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London, England, 1858-07-08 00:00:00

drink his mind would regain a healthy tone, He
has a monomania for drink.
This closed the defendant's case.
The learned counsel on both sides having ad-
dressed the jury,
Mr. Baron Bramwell summed up.
The jury returned a verdict fur the plaintiff,
damages 4001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-July 7.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Two gentlemen waited
upon the Lord Mayor to request his aid and advice
on behalf of a poor woman. She lived, they said,
at 4, Portland-street, Soho, and her name was
Sarah Hanmer. She was suffering from consump-
tion, and was an out-patient of the Consumptive
Hospital, Brompton. On the 20th of May she
went to the hospital, leaving her little boy, four
years old, in care of a neighbour ; but when she
returned home he was nowhere to be found ; and,
despite every exertion made for his recovery, had
never been seen or heard of since.

The Lord Mayor regretted that he could himself
do nothing in aid of the recovery of the child, but
expressed his opinion that the press would give
publicity to the application, which might perhaps
have a good effect.
The child, when lost, was dressed in a drab stuff
frock, holland pinafore, and Scotch cap. He has
a scar on the left side of his chin, and answers to
the name of "Johnny." A reward of 201. will be
paid on his return to his mother, at 4, Portland-
street, Soho.

BOW-STREET.—Robert 'Johnson was charged
with stealing a portmanteau, containing wearing
appard, ti7e., the property of Mr. J. T. Norris,
M.P. for Abingdon.

It appeared that the prosecutor, on leaving the
house of a friend in Devonshire-place, at about
half-past eleven o'clock on Monday evening, en-
gaged a cab and proceeded towards Lincoln's-inn-
fields, having seen his portmanteau duly placed on
the outside of the vehicle. On reaching Long-acre
it was discovered that the trunk had disappeared,
and the cabman being unable to account for it, Mr.
Norris desired him to drive to the Bow-street police-
station to give information of the circumstance, and
a description of the lost property. "On reaching
the station," said Mr. Norris, in his evidence, " we
found the portmanteau already in the charge of the
inspector, and a man in custody on sugpicion of
stealing it."

Michael Bowen, an errand-boy, living at No.
5, Brownlow-street, Long-acre, deposed that
he was near his own home when he saw five
or six men hurrying along with a portmanteau,
and heard one of them exclaim, " Oh --, here's
a-- lot of us." The circumstance excited his
suspicion, and he followed them. Observing him,
probably, the man who had the trunk handed it
over to the prisoner, who partedfrom his companions
and went towards Orange-court. Witness, still
following him, exclaimed, " Where are you going
to with that trunk ?" The prisoner replied that he
had picked it up, and that he was going to take it
to the police station. Witness reminded him that
he was going in an opposite direction, and, secing
a policeman, called his
rattention to the prisoner,
who was then taken into custody.

The prisoner said he pleaded guilty to having
earriel it for one of the other men. He was not
the man who took it.

Mr. Jardine said it would be desirable to ascer-
tain if the prisoner was known. He must be com-
mitted for trial. The vigilance of the boy Bowen
was very commendable.

Three. showily-dressed women of the town, named
Anne James, Elizabeth Williams, and Jane Wil-
liams, were brought before Mr. Jardine, on a charge
of fighting, in Catherine-street, opposite Jessop's
wine-rooms.

Policeman FBB said that at about half-past 4
o'clock that morning, he found the three prisoners
fighting together in Catherine-street, having, as he
heard, just come out of Jessop's wine rooms. They
were rolling over one another, scratching and tear-
, ing one another like wild beasts, and screaming
fearfully, while a number of "gentlemen," who
formed a ring round them, were encouraging them
by their acclamations. He took them all three into
custody. They were all women of the town, and
nightly frequenters of Jessop's.
Inspector Mackenzie observed that this place was
really a very great nuisance. .
Mr. Jardine—lf this was a house with an ordi-
nary license you could put it down directly, I sup-
pose. It has a Free Vintner's license, I believe.
Inspector Mackenzie—Precisely so.
Mr. Jardine observed that the police hcd, how-
ever, the same power of entering the house as if it
was an ordinary public-house.
Inspector Mackenzie—But we can't bring them
before the licensing magistrates.
Mr. Jardine—One would hardly suppose it pos-
sible that in these days a number of men, whom the
constable calls gentlemen, should be standing by to
see women tear each otherlike wild beasts. I should
have much snore satisfaction in punishing them for
such brutality than in sending these poor women to
gaol. One can't help pitying them. They are
tempted into those abominable places, which are
kept open all night to encourage idle persons to get
drunk, and then they are set on to fight by these
brutal men. They are liable to be sent to gaol, but
I shall not punish them. They may go.

CLERTCENWELL.—John Lovetrues, aged.
,18,
of no home, a labourer, and John Smith, aced 24,
a hawker, who refused
his address, both well-known
thieves, were placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie,
charged with barglariously breaking and entering
the dwelling house of Mr. Jones, a gold and silver
refiner, 16, Wilderne,s-row, and stealing some arti-
cles of wearing apparel belonging to Francislf udson.
It appeared from the evidence of several wit-
nesses, who resided in the house, that at about 4
o'clock in the morning they were disturbed by
hearing a loud crash. No notice was at first taken
of the matter, but the noise being repeated a few
seconds afterwards, the parties in the house armed
themselves, and upon proceeding downstairs found
the doors and windows of the first floor open. On
eao.:l.lElg d.c back rorm much snrprised to
find some of the flooring pulled up and a very iargt,
hole made in the ceiling big enough to admit two
persons into the shop. It would seem that the
thieves gained admittance tothe house by the back
window, and then proceeding downstairs, tried to
break open the ehop-door ; but having cut through
both panels, and then finding the iron plates, went
upstairs, and got into the shop by breaking through
the ceiling. Police-constables Greathurst, 209 G,
and Spniiu, 61 G, were then sent for, and upon en-
tering the shop found, under one of the benches in
the back, the prisoner Smith, and in one of the
upper rooms the other prisoner, with a coat and
silk handkerchief in his possession belonging to one
of the prosecutor's shopmen. If the thieves had
when they had, there can be
would have got off with a
groat
valuabletilye property which was in
littlen o t
buti
f s disturbed
very
thatrl y ) e d
the shop.
The prisoners, when asked if they had anything.
to say in answer to the charge, replied in the nega-
tive.

Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoners for a week for
the completion of the case.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Francis Smith, 38, a
powerful man, was charged with assaulting Ellen
Perry on the 29th ult.
On the day in question complainant, in a feeble
state, attended to give evidence, and exhibited an
extensive wound on the forehead, both eyes
blackened, and several other injuries of a mani-
festly violent character. She deposed that at four
o'clock th►t.morniug the defendant, with whom she
had cohabited for a period of five years, went home
intoxicated, struck her on the head with a shovel,
several times tried to gouge her eyes out, and
otherwise ill-treated her until she was rescued from
his violence by the police. The woman added that
Le had frequently maltreated her during her inter-
course for the last few years, but the whole of the
testimony was given with strong reluctance.
Inspector Webster, N division, deposed that at
the time in question he heard dreadful screams in
a woman's voice, and then the words, " Oh, Frank,
let me die fairly !" This was followed by threat s
in a man's voice, and the sound of blows often re-
peated. Witness knocked violently at the door of
the house, No. 11, Great Cambridge-street, and it
was opened by the complainant, in such a state as
to excite apprehensions for her life. To use the in-
spector's words, she appeared as " dipped in a pool
of blood," which was fast flowing from a wound in
her forehead. Her clothes were half torn from her,
and she was in suit a state of exhaustion that she
fell into his arms. She wr s taken t the hospital in
a cab, whi'e the defendant was apprehended up-
stairs in a perfectly nude condition, and his flesh
besmeared with blood ; patches of gore were seen
on many parts of the floor, and evidently there had
been a fearful struggle. The house was full of the
most notorious characters.

Mary Palmer, the landlady, was called for the
defence, and swore there had been provocation, and
the complainant, apparently terrified thereon, said
she, threw a basin at the defendant. The ease was
remanded, but the injured woman did not now ap-
pear, and in her absence the magistrate said he
would fine the offender M., or three months' im-
prisonment.

MARLBORO U G H-STRE ET. Mr. Anthony
Patrick Mahon, of 65, Manchester-street, Man-
chestcr•square, appeared before Mr. Beadon, upon
A fiuuunvns which charged him with unlawfully as.