The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Daniel noran and James Bull, labourers, and
James Mills, a master chimney-sweeper, living in
Little Grosvenor-street, were placed at the bar before
Mr. Broughton, charged with having in a most savage
and brutal manner assaulted several officers of the D
division of police.

On the previous night Hogan was drunk in East-
street, and as he was creating a great disturbance,
Porter, 55 D, who was attracted to the spot by the
noise which he heard, desired him to go away ; he
replied that he should not do so, and exclaimed,
4, -you've been to Trafalgar-square to-day, and I'll
Trafalgar you ;" at the same moment strikine, him a
terrific blow on the mouth. He (Hogan) and some
others then knocked him down, and kicked him upon
the head and body. He was injured most severely,
and for some minutes it was thought that the last
knock-down. blow, which had rendered him insensible
at the moment, had deprived him of life. Further
assistance opportunely arrived, and Hogan was pro-
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Theke d
other and threwtw o
prisoners
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perly secured. He appeared to be almost mad, from
athbeouefft ecints oalflddriieenrk,tinaond ks.
were proved to have been participators in the outrage
upon Porter; and three more constables, all of whom
were assisting to release Porter, whom they believed
had received mortal injury from kicks and blows
given to him, were assaulted themselves. At the
station-house the prisoner Mills assaulted constable
Bewley, who had put him out of the place for im-
properly interfering with regard to the other pri.•
soners.
A great deal more evidence was gone into, and
after a careful review of the evidence adduced the
worthy
Magistrate came to the conclusion that the
nature of the assault was such as to call for very
to go
severe
punishment. He thought that the case ought
before a jury for trial.
Inspector Black was spoken to upon the subject, as
were also the officers, and their wish was that the
case might be disposed of summarily.
ogan
bgaei wss sentenced to three months' imprison-
mentH, being one month for each of the three assaults
committed by him ; and Bull and Mills were sentenced
to be inaprisoned for a month.
dward Marshall, a tradesman in Clifton-
Finsbury, and Elizabeth Marshall, his wife,
WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. .r
Clifton-
street,
weret r et, e c
barged, in conjunction with t.vo seafaring men,
named Charles Thew and Arthur Robertson, with
violently assaulting a Polish teacher of languages,
named Isidore Szrwinski, living in Duncan-street,
City-road.
The complainant, one of whose eyes was very
much contused, stated that he had been lodging
with his brother fur some time in the house of
the defendants, and that upon entering his apart-
ments at a late hour on the evening of the 15th inst.,
he was followed by the female defendant, who abruptly
demanded the immediate settlement of a trifling
amount of rent he owed her. Upon requesting her
to wait till the morning, when it should be at once
paid, she positively refused to do so, and assailed him
with the most abusive and insulting epithets, to which
he made no reply, and having exclaimed that if he
would not speak she would soon bring some one to
make him answer, she called out to her husband, who,
with the two other defendants, ran instantly upstairs,
commenced thrusting him about, and insisted upon
his leaving the house forthwith. Witness, to avoid a
disturbance, consented to do so, and quietly pro-
ceeded towards the door, but was there intercepted
by the first defendant, who then demanded security
for his rent, and witness, it being too late to obtain
any
and boots, which the defendant accepted, apparently
money at that time, delivered up to him his coat
satisfied, but immediately upon his attempting to go,
and without the slightest provocation on his part,
struck him a violent blow upon one of his eyes,
which was immediately succeeded by an outrageous
attack from the female defendant, who grasped him
by the collar, damaged his coat, and nearly tore his
clothes from his back. Witness attempted to escape
from the house, but was instantly stopped by the
other defendants, who forced him back, and in the
struggle which ensued he lost a valuable breast-
pin, which he had purchased on the Continent. The
two other defendants also exhibited extreme violence
towards him, and one of them (Thew) having asked
the others to let him get at him, and threatened to
cut hire in pieces, witness became so alarmed for his
safety that he rushed in great terror to the window,
which he threw up and called loudly for the police,
when a constable who happened fortunately to be
passing and heard his cries made his way into the
house, and having rescued him from further ill-usage,
he subsequenly attended at this court and obtained
warrants for the apprehension of all his assailants.
After hearing the defence,
Mr. llAmmtm. said he considered that no circum-
stances of justification had been made out for such a
violent attack, and, as the charge had been fully
established, sentenced the first defendant to pay the
L highest amount of penalty it was in bis power to