The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
The Court was occupied the whole of the morning with
Mint cases, none of which possessed the slightest interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENOE-( THIS DA Y.;

MARLBOROUGH .STREET.•

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON A SOLDIER—A FORTUNATE
WITNESS.—EIIen llurs.t, a low looking woman, wae charged
before Mr. Beadon with committing a savage and unpro-
♦oked assault on Charles Moyes, a private of the Ist bat-
talion of Scots Fusiliers.

Tho complainant said that on the previous night he was
returning to the St. George's Barracks down Pulteney-
street, when the prisoner, whom he had never seen before,
struck him on the head with a basin, smashing the basin to
pieces and inflicting a very severe wound on his head.

Prisoner said she threw the basin at the soldier, but did
not intend to hurt him..

Butcher, a constable of the C division, said ho saw the
soldier walking quietly along Pulteney-street, and saw the
prisoner walk behind hira and take from under her shawl
a basin with which she struck him on the head. The
soldier appeared to be sober, and the prisoner was well
known.

Mr. Beadon said it was excessively fortunate the con-
stable was a witness If the soldier had struck her she
would have asked him to give him three months. Ile was
sorry he could not give her more, but he should give her
the longest term he could, and should, therefore, fine her
£5 or two months.

Charles Kellett and Francis Williams, two young men,
were neat charged with a very unprovoked assault on John
Jordan, of 8, Sutton-street, Soho, and the case being proved
by the complainant and by Mr. Kitt, of the Rose and
Crown, Charlotte-street, Foley-place, Kellett was fined 40s.
or a month, and Williams having also assaulted a constable,
was fined 40s. and a month.

OBTAINING AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF GOODS BY
FALSE PRETENCES FROM MESSRS. MECUI'S.—Ralph
Cavendish, of 40, Brompton-crescent, Brompton, was
charged before Mr. Beadon, by Sergeant Silverton, of the
C division, with obtaining by false and fraudulent pre-
tences at IU, Regent-street, 1 dressing case, 1 dressing
bag, 1 despateh box, and of her articles of the value of
£309 165., the property of Messrs. John Joseph Mechi, and
Charles Bazin, dressing-case makers.

Some of the property was produced in court by Sergeant
Silverton.

It appears that the accused presented to a person
from Messrs. Mechis, who took the goods, a cheque on
Messrs. Drummond, for the amount of £309 165., and
they having a suspicion, got the services of Sergeant Sib•
verton, who accompanied the shopman. Sergeant Silver-
ton watched the place while inquiries were made at the
bank, and it being there found that the prisoner had no
effects the sergeant took the prisoner into custody, finding
property to the amount of about £5OO in bis possession,
which he had obtained from different tradesmen.
Sergeant Silverton asked for a remand, which was
granted.

The recovery of the property is due to the exertiois of the
sergeant, who acted with the greatest promptitude in the
matter.

ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COAL AT LEEDS.—
The coalmasters of the Leeds district, who at the commence-
ment of the year advanced the wages of the miners to the
standard of 1858, have during the last few days advanced
the prices of coal and slack to the consumers 6d. per ton on
all descriptions.