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

MARLBOROUG 11-STREET.

WHOM:SALT: ROBBERY AND RECEIVING.—AIfred Harris,
in the employ c,f Messrs. Buckmaster, tailors, No. 3, New
Burlington-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with steal-
ing a quantity of cloth and other property belonging to his
•mployers ; and Mary Lamb, a peo.> brokA-, of No. 2
Lowndes-court, Conaly-street, was charged with receiving
rho same with a guilty knowledg,.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the defence.
Police-constable Butcher, 137 C, proved seeing the
prisoner Harris leave his employer's that morning, and
seeing that ho had something bulky in his possession ho
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 the man, and had never seen
him before. She asked Hard he had ever been there
before, and he 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-
soner then asked to be allowed to go upstairs to see her
daughter. He asked her if she had any other property
there, and she den!ed it. He told her it was no use of her
denying it, for he had seen Harris come there often with
property, and that he should take her into custody and
search the house. She then -said that she had
cautioned Harris against bringing property there,
and that she had a little more property there,
which Harris had brought there, and he would give

it to him, and she then said, in Harris's presence, that he
had bought the things there some time ago, &c. lie
searched the place, and found a large quantity of property
of various kinds there. The female prisoner said that he
could produce bills relating to some of the property. A
parcel 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 souse 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, &c.
Butcher said that Harris had a coat on with pockets,
peculiarly constructed, so that prop3rty would I:3J all round
the coat, and the coat was stocked with property when
he left his employers.
Solom-n Paisley, 69 C, gave similar evidence to that of
Butcher. . _ _

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

T HAMES.

A DESPERATE RUFFIAN.—James Hill, a dirty and dissi-
pated looking fellow, aged 21, a cigar maker, Stepney, was
charged with violently assaulting -Elizabeth Smith and
Jane Peat, Clement Jones and William Horton (police con-
stables), and other persons.
The woman Peat, who is much older than the prisoner,
had cohabited with him for 14 months, and with the usual
results—continual quarrels. He had repeatedly ill used her.
He stabbed her on the head throe weeks ago, and he once
made an attempt to throw her out of the window of a first
floor room. He 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, alai
when down kicked her. He also boat 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 shut out,
and lying in the street. ID 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
side of her landlady. A man named Charles Stewart, of
No. 10, Thomas-street, Bethnal-green, finding the prisoner
kicking the woman, called out murder. Stewart was also
knocked down and kicked in the abdomen. Two police-
gruaac. aci+.l ILv caluu Up aukl Wu
the prisoner into custody. He male a determined resist-
ance, and fought, plunged, and kicked at the constables,
and all within his reach. Ho throw Jones, and kicked
him on the ribs. He got Hortou's finger in
his mouth and bit it. He was on 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—He was mad drunk ?
Horton—He was, sir. He is certainly the most despe-
rate fellow I over met with.

Mrs. Peat said the prisoner had done seven days work
only in 14 months, and she was compelled to maintain
him.

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