The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-09 00:00:00

articles, the propert) of Samuel Briggs.
Sarah Briggs, the wife of the prosecutor, stated the
prisoner
; had been helping her to remove from tale lod4-
ing to another, and on examining her boxes she found
that three of them had been opened, and that the arti-
cles specified in the indictment were missing. '1 he pro-
Forty was found in the possession of the prisoner.
The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to
mercy.—She was sentenced to:six months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.
Charles Montague Webb, aged 19, was indicted for
stealing a purse and three shillings, the property of
William Parrett, on the 10th of Decembn last.
Liza Parrett, the daughter of the prosecutor,
deposed to the prisoner's presence at her father's on the
day the purse was lost. He had been in the habit of
coming there as a friend, and they expected him to stop
for tea, but he suddenly lett, and had never returesd.
The purse was missed as soon as he had gone.
Mrs. Parrett, the wife of the prosecutor, confirmed
this evidence.
The constable, who apprehended the prisoner, deposed
to a partial confession made at the police court.
The prisoner asserted that distress had driven him to
the offence ; bat there was another indictment against
him for stealing nine gowns from Mr. Gibbons, ofNew-
ington, to which he had pleaded guilty.—lle was sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment at Brixton, with
hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Henry Williams, a young man, dressed as a porter, was
brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes Ilughes, charged
with breaking five panes of glass.

It appeared that he went into the Red Cow public-
house, Long-laue, about two o'clock in the day, and was
served with a pint of porter. A gentleman was eating
a chop, and the prisoner worried him till he consented
to drink out of his pint of beer. For the sake of peace
the gentleman consented reluctantly to taste it, and this
encouraged the prisoner to be more troublesome, fur he
then insisted that they should mix their respective por-
tions of beer, and drink from the same pot. The gen-
tleman would not assent to this, upon which the prisoner
sat down upon the table where the gentleman was taking
his luncheon. The potboy remon,tratt d ag.ainst such
breach of manners, and was immediately knocked down.
The landlord then interfered and turned the prisoner out
of the house, and he, in revenge, smashed five panes
of glass.
Mr. Alderman lltrcuzs HUMUS asked if he was sober.

The officer said he appeared to be quite sober. 'He
assaulted each of the four constaOles, whose aid wa's
required to convey him to the station. Even there he
behaved with violence, and refused to give his name and
address.

The prisoner gave no expl.mation, and seemed to be
still in the same perverse and saucy humour as on the
preceding day.
Mr. Alderman !Incurs HUGHES adjudged him to be
imprisoned one month for assaulting the policeman, ai.d
to be further imprisoned 14 days, in default of soons r
paying 6s. 6d. for the damage.
William St. Leger, a cloth jobber, was charged with
stealing two pieces of cloth, the property of Mr. Wade,
a manufacturer, carrying on business in Basinghall-
street, Leeds, and keeping a stock in town, at the wan:-
house of Mr. Ainsworth, No. 18, Aidtrmanbury. •
Mr. Wade stated, that he last saw the cloth safe s-n
the 29th of November, and he missed it on taking sto.l
cn the 2d of December. The prisoner fr. (vented ttie
warehouse, king occasionally umployed by Mr. Sykes,
who occupies the warehouse j ,intly with Mr. Aiuswort,.,
though each trades separately on his own account. Oa
returning from a visit to Leeds on Friday last, he
renewed his inquiries to discover the two ends or
lengths of cloth, end met with a part of one piece
at the sin p of Mr. Morgan, a piece-broker and tailor,
in Cloth fair. He w;trit in and ask d Mr. Morg .n
if he wanted to buy a new coat. Mr. Mor.,an ri pale d,
" No; I am a tailor." Witn,iis asked if he want d
any cloth. Mr, Morgan's answer was, " I don't wait
any fl Witness as•oired him it was cloth, aid
nut flannel, lie Lad to sell. Mr. Morgan sail he coi.thl
not uti',,r him cloth so che:.p as he could get it. Ile had
boeglit a rifle green at 4s. 63. the other day. Witne•s
be;:ig+d to see it, and instaNtly recognised it us the cloth
%%N. he had
r. Mor g
un piroosdt a
u,
cer,id
hire a
second
c
ghtiim 7 s. a i
1.
the
cloth, which he had purchased at the same price of the
same per-on. From his dc scription some suspicion fell
on the prisoner, and upon his being taken to Cloth-fair,
Mr. Morgan identified him as the same person.
Mr. Alderman 11. Huoims asked how he could iden-
tify his cloth ? Mr. Wade said he knew it by the list
and by the colour, having been wrongly dyed. The
two pieces bought by Mr. Morgan measured each six
yards. The piece lost contained 29 yards.
Mr. Wontner's clerk cross-examined the witness, to
show that the prisoner might have been authorised by
Mr. Sykes to sell the goods, and that the prisoner was
employed in hawking cloth.
Mr. Wade said Mr.• Sykes was not his agent, nor a
partner with Mr. Ainsworth. Witness never employed
the prisoner to sell a yard for him.
Alexander Morgan, of Cloth-fair, said ho bought the
two remnants at 4s. Gcl. a yard from the prisoner, last
week. lle considered 4s. 6d. a good price. Yorkshire
cloths were so deceitfully made, the trade were afraid to
buy them at any price. They used shodda, or a mix-
ture of old and new wools, and, beautiful as the face of
the cloth might seem, it dropped to pieces as soon as it
was worn. _ _ _

Mr. Wade (somewhat fiercely) put the cloth in his
hand, and asked if he meant to swear there was any
shoddy, in that ? Mr. Morgan said ho hoped not, but to
detect the fraud in Yorkshire cloths puzzled good judges.
Cross-examined—Had known the prisoner several
years. He had offered him 50 pieces of cloth for sale.
Mr. Ainsworth said he was an agent, and was em-
ployed by manufacturers to sell cloth. He employed
parsons to sell on commission, but he had not employed
the prisoner. He had never authorised the prisoner to
sell the missing piece of cloth.
Mr. Sykes said he sometimes sold cloths for Mr. Ains-
worth if he happened to be out, but he had not sold the
two pieces of cloth that were missing, nor authorised the
prisoner to sell them.
Mr. Wontner cross-examined him. He declined pro-
nouncing on the value of cloth by the light after two
o'clock in the day. He did not like the light between
two and three o'clock as well. lie did not like to decide
on the value by the feel of the cloth. There were about
a dozen tests to judge a cloth by, but nothing equal to
seeing it by the proper light. He had rifle greens, but
they were either coarser or finer than this. He con-
sidered it cheap at 4s. 6d. a yard.
Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES thought the prosecutor_
should have en opportunity of looking after the rest of
the cloth, and remanded the prisoner for further exa-
mination.
W-STREET.
David Belasco (nephew to the prize fighter of that
name) was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged
with creating a diwurbar ce at the Lyceum Theatre, and
assaulting Carter, the constable of the theatre.
down by
), P standing:rn son
onew who was standingh ao bench,were
The complainant stated that at ten o'clock on Thursday
and
him, Being pulled
dhin
night he was sent fur to the pit, where he found the pri-
soner
obstructing the view of
several
near him, he
Witi and ltss pulled hint off, got
up again. he got up again
,n
a second and a third time. When witness was pulling
him down for the third time lie struck him a very vio-
lent blow on the eye, which caused him (witness) to
stagger back against the partition at the hack of the
pit. Witness, with the assistance of two policemen, took
him into custody. The prisoner was sober.
Mr. Henry Keeley (brother to the lessee), said that
he was at the back of the pit, and saw the whole trans-
action. He saw the prisoner pulled down three times ;
he saw him give the blow, and when ho was taken into
custody, followed witness to the station.
The prisoner admitted that he was pulled down, but
denied that he had struck the complainant. He might
have pushed him.
Mr. HENRY fined him 51, or in default sentenced him
to imprisonment for one month
NARK. . The fine was paid.
SOUTH

Dennis Sullivan, John Muir, and Joseph Callaghan,
three powertul-looking young fellows, well-known
thieves, were placed at the bar before Mr. Sucker,
charged with two others not in custody in rescuing a
prisoner from the custody of the police, and smashing a
policeman's head in with brickbats, besides dreadfully
injuring several others.
It appesred from the. evidence that on Sunday even•
ing one of the prisoners companions named Witty (who
has since been transported for seven years) stole a quan-
tity of cigars from a shop in Gravel-lane Southwark.
He was taken into custody a short time after tl.e rob-
bery in the Red House public house, when he was res-
csuuerrdobuynded
thethperispoonleicress
mostly thieves and bad and his associates. After Witty
was rescued, a mob of two or three hundred persons
charac-
ters, and commenced throwing brickbats and stones at
them. Richards, 44 M, perceiving Muir throwing a
brickbat, and knowing him to be one who rescued the
other prisoner, caught hold of him, when he was kicked
by several persons behind, and was struck in the fore-
head with a brickbat, which rendered him insensible.
He was carried in that state to Guy's Hospital, when it
was ascertained that his left eye was cut across, and that
a portion of the bone above had been forced in. So
frightful was the wound, that his eyesight was despaird
of, and
he was ordered to remain in the hospital. Police-
constable 134 M was struck with a brickbat on the head
while assisting the last witness. He also received
several kicks on the lower part of the body, which ren-
dered him incapable of perform'ng his duty.
Police-sergeant M 7 said that when he was informed
of the riot ho proceeded to Gravel-lane, and found up-
wards of 200 persons surrounding the constables. As
soon as he arrived they attacked him, and while he had
Muir in custody a brickbat struck the latter (evidently
intended for him), and rendered hint insensible. Witness
was compelled to convey him to a surgeon's to restore
him to his senses. The other prisoners and those who
escaped were the worst.
WM. Morgan, a lad about ten years of age, said
that he saw bricks thrown about from all parts. Sul-
livan threw a large one at Richards, who instantly
dropped down like -a dead man. He saw the prisoners
and the others who escaped throw stones and kick the j
police. 1

In answtr to the'cliarge the prisoners said they knew
that Witty
They
with, and that was the reason they rescued him.
was not guilty of the offence they charged
They did not deny committing the assault, but they did
it in self•defence.
It was stated by one of the constables that the
prisoners were most desperate characters, and had been
frequently in custody for felony and other offences.
Mr. SEC/LER said that it was a most diabolical and
brutal outrage on the police. The officer was in such a
state that the loss of his eye was expected from their
brutality towards him. He should commit them for
trial, but, as other men were implicated, he would re-
mand them for a week to give the officers an opportunity
of apprehending them.
Nine hearty-looking, but dirty young fellows, were