The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-08 00:00:00

POLICE INIELLIGENC'E.—Ihis Day.

THAMES.
How DID SHE GET IN' THE WATER.—Margaret
aged 23 years, of Brick-lane, Spitalfields, was brought 1),,°-
fore Mr. Paget, charged with attempting to commit slid°
in the Thames.
John Harcus, a Thames police-constable, No. GS, 6°
called by a, lighterman to the prisoner,who was floating °n
the Thames off Wapping, and he rowed towards her and
took her into his boat. She was nearly dead, and he to ox
her to the St. George-in-the-East Workhouse, whorl:, s,„e
slowly recovered. No one knew how the prisoner got i°`"
th 3 wt.ter, and she did not know herself. She was tbe
worse for liquor.
Mr. Paget—The fact is you were tipsy, and I stll4l°
you made a rash and wicked attempt to commit suicide'
Prisoner—l will not do it again, sir.

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Mr. Paget discharged the prisoner with a caution. 03
CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—CharIes Copping, Wed -J
years, was brought before Mr. Paget, on remand, char
with cutting and wounding Henry Mason, French polisher'
of No. 38, Dunk-street, Spitallields.
The parties were in the Clyde public-house, Comer,
vial-road, on Monday night, and quarrelled. The prisone'
took a pot ccntaining beer and threw the liquid into tie"
face of a friend of the complainant. The prisoner and
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complainant then began fighting. The prisoner WO
Mason several times and threw him on the floor. There
were ton or twelve persons on the complainant at on°
time, and the rules of English fair play were quite diSci
regarded. The complainant was ultimately extricated 50to
pulled au ay from his cowardly assailants and taken je 3,
the street. He lost his hat in the struggle and went 13 c,O
to the house for it, when the prisoner took a shoemaker,'
knife from his pocket and stabbed him on the bead an
hand.
The prisoner said he did not pull off his coat, and tir:
ten or twelve men were upon him, and not on the pros
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cutor.Mr. ia
Cooly, house surgeon of the London Hospita', -5,41
that the prisoner had received two serious wounds, in eA-

case dividing an artery.
Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner.

MARLBORO UGH- S TREE T. tlO
A GENTLEMAN'S COACHMAN CHARGED WITH DOG"- °
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DRIVING AND ASSAULT.—Henry Hurley, coachman t° .41
Douglas Murray, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt 10'4
being drunk and furiously driving a pair of horses, e/3
also with assaulting Police-constable Staines, 123 0.
An officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention
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Cruelty to Animals watched the case.
Staines said that shortly before ten last night he °liv:
the prisoner driving a pair of horses attached to 0
carriage along Tichborne-street at a furious rate. 11° r1:10
after the prisoner, and on catching hold of the near
liaise he set to striking him with his whip, but Thluni
that he would not leave go he struck the horses, and :gteb-9
on to the Regent-circus, and was at last stopped 5,", -1,0
top of the Haymarket, he having struck the horses '

way.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said the P

sonor was drunk.
Police-constable Harris, 77 C, said that hearing S°/33,,c1
shouting he went up and found that the prisoner 11,0
nearly run into the cab, and was going at the rate other
miles an hour. He saw the prisoner slashing at the ,
constable's head, and slash the horses, which started
and he went after him and stopped him at the toPi.c)fiit
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Haymarket, he having gone round the clump of
opposite the County Fire Offiee. 0
The prisoner said he would not say anything, a'a th
witnesses had told a lot of falsehoods. 00
Mr Tyrwhitt staid the prisoner would have to Pk' :e
or a month for the furious driving. His conduct 1134dn-of
extremely dangerous, and he would have to pay
10s. for assaulting the constable.

ESTMINSTE.
lluirrANism IN THE AMY. —Robeßrt Smith, a P"Aqae
in the Coldstream Guards, was charged with
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ing brutal outrage on an unfortunate woman. tea
The complainant, Kate Dungate, whose face presen e
a horrible appearance, said I was at the Queen atiaFtwille
Knightsbridge, about half-past eight last night- ,
up to the upper rooms, and the prisoner came and Btr-ej
me in the mouth, and knocked me down. I got IT 11 AT3iO
he knocked me down again five times in al'
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woman took him away, and he said " I have Paid
that is what I wanted to do." I have been cohabiting "
ith

him, and loft him three weeks ago. v
at 0 t;t‘
Eliza Hurley, another unfortunate, living ,l.:r
Matthew's-street, Westminstei, fully corroborated '-ia.3
Prisoner denied the charge, and said he onlY 141,,01;
her; sho followed and annoyed him, and bad had s-
days for being drunk and disorderly five weeks :14°.
This Avar, admitttd. _ tooo
Seymour, 187 B, proved that the prisoner used a
co a
hot rid threat to her; his hand was badly cut, as if fro
violent blow, and was bleeding very much.
The Sergeant gave the prisoner a good character. _to
Tie was put back for his brother and another soldier
be called.

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