The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-13 00:00:00

MARY LEB ONE.

Yesterday Joseph Cowen, was brought before
Mr. RAWLINSON, the Sitting Magistrate, charged
with stealing two yards and a quarter of superfine
blue cloth, the property of Mr. Culverwell, draper,
of 53, Great Marylebonc-street.
The prosecutor identified the properly produced,
and the prisoner, who declined saying anything, was
fully committed to Newgate for trial.
William Elbon, the driver, and James Leaveland,
the conductor of (Ale of the Paddington omnibuses,
were summoned before Mr. RAWLINSON by Mrs.
Amelia Eliston, of Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street,
for extorting from her more than the usual fare.
As Mri,. Eliston could not swear to the person of
the driver,
Mr. RAWLINSON would give him the benefit of
the doubt, and fined the conductor in the penalty of
40s , for exacting more than his fire, and ordered
them both to find bail for their future good beha
viour.

QUEEN-SQUARE
Yesterday Lewis Mendoza, a son of the once
celebrated pugilist of that name, was brought up in
custody, and placed at the har, before Mr. WHITE,
charged with picking the pocket of Mr. Frank Dick-
ons, a solicitor, of No. 4, Willow-street, Faulkner-
square, cf a common paper snuff-box, in the pit of
the Coburg Theatre, on the previous evening.
Mr. WHITE should commit the prisoner for trial
at the next Surrey Session, and the parties must
be bound over in their own recognizances, in the

sum of 201., to prosecute.
Mr. Dickons begged that he might not be bound
over, as he was going to the continent on Tuesday
next on business, and it would be quite impossible
for him to attend without great inconvenience to

himself.
Mr. WHITE observed that the box was of but
little value, yet if it had been worth 100/. the prisoner
would have done the same. Ile had heard the evi-

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lence, and he had no other alternative but to bind

the parties over.
Mr. Dickons was then bound over to prosecute,
and left the office, declaring that he would sooner
forfeit his recognizance than be detained to prosecute
fora box not worth a farthing, and have to dance
attendance for three or four days at the Sessions,
when he had important business to attend to.

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday, John Johnson, a middle-aged man o
respectable appearance, who stated himself to be in
the East India Company's employment, was brought
before Mr. WALKER and the Rev. D. MATTHIAS,
on a charge of assault.
Inspector Drew, of the K division of police,
stated, that the defendant was brought to the sta-
tion-house on the preceding night, and charged
with a most aggravated case of assault. It appeared
that he (the defendant) was in the act of writ-
ing in conspicuous characters with chalk, " Be-
ware of bad houses," on the wall of the resi-
dence of a respectable married female in White-
horse-lane, whose hu,band was at the present
time at sea. A journeyman bricklayer passing by
remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his
conduct, upon which he instantly struck the man,
knocked him down, and used him altogether very
badly. His friends, it appeared, had arranged the
matter with the complainant in the morning, and he,
Drew, was satisfied it was not the intention of the
bricklayer to come forward to substantiate the charge.
The defendant, in reply, could prove the female
in question to be a person of light character. In
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contempt, and slammed the door in his face.
Mr. Drew believed the statement made by the
defendant to be a gross libel on the character of the
female he had alluded to. He, Drew, had known
her for some considerable time, and he believed her
conduct to have been strictly proper. Her friends
and connexions were most respectable, and her
husband had been several voyages as first mate of
an Indiaman.
The defendant repeated his accusations and said
they were Just.
Mr. WALKER observed, that if they were so, it
did not justify him, the defendant, in writing the
offensive expressions on her house. His conduct
altogether appeared most improper, and he should
therefore give good security to keep the peace for
the next three months.
The required sureties were subsequently entered
into, and the defendant liberated.
THAMES POLICE-OFFICE.

Yesterday Thomas Sinnock, a lighterman and
bargemaster, residing in East-row, Limehouse, was
brought before the Magistrates, Captain RICHBELL
and Mr. BALLANTINE, charged with beating and
kicking his wife Jane.
The complainant, a loquacious little woman, had
been for 17 years the lawful married wife of the
prisoner, and though she said it, there was not a
more industrious hard-working woman in the world.
Mr. BALLANTINE would admit all that, and also
that she had a most industrious tongue, but begged
her to come to the assault.
The complainant said, that her husband was in
the constant habit of drinking"to excess, and coming
home and beating her dreadfully; in proof of which,
she referred the Magistrates to the bruises on her
arms and face, and asked if that was tit treatment
for a good wife. Last Sunday week he came home
intoxicated, and while he held her by the wrists,
which were " wrenched out of their places," he
kicked and beat her until her body was black and
blue. To save her life she was obliged to take re-
fuge in a lodger's room, and secrete herself under
the bed, until her husband's fit of passion was over.
Since then he had abused her every day, and one
evening knocked her down. The woman then re-
moved the bandages from her hands, and displayed