The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

GUILDHALL,

A LORD IN TROUBLE.—A. short set grown man,
dressed in seedy black, with a bald patch on the crown
of his head, and wearing a moustache, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Alderman Rose, charged with illegally
conveying a pint of gin yesterday into White Cross-street
prison. He was described on the police sheet as Colvill
George Colvill, 4, Park-road, Old Kent-read, gentleman.
The prisoner is the same man who, about twelve mouths
since, created some notoriety at this court under the
name of Lord Colvill.

Gibbs, officer at the prison, deposed that the prisoner
was at the prison yesterday and went out again. He re
turned shortly after. Witnessed asked him if he had
anything about him, and he replied no. He then felt
his pocket and found a pint bottle of gin in it. The in-
troduction of spirits into the prison is prohibited by the
rules, which are fixed up in various parts of the prison.
He had visited a prisoner named Cannon, who was dis-
charged last night.

Mr. Alderman Rose—What have you to say to the
charge I

Prisoner—l did it at Cannon's request, who said
epirits were allowed in the prison. It looks very much
like a trap, because he did not come last night,
and bail me out. Cannon's father is a bankrupt, and I
am one of his creditors.

Mr. Alderman Rose—That would be all very well,
perhaps, did we net know you. You can read, can't
you!

Prisoner—Yes.

Mr. Alderman Rose—the regulations are fixed up in
the prison, and you must have known by that that
what you were doing was illegal. (To Springate, the
gaoler)—Do you know anything of this man ?
Springate—Yes. I have known him for many years.
When he was here on a former occasion ho gave the
name of Lord Colville.

Mr. Alderman Rose—Have you reason to believe he
LB an impostor ! _ _ _

Prisoner—No, lam not. I have voted in two Scotch
elections. I shall come into my property shortly.
Mr. Alderman Rose—The act allows me to inflict a
penalty of 201., or three months' imprisonment. As this
is your first offence

Springate—He has been iu custody before on a charge
of stealing a horse cloth.

Prisoner—lt was not me, but a man called Radley.
Mr. Alderman Rose—But as this is his first offence of
;his kind I shall fine him 203. or 14 days' imprisonment.
Prisoner—lf you will give nie three weeks to pay it
in I can do so. I shall then have received 501.
Mr. Alderman Rose—No, you must pay the money
now.

The prisoner was then removed from the bar and
,ocked up.

BOW-STREET.

SAVAdE ASSAULT.—DanieI Sullivan, a big powerful
Irishman, was placed at the bar, on remand, charged
with committing a violent and unprovoked assault
upon William Draper, a market gardener, on the 16th
instant.

The complainant was this morning in attendance.
His head was bandaged up, and he still exhibited the
appearance of having suffered severe injury. In his
evidence, he stated that on the 16th of Dec., at about
half-past four in the morning, he was walking in Long-
acre by the side of his cart, when the prisoner, who
was in company with another man pushed against him
(witness) with such force that he fell off the pavement
into the road and narrowly escaped being run over by
the cart. On regaining his feet he went up to the pri-
soner and asked him what he had pushed him down for,
when he threw a large stone or brick at him which
struck him on the forehead and felled him to the ground.
The prisoner then took the whip out of his hand and
struck at him several times on the head with it when
he became insensible. The prisoner was eventually
secured by police-constable 153 F. Ever since the as -
sault he had been, and was still, under the charge of the
surgeon of Charing-cross Hospital.
The complainant's statement was confirmed by seve-
ral witnesses.
The prisoner said, i❑ answer to the charge, that the
complainant struck the first blow. Draper called to his
son for the whip, and on its being given to him he
struck him three or four times. He then took the whip
from the complainant, and gave him some of it himself.
The constable said the complainant was a quiet
and inoffensive man.
The magistrate said it was a savage and unprovoked
assault, and he should ultimately send the prisoner for
trial, but he would remand him for another week in order
to ascertain that a fatal result did not follow.