The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-24 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—Thomas Ward,
a young man, was brought up before Mr. Knox, at the
Marlborough Police-court, charged with violently assault-
ing Police-constable Booker, 382 E, and Mary Ann White
was charged with attempting to rescue Ward from the
custody of the police. The constable, who was much
bruised about the face and body, stated that on the pre-
vious evening he was in Broad-street, Bloomsbury, when
he saw Ward, who was drinking, making a great dis-
turbance. He requested him to go away, when he
refused, and knocked him down, fell on him, and
struck him several times, and he was obliged to use his
truncheon on him to get him off. On taking Ward
into custody White tried to get him away, and it took
five constables to get him to the station owing to his
violence. In answer to Mr. Knox the constable stated
that he was very much hurt. After hearing evidence as to
the prisoner's violence, Mr. Knox committed Ward for a
month with hard labour for the assault on the constable,
and ordered him to pay for the damage done to the con-
stable's cape, or be further imprisoned for seven days, and
as it appeared that White had not been guilty of any
violence discharged her.
CANNIBALISM.—John Callaghan, a seaman, was charged
at the Thames Police Court with unlawfully wound-
ing Mary Buckley, in Williams'-court, Cable-street,
Whitechapel. There was a row in Williams'-court among
the Irish fraternity there, and the prisoner, who came
from Red Cross-street, Southwark, on a visit to his
" Shister's husband," joined in the fray, and the whole
party began knocking each other about in wild confusion.
The prisoner was scratched by Mary Buckley, and he
threw her down, fell upon her, and bit her lip off. She
was raised from the ground and taken to the London
Hospital, where she has been and is now under medical
treatment. The prisoner denied the alleged cannibalism.
He was remanded for, a week.

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DISHONEST SON.—William Miles, aged 14 years,
was charged with robbing his father, Thomas Miles, of
two hats and a coat. The prosecutor bewailed the dis-
honesty of his son in a very indignant and sorrowful
manner, and said this was not the first time be had to
charge him with robbery, and he was insulted and told
that he wanted to get rid of his son cheaply, which was
not so. He had six children, and they were all honest
with the exception of the prisoner, who contaminated
them all. He was a very poor man, and his earnings only
15s. per week, but he educated his children and brought
them up properly, and it was a grievous thing to have a
wolf in sheep's clothing among them. The robbery and
sale of the hats and coat was proved by the father and
mother of the boy, who treated the whole affair with the
most supreme indifference. The magistrate said he would
remand him for a week, and then send him to a reforma-
tory.school. The father must pay something out of his
earnings for his support.
THE LATE RULE OF 'NEWCASTLE'S ESTATE.—In Vice-
Chancellor Bacon's chambers, the case of " Davis v.
Antrobus " was brought before Mr. Allen, the chief clerk.
The suit is one instituted against the trustees under the
will of the late Duke of Newcastle, Sir E. Antrobus and
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, for the purpose of
ascertaining whether, by reason of the non-payment of
the yearly rent, the mansion house in Carlton House-
terrace did not revert from the present duke to
the trustees, the property having been bequeathed con-
ditionally to the testator's successor in the dukedom. It
was admitted that there had been default, but it was
contended that the bequest was not thereby vitiated. It
was argued, on the other hand that, under the circum-
stances, the trustees had acuired a beneficial interest in
the mansion, to the ex exclusion of the creditors
of the estate of the present duke. An applica-
tion was made for an extension of time for the pur-
pose of filing further affidavits, and there being no objec-
tion, the application was granted.
ACTIONS FOIL DAMAGES ON RAILWAYS. —Two more
actions arising out of railway accidents were tried at the
Leeds Assizes on Monday, and in each case the verdict
was in favour of the plaintiff. A machine and metal
broker, named William Brown, was awarded the sum of
£550 for injuries sustained while travelling on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Railway in November last, and the
widow of Mr. W. Armitage, carpet manufacturer, of
Heckmondwike, recovered £l,BOO for the loss of her s-
band by an accident on the Caledonian Railway in
February. The defendants were the Midland Company,
as the deceased took his ticket at their station at Brad-
ford.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN,-If the evi-
dence of twelve or fourteen witnesses, examined before
tne Manchester stipendiary magistrate on Monday, is
to be believed, a member of the Manchester police force
has been guilty of an outrage of the grossest kind. The
evidence proved that on the night of Saturday, the
6th instant, a coachpainter went to a bazadr at the Free-
trade Hall, that about midnight he was in a perfectly
sober state, and that not long afterwards he was seen by
a man who knew him in the custody of a policeman.
He is described as appearing to be at that time • quite
sober, and capable of taking care of himself." The
man offered to take him home, whereupon the officer
immediately closed with his prisoner and both fell to
the ground. The prisoher was on his back, and the
officer "clutched him by the throat with both hands,"
and at the same time was " kneeling with both knees "
on the man's chest, though he offered no resistance.
Another policeman then came up, and the prisoner was
handcuffed, and dragged along the flags " like a sack."
A bystander noticed that the prisoner was frothing at the
mouth, and told the policeman that he was in a fit.
They dragged the man forty yards further, when a
third policeman went to their assistance. Then they car-
ried him, and a witness who followed them heard the
man's head " bumping "on the pavement. During all this
expressions were used by the officer who first had the
man in custody which give a deeper colouring to the
affair. When they reached the police-station the officers
found that their prisoner was dead. On Monday, the
policeman who took the deceased into custody was charged
with causing his death. Evidence was given in the
prisoner's behalf by the two policemen who assisted him
and by two other persons, after which the case was
adjourned till Thursday.
A NOTABLE BANKRUPT.-At the Court of Bankruptcy,
the case of Sir Minto Walter Townsend Farquahar, Bart.,
was mentioned to Mr. Registrar Hazlitt (sitting as Chief
Judge). The hon. baronet is described as of Earl's-court-
road, Brompton, of no occupation. No less than three
petitions for adjudication of bankruptcy have been pre-
sented against him, one of which stood for hearing at that
time, but an adjournment was ordered by consent until
the 7th of September, when it is understood that the
whole of the petitions will be heard.