The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIG.ENCE-Aug. 29.

MANSION-HOUSE.--Mr. Wm. Stork, who was
stated in the police-sheet to be a merchant, carry-
ing on his business at No. 36, Crutched-friars, ap-
peared before the Lord Mayor, upon bail, to an-
swer a charge of assaulting William Shaw, one of

the City police-constables.
A solicitor appeared for the defendant.
The complainant, who has the character of a
very quiet, well-conducted officer, stated that on
Tuesday afternoon he was on duty in Thread-
needle-street, about five o'clock, and was standing
close to the kerb-stone, when he received a vio-
lent blow from a man's hand on the small of the
back, and turning round immediately, he saw the
defendant in the act of drawing his hand away.
He told him that he had acted very foolishly in
assaulting him, and that he deserved to be locked
up. The defendant said, " What for ?" and he
I told him for striking him on the back, and the
defendant, in reply, said " You are a liar." Witness
told him he could not submit to be assaulted and
told that he was a liar, and the defendant must ac-
company him to the police-station. On their way
there the defendant wished him to take a glass of
ale with him and say no more about the matter but
he declined to do so. The defendant was the worse
for liquor at the time.
In answer to questions put by the defendant's
solicitor, the constable said he should not have
pressed the charge if the defendant had expressed
the slightest regret for his conduct.
The defendant's solicitor, in answer to the com-
plaint, said he was not instructed to dispute the
constable's statement that an assault had been com-
mitted, but he was informed that it was quite un-
intentional. The defendant, who was in company
with two or three other gentlemen, had turned out
of Bartholomew-lane, and he acc;dentally came in
contact with the constable, but he had no intention
to assault him.
The Lord Mayor, to the defendant—What are
you ?
Defendant—l am a merchant, and I think the
publicity that will be given to this affair will be
quite sufficient punishment.
The Lord Mayor—You should have thought of
that before you acted in such a manner. It is most
disgraceful for a person holding the position of a
merchant of the city of London to be drunk in the
streets in the middle of the day, and I shall fine you
ss. for being drunk, and ss. for assaulting the
officer.
Defendant—My Lord, I would much rather put
the money into the poor-box, if you would allow me
than be fined ss. for being drunk.
The Lord Mayor—l dare say you would, but you
should have thought of the odium that was attached
to it before you conducted yourself as you did. I
shall not alter my decision.
The defendant then paid the money, and as he
left the court addressed the Lord Mayor, and said,
" The next time I meet you, my Lord, I hope it
will be in better company."—(A laugh.)

MARYLEBONE.—CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
TO DEFRAUD THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.-Mr. Thomas Revell, 6, Mornington-
place, Hampstead-road, engraver and printseller,
and Mr. James Strickland, wholesale picture frame
maker, 251, Gee-street, St. Luke's, appeared on
remand before Mr. Seeker, to a summons, charged
with unlawfully conspiring to defraud the Great
Western Railway Company of money by declaring
goods to be conveyed by the company to be of a
different description than they were, whereby the
goods were conveyed at a less rate than they other-
wise would have been, and by which the company
were defrauded.
The particulars of the case have already been
given, and on this occasion Mr. Child, from the
firm of Wire and Child, attended for Mr. Strick-
land, in addition to the counsel who were present
on the former examination, and Inspector Acason
was present to watch the proceeding on the part of
the company. The case was adjourned to give the
magistrate time to consider his judgment, which
he promised to give yesterday.
Mr. Seeker now in delivering the same entered
fully into the examination of the evidence adduced
and referred to the letter written by the defendant
Revell in answer to the one sent to him by the
company, in which he admitted that he took the
course he did as he could not obtain compensation
from the company in case of damage done to his
property carried by railway. The worthy magi:6-
trate took a review of the various clauses of the
company's act of incorporation, and concluded by
observing that in his opinion there was a combina-
tion on the part of the defendants to act as they
did, and that their conduct came within the meaning
of the terms of a conspiracy.
After some further proceedings,
Mr. Seeker said that he was bound to send the
case for investigation before another tribunal, and
that he would remand the defendants till Monday
next, to have the depositions read over.
Bail was applied for, when
Mr. Seeker consented to receive the recognisances
of each of the defendants in £lOO, and one surety
for each in £lOO.
Mr. Alfred Jones, wholesale - tobacconist, 132,
Holborn, was charged on a summons, taken out by
Inspector Acason, with having unlawfully sent, or
caused to be sent by the Great Western Railway
Company a box containing goads of a dangerous
quality—to wit, matches, called Vulcan Lights—
without distinctly marking or stating the nature of
such goods on the outside of the box, and without
giving notice to the bookkeeper or other servant of
the said company, with whom the box was left.
Mr. Robinson, - from the firm of Messrs, Maple,
Pearce, and Co., who attended on the part of the
company, as he did in the former case, stated that
for the offence for which he was charged he was
liable to a penalty of £lO. It was the duty of per-
sons who sent goods by rail to let the company
know if in any package there was any combustible
matter. In the present instance the defendant had
sent some Vulcan Lights without giving notice to
the company that he had done so. Had the box
been packed up among other goods the lgihts
might have ignited, when a serious destruction
might have taken place. By the 168th section
of the act of the company combristible matter,
such as aquafortis and oil of vitriol, must not be
sent by rail without notice being given to the
book-keeper. He (Mr. Robinson) was directed to
say that if the defendant pleaded guilty he was not
to press for an extreme penalty.
The defendant said that the lights were placed
in the box without his knowledge, and that his ser-
vant put them into the box by mistake.
The defendant was fined 205., which penalty was

paid.
ROBBERY OF BANK-NOTES, &T.—Mildred Lock
and John Deverell, the former housemaid and the
latter butler to R. H. Parkinson, Esq., 14, Cleve-
land-street, Hyde-park, werebrought up for re-exa-
mination, charged with being concerned in stealing
£3O in bank-notes, and other property belonging to
their master.
The particulars of the former inquiry have al-
ready appeared. Some additional evidence was gone
into, implicating the prisoners, when they were
both committed for trial, the prisoner Lock upon
two charges and Deverell upon one.
THE GAS EXPLOSION IN THE CALEDONIAN-ROAD.
.—COMMITTAL OF THE MAN BROWN ON THREE
CHARGES.—George Brown was brought up on re-
mand charged with having stolen gas pipes from
the houses of several licensed victuallers, and it will
be remembered that on former inquiries it was
shown that on Thursday evening, the 17th inst.,
the prisoner want to the house of Mr. Overend,
landlord of the British Queen, Ferdinand-street,
Hampstead-road, and after he left many gas fittings
were missed. He (prisoner) was followed, and the
property was found in his possession. He was re-
manded, and in the next examination Mr. Wilby,
landlord of the Crown Tavern, Winchester-street,
Caledonian-road, Islington, identified the prisoner
as being the man who on the 3d inst. entered his
house, from which a number of gas pipes were
stolen. The gas was turned on at the usual hour and
an explosion which took place resulted in ser:oes
injury to him (Mr. Wilby), his wife, and 19 other
persons, many of whom were taken to hospitals,
and some are considered to be in a dangerous state.
It was further shown that Mr. Ashby, of the Old
Eagle, College-street, Camden-town, had been
robbed in a similar way by the prisoner.
The case excited a great deal of interest among
the members of the trade from the commencement
of the proceedings, and yesterday the court was as
much crowded as before by licensed victuallers.
Mr. T. Beard, solicitor, new attended for Mr.
Wilby and other parties.
The first charge, that of Mr. Overend, having
been clearly made out,
Mrs. Wilby now stated that she recollected the
prisoner calming to the house on the 3d inst., in the
afternoon. The prisoner went into the tap-room,
2nd was there about seven or eight minutes. When
he came out, she observed that he appeared as if he
had something bulky under his coat, and she men-
, tioned the circumstance to her husband. No other