The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

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retawag foreign wines and spirits without license.
.1;s Garnbanil an. officer. of Excise, proved going-to de-
' fendant's on the 4th of March last, in company with Mr.
Reed, another officer. They played at billiards, and after-
wards ordered a glass of sherry and water and a glass of
brandy. A boy who was present in the capacity of waiter
went out for the spirits, and in a.few minutes returned with
the wine and water and the brandy. He gave the boy the
money to fetch the liquor, and when he returned he handed
him the change.
Mr. Reed, who was present with the last witness, corrobo-
rated his testimony.
Two officers deposed, that.they remained outside, and that
nothing was taken in during the stay of their brother officers
in the house.
The Court gave judgment against the defendant.
A second information was then gone into for a similar of-
fence committed on the sth oflUarch.
The same officers proved the case, which was, however, of
a very prolonged character, as the difendant's principal wit-
ness swore most positively that the officers wet e not pi escut
at all in the house on that day.
Four officers reiterated that they were quite positive as to
the day being the sth of March.
The Court made some very severe animadversions on the
conduct of the witness, and gave judgment against the de-
fendant in the penalty of WO/.

POLICE -INTELLIGENCE.
WESTMINS rE le.

DESPERATE ATTACK UPON THE POLlCE.—Yesterday, Jo/
Dav;son, Robert Lawrence, John Wright, Richard Morris,
and John Smith, five notorious thieves, were finally exa-
mined, charged with two murderous and desperate attacks
on the police.

The Circumstances which led to the prisoners' apprehension
are briefly these

John Bound, 210 B, was on duty in Orchard-street,
Westminster, at about two o'clock on the morning of the
21st of April, when Davison, without the slightest provo-
cation, slipped suddenly out of a door-way and felled him
to the ground with a blow on the jaw, inflicted with a lance-
wood bludgeon. The fellow again attempted to strike him
with the same formidable weapon, but the constable, whose
jaw was dislocated, receded a few paces and avoided it.
Lawrence then suddenly made his appearance, armed with
a similar weapon, and struck Round a severe blow on the
back with it, which he was about to follow up when other
constables made their appearance, and the fellows ran down
Duck-lane, into a court, a place inhabited by persons of the
vilest character. The officers followed them, when a despe-
rate attack was made upon them with bricks and other mis-
siles of every description from the window of a house, and
the constables were much injured. On being joined by two
or three other officers of. the same division, they broke into
the house and apprehended Lawrene,, Wright, Morris, and
Smith, who were the persons concerned in the outrage, and
having locked them up returned to the same place in quest
of Davison. On ascending the stairs one of the constables
distinctly heard some person throw down a heavy iece of
wood, and on rut hing into the room found Davison there
with four lance-wood bludgeons at his feet, similar to that
with which the attack had been made upon Round. Davi-
son swore, as did the others at the time of their apprehen -
sion, that if he had a pistol or knife handy he would us it
against the officers, and add d. as he was being conveyed to
the station. "'that he would like to serve them as he had
done Brennan on the morning."
As the sergeant and his men, in consequence of the inju-
ries thet had received, were unable to attend on the firmer
tray the prisoners were remanded until yesterday, when
Sergeant Bre; an scat' d, that on Monday, the 20th of
April, he went, at about three in the afternoon, to a house in
New court, Duck-lane, whert he apprehended a man coinit:g
counterfeit half-crowns. He had hardly seemed the man,
when he saw the prisoner Lawrence, who was in the Court,
fling a brickbat at White, a constable, who accompa ied him
(the sergeant). which struck him a violent blow on the face,
and knocked him down. A vast number of others assembled,
and threw bricks and missiles of every descption, amongst
whom, as most active in the attack, he recognised Morris and
Smith. There were nearly a hundred persons ass,mbled in
the court, and a great many of them suddenly made a ru-h
at the room door, whilst others got in at the window. He
was, with his brother officers, overpowered by numbers, and
the prisoner was rescued. Witness made a leap down stairs
after him, but was immediately knocked down, and became
insensible. Ou partially recovering, he was • staggering
through the court, when he received a blow on the back of
the head front a stone or a brick, and he fell to the ground.
lie remembered nothing else that occurred until he found
himself in a baker's shop, bleeding profusely from a wound
in the head. He had been confined to his bed some days in
consequence of the injuries he sustained, and was still under
medical treatment. _

The two ofUcers who accompanied him, and who were also
severely beaten, confirmed his account. It was obvious by
their statements, that they had fought as long as they could
against the thieves, and been fortunate in escaping with their
lives. They pointed out -Davison Its the' fellow principally
concerned in rescuing the coiner, who made his escape in
handcuffs.

Tfrelrisoners declined making any defence, and they were
committed for trial.

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE
-- • AND SUICIDE. '

TILBURY FORT, TR URSDAY.—For several' days -past -the
inhabitants of this quiet neighbourhood havalbeen greatly
excited by. the following most extraordinary occurrence
In the course of Wednesday, as a , young female named
Caroline Brooks, aged eighteen, living at Hendod-on-the
Hill; was Walking from that place to Mucking, she'was
costed by a man, who said to her; " I want one-word with
OU, and no more." - She replied, "than she did not wish to
hold any conversation wish him," and added that .therel
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a policeman behind her. He then observed, " Say not a
word—if you do, yon'are dead:" She then screainea for as-
sistance, when he seized her and put a handkerchief into
her mouth, and so held it. He then threw her to the
ground, and contrived to keep her down, during which
time he loaded a pistol with ball, and declared if she again
attetifPfeA to .serdain; 'he 'Weida' sheet her. A horse and
cart approaching, however,' at this period, he allowed her
to get up; and, :holding the pistol before her face, said,
"You can go and give any infbrmatiou you like about me ;
but if you tell that man (pointing to the driver of the cart),
you are dead, forl. am watching yon."- As the cart passed,
he took'g purse'ont• of his pocket, griclPltt it before her face.
He said he should be dead in five minutes ; and then,
taking
.her hand, remarked that he.was sorry be had given
her so,much trouble. She was afraid' to call to the driver;
but, on freeing herself from her assailant, she ran to a
neighbourhig house, and the police were apprised of the
attack.

Two, onstables, named Cracknell and Hammond, imme-
diately_ went in, pursuit of ,him towards West Tilbury, and
when within four Yards of him, Cracknell observed. to his
comrade, " That is the man ;" and, ere they could seize
him, he-raised the pistol, and shot himself through the
head. He died in about a quarter of an hour, and on being
searched, a pocket-book was found in his coat pocket, in
which was the following writing in pencil:—" Quos Deus
suit perdere prizes denzentat. lecke est aka." Gunpowder,
percussion' caps, and bullet., were also found upon him, and
a picture of John TaWell, the murderer, under the lining of
his hat.

He.was ifientifled.to be,John Biloby, formerly of the 46th
Regiment, twenty. seven years of age, and living •in Tau,
street, H:Tslydown. He lett his house on Friday week, and
was met by a sergeant of the 46th, near this pl ice, on Wed-
nesday morning. He appeared much excited and said he
was in search of a sergeant of that r giment, who once bad
charge of him, to sllo,t 'dm. Knowing that he had a' tempted
to destroy himself on several occasions, and believing his
mind to be impaired, tl.e sergeant did not heed his threat,
merely telling him that the sergeant was in Ireland. He
was respectably connected, and gained his livelihood by
teaching music. A coroner's jury found " That he shot him-
velf while in an unsound state of mind."

WORTHING. DISTRESSING - OCCURRENCE. About
,sv, 9 a.m., yesterday (Tuesday) morning a fire was discovered
,n t,h,n house, of ,Capt. Tinting, 4, York-tei race. It was first
„ere, i ved by one of the family, who immediately gave an
alarm' ,-1 and on examination it was discovered to proceed
from it .e bed-room in front of the house, occupied by Mr.
Thoina.‘ Coxhead. Capt. Tinting's son-in-law. Capt. Tinting
went in... 9 the room and found Mr., Coxhead lying in one
corner in his shirt, • quite stupified. He got him out of the
room and .then sent 'to the Town Hall for assistance to'put
out the fir. t. Harris, the officer, immediately proceeded to
the house. When he arrived there the room was so full of
smoke that .no one could enter it. In a short time,
however, ht/ . effected an entrance and found the bed-
clothes bun sling; and the fire had communicated to
the floor, whic .1., was blazing., Water
.was procured, and he
succeeded in e_ t anguishing the flames, but not before the
bed-clothes and ,curtains were entirely consumed, and the
bed and mattress e. 1 much burned. In the meantime medical
assistance had latss 'n sent for, and Mr. Harris had arrived
and prescribed the
proper remedies for Mr. Coxhead, who
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was put to bed, , ~,,, id at that time was thought not to be
seriously hurt. He
„died, however, at twenty minutes past
nine in the morning.
When Harris first went into the room
he found a silver can, ile, stick, with the handle melted off, by
the side of the bed, as if it had dropped from Mr. Coxhead 's
hand ; and a book, the en. rner of which was burnt, was found
amongst the bed-clothes; _from which it would appear that
the unforunate gentleman vsSas reading in bed and fell asleep,
and that the clothes caught h re. Indeed, Mr. Coxhead, .as
be-
fore he died, stated that; he w reading in bed and fell
-ears of age, and has left a
asleep. He was about thirty y
wife, but we could not learn that he had any children. The
occurrence has cast a gloom over the town.—Brighton
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