The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1846.

and while she was boiling one of the eggs the prisoner
stole a silk handkerchief, and quitted the house before the
theft was discovered. Yesterday the prisoner was traced by
Smith, a police-constable, No. 220 K, who took her into
custody, and a woman named Terry, residing in James's-
street, Limehouse -fields, identified her, and said she had
purchased a pewter milk-pot, the inside of which was lined
with glass, and the stopper of a decanter. The prisoner at
first denied all knowledge of the woman, but afterwards
admitted that she had stolen the articles from Wanger's
house.

The prisoner made no defence to the charge, and she wag
committed to Newgate fur trial.
Timothy Horragan, a boiler-maker, aged 22, was charged
with creating a disturbance in the Queen's Head Tavern,
High-street, assaulting Mr. Finney, the landlord, and beating
several policemen.
It appeared in evidence, that on Saturday evening the
prisoner and two other men came into the Queen's Head in
an improper state, and called for some beer and liquor. Mr.
Finney refused to supply them with any, and told them they
had had enough. The prisoner and his companions then
became very noisy and troublesome, declared they would
not go until they were supplied with some liquor, and
claimed it as a right. Mr.Finney still refused, and advised
Ilorragan and his companions to leave his house quietly. He
then went into his parlour, and the prisoner followed and
made a violent attack upon him, and after striking him
several times, capsised a tray in which there was a quantity
of pipes. Mr. Finney then sent for the aid of the police,
and two constables came to his assistance and took the pri-
soner into custody. As soon as they had done so the pri-
soner made a savage attack upon them, and was excited to
do so by a mob of disorderly characters, 100 in number, who
endeavoured to rescue the prisoner. He got away from one
policeman, named Westfield, 329 K, and was stopped by
another, coining in an opposite direction. Westfield
caught hold of him again, and the prisoner struck
him a dreadful blow on the nose, and caused him
to bleed profusely. The mother of the prisoner then
laid hold of the policeman's stock and nearly strangled him,
while her son inflicted severe kicks on Westfield's legs and
body. He likewise kicked Mitchell, 406 K, and fell back-
wards himself in raising his leg a second time to inflict
another kick. The policeman closed upon him, and with
the assistance of Aish, 334 K, who was also kicked violently
on the chest, the prisoner was secured and conveyed to the
station- house. Mitchell sustained very serious injuries, and
has been ever since the outrage under the care of the divi-
sional surgeon of the police.
The prisoner, in defence, said he could not recollect any-
thing of the occurrence.
Mr. BRODERIP said the complainant had very properly
refused to do that which would put money in his pocket.
Licensed victuallers were amenable to the law, and were
punished if they did not keep good rule and order in their
houses, but as long as they acted as Mr. Finney had done,
they should be protected. It was also necessary to protect
the police, when they did their duty firmly and temperately,
against such outrages as these. This was a very bad case
indeed, and he should inflict a severe punishment. For the
assault on Mr. Finney the prisoner would pay a fine of 405.,
or be imprisoned for three weeks; for the assault on West-
field, three weeks' imprisonment; a further imprisonment of
three weeks for the assault on Mitchell; and three weeks
more for the assault on Aish, making in all twelve weeks'
confinement in the House of Correction.