The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Taps DAT.

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.—Mr. George Palmer, son
of proprietor of the Catherine Wheel, Little-street,
James's-street, was summoned before Mr. Tyrwhitt
at the Marlborough-street Police-court, for using
abusive language to Mr. George Shield, landlord of the
George Tavern, Castle-street, Leicester-square. Mr.
Abrams appeared for the complainant, and said the
defendant had abused Mr. Shield in a scandalous
manner, and had he accepted Mr. Shield's offer
merely to make an apology the matter might
have ended, but instead of doing so the defendant
had written to the complainant a letter of the most in-
sulting nature—hence the present proceedings. Mr.
Shield said that the defendant came to his house and
abused him in a scurrulous manner, and while outside his
house called him a thief and swindler, and caused a large
crowd to assemble. The defendant also challenged him
to fight, which he declined, as he did not wish to dis-
grace himself. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 40s. and
costs.
CARRIAGE ROBBERY.—John Young was charged at the
same Court with stealing a shawl from the carriage of
Lady Gertrude Foljambe, staying at Claridge's Hotel.
From the evidence it appeared that a cabman named
W. Phillips saw the prisoner take a shawl from Lady
Gertrude Foljambe's carriage, which was standing in
Soho-square, and he gave an alarm, and Henry Hill,
footman to Lady Gertrude Foljambe, went after him and
saw him throw away the shawl, and he gave him into
custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.
DARING TILL ROBBERY.—John Mahoney, aged 16 years,
was charged at the Thames Police-court with stealing
2s. 6d. from a till in the beerhouse of Mr. William
Macham, called the German Flag, Ratcliff Highway.
Yesterday afternoon the prosecutor was lying down in his
bar parlour, and was aroused by hearing a cry of stop
thief. He rushed out and saw the prisoner running. A
female stepped up and said the boy had been robbing the
till. He pursued the prisoner, caught him, and brought
him back. He said to the prisoner " What have you
robbed me of ?" to which the boy replied nothing. He
brought him back to the house and gave him in
charge. He examined the till, from which he missed
four sixpences and sixpennyworth of halfpence. Emma
Abraham, a young woman, said she saw the prisoner dip
one hand into the till and take some money out. She
caught hold of him, and he wriggled about like an eel and
managed to escape. He was eventually captured by the
prosecutor. Joseph William, a police-constable, 29 H,
said he saw the prisoner throw four sixpences down an
area grating, and recovered them. The prisoner, who
pleaded guilty, was remanded for a week.
TEE CATTLE PLAGUE ORDERS.—Lord Ranelagh ap-
peared at the Wandsworth Police-court to-day to answer
a summons for causing a cow and calf to be removed
into the metropolis without an order froM the Com-
missioners of Police. Lord Ranelagh said that the cow
and calf were bought at a private sale, and he was told
that, as he was a magistrate for Middlesex, it would
be sufficient if he gave an order. He accordingly wrote
out an order and gave it to the man. Mr. Ingham find
the man who removed the cow and calf ls. and costs.
There was no evidence against Lord Ranelagh, and he
dismissed the summons. Lord Ranelagh paid the fine and
costs for the man.
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arms, was summoned to Clerkenwell Police-court by her
husband, Edward Whitehouse, a professor of music,
on a charge of using threatening language to him.
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defendant, who had been brought up as a lady, was
daughter of a wealthy City tradesman ; and the com-
plainant, who had been her music master, thinking she had
money, had induced her to leave her home and marry
shim.
Mr. George Joseph Davis said he heard the complainant
threaten his wife ; and, that, in the event of her
lrefusing
to accept 3s. 6d. per week for her support, he would swear
his life against her. The magistrate dismissed
plaint.

WHITE SLAVE-TRADE IN ITALY.—The white
slave trade has of late engaged the attention of the Italian
Parliament, and Signor Visconti-Venosta has introduced
bills in the two Chambers which are intended to suppress the
disgraceful traffic. It forbids the consignment to natives
or foreigners of children of either sex under sixteen years
of age, and sentences such offenders to imprisonment or
fines. Still heavier sentences are pronounced against those
who bartered such children. The forcible abduction of
those children for the purpose of sending them
abroad is to be punished by imprisonment
from five to seven years. A provision in the law very
i
properly includes all those who nstigate aid, or abet the
crime, and those who provide funds for 'the perpetrators
of the evil. The children whose interests are thus pro-
tected are chosen for various purposes, such as jugglers,
musicians, itinerant tumblers, rope dancers, bear or mon-
key leaders, and mendicants. It is expected that this
stringent law will have a good effect, and tend to do away
with much of the misery that now prevails among the
helpless class referred to in its statutes. Italians at home
or abroad are to furnish lists of the youths in their em-
ployment to the local authorities and the comb.