The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-22 00:00:00

BOW,STRELT,-(THIS DAY.)

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A country-looking young man, named Thomas Perkins,
was brought up by Carter, of the F divis'on, charged with
attempting to commit suicide, by throwing himself over
Waterloo-bridge.
It appeared from the statement of George Dawson. a
mason, that on his return from work on Saturday evening, at
six o'clock, he picked up a hat which lay on the footway
pavement, and hearing a groaning, as if from a person in
distress, he looked through the balustrade, and f; and
the defendant hanging by his hands from the cornice cf the
bridge. He instantly seized him by the collar with one hand,
while he clasped the railings with the other, and in that state
held fast until another person who happened to pass by came
to his assistance.

Sir F. Roe complimented the witness for the praiseworthy
manner in which he had exerted himself in saving a fellow-
creature from instant destruction.

In answer to questions put by the Magistrate, the defendant
said he was quite destitute, and having been given a penny in
the streets be paid the toll of the bridge to throw himself
into the water. He bad no friends, his father, who was
sailor, being dead, and his brothers being at sea. After coming
from Chatham, and wandering for three weeks about the
streets in a state of starvation, not being able to procure any
employment, he was driven to despair, and attempted self.
destruction, for which he was truly sorry.
Sir F. ROE ordered him to be provided with some refresh-
ment, and to be conveyed to the aufaorities of St. Giles's, in
which parish he bad last slept.
James Guy, 24. Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn- fields, was
brought up in the custody of 12. F division, charged
under the 7th clause of the new Hackney Carriage Act
with wilfully and knowingly uttering a forged letter for a
requsition to obtain the situation of omnibus conductor.
Mr. D. W. Harvey being sworn, said the regular mode for
persons applying for a license is to bring a letter either from
the master or proprietor of an omnibus, or hackney carriage,
stating his intention in favour of the person so applying. On
Siturdsy last the prisoner applied at the office, and agreeable
to the regulations tendered the letter produced front Mr. Ben-
nett, a livery stable-keeper, in favour of the bearer, not men-
tioning the name. I told him the letter did not contain the
name of the eppl:cant, and on that account was defective ;
upon which he said be would take it back to have his name in-
serted. He then went away for an hour, taking the letter
with him, and on bis return brought back the second letter,
produced, signed by Mr.. Bennett, recommending him as a
fit and proper person to obtain a license.
Mr. William Bennett proved that the first letter bore the
signature of his son, whose name was William, but the second
letter was not in his (witness's) handwriting. The p-isoner
had been conductor of 240 omnibus for some time, and on his
making application to sign the first letter, witness objected to
it, as he did not like the handwriting ; and he told the priso
ncr, if he called again, he would sign a second one for him
The prisoner did not deny the charge, and Sir F. Roe or-
dered him pay a fine of 51.
Mr. Harvey added, that when the prisoner called a second
time he cautioned him, as Mr. Bennett had been at the office
during his absence, and he said he had taken an omnibus in
order to make better haste.

The prisoner prayed for a mitigation of the penalty.
Sir F. ROE said it was the first instance of attempting to
impose upon the Registrar, and on that account it was abso-
lutely necessary to make an example, in order that others
might act with more caution. In default of paying the fine
the prisoner must be crtmmitted to hard lalmur for two months.