The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tms DAY.

ROBBERY AND RECEIVING.—Thomas Kelly, errand-boy,
in the employ of Mr. Wm. Frederick Williams, jewel-case
maker, of No. 38, Broad-street, Golden-square, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street
Police-court, with stealing a pair of solitaires, of the value
of £3 108., and John Bradshaw, of No. 3, Upper James-
street, Golden-square, was charged with receiving the
same with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Froggatt appeared
for Bradshaw. From the evidence it appeared that on
Mr. Williams missing the solitaires on Monday morning,
he having left them with one of the apprentices on Satur-
day, he called up the apprentice, who said that he had missed
them soon after Mr. William left the premises on Saturday,
and on inquiry being made it was found that the prisoner
Kelly had been showing them to some boys on Saturday
night in Marshall-street. On Kelly being taken into
custody he said that he picked up the articles while
sweeping out the shop, and from a statement subsequently
made by him the officers Shrives and Butcher went to the
residence of Bradshaw, who admitted that he purchased
the solitaires of a boy for 25., believing they were not
worth more than 10s., and at once gave them up. The
prisoners were remanded, Bradshaw being admitted to
bail, on the application of Mr. Froggatt, in the sum of
£2O.

THE GENTLEMAN AND THE CABMAN. —Mr. John
Smithfield, a gentleman, residing at 30, Charles street, St.
James's, was brought up at the Westminster Police-court,
charged with assaulting Charles Swallow, a cab-driver,
and damaging his coat to the value of 12s. It appeared
from the evidence of the cabman that the prisoner picked
him up at Knightsbridge, and ordered him to Kensing-
ton. He stated the defendant used very bad language,
and ordered him faster. He was going between eight
and nine miles an hour, and at last stopped and
refused to go further. The prisoner gave hini 6d.,
and then threw him another 6d., and then wanted
to get him into the cab. He would not drive him, and
prisoner seized the horse's head, and nearly backed the
cab into a waggon. He went to the horse's head and
took the reins from the prisoner, when the latter struck
him a violent blow in the mouth, causing it to bleed pro-
fusely, and then followed it by other blows, and tore his
coat to shreds. Henry Cummins, a carman, corroborated
Complainant admitted striking defendant in self-defence.
Prisoner said he used no bad language. The horse was
lame and could not go, and he got out of the cab, but
not finding another wanted to go on again ; the
cabman did not let him, and he held the horse's
head ; the cabman struck him and they had a fight ; the
constable would not lock the cabman up, but took him
because the cabman had a mark on the mouth ; he had
not the slightest idea he was going to the station to be
locked up. Mr. Arnold, after looking over the evidence,
said the prisoner had terminated the contract by paying
the cabman, and he was not bound to drive him again ;
he had no right to take the horse's head, and the cabman
had a right to take the reins from him, and then to strike
this violent blow. He fined him 205., or 14 days. The
money was paid.
IMPUDENT ROBBERY OF A CAPTAlN.—Elizabeth Toben,
aged 29, and Ellen Dickenson, 24, were brought before
Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police Court charged with
stealing a purse containing £3, the property of Captain
Gabriel Benson, the master of the ship Verge. The pro-
secutor was at the Eastern Hall, a cheap concert room
in Limehouse, last night and saw the prisoners there.
They said nothing to him in the hall, but on his leaving
they followed him out, and Toben put her arms about
him and her hand in his trowsers pocket He got rid of
her as soon as he could, and then missed his portemon-