The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-01 00:00:00

Q UEEN. SQ UARE.

James Clough, b 8 B, Milieuit Prince, 183 B, George
Howel, 193 B, and Stephen Burr, 119 B, four of tie
Mctropol tan Police, were placel at the bar, ch,irged
with having violently assaulted John Twornay, 37 B.
Mr. ThirefoOt,an inspector of the division V) which
the men bchn.6ei, condue!el the inquiry, which had
Leen directed by the Commissioners of Police.

Complainant, whose head gas bound up, and whose
general appearance betokened a full half-hour's sharp
contest with such an artiste as Torn Spring, stivel
that. he came off duly at seven o'clock on the morning
of Tuesday the 23d, and in a few minutes aftorwards
went into the Stags public-house, in the Fulham-road,
'with the defendants, who had also just been relc.i ed
from night duty. At Burr's solicitation complainant
tossed him for a quartern of gin, which complainant
won, but beer was t rdereJ in mistake. Burr then
challenged him to toss for another quartern, which he lid
and wan again, but Burr refused to pay, asserting that the
toss was not lair, and complainant refused ti toss any
more. Defendant Clough then chalenged him to
toss, which he refused to do, when he (Clough) seized
the beer and swore that complainant should have none
of it, to which he replied that he did not care, as be
had not got to pay for it. Clough then toll him that
if he did not toss he would knock his - Irish had
off. Complainant told him that he hal bean. let that
atone, when on a sudden he came up and struck him
on the eye, and Prince and Burr immediately " pitched
into him," and he was forced into a corner near ti:e
door. Howel also got hold of him, and called our,
" Give it to the d d Irish " Complakaat
was compelled to hold his head down, and he imme-
diately received a violent blow on the side of the h,ad
w.th some hard substance, which he supposed to have
been a quart pot. A deep wound, about three inel.ei
long, was inflicted, from which he bled profusely. John
Cottrell, 177 B, was present when the matter occurred.
Complainant made his escape and went to the watch-
house, where he repot tad what had occurred.
Mr. Shuter, jun , a solicitor, attended for tl.e de-
fendants, and proceeded to cross-examine the com-
plainant at some length.

Complainant said he was sober at the time, and he
was sure he was not drunk. He admitted having re-
ported Clough and Burr that night for being in a pub-
lic.bouse while on duty. He denied having cut his
head, by falling against the bar at the pubic-house.
John Cottcre!, 177 B, stated that he was in the
Stags public-house when the affray took place, the
whole of which originated in the complainant, who, on
entering the boast., challenged to toss any of them for
beer, and having won a pot how Burr, seiz,d it, and
said no ono should have any of it. Words ensued, and
Clough interfering, the complainant made a grab" at
him, and wi,ness, fearing a row, left the bar, followed
by Burr, who, he could swear, never touched the coal.
phinant, and who from the first appeared to be far
gone in liquor.
Sergeant Tringham, B, stated that he released
the complainant from, titaertv -tewiniautes past six on
Tuesday morning, and he appeared then to be perfectly
sober. Complainant had about two o'clock on that
morning reported Burr and Clough as having hen
drinking at the Hope and Anchor whilst on duty. The
witness felt it his duty to make proper inquiries on this
subject, which he did, and found the report of corn-
Wainant to be fal,e. He then told complainant thr.t
he must report him for making a false charge, but he
b gged him not, as it would bring b m into disgrace with
his friends.

Sergeant Thatcher, 17 B, said that complainant
came to him bleeding profusely on Tuesday morning.
He certainly appeared to have been drinking a great
deal.

Defendants denied having struck the complainant.
He came in and quarrelled with them, as had bec,
stated by the witnesses.
Mr. BURRELL said that &though it was evident that
the complainant had been much injured, yet there was
no evidence to show by whom. The defendant; must,
therefore, be discharged, as the testimony of the a it-
nestics did not agree with that of the complainant, who
by their stAement. was evidently under the influence
of liquor.

UNION-HA LL,
Edward Willis, a medical student, was brought be-
fore Mr. Trail, charge] on suspicion with breaking open
the writing desk of Mr. Henry Lambert, another fellow
student, and welling 44 sovereigns.
Mr. Lambert stated, that he and the prisoner, who
were fellow student', occupied lodgings at No. 47, in
the York-read, Lsnribi th, and slept in a double-ißtddcd
room. On Wednesday last, complainant discovered t
six sovereigns had been taken out of his writing desk,
which was in the sitting room, and he mentioned ti.e
"fact to the prisoner, who on bring apprised of the cir-
cumstance, said that he had also bparcobbed of a dia-
mood brooch and three soveraigninfrconsequence of
the robbery the complainant tooklilis,:ibriting-desk up
stairs to his bed-room for safety, and he then went out,
and returned at seven o'clock, when, on examining the
desk, he at once observed that it had been foree,l
open, and discovered that 38 sovereigns had been
abstracted. The complainant added, that he and the
prisoner took the lodgings, and that the latter did
not abscond.

In epiyTo Mr. TRAIL, the compla,nant said that ;I.e
prisoner did not complim to him that he had been
robbed of three sovereigns and a diamond brooch until