The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-06 00:00:00

POLICI3 INTELLIGENCE.— flay 5.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Michael Quirk, an Irish
tailor, charged with assaulting Bridget, his wife,
and stabbing her in the head with a piece of glass.
The complainant, one of whose eyes was fright-
fully bruised, and whose head exhibited a blood-
s'ained plaster, said,thwahteonushSclulrddayhimnhigehotulgahst
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the prisoner came home about 12 o'clock, and gave
her 10s. for the purpose of providing the house fur
the
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as she had then four children to
support and 83. to pay for rent, he commenced to
beat her, and finished by giving her a tremendous
blow over her left eye. To escape further violence
she was compelled to go to a neighbour's, where
she stayed until Monday morning, when he imme-
diately began to abuse and threaten her, although
he was then quite sober. On Monday night he told •
her he would be hanged for her yet, and on Tues-
day night, just as she was going to lie down ou the
workboard, with her head on a bundle (as she never
got any rest after he came in), he rushed into the
house, and seizing a flat-iron aimed a blow at her
head, but she stepped aside and the iron fell miller
foot. He then struck her on the head with a lump
of coke, which slipped from his grasp and fl3w'
through the window, dashing the glass on to the
roof outside ; whereupon he swore he would have
the pane of glass out of her, and putting his arm
through the window he drew in a long piece of
glass, which he grasped as though it had been a
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and gave him into custody.
The prisoner made a rambling statement, with
an endeavour to show that he was a pattern of a
husband, but

The Lord Mayor expressed his opinion that he
was an uninitigatel brute, and had repaid with
constant ill treatment the kindnes and forbearance
of an industrious and enduring woman. His Lord-
ship sentenced him to four months' impiisonment,
with hard labour, at the same time promising pro-
tection to the complainant if her huaband should
again ill-use or annoy her upon the expiration of
tLe term of his imprisonment.

BOW-,SA' REET. —TWO young men, who gave the
!MEWS of Frederick CJllins and Charles Morr s, and
we e dressed in the approved spyle of the Casino
sw,ll, were charged with cre aing a disturbance in
the pie. of the Strand Theatre, to the annoyance of
the public and the interruption of the performance..
Mr. 'Henry Swratborough, the brother of the f,ir
des eo, deprsed that the defendants managed to get
into the
,pit in a state of intoxication which was not
observed by the checktaker in the crowd. During
the performance they commenced shouting and
tossing up hats, to the extreme annoyance of the
visitors to the theatre. The officers in attendance
quietly remonstrated with them, but ineffectually,
and at length it was' found riecesary to give them
iu charge.. He (Mr. Swanborough) had no wish to
press the charge against these young men. He ()my
wanted them to understand that they could not
conduct theiuselves•disorderly at hie sister's theatre

with impunity any more than at the Princess's, or
Haymarket, or any other reQpectable establishment.
The attendants at the theatre corroborated the
evidence, and police-constable Harris, of the F
division, proved tnat the conduct of both the pri-
soners, on th-ir way to the station, was moot vio-
lent. They kicked him once or twice, and raised a
cry of " Down with the police !" "No foreign
spies !" (km.

Mr. Henry inquired what the defendants were ?
The defendants said they were articled clerks to a
solicitor. They had been dining together at the
Albion, and perhaps had taken a little too much ;
but they did not mean any harm. If they had an-
noyed anyone they were sorry for it.
Mr. Swauborough expressed a wish that his wor-
ship would consider their having been locked up
all night as a sufficient punishment and warning on
this occasion.

Mr. Henry said such conduct could not be al-
lowed to pass altogether unpunished. It was duo
to the public that such attempts to interfere with
their enjoyment at their public places of amuse-
ment should not be entirely passed over. His
wcrship fined Collins 405., and Morris 203.
The fines were paid.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.—BETTING-HOUSE
CASE.-Wm. Hutcher, beershop keeper, 3, Upper
St. Martin's-lane ; James Upsdel I, of 7, Jane place,
Cornwall-road, toll collector ; John Finch, 47,
Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn, watchmaker ;
°harks Lines, 18, Newcastle-street, Strand, toll
collector ; John Rickford, 10, Sali.,bury-street,
Strand, toll collector ; John Rickford, jun., same
address, barman ; Jesse Pett, 22, Griffin-street,
York-road, toll collector ; Thomas Stanton, 16,
Francis-street, Waterloo-road, traveller ; Henry
Jackson, Rose-street, Long-acre, stableman ; and
William Walsh, 19, Litchfield-street, Soho, stable-
man, wera placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham,
charged, the first-named defendant as the keeper
of a common betting-house, and the others w►th

being found in the same house while betting trans-
actions were going on.

Mr. Superintendent Hannant, of the C division
of police, produced an order signed by Sir Richard
Mayne, the chief commissioner of police, in conse-
quence of which he entered the defendant Hatcher's
house, accompanied by Inspector Webb, and Ser-
geant Silverton, at half-past seven ou Tuesday
evening. Hatcher was behind the bit • Upsdell
and Finch in a small room, like a bar-parlour ; and
the rest were in front of the bar. Riekford was
reading a racing card for the Chester races. He
told Hatcher he was a superintendent of police, and
produced the warrant ; and that he must t ake all
into custody who were there. Inspector Webb
searched the defendants, and took from Hatcl.er,
in his presence, a betting-book. On some of the
others similar books were found, and the defendants
were all removed in custody to the station. On
searching the room subsequently, he found a card
of the Chester Cup for May, 1858, the odds in
pencil marked against several horses. Other betting
books and cards were also found relating to the
Chester Cup race, the handicaps, and the Derby.
In one of these books the name of "Tyre" was
discovered as staking a bet of five crowns to one on
the horse Saunterer. The name Tyce was that of
a man he had previously sent to the house to see
what was goit,g on, and make a bet.
Inspector Webb corroborAted the previous evi-
dence, adding that on Riehford, jun., he found a
flash note.

Policeman A 382 (George Crisp), went to the
house dres-iecl as a gentleman's servant, according
to instructions given him, and was present when
Tyce made the bet alluded to by the superinten-
dent. He vas there on several occasions, when he
saw the defendant Hatcher acive in receiving bets,
which he endorsed in a book, inviting him to ltt
his fellow-servants know, as he might as well have
their money as any one else.
Mr. Hannant having finished the case,
The defendant Hatcher said it was all true, he
had taken the two bets. The rest of the defen-
dants said they were merely there for refreshment.
Mr. Bingham said, Hatcher must have known
the law, and he should fine him 501. or three
months' imprisonment. The rest of the defendants
were discharged with severe cautions.

WESTMINSTER.—WiIiiam Fielder, a man
about 30 years of age, was charged with stealing a
gold chain, two gold seils, a pair of bracelets, same
brooches, and other article of value, the property
of Mary Anti Lane.

The prosecutrix, who is housekeeper at Mr.
Wallace's Hotel, St. George's-row, Knightsbridge,
said that the prisoner had been engaged there as
an assistant waiter from Christmas to Easter last.
Daring that time the prosecutrix and others in the
house repeatedly missed property, and there was
some reason to suspect the prisoner. On the day.
before Good Friday prosecutrix locked her bed-
room door at nine in the morning, and went about
her avocations. At five in the evening, on going to
her room, she found it had been entered and the
valuables above enumerated, with other property,
stolen. The mode of access appeared to hive been by
the window, which was easy of approa h f ,m t e roof.
A pane of glass had been cot and the fastening of
the window removed. In consequence of her sus-
picions the prosecutrix cha-ged the prisoner on
Easter Sunday with the felony, and declared that
unless he confessed and gave her an opportunity of
recovering one ring, upon which si.e set much store,
she would give him into custody on the following
day. He, however, absconded, and was not seen
un it Tuesday night, when he was given into cus-
tody, he having alter the robbery deserib,d to an-
other person exactly what was stated, and having
proposed to another man that they should steal a
valuable tea-urn belonging to Mr. Wall-ice and di-
vide the proceeds, which the man honestly refused
to do.
The prisoner was remanded.

A fashionably-dn!sied woman, about 25 years of
ag who gavo the name of Graham, but refused her
address, was charle with comotitting robheriea at
th,-confirmition held at St. Paul's Church, Knights-
briche.

Mrs. Mary Ann Turner, of 41, Adam-street West,
Edgware-road, said that she accompanied her
daugh7er, who is in the service of Lady Warring-
ton, 58, Eaton-place, to St. Paul's Church, whe:e
she was going to be confirm-d. Prosecutrix was
standing with her daughter's bonnet in her band,
and about to go into the sclrool-room, when she felt
a tug at her pocket, and caught the prisoner's hand
there. She irritnediate;y seized it, when her purse,
which con rained 4/. les. in gold and some silver,
opened, and the money fell upon the ground. Pri-
soner at the instant denied the robbery, and pro-
ducing a very handsome ivory purse, exclaimed,
" Here is my own purse in my hand." The accused
was then given into custody.
Mrs. Dudgeon, a lady who was standing in the
porch of the church at the time of the above occur-
rence, said that the ivory purse produced, which
had bee❑ found in the prisoner's hand, did not be-
long to the accused, but had ben adroitly extracted
from her (witness's) pocket. It had been safe there
only a minute or two previously, when, there being
a cry that there were thieves about, witness was
looking to her gold chain and seal, and discover( d
that 013 prisoner had got her purse. Her pocket
must have been picked with great dexterity, as she
had a child walking on either side of her. Herpurse
only contained a trifle in silver.
Inspector Humphreys, of the B division, said
that there was a very singular circumstance con-
nected with the case ; the lady who had first given
evidence had, to her astonishment, since discovered
another purse in her pocket.
Mr. Punter inquired whether it had anything
in it.

The inspector replied that it was empty.
The prisoner was remanded.

WORSHIP-STREET.-William Burns, a young
man dressed like a carter, was charged with assault
and robbery.
A young woman, named Elizabeth Topp, the
bridge of whose nose was covered with adhesiVe
plaister, who also displayed other injuries about
her face, and who seemed in pain and exhauatcd
while giving her evidence, stated that while staying
at a house in Henrietta-street, City-road, on the
preceding day, she noticed the prisoner standing
opposite the house, looking narrowly up at the win-
dows, as if in search of somebody, and she therefore
went down and opened the door to ascertain what
he wanted. The instant she opened the door the
prisoner came to it, and struck her so heavily be-
tween the eyes that the bridge of her nose was cut
through by the blow, and on her screaming from
pain and alarm he again struck her upon the mouth
tore her shawl, which was secured by a large pin,
from her shoulders, and sLe then became so stunned
au senseless that she could rec Meet nothing
more,
but on recovet in; consciousness she found that the
prisoner had escaped, that her clothes were so sa-
turated with blood she felt confident the hasmor-
rhage must have exceeled a quart,
she felt EO giddy an I ill she could nd even now
scarcely st ind.
Twist, a constable of theN divisio,stated that
while on duty at the end of the street he heard
painful screams in a woman's voice, and on hasten-
ing up found the prisoner hurrying
away. He
noticed that h© had a bundle under his arm, and
on stopping and asking him what the parcel con-
tained he flung it to, the ground and ran away as
fast as he could.
Witness
but pursued him through
numerous turning 9 at last came up with him
and secured himbuti:lthe prisoner resisted, had
half a poker in One of his pockets, and on to .in
him bac to where he had heard the screams from
the prosecutrix, who was bleeding frightfully from
the nose --
and mouth, she identified the parcel as,.