The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 26.

John Haden was charged before the Lord Mayor with
having committed a robbery in the shop of Mr. Murray,
of 30, Cornhill, chronometer maker.

Mr. Gartner, shopman to Mr, Murray, said—About
five o'clock yesterday evening the prisoner came to our
shop and asked to look at a gold Albert chain. I
showed him one, but be wanted one of a different
quality, and he took up a very heavy ono, and asked
the price. I told him 16f., and he put it down, and
said he wanted one of a particular pattern. He then
took up two or three more of the chains and kept
them in his hands. He said he wanted ono par-
ticularly for his brother that day, and he asked me
to see if there was not one of a certain pattern in the
long chains. I opened the glass box, and suspecting, I
watched him particularly, and saw him put something
which seemed to bea chain or two chains into his pocket.
I the❑ counted the chains in the case, and missed two.
I allowed him to leave the shop, and I then followed
him and caught hold of him, and told him he was a
swindler. I brought him back to the shop, and saw
hitr, in a quick manner, throw two chains amongst the
lot, I then called an officer.

The prisoner, who was identified as a regular shop-
lifter for many years, was remanded for a few days, in
the expectation that ether shopkeepers would come for-
ward and charge him with robberies.

BOW-STREET.—A young German, who said his
name was Edward Lini, was charged by Benjamin Pass
servant to Mr. Gammon, of 46, Bloomsbury-square,
with stealing a favourite little black and tan terrier, the
property of his master.
The deg was presented to Mr. Gammon by a friend,
some years ago, and was much prizrd by himself and
family, partly on the donor's account, and partly from
being an exceedingly pretty specimen of its kind. It had
been repeatedly stolen, but always returned on payment
of a ravvard. To protect it from thieves it was usually
kept in doors, but sometimes it would get into the street
in spite of all care, and then it was sure to be snatched
up in a moment. On the present occasion it had not
been missed from the house when the witness Pass me',
the prisoner carrying it in his arms, in Eagle-street, Red
Lion-square. He demanded its restitution, but the pri-
soner refused, unless he would pay two guineas. Upon
this he gave the prisoner in charge. Prisoner told the
constable first, that he had bought it for 2s. of a man
whom be met in the street, and afterwards that he had
had the dog for years, and the mother was at his place
at that moment.

Prisoner, who pretended to speak very bad English,
though he had expressed himself clearly enough to
the constable, tried to make out that he had been
misunderstood. Ho had told the cmstable that the man
ho bad bought the dog from said he had had it for years,
and that for his part ho should like to have the mother
at home. He had bought the dog of a man whom he
met 'n the street near Mr. Gammon's house.
Mr. Henry asked how he knew where Mr, Gammon
lived ? A question at which the prisoner seemed quite
taken aback. He offered no reply. He stated that he
was a sugar baker, and gave the addre,ses of several
firms for whom he had worked ; but only one of the list
could be found in the " Directory."
He was rema9dud for further examination, the dog
being given up to the owner.

CLERKENWELL.—TIIE CHARGE OF MURDER IN
LEATHER-LANE.—Cornelius Cronin and lertunphry Shea,
the two Irish labourers who stand remanded on the charge
of feloniously killing and slaying Thomas Hanwell, in
Laystall-street, St. Andrew's, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Tyrwhitt for re-examination.
The court and its environs were, 1 ng before the time
appointed for the examination, crowded to excess, and
the case seemed to create a deal of interest.
The evidence of the witnesses examined on the first
occasion has already appeared in this journal, and sit ce
then an inquest has been held by Mr. Wakley, coroner,
and a verdict recorded that the death of the deceased
was causeui by effu,ion of blood to the brain, but that
there was no evidence to show who caused the death.
Mr. T. Wakeling, solicitor, appeared for the prisoners;
and Mr. Superintendent Leger, of the G Division, was
present to watch the case for the Commissioners of
Police.

The first witness called was—
John Smith, of Crown-court, who said—On the night
of the occurrence I was coming out of the Red Lion
public-house, when I saw the deceased, who was the
worse for Equor, and Crane coming along. I saw them
followed by three men, one of whom was Cronin. Ido
not know the other two. I saw the other two men push
against the deceased, and Cronin struck at him ; but I
cannot say whether he hit him or not, as their bacs were
towards we. At the time eronin struck at llanwell there
was a scuffle, and they all fell together. After that they
all got up, when the deceased staggered, and struck his
head against the wall, and fell to the ground.
Mrs, Sarah Paine said—l reside at 9, Laystall-street.
On the night in question I was sitting at my parlour
window when I saw several men scuffling together. I
saw the prisoner Cronin strike the deceased who fell to
the ground.

Mr. Tyrwhitt--Aro you sure that the man you saw
on the ground was the same man that Cronin hit ?
Witness—Yes. When the deceased was attempting
to get up from the ground another man in a white
jacket, and who I have not seen since, struck him on
the sife of the head. After that the three men btf,re
spoken of turned round and attacked the man Shaddock.
At that time the poor man waa quite dead. .
The police here informed the magistrate that that was
the whole ci the evidence they were able to produce
that day.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case remained precisely the
same au it did last week with regard to the prisoner
Shea, who would be most certainly discharged. It was
proved that all the parties went down together, and he
did not therefore think it fair to throw the onus of the
fatal blow upon the prisoner Cronin, as it was shown
that the deceased received a blow from another man.
That Cronin did strike the deceased there could not ba
the shadow of a doubt ; but whether the blo iy he gave

was the fatal one or not no mortal man could tell. He
should order Cronin to enter into his own recognisances
to appear to answer whatever charge might be preferred
against him.

The case against the prisoner Cronin for the assault
on the witness Shaddock was.then gone into, and having
been fully proved,
Mr. Tyrwbitt fined him 51., or in default of payment
to two calendar months' imprisonment in the House of
Correction.

The prisoner was locked up in default.
VIOLENT ASSAULTS.—Georg e Nash, aged 25, a motion-
maker' residing at 6, Queen-street, Clerkenwell, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with
being drunk and assaulting Pbcebe Baker, aged nine,
and police-constables Ayres, 199 G, Scoats, 222 G, and
Martin, 255 G, in the execution of their duty.
The prisoner the previous night was in Queen-street
very much the worse for liquor, and struck the child a
violent blow on the mouth, broke one of her teetb, and
hurt one of her eyes. Upon police-constable Scoats, 222
G-, taking the prisoner into custody, he was knocked
and kicked about in a very brut .1 manner, and in the
morning was in very great pain. Police-constable Ayres,
199 G, then came up, when the prisoner kicked him in
the lower part of the stomach and hurt him. When Mar-
tin, 255 G, attempted to help the other constables, he
was struck in the mouth by the prisoner, who, on the
way to the station, tries to kick and bite the whole of
the constables. He was so very violent that it was
found necessary to strap his legs together.
The prisoner said be was taken away from his own
door, which he did not consider at all right or proper.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was all stuff to talk about being
wrong to take a man like the prisoner from his own
door when he had committed a brutal assault on a child
and the police. He then fined the prisoner 408., or one
month, for the assault on the child, and 'DN. each for
the assaults. on the constables, or seven days for each.
The prisoner was locked up in default.

WESTMINSTER. —DANGEROUS ASSAULT.— Eliza
Weaver, a diminutive woman, was charged before Mr.
Arnold with the following dangerous assault upon Sarah
Gari:iner, a needle•woman, of Blue Anchor-place, York-
street, Westminster.
Complainant, who had her head bandaged, and ex-
hibited evident marks of weakness from the effect
of some serious recent injury, said that on the
previous morning she was standing at her
door with a friend, when Mr. Weaver, the
husband of the prisoner, who lived in the same
house, came up, and they bade each other good
morning, and began to have a conversation, whena stone
suddenly descended from the window above on to her
head, and injured her so severely that she could scarcely
speak or move about. She was unable to say whether it
was done wilfully or not, and had never had any quarrel
or misunderstanding with the prisoner.
A witness for complainant proved that she saw the ac-
cused raise the stone and throw it down. She was quite
sure that it was done deliberately, and defendant said
that she had intended it for her husband.
A policeman having proved her apprehension, and said
she gave the same account of the transaction when he
took her into custody,
Prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that she neither
intended to throw the stone at the woman Gardner nor at
her husband. It slipped down accidentally as she was
removing it.

Mr. Arnold said that, after having heard the evidence,
he had no doubt but the first account given of the assault
by the prisoner was the true one. Slats had intended to
throw the stone at her husband, but it had struck Mrs.
Gardner, and in a case of this nature the law made no
distinction. It was an illegal act for her to throw the
missile at her husband, and having missed him and struck
another person sbe was fully accountable for the injury
she had done, and had she killed complainant would
have been tried for murder. He should commit her,
but would rem:land her in order to see what her husband
had to say about her.
CAUTI'J'N TO SERVANTS.—Ann Kelly, a woman attired
as a gipsy, about 40 years of age, was charged with ob-
taining money by pretending to tell fortunes.
She went down the area of a house in Knightsbridge
on Tuesday morning, with a dish under her arm, and
asked whether there was anything of that kind to be
mended. She was told to call the next day, and was
about to ascend the area steps, when judging, it is pre-
sumed, from the mild appearance of the maid servant who
bad answered her that she was a person who might easily
be duped, she asked to be allowed to tell her fortune, and
having obtained sixpence " to cross the maiden's hand
with," the key of the area door, and a pocket handker-
chief, she revealed to the simple-minded girl the impor-
tant intelligence that she would soon leave her situation
as she would be hated by the other servants, and would
shortly be married. While talking with her the servant
was called away and the prisoner left the house. Shortly
afterwards the girl went out, and perceiving defendant at
a short distance endeavoured to recover the key, which
the woman refused to restore unless she received some
more money, and the girl gave her is. 6d. in order to
avoid a scolding, but defendant was still inexorable, and
having demanded an old gown, and finding that the girl
did not return with it to the place where she had ap-
pointed to meet her, she came again to the house, and
rang at the area bell till given into custody by one of the
footmen.

Mr. Arnold animadverted upon the imprudent con-
duct of the girl, both in giving away the money and
allowing herself to be prevailed upon to part with the
key, as it afforded the accused the means of robbing the
house. He did not, however, for one moment think that
the girl had any underhand motive. Then, turning to
the prisoner, who pleaded that she had never done any-
thing of the kind before, be said that, in the first place,
she had no business to have attempted to tell fortunes
and impose upon unwary people. Putting the mildest
construction upon the act of obtaining the key, it was to
extort money from the girl. He did not believe it wa3
her first offence, as she appeared to be an adept in the
art. it was a disgraceful case, and he should feel no hesi-
tation in inflicting the highest penalty the law would
allow, which was, that she should be committed for
three months to hard labour in the House of Correction.

HAMMERSMITH. You Turin DRUNKARDS.
Louisa O'Connor, a young girl, apparently about 17
years of age, was placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham,
charged with being drunk.
Mrs. Amelia Fitz, a lady residing at No. 19A, Mon-
mouth-road, Westbourne-grove, stated that the prisoner
had been in her service about two months. On the pre-
vious afternoon witness was absent from home for some
time, and when she returned in the evening she dis-
covered the prisoner in a shacking state of intoxication,
and for her own protection she was obliged to send for
a constable.
The prisoner said she was exceedingly sorry for what
had happened.
Mr. Ingham asked if it bad ever occurred before ?
The witness said this was the third time she had been
tipsy since she had been in her service. She had forgiven
her twice upon the prisoner's strong supplication.
Mr. Ingham said it was very strange to find a young
girl like the prisoner getting drunk in this manner.
The prisoner said see bad part of sixpennyworth of
gi❑ with three friends.
Mr. Ingham told her she meant three enemies. He
must fine her ss. for being drunk.
George Hobbs, a boy, not more than 14, was charged
with being drunk and throwing stones.
Police-constable Urbin, of the T division, said, on
Tuesday evening he saw the prisoner throwing stones in
Uxbridge-street, Notting-hill. He ran into a house where
his parents lived, but returned in a quarter of an hour
afterwards, and threw a piece of brick and a stone at
some boys. The prisoner was very much intoxicated and
appeared quite mad from the effectB of the drink.
Mr. Ingham—Are his parents in court ?
The Constable—No, sir; the prisoner is a very bad
boy, and they cannot do anything with him.
Mr. Ingham--Well, boy, what have you got to say ?
The Prisoner—l don't know.
Mr. Ingharn—Where did you obtain the drink ?
The Prisoner—From a lot of boys.
Mr. Ingham—Well, if you get drunk at this early
age, I do ❑ot know what will become of you. I will let
you go this time, but if you are ever brought here again
I must punish you.

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The prisoner, who was covered with dirt, was then
discharged.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Richard Flockton, a gentle-
man residing at Rumford, in Essex, was charged with
having wantonly infringed one of the bye-laws of the
Eastern Counties Railway COmpany, by smoking in a
first-class carriage.
Mr. Ashley, who appeared fi r the prosecution, after
directing the magistrate's attention to one of the clauses
in the company's act of incorporation which imposed a
penalty of 51, for the cfrenee in question, said that the
nuisance had lately increased to such an extent that he
was instructed by the directors to press for a conviction
in this instance.

The defendant fully admitted the facts alleged against
him, but adJed that he had several witnesses in attend-
ance to prove that smoking %-yas hibitually tolerated
along the line, without let or hindrance on the part of
officipl4.

Mr. Charles Alphonzs, a stockbroker, residing at
Romferd, stated that he had been in the habit of travel-
ling to town every morning for the last six months in a
fir,t-class carriage with a cigar in his mouth, 17hich bad
never once been objected to at either of the intervening
stations. The train by which he travelled usually con•
tained about 25 smoking passengers.
Air. Ashley—Do you actually mean to say that you
have been seen smoking by the railway officers without
any notice having belitaken cf it ?
Witness—Certainly; not only myself but all the other
passengers in the same carriage Lave blown a complete
cloud at the different stations without interruption.
Mr. Owen Tudor also deposed to his basing been a
daily passenger by the same train for three years, daring
which period he had been constantly accompanied by
his meenClaurn, and that no attempt had ever been
made by the ticket collector "to put his pipe out."
(Laughter.)
Mr. D'Eynceurt said that as the enforcement of the
bye-laws, with regard to the offence in question, had
been manifestly neglected upon a portion of the line,
he should merely impose upon the defendant the
mitigated fine of 53. and cost', but he should cer-
tainly inLI et a severe penalty in any futuro case of the
kind that wal brought befkire him.
The defendant immed]ately pail thn penalty.

:NGLISH AND RUSSIAN SAILORS AT THE CAPE.--
Betweeu the sailors belonging to her Majesty's ship
Castor and the sailors belonging to some Russian
vottes, lying in Simon's B'y, shout 120 in number,
there has lat,,ly been a dreadful fight. The town wao
kept in an uproar. They fought ith staves and stones.
The English drove the Ru:sians to their boats, and were
punished by the magiitrate f,r the assault which they
were proved to have commenced,—Cape drjus,
April 10,