The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-26 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--June 25.

MA.NSION-HOUSE. —Henri :If idiale, a person who
said that he was formerly a Greek, but that he bad been
brought up in Rome from his childhood, was brought
before Sir R. W. Carden, charged with having picked
the pocket of a gentleman in Cheapside.
The complainant, while looking at the dressing of a
shop window, felt a tug at his pocket, missed
his handkerchief, and upon turning round saw the pri-
soner, who was the only person near him, move away
from the spot, and at once charged the fellow with the
robbery. The prisoner resented this accusation in the
roughest manner, but a gentleman who had witnessed
the robbery walked up to the complainant and told him
the prisoner had just dropped the handkerchief through
a hole in his coat pocket.
The prisoner said there was no hole in his pocket.
Sir R. W. Carden desired the officers to turn up the
pocket, and it was immediately seen that it bad been
made for a thief.

Sir R. W. Carden—Why, your coat is just adapted
for the purpose.
The prisoner—Oh, that hole is nothing ; my coat is
full of holes.

The officer—l have known this man for the last three
months. He used to be in the habit of going into fits
in the public streets, and he had two companions,
foreigner, who used to help him, and crowds gathered
round, and robberies were committed. One of the
prisoner's companions was sent to prison by the Lord
Mayor, and that put a stop to the fits.
The prisoner (to the interpreter)—Tell his lordship
that go to Rome at once.

The interpreter (having communicated with Sir R. W.
Carden)—His worship is very glad to hear that you are
going to Rome, but he says that you can't go till you
have been hard worked in Holloway for six weeks upon
bread and water. (Laughter.)
The pri,oner—Tell him I'd rather go to Italy at once,
and I won't go to Holloway.
The interpreter—His worship says he is determined
that you shall not pick any more pockets in the streets
of Loudon for six weeks at any rate.
The prisoner—Tell him there is no justice in this ras-
cally place at all, and that I'll say so everywhere I
go. (Laughter.)
The prisoner was then committed as a rogue and
vagabond,

130W-STREET.—ife. Samuel Plimsoll, coal mer-
chant, was charged with refusing to pass through the
turnstile at Wati rloo-Leidge, and with assaulting the
toll-keeper, John Bradshaw.
Complainant stated that about eight o'clock on Tues-
day evening defendant and another gentleman presented
themselves at the north entrance of the bridge. The
latter paid a penny for both, and passed through the
turnstile, which records the number of passengers ; but
defendant attempted to walk through the carriage way.
Witness called to him to return, informing him that he
must also pass through the turnstile. Defendant re-
plied that he would do nothing of the sort, maintained
his right to the road, and finally on being resisted by
complainant, committed the assault. In the meantime
a crowd assembled, and the thoroughfare was stopped,
until the defendant was given into custody. Later in
the evening, the defendant, having been liberated on
bail, called again at the bridge, and, putting down a
half-penny, requested to see the Act of Parliament.
Witness not being entrusted with the charge of it, was
unable to satisfy his demand.
The defendant justified his conduct on the ground
that, having paid the toll, the Bridge Company had no
right to dictate to him the particular mode in which he
should cro, s the bridge. The Act of Parliament did
not enable them to compel the public to go through the
turnstiles. It was a matter of favour entirely. The
public could oblige the company by passing through
them if it thought proper, but there was no compulsion
about it. The moment a man put down his halfpenny
he was free to take his own course. The reception of
the halfpenny was an acknuwlegment that he had pur-
chased the freedom of the bridge, and this being so he
was naturally provoked at the insolence of the toll-
keeper in bawling our to him and then stopping him.
He might have gone through the turnstile if complainant
had asked him to do so civilly, as a matter of favour.
Mr. Jardine assured the complainant that be was alto-
gether wrcng in his notions about the law of the case.
The company had complete control over the bridge, and
could shut it up tomorrow if they liked. There had
been hundreds of similar cases at that court, and people
had been told again and again that the company could
prevent any one using the bridge who did not choose to
comply with their regulations. No doubt it was provok-
ing to be called to and be compelled to return, but the
toll-keeper bore a ♦ery good character, and Mr. Powell,
the solicitor, never employed any but civil men there.
Of course they must be protected, and he (Mr. Jardine)
mu,t fine defendant 3/. for the assault.
The fine was paid.

WESTMINSTER.— CUTTING AND WOUNDING A
HUSBAND.— Mary Dougherty was finally examined,
charged with feloniously cutting and wounding her hus-
band.
Edward Dougherty, the prosecutor, a painter, living at
30, Gard ner's-lane, Westminster, said that he was out with
his wife, who had been drinking, last Saturday night.
and on their return home some words occurred between
them, in consequence of her desire to have some more
liquor, when she dragged him about, and tore his clothes
talk
off hi, back. lie then went into the passage, and was
ing to his landlady, when the prisoner suddenly
came behind them, and, putting her hand over the land-
lady's shoulder, drew a razor across his face from side to
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side, exclaiming, "Take that, you .
." Prosecutor
was immediately taken to •the shop of Mr. Binge, chemist,
and, as it was found impossible to stop
the wound, he was driven to the
where it was dressed. The prisoner had pre-
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from
that he should be l d b e a out the streets blind,
and that she would do for him.
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said
Francis Messenger, a sawyer, living at 17, Blue-anohor•
yard, York-street, said he saw the prosecutor leave his
room with his clothes torn ; and while he was talking to
the landlady observed prisoner approach with some bright
instrument in her hand and draw it across his face, and
he then ran out of the house bleeding profusely. im.
mediately after this she again came out of the room
wiping her hands ; and, in allusion to her husband's
condition inquired, " Who could have done it ?" adding
that the act must have been committed by some man
secreted in the passage. Witness immediately replied
he saw her do it, when she made a filthy jest.
Mr. Arnold thought it was fortunate for her that she
was not before' him on a charge of murder, and own-
matted her for trial at the Central Criminal Court.