The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.--Solomon Noah was summoned
upon the complaint of Inspector Mitchell, City police, for
having, on the 4th inst., created an obstruction in Meeting-
house-yard, by exposing certain articles for sale upon the
footway there.
Inspector Mitchell said that the arrangements recently
made by the police commissioners for suppressing the
nuisances in Petticoat•lane had been satisfactorily carried
out, the 'defendant being the only person who had offered
any opposition ; and he had been very civil, but expressed
a wish to have it decided by a magistrate that he had acted
illegally in exposing his arti' les for sale, and it was in con-
sequence of this that the summons had been taken out.
Defendant said he did not think he had caused any
obstruction, as the things only projected 41 or 5 inches from
the wall.

Lord Mayor—One inch is quite sufficient.
Defendant—But I did not know that.
Lord Mayor—But you know it now. Even an inch can-
not be permitted, for you know the old saying, which is
strictly true in such cases—" If yeu give them an inch they
will take an ell." _ _

said he was sure the things he had placed out
could cause no obstruction, since the place where he lived
was quite away from the regular traffic; that he bad re-
moved all the things 'which could cause an obstruction the
moment Mr. Mitchell had requested him to do so; and that
it bore very bard for him, who had a large family to main-
tain, and 12s. a-week to pay for a smalCshop, to have such
an interference with his business.
Mr. Goodman, chief clerk, told the defendant he had
created an obstruction, both under the Police Act, for
which he was liable to a penalty of 405., and the 57th Geo.
111., for which he was liable to a penalty of .£5.
Defendant admitted that he might have committed an
obstruction according to the act, but denied that he had
created an obstruction in fact. Ile had, however, no wish
to offend against the law, now that he knew how it really
stood.

Lord Mayor—Well, the state of Petticoat-lane and its
neighbourhood is very much improved since the police in-
teifered, is it not?
Defendant—Yes, it is; but I live in Meeting-house-yard.
Lord Mayor—That is a part of the neighbourhood, and
everybody living near the spot mast have telt the benefits
which have resulted from the recent changes. lam quite
convinced that Inspector Mitchell would not have inter-
fered with you without cause, and for the way in which he
has discharged a very difficult duty the public are deeply
indebted to him. He stated that you have been very civil
in the matter, axd if you will give tne your promise not to
offend in the same way again I will discharge you upon
paying costs.
Defendant gave the required promise, and was discharged
accordingly.
Henry Corderoy and George Smith were charged on
suspicion with being concerned with others not in custody
in stealing a van containing 20 bales of wool. value £4OO,
from the premises of the London and North Western Rail-
way Company, Aidgate.
Mr. Sewell, who appeared for the prosecution, said the
robbery had been effected with great ingenuity, but although
he thought there could be no doubt that Smith had been
actually concerned in it, the evidence was at present very
slight against the prisoner Corderoy.
Charles Wm. Rotheram—l am in the employ of Mr.
Hodges, cooper, Frederick-street, Backchurch-lane, On
Saturday morning I saw a van, drawn by two horses and
loaded with wool, come down the street near my master's
premises b.taeen seven and eight o'clock. There were two
men with it. They drew up against the archway, awl were
taking the hems out, when I told them they must not leave
it there, as it would be in the way. They then moved the
van against the wall, took out the horses and went away.
I can't swear to the men at all. They were two chestnut
horses, and I noticed that there was a wart on one of the
legs (lone, and a scar on another leg. I went to Haydon-
square this morning, and pointed out the two horses which
I saw in the van. . . .

John Freshwa'er—l am foreman at Hambro'-wharf,
belonging to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, and have the
supervision of the horses there. Smith, the prisoner at the
bar, has been in the employ of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne
about six months. He has charge of a pair of chestnut
horns, with which and a van it was his duty to go out on
Saturday morning at a quarter to six. When I got there,
at a quarter past six, they were gone. There is a wart on a
leg of one of his horses, and a scar on another. There are
no other chestnut horses at the place.
Ed ain Dawson—l work with the prisoner Smith at
Haydort-square, as his van-boy or mate. On Saturday
morning I first saw him at Harnbro'-wharf, about ten
minutes to six, and about ten minutes afterwards I saw him
leave the yard with a pair of horses and an empty van. Ile
went up (It:eau-street. When he was going away he told me to
stay at home and get my breakfast, and meet him at eight
o'clock in Haydon-square, where our warehouses are. I
went to Ilaydon-square at five minutes past seven. The
van was there, but neither Smith nor his horses. Smith
returned between eight end nine o'clock with h's hotscs
and an empty van, which he said he bad goe at the London
Decks. lie went out again about nine o'clock, leaving his
an still there, and I took out a load of wool, which it was
his duty to have taken. I saw him again at dinner, and he
came back to II aydon square between three and four o'clock
in the afternoon.
ova-examined by prisoner Smith—l don't know the
number of the van in which the wool was strict). The num-
ber of the van which you brought back was 16. It is a
regular thing to go to the London Docks to secure a van
when there is extra wog k, and we had left a van at the
London Docks on Thursday. You could not have secured
the team on Saturday morning without securing another
van.
Lord Mayor—He told you at six o'clock to get your
breakfast and meet bun again at eight. Did he ever tell
you to take two hours to breakfast before?
Witness—No; never.
Bassett, police-constable 593—Yesterday I went with
Smith, my brother officer, to the prisoner's residence. We
told him we were police officers, and charged him, on sus-
picion, with being concerned with others in steeling a van
load of wool from a yard in Aldgate. He said, " Very well."
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Smith, police-constable 572, gave similar evidence.
Henry 'jot:es— I am foreman to Messrs. Chaplin and
Horne. On Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, I missed
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a van load of wool. The van was No. 90. I had seen it in
the yard near the Aldgate entrance loaded, slr eted, bound
the regular course of business, give the order for the van t
I saw the same van in Frederick-street, Back c turch-lane.
It was still loaded. The police, at the time
when the van
was taken from the yard, were not on duty at the Aldgate
entrance, which would be the readiest wa •of leaving;-ate
be down,drwann out
station.

Cross-examined by Smith—lt was not your duty to go to
the London Docks for another van without instructions.

Mr. Sewell—l think I have shown sufficient to justify me
in asking for a remand against Smith, but against Cor-
deroy there is nothing, I admit.
Lord Mayor—No; Corderoy must be discharged at once.
He leaves the bar without the slightest imputation on his
character, and I hope he will not lose his work because he
has stood then,.

Corderoy—My lord, I know nothing at all about it. I
was working at Ilambro-wharf the whole of Saturday
morning.'
Lord Mayor—You leave this court quite free from
imputation, but Smith must be remanded.
Smith applied to be admitted to bail, but the Lord Mayor
refused the application.

NV EST NI I NSTER.----ATnoc to us CRUELTY BY A
II us BAND.--Jeremiah 111' earthy, a labourer, was
charged, on a warrant, with the following atrccious bru-
tality to his wife :
_

Ttie assault was committed on the 10th of July, and the
complainant, a very creditable-looking young woman, yes-
terday stated that she was still suffering from the injuries
she had received. She said that she lived at No. 1, Earl's-
place, Vauxhall Bridge-road. On the day in question her
husband came home, and kicked and beat her, while she had
an infant in her arms, cutside the house. He afterwards
entreated her to come up s'airs into their own room, pro-
mising that he would not touch her if she did. She at
length consented ; but had no sooner entered the room
than he shut the door, and exclaiming, "I have got you
now," attacked her in the most brutal manner. Ile knocked
her down, and n I ti
kicked her while she lay on the ground
from the shoulders to the ankles, all over her body. lie then
left her in a very shocking state, and she had nothing to eat
all the next day. She was obliged to have a doctor, as she
could scarcely move, and had been ill ever since.
In reply to an inquiry from the magistrate, she said that
her husband was sober at the time he committed this brutal
assault.
Mr. John Hunt, of Tachbrook- street,
Pimlico, the medical
gentleman who bad attended the poor woman, proved that
the whole of her person from head to foot was covered with
contusions. He described it as the worst case of the kind
he ever saw.
William Welsh, the complaisant's father, also proved the
amount of injury she bad received. He spoke to defendant