The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Apra 12.

MANSION - HOUSE.--An eccentric-looking
middle-aged man, evidently belonging to t hat ,ex-
tensive class of "seedy respectables" who h• lye seen
better days, was charged with breaking a square
of glass, value 25., belonging to the Corpoi •ation of
the City of London.
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk).—l see by the charge-
sheet that you have refused to give your mime—do
you still refuse ?
Prisoner.—. Well, yes—l'd rather not, it's all
the same. _

Police-constable 367.—Here is a packet, of letters
which I took from him. _ _

Sir R. Carden.—Hand it up, I dare say •we shal
find his name there. _ _ _

Prisoner.—Well, now mind, I do not want to give
offence ; but understand, I do not want .my name
to be exposed, and I should not have had those
letters in my pocket if I had had any ie.ea that
they would have been taken from me.
Sir It. Carden—Oh, I see your name is
is it not ? _ _

Prisoner—Well, yes it is, but you see I do not
want my name to get into the papers.
Sir R. Carden—Those who commit offences must
take their chances of that. Go on, officer.
Police constable 367—Yesterday afternoon after
the business of the court was over I saw the prisoner
standing outside the Mansion-house, and asked him
what he wanted. He replied, to see the magistrate,
and I told him it was too late for that, upon which
he immediately smashed a square of glass in one of
the windows, and I took him into custody.
Sir R. Carden—How could a man like you do
such a stupid act as that ?
Prisoner—Well, you see, what was I to do ? I
was quite destitute. I had neither food nor shelter,
Sir R. Carden—You might have got both by
going to the union, and now you will have to go to
prison.
(in a cheerful tone)—Well, I would
rather
than go to the workhouse.
Sir R. Carden—Oh, you would, would you ?
so
Prisoner—Yes, I would, indeed. You know there
is no accounting for tastes.
Prisoner
goner
to
prison
Sir It. Carden—You must be aware, as a man of
education, that it was very wrong to injure the pro-
perty of others.
Prisoner (with a sigh)—Well, yes ; it was very
wrong, I admit ; but (brightening up a little) I dare
say I shall pay for it some day—that is, if I live
long enough.
Sir R. Carden—You will have to pay for it now
or go to prison. You ought not to have broken it.
Prisoner—Well, now what was I to do ? Yes-
terday I had nothing to break my fast. On. Tues-
day I only had some potatoes that I picked up in
the street, and half of them I gave to my dog before
I hanged him, and on Monday I had nothing but a
pipe of tobacco.
Sir R. Carden—All that does not justify your
breaking the window. I suppose your object was
to excite sympathy ?
Prisoner—Well, yes, it was.
Sir R. Carden—Then I think you are likely to be
disappointed.

Prisoner—Oh, Ido not mean that I expected to
get anything here ; but I thought that if the case got
into the newspapers, some eccentric individual—
like myself, for instance—would take pity on me,
and provide me witk the means of getting a liveli-
hood.

Sir R. Carden—Well, you must pay 25., or go to
Prisoner—Oh, if
er
df rn
—a \Tr
prison for three days.
you send me at all, I hope you
will send
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Prisoner—Why, what can I do when I come out ?
I am afraid I must do the same again.
Sir It. Carden—Then you must be prepared to
take the consequences.
Prisoner—l suppose I must. However, I hope my
name will not get into the papers, as it may injure
me hereafter; for (hopefully) perhaps I may return
to my own profession by and by.
The prisoner, who was understood to hare be-
longed to a scholastic profession, was then removed.
Elizabeth Fasselow, aged 7 years, was again
brought up by a policeman, who had found her
wandering about the City in a destitute condition.
She had been similarly charged last Saturday,
when it was proved that she was taken to the City
of London Union at 4 o'clock in the morning, and
refused admittance by the relieving officer, who, in
court, said his object was to frighten her by having
her locked up, so as to prevent her coming into the
City in future. The Lord Mayor, however, with
much warmth, reprimanded this official, and ordered
that the child should be taken to the union, leaving
the guardians to seek their remedy against the
father, a labouring man, resident in Lambeth.
The relieving officer was again in attendance, as
was also Mr. Bowrigg, clerk to the City of London
Union, to watch the case.
It was stated that the child was carefully sent
home to her father by the union officials ; and a re-
spectably-dressed woman said she knew the father
well, and for some years had helped to take care of
the child (whose mother was dead), but that the
girl, young as she was, was continually running
away from home, and could not be kept under any
sort of restraint.
The Lord Mayor said all that might be, but what
was to be done with a child of such tender age ?
Surety the union might take care of her, and charge
her father with the expense. However, it was cer-
tainly wrong in the relieving officer to refuse to
receive her into the City of London Union.
Mr. Bowring—Since your lordship again refers
to that, allow me to say that he acted under my
instructions.
The Lord Mayor—Then they were very bad in-
structions, sir.
Mr. Bowring—lt is a course we were compelled
to take by the frequency of her appearance among us.
The Lord Mayor (peremptorily)—l want to hear
no more from you, sir.
Mr. Bowring—l think your lordship might act
with courtesy to one who is here as a public officer.
The Lord Mayor—Hold your tongue, sir, if you
please. I don't wish to hear another word from you
on the subject. So be silent.
Mr. Bowring—l shall not be silent. I have a
right to speak.
The Lord Mayor—l tell you again, sir, that no-
thing can justify the conduct of your relieving
officer in turning that little child away from the
union to wander about the streets at four o'clock in
the morning.
Mr. Bowring—Your lordship is wrong there.
You forget that she was in charge of a policeman
at the time, and our officer is bound to obey his in-
structions as the City officers are bound to obey
theirs. _ _ _

The Lord Mayor—l don't wish to hear any more
from you. Take the child to her union.
Mr. Bowring—Then she must go to Lambeth.
The Lord Mayor—Then, sir, send an officer with
her there.

Mr. Bowring—No, let one of the City officers
take her. This is their charge now, and we have
nothing to do with it.
The Lord Mayor—Your conduct does you very
little credit,

Mr. Bowring—That may be your lordship's opi-
nion, but other people may judge differently.
The contest of tongues then ceased, and the child
was sent home to her father.

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ale-house, on Snowhill, was charged before Alder-
man Hale with assaulting the police in the execu-
tion of their duty.
Mr. Humphreys, jun., appeared for the defence.
Policeman Mobbs,26s, said he was on special duty
to prevent obstruction on Snowhill, and to report
any disorderly conduct that might occur in the
licensed houses in the neighbourhood. He saw a
number of persons standing in front of the defen-
dant's house, and their betting-books in their hands,
and upon seeing him approach they immediately
entered defendant's house. Witness looked in, and
saw the front of the bar crowded to excess with per-
sons who were all engaged with their bcoks, and no
refreshment appeared to have been served to any of
them. A person, who said he was Mr. Jones, told
witness to go away, or ho would put him away. and
soon afterwards the defendant came out and said,
" What are you fellows (the officers) doing here
You are injuring my business; for no one will come
in while you are at the door." The defendant also
threatened to "smash his arm with a stick, or knock
his brains out, if he looked in again." Several men
shorty after entered the house with betting-books
in their hands, and witness again opened the door
to see if any betting transaetions were taking place,
when the defendant struck at him with a stick, and
afterwards struck him with his left hand on the
breast, seized him by the coat, and tried to drag
himinto the house, and was only prevented by wit-
ness dragging him out, and taking him into cus-
tody for the assault.
Cross-examined—He was only a quarter of an hour
or 20 minutes, watching the defendant's house. It
was not an hour and a half. He did not prevent
customers from entering the house. He saw a female
at one door, apparently watching the door, but he
did not know ti he was defendant's wife. He was
obliged to throttle the defendant to make him re-