The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE CAUSE OF STREET CASUALTIES.—Henry Brown, a
shopkeeper, residing at 19, George-street, Marylebone,
attended to answer the complaint of the police of driving
a horse and cart in a furious manner in Upper Maryle-
bone-street.

Police-constable 55, of the E Division, saw the defendant
driving a pony and cart furiously in Upper Marylebone-
street, followed by a number of persons. The defendant
drove through several streets, and at last he succeeded in
finding him and getting his name and address.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that cases of persons being knocked
down and killed in the streets had been so frequent of late
that a check must be put on all persons guilty cf furious
driving. He should therefore fine the defendant 40s. and
costs.

A DISORDERLY GENTLEMAN.—Thomas Anderson, gen-
tleman, of No. 21, High-street, Chatham, was charged be-
fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with ringing bells and knocking at
doors in Oxford-street without any lawful excuse.
Police-constable Kelly, 115 E, proved seeing the defen--
dant ringing and knocking at several- different houses in
Oxford-street about two o'clock that morning, his excuse
being when taken into custody that he was looking for a
friend.
The defendant said he had been drinking.

Mr. Tyr Whitt said that knocking at doors in the middle
of the night was a most mischievous practice, and he
should fine the defendant 10s., or seven days' imprisonment.

THAMES.

ROBBERIES IN THE Dom.—John Buthon and George
Rivers, markers, in the employ of the London and St.
Katherine Dock Company, were brought before Mr. Paget
charged with stealing a bottle of gin.
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, defended Buthon.
Yesterday afternoon the prisoners were directed by Mr.
Randall Harrison, their superior officer, to mark 30 cases
of English gin for exportation in the London Dock. The
cases were all right and in good order at half-past two
o'clock. About an hour afterwards Robert Turner, a
watchman in the London Dock, went into a shed in the
bottling department, and heard a noise like the breaking
open of a case. He looked from his hiding-place,
where he was quite unobserved, and saw Buthon take
out a bottle of gin, and give it to Rivers, who
took of the capsule and stopper, a'nd drank out of the
bottle. He was about handing it to Ballon when Turner
pounced upon them and took the bottle away. About a
half-quartern of gin had been drank.
Sergeant Spencer, belonging to the dock police, took the
prisoners into custody. He produced the stolen bottle of
gin in straw from which it had been removed, and another
bottle of gin which he had taken from the same case. They
corresponded exactly. The prisoners said the case was
open when they took the bottle of gin out of it, and only
intended to have a drink out. It was clearly proved that
case of gin was in a sound condition when the prisoners
received the orders to mark it and 29 others.

Mr. Stoddart addressed the magistrate for Bullon, urging
that there was no case against him._

Mr. Paget thought otherwise; and alluding to the nume-
rous cases of this description in the docks which had been
met with summary punishments, said he should commit
the prisoner for trial.
Mr. Ctoddaat offered batl for Button, and he was
answered by the magistrate that this was a case of people
robbing their employers, and that he ought not to take
bail.

Mr. Stoddart said that the a learned judge, Lush, had
lately said every man was deemed to be innocent until
found guilty, and that as the only object of committing
persons for trial was to secure the attendance of the parties
at the sessions, bail ought to be taken in every case if the
presence of the party accused could be made sure.
Mr. Paget said he would take bail for Button, himself in
£2OO, and two sureties of £lOO each, with the usual notice.
He should like to know what became of the case at the
sessions, and what view the judge who would preside on
the trial took of it. Property in the docks was necessarily
exposed, the people employed in them wore very nume-
rous, and those cases of petty plunder bad become very
numerous.

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