The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-06 00:00:00

MARLDOROUGU-STREET.

WHOLESALE ROBBERY AND EncEtvlNG.—Alfred Harris,
in the employ a Messrs. Backimister, tailors, No. 3, New
Burlingtoa-street, was chlr:redb fore Mr. Knox with steal-
ing a quAutity of cloth and other property belonging tohis
eniph,3%•rs ;.and Mary Lamb, a p.”;;) bro'cer, of No. 2
Lowndes-court, Conaly-street, was charged with receiving
the same with a guilty knowledge.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, Ap-
pared for the defence. _

Police-constable Butcher, 137 C, proved seeing the
prisoner Harris leave his employer's that morning, and
seeing that he had something bulky in his possession he
followed him, and saw him go into the shop of the female
prisoner. He went into the shop and saw the female pri-
soner measuring a piece of lining, and on asking her what
she was doing, she said that she was measuring a piece of
lining, but that she had not bought it. He told Harris
that he had no right with it, and he said he had, and
that it was his own property. He sent for another officer,
and then asked the female prisoner if she had any more
property she had bought of Harris, and she said she had
not, that she did not know man, and had never seen
him before. She asked Harr he had ever been there
before, and ho said, " No." He told her it was no use
their saying he (Harris) had not been there before, because
he had seen them together repeatedly. The female pri-
goner then asked to be allowed to go upstairs to see her
daughter. Ho asked her if she had any other property
there, and she denied it. He told her it was no use of her
denying it, for he had seen Harris conic there often with
property, and that ho should take her into custody and
search the house. She then said that she had
..;autioned Harris against bringing property there,
and that she had a little more property there,
which Harris had brought there, and ho would give
it to him, and she then said, in Harris's presence, that he
had bought the things there some time ago, &c. Ho
searched the place, and found a large quantity of property
of various kinds there. Tho female prisoner said that ho
could produce bills relating to some of the property. A
paled produced, containing a quantity of lining, was the
one prisoner was carrying, and he had about 46 yards
more in his pocket.

By Mr. Lewis—Mrs. Lamb said she had bills of all the
other property I took away but that brought to her by
the prisoner.
Mr. James George Arnold, clerk and traveller to Messrs.
Buckmaster, identified some parcels of goods produced as
the property of the firm, and said the prisoner was in the
employ of the firm as porter. The property consisted of
linings, dec.
Butcher said that Harris had a coat on with pockets,
peculiarly constructed, so that property would b 2. all round
the coat, and the coat was stocked with property when
he left his employers. . _

Solomon Pe1314, 69 C, gave similar evidence to that of
Butcher.

Mr. Lewis asked that bail might be taken, but Mr. Knox
declined at present to take it.

THAMES.

A DESPERATE RUFFIAN.—James Hill, a dirty and dissi-
pated looking fellow, aged 21, a cigar maker, Stepney, was
charged with violently assaulting Elizah3th Smith and
Jane Peat, Clement Jones and William llortou (polico con-
stables), and other persons.

The woman Peat, who is much older than the prisoner,
bad cohabited with him for 11 months, and with the usual
results—continual quarrels. He had repeatedly ill used her.
fie stabbed her on the head throe weeks ago, and ho once
made an attempt to throw her out of the window of a first
floor room. lie came home drunk at three o'clock this
morning, and was guilty of great disorder and violence.
An attempt was made by the woman Peat to pacify
the prisoner, but without effect. He made a furious
attack upon her, struck her, and knocked her down, and
when down kicked her. He also beat her on the head
with a brick, and rendered her insensible. Another
woman named Elizabeth Smith, lodging in the same house,
went to the assistance of the landlady, who was shat out,
and lying in the street. Ire then attacked Smith, and
after knocking her down by a blow on the chest he picked
her up and left her in a state of unconsciousness by the
',lids of her landlady. A man named Charles Stewart, of
No. 10, Thomas-street, Ilethnal-green, finding the prisoner
kicking the woman, called out murder. Stewart was also
knocked down and kicked in the abdomen. Two police-
.;onstables, named Jones and Horton, came up and took
the prisoner into custo:ly. He male a determined resist-
ance, and fought, plunged, and kicked at the constables,
tnd all within his reach. He threw Jones, and kicke 1
him on the ribs. He got Horton's finger in
his mouth and bit it. He was ou the ground
at the time, and Horton was compelled to stamp on his face
to release the finger, which was shockingly lacerated. The
two women had been severely punished, and their faces
were bruised and swollen,
Mr. Partridge—Ho was mad drunk ?
Horton—He was, sir. He is certainly the most despe-
rate fallow I over met with.

Mrs. Peat said the prisoner had done seven days work
inly in 14 months, and sho was compolled to maintain
him.

Mr. Partridge—You are not cempelled to do anything
,f the kind. You should abandon such a disgraceful con-
nection : you are not married to him. The prisoner has
been guilty of seTeral disgraceful and brutal assaults at-
tended with gross violence. For the unjustifiable assault
on Peat I sentence him to two mouths' imprisonment and
hard labour, a similar punishment for the assault on Smith,
one month for the assault on Jones, and one month for the
issault on Horton—in all six months' imprisonment and
hard labour.