The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-05 00:00:00

AUGUST 2.

John Slater, aged 20, James Henry, 19, James Kelly,
21, and John Macbeth, 22, were indic-ed with having
committed a violent assault on the person of William Bud-
dle, butcher, of Newcastle, on the 26th hlarch last, and
robbing him of bank notes and sovereigns amounting to
191. odd.

The prisoners made no defence, nor called any witnesses.
The Learned Judge then summed up, and the Jur,
after consulting about five minutes, returned a verdict of
Guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

On Saturday an old strange-looking fellow, named Jo-
seph Godfrey, was brought before the LORD MAYOR,
charged with having committed what is called a " God-
send" robbery upon John Bolton, a poor fellow who drives
a cart.

The complainant said, as he was driving his cart along
London Bridge, he thought he might as well see that his
money was safe, and, on pulling it out of his pocket, down
slipped on the pavement a sovereign and several halfpence.
He got the halfpence again, but two draymen told him the
prisoner had picked up the sovereign. The prisoner, how-
ever, denied his having a sovereign about him, although
one was found upon his person, and the draymen who had
seen the money lifted, had been obliged to go on to deliver
their load at a distance.

An officer, who searched the prisoner, found upon his
person a sovereign, although he at first said he had no
sovereign about him.
The prisoner—Nonsense, man ; I said I hadn't ne'er a
sovereign what I found about me. I had my own sovereign
what I had four days in my pocket, to be sure, but I
hadn't got no sovereign of his'n.

The LORD MA Yoa—Wby, you said in the first instance
you bad no sovereign about you. You must have stooped
for it. It couldn't have jumped into your pocket.
Complainant (sobbing)—No, please you, my Lord, the
sovereign never jumped no where except out of my pocket.
It didn't jump into his, for, please you, my Lord, it
couldn't do no such a thing. He help'd it in, my Lord.—
(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR (to the officer)—Give the sovereign
to the young man who has been robbed by this hoary old
rascal. I wish the draymen were present. What ! are
not those they coming up the steps ?—(A laugh.)
Prisoner (in evident terror)—Perhaps there's some mis-
take, my Lord. I did see vat I thought vas a new half•
penny on the ground, and, says 1, thaill do, with the
three halfpence I have, for to pay for a pint of heavy. But
I'll give it to the poor boy sooner nor kick up a rumpus.
The LORD MAYOR—Get away, you incorrigible old
scoundrel.

The prisoner then ran off, amidst the laughter and
hisses of the crowd.

Samuel Biss, the driver of an omnibus, was charged
by Deputy Brooks, of the Poultry. A new system, a
great improvement upon the old plan of annoyance by the
omnibuses, has of late been adopted. The omnibuses
which happen to go forward without passengers, now turn
about, as used to be the case with the cabs, and
pick up people in either direction, for short distances ;
this is a dreadful nuisance.

Two brotheWrs,°nßamSelildiPieB2;
Yesterday the police interfered to prevent the defendant
from following this practice near Mr. Brooks's house, and
the Deputy came out and witnessed this scene.
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The LORD MAYOR fined the defendant two pounds.
and James
Stracey, and a man named Smith, were on Saturday
brought before Mr. BROUGHTON for re-examination,
charged with stealing from a }outb, the servant of ---
' Storey, Esq., of 58, Lincoln's Inn-fields, a carpet-bag,
containing a quantity of wearing apparel, besides other
property.
Mr. BROUGHT RN committed the prisoners to Newgate
for trial.
-- Clayton, a cooper, in St. Luke's, was brought
before Mr. BROUGHTON by the parish officers, for refusing
to support his illegitimate child, then in the woikbouse.
It will probably be in the recollection of our readers that
about three weeks ago a woman named Ella Crabbe was
fuund by the officers of the G division sitting in the middle
of the night on some steps in Bunhill-row, with a child,
apparently in a state of destitution. On being brought
before the Magistrate, she was recognised by Van, one of
the officers, who said he knew her husband to have been
a respectable man, formerly carrying on business in Old.
street.

The prisoner endeavoured then to mite considerable

compassion, by impugning the character of the reipief
overseer, Mr. Hamblin, who, she said, had the "toy
before refused to grant her relief, although she bad soebt
from the Magistrate to that effect, and in coneequePtrett*
was obliged to wander with her infant about the
in a state of starvation.
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Every one present, on hearing her statements
the conduct of the overseer. hrfda
Mr. Hamblin, on seeing the case reported in the
ing Herald, came the following day, and inintal toot
Magistrate that what the woman had stated Wl's pottei
of lies ; that, on the contrary, she bad been 8110;
some time in their workhouse, but had suddenly left 4. for
that, on the very day that she obtained a elold(1104
relief, be had previously, only a few hours before, reflipfs'
her. The overseer added that she was a wow/10°0V
mous character, and had been living in adultery'
prisoner now in custody, who had one child by !fe:
though he had a family of his own by his lawful WI! oper,
Eliza Crabbe having sworn the child to the pr Rol,
the Magistrates signed the usual order of 2e. 6d. per
with by-gone expenses, V. 3s. eei
The beadle said that the woman Crabbe was 'l°
in their workhouse ; that her husband, who she 1-011
was at sea, had been dead some years, since which she
been leading a life of infamy.
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