The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Nov. 10.)

MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor, upon
taking his seat, said that it was his intention
during his year of office to sit punctually at 12
o'clock daily for the despatch of business that might
be brought before him.
Alfred Bury was charged with having attempted
to stab William Hart, a porter, living at 30,
Anglesea-street, Waterloo New Town.
The prosecutor said—Yesterday evening, between
5 and 6 o'clock, I was in Aldgate, helping a man to
get a horse up that had fallen down, when the
prisoner didered me to get out of the way. I told
him I knew better how to get the horse up than he
did, upon which he said to me, " I've something
which, if it don't get the horse up, will get you
down." He had an open clasp knife in his hand,
and immediately struck me in the face with the
back part of it. He was about to strike me with
it again, when somebody in the crowd gave him a
blow on the arm and prevented his cutting my face
open. I struggled with him, and endeavoured to
get the knife out of his hand, and it was taken from
him by a gentleman standing by. An officer then
came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody.
W. Davy, a cabinet-maker, livino. at 52, Hoxton-
square, corroborated the evidence of prosecutor ;
and, in reply to the Lord Mayor, said that the pi-
soner did not take out the knife for the purpose of
cutting the horse's harness, but of injuring the pro-
secutor.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said—l was
in the crowd, when somebody called out, " Who's
got a knife ?" I expected they wanted to cut the
trace, and said, "Here's a knife ;" and added, " I've
got a good city dagger." I never intended to
injure the prosecutor. I was on my road to the
Pavilion Theatre to see the new piece, and, thinking
of the amusement I was about to experience, I held
out the knife in a theatrical way, and not at all
with a view of wantonly or maliciously hurting the
prosecutor.
Police-constable Nicholson, 594, said that the
prisoner was the worse for liquor when he took him
into custody.
Prisoner—l had had some beer with my dinner,
and swallowed a glass of hot rum and water in the
afternoon, but' I was not drunk.
The Lord Mayor fined the prisoner £5, and sen-
tenced him to be imprisoned for a month in default.
Prisoner—ls there any appeal against that ?

The Lord Mayor—No-.
Joseph Thornton, a desperate-looking fellow, was
charged with the double offence of having rescued
a thief from the custody of Mr. Raven, a gentle-
man living at 3, Green-lane, Camberwell, and of
having also attempted to rob him.
The prosecutor said—Yesterday afternoon I was
in Cheapside, where I saw the prisoner. I observed
a man steal a-gentleman's watch, which he dropped
when I held him until I was surrounded by a num-
ber of men, among whom was the prisoner, who
called out, "He hasn't got your watch. That man
escaped." I was knocked down, and when I re-
gained my feet the prisoner came up to me and pit
both his hands i ito my waistcoat pockets. I seize a
him, and, with the assistance of a friend, held him
until an officer came up. As I was holding him
one man bit my thumb and another bit the calf .of
my leg. I had 4s. or ss. taken from my pocket in
the scuffle. It was through the violence of ti ie
prisoner and those who were acting with him thrtt

I lost my hold of the man who stole the watch.
Mr. W. Robertson, a gentleman living at 83,
Victoria-road, Lower Islington, said-1 was with
Mr. Raven, and saw a swarthy man make a snatei
at the breast of Mr. Hester, a witness in court. .I
saw the man take the watch. Mr. Hester seized
that man, when he dropped the watch, and Air.
Hester picked it up. I kept my hold of the thief,
when I was attacked by several men, who knocked
my hat over my, eyes, and somebody bit my hand.
I let go my hold to recover my sight, when Mr.
Raven seized that man and I seized him again.
The prisoner jostled us, and called out, " Let him
go, he has not your watch ;" and we were jostled
from Queen-street to the Poultry. Mr Raven and
I continued to hold the man till the prisoner
and a number of his companions threw us
down, and the man who had stolen the watch
go-t away .on his hands and knees. I heard
Mr. Raven say to the prisoner, " You have
robbed me, and I'll keep you till a polieeman comes
up." I collared him also, and said, " I'll hold you,
my boy ; you don't get away if the other has." He
made use of a threat, which I did not distinctly
hear, but it was tantamount to threatening to stab
Mr. Raven. The prisoner jostled and pushed us
about in the crowd, and did all he could to favour
the escape of the man who stole the watch.
Mr. W. Hester--I live at 23, Newton-street,
Holton. I was in',Cheapside yesterday when the
procession passed. Suddenly 1 found myself sur-
rounded by a rabble of the lowest possible descrip-
tion. At a preecncerted signal a general bonnet-
ing and hustling took place. "I had two coats but-
toned over my gold watch, which was in my waist-
coat pocket. I was pushing my way through the
crowd, when I found that a swarthy man had his
hand under my coat. I struck him, and he jerked
the watch under, the feet of. the crowd. I let go
the man and recovered my watch, but in doing
this I lost sight of the man who had stole it. I
have a distinct recollection of the appearance of
such a man as the prisoner, but I should hardly
like to swear that. he was the man who stole my
watch. He was bonneting most assiduously ; he
seemed to have as much business on his hands as
possible. (A laugh.)
T. Smart, constable, 411, said that at the time in
question he saw a great many men, who commenced
bonneting every well-dressed person in the crowd.
He took the prisoner to the station-house, but found
nothing about him. •
The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence,
was fully committed for trial on both charges.
John Rowland was charged with stealing a watch
from the pocket of Mr. William Buley, a tailor,
living at Tonbi idge.
The prosecutor said that about 12 o'clock yester-
day he was in Cannen-street, when he was stopped
by the crowd. The prisoner suddenly came near
him, and tore his watch from the guard and ran off
with it. He caught hold of the prisoner and ac-
cused him of having robbed him. At that moment
four or five men rushed between the prosecutor and
the prisoner, and the latter escaped. He was pur-
sued by the prosecutor, and,
.upon being seized a
second time, was ob-erved to put his hand towards
that of a companion, who had done everything lie
could to facilitate his escape.
The prisoner, who denied the charge, was fully
committed for trial.

WESTMINSTER.--Alfred Kruse, alias Lowe,
alias Smith, and many other names, and William
Talky, were brought up for re-examination.
The first-named prisoner has undergone many
examinations charged with obtaining, by conspir-
ing with others, a great number of houses, from
which source he has obtaized money by underletting
them as apartMents or exacting large sums of money
from the owners to give up possession of them. To
these charges was added on the last occasion a case
of robbery, in breaking into the store-room of Miss
N'Lean, and carrying off property to the value of
£450. The second -prisoner, who was suspected to
have been implicated with him in obtaining pos-
session of the houses, was apprehended two or three
days ago.
Mr. Marshall, barrister, as before, attended for
the prosecution, and called' William John Milnes, a
postman, whose evidence (before detailed) went no
further than to show that Talby was employed by
the other prisoner to collect the Tent, and resided
in one of the houses Smith had got possession of.
Talby, declared that he knew nothing of the
other prisoner's proceedings. Smith gave him 2s.
per week and a room to live in to do little repairs
to the houses and collect the rents.
Mr. Cumming,.inspector of the B division, hav-
ing stated that he was not in a condition to carry
the case any further against Talby,
Mr. Paynter consented to let him go at large
upon entering into his recognizances to appear
again on the day of the other prisoner's re-exami-
nation.-
A gentleman named Bruton said that two years
ago the prisoner obtained possession of a house be-
longing to him by false addresses and false refe-
rences. He had been convicted under the name of
Magnay, and had had 18 months imprisonment.
Prisoner said it was false. _
A policeman stood forward and said that he was
the officer who had the custody of him on the occasion
in question, for obtaining unlawful possession of a,
number of houses_ and stealing a ton weight of lead
from the roof of one of them.
Mr. Paynter asked:whethdr•he was convicted of
obtaining the houses or the theft of the lead ?
The officer replied, the latter.
Prisoner—l was not, your worship. It's false ; I
hadn't 18 months' imprisonment.
Policeman—l saw him tried and heard him sen-
tenced.

Prisoner—lt was quashed, your worship, by
Lord Campbell.
Policeman—Nonsense, you nerved your time. He
was also convicted, your worship, of putting off a
false check upon the British Bank, where he had no
effects, and received six months' imprisonment
Mr. Paynter said he thought there was amply
sufficient proved against the prisoner, whom he
should retnand until:that day (Thursday) week.

WORSHIP-STREET.—James Brown and Wm.
Tee, two respectably-dressed men, the first de-
scribing himself as an artist whose works are well
known to the public, and the second as having
been engaged in a large commercial estahlishment
in the city for 18 years, were charged with dis-