The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-ST REET.—Nathaniel B. Warren, an attorney's
clerk, was charged with embezzling 51., paid to him on
behalf of his employer.
The prosecutor, Mr. Stafford, a solicitor in Welling-
ton-street North, stated that the prisoner was in his
employ at a salary of 60/. a year and his residence. By
an arrangement with the defendant in a late action in
the county court, " Tucker v. Smith," a weekly instal-
ment of the debt and costs was to be paid every Satur-
day into his (prosecutor's) office, and it appeared that the
sum of 51. was duly paid on Saturday last, by Mr.
Smith, who took a receipt for the amount in the pri-
soner's handwriting. The amount, however, was not
accounted for to prosecutor, and the prisoner having re-
presented that Mr. Smith had called and promised to
pay the money in a few days, witness wrote immediately
to Mr. Smith upon the subject. The next morning,
while witness was occupied in his room upstairs, he heard
the prisoner and Mr. Smith having some altercation
below, and on going down it transpired that Smith was
insisting upon seeing prosecutor, in order to satisfy him,
by the production of the prisoner's receipt, that he had
duly paid the Si. instalment on the previous Saturday,
in the absence of prosecutor from town. The prisoner
at once confessed his guilt, and implored witness not to
prosecute him, for the sake of his wife. On a subsequent
examination of his receipt-book, he found that the blank
form No. 73 had been torn out, the counter-foil being
also extracted.
Mr. Smith confirmed the above evidence, and stated
that when he received Mr. Stafford's letter he pro.
(nded to the office directly to seek some explanation,
upon which th• prisoner told him that it was all right,
and the mistake had been rectified. Witness still in-
sisted on seeing the prosecutor, but the prisoner refused,
declaring, firstly, that his master was out, and then
that he was particularly engaged with a client. While
this contention was going on Mr. Stafford came down
stairs.

Constable F 147, who took the prisoner into custody,
stated that he had about 2/. and ten pawnbrokers' du-
plicates in his possession ; the latter relating chiefly to
books which he had pledged.
Mr. Hall committed the prisoner for trial.
His Worship was occupied all the afternoon in endea-
vouring to adjust a family quarrel, which had ended in
two assaults—one upon a gentleman, and the other upon
a lady under his protection. With the view of saving
the time of the court and preventing the exposure of
private matters, Mr. Hall strongly urged a mutual
apology. This course was ultimately agreed to, but it
took upwards of two hours to arrange the mode of ex-
pressing the same.

LAMBETH.— William Ebbs, an elderly man, was
charged with attempting to cut his wife's throat with a
razor, and George Ebbs, the son, was charged with
assaulting the police on the occasion whilst in the execu-
tion of their duty.
The elder prisoner is a shoemaker, and his wife, who
was evidently labouring under very severe illness, de-
posed that they had bad 18 children, 10 of whom were
alive, and dependent on them for support, the youngest
being only seven months old. Her husband was a good
husband when sober, but at present trade was bad, and
he took to drinking at times. She had been ill with
fever since Friday week, and the doctor having given
her an order for some strengthening food from the work-
house, she asked her husband to go and fetch the same,
but he swore at her, and beat her dreadfully, and then
went out. She then went and lay down on her son's
bed, and her son got underneath to watch that his father
did her no injury on his return, for her husband when
drunk was like a madman. Her husband soon came
back drunk and commenced threatening her, and
a neighbour came in and took the baby out of
harm's way. Her husband then took out a razor,
and her son rushed from under the bed, and while
they were struggling together the police came in. Her
husband then said it was his own throat he meant to cut.
Police constable Callaghan said he told the younger
prisoner to let his father go, and he would take him (the
father) to the station-house. The eon then said, "You
shall not do so," and commenced kicking witness so vio-
lently that he felt the effects then.

Tlie elder prisoner, in defence,said he was sorry for
what had happened ; but he had no desire to see his fa-
mily fed from the workhouse, and was ♦exed that his
wife should ask him to go there for food.
The Magistrate said he was not surprised that a wo-
man seeing her children round her wanting food should
speak harshly, and, as they were situated, she could not
do better than apply to the workhouse as she had done.
How did prisoner get drunk if times were so hard with
him

Prisoner—Oh ! we can always do that by looking up
shopmates who are on the "fuddle."
It appeared from the evidence of a neighbour that the
elder prisoner was pretty often seen drunk, and Mr. Nor-
ton, in deciding on the case, after a long hearing, said he
was disposed, on account of the son having behaved so
well in protecting his mother, to let him off—a course
in which the prosecution concurred. The younger pri-
soner begged that his father might be let off too, but
the latter was remanded. The case altogether caused a
painful interest in a crowded court.

SOUTHWARK.—Mary Ann Burke, a decent look-
ing young woman, was charged with attempting to com-
mit suicide in the Surrey Canal.
William Bayle a shoemaker, residing near the canal
in the Old Kent-road, said he had known the prisoner
some time as a servant near the locality. This morning
she came to him in a hurried manner, and said she had
been so ill-used that she was determined to drown her-
self in the canal. She then left his house, and he fol-
lowed her towards the canal, and while he was talking
to a friend about it, and looking for a constable, he saw
her plunge into the water. He immediately ran to the
edge and caught hold of her clothes, and with assistance
he succeeded in getting her out, without any injury ex-
cept wetting her clothing.
Mr. A'Beckett remanded her until Monday next, to
give the officers an opportunity of making some in-
quiries about her.

BREAD RIOTS AT BRUSSELS.—The Tribunal of Cor-
rectional Police of Brusseh; has commenced the trial of
the persons who took the most active part in the recent
bread riot in that capital. The total number of accused
is 63, and they are divided into several categories. The
Tribunal first tried the fourth category, consisting of six
men ; the charge was that they bad made part of a band
of more than twenty persons not armed, and that they
had resisted the police with violence. Three of the ac-
cused were acquitted ; of the: other three, one, named
Vandervost, aged 18, was sentenced to two months' im-
prisonment ; and two, named Vrydagh and Lambre-
mont, were fined 25fr. each said condemned to pay the
costs. The Tribunal aftery rards condemned a young
woman, named Dewinter, a Servant, to three months'
imprisonment, for having violently assaulted a deputy.
commissary of police.
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