The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-01 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

PLATE ROBBERY.—Georgo Smith was placed at the
bar, charged with being conceaned in an extensive plate
robbery at the residence of Mr. Bonsted's. Craven-street,
Strand.

A detective officer frcm Seotland-yard said, yesterday
ho aprrehended the prisoner in St. George's-road, Peck-
ham. He asked him whether his name was George Smith,
who formerly in the employ of Messrs. Foster's, to which
he replied in the affirmative, and then he (witness; told
him he was a detective officer. He further told him that
about nine or ten months ago the prisoner offered a silver
tureen for sale to Mr. Salome, Westminster-bridge-road.
The prisoner said ho had, but Mr. Salome would not buy
it in the state it was, and further, ho advised him (pri-
soner) to have nothing to do wifh it. He further said the
tureen was given him to sell by a gentleman named Nor-
grive, who lived at Plymouth, but that he had now gone
to Switzerland. He told him the tureen was stolen from
Mr. Bousted's, of Craven-street. He then told him his
brother was custody for stealing the plate, and
that he had confessed that the prisoner had assisted
him to commit the robbery. He told him he should be
taken into custody, and on going to his lodgings in St.
George's-road he found a bag, containing about 80 pawn-
broker's duplicates, but only about two related to the
property stolen from Mr. Bonsted's.

The prisoner was remanded until Saturday, when the
other prisoner will be prisoner will be placed at the bar.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A WIFE.--Janies Mahoney, a
labourer, living in Little Dean-street, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting his wife.

Mr. William Moore watched the case on tho part of the
Associate Institute for Improving and Better Enforcing
the Laws for tho Protection of Women.

The complainant, who had a bad black eye, said that
on Saturday night her husband abused her, and then
beat h er,• and gave her a bad black eye.
In answer to the magistate, the complainant said that
ho did not know how many times her husband struck her,
and that she had charged him twice before and wanted to
be protected.
Robert Warley, residing in the same house as the com-
plainant and the prisoner, said that on Saturday
night the complainant ran into his room 'for
protection. The prisoner came up and asked
if his wife was there, and he told Lim she
was not, and the prisoner then said that ho would have her
life; that he had only one life to lose, and he would lose
that for her at Newgate. He put the prisoner out of the
room, and he afterwards came and burst the room door
open, and said he would buy a pistol on Monday morning
and blow his brains out. The prisoner was then given into
custody.
The prisoner said why be said ho would blow the wit-
ness's brains out was because he tore his new jacket.

A constable said the prisoner was very drunk.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the witness bad done a very kind and
prudent act in keeping the prisoner out of his house and
preventing him getting at his wife. The prisoner was
evidently a wild and reckless fellow, and would have to
find two bail in £lO each for three months.

LETTING OFF FIREWORKS AND STONE THROWING.
Two boys, named Edward Shay and John Down, were
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with letting off fireworks in
the streets.

Polico•cnnstab'.o Thos. Leader, 36 C R, who was on
duty yesterday evening in Davies-street, when he saw a
number of boys, amongst them the prisoners, letting off
fireworks, throwing some of them through the broken win-
dows of a coachmnker's workshop. lla caught Shay, and
while taking him to the station was followed by a crowd
of boys, some of whom threw stones at him, Down I eing
one them, and after taking Shay to the station, he went
to a Ragged School, near Davies-street, and took Down
into custody. There were numerous complaints from the
inhabitants near the Ragged School, but they were afraid
to come forward, fearing the consequences from the rough
lads who attended the school.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Shay 55., and Dawn 2ds.