The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day

MARLBOROUGH STREET.
A CASUAL CHARGED WITH DESTROYING gel
CLOTHES.—Thomas Cox, 19, a casual, was ebarg-0,
with wilfully destroying his own clothes while
casual inmate of St. George's Workhouse,
Dlount-
street, Grosvenor-square.
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Thomas Whetstone, the task-master at the Wo
house, said that on the previous night the prisond,
applied for a night's lodging, and was adraittebia
and that morning he tore up every article of
clothing.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—The dress he has on now belell_Ags
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to the parish ? [The man was attired in a eall •
suit of the colour of brown holland.]
The taskmaster said it did.
The prisoner, a young countryman, mid his 0W
coat was so ragged that no one would employ
od
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner had now a g°
slop, and would have to work 7 days for it. , the
ROBBERY.--Herbert Ediker, a young man, ill of
employ of Mr. Henry Gunther, shell fishmonger,
No. 67, Haymarket, was charged before Mr.
whitt with stealing £lO, the moneys of his masteiro.i
The prosecutor said the prisoner,was in his enill to
as shopman, and on Friday last he gave him £lnner
take to Mr. Salmon, of Idle-lane. The Pils°t-er-
never paid the money and never returned. YGsd oe
day the prisoner was brought to his place, all boa
asking him what money he had, he said be ave
spent all the money but a sovereign, which be g
him, and he then gave him in charge. marl-
In answer to Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great - the
borough-street, who appeared for the prisoner, two
prosecutor said the prisoner had been only has
months in his employ, but he believed that be, the
been some time in that of the former keeper °L, tell
shop. He sent for the prisoner, but he did no'saia
him that he would forgive him. The prisoner of
he had got drunk, forgot himself, and did not tip
what became of the money. The prisoner gave
all he bad.
Remanded.

IF,ULa cooperFAMILY
of
IWlTAhhiittiinnDgg:lsaG2gßAoe,dC3E THAMES.
wall-street, St. George-in-the-East, and Ilesere
a porter of the same place, Jones
charged with violently assaulting Margaret 'A" St.
and Elizabeth Sullivan at No. 7, Back-roa-,
QIOuBA,RLREoLW-e-r"Cf°l:%-
George-in-the-East.
Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. liodgsol' s°'
licitor, defended the prisoners.
The complainant Jones is the aunt, and
her daughter, the cousin of the prisoners., ro,
unfortunate dissensions had arisen amono 'woo
and the prisoners and their father went to the'o
of the complainants to demand an exPlantl:o,cl
some reports which it was alleged they had sera
the prejudice of the prisoner's mother, who dic."ooers
months ago. High words ensued, and the pris,„iity.
struck the women, and used them with much brato'uoiv I
Henry Whiting hit Mrs. Sullivan, his ed bur!
with a pair of boots, knocked her down an e and
her back. Her mother went to her assistaqooerS
was knocked down. The father of the Pr'sn into
joined in the outrage, but he was not giv,o
custody, and the reason assigned was that
a state of intoxication. nlairy
For the defence it was alleged that the cera,xtbeir
ants called them bad names and said that sons
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mother was a bad character, and that thers' Ica.4
were bastards. The father of the pris°ll,eainaot°
called on their behalf, and he swore the oogill` 00 el
were the aggressors and struck his sons. ,a bA
other hand it was alleged that old Whiting ill-trot'
language, and encouraged his sons in their
said
ment of their aunt and cousin. 1, awl iritit
Mr. Paget fined the prisoners £5 eae-,
sessions
he would have committed them to theow._
s
for the aggravation they received. wyeaged34l
A SLEEPY BRUTE.—James Matthews, aged gaff'
of No. 1, Ship-alley, St. George-in-the-Ellolo°
maker, was charged with cutting and N°
per
Georae Sloane, a carpenter. ,riso r
The parties live in the same house. Thet floor
came home drunk last night, and laid upti to Paid
of his room, over which the prosecutor 11,
His feet touched the prisoner's legs in the ,18-;ty. fro_l:
he nearly fell over him. He was Ping ,at‘he elo
him, when the prisoner got up, swore cotrala
plainant, and swore he would eat hi , „
he raised his hand to stop the blow, andl weer
,r
out. He made a blow at Sloane with a R_Liceivedl
severe cut. He called for assistance, The „ri,soe,,uo
the prisoner by compressing his neck. .-1.-i",o"sistaar,',
was so desperate and determined in lnslo'ci. 10.1,
that ho was quite black in the face ,rhe pres.st
strangled before he could be subdued. wri„
tutor received several cuts on his bands.rier. 1;
before the knife was taken from the 10r!..„°, peoV:o
was stated that the prisoner had been cut.ll7o.
before, and that he was a " murdering vTdi id uot r
defence was that he was quite tipsy, and
collect anything at all about the matter.
Mr, Paget committed the prisoner for trigP