The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAT.

STEALING TIMBER IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS. THE
DANGER OF KNOWING TOO MUCH.—Two boys, named
Dominick Sweeney and James Macarthy, were charged
at the Marlborough-street Police-court, before Mr. Knox,
with stealing some timber in Kensington-gardens, the
property of Her Majesty's First Commissioner of Works.
Police-constable 463 A said that about nine o'clock that
morning he saw several lads running away with pieces of
timber cut off the trees in Kensington-gardens ; and on
going after them he met the prisoners with A piece of
timber about six feet long on their shoulders. As soon as
the prisoners saw him they dropped the timber and ran
away, and he went after them and took them into
custody. Macarthy : The constable asked us questions
coming along, for the purpos) of making us criminate
ourselves. Mr. Knox : Criminate yourselves ! Why, you
are evidently a young thief from your language, and I
shall remand you both, that we may see who and what
you are. Elisha Butler, of Caroline-street, Bayswater,
was also charged with stealing timber in Kensington
Gardens. In this case Sergt. Martin, A Division, saw
the prisoner in possession of about a cart load of timber
off the trees in Kensington Gardens, and on telling him
that he should take him into custody for stealing it, he
coolly replied, " Oh, then take it back again." .;The
prisoner knew that he bad no right to take the timber,
as one of the park superintendents told him it was not
permitted. Committed for a month, with hard labour.
A BRUTAL IRISHMAN.—John Carney, an Irishman,
aged 62ilyears, ;of No. 45, Star-street, St. George-in-the-
East, was charged before Mr. Paget, at the- Thames
Police-court, with assaulting and wounding Sarah Flynn,
of the same place. The parties met in a beer shop
on Wednesday night, and quarrelled about their
hop experiences in the county of Kent. The
quarrel came to a termination in the beer,
house without bloodshed, but on reaching home'
it was renewed with great force and fury, and the
prisoner swore by the " holy poker" he would extinguish
her if she did not hold her tongue. She continued to
abuse him, and he took hold of a kitchen poker and
struck her a tremendous blow on the head, inflicting a
severe wound, from which she bled profusely. He fled,
and was subsequently arrested by the police. Dr. John
Kierman, a physician and assistant to Mr. Daniel Ross,
divisional surgeon of police, .175, High-street, Shadwell,
said the complainant had received a contused and lacerated
wound, extending to the bone. The iron poker pro-
duced would have inflicted such a wound. It was rot
dangerous. The prisoner howled for mercy, and said he
was a very old and infirm man. Mr. Paget—You are a
very wicked and brutal old man. It is very fortumte
you are not here on a charge affecting your life. You
might have killed her. The doctor says the wound is Lot
dangerous, and I convict you of an assault, and sentence
you to six months' imprisonment, and hard labour.

The Augsbut g Gazette gives the account of a
WUrtembergian ()nicer who was on horseback dose to the
window of the room where the interview between the
King of Prussia and the Emperor took place. The Klig
sheaved the Emperor a map indicating certain pouts
thereon, speaking in a very lively manner. He tlen
drew a document from his pocket which Napoleon signed.
The Prince Royal was then admitted into the room, aid
shortly after the interview ended.