The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-07 00:00:00

GREENWICH PETTY SESSIONS.

Johnson, Monsah, and Abdallali, three men who formed
part of the crew of the 74-gun ship sent as a present from
the Imaum of Muscat to our King, were charged by Dunn,
a sergeant of police, with having committed an assault on
an old collegian. Dunn was on duty, on Saturday night
last, in Church street, Greenwich, and hearing a disturb-
ance, he went to the spot, and found the prisoner now at
the bar beating an old college man. He called another
constable to assist him, and they seized Abdallali, who was
the most violent, when Johnson, who did not take any part
in the row, came up and took a stick from the hand of
dallab. He and the other constable then took the fo-
reigners to the station-house.
Johnson, who is the serang, a , tall and powerful man,
possessing a most interesting countenance, stood at the bar
with the other two prisoners, who were dressed in the In-
dian costume, and paid great attention to the evidence of
Dunn. Upon being asked what they had to say to the
charge,
Johnson, in broken English, stated—l was walking down
the street with Monsah and Abelallah, and an old man
came behind us and made use of most disgusting expres-
sions in our language, and I turned round to reprove him,
when it was repeated. I then pushed the old man off the
pavement, when he struck at me and I called for the police.
When the police came up we were taken into custody, and
the old man got away. They did not wish to fight or make
a bobbery in the street. The Englishman was tipsy. I
said, " I will keep my men quiet, and if any man wished
to fight I will call the police."
Colonel FOREMAN, one of the magistrates, undertook to
interpret for, and advise the prisoners. It was a most in-
teresting sight to witness the profound attention which they
paid to the Colonel while he addressed them, and the eager-
ness of the serang to give answers to the various questions
put, he being the spokesman for the other two.
He defended himself in a most manly manner, and ap-
peared highly indignant at the disgusting expressions used
by the old man, which bad led to their apprehension.
After being cautioned as to their good behaviour during
the short time they had to stay here, it being understood
that they leave Deptford in the Prince Regent yacht on
Saturday next, they were discharged, each of them in the
oriental style making a profound salaam to the Colonel.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday a young man, named John Dale, the son of
Mr. Dale, an extensive carman in the borough of South-
wark, was summoned by Mr. Matcalf, cheesenionger, of the
Minories, for cruelty to a horse.
The complainant said that as he was passing along in
Thames-street he saw the defendant lash his horse in the
most unmerciful manner. The poor horse did all he could
to get on, but the defendant, not content with witnessing
its exertions, continued to strike with all his might ; at last
the animal fell when it reached one of the arches, and lay
for a minute or two. The conduct of the defendant, he
most solemnly declared, was the most brutal he had ever
beheld, and he accordingly mentioned to that person that
the Lord Mayor should decide whether such barbarity
should be sanctioned in the city of London.
The LORD MAyon—What can you say in your defence ?
Defendant—l never treat my horse cruelly, and on that
occasion I merely gave him three lashes because he required
to be beaten. He happened, as is frequently the case, to
fall upon his side.
The LORD MAYOR—I fine you twenty shillings for this
cruelty.
The defendant's father, who much regretted the cause
of complaint, immediately paid the fine.
A man of decent appearance and good character, named
llicaers, was brought up by a constable of Portsoken ward,
charged with having assaulted a gentleman.

The officer said that the gentleman, who was not sober
when he charged the defendant, stated that Waters had
struck him on account of two women who had insulted him
in the street. Witness, although he knew that the de-
fendant was a man of good character, and would be forth-
coming, locked him up, and the gentleman had not thought
proper to attend to make good the charge.
The Loan MAYOR—Was the defendant sober? Officer
—As sober as he is now.
The LORD MAYOR—And how could you think of lock-
ing up a sober and respectable man, whom you knew to be
such, upon the representation of a drunken one ? The
Officer—The gentleman was not drunk.
The LORD MAYOR—Was he tipsy, then ? The Officer
—No, not to say tipsy.
The Loan MAI-on—What do you call his condition in
your abundant vocabulary ? Was he sprung ? The Officer
—No, not exactly sprung, but he appeared to be fresh.—
(Laughter.) He certainly was not sober.
' The LORD MAYOR—I think I had occasion to censure
your conduct before, had I not, for letting a man go whom
you ought to have detained ? The Officer—Yes, my
Lord, and that was the very reason that I was deter-
mined to lock this man up.—(Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, you certainly are a man of
discrimination, and I wish the ward joy of you.
The defendant assured the Lord Mayor that he was
quite blameless, and had merely acted in defence of his
wife and another female, whom the gentleman had thought
proper to insult in the street. He had given the persons
warning not to repeat his misconduct, but the answer he
received was a poke and a blow of an umbrella. The blow
he received upon his arm, and with the other he thought
it was time to strike to prevent anything more disagreeable.
The LORD MAYOR—Did he strike your wife? The
Defendant—No doubt of it ; she is here to answer for
herself.

The LORD MAYOR—Take a summons for him to ap-
pear before me for the assault on your wife, and bring an
action against him for false imprisonment.
The officer said that the gentleman was a person of high
respectability.
" So much the better," said the LORD MAYOR, and is-
sued the summons.