The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

Mr. lloniNsoN—l believe a true bill has been found
against him for uttering sedition.
The RECORDER—I know nothing about that. It is
right the parties should know that any deviation from
their recognizance 3 will cause them to be estreated. I
will accept the bail I have named with 24 hours' notice
to the prosecutor.
The prisoner then retired.

NEW COURT.
THE CHARTISTS IN BONNER'S-FIELDS.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Richard Yatten and Henry Payne were also convicted
of assaulting the police on the 4th of June.—Sentence
deferred.
Samuel Strapps, a respectable-looking young man,
was indicted with assaulting the police on the 4th
of June, by throwing a ginger-beer bottle at them.
Several police swore positively to the prisoner, and their
evidence was corroborated by a person of the name of
Andrews, who stated himself to be a com-
positor, a reporter, and special constable, but
upon being pressed by Mr. Payne, who was
counsel for the prisoner, he declined to state for what
paper he reported, and the Common Sergeant, after
consulting with the Recorder, decided he was justified
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Mr. BODKIN, on the part of the prosecution, declined
offering any evidence against him, and he was conse-
quently acquitted.
John Wedge, 18, was indicted for an assault, but the
evidence not being very conclusive, the jury returned a
verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoners Coaling, Callaghan, Jones, Moston,
Whitehead, Blackburn, Kingston, Page, Bingley, and
Email, who were convicted on Saturday of the offences
of rioting and assaulting the police, were then brought
up for judgment.
The COMMON-SERGEANT, addressing the prisoners,
said they had been convicted, after a very long and
patient inquiry, occupying more than nine hours, of the
offence of riotously assembling together, and assaulting
the police in the execution of their duty. An attempt
had been made to show that the police had exceeded
their duty, but it had failed entirely, for the evidence
clearly proved that they had used no more violence than
was necessary for the preservation of the public peace.
They might with perfect propriety have prevented the
meetings in question from taking place on the Sunday, but
they did not do so, and remained perfectly quiet, and com-
mitted no act of aggression until Shackell, the inspector,
was attacked and severely injured. If men would commit
these acts of violence they must take the consequences,
and it was impossible to measure with nicety the
amount of force that might be used to repel them. It
was laid down by Lord Hale, that officers were justified
at common law in resisting even to the last extremity
for their own protection and the preservation of the
public peace; and it seemed to him that in the present
instance the police had done no more than their duty.
He saw no mitigating circumstances in the case. The
prisoners all appeared to be in work and to have ample
means of subsistence, and they had no excuse for mixing
themselves up with such lawless proceedings. If there
was to be a Government, and if men were to live as
heretofore in peace and quietness, such acts as these
must be repressed, and, but for the recommendation to
mercy of the jury, he should certainly have inflicted the
full punishment fixed by the law for the offence of which
they had been convicted. He had most carefully con-
sidered all the circumstances of the case, and the sen-
tence that ought to be passed, and the result was, that
the Court adjudged Couling, Callaghan, Jones, Moston,
Whitehead, Blackburn, and Page, to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour one year, and such of them as were
of Lull age, in addition, to enter into a recognizance in
1001. to ep the peace for two years; and those who
were not of age to do the same, upon pain of imprison-
ment. The prisoner Kingston was sentenced to six
months' hard labour, Bingley to three, and Iliman, who,
it will be recollected, struck one of the constables with
an iron bar, was sentenced to two years' hard labour.
These three prisoners were also ordered to enter into
their own recognizances in 1001. to keep the peace for
two years.
The prisoners who had been convicted in the course of
this morning were then brought up, and Mallandine was
sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour, Payne to one
year, Strapps to nine months', and Connolly and Yatton
to six months' hard labour, and, in addition, to enter
into recognizances to keep the peace for two years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO USE.
Thomas Wooding was charged by Mr. Ring, proprietor
of the Britannia Tavern, Fish-street-hill, with robbery.
Mr. Ring went on Thursday last into his cellar, and
found that seven or eight bottles of wine had disappeared.
He searched and found four bottles of wine in the dust-
hole. He then fastened the door and went to the station-
house, and procured the assistance of a constable. On
Saturday the prisoner, a customer to the house, and a
person in whose integrity the complainant had the ut-
most reliance, went down to the cellar and was detected.
Within the last six months Mr. Ring had lost about five
dozen of wine, as well as a quantity of brandy, so that,
notwithstanding strict attention to business and rigid
economy, he found that he was going back in the world.
When the prisoner came up from the cellar he went out
of the house. The complainant followed and called after
the prisoner, who would not answer, but was soon ap-
prehended and lodged in prison.
A City policeman said, that in consequence of informa-
tion which he had received he went on Friday last to the
Britannia tavern, and watched the door until half-past
eleven o'clock at night. On Saturday morning he again
visited the house at an early hour and watched, and saw
the prisoner go to the dusthole, feel about it, and pull
out a bottle of wine. From the yard the prisoner pro-
ceeded to the water-closet, when he wiped the dust frcm
the bottle and pocketed the wine, after which he turned
into the street, when he was apprehended.
The prisoner said, he never had a thought of commit-
ting robbery, but having left a bag and a knot in the
dusthole he found a bottle of wine upon going to search
for them, and considered it so much good luck.
Fully committed for trial.
MARYLEBONE.
Mr. Alexander Lamond, who described himself as a
stockbroker in the City, and residing in Mornington-
place, Hampstead-road, was charged before Mr.
Broughton with the following disgraceful conduct:—
Roberts, 107 D, deposed, that on the previous evening
he was sent for to 50, Manchester-street, Manchester-
square, where he saw the defendant, who was very
drunk, and refused to leave, alleging that he should not
do so until he had seen his friend, Mr. Terry, who was
from home at the time, and he (the defendant) was told
that it was uncertain when he would return. The only
persons on the premises were some women, who were
very much alarmed at his conduct, and after some per-
suasion witness prevailed upon him to leave. He (de-
fendant) then walked off, followed by witness, who in
South-street saw him go up to a girl about twelve years
old, with a baby in her arms, and lay hold of her per-
son in a most indelicate manner, after which he kissed
her several times. Witness desired him to desist from
such behaviour and go quietly on, upon which he put his
hands up, and placing his fingers in a peculiar way, ex-
claimed, " Take it out of that." In other streets wit-
ness (who had kept close to him) saw him pursue a
course of similar disgusting behaviour towards a woman
and a young child, and at length felt it to be his duty to
take him into custody. He resisted violently, but, with
assistance, witness succeeded, in conveying him to the
station-house.
Michael Smith, residing in East-street, corroborated
the greater portion of the constable's evidence as to the
gross indecency complained of.:
Mr. BROUGHTON asked, if the woman alluded to was
in attendance, and he was replied to in the negative.
The defendant,negative. on being asked what he had say in
answer to so very serious a charge, expressed his deep
regret at what he had been guilty of, according to the
representations of the witnesses. He felt thoroughly
ashamed of himself, and had he been in his right senses
such a thing would not have happened ; his prospects,
owing to this affair, would probably be ruined through
life, and he begged that the magistrate would be merci-
ful ; he had not been in trouble before, and could bring
witnesses forward as to his respectability in society.
Mr. Baouusuosr gave him to understand that his
plea of respectability was an aggravation rather than
an extenuation of the offences which had been so fully
proved against him, and he (the magistrate) was some-
what in doubt as to whether he ought not to send the
defendant at once to prison or not. He, however, had
expressed great contrition for the acts of which he
acknowledged himself to be guilty ; and, under all the
circumstances (none of the women being present), he
(Mr. Broughton) should fine him in the penalty of Si.;
in default of payment, one month in the House of Cor-

reetion.
The money was paid.
WESTMINSTER.
OUTRAGE ON BOARD A STLAM-BOAT.—J. Green and
J. Robinson, two of the crew ,of the Era steam-boat,
were charged with the following outrageous conduct:—
Mr. G. Waugh, of 5, Great James-street, Bedford-
row,_ stated that he engaged the Era steamer for Satur-
whaaehyumicrlphtaesraths, to convey a party of his friends to Hampton
Ctheirs nd back, the boat, of course, to be exclusively
to the v'aedassilehdle,
for the day. The party took a great quantity of
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the defendant Robinson came and demanded payment.w
Mr. Waugh, who had ordered his servant to pay for the
beer, called him, and the latter informed Robinson that
he had paid for it. Shortly after this Mr. Waugh went
to the captain, and pointing out Robinson, who had
been extremely abusive, told him that he was drunk, and
finding both the defendants in a few minutes afterwards
lying among the wine bottles and hampers, again called
the captain's attention to the circumstance, when the
latter went towards the men. In the course of two or
three minutes Mr. Waugh saw that there was something
the matter at one end of the boat, and on going there he
founnd the two defendants attacking the captain in a
most ferocious manner, at the same time making use of
most disgusting language. Mr. Waugh and other
gentlemen interfered, observing that they could not .

allow such gross misconduct, and endeavoured to
separate the parties. At that moment the man left
the helm, and came to the assistance of the two de-
fendants, and the greatest confusion prevailed. Mr.
Waugh received a blow on his chin; at the next moment
Green struck him a violent blow in the eye. Some of
Mr. Waugh'a friends came up, and insisted upon his
going to the other end of the boat, which be did.
During the confusion, which lasted some minutes, the
party were left to the mercy of the stream, the captain
and helmsman both being engaged upon deck. The
vessel was at the time a little above Battersea-bridge ;
and, but for the good conduct of the persons in the
engine-room, who speedily shut the steam off, the con-
sequences must have been most frightful. As it was
one of their friends, a nautical gentleman, went to the
wheel and rendered considerable service. Defendants,
after the most desperate conduct, were confined below
until the arrivall of the vessel by the side of the Investi-
gator police-ship, off Somerset-house, whither the cap-
tain, by orders of the many gentlemen who had been
assaulted, had consigned them. It thea required at
least four constables to secure Green, and it was
found necessary to pinion him by tying his hands and
legs. The party then discovered that the whole of their
provisions and wine had disappeared; and, upon its being
demanded joints and delicacies, champagne, port, sherry,
and brandy were produced from different hiding places;
but,
.on there arrival at Hungerford, three bottles of
ono of port, and another of brandy, had
champagne,againbee
been carried off. Mr. Waugh, who exhibited a
black eye, said that the party consisted of seventy per-
sons, the greater number of whom were ladies. Their
alarm was extreme: one, the wife of a barrister, was so
overcome by fright that her husband was obliged to
convey her on shore in a small boat; and the consterna-
tion of another, who was enceinte, was such as to cause
serious apprehensions for her safety. When the captain
was informed that no person was to be allowed to leave
the vessel until the police were brought on board he
readily acquiesced.
Mr. E. Stanley, Mr. C. J. Nealds, and Mr. J. D.
Sadler, who were of the party, gave confirmatory testi-
mony of the outrageous conduct of the prisoners. The
whole of them had been assailed, and some of them bore
marks of the violence with which they had been at-
tacked. Mr. Stanley, after parrying some of the blows
dealt at him, was thrown down and beat as he lay on the
deck by two persons, one of whom he believed to be
Robinson. Mr. Neald, who acted for a time as helms-
man, proved that Green struck him twice in the face.
Mr. Sadler also received a violent blow from one of the
parties, and the two servants were also beaten. The
defendants said "Here goes," as they ranged themselves
for the attack; and it was the impression of the witness
that they intended to have swept the deck, if possible; at
any rate the fellows appeared to have indiscriminately
attacked all who came in their way.

Mr. BRODERIP observed that the case was of by far
too serious a nature for him to dispose of summarily.
He therefore felt it his duty to send the defendants for
trial at the Middlesex Sessions. lie would accept bail,
themselves in 100/. each„ and two sureties in 501. each,
for their appearance to answer the charge.
Defendants were locked up.
SOUTHWARK.

Mary Doyle the woman charged on suspicion with
having thrown a child over London bridge into the river,
was brought up for re-examination.
On the last examination a boy came forward, who
said that on the night in question he observed the pri-
soner place a bundle on the parapet of the bridge previ-
ously to throwing it over into the river, and that he saw
something move in it, which led to the supposition that
there was an infant wrapped up in it. Subsequently to
that boy's statement having been made, another had
come forward, who, while playing near Blackfriars-
bridge, found the body of an infant floating under the
second arch on the City side, and having taken it out
of the water, an inquest was subsequently held upon it,
and the surgeon, in giving his evidence after a post
modem examination, .was -of opinion that it was still-
born.

Mr. COTTINciHAM, on being acquainted with the re-
sult of the inquest, had the prisoner brought before
him, and in the course of ht,s' remarks said, that her
conduct was sufficient excite a very strong degree
of suspicion in the minds of those witnesses who had
come forward to give evidence against her. The very
circumstance of her having selected such a spot as Lon-
don-bridge in order to get rid of (as she described) a
bundle of filthy rags, throwing it over with both her
hands, which showed that it must have been of a
weighty nature, although she declared she had only
used one hand for the purpose, her subsequent attempt
to make her escape from the recess of the bridge after
it was done, and her contradictions and conduct altoge-
ther, were so pregnant with suspicion, that it justified the
letter-carrier in giving her into custody on the spot.
Since her apprehension he (the Magistrate) had felt it
his duty to have inquiries made in the locality where
she lived, in order to ascertain whether any of her chil-
ren were missing, or whether she had been attending
upon any women who had recently given birth to an
infant ; and the result of those inquiries was favourable
to the accused, therefore he should now discharge her,
at the same time informing her that. her detention was
attributable to the necessity, for the ends of public
justice, of making those inquiries before she was per-
mitted to go at large.
The accused, who still adhered to the truth of her
statement respecting the transaction, was then dis-
charged, and on quitting the bar ejaculated that it
would be a lesson for her the remainder of her life.