The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 3.

MANSION•HOIISE.--O. Brown, a soldier at pre -
sent on furlough, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged with having robbed Mrs. Maria Lindsay, the
wife of a sailor, in Sun-square, Bishopsgate, of a gold
watch and chain of the value of 8/.

The prosecutrix said—The prisoner lodged with me
about two years ago, and afterwards enlisted in the
army. On Saturday he called to see me, and was intoxi•
cated. I had in my pocket at the time a gold watch and
chain which my son had given me to take care of.
Whilst the prisoner was in my room I missed the watch
and chain, and accused him of having taken them. He
denied having done so, upon which I sent for a police.

Mrs. Strachan, a friend of the prosecutrix,
was present when the watch and chain were missed. The
prisoner was accused by the prosecntrii of having stolen
them, upon which be tried to leave the room, but she
closed the door and prevented him. He then sat upon
the sofa, and I saw him take the watch and chain from
his pocket, and pass them under the cushion of the sofa.
I saw the chain dangling down, and as soon as the
policeman entered the room I took it and the watch and
gave them to him.
The prisoner, who denied the charge and said he
could furnish evidence of the good character he had
hitherto borne, was remaided.
As the Lord Mayor was on the point of leaving the
bench, a gentleman stood forward and said that he at-
tended in consequence of having had his attention di-
rected to what bad fallen from Mr. O'Connell in the
justice.room on Saturday laet, in reference to the prac-
tice which had existed of late years of parading the
effigy of a Roman catholic bishop about the streets of
London on the sth of November- The gentleman, after
stating that he himself was a protestant, said that Mr.
O'Connell had omitted to mention that the exhibition
complained of bad been provoked by the Roman catho-
lics, who in the year 1850 had parcelled out land into
bishoprics in defiance of the authority of the Queen and
the legislature.
The Lord Mayer expressed himself ;in similar terms
to those to which he gave utterance on Saturday last,
and the applicant left the court.

GUILDHALL.—James :Henry Wright, a boot and
shoemaker, was charged at the instance of the overseers
of the precinct of 'Whitefriars, with having committed
wilful and cor:upt perjury.
The prisoner had been a pauper in the City of London
Union !for many years, and a source of muck trouble
and expense, he having been several times put in the
way of earning his own living, and having as often re-
turned to the union. On the 19th of Sept., 1840, the
prisoner was apprenticed to a shoemaker in Lambeth,
with whom he lived about 15 or 16 months, and then
absconded. The City of London Union, on Saturday
last, brought the prisoner before Sir R. W. Carden and
Alderman Lawrence, for the purpose of passing "him to
the Lambeth Union, but he, preferring the City of
London Union, denied that he belonged to the Lambeth
parish. By act of Parliament it requires a residence of
40 days in a parish by an apprentice under an indenture
to constitute a settlement, and the prisoner, being aware
of that fact, deliberetely swore that he only lived with
his master three weeks when he absconded. He was
cautioned, and every opportunity given to bum to with-
draw that statement, but he would not. He was con-
fronted with his master, his master's son, and his mas-
ter's father, and recognised them all, and they identified
him, but be still persisted in the same statement, and
solemnly swore that he had absconded after he had been
with his master three weeks.

It was clearly proved that he had lived with his
master 15 or 16 mouths, and he was accordingly corn•
mitted for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET. Ludwig Theis, a young
Hungarian, who had been recently discharged from the
German Legion, was charged with cutting and wounding
police constable Warner, LI 23, and Henry Aloules, a
porter in Spitalfields-market, whereby their lives had
been seriously endangered. _

Sarah Brjant, residing with her father in Vine-court,
Spitalfields, said—Shortly before 12 o'clock on Satur-
day night, I was standing at the corner of Commercial-
street, Whitechapel,sin conversation with Henry Mottles,
when the prisoner came up and asked us, in broken
English, to get him some water. On telling him that
he would be able to get it himself at the public-hou,e
close by, the prisoner euddenly seized me by the arm
and tried to throw me down, but was prevented by
Mo-ules, who dragged him away from me. In the course
of the struggle that took place between them, the pri-
soner made a snatch at the waistcoat-pocket of Monies,
as if he meant to rob him of his watch, and at the
same moment pulled out a long-pointed knife, resem-
bling a dagger, with which he attempted to stab him. I
immediately called out " Murder !" but was so terrified
at the violent conduct of the prisoner, that I ran away,
and saw not Ling of what afterwards took place.

Thomas Elarris, a journeyman shoemaker, said—l was
passing through Commercial-etreet at the time in ques-
tion, when I saw a crowd of persons surrounding the
prisoner, who was brandishing a knife over his head and
threatening to stab any one who ventured to- come near
him. Almost immediately afterwards the policeman
Warner made his way through the crowd and seized
hold of the prisoner, who instantly drovo the knife into
his breast, and afterwards stabbed him twice in the upper
part of his thigh. On receiving the latter wounds, the
policeman fell to the ground, on observing which I ran
forward, and, after an unsuccessful effort to wrest the
knife from the prisoner, I forcibly threw him down, and
snapped off the blade against the pavement. I kept
hold of the prisoner until the arrival of another police-
man, who succeeded in securing him, after a desperate
resistance, and ultimately conveyed him to the station-
house.

Police-constable Floyd, H 114, stated that on reach-
ing the spot, he found the officer Warner attempting to
grapple with the prisoner, but be was evidently in a state
of extreme exhaustion, and exclaimed, "Oh, what shall
I do, the viliian has stabbed me, and my beet is full
of blood." Witness immediately seized hold of the
prisoner, who commenced a violent resistance, and
" jobbed " at him several times with the handle of a
knife, the blade of which had been broken off ; but
he was ultimately overpowered and taken into custody.
Mr. Robert Debenham, house surgeon of the Lon-
don Hospital, stated that both of the prosecutors were
very seriously injured. Hopes were entertained of the
policeman's recovery, Uut Moules was in a highly
dangerous condition.
The prisoner, who denied the charge, through an
interpreter, was remanded.
John Ward, a ropemaker, of herculean build, was
charged before Mr. D'Eync-mrt with violently assault-
ing police-officer Tolman, 371 N.
The constable stated that on Sunday, during divine
service in the morning, he saw the defendant lying
in High-street, Hoxton, cursing and swearing at the
top of his voice. On desiring him to desist and leave
the spot, defendant rose from the pavement as though
with the intention of obeying, but suddenly turned
and sprang upon him, first dealing three sticessive
blows with his fists on the head, which knocked him
down, and then kicking him on the knee severely.
Finally he threw himself upon him, and, endeavour-
ing to bite a piece from his arm, actually took a
piece of the thick overcoat out with his teeth. He
was sober. _ .

The priwner said be had taken a little drop to
drink, and at such times was subject to fits. He re-
membered nothing of it.
Another officr proved that defendant had been
some time back charged, with his brother, at this
court, with a simikr assault on the police, and was
then punished.
Mr. D'Eyncourt observered that the polio? would
he protected by him in the execution of theic duty,
and fined the defendant 204 , or 21 days' imprigon-
meat, together with the costs of damage to the coat.

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WESTM R INSTE—EIiza Owen, alias Smith, alias
Brown,
women, an, and a well known ntter.r of
base coin, and Thomas Keene, were charged with know-
ingly uttering counterfeit half-crowns.
that on Tburida,
A clerk from the Treasury-office attended to prosecute,
andm,r. a.
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Owen. was engaged for the prisoner
A detective officer of the A division, No. 279, stated
Eaton-terrace, when the female prisoner came ill and
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asked for half a cartern of gin. He saw her give
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afternoon he waq at the Antelope,
eene a half-crown piece. Keene went away with it
and soon after returned. - They bad some cony irsation
together, .when they left the house. Witness followed,