The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-06 00:00:00

POLICE INT.

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POW-STREET.
ASSAULT.—John Collins was placed at the bar charged
with wantonly assaulting a man named Birliett.
The complainant said that last night, about half-past 10,
he was passing along the top of Arthur-street, when the
prisoner came up to him, and, without the least cause or
provocation, struck him a violent blow on the head. Th o
object the prisoner had in view was no doubt robbery, but
before he could effect his object he was captured by a po-
liceman, who happened to be passing at time the blow was
struck.

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Police-constable Lambert said he saw the prisoner strike
the complainant, and as he knew him to be the associate
of thieves he at once collared him and took him into cus-
tody. The neighbourhood where the assault was com-
mitted is infested by bad characters, and it was only a night
or two ago a respectable tradesman was knocked down and
robbed by two men, companions of the prisoner.
Tne prisoner said the blow was accidental.
Mr. Henry thought differently, and fined him £3, or two
months' imprisonment.
A DRUNKEN CABMAN.—John Daley, a cabman, was
charged with being drunk and unable to take care of his
cab.

Thomas Cooper, the proprietor, said the prisoner
had driven for him only three days, and last night
he returned home in a state of intoxication without any
money, and in driving into the yard ho broke one of the
springs of the vehicle.
The prisoner said ho had had bad luck, and could not
get off the rank. He had only earned 2s. all day.
The magistrate, on looking at the prisoner's licence, and.
finding a note of a former conviction for drunkenness,
fined .him lOs , or 14 days' imprisonment.
A DRUNKEN HUSBAND.—James Mahoney was charged
with disorderly conduct in St. Giles'* Workhouse.
Ruthin, the relieving officer, said on Friday the prisoner
was admitted into the house with his wife, who was blind,
but after he had been there a short time he asked for half
an hour's leave of absence. Thinking he intended to de-
camp and leave his wife, whb was old and helpless, charge-
able to the parish, he was refused the privilege of going
out, and he then behaved in such an outrageous manner
that he had to be secured and finally taken to the police-
station.

The wife of the prisoner said he had for a long time been
in the habit of ill-treating her, because she could not get
him money for gin. Ho had spent nearly all her hard say-
ings fur twenty years but about a, which she had put aside
to pay for her own burial, and because she had told
him of his bad conduct he her. He had
on one occasion threatened to knock her brains
out, and thus make an end of her, as she was
of no use to him on account of her blindness. She had had
upwards of £2O in St. Martin's Savings Bank, but the pri-
soner had placed a false book in its place, and she did not
know whether a farthing of the money remained. He was
in the receipt of a pension from the Government of 9d. a
day.

The prisoner denied the ill usage, and said the landlords
of the houses he had previously lived in could bear him out
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hat he had not ill used his wife.

Mr. Henry said ho would give him an opportunity of call-
ing witnesses, and ho would remand the case for a week. He
would do all ho could to secure to the poor woman what
remained of her money.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CLEARING OUT A MARINER.—Kate Lewis and Jessie
Stanley, two smartly-dressed females—the latter attired in
a brilliant scarlet shawl, and wearing a turban hat—were
charged with stealing a porte-monnaie, containing three
sovereigns, from the person of Edward Hooper, a mate of
a ship lying in the London Dock.

The prosecutor, who admitted he was at the time rather
" groggy," said he fell in with the two females about twelve
the previous night, and accompanied them to a house in
Oxendon-street, and after stopping a short time took out
his porte-monnaie to pay for some grog—a bottle of wine.
He changed one sovereign, leaving three still in the purse,
and put the loose silver in his pocket. As he was leaving
the houseihe missed the porte-raonnaie, and as they denied
having it he called the police, who took the money from ode
of them.

Mr. Seeker asked the prosecutor if had given the girls
anything?

Prosecutor said he should if he had stopped, but he never
paid for anything beforehand. They nearly cleared him
out. He had paid 7s. for the grog.

Mr. Seeker—You don't call wine grog, do you?
Hooper said he called everything grog. (Laughter.)
Inspector Holden, of the C division, said on telling the
prisoners what thty were charged with, Lewis said all she
had was some silver, which the prosecutor said was the
change of the sovereign ; but seeing her fidgetting about he
taxed her with having the porte-monnaie in her bosom, and
on stating that he should send for the female searcher, she
put her hand into her bosom, and on withdrawing it he
took from it the porte-monnaie containing three sovereigns.
In defence, Lewis said the sailor would Lot give them
anything.

Mr. Seeker said he had given them some wine. He
should discharge Stanley and convict Lewis for the unlaw-
ful possession, and commit her for two months with hard
labour.

THAMES.
STIDDUN TEMPTATION.—ROBBERY BY AN ERRAND
Boy.—Samuel Mason, a scout able-bodied lad, aged 15
years, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing
a silver watch value 355., the property of Mr. William
Norman, a picture frame-maker, in the Whitchapel-road.
The prisoner said he was guilty, and added, "I could
not help doing it ; it was sudden temptatiGn."
Mr. Selfe—Nonsense. You could help it.
Mr. Norman said that the prisoner was out upon errands
several times on Thursday and Friday, and had ample op-
portunities of disposing of the watch.
The father of the boy said his son had been at harvest
work in the summer, and was always an honest boy up to
the present time.
Mr. Selfe—He concealed it in a very curious place.
The father--I believe ho was suddenly tempted to take
the watch.
Mr. Selfe—He must learn to resist temptations. Ho is
sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour.