The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, IVIONOA V EV ENING, MAY 13 1867.

POLICE INT.

BOW-STREET.

I.—This Day.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—Stephen Cullen was
placed at the bar, charged with drunkenness and
furious driving, whereby he had caused the death
of Matthew Connor. •
Edward Moffrey said, at a little before 12 on
Saturday night, he was coining out of the George
public-house, St. Andrew-street, St. Giles's, behind
the deceased, who was carrying some beer. Conner
went a little way up the street, and as he was at-
tempting to cross the road to his own house a
Hansom cab, driven by the prisoner, came up, !
knocked him down, and the wheels passed over his
body. The cib was on the wrong side of the road,
and the pace it was going at was about 12 miles an
hour. 11e heard the cabman call out once or
twice, but after the man was knocked down
the cab went on, although he appeared trying to
stop the horse. A gentleman, hcyvever, seized the
horse by the head, and proven:el the cab going fur-
ther. The cab was about three yards from the de-
ceased when the driver first called out.
Ilackney-carriage attendant 190 gave his evi-
dence, and stated positively that when he took the
prisoner to the station he did not say he (prisoner)
was under the influence of drink. -
Inspector Thompson said he took the charge, and
the witness positively stated to hint and the super-
intendent that the prisoner was the worse for liquor.
The sergeant, who was present when the charge was
made, was now in court and he could speak as to
the statement made by the hackney carriage at-
tendant.
Mr. Vaughan said contradictory evidence could
not be taken at that moment upon that point.
The house-surgeon for Charing-cross Hospital
said the deceased was admitted suffering from con-
cussion of the brain, produced by a severe wound
on the temple, which might have been caused by a
fall or by the hoof of a horse.- •
As the coroner's inquest had not yet been held,
and a post mortem:examination had not been made,
the prisoner was remanded for a week, but admitted
to bail in two sureties of 1100 each.

A COWARDLY CONSTABLE.—SamueI Sheppard, a
tall and powerful man, one of the constables
attached to Covent-garden Market, charged a
young man named George Parker with assault.
From the evidence of the market constable it
appeared that last night about half-past 11 he was
turning a boy out of the market, whom he had found
sleeping there, when the defendant interfered, and
used the most abusive language towards him. As
he was in company with others he told him not to
interfere, and that he had better go on, when he
(defendant) called complainant a coward and a
scoundrel, and finally a struggle took place between
them, during which he was assaulted, and he then
took the defendant into custody.
Two of the companiens of the defendant, and a
third witness quite unconnected with the defendant,
gave evidence to prove that the constable acted in
a most unjustifiable manner towards the poor boy,
whom he struck four or five times severely with his
cane, and that when defendant was seized by the
complainant he was iu fact merely protecting him-
self from anticipated ill-usage.

Mr. Vaughan told the complainant that he had
acted in a manner which he ought not to have done.
He (the magistrate) did not see that it was any part
of his duty to strike the boy with the cane in the
manner he had done. He ought to haveroused him
up and sent him from the market, but having acted
in the manner that the witnesses had described,
he was not surprised that his act should have roused
the indignation of those who witnessedsuch cowardly
conduct. The defendant had used language which
was in some measure strong; but he (the magis-

;rate) could not designate the conduct of the cora-
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plainant by any other term than cowardly. He did
not see that any assault even in law had been corn-

witted by the defendant ; but, on the contrary, he
thought the complaimint ought to have been stand-

1g where the defendant was. He should at once

order the defendant to be discharged.
Parker asked the magistrate if he should be justi-
fiel in taking out a summons against Sheppard, but
Mr. Vaughan told him he thought not.