The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1834.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A young man, named Garrett Cotten, the' son of Irish
parents, but of English birth, was summoned before the
LORD MAYOR for having broken three pipes and three of
the teeth of an old Irish clothes dealer, named Dennis
Carthy.
Dennis 111‘Carthy said that he went into the kitchen of
the Three Compasses public-house, in Harrow-alley, Petti-
coat-lane, on Wednesday evening to have a whiff. The
moment he clapped his pipe in his mouth, however, the de-
fendant, who was enjoying his own pipe, gave it a dash and
broke it in pieces. Witness supplied himself with another
pipe, but he had scarcely taken in a single blast when the
defendant played him the same sort of trick. The expense
of the damage amounted to one penny by this time, but still
the defendant did not allow his anger to get the better of
his judgment. He got a third pipe, thinking that the joke
could not go any further ; but the delicious cloud had
scarcely risen an inch from his jaws when the defendant
gave him an elbow in the face, and dashed the source of his
pleasure to the earth a third time.

The LORD MAYOR—And were you idle all the time ?
Did you give him a thump ? Dennis—ln troth I believe I
did give him a little slight sort of a wipe, but whether I
did or no he ups with his fist and he knocks three of my
teeth bang out of my mouth. Look here your Worship
(opening his mouth). Here they are, where he knocked
them out.

The LORD MAYOR--I see where teeth have been, but
not where teeth are. Do you happen to have them about
you Dennis—The devil a one of them I have. How
could I, when he knocked 'em out ?

The LORD MAYOR—Your mouth does not appear to
me as if they had been lately removed. Perhaps you make
a slight mistake as to the exact time when you missed 'em.
Dennis—No, your Lordship. I had 'em at dinner time
yesterday I'll be upon my oath. Hadn't I, Paddy
Byrne ?
A bricklayer's labourer, with a curly rod head and a re-
markably wide mouth full of teeth, cried out, " By my
sowl if you hadn't you'd never a got through such a piece
of an ould bull as you had yesterday for your dinner,
Dinnis.—( A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR—But where are the teeth ? If they
were knocked out you would naturally have looked for them
on the floor. Dennis—The devil a know 1 know where they
are ; and where's the use on 'em if I had 'ern ? I couldn't
ate any more with 'em.

The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps you swallowed them 1
Dennis—Faith, then, may be I did, my Lord ; but I re•
member perfectly I had 'em at dinner.

The Defendant—Please your Lordship, I hope you'll
order him to be locked up, and we'll soon know whether he
lost 'em or not.—(Laughter.)
The bricklayer's labourer—Plaise your honour its too
late for that, for Dennis came into my place quite sick this
morning and says he, Dennis says he—
The LORD MAYOR—Very well you needn't give us the
particulars.

The bricklayer's labourer—l only say, plaise your
honour, that if you were to keep him locked up for a
twelvemonth you wouldn't find his teeth in that way if he
swallowed every tooth he had in the world.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—Pray Mr. M'Carthy were you
quite drunk or half drunk ? Dennis—Half drunk plaise
your Lordship
Defendant—By the virtue of my oath, my Lord, he was
all drunk. He not only broke my pipe but he took a poker
to do it, and then down he fell. I wouldn't strike him, for
he was so disguised in liquor that he was able to knock out
his own teeth without anybody's assistance.
The LORD MAYOR—I think there must be some little
mistake about the precise time of the disappearance of the
teeth, and would advise you to make up this matter.
Dennis—Why, my Lord, though he's not out and out a
countryman of mine yet he is about half and half, and we
lodge in the same house, and I think it great nonsense for
people so nearly related to quarrel and fight about two or
three old snaggles.
The LORD MAYOR—Then you had better shake hands.
Dennis—With all my heart, your Honour, but I hope
he'll pay me for the pipes he broke.—(Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—You are much the older man, and
have shown him a very bad example by getting so drunk as
not to know the difference between breaking a pipe and
wrenching your jaw asunder.—(Laughter.)

GUILDHALL.
Yesterday Robert Stocks, Wnz. Broom, and Thonzas
Carey were brought up before Sir JOHN KEY and Mr.
Alderman BIRCH for final examination, on suspicion of
having entered the silk warehouse of Mr. Liggins, in Wood-
street, on the night of the 17th instant, and carried off silk
goods worth 1301., and valuable securities to the amount of
upwards of 1,500/.

Mr. Robinson watched the case for the prisoners Broom
and Carey.

The prisoner Stocks was the prosecutor's porter, and was
left in charge of the premises, but he neglected his duty and
amused himself at a neighbouring public-house till one
o'clock in the morning, and in the mean time the property
was carried off. He at first said he did not take a light
into the premises when he returned, and therefore did not
miss the property till daylight ; but he afterwards admitted
he discovered the robbery at one o'clock, though he gave
no alarm till six o'clock, and this prevarication was the
ground of suspicion against him.
The other two prisoners were surprised in a room in
Turnagain-lane, with all the silk goods spread out before
them, apparently engaged in removing Mr. Liggin's marks.
Roe, the Guildhall officer, who with the assistance of
Vann, made this capture, enumerated the goods he had
seized. Broom flung himself into an attitude of despair, and
exclaimed, " Oh, what shall Ido ? You know I only came
here to put up a bedstead."
Mr. Alderman BIRCH asked Mr. Ligging if he had re-
covered the bills ? Mr. Liggins said the officers did not
find them at Carey's lodging.

Mr. Alderman BIRCH- repeating his question again, Mr.
Liggins said he had received them back, together with his
goldwatch, done up in brown paper as a parcel, that morning.
Mr. Alderman Bsacu forbore asking any further expla-
nations.

Carey, under the advice of his solicitor, declined making
any defence.

Broom repeated the story of going to help to put up a
bedstead.

Stocks' defence was that he was absent from the ware•
house when Vie robbery was committed, though blameably,
yet not in concert with the thieves.

The Magistrates committed Carey for stealing the goods,
and Broom and Stocks on strong suspicion of being con-
cerned therein. The two last-mentioned therefore are
bailable.