could not rely upon his testi-
mony.

Mr. Wallis, a surgeon in the Hackney-road, said the
complainant had lost a considerable quantity of blood,
and he found upon the chin an incised wound of about
half an inch which had divided a small artery, and con-
tinued bleeding, so that he was obliged to use means to
stop further hemorrhage.
Mr. D'Eyncourt committed the prisoner for trial for
an aggravated assault.

CLERKENWELL.—ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS.—
Harriet Montague, a respectably-dressed young woman,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged by Miss
Burton Newman, of the still-room of the Law Institution,
Chancery-lane, with the following robbery :
The prosecutrix deposed that on Saturday evening
last, she got into Wilson's Favourite omnibus to be con-
veyed to the Angel, Islington, when the prisoner took a
seat by her side, on which she fumbled about, and
placed a handkerchief on her lap, and shortly after the
prisoner left the vehicle in the company of a man. Wit-
ness subsequently missed her purse from her pocket, and
suspecting the prisoner as being the thief, she informed
the conductor, who communicated with a policeman;
and, from the description given of her person, she was
traced to Sadler's Wells Theatre, and taken into cus-
tody. The prosecutrix positively identified the prisoner
as being the person who sat by her side in the omnibus.
John Rebbect, the conductor, and Burton, G, gave
confirmatory testimony.
Sergeant Gunn, G, said he had no doubt, if the pri-
soner was remanded, other similar charges could be
brought forward against her.
Mr. Corrie said he should commit her for trial on this
charge, but he should remand her for further inquiries
to be made about her.

HAMMERSMITH. ASSAULTS UPON MARRIED
WOMEN.—A tall, athletic young Irishman named
Nicholas Burdock, living in Brook-green-lane, Hammer-
smith, was charged with having committed a series of
aggravated assaults upon two married women named
Mary Golding and Elizabeth Hatton, the wives of
labourers living in Fulham, and also upon their hus-
bands, but they were not in attendance to prosecute.
It appeared from the evidence of the complainants
that on Saturday evening last they had been out shop-
ping, and went into the Clarendon Arms public-house
near the Broad-way, Hammersmith, where their hus-
bands had been enjoying themselves in the tap-room
while they had been making their weekly purchases. A
pewter measure containing malt liquor was handed to
one of the wives, and the prisoner (who had been drink-
ing in the room with several of his countrymen) pur-
posely pushed against her and upset the beer. The com-
plainants' husbands turned round and asked the meaning
of such conduct, when the prisoner, who was drunk,
and very quarrelsome, instantly attacked them, and he
was assisted in the affray by his companions. A ter-
rible noise and row ensned, and the complainants
interfered to protect their husbands from the vio-
lence of the prisoner and his countrymen. The pri-
soner then attacked the women, and struck Mrs. Gold-
irg upon the side of the head, shoulders, and arms.
He also struck Mrs. Hatton several violent blows and
tore the clothes from both of the complainants. He then
jumped upon a table and commenced kicking them in a
most furious manner. Mrs. Golding was most vio-
lently kicked by the prisoner in the side, and Mrs.
Hatton was severely kicked by him in the chest, from
the effects of which she was still suffering. The pri-
soner also kicked the husband of Mrs. Hatton on the
face, and cut his eye and lips, and they were then in a
dreadful state. Mrs. Golding said her husband also
came in for a share of the prisoner's ill-usage, and in
the struggle the prisoner got his thumb in his mouth and
bit it severely, and the husband had to use all his