The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGE.NCE.-July 10.

GUILDII A LL. —ErfEAORDINAEX CASE OF AFFI-
LIATIOX.--A most extraordinary case of affiliation
was decided at this c9urt on Saturday, by Alder-
manOn the
Gabriel and Alderman Hale.
The case bad been four Vines before the Court
previously,
tilbtelday. and remanded for further evidence un-
behalf of the plaintiff, Ann Butler, that she was a
previous examination it was shown on
inr.rried woman, formerly. living. at Horsham, in
Sussex, and that her husband had deserted her in
1841 and had gone to Anierica, since which time
she had seen riethin(r of Vim.
of their acqua4tance did
The defendant, T.
Retford, the elder, N7assitetired butcher, residing
in West-streef, Horsham, and he became acquainted
with the plaintiff, but the precise date of the com-
inencemeotappeared money not transpire.
It must, hOwever, have been prior to 1847, as it
was sent
years 1847 and 1848 from :fforsha.m,• while she was
Eying at Brighton. During'
tb her during during the
1849 no money appeared
to have been sent to plaintiff ; but in the beginningcf 1850 she was sent there Again, and on Feb. 6 she
was delivered of a chikl. The defendant gave the
plaintiff's mother 31. to pa,yttho doctor, the nurse,
and other expenses attending the confinement,
which it was stated she sent to her daughter by
a post-office , from order Jane Monnery to Ann
Btu t 1 e r .

grs. Green, the plaintiff's sister, also pr.eyed re-
cjving various suing of money from defendant for
har Sister for years after the birth of the child; most
of which Was transznitted by
.i)ost-office, order The
regular periodical payments Were kept up till the
month of March last, when they ceased, and the re-
sult WAS the preent procei4ding4.
Mr. Burt, solicitor of East Grinstead, crosz-eia-
mined the witnesses very closely as to the money
Win; sent by 13)st-office orders at the times
stated, and then contended that, as he waa in a posi-
tion to negative that portion of the evidence, the
magistrates ought not to crldit ale other Ortion of
it.
Alderman G-Abriel said he did'not thTlll it was of
any conscquenca the inaccuracy in the statenseut
about transmitting the money; fur if it had been
naisapproprieed it would not have affected thy.
question. The real print was, had :he defendant
givep. the 3/. and other sums for the specific pur-
pose of maint3ining the child.
Mr. Burt said he contended that the money had
never been given at all, anti there was no corrobe-
rative• proof of any one payment. Besides that he
contendtd rhat the child was no illgiti nytte, as the.
husband of the plaint:if was liVing in England from

G, JULY 12, 1858.

1847 to 1850 in the vicinity of where the wife re-
sided, and there was no impediment to their meet-
ing. He was in a condition to prove the prezence
of the husband iu Horsham at the times lie had
stated, and also that no post-office orders had been
sent to the plaintiff at the times stated. Looking
at these circumstances, and the advanced age of the
defendant, he trusted the magistrates would hesi-
tate before they would bastardise a child on such
doubtful evidence. He then called

John Grazebrook, who said he was a butcher,
residing at West-street, Horsham. He knew Henry
Butler, the husband of Ann Butler. He saw him
last Sunday at Shoreham, but he was living at
Brighton. He knew that he went to America,
the first time in 1841, and returned in July, 1847,
and left again in July, 1850. He did not remem-
ber having seen him during the years 1818 and
1849, but believed he must have seen and drunk
beer with him several times. He never saw his
wifi with him.

Mr. William Goldsmith, the present postmaster
of Horsham, produced the post-office books, by
which it appeared that no sum of 3/. had been sent
to the plaintiff during the year 1850 ; that no order
had been sent during the whole of the year 1849,
but that for some years, both before and after, she
had been in the habit of receiving them.
Mr. Burt submitted, on this evidence, he was
entitled to the decision of the Court in favour of his
client.
Alderman Gabriel said his brother magistrate and
himself had not the slightest hesitation in adjudg-
ing the defendant to be the father of the child, and
made an order for the payment of 2s. 6d. per week
and costs.

Mr. Burt said, with all duo respect, he would
appeal against the decision.

BOW-STREET. —John Winter and Charles
Wellbeloved, described as "commission agents,"
were charged with causing an obstruction in Great
Queen•street, by betting.
One of the constables of the F division (Venes,
96) stated that he was in Qmeen-street, Lincoln's
inn-fields, at two o'clock in the afternoon, when he
saw the defendants standing together on the pave-
ment. One of them was looking at a newspaper,
and the other was writing something in a book.
He knew they were betting, and therefore he de-
sired them to go away. They refused, Winter say-
ing, "If I go anywhere I'll go to Bow-street to re-
port you, for you have no right to interfere with
me." I then took them into custody. On our way
to the station Winter stopped and said, "I want
to step in hero for a moment," pointing to a shop.
I said, "No, you won't, though, you'll go to Bow-
street ;" and I refused to let him go into the shop.
He then struck me a violent blow in the face. The
prisoners were seaeched at the station, and several
betting-books, papers, Sec., were found upon them.
Ho had cautioned the prisoners once before the
same morning.
Mr. Jardine, who appeared somewhat surprised
at the charge, sent over for the sergeant on duty at
the station, upon which it was explained that the
ciarge wns not for betting in the street, but for
"causing an obstruction by betting in the street."
He added that there were great complaints of the
assemblage of people for betting opposite a cigar-
shop inQueen-street.

The defendants complained of the unwarrantable
interference of the police. There was no obstruc-
tion—there could be none in a broad thoroughfare
like, Queen-street from two people talking together,
and yet they were dragged through the streets,
and searcbe.l at the police station like common
felons. Surely there could ba no law in England
to justify such treatment as this.
Winter admitted that he struck the officer, but
under great provocation, for his arm was black and
blue from the unnecessary violence used by the
constasl,..

Mr. Jardine said it was perfectly lawful, no
dou'r,t, to t:i.ke any persons into custody who per-
sisted in obstructing the footways by congregating
together and betting there. The obstruction was
not proved in this ca.,_e, and therefore the defend-
ants might be discharged.