The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—William Russell, a person in
the employment of Mr. Cooke, of Goodman's-yard, tal-
low welter, was brought up for re-examination upon the
charge of having whipped a poor lad, aged eleven years,
named Charles Bryant, in the eye.

The complainant, who it is feared will lose the sight of
his eye, was in a cart with a man who was driving it
about a fortnight ago in Cheapside. The defendant in
opposition to the street regulations, drew his horse in
front of the cart, but was passed by the driver and, ex-
asperated at the check, cut with his whip at the driver
with desperate violence. The whip missed the person
for whom it was intended, but almost cut the eye out of
the boy, who still remains in the hospital in a very bad
state.
The defendant attempted to justify his conduct by
asking why the driver of the cart drew across him in
the street.
Sir R. W. Carden said the conduct of the defendant
was in every respect brutal, and remanded the case for
a week in order that some arrangement serviceable to
the complainant might be made in the interim.
Joseph Keefe, servant to Messrs. Dawson and Co., of
Sherborne-lane, and Cannon-street, newspaper agents,
was brought up, charged with having stolen the sums of
31. ls. 6d. and 7/. 10s., the property of his employers,
with which he had been entrusted.
The money, it appeared, had been given by the cashier
of the prosecutors to the prisoner for the purposes of the
establishment, and misappropriated by him.
Committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A well-dressed wo-
man, who gave the name of Mary 8r0W71,, was charged
with having picked the pocket of a lady named Gar-
ratt, residing at No. 51, Porchester-terrace, Bays-
water.
Mrs. Garratt said on Saturday afternoon she was
walking in Regent-street, when the prisoner and
another female came before her, and after proceeding
some distance suddenly turned round, and the pri-
soner put her hand into her (complainant's) pocket,
and took her purse, which contained three half so-
vereigns and some silver. The prisoner and her
companion walked away. She followed, and touching
the prisoner's arm, begged her pardon, and said she had
picked her pocket. The prisoner affected to be indignant,
at the charge, and her companion also denied that any-
thing wrong had been done. The prisoner's companion
then went close up to the prisoner, and complainant dis-
tinctly saw the prisoner pass the purse to her. The pri-
soner told her she was quite willing to be searched.
Complainant answered that would be of no use, as she
had seen her give the purse to her companion. The pri-
soner then said if complainant would forgive her she
would give the purse up. The prisoner's companion
gave her the purse, and then went away. The prisoner
called a cab, but complainant told her she would not
allow her to escape, and when the cab came up she
compelled the driver to drive them to the station house,
where she made the charge against the prisoner.
The prisoner's solicitor cross-examined Mrs. Gar-
ratt, but could not succeed in shaking her testimony in
the slightest degree.
Mr. Bingham complimented Mrs. Garratt on her pre-
sence of mind, and the great judgment she had dis-
played throughout in such a trying situation, and in her
evidence before the court.

The prisoner was fully committed.
William, Turner was charged with having uttered
serveral forged 51. bank notes to various tradesmen.
John Lowe, landlord of the Grosvenor Arms, said
the prisoner came to his house on the 10th of February,
and ordered half a gallon of gin, remarking that he was
a customer of the late landord's. The prisoner handed
bitn what purported to be a Si. note, and received the
change.
The next case was for passing a forged Si. note to Mr.
William Thornback, landlord of the Red Cross public-
house, on the 10th of March.
The offence was committed under precisely the same
circumstances as in the first case. _ _

The third case was for passing a forged 51. note to
Sarah Horn, landlady of the Three Tuns public-house,
Portman-square, in payment of a pint of brandy.
Mr. Henry Wybird, Bank of England inspector,
proved that all the notes were forgeries.
The prisoner was fully committed.
Inspector Whall, the senior inspector of the C divi-
sion, a very steady and active officer, intimated to the
magistrates of this court that his connexion with the
police ceased from that day, he having served the lull
time, retiring with full pension and first-class certificate.
The magistrates paid the inspector a just compliment for
the mode in which he had discharged his duties through-
out his period of service.

THAMES.—NieI 31 'Clean, 29, a seaman and pas-
senger on board the Joshua, from Australia, was charged
with stealing 60 ounces of gold-dust on board that ves-
sel whilst on the high seas. When taken into custody there
was found in his possession one bag, containing eight
small pieces of gold, one large piece of gold, eight
sovereigns, three pieces of quartz, one gold pin, five
gold studs, and a cigar-case.
Mr. Wontner, for the prosecution, said he attended
on the part of Mr. Thomas Nauntin Virtue, whose
father resided at Amersham-park, Newington, and
there was something peculiar in the features of the
case. His client, like many other young gentle-
men, had been smitten with the gold mania, and
had gone out to the diggings, where he realised gold-
dust and nuggets to a considerable amount. Whilst
at the pursuit he and eight friends dug a shaft to the
depth of 100 feet, and in one day realised gold to the
value of 1,0001. Having been so successful, he resolved
to see his friends in England, and took his passage from
Melbourne in the Joshua. The prisoner, was also a
passenger in the same vessel, and had a berth beneath
his. Mr. Virtue kept his gold dust in a cigar case
covered over with a quantity of shag tobacco, and left it
in his berth. In about three days after leaving Mel-
bourne, he missed his box, and on informing the captain
a search was made, but it was nowhere to be found.
Shortly after Mr. Virtue missed a bottle of gin from his
berth, and seeing the prisoner drunk suspected that he
had not only stolen the gin but the gold dust and nug-
gets also. On missing his property, Mr. Virtue de-
,sciibed the gold dust and nuggets to the captain and pas-
sengers. It would be shown that the carpenter of the
Joshua saw the prisoner throw something like a cigar-
case overboard, and that he bad given a woman named
Levi, who would probably be yet forthcoming, she being
one of the passengers, a quantity of gold dust to take
charge of. The prisoner, in course of conversation,
showed Mr. Virtue a nugget which the latter felt satis-
fied had formed part of his stolen property. The pri-
soner's belt, in which he had his gold, was then examined,
and the captain, as well as the passengers to whom Mr.
Virtue, on discovering his loss had described his pro-
perty, at once expressed their opinion that it tallied
with the description. It was thence inferred that he had
given his own gold to the woman Levi, who is not as yet
forthcoming. Mr. Virtue had procured most of his gold
at Balarat, and the gold found on the prisoner was of
that quality.
The prisoner said that he, too, had been at Ballarat,
but when questioned as to the place showed himself
totally ignorant of the locality.
Mr. Virtue was then called, and gave evidence con-
firmatory of the above statement. Witness, after his
loss, and when his suspicions against the prisoner were
excited, asked the prisoner to show him his gold, but
he replied, "No, I have been put, up to that."
Mr. Ingham—What did he mean ?
Witness—l suppose that he had been put on his
guard. He told me he got most of his gold at Califor-
nia, and about forty ounces at Ballarat, whereas the
gold found upon him had very little Californian, the
principal part being the produce of Ballarat and Ben-
digo.
The prisoner, who was given into custody on the ar•
rival of the vessel on this port on Saturday, when called
on for his defence, said he wished to have the case re-
manded, so that he could procure professional assist-
ance. He insinuated that it was a trick on the part of
the prosecutor to cheat him out of his gold, and that to
prosecute it he had requested Mrs. Levi to show him
his (prisoner's) gold.
The case was remanded until Friday.