The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-30 00:00:00

A QUEER WITNESS.--PRESTON V. JOHNSON.

Plaintiff sought to recover £6 damages done to his cab,
through the carelessness of the driver of defendant's 'bus.
Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. B. Hut-
chinson for the defendant. The case was fully brought
home, to the defendant. The only feature in it was the con.
duct of plaintiff's driver, who tried the patience not only of
the two solicitors and his Honour, but of every one else in
court. This witness (Snow) was asked in what position his
cab was. Witness—My cab was . Well if he had
not pulled his horses' heads off, it wouldn't have happened.
(Laughter.) This question was varied and repeated by Mr.
Hutchinson, but he only obtained the same answer. His
Honour then essayed, but with no different effect ; and,
finally, Mr. Beard was obliged to declare, amid roars of
laughter, that he might; be a good cab-driver but he was a
bad witness.

A verdict was given for the plaintiff with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS I) AY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A DANGEROUS WOMAN.—Fanny Sutherland, a female
who has been at this court on two or three former occasions,
was brought up charged, on a warrant by Shillingford, one
of the warrant officers, with threatening to take the life of
Florence Ludford.

The complainant said that, on the 23d inst., at eight in
the evening, she was in Regent-street, between Swan and
Edgar's and St. James's Hall, when the prisoner came up
with another female, having a knife under her arm, and,
making use of the most violent language, said she would
have her life for having her bound over for three months at
this court.

Shillingford said there was another female in court who
had a similar charge against her. She was well known as
a very violent woman. '

Walsh, the gaoler of the court, said that she had been
brought to the court with a man named "Brighton Joe,''
and another, for creating a disturbance in the street, with
the intention of committing a robbery, and bound over for
six months, and she had been put under recognisances

since.
Ann Octer said she had threatened to have her life three
times.

Mr. Beadon said she had been twice put under bail for
her violence, and he should now order her to find one
surety in £2O for three months.

UNPLEASANT LODGERS.—Joseph Betts, described as a
solicitor, and Caroline Betts, were charged as follows :
Mrs. Lamb, of 88, Charlotte-street, said that on the
previous night the accused, who were lodgers in her house,
were making a violent noise, and she requested them to
desist ; and as they would not, she got out of bed and wont
for a constable, and on her return found they had locked
the door and refused her admittance. The female threatened
she would do for her. They broke nine windows and all
the glass in the place.

A constable proved seeing the female throw a quantity of
water and ashes out of the window. They were creating a
great disturbance. The complainant was locked out and
refused admission.

The male defendant was bound over in the sum of £2O to
keep the peace.

THAMES.

ROBBING A CAPTAIN IN A BROTHEL.—Sarah Johnson
and Elizabeth Daly, women of the town and the most low
and infamous of their class, were brought before Mr.
Yardley charged with stealing a pocket-book and a purse
containing £9 10s. in gold from the person of Captain
Thomas Wood, the master of the ship Truth, now lying
off Greenwich.

The prosecutor commenced his evidence in a low tone in
a northern dialect, on which _ _ _

Air. Yardley begged of him to speak up and make him-
solf understood. He (Mr. Yardley) did not well under-
stand the English spoken north of the Tweed and upon the
Tyne, and he wished the witness to be as distinct as
possible.
_ _

It appeared that the prosecutor_ met the woman, " Miss
Johnson," as he termed one of the prisoners, and went
borne with her to an infamous house, No. 5, Philip-street,
close to the Shadwell railway station, and he was soon re-
lieved of his pocket-book and his purse, containing £9 10s.
in gold, by , " Miss Johnson," and she handed both to the
prisoner Daly, who went down stairs with them. The
other prisoner soon followed, and left the captain alone.
As soon as he had dressed himself he went after the pri-
soners, and called out lustily for the police. A constable
named Henry Marsh, 469 K, just before saw the prisoners
advancing towards him, and heard Johnson say, I have got all
his money, on which Daly said, it serves the - right. On
hearing from the captain that he had been robbed, he went
after the prisoners, and found them at two o'clock this
morning drinking gin at the Bedford Arms public-house,
Bedford-street, Stepney. He took them into custody and
then went to the room in which the robbery was committed,
and found the captain's pocket-book and purse, but no
money

The prisoners both protested their innocence.
Mr. Yardley—l suppose there is not the least chance o
obtaining this foolish man's money ? ,

Marsh—Not any, sir.
Mr. Yardley ordered the depositions to be taken, and, as
the prisoners refused to plead, committed them for trial
at the sessions.

SUICIDE FROM LONDON-BRIDGE.—Yesterday
morning, at au early hour, a well-dressed elderly man com-
mitted self-destruction by- throwing himself from the pa
rapet of one of the recesses of London-bridge. It appears
the unfortunate man was observed to be loitering on the
bridge, when he suddenly rushed into 0, recess before the
police could come up with him, mounted tho parapet, and
jumped into the centre of the river. An alarm was raised,
when boats and the drags of the Royal Society were put
into requisition, but the body had not been found up to last
evening. Ho is described to be about 5 feet 7 inches in
height, hair inclined to be grey, and dressed in a black frock
coat, trousers, and waistcoat.