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

MANSION-HOUSE.

ROBBERY AT A GENTLEMAN'S HQUSE. —John ilarcoit 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 fortune, residing at The Elms, Bichley, near Bromley.
John Davis, one of the City detective force, said that
about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon he was going up
Bishopsgate-street Within, and saw the prisoner with a
brown paper parcel, partly covered with a towel.
His suspicion was aroused, and ho 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 ho said he had
from home, and was taking back again. He refused to give
his address, and prisoner took him into custody. The
towel had the name of "Marshman " oii 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 the witnesses, and was
romauded until Thursday.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A TURF COMMISSION AGENT CHARGED WITH A BRUTAL
ASSAULT.—John Metcalfe, a turf commission agent, resid-
ing at No. 12, Great Pulteney-street, was charged before Mr•
Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting John M'Henry, 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. He considered it a
case in which no fine ought to be 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 one 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 ono 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. lie called
the prisoner a returned convict at the station-house, but
not in the street.

Mr. James Snoxall, blind maker, of Brad-
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 ho was knocked down a second time. Ho saw
no provocation given.

7'he 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 the com-
plainant.

Richard Vent, 191 C, prived taking the prisoner into
custody, and in answer to the prisoner said the 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 ho called the prisoner "a returned con•
vict."
The constable said it was.

Mr. Tyr whitt 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 enforce the law in cases of unpro-
voked assault. It was no uss imposing a fine upon a man
like the prisoner, who had plenty of money, as it was no
punishment.