The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-10 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

ROBBERY AT A GENTLEMAN'S HOUSE.—John Harcott was
charged before Mr. Alderman Dakin with stealing a silver
biscuit box, some glass bottles, three spoons, and some
minor articles, the property of,Mr. Marshman, a gentleman
of fottune, residing at The Elms, Bichley, near 4romley.
John Davis, one of the City detective force, said that
about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon ho Waft going up
Bishopsgate-street Within, and saw the prisoner with a
brown paper parcel, partly covered with a towel.
His suspicion was aroused, and he followed the
prisoner, who turned up Threadneedle-street, and
stopped under a doorway. He saw him endeavouring
to conceal the parcel with the towel. He told him that he
was a policeman, and asked him what the parcel contained,
and he said " Oh nothing." He examined the parcel, which
contained the articles produced, which he said ho bad
from home, and was taking back again. He refused to give
his address, and prisoner took him into custody. Tho
towel had the name of " Marshman " on it.

Mr. Marshman identified the articles as his property,,
and said they were safe on Thursday evening, but were
missed on Friday morning.

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The prisoner declined examining tho witnesses, and was
remanded until Thursday.

MAMLBOROUGII-STREET.

A TURF COMMISSION AGENT CHARGED WITH A BRUTAL
ASSAULT..—.John Metcalfe, a turf commission agent, resid-
ing at No. 12, Great Pultoney-street, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting John M'llenry, a saddle-
tree maker, of No. 8, Henrietta-street, Manchester-square.
Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. E. Lewis, Great Marl-
borough-street, appeared for the complainant, and said the
prisoner was charged with a violent, unprovoked, and
brutal assault on the complainant, whose nose was broken
and both his eyes badly blackened. Ho considered it a
case in which no fino ought to bo imposed, but a term of
imprisonment.
The complainant, whose face was much disfigured, said
that on Saturday night he was, with several others,
including the prisoner, in the billiard room of the New-
castle-on-Tyne public-house, Old Broad-street, Golden-
square, when an altercation took place between the prisoner
and two others. On getting into the street the prisoner
and ono of the persons, a Mr. Shepherd, fought, Mr. Shep-
herd having thrown his coat to him to hold. After fight-
ing with Mr. Shepherd, the prisoner came up to him
(complainant) and said, "Now, M'Henry, for you," and
struck him a tremendous blow with his fist on the nose,
having a large ring on one of his fingers. On getting up,
the prisoner struck him a violent blow in the mouth,
loosening some of his teeth, and then blackened his eyes.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said his
nose was broken, and, he was afraid, in three places.
The complainant said, in reply to the prisoner, that ho
had not given him the slightest provocation. Ho called
the prisoner a returned convict at the station-house, but
not in the street.

Mr. James Snosall, blind maker, of Broad-
street, said that, while standing at his door
on Saturday night, he saw the complainant knocked
down like a bullock by the prisoner, and on his
getting up he was knocked down a second time. Ho saw
no provocation given.

The prisoner said that while fighting with Shepherd the
complainant said, " Give it to him," and afterwards called
him "a returned convict," and he then struck tho com-
plainant.
Richard Vent, 191 C, proved taking the prisoner into
custody, and iu answer to the prisoner said tho complainant
called the prisoner "a returned convict," both in the street
and at tho station.

Mr. Tyrwhitt supposed the complainant's face was bleed-
ing at the time he called the prisoner "a returned con-
vict."
The constable said it was.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said assaults of the kind were increasing
daily, and had been too leniently dealt with. He should
commit the prisoner for two months with hard labour, and
would always in future onforco the law in cases of unpro-
voked assault. It was no use imposing a fine upon a man
like the prisoner, who had plenty of money, as' it was no
punishment.