The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-18 00:00:00

BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY):

Iluxtable, a tailor in Wine Office-court, Fleet-
street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged
with assaulting Mr. Henneker, barrister, of 70 Chan-
cery lane.
The complainant said, that last evening, at about half-
past six o'clock, he was passing through the Strand, on
his way home, when he received a severe blow on the
head from behind. Looking round, he saw the prisoner
behind him, and before he had time to say a word, the
risoner began to abuse him with volubility, calling him
p
a" -- rascal," a " d—d thief," and (to use the com-
plainant's own phrase) " a thousand inflexions of those
expressions." He told the prisoner that if he did not let
him alone, he (complainant) would give him in charge,
but the prisoner continued to abuse him. Complainant
went on in the direction of Chancery-lane, until he saw
a policeman, to whom he was about to make his com-
plaint, when the prisoner anticipated him, by desiring
the policeman to take him (complainant) in charge for
following him in the street and annoying him. Com-
plainant then told the policeman what had occurred, but
the latter refused to take either charge, because he had
not seen either the assault or the annoyance. He then
went on, followed by the
prisoner, who struck him
again, when they had got about five yards from the spot
where the policeman stood. The latter having seen the
assault committed, consented to take this charge, and
took the prisoner to the station.
Policeman
F 71 corroborated the greater part of this
statement.
The •
prisoner admitted that
of him and standing
he had struck the com-
plainant, but said that
plaiiiant had attemptedhe was provoked to it. The cora-
gndacross the footway, holding
to stop him by getting in front
He certainly did strikeandthe lamp-post with the other.
the iron
railing with one ha
in self-defence. the complainant then, but it was

Mr. JARDINE said he would fine the prisoner 51., the
highest penalty he had power to enforce ; but
Mr. Henneker said that he thought the penalty in-
sufficient, and hoped the Magistrate would send the case
to a superior court
Mr. JARDINE accordingly consented to send the case
for trial, and the prisoner was committed, being bound
over in his own recognizances for 201. and two sureties
in 101. each, or one in 201., to appear at the sessions on
Monday.

Bail was immediately put in, and the prisoner was
liberated.
Henry Carman, the lad who on the 7th inst. charged
a boy mimed Wallace, of robbing him of I/. gs -
coffee-shop, was brought before Mr. Jardine this "in in
na
irg on a charge of stealing 21. from his father, William
Carman, a cab-proprietor, at Westminster.
It will be remembered, that on a former occasion the
prisoner (then the prosecutor) said that his father had
been dead for some time, and that since his death he had
been in the employment of a farmer in Hertfordshire,
that on coming to London he took a lodging at a coffee-
shop in Queen-street, and while he was taking his tea
there on Tuesday, the 6th inst., he was robbed by Wal-
lace. Wallace was committed, tried, convicted, and
sentenced by Mr. Sergeant Adams to six mouths' impri-
sonment. Meanwhile, Moore, the beadle of Covent.
garden Market, obtained a situation for the prisoner as
errand boy to Mr. Hughes, fruit salesman in the market,
and he remained there until last night, when his father,
having with some difficulty traced him, gave him in
charge for robbing him of 21.
The prisoner's father stated that the prisoner had
robbed him of several sums of money from time to time,
and on Saturday week he had decamped with 21. The
whole of the story he had told when giving his evidence
was false.
The account given by Moore, of the manner in which
the prisoner had passed his time since he came under his
care was highly amusing. Having got the " place," he
had by his steadiness and good behaviour got
into the good graces of his master's family,
and not only used he to take his meals
with them, but he read prayers with them every evening.
He could read and write well, and was considered a very
clever lad. He used to talk a great deal about his de-
ceased parents, and be was very anxious that Moore
should go with him " some day when he had time to
see his father's grave in Paddington churchyard." lie
said that his father had been a livery-stable-keeper, and
was buried by a subscription of the omnibus and cab
proprietors, drivers, &c., with whom he was acquainted.
However, on Sunday evening, after going to chapel, he
went out, by Mrs. Hughes's permission, to take a walk
in the Park. where he met his father, and very unwil-
lingly contented to go borne with him, but artfully con-