The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

POLICJJ INTELLIGENCE..ApriI

MANSION-HOUSE.—Claarlei Murray, who
had been remanded upon the charge of having
been drunk ants disorderly, and assaulting a police-
constable named John Banyard, 562, was again
brought before the Lord Mayor.
It will be recollected that the prisoner, who is
the son of a baronet, and who has been on several
previous occasions brought to this court and com-
mitted to prison on similar charges to the present,
was found in company with a water-side labourer
named Holley, creasing a disturbance in Aldgate,
and beating an old man. Banyard interfered and
advise Murray to go home, upon which the latter
struck him several times. Upon Murray being taken
into custody,Holley, who was committed for 14days,
attempted to rescue him. Murray's conduct was so
violent that it required no less than four policemen
to convey him to the sation-house, and when there
ho struck all around him, and gave Banyard a
severe kick on the thigh which broke the face and
glass
of bis watch. He was remanded till to-day
for the purpose of seeing whether his friends would
send any medical man to speak to the state of his
mind.

Before the prisoner was brought up, a gentleman
connected with his family made a communica'ion
to the Lord Mayor the nature of which did not
tr►►nspire.

The Lord Mayor—What have you got to say
this morning, Murray ?
Prisoner—l cannot say anything at present, ex-
cept I am sorry for what has- happened.
The Lord Mayor--I shall commit you, for the
assault on the constable, for twenty-one days with
hard labour ; and iu the meantime we will consider
what is to be done with you for the future.
Bauyard—Will your lordship be gond enough to
award me 3s. for the damage he has done to my
watch! 9s. 6i. was found upon him.
Plis,ner—How do I know your watch was in-
jured by me ! It's very easy to say so, but it's nut
right.

The Lord Mayor—l shall fine you 33. for the
damage done to the officer's watch.

Prisoner—l want this 9s. 6d. to go to my wife.
The LOrd Mayor—Wife I you have no wife.
Prisoner—Yes, I have.
The Lord Mayor—All I can say is that I am sorry
to Ilea. it.

PI i.oner—l don't want the money for myself, I
want it for her.

The Lord Mayor—You should have thought of
her before you brought yourself into your present
disgraceful position.

The prisoner wai then removed to the cell below,

GUILDHALL—James Julier, the driver of an
omnibus, badge No. 11,907, called the" Favourits,"
belonging to the General Omnibus Company, was
summoned before A!dermara Salmaiona, to answer
the complaint of Messrs. Petter and Galpiu,
printers and publishers, of Belle Sauvage-yard, for
fug iously driving, against the statute, &c.
M. Lewis appeared for the defendant.
Mr. George Willi tm Petter said—On Monday
week last, the 29th March, 1 was riding on an om-
nibus belonging to the Salo,or Omnibus Company,
on my way home to Hornsey-rise. I left the General
Post-office at 20 minutes to 5 o'clock in the after-
Loon, and on arriving at the cab stand ne it the end
of St. Anne's-lane I SAW ono of the London General
Omnibus Company's omnibuses, driven by the de-
fendant, fallowing 113. There was a cart on the near
side of the cab-stand which impeded our progress,
and the driver of the Saloon omnibus therefore
passed through a break in the cab rank with the
view of going on the off side, but at that moment
the defendant lashed his horses into a furious gallop,
and endeavoured to pass the Saloon omnibus be fore
it got through the bredi, the result of which was
that toe two omnibuses came into collision, and the
passengers had a very narrow escape of being seri-
ously injured. No mischief did occur, and upon my
remonstrating with defendant he became exceed-
ingly offensive, calling out and making remarks,
and gesticulating in a very insulting manner. He
continued to dive to and fro before the Saloon
omnibus, until both omnibuses passed out of the
City, but this sort of conduct eon armed th ough out
the whole of the journey. I hare taken out this
summons bi_causo this is not the first, second, third,
nor fouttu time defendant has been guilty of such
conduct. I may mention that a spirit of rivalry
exists on the par% of the London General Omnibus
Company against the Saloon Omnibus Company,
because the latter have started omnibuses to accom-
med:to the inhabitants of Hornsey; and the prac-
tice pursued by the London General Omnibus Com-
pany is to rim an omnibus behind and another be-
fore the Saloon omnibus, which is technically called
" nursing." I have noticed, with others' that the
defendant is a most furious driver, and on some
occasions ladies have screamed with fear, such was
the danger to be apprehended from hie reckless
conduct.

Alderman aaloin ns said lie was (f opinion that it
was a case of wanton and furious driving, and he
therefore fined the defendant 200, and vows, as the

only means of reaching the company at all was
thr,Yugh their servants.
The fine was immediately paid.

WESTMINSTER.—MILITARY REGULATIONS.
—Edward Kt§:ley lam placed at the bar before Mr.
Arnold, charged with robbing a corporal of the
C:)ldstream Guards.

It appeared from the evidence adduced that
Henry King, the corporal, was out with a picket
on Tuesday night to bring in men of his regiment
absent without leave, when he was informed there
was one at a hrothel in King's Head-court, Broad-
way, Westminster. Ho went thither, and was in
the act of ascending the staircaFe to a room where
there wac a light, when his progress was arrested
by th,, prisoner, who said he should go Lo farther,
and c died to a woman, desiring her to bring a
poker. A. missile of a formidable description was
then throw❑ at the corporal by the woman, when,
in order to free himself from the prisoner's grasp,
and from further danger, he struck the accused
on the head with his wick. The police were called,
and the parties were proceeding down the court,
when the corporal discovered that he had lost his
Crimean medal, which he had wor❑ on his breast,
and charged the accused with stealing it, upon
which he was detained at the station.
Mr. Arnold expressed his surprise that the cor-
poral should have gone to a brothel with his medal
On.

The Corporal replied that it was in obedience to
military regulations.
Mr. Arnold observed that there was not sufficient
evidence to justify him in detaining the prisoner
upon the charge of stealing the medal, and he was
therefore discharged, but if any further evidence
could be obtsined he might be again apprehended.
Corporal King informed-the magi,trate that the
loss of his medal woitld, iu all probability, be at-
tended with very disastrous consequences to him.
It would be looked upon as so grave an offence that
he would, in all probability, be tried by court-
martial, reduced to the ranks, and imprisoned for
28 days.

The worthy magistrate said he did not think,
upon a proper representation of the facts of the case,
that he need apprelond such consequences. He
(Mr. Arnold) must express his opinion that it was
an unwise and impolitic regulation which allowed
men to wear their medals upon such duty, as
scuffles in low places were v,ry likely to occur, and
if they were not stolen, there was great chance of
their being lost.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET`.—DEsrznATE AT-
TAM ON A PARISH OFFICER.—Geo. Morris, Chas.
Tregoar, an,l David Chandler, three rcugh labour-
ing men, were charged with violently assaulting
Charles roe, the porter at St. Martin's workhouse.
oe stated that on Tuesday, about eight o'clock
in the evening, he was returning from the station-
house to the workhouse, and when in Castle street
be saw the three pris ,ners walk towards him from
the workhouse gate, and he heard one of them say,
" Here he comes." The three prisoners came up
to him and ob,tructe I his progress. They were all
known to hire as having been temporarily received
into the workhouse. Tregoar said to him, "Do
you mean to take us in to-night ?" He replied he
could not, and was going to explain further, when
Morris instantly struc'i him a violent blow on the
month, and the other two struck him right and left
about the Temples. Morris theu closes with him,
and it, the struggle they both fell together to the
ground. Morris attempted to strangle him by
twisting his neckvloth, and the other two kept hint
down. He managed to release his throat front
Morris who calle out, "Stick to him ; and give
to him," and then Tregsar kicked him violently
two or three times tie was very seriously injured
by the violence he sustained, and his mou h and
nose bled profusely. Fortunately assistance arrived
and he was taken into the workhouse and put to
bed, and placed under the doctor's care.
Morris, in defence, said when he asked the corn•
plainant for a night's lodging he was flung
gutter. into the
Chandler denied having assaulted the corn'
p 'ai ti ant.
Mr. Bingham said because the complainant de-
clined to admit the three prisoners into the work-
house he had been subjected to shameful violence.
If the undeserving received relief then there would
be no relief for the deserving, and as all the pri-
soners had acted in concert, he should mark his
sense of their conduct by inflicting the highest
punishment the law permitted.
Fined five pounds each, or two months.