The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—William J. Corderoy, a very
respectably attired man, was charged with being drunk and
disorderly, and assaulting a police-constable in the discharge
of his duty.
It appeared that on Saturday evening the prisoner was
found iu the street in a state of intoxication and creating a
disturbance, which made it necessary to remove him, but
upon an officer approaching him for tbat purpose he became
very violent, so as to make it necessary to secure additional
assistance. Even then he succeeded in kicking the first
officer in a dangerous place, and threw another officer to
the ground no fewer than four times before they succeeded
in lodging him at the station.
The prisoner said he was drunk at the time, and that was
all he recollected. He remembered nothing about the as-
sault, and was very sorry he had so conducted himself.
The Lord Mayor said he was very sorry too; but the
offence was of too serious a nature to be lightly passed over.
He was determined to do his utmost to protect the police in
the discharge of their deity; and, in all cases where an assault
upon the police was proved before bim, he should deal se-
verely with the offender, whether he was drunk or sober at
the time.
His lordship then sentenced the prisoner, who seemed
rather astounded at such a result, to 21 days' imprisonment,
with hard labour.
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James Allen and John Murray were charged with hav-
ing been concerned, with another man not in custody, in
stealing a watch and chain, value £7, from the person of
Thomas Millard.
The prosecutor said—On Saturday afternoon I was going
through Tower-street with a friend, when our attention was
attracted to an Italian who was exhibiting a monkey there.
At the same time, standing close by, were three men, of
whom the prisoners were two, and Murray, who was close
to me, dropped some halfpence on the ground, which he
stooped to pick up, and after giving something to the Ita-
lian, he went away with his two companions. Shortly
afterwards I missed my watch and chain, and upon mention-
ing my loss, and my suspicion that the prisoners had robbed
me, a gentleman who was there said they had gone up to-
wards Tower-hill, and upon proceeding in that direction
we came up with the prisoners there, the other man having
got away. The watch has not been found, and lam told
that before we caught them they bad
Tower-hill.
offered it for sale on
The prisoners denied all knowledge of the robbery, and
asserted that they were honest costermongers, who had
never been in trouble before ; but, unfortunately for their
veracity, an officer in court identified Murray, as having
been to his own knowledge summarily convicted three
times, and Allen twice, while Allen was also identified as
having been already convicted at this court.
They were then remanded to give time for an attempt to
trace the watch.

GUILDHALL.—Henry Bunbury, the son of the late
Major-Gen. Bunbury, was placed at the bar before Alder-
man Cubitt, charged with passing and uttering three
bills of exchange for £lOO, £5O, and £4O, with intent t
defraud Mr. Hobson, a tailor, of 4, Finsbury-place South.
Mr. Armstrong appeared for the prosecution.
Mr. Henry Hobson said—l have known the prisoner about
three years. I had some business transactions with the pri-
soner and several other parties for whom Mr. Parkin, a soli-
citor, was concerned, but they terminated in 1856. On Ist
June last he called upon me at my place of business, and
said that since he had seen me his father, Major-Gen. Bun-
bury, had died, and that his affairs were then in the hands
of Mr. Parkin. He asked me to advance him some money,
and I let ha,n have £lO, the amount he asked for. He had
goods of me also at the same time. He brought a letter,
purporting to come from Mr. Parkin, and addressed to the
prisoner. On the sth of June he brought another letter,
which he showed me, and represented he received it from
Mr. Parkin. He wanted £5, which I lent him. On the
Bth of June he came again. When he came he usually
brought letters purporting to come from Mr. Parkin. On
the 26th of June ho brought a bill of exchange for £4O,
dated June 19, 1858, drawn and endorsed by the prisoner,
and apparently accepted by Mr. Parkin. I remarked that
it was rather singular that a solicitor should give his accep-
tance, and he replied, not at all, as solicitors never made
advances until they had the needful in hand. He then
asked for an advance of £lO upon the bill produced for
£4O ; and upon the faith of the genuineness of that bill I let
him have £lO. On the Bth July he called again with another
letter purporting to be written by Mr. Parkin, and at his re-
quest I advanced him £7. I knew he was entitled to a large
property, being of a very high family, and that his property
amounted to about £14,000. On the 17th of July he
brought another letter, which he read to me, in which the
writer represented that the prisoner's affairs were all
brought to a termination, and appointed the following
Monday for a settlement. I then let him have £l5, and he
ordered some goods, which were made up, but not delivered.
He also wanted a Cat and I gave him an order upon my
hatter for one. On the following Monday I received a note
from him, dated Isleworth, appointing the following Wed-