The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tins DAT.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT UPON A POLICEMAN. John
Hayden, a very powerful man, was charged, at the
Westminster Police-court,with an unprovoked assault upon
Charles Player, 53 B. Complainant said that at a quarter-
past one yesterday morning he saw the defendant in the
High-road, Knightsbridge. He was quarrelling with a
loose woman, and they were using the most disgusting
language to each other. Witness told them to go away,
but the man refused. After the woman wens away the
prisoner, who was then standing at the front of a houso
where he said he lived, suddenly rushed upon complainant
and struck him a savage blow on the jaw. Complainant
fell, and in doing so his head came in contact with the pave-
ment. Mr. Woolrych : What was the effect of the assault?
Complainant : I became insensible from the effects of the
fall. My head was cut, and I have been in great pain
from the wound. Mr. Woolrych : Are you rendered unfit
for duty ? Complainant : I am. When I recovered from
the first effects of the blow I found the defendant had
gone. I was taken to the divisional surgeon to have my
head dressed. Mr. Woolrych : How did the defendant
get taken ? Inspector Holmes, of the B division : A
gentleman who witnessed the assault followed the defen-
dant until he had an opportunity of giving him in charge.
The gentleman proved that defendant rushed upon com-
plainant and attacked him as described. Defendant was
remanded.
" MARINE STORE" DEALERS AND THE HABITUAL CRI-
MINALS AcT.—Bradfred Panow, a metal dealer, in Eller-
thorpe-street, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Paget, at
the Thames Police-court, charged under the Habitual
Criminals Act, with unlawfully purchasing a quantity of
lead being under 112 lbs. in weight, and a quantity of
copper being under 56 lbs. in weight. The defendant
pleaded guilty. Mr. Paget said the object of the law was
to prevent pilfering by children and adults in small quan-
tities, and it must be obeyed and the law enforced in
such cases. He fined the defendant 205., which was paid.
George Peterkin, a cowkeeper in Bromley, was brought
before Mr. Paget, at the above court, charged with being
concerned with two other men, named Valentine May and
Thomas Lane, in stealing 600 lbs. of oil-cake. On Satur-
day morning a police constable named Collins saw Lane
carrying a large bag of oil-cake on his shoulders, which he
conveyed to the premises of Peterkin, a short distance from
the river Lea, where Lane was in waiting to receive it.
There was another bag of oil-cake in the shed
with Lane. May and Lane were taken into custody by
Howlet, a detective of the K Division, and remanded.
Peterkin was afterwards arrested, and he admitted
lending two sacks to May and Lane for the conveyance
of oil-cake from a boat on the Lea to his cow-shed.
Howlett said Peterkin told him he knew nothing of the
sacks, Mr. Paget remanded Peterkin for a week, and
admitted him te bail.
STEALING A POST LETTER CONTAINING A BANK NOTE.
—Emile Odin, a French dentist, living at 12, Great St.
Martin'srstreet, was brought before Ms. Tyrwhitt, at the
Marlborough Police-court, with stealing a letter contain-
ing a£s Bank note, the property of Frederick Michael
Dorn, a German, residing till a few days back at the
same address, and who described himself as an
optician. Mr. Albert interpreted. Henry Sansom, 12,
St. Martin-street, Leicester-square, said that on Wednes-
day evening a postman brought him a letter addressed to
Mr. Michaels, or something like that, and he (witness)
signed the book for it ; and prisoner, in the course of
an hour after, knocked at the door, and he showed him
the letter, and said " Very good, very good," with
much politeness, and took the note away. Sub-
sequently the prosecutor came and asked for the
letter, which was a registered letter, and then it
was discovered that the letter was not for the prisoner.
Paul Bayer, of Castle-street, said that he spoke to the
prisoner respecting the letter, and he admitted that he
had had a letter for the prosecutor. The prisoner said the
prosecutor had asked him to receive any letter which
might come for him to the house in the name of Michaels,
as he owed rent, and he was afraid they might be stopped
by the landlord for it, and he did so. He took one letter
to the prosecutor, and sent the letter in question, but it
was lost. Remanded.

GARIBALDI AT WORK.

From the Vosges region we learn that Garibaldi is at
last at work. He has formed the cadres of his army in
three brigades, composed, to all appearance, of somewhat
too many regular troops in proportion to the irregulars,
to give them either the solidity of the one or the elan
find elasticity of the other ; and a serious combat
was fought between the army of Besancon and the
Germans all day on Saturday, between Voray and
Cussey, with what result is not yet known. The only de-
tail we possess is, that a vigorous bayonet charge
was made by the Zouaves and the battalions of
the Vosges; but the point at which the battle
was fought goes some way to indicate its cha-
racter. The two villages named are on the two
roads by which a German army might be expected
to approach Besancon from Vesoul ; one due southward
from the latter, the other by a detour to the right, pass-
ing Fretigny and Oiselay. And both villages are at the
points where the roads cross the river Ognon—which
forms the boundary line between the Departments of the
Haute Saone and the Doubs ; thus indicating
that, as we inferred the other day, the mission
of the French Vosges army is purely defensive,
and that it was in an attempt to stay the German
march on Besancon, from which the scene of con-
flict is but five or six miles distant, that the en-
gagement of Saturday took place. Judging from
the reported composition of Garibaldi's or Cam-
briers army, we doubt much whether, even with
the aid of a strong position, it could seriously resist the
erman advance ; and should the result of the encounter
prove to be a defeat, there will be no great reason for
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