The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-08 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT. —Jane Law, described as a
needlewoman, was charged before Mr. Knox, at the
Marlborough-street Police-court, with violently assaulting
Alexander Ross, an elderly man, a tailor. The com-
plainant deposed that yesterday morning he went into
his room at No. 21, Dudley-street, when the prisoner,
with• whom he cohabited, asked him for the change of a
shilling she had given him, and on his refusing to give it
she struck him several , times on the head with
the pointed end of a pair of scissors, inflicting
several severe wounds and smothering him with blood.
He succeeded in wresting the scissors from her, and gave
her into custody. . He showed the scissors to the officer.
The prisoner said she worked hard at staymaking, and her
.Tefusal to give money for drink caused a quarrel, during
which the complainant fell, and struck his head against
the fender. Remanded for a week for the production of
witnesses.

CANNABALISII IN St GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. - John
Callaghan, an Irish tailor, aged 34 years, who has been
in the Army, was brought up on remand, before Mr.
Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with assault-
ing and wounding Mary Buckley, and biting off her
under lip. The parties were living in Williams Court,
St. George's - in-the-Bast. A woman who is
cohabiting with the prisoner quarrelled with
him, and he beat her. She ran into the
house where Mrs. Buckley was then living for protec-
tion. The prisoner followed her, and Mrs Buckley got
between the prisoner and his paramour to protect her.
.The prisoner, who was drunk and mad with rage, struck
Mrs. Buckley and knocked her down on the
stairs. He then fell upon her and fastened his teeth
on her under lip, and bit it completely off.
Mr. Paget said that more than one half of all the charges
ever brought Wore, .him_priginated from excessive drink-
ing: His office would be almost a sinecure if there were'
no drunkenness. He sent the fellow to prison for six
months.

EIGHTY-FIVE TIMES IN CUSTODY.—Peter Connell, 50, a
labourer, was charged at the Westminster Police-court,
for the 85th time, with being drunk and riotous,
and obstructing a constable in the execution of
his duty. The prisoner was found on Saturday
night drunk and riotous, and locked up, the magis-
trate on Monday letting him go in spite of his
84th visit, and he was again taken into custody by Samuel
Edwards and fined 21s. or a month, being locked up in de-
fault His career is worthy of mention, and has extended
since the time when the clothes of the prisoner were
burned at a fire in the House of Correction in Coldbath-
fields, on which occasion Peter, with-others, got a new suit
on leaving the prison ; since that time he has seldom passed
Saturday night out of gaol or police station, and has been
known frequently to come into the Rochester-row station,
on a Saturday night, lie down, and refuse to go, hut
insist on being locked up ; he has at length
come from a decent hard-working position to a
state of abject poverty, subsisting in jail, workhouse,
and on charity. He has signed the pledge many times,
but has latterly forgotten every principle of decency and
sense, and is a horrid example of the vile effects of
drunkenness.

THE .COMIC PAPERS.
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PROVERB FOR SEPTEMBER.—The Early Bird will be re-
ceived with delight by-friends in town.
FINE TIMES FOR THEM.—The harvest this year has
been unusually prolonged. The newspapers are now
reaping theirs.

TELEGRAK—(TotaIIy untrustworthy.)--The King of
Prussia proposes the Prince of Hohenzollern as candidate
for the Throne of —" [Communication stopped.

KEPT IN STocx.—There is one place which the French
agents, who are said to be travelling about buying up all
the bacon in this country should not fail to visit—Dun-
mow.

LE BOXE ET LA GUERRE.—Nations do not practice
the noble art of self-defence after the fashion of the British
Prize Ring. That is to be regretted. It is a pity the
French have no Second. If they had one, he would,
before they lose everything but honour, throw up the
sponge for them.