The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-19 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Mr. Thontas Robson, a young man of respectable appear-
ance, was brought before Mr. Alderman ATKINS, to an-
swer the complaint of Mr. Sampson Mordan, junior, the
ever-pointed pencil-maker, in the City-road, for assault-
ing him.
A Gentleman stepped forward when the case was called
on, and said that Mr. Mordan was unable to attend ; but
be bad authorised the applicant to say that he did not
mean to press the charge against Mr. Robson.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS could not suffer the matter to be
passed over in that loose way. He asked the watchman
what charge was given to him_?
George Vines, the watchman, butween nine and ten
o'clock on Friday, as he entered St. Ann's-lane, saw Mr.
Robson horsewhipping Mr. Mordan severely. Mr. Mor-
clan fell to the ground, and appeared to be much hurt about
the head. Witness interfered, and the parties gave charge
for charge.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS should send a summons requiring
Mr. Mordan's attendance.

Mr. Robson said the truth was, Mr. Mordan was ashamed
to appear.

After the lapse of about an hour Mr. Mordan attended;
his head was tied up with handkerchiefg, and there was a
constant effusion of blood from the leech, bites.

Mr. Alderman ATKINS told him he had heard that Mr.
Robson had inflicted a horsewhipping on him, and that he
(Mr. Mordan) had declined, nevertheless, to make any
charge. After giving a gentleman into custody, what in-
duced him to withdraw his charge ? Mr. Mordan had
given charge in the heat of the moment, but was aware he
had given Mr. Robson provocation.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS—You had what you deserve,
then ? Mr. Mordan—Yes. _

Mr. Alderman ATKINS—Then I will have nothing fur.
ther to do with it.
The charge was dismissed.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Mr. J. Withers Powell, of Rufford's Row, Islington,
was charged with wilfully breaking the windows of a hack-
ney-coach.
The prisoner was lately brought to this office for creating
a disturbance, and, in his defence, stated he was molested
by a fellow calling after him, " Who stole the donkey?'
He also said on that occasion he had been a Coroner in
Kent, but had resigned the office, having coma into pos-
session of a handsome fortune, and entered himself a stu-
dent in Gray's Inn. In the present case he took the hack-
ney-coach No. 983, and because the window was loose,
and the shaking of it annoyed him, he flung it into the
road. On being set down he refused to pay the fare, or
for the window, on the ground that the coachman was not
his servant.

Mr. BENNETT said that Waddington, the gaoler must
have charge of him until the window and fare were paid for.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A genteel young female, named Mary Ann Weedon, was
brought before Mr. CONANT for final examination, charged
with shoplifting.
A shopman in the employ of Mr. Johnson, boot and
shoemaker, Regent-street, stated that the prisoner came
into the shop and asked to be fitted with a pair of boots.
Just as she was about to quit the shop, she told the shop-
man she should like to have a pair of boots of a particular
description to try on. The shopman recollecting there was
such a pair hanging on a chair just previous to the prisoner
entering the shop, looked for them, and finding they were
gone, he immediately suspected the prisoner had stolen
them, and he accused her of the offence. The prisoner
made no reply, and walked out of the shop, but she had not
left the door before the shopman stopped her, and took the
boots from under her shawl. •

The prisoner, who was brought in the first instance be-
fore Mr. Chambers, appeared dreadfully agitated at her
disgraceful situation, when questioned, she said she was the
daughter of a person holding a respectable situation at
Dowgate-wharf, but her father had been separated for some
time from his wife (since that occurrence dead) and his
family. The evidence being quite clear, the prisoner was
fully committed.
A rough-looking fellow was charged by a dog-fancier,
named Hickey, with having stolen a valuable little spaniel.
The complainant possessed a couple of beautiful little
dogs of a peculiar breed, which he had baptised by the ro-
mantically tragic names of Romeo and Juliet. On Friday
last a person was entrusted with Romeo to take him an after-
noon airing, and it was while promenading Regent-street that
some expert prig contrived to slip the collar, and thus be-
reave the hapless " Juliet" of her black and tan admirer.
Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, I don't see there is sufficient
evidence against the prisoner, and I suppose the dog was
not worth a great deal.
Hickey—My price for it is seventy-five guineas ; I re-
fused seventy from a nobleman a day or two ago.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Seventy-five guineas for a lap-dog.
Why what makes it so valuable ? Hickey—lt's got the
longest ears and the littlest head of any dog in the world.
At the last show of lap-dogs it WOO the prize.
Mr. CHAMBERS—What, do you have prizes too
Hickey—Yes, them as breeds the smallest dogs wins a
silver collar, and my dog had the collar on when he was
stolen.

Prisoner—Your Worship, I breeds dogs as well as Mr.
Hickey, and dogs of my own breed are quite as good as any
of his'n. I got a kipple of as beautiful hanimals at home
as any in the vorld, and so it a'nt werry likely as bow I
should go for to prig any von else's.
As the evidence amounted to mere suspicion only—the
prisoner having stopped to speak with the man in charge of
the dog, just before it was lost—Mr. CHAMBERS ordered
him to be liberated.