The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-05 00:00:00

PARIS POLICE.

MY CAP WAS ALL I CARED ABOUT.—The Court of
Assize of the department of Indre et Loire, held at Tours,
was a few days since occupied with the trial of a young
man, aged 20 years, named Guillon. lie appeared to be
a regular clodpole, and to the questions of the President
gave the following account of the adventure which led
to the present charge :
"On the 28th March, on leaving the village of Couture,
about seven o'clock in the evening, I overtook a girl who
was walking in the same direction as myself. I-spoke to
her, and whispered a few soft things in her ear. , As
this did not seem to annoy her at • all, I put
my arm round her waist, and in this manner
we walked along until we reached Fereieres. On
arriving in that village, and feeling. thirsty, we
went together into a wine-shop, where we each drank
a glass of brandy. We went out together, with the wife
and daughter of the landlord, and I again put my arm
along, round her waist, and, as we were going kissed
her several times before the above-named parties.
When they left us I asked her to grant me the favour
she had promised me, but she refused, and I took away
her cap and her handkerchief from her ; and that is all
that yassed."._

Tlie plaintiff, who was twice the age of_ the prisoner,
and anything but prepossessing in her appearance, said
she had resisted all the advances of the prisoner. She
had allowed him to kiss her, it was true, and she had
been forced by him'to drink a glass of brandy. She did
not complain of that ; she complained of having been ill-
treated, and thrown down, from which violence she had
fainted, and more particularly complained of the accused
taking away her cap, which cost her Bf.
PRESIDENT-It is not then to avenge your injured
honour.that you bring this charge ?
Plaintiff—No, if he had given me up my cap I should
have laughed at the rest of the affair, but he would not
do so. •

Have you not had a child 7—Yes, I have a little boy
seven years old.

Several witnesses deposed that they had met the couple
proceeding along the road quite " cheek-by-jowl" toge-
ther. One of the witnesses depoied with the discretion
worthy of a Paris vintner. On being asked by the Pre-
sident what tile plaintiff and defendant said to each other,
if they joked, and if the defendant was drunk, he gave
the following characteristic reply 7—" Upon my word it
is no easy matter to say that a man is drunk, unless one
has seen him several times half seas over ;' and with re-
spect to what the couple were saying to each other, I
really think they were speaking without saying a word,
and joking withoutheing in fun." .• • • •
After this luminous evidence, the defendant being
found not guilty of, the criminal part of the assault, was
sentenced to six months' imprisonment for battery. "
THE DOG AND THE THIEF.—Last Friday a dashing
young blade of the first water, 'looking the gentleman as'
well as heing the dandy, alighted at about four in the
afternoon froth an elegant cabriolet at the door of Mme.
1) , a leweller, residing in the Rue de Fau-
bourg St. Martin. Leon, that is the worthy's name,
entered the shop, and desired to be shown some rich
jewels, as he had a selection to make. The mistress
hastened to lay before the elegant young man the
most fashionable and richest articles her shop contained.
The gentleman was critical, made Several observations,
and tried on several rings to judge of their effect.
A. sprightly conversation commenced between the witty
Leon and the lively • lady of diaradnds, in which the
parties were busily engaged when a second gentleman
entered, and begged to see a splendid gold chain that
was hanging at the window. The jeweller immediately
got upon a chair to take. down the chain in question, but
while she was employed in so doing, Leon, who, on the
arrival of the new corner had begun playing with his
gold-headed cane, accidentally • overturned, and put out
the wax-light • on the counter, as-the-gas had'not -yet
been lighted. At, the moment of this mishap a third
confederate, for whom the door had been left ajar., suc-
ceeded in getting into the shop unobserVed, on all-fours.
In the twinkling of •an eye, thanks to the obscurity pre-
vailing, the handy thief swept rings, watches, chains,
brooches, &c., from the counter on which they were
lying, into his pocket, while Leon, by his sprightly con-
versation, continued to divert the attention of the
jeweller.

Hitherto the plan combined by Leon and his confede-
rates went on brilliantly, when suddenly a little Scotch
terrier, little accustomed to see customers ape in their
walk the canine species, began to growl, then to bark, and
lastly, flew at the nose of the young man acting the qua-
druped for the time being. "Fox, Fox, hold your tongue,"
was exclaimed by his mistress. Fox, in fact, held his
tongue, but it was because lie was holding a human nose..
" Cursed dog," ejaculated the thief, shaking the dog by
a vigorous effort from his nasal feature, and bolting
off like a shot. "We had better make ourselves
scarce" was the cry of the man who wanted to see the
splendid chain hanging in the shop-window, and Leon was
about to' put the prudent advice into practice, when the
jeweller, recovered from her momentary alarm, jumped
before him and loudly called for help. Help came, and
Leon was arrested ; the two confederates had, however,
succeeded in making good their escape, and carrying off
jewellery enough to open a shop in a small way.
When arrested, Leon stoutly denied all participation
in the act, and indignantly asked how a man of his ap-
pearance could be suspected of so dirty. a trick. Ap-
pearances are not more trustworthy in Paris than
elsewhere, and the fashionable Leon Mona was sent
to " durance vile," in spite of his denegations, he hav
ing been recognised, though barely twenty years of age,
as an old offender.