The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-12 00:00:00

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Henry llPMann, a young man, about 22 years of age,
was placed at the bar, before Sir JOHN KEY, Bart., charged
with the following robbery :
From the general violent conduct of the prisoner and his
associates, it was found necessary to use the utmost precau-
tion to prevent a rescue on his way to the station-house and
this office.
Mr. John Lavender deposed he was a tailor, residing at
Na. 203, Tooley-street. On Saturday week he was stand-
ing close by his shop door, inside the shop, and Llose by
him, on the counter, lay a pair of trousers. The prisoner
walked into the shop, looked about, stared in witness's face,
snatched up the trousers, and ran off with them. Witness
cried out " Stop thief!" and a pursuit was made.
Sir Joni KEY—As the prisoner was so close .to you,

LAMBETH STREET.
ROBBERY BY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT.—Yesterday
illary Ann Jones, alias Greeves, a young female, the wife
of a soldier, was brought before the Hon. G. C. NORTON
and Mr. HARDWICK, for final examination, on a charge of
scaling a very valuable lady's gold watch, with a massive
gold chain attached t.) it, various articles of plate, trinkets,
&c., amounting altogether to from 60/. to 70/., the property
of Mr. Alexander Redpath, of Upper Baker-street, Mary-
lebone, with whom she lived as servant.
She was committed for trial.

THAMES OFFICE.
Yesterday Captain Edward Dempsey, the master of the
Ceres, a trading vessel, and John .111‘Coy, the carpenter of
the ship, were charged with committing a violent assault on
George Irvine, a Trinity pilot, and attempting to throw
him overboard.

It appeared from the evidence of the pilot that the Ceres
was coming up the river, off Gravesend, on the sth inst.,
and the pilot went on board, and, producing his license,
offered to take charge of the ship. Captain Dempsey,
however, said he would pilot his own vessel, and refused to
give him charge of her. At that time there was a water-
man on board acting as pilot, and a waterman, his assistant,
astern of the ship with boat and kedge. Invine remained
on board until the ship arrived at Northfleet, where the
best bower chain was let go and she was made fast to the
buoy. Irvine was then compelled to leave her. Next
morning the pilot again came on board armed, not only with
his license, but the Act of Parliament, and demanded
charge of the ship for the purpose of bringing her up the
river. The Captain said he did not require his services,
and forcibly prevented him coming on board on the larboard
side. Irvine then went round to the starboard quarter
and got on board. The Captain immediately ordered him
to leave the ship, but Irvine persisted in his right to remain
on board, and he was then seized by Dempsey, M'Coy,
and the mate, who used him with great violence, and pushed
him over the side of the vessel with the intention, as sworn
by the pilot, of throwing him into the water, but he ma-
naged to hold on, with his head downwards and his heels
in the air, until a boat came to his assistance, into which
he tumbled head foremost. While in the position de-
scribed his money and keys dropped from his pockets into
the river.

Two witnesses corroborated this statement.

The solicitor for the defence said the ship was an Irish
trader, and the Captain was exempted from taking a pilot,
and he did no more than put the complainant out of his
vessel when he refused to leave, and used no more force
than was necessary for that purpose.
Two seamen belonging to the vessel were called on be.
half of the defendants, who said that Irvine began to sneer
and laugh when ordered to quit the ship, and that the Cap-
tain had previously called a boat to take the pilot away,
and that no unnecessary violence was used.
Gillingham, the second witness, said the pilot was put
over the ship's side very " handsomely."
Mr. BALLANTINE said, if the pilot had not a shadow of
right to go on board, or if he had been a thief, the Captain
would not have been justified in putting his life in danger
by forcing him over the ship's side head foremost, before
there was a boat ready to receive him. The Act of Par-
liament relating to pilots certainly excepted vessels trading
to the Baltic, Norway, &c., the coasters, aad Irish vessels,
from taking pilots, provided they employed "no additional
hands," but the Captain had employed persons not belong-
ing to his crew. There was a waterman, who, he had no
doubt, was an expert man, acting as pilot, and there was
another with a boat and kedge. Under those circum-
stances, Irvine had a right to demand the charge of the
Ceres for the purpose of bringing her up the river.
The defendant's solicitor said the Lord Mayor had only
last week decided to the contrary. He did not deny the
pilot was put out, but he was put out legally.
MT. BALLANTINE said the Act of Parliament was be-
fore him, and it was clear on the point ; but, setting aside
the question of right, the assault had been made out. He
should act on the law, not on Mansion-house authority.
After a long discussion,
Mr. BALLANTINE sentenced Captain Dempsey to pay a
fine of 41., and M'Coy 1/. to the King, for the assault.

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