The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-17 00:00:00

Mr. WORDSWORTH could not struggle against a verdict for
an assault.
Mr. Sergeant TADDY, in addressing the Jury, said that the
case against the prisoner was one of a very unpleasant nature,
and one which he should have been glad to have withdrawn
from their consideration altogether : but the Grand Jury
had considered it a case which ought to be further sifted. They
would be led to believe, from the evidence of the prosecutrix
that the capital offence had been committed, but the surgeon
could not prove it. ney must, therefore, acquit the prisoner
of the rape, and it would be for them then to consider whether
an assault had been committed.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of an assault, and
Mr. Sergeant TA DDT sentenced the prisoner to six months'
hard labour in the house of correction.
John Reed Cook, aged eighteen, was convicted of stealing
twelve sheep, the property of John Parsley.
It appeared that the sheep were safe in a field at St. Alban's
on the night of the 10th of April. On the following day they
were missed, and were subsequently traced to the possession of
a butcher residing in Lambeth, who bought them of the pri-
soner at Smithfield.
The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen
years.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION- HO USE.
A young man of very fashionable appearance, who stated his
name to be Alfred, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged with having put his own life in jeopardy on the Black-
wall Railroad.
The Superintendent of the Blackwall Railroad stated that
the defendant was a passenger in one of the evening trains to
London, and that as the train proceeded he put his body half
way out of the window, and heaving his arms about to the im-
minent danger of his life, for if he had been struck by ally
of the trains which passed him towards Blackwall he must have
been dashed to pieces, each of them having gone at the rate of
25 miles an hour.
The conductor of the train stated that when he saw the de-
fendant thrusting his body out at the window he requested the
gentleman to retire within t',e carriage, and represented the
danger to him, but it was of no use. It was believed that the
Stepney train in passing touched him.
'I he Loan MAYOR (to the defendant)—Pray, Sir, are you
tired of sour life? Defendant—Not at all, my Lord. I am
only just commencing life.
The Loan IIATOII. How can you account for this foolish ex-
posure of your life? Defendant—l acknowledge it was a piece
of folly, but I have been in the habit of doing the same thing
on the Birmingham railroad, and I never met with any ac-•
dent.
e's '•e Loan MAYoa—lf you have no fears for yourself, you
1' 4o have some consideration for the feelings of others ;
and thet, 5...h0 witness such rashness cannot be very comfort-
apprehension of same dreadful accident. Were
able under the
you drunk? •-1 that the gentleman had been drinking,
The conductor Sals
it was evident.
Defer.dant—l had tams half a pint of stout and a glass of
piece of folly, and I don't
brandy and water. It win as .deed a

know that I can say more. .
The Loun 111 Avon—1 shall eiii&L'arge you, Sir, and I can
only express a hope that you will rusts.eYeat such a dangerous
piece of folly.

THAMES-OFFICE.: S- C
th!,ship
On Thurs.lay, William Colville, the chief insle,
Chieftain', DOW lying in the river, appeared before a. r'
LANTINE, to answer a charge of severely beating James Jepp,
rated as ordinary seaman on board, who is only 18 yeares...'
Mr. Pelham appeared for the defendant.
It appeared from the evidence of Jepp, that on the 280:
of January last, when the ship was at Macao, he had
been ashore with the captain, and on his return in the boat
belonging to the ship Scotland, with the master of that
vessel, the defendant, and others, he was attacked with ill-
ness, which compelled him to run upon deck before the cap-
tain or any one else had ascended, and he ran straightway to
the head of the vessel. The captain used some very gross
language towards him, and called out to the mate," Why don't
you knock that d-d son a- overboard ? " The mate
also abused him, and on the following morning, while he was
washing the deck, he came towards him and said, " I have a
crow to pick with you," and immediately struck him a violent
blow with his clenched fist, which knocked him down. The
mate then fell upon him and hit him three or four severe blows.
Jepp got up, and the mate chased him. and seizing a 3i-inch
strap, or heel-lashing for the jibboom, beat him most dread-
fully with it over the head and body. The complainant got
away from him and was again pursued by the mate, who took
up a billet of wood and struck him witk that. Jepp sung out
for mercy, and told the mate he must be a rascal to use any
bov in such a manner. The mate then got the shank painter,
and beat him on the back with that. The parties then strug-
gled and closed with each other, and the mate continuing to
use the lad with great violence, he took up a marlin-spike and
struck the mate on the head with it, by which he released
himself.
Robert Marquis, a seaman, who had kept a log of every-
thing that occurred, including, as he said, a goad deal of bad
treatment from the captain, confirmed the statement of Jepp
in every particular. In cross-examination he admitted that
he had been fined 1/. 2s. 6d. for an assault on the captain
in Swan River, and that he and all the hands had been in
gaol. The captain complained that the crew were mutinous,
and said he would resist payment of their wages; but he and
all the crew had to complain of very bad treatment on the
part of the captain.
Mr. BALLANTINE said the mate had no right to beat the
boy at all, and it appeared that he had used him with cruelty,
first knocking him down with his fists, and then chasing him
round the deck, striking him with a billet of wood, after-
wards with a rope, or anything else he could lay hands on,
and if a man were beaten in that way, and driven into a corner,
the law allowed him to resist it. The case must go before a
Jury, and he would take the xecognizances of the captain and
mate in the sum of 20/. each, for the appearance of the latter
at the next Sessions of the Central Criminal Court, there to
abide his trial.