The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-21 00:00:00

IVEW COURT.

(Before the Ra.conDEß ) tea
Thistle Forrester Walker, 21, Cat map, was
with feloniously cutting and wounding James Abran;
t
a police-c-nstabie, with intent to do him some grievoo
bAily harm.
J. Abraham dept.sei that he was on duty in C09c,W,1,
road, St. Pancras-road, en the 21 of July Isar. xs„i
ViOUS to that the inhabitants had complained of perAsc4-0
obstructing the footpath, and he had been re quested 0
keep it clear. On the day in question, about be".. ,13,6
iho evening, he saw the deiead,,tit and another "Th.
sitting on the footpath, and he asked them to 011" i
The prisoners companion went away, but the pri6cl3;;
refused to remove. Attar a Alert time, however, beer
up, and went a little further en, and pointing to enc)ct*"..eo
spot, Said to witness, " What would you do if j';')-0
down byre?" to which be replied, " I shall certol%
lock Sou up." The prisoner not feeding this, sat
and said lie would not remove for him. Witness Pie.a
went towards him, whereupon be jumped IoP
a fighting attitude, and made use of obsce-§
and abusive language. He followed witnes6m,
short distance, anti on reaching the Brewers' 4,`1.1,—';
setz,:d a pint-pot from a table, and :.truck him With
on the side of the head, and knocked ff his hat' 1';
claiming at the same limo that he would knock
brains out. lie then laid hold of his shoulder, and drab
ging him threngh the enclosure in front of the Pilij,
house, gave him lour additional blows on the bee
Witness immediately become Senseless, and recollEcto
nothing afterwards. (The pint-pot was exhibited io
the Learned Judge, and was completely doubled VP, or
consequence of the violence used. Witness was O,
weeks under surgical care, and had only been on 0'
week's duty since. , Ll3O
Other witnesses were called who corroborate.. -
above statement.

The REcoRDEa having summed up,
The jury found a verdict of Guilty.
sentence deterred.

LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.)
.
George Storey, Win. Gregory, and John Soaper, h
privates of the Grenadier Guards, were brought up 'reo:l
morning before Mr. Norton, charged with having ore °,ll.
a disturbance at Camberwell Fair, and assaulted
police in the execution of their duty.
It appeared that the prisoners, who were at Ca`""tebe
were enjoying thenisdves
well Fair last night, °ll
heir
" merry-go-round," and, determined to display told
proficiency as cavalry officers for the nonce, had ra""ope
the wooden horses. During their ride their legs---"ipot
of the shortest—had brushed somewhat roughly og,i;eie
certain of the crowd assembled round to watch
pit,
performances, and one civilian, braver than the %/it
seized Storey by the leg, and attempted to diso3° 00
him. Accepting this as a casus belli, the military P3oir
descended and presented the aggressor with sueh a Pa•
of black
eyes that when the untortunate gentlesna° to
tended this morning he could scarcely grope his vislo,4
the witness-box. This produced an altercation,
red
Storey was given in charge, but his comrades atterl'oe,
to rescue, and made a terrific onslaught on the Pol.
in which both sides were somewhat roughly hatAcict
Ono policemals had his coat literally torn from Ills %co
and several others displayed broken heads and cut ise
this morning. On being conveyed to the atation-b,.04
the conduct of the prisoners was scarcely lees vic):7of
and they there broke several lanterns and a ho"
crockery ware. g
01;
The Magistrate sentenced Storey to pay a "ale pea
or twenty titlY imprisonment fur the first assn taper
twenty-one days' imprisonment for the second. b
and Gregory were severAy sentenced to
dab 8, and a fine of 20s. or fourteen days.
qv tre/4
AN ACTIVE. JUI.GF..—Si!,er Sir J,,ho - 0,5
his seat ie the Rods' Gaut, on the 16th of April last, "
jle
ciear(d off every portion of the business of the court.er Ai,
has disposed of 90 causes and re-hearings; 101 turtb 5'3
ain3
sections, pleas, demurrers, and exceptions; cl _ „setr•
special ease,„ 160 petition.;, besides short and consent
0r.,,
tions Judgment has been given in every instancdee.
single exception, in which it was thought that by
ari!?,o..
a dt;i:ion the parties may be brought to au amicable 1-3'
ne ra. CoAre
EXCURSIONS ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH. r
Relew.ty.— The London down train on Sunday .( ua
toto,
100 first, 414 second, and 1,595 third-class passengLqs_ first
2,109. 'lke London down train on Monday brou
147 second, and 471 third class ; total, 655. The.,ijanTi"6ll
up train on Monday maveyed 37 first, ill secencso_k, gate
third class ; total, 760. Thera was a train to 11 c
"400 of 141
and back on Monday, which conveyed about
classes. Grand total, 3,924.—Brighton Guardtan.