The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-25 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

A young man, named Edward Blunddll, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with creating a
disturbance in the street, and assaulting police constable
Montford, 210 K, in the execution of his duty.
The constable stated, that while on duty in Globe-
lane, Mile-end, at half-past one o'clock that morning, the
defendent passed by in company of several other persons,
one of whom accused him of improper conduct with a
woman, and asked him if he considered that to be his
duty. He desired them to go home and not create a dis-
turbance. when one of the party uttered an exclamation
" to give it him," and the defendant immediately struck
him a violent blow, and knocked him down, in which
position he was also kicked by one of them. On re-
covering his feet he drew out his truncheon to defend
himself, and the defendant ran off, but was ultimately
captured, and, after considerable resistance, conveyed to
the station.
When called upon for his answer, the defendant em-
phatically denied the charge, and stated that he had nu-
merous witnesses in attendance who would prove that,
having detected the policeman in an act of gross impro-
priety, and threatened to report him, he forestalled their
intention by taking him into custody , in the hope of escap-
ing the consequences of his own misconduct.
The defendant then called his sister-in-law, Mrs. Isa-
bella Blundell, the wife of a plumber in Chester-place,
Bethnal-green, who stated, that after spending. the
evening with a family party, she was returning home
with several of her relatives, and was about to bid them
good night within a few doors of her own residence,
when they heard voices down a dark -entry adjoining.
On looking down the court she directed her husband's
attention to the constable and a woman, who were stand-
ing there, and observed to her husband, that it was a po-
liceman; on which the first witness instantly turned round,
and, adjusting his dress,
which was in a disordered state,
asked her what business it was of hers, if he were a
policeman, and, assailing her with a most infamous
epithet, told her he would serve her in the same way.
tier brother-in-law then intimated to the constable that
he should wait until the sergeant came up, in order to
point out the woman to him, when the woman instantly
darted out of the entry and disappeared. They then
told him that they should take his number and report
him to his superiors, when the officer immediately pulled
out his truncheon, and after flourishing it about like a
madman, made a rush at her sister-in-law, who had just
come out with an infant in her arms to learn the cause
of the uproar, and knocked her and the child down with
such violence, that after trampling upon them he 'over-
balanced himself, and fell forward upon his hands. On
recovering his feet the constable, who appeared to be in
a state of great excitement, then commenced springing
his rattle, and on the arrival of another officer charged
the defendant with assaulting him, and he was forthwith
carried off to the station house. Both the infant and its
mother had sustained great injury from the violence to
hich they had been subjected, and the latter, who had
been confined to her bed nearly ever since, was unable
to attend and give evidence.
John Blundell, the husband of the last witness, and
George Delaforce, the defendant's brother-in-law, de-
scribed the transaction in similar terms to those of the

last witness, and positively denied that the defendant, or
any of the party, had either assaulted the officer or
otterred him any other provocation than threatening to
'-tm for using such gross language to their female
report she directed their attention to the im-
re ative who_ their cruses .
t :1,,,,• of . ''4,t magistrate if he wished to offer
On being asked by t, the inculpatory statements
any remarks in reference to '-,,lared that he had not
he had just heard, the constable at— tiu OpiAien, Ctri
been ill winpany with any woutu tuu