The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

POLICR INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 24,

MANSION-HOUSE.—THE PASSPORT DIFFI-
CULTY.—SeveraI applications having been made to
the Lord Mayor, pending the usual police business,
for recommendations for passports to France, and
much delay and inconvenience having been occa-
sioned thereby to the professional gentlemen and
witnesses in attendance,

The Lord Mayor said—However anxious I may
be to facilitate the objects and wishes of the appli-
cants, I find that the public inconvenience result-
ing from these interruptions is becoming intoler-
able. lam of opinion that it would be advisable
that those who require letters from me should apply
between 11. and 12 o'clock in the morning, or after
the charges of the day are disposed of. It must
be remembered by those who seek the accommoda-
tion, that all justices of the peace, and all the bank-
ing firms, possess the same power I can exercise
on such occasions, and it would certainly be desir-
able if applicants would go to parties who are less
occupied with public duties than myself. The in-
timation which I thus give must be considered as
a sufficient communication upon the subject to
those residing out of the district of the court. I
must restrict the office of entertaining applications
to those alone who reside withiu my district, and it
is also essential that even those should be person-
ally introduced by some individual known to me
or to the Coutt, a written identification not being
of any avail.

GUILDHALL—George Brown, a rent and
debt collector, appeared on bail before Mr. Alder-
man Copeland for further examination, relative to
the charge of obtaining money under false pre-
tences.

Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, attended for
the prisoner.
Elizabeth Porter said her husband had been sum-
moned to the Sheriffs' Court in the City, and she
attended, but the case had been called on, and an
order made for payment before she was aware of
it. The prisoner acoosted her previously in the
court, offering to plead her case for her, and gat
the amount ordered to be paid reduced to ls. per
month, if she would give him is. She gave him
that amount, but he had not done that which he
promised, and she had since ascertained he was not
a solicitor.

Cross-examined—He did not say he had other
business there as a debt-collector, and that he
would do what he could for her. He never said
what he was. She afterwards saw the prisoner,
and he told her the order was to pay half the
amount in three weeks, and the cther half in six
weeks, and she was perfectly satisfied. She had
since found the order was to pay the debt in 14
days.

Mr. Buchanan said the defendant was a very
respectable person, and not one of those persons
who usually hang about the county courts for the
purpose of preying upon the poor. On this occa-
sion he had summoned several persons, and it was
while waiting for those cases to be called on that
the complainant importuned him to intercede for
her in court.

Alderman Copeland inquired of Mr. Buchanan,
if, from his experience, he could state that practice
was permitted that these persons should act as ad-
vocates for poor people in the county courts.
Mr. Buchanan said, unfortunately it was allowed,
not only by the judge, but by Act of Parliament
also, and great injustice was often done to both
plaintiffs and defendants, particularly to the former,
who employed these agents.
Alderman Copeland said he was obliged to Mr.
Buchanan for the information, for he certainly
thought it was a practice that should be brought
under the notice of the law officers of the Crown.
With regard to the prisoner, it was shown that he
knew an order had been made when he received
the ls. ; and the charge against him was therefore
dismissed ; but if arty case of the kind should be
brought before him and proved, he should certainly
send it for trial.

BOW-STREET.--Noel Jerrold, a French refu-
gee, described on the charge-sheet as a boot-closer,
was brought before Mr. Henry for disorderly con-
duct and assault on Sergeant Hornsby, 14 F, on
the occasion of the examination of M. Bernard,
on Monday.
As the witnesses were leaving the court on Mon-
day evening, at the close of the examination, seve-
ral of them, officers of the French police, were as-
sailed by the foreigners who formed a considerable
portion of the crowd in the street. So noisy and
threatening had been the demeanour of those per-
sons for some time previously, that it had been
found necessary to collect a force of about 50 con-
stables to keep order, and the presence of the po-
lice prevented the commission of any act of violence
near the court. As.one of the inspectors of French
police was leaving the court, he was assailed with
cries of " G—d —French spy," from a knot of
refugees, the prisoner being one of those whom the
sergeant heard utter that expression. The inspec-
tor appealed for protection to Hornsby, who ac-
cordingly conducted him down Bow-street and
Wellington-street as far as Tavistock-itreet. The
prisoner and his companions kept up with them,
surrounding them, and continuing their abuse. 1
Prisoner made several attempts to strike the French
officer, but Hornsby warded off the blows, till he
was himself struck in the face by the prisoner. The
inside of his cheek was cut against his teeth.
A foreman attended on the part of the prisoner's
employer, M. Thiene, bootmaker, Regent-street,
to give him a character, and to interpret for him, as
he could not speak English. He denied that he had
raised his hand against any one, and added that he
would never strike an English policeman. He called
a witness, who said he did not see any blow struck.
Mr. Henry said the fact that the witness did not
see it was inconsistent with the statement of the
constable, who must surely know whether the pri-
soner struck him or no, and who was certainly not
a man likely to misrepresent. It might be true that
defendant did not mean to strike the English offi-
cer, but aimed the blow at the Frenchman ; but if
that were so, it was a very serious offence, as the
law punished very heavily any attempt to molest a
witness. If the French inspector had been pre-
sent, he (Mr. Henry) would have imposed a heavy
penalty for the attack on him. But the prisoner
certainly struck Hornsby, for which he must be
fined 21., or in default sentenced to 21 days' im-
prisonment in the House of Correction.
Godfrey Knowles, a private in the Coldstre am
Guards, was charged with cutting and wounding
Sergeant Hammerton of that regiment, with intent
to murder him at the Wellington Barracks.
James Pemberton, a private in the Coldstreams,
said that the prisoner, who had been absent for a
few days, came into barracks about one o'clock that
morning. He had had a little to drink. He lay
down on his bed for two or three minutes, and then
began to throw his boots about. The sergeant of
the guard, Charles Hammerton, desired him to
keep quiet, and threatened to put him in the guard
room. He defied the sergeant to do so. He then
felt about for his kit, and, it was supposed, found
his razor. He left the room for a while, and. on
coming back threatened to cutHammetton's throat
if ho attempted to put him in the guardroom. Ham-
merton got up and dressed, desiring two of the men
to do the same, in order to remove the prisoner,
who still continued the disturbance. Defendant
then made a slash at him with the razor, which wit-
ness now saw for the first time. He cut the sergeant
across the breast from right to left, the weapon
passing through his undressccat and deep into the
flesh. The sergeant, apparently unconscious of the
wound, grappled with him and threw him on the
bed, but received several severe cuts, one under the
left breast, and one across the face. Hammerton
came to witness at the further end of the room,
and said, "He has cut my throat." Witness got
up and took a sponge, and wiped the blood from
the sergeant's neck, and told him to hold his head
down, or he would bleed to death. He then opened
the
window, and the sergeant got out, as the pri-
soner, who was in the middle of the room, seemed
about to make a sefcoornd attack. After that, he said
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to week. Tell the surgeon if there is anycZeek
for the worse, I will attend to take the deposition!:
His worship then:asked the prisoner if he bad any-
adding the usual caution, and pointing
thing to say,