The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-10 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Ann East, 28 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Alderman Farebrother, under the following distressing
circumstances
Thomas I.3lrnes, a City policeman, No. 334, who,
during the alterations, is on duty on Wackfriars•bridge,
deposed that in the afternoon of the previous day the
woman at the bar was seen by some persons who were
watching the workmen, to go deliberately down the steps
on the ;vest side of Chatham-place, and throw herself
headlong into the river. An alarm was given, and he,
with the assistance of several of the masons at work '
near the spot, succeeded in getting her out before life
was extinct.

Alderman FAREBROTHER.---Was there a sufficient
depth of water to have drowned her? Barnes—Yes,
there was ; and the current flowing from the Fleet-
ditch made it the more dangerous.
To further questions from the Alderman, the officer
stated that after she was taken to the station, and was
recovered from partial inanimation, she appeared grate-
ful and quite sober, and told the following tale, which,
upon subsequent inquiry, he had found in the main to
be strictly true. She stated that she lived in Lisson-
grove, and was a sempstress ; that her husband was a
" slaughterman" to a carcase-butcher in Clare-market,
and that it was entirely owing to his " brutal" conduct
that she to commit the rash act, she liaving
been violently assaulted by him an hour previous.
. The. Alderman (interposing)—l have committed two
brutal husbands. to Bridewell this week, and I heartily
wish -the- law allowed -me the power to have ordered
them to be severely flogged.—Addressing the- young
woman, who was well dressed and e-vidently of welt-
cultivated mind, he said—" My good woman, don't
commit suicide, sin of which you Call never repent.

If your husband is such a brute you can indict him at
session, and the law will be found too strong for him."
The policeman—Your worship, I have been up to
where she lives, and I have an exceeding good charac-
ter of her, and quite the reverze of her husband.
Mrs. East begged to make a f: w observations, which
she prefaced by thanking God and the persons who had
rescued her from a watery grave, which, in a moment of
frenzy she was aware she had sinfully contemplated.
Unwilling as she was to make any complaint against
her husband, she felt herself bound to state the
facts. His conduct was such that she considered her
life in danger, and indeed he had rendered it valueless.
It was not only los own personal violence of which she
complained, but that he employed other persons to de-
signate her as a drunkard, and something worse, for
which no one had the shadow of a cause.
The Alderman wished to know when she last re-
ceived personal violence ?—She replied on Friday.
Pokers, broomsticks, anything was all the same to him.
She was a maker of military shirts for the army of the
finest kind, and when she has been busy at her avoca-
tion he has come in and thrown her work and materials
into the street from the second-floor window, which of
course caused a difficnity between her and her respec-
table employers, who would readily vouch as to her
character.

The ALDERMAN then asked where the last asault
was committed ?—She replied in Clare-market.
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER, having consulted Mr.
PAyne, said although the cause which brought the poor
woman bz:lore him happened to be out of his jurisdic-
tion, he was determined to take the most effectual means
to protect her from future violence ; but, first of all, he
should like to know where the man could be found ?

Mrs. East—No doubt at the Crooked Billet public-
house, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; but the officer must insist,
or he will be denied by the people there.
The Alderman then wrote a letter, to which was af-
fixed the City seal, to the magistrates at Bow-street,
requesting that they would forthwith send their officers
with the City policeman (Barnes) to apprehend him,
so that he might give an answer to the charge cf
brutal conduct" to the woman, who appeared " too
good" for his wife.
Mrs. East then withdrew, but not in custody.
Several persons were in attendance who would have
testified to the excellent character of Mrs. East, had
the Alderman power to have adjudicated on the case.
Mr. William Pilbrook was brought up by one of the
City police on the charge of being found in a beastly
state of drunkenness within the purlieus of that office on
the preceding night, in consequence of which he was
taken to the station, and having a great deal of property
about him, of which he was unable to take care, he was
detained.

ALDERMAN—WeII, Mr, Pilbrook, who and what are
you, and where do you come from ? Mr. Pilbrook
(smiling)—Why I deal in beasts, and came np from
Romford on Friday.
Alderman FAREBROTHER—Then I suppose you are
what is called an Essex calf ?—(A laugh.) Mr. Pil-
brook (laughing)—lt appears I was calf enough last
night.
Alderman FAREBROTHER—WeII, you ought to be
very much obliged to the policeman for taking care of
you ; for had he not done so, some of the " night-
walkers " would have eased you of your watch,
notes, and money. I allow you to go out and make him
some suitable recompense. Mr. Piibrook—That lam
ready and thankful to do.
The next was Mr. John Wilton, who described him-
self as a native of a village not far from Exeter. The
charge preferred against him was, that he was very
" tipsy, and incapable of taking care of his person or pro-
perty."

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Alderman FAREBROTHER—What property did you
find on him P Officer—Thirty-six sovereigns, and
papers of value.
ALDERMAN—You are not an Essex man ? Mr.
Wilton—No ; Ize vrom Devon.

ALDERMAN—What are you ?—A butcher.
ALDERMAN—What brought you to Lonion ?—To
seek employment.
ALDERMAN—HOW came you to get so tipsy last
night ?—After some hesitation the gentleman said he
had " supp'd" with some friends.
ALDERMAN—Yes, you took a " sup" too much.
—Yes ; I felt cloudy rather.
ALDERMAN—WeII, I shall discharge you, on making
some reasonable compensation to the officer for the pre-
servation of your property.
Alderman Farebrother, and other Aldermen have
adopted an excellent plan, by holding out a hope of re-
ward to the police officer who " picks up" persons of this
description, because the natural tendency is to keep
them honest. At the same time, whatever the consta-
ble receives he is bound to report to D. W. Harvey,
Esq., the Chief Commissioner, with a recommendation
that the money become a perquisite.

MARLBORO UGH- STREET.
John Broughton, a private in the Grenadier Guards,
a young man of extraordinary bodily strength, was
charged with the following outrage upon two police-
officers.

Jebb, of the C division of police, deposed that he saw
the prisoner talking to a female in Piccadilly, on Thurs-
day morning, and as he was making a great noise, he
requested him to walk on ; the prisoner struck at him
and an officer named Jennings, who came to his assist-
ance, and then ran into the park, followed by the police-
men ; on witness's first coming up with him the prisoner
kicked him in the bowels, and knocked him down, and
taking off his belt, struck Jennings a terrific blow over
the head with it, the brass part coming across the fore-
head, t•reaking the bone over the eyes, and destroying
the sight of one or perhaps both the eyes. The poor
fellow was removed to Charing-cross hospital, where he
remains in a very bad state, and unable to give his evi-
dence. Jebb searched the various barracks for the
prisoner, who had escaped, and ultimately found him.
Tne Magistrate adjourned the case, that Jennings's
evidence might be taken at the hospital.
The soldier said he could prove that he was not there
at the time stated, and was desired to have his witnesses
ready on the next examination.
The policeman Jebb stated that the Commissioners
had suspended him for allowing the soldier to escape ;
this appears most unjust, for it would be impossible for
any common sized man singly to master a person of
such herculean strength as the prisoner possesses.