The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAT.

SINGULAR AND DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT.—WiIIiam
Crouch, a carpenter, living at No. 13, Circus-street,
Marylebone, was charged before Mr. Knox at the Marl-
borough Police-court, with being drunk and behaving in a
disorderly manner in Crown-court, St. James's. Police-
constable Stephen Tye, 102 C, deposed that at about a
quarter to six yesterday evening he was called to Crown-
court, St. James's, where he found the prisoner, who had
stripped himself and was declaring that he would fight all
the Prussians. With some difficulty he succeeded in
getting the prisoner to put on his clothes, and then took
him to the station. In reply to Mr. Knox the constable
said the prisoner was drbnk. The prisoner said he had
been with a ship's carpenter and had some rum with him.
Mr. Knox asked the constable whether he meant to say
the prisoner was naked. The Constable—Stark naked.
Mr. Lnox said the prisoner's conduct was monstrous in
the streets of London, and at such an hour, and fined him
40s. or a month. _

EXTRAORDINARY FREAK.—James Mackinlay, aged 29
years, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Lushington at
the Thames Police-court, charged with being drunk and
wilfully breaking a large quantity of plate glass in the
house of James Bance, a dealer in ginger beer and other
things, No. 17, Albert-street, Shadwell. The right arm
of the prisoner, which he had bared in court, was fright-
fully cut and mutilated, and had been bandaged. He
said he was cut by some of the people in the ginger beer
house, but it appeared he inflicted the injuries to his arm
himself while causing the damage with which he was
charged. He entered the complainant's premises with a
young woman on his arm, and they had two bottles of
ginger beer, for which the female tendered 2d. After-
wards more ginger beer was consumed by the couple, and
a dispute arising about the change the prisoner smashed
up everything in the place, including seven panes of
glass in the window, a butter scale, and a good
deal of plats glass and glass bottles. He was taken into
custody after some resistance, and after an exhibition of
his arm he produced an empty purse, and saidhe had been
robbed of the contents. He was paid off on Saturday
after a long voyage, and there was a good deal of money
in it when he entered the " pop shop." The proprietor of
the place said all the money he saw was a shilling, which
he threw on the counter for the ginger beer he had been
drinking. Mr. Lushington fined the prisoner Is., and
ordered him to pay 495. for the damage he had done. He
was locked up in default, and told the imprisonment
would be six weeks with hard labour.
UNPROVOKED AND BRUTAL ASSAULT.—James Eneven,
aged 50 years, a strong, corpulent man, was brought up
at the above Court, charged with violently assaulting and
wounding William Short. The prisoner is a greengrocer,
in Hope-alley, Wapping. On Saturday night he en-
croached on the premises of his neighbour, Short, with
his vegetables and other things, and refused to remove
them to his own premises when desired. He struck Mr.
Short and beat him severely ; his skull was fractured and
three ribs broken. The wounded man was conveyed to
the London Hospital, where he now remains in a very bad
state. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who appeared for
the prisoner, said the parties fought five rounds, and the
fortune of war decided in favour of the prisoner. The man
in,the hospital was not in danger. That turned out to be
the case, and on a report made by Inspector Gee, of the
K division, the magistrate consented to accept bail for the
prisoner to appear on Saturday next.

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