The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

CONFESSION OF ROBBERIES.—John Gordon, a tall
military-looking man, was charged on his own confes-
sion with having stolen various articles of clothing from
persons lodging in the same houses with himself.
Policeman Gadden stated that, while on duty in Tooley-
street on the preceding night, he was accosted by the
prisoner, who asked him if he had received information
of the robbery of a quantity of wearing apparel from
the house of a Mr. Waggener in that neighbourhood.
The reply being in the affirmative, the prisoner said, that
he was the man who had committed the plunder, and, he
added, that he had only been a week out f prison.
When he was taken to the station-house, he delivered up
a silver pencil-case, and at the same time mentioned that
it belonged to a person whose clothes he took away from
a house in which he 'id lodged one night.
A witness was then called, who stated that, about a
fortnight ago, the prisoner came to lodge in the same
house with himself, and that one morning the prisoner
got up at an early hour, and while witness was asleep
possessed himself of his cost, trousers, waistcoat, and
shirt, and also a sum of nine shillings, with which he
escaped.
Another witness, named Reeve, stated that he lived
in Morris's-court, Tooley-street, and that while there the
prisoner came and took up his abode there. One night,
on a recent occasion, witness went to bed early, leaving
his clothes on a chair by the bedside. When he awoke
in the morning he found that they had been stolen, and
that the prisoner had absconded. Some of the articles
were found in the prisoner's possession.
Mr. SECKER said he should commit the prisoner on
the two charges, and that the other parties who had
been plundered by him could attend before the grand
jury, and prefer other bills against him, if they consi-
dered it requisite._

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT IN AN OMNIRUS.—James
Morris, a mlthematical instrument maker, was charged
with very disgusting behaviour in one of Drew's Cam-
ber well omnibuses.

Dr. Mullinder, secretary to the Provident Clerks'
Society, stated that he got into one of Drew's omnibuses
on the preceding afternoon, to go to Peckham. They
had not proceeded far from Gracechurch-street when the
defendant also entered the vehicle, in which were several
persons, and amongst them some ladies. The defendant
at first rendered himself very disagreeable by the lan
guoge he used in the presence of females, and where he
was requested to desist he became still more offensim
and actually became sick, or pretended to be so, and,
vomited in the omnibus. Witness and the red 01110'.
passengers called to the conductor and requested. ha
would insist on the defendant getting out The niOrnert,'
however, the request was made, the defendant began
to swear, and made use of such abominable language,
threatening witness and others, that he was given into
custody.
The defendant said he bad been dining with the cap-
tain of an Indiaman, and had drank too much wine,
which disordered his stomach, and that the jolting of
the omnibus produced sickness, which he could not help.

Mr. SECKER said such conduct could not be tolerated,
and he should therefore inflict a penalty of 40s. and costs
on the defendant.

LAMBETH.

IMPRISONMENT FOR ASSAULTING THE- POLICE.—Mr.
William Head, a butcher, carrying on an extensive busi-
ness in Last-street, in the Walworth-road, and George
Lockman, a zinc manufacturer, in the same neighbour-
hood, were charged with having violently assaulted
three police-constables.
It appeared that at a late hour on the preceding night
the prisoner Head had. quarrelled with his brother-in-
law at the Horse and Groom public-house, in the
Walworth-road, and having commenced a fight, the
parties were turned into the street. Head, who was
drunk, struck his brother-in-law in the presence of the
police, and was given into custody for the assault. The
police were about to remove him to the station-house,
when he became outrageously violent, and not only
assaulted a sergeant and two constables with his fists.
but kicked the two latter in a most savage manner.
Head was rescued from the custody of the police by the
persons who had come out of the public-house with them,
and was taken to his own house. Cockinan, who took
an Active part in the rescue, and who also assaulted one
of the constables, was taken into custody and locked up
on the charge.
The prisoners seemed to treat the matter very
lightly, and said that if the police had not unneces-
sarily interfered, the family dispute might have been
settled.

Mr. ELLIOTT observed, that imprisonment being the
only punishment to deter persons in their station trom
committing such violence, the-sentence of the Court was,
that Head stand committed for twenty-one, and Cock-
man for fourteen days, to the County Prison.
_ _

The prisoners implored his Worship not to send them
to prison, for as tradesmen it would be a serious injury
to them in their business, besides casting a stigma on
their characters through life.
Mr. ELLIOTT, however, remained inexorable, and at
the usual hour the prisoners were removed by the van
to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, to be there imprisoned
during the periods above mentioned.