The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Thomas Adams, a milliner and laceman, of No.
1, Swinton-street, Gray's Inn-lane, appeared to
show cause why the Magistrates should not cancel
an indenture and discharge his apprentice, Eliza
Scott, aged 17, in consequence of his having as-
saulted and otherwise ill-treated her..

The facts of the case, as appeared from the evi-
dence of the girl, were these :—A few months ago
she was bound apprentice by the parish of Clerken-
well to the defendant, whose wife was to teach her
the art of a die-maker. On Friday se'nnight, after
she had had her supper, she went into her master's
parlour to curl her hair, and in doing so the light of
her candle accidentally came in contact with some
paper which covered the looking glass, and it caught
fire. Her master presently afterwards came into the
room, and on seeing what she had done, he scolded
her and ordered her to bed. She went, but was
unable to sleep, fearing that he would come and
beat her, and on going down stairs on the follow-
ing morning, he desired her to go to a hairdresser
and have her curls cut off. She refused to comply
with the order, upon which he forced her down
with violence on a chair and cut off a portion of her
hair. She was dreadfully frightened and became
unwell, and on the Tuesday following, having ob-
tained leave, she went home to her mother, who
put her to bed, and she had since been seriously ill
and attended by a surgeon.
Mr. Philip Colston, surgeon, of Goswell•street,
deposed, that on Tuesday he was called upon to at-
tend Eliza Scott, whom he found in a very pre-
carious state. She was insensible, and continued
so for 48 hours. Witness bad no idea at the time
he saw her that she would ever be able to leave her
bed. The girl was of a weakly constitution, and
fright would have a serious effect, and very proba-
bly act upon her in the way she was in when wit-
ness first saw her. She was now much better, and
in the course of 14 days might be able to attend to
her busirusi.

Mr. LAING said that it waq a most extraordinary
thing, that the mere cutting off the girl's hair should
reduce her to the extreme debility in which she was;
he could net give belief to it. He particularly in-
quired what state of health she enjoyed prior to the
asssult having been committed ?—The girl's mother
replied, that her child enjoyed good health, although
she always appeared sickly.
Duke, the officer, stated that the defendant was
some time ago charged at this office with having
violently caned one of his apprentices.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, acknow-
ledged having cut the girl's hair, adding, that he
did so in consequence of her having set fire to the
paper over his looking-glass. He thought it a suf-
ficient provocation, and he acted as he had done, to
prevent a similar occurrence.

- The defendant was held to bail for the assault, but
the Magistrates, having consulted together fora short
time, thought there was not sufficient to warrant
their cancelling the indenture of apprenticeship.
They, therefore, ordered that the girl should remain
under the care of her mother until recovered, when
she was to return to the service of Mr. Adams.

Q UEEN- S Q UARE.
Yesterday, Thomas Lace, of No. 22, Bluecoat-
street, Westminster, and Joseph Drew, of No. 43,
Collingwood-street, Blackfriars-road, were brought
up in custody, by police-constable Cole, of the A
division, No. 44, and placed at the bar before Mr.
WHITE, charged with selling forged free admission
tickets to Vauxhall-gardens.
Mr. Thomas Griffiths, of No. 15, King-street,
Westminster, deposed to purchasing two free-ad-
mission tickets for the Gardens of the prisoner
Luke, for Gs.; he paid him 45., and he was to call
again for the remainder; but he never came. One
of the tickets was given to Dr. Randolph, of Par-
liament-street.

A number of tickets were here produced by the
prosecutors, which they had bought of the pri-
soners ; some of them were signed, "J. Hughes,"
and some, " J. P. Bisher."

Mr. Gye, one of the proprietors of the gardens,
said that they were all forgeries; they were quite
different from any free admission cards issued from
the Gardens.

Mr. WHITE told the prisoners that they would be
fully committed for trial at the next Surrey assizes,
on three of the charges, and Luke was also commit-
ted for trial at the Middlesex sessions likewise, for
the fraud on Mr. Griffiths.

There were several other similar cases against the
prisoners, which were not gone into, the above being
deemed sufficient.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Michael Lane, Daniel Hayes, Timothy-Hall, and
Timothy Bryant, four savage-looking Irish labourers,
were brought before Mr. DYER and Mr. CONANT
yesterday, charged with being the ringleaders in a
most desperate affray, which occurred on Tuesday
evening in Orange-street, Leicester-square.
John Holmes, Esq., of the Ordnance department,
stated that the riot was of such a serious character,
the whole neighbourhood being thrown into a state
of alarm, that in order to prevent murder being com-
mitted, he thought it his duty to get troops, and
station them at each end of the street, for the pur-
pose of separating the combatants, and preventing
the escape of those who were concerned in the affray.
Several witnesses were then called, from whom
the following particulars were gathered :—A num-
ber of labourers were employed in making some
alteration in the Government premises, lately used
as barracks, in Orange-street, and about seven
o'clock, Lane, one of the prisoners, was observed to
conduct himself in a filthy way towards an old
woman and her daughter, who were tying up a few
sticks; and upon being repulsed, he seized the old
woman by the hair of her head and dragged her
along the street. Evans, an English labourer, who
witnessed the ruffian's conduct, rescued the woman,
and was himself attacked, which, however, he
repelled by knocking the assailant down. He then
resumed his work, conceiving the quarrel ended.
Lane, however, went away to a neighbouring public-
house, where there were a number of his countrymen
drinking, who, on being informed that Lane had got
worsted, sallied out in a body, and, to the number
of 20, proceeded to Orange-street, in order to
avenge the defeat of their countryman. The first
attack was on a carter, who was waiting in the
streets with a load of bricks. A number of them
surrounded him, and having knocked him down,
proceeded with cowardly ferocity to ill use him; and
concluded by throwing him into the " Bottom," a
height of several feet, with such force, that it was
at first conceived he had been killed. They then
attacked the two or three English labourers who
were on the premises. Evans was knocked down,
and when on the ground, Hayes threw himself on
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Hoxton, in the capacity of housekeeper, which situ-
aloft she bad held for the last twelve years. The
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two boys present were his sons by the defendant
Ann Stephens, but to whom he had never been
married. On Saturday evening complainant, with
sir. Pierce, took all his pupils to the Mermaid
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appearance with the two children, and annoyed her
much by following her round the gardens, until
they got to an unfrequented walk, when she struck
her a violent blow on the back, which caused her to
fall, and, on rising, she received another blow on
her face, from the effect of which she bled profusely.
Not satisfied with these blows, the defendant after-
wards, in another part of the gardens, kicked her
on her legs.

Mr. earville, a schoolmaster in Hackney, said
that he and his wife were also of the party, and that
he saw the defendant strike the complainant. Wit-
ness added that the conduct of the defendant was
so violent during their stay in the gardens, that he
requested his friend Mr. Pierce several times to give
her into the custody of an officer, and that he (wit-
ness) would take the two children home in his gig.
Mr. BROUGHTON—And did Mr. Pierce give her
into custody ?—No, he ran away.—(A laugh.)
The defendant, who, from illness, was allowed a
chair, here fainted away. On recovering she informed
the Magistrates that the complainant and Mr.
Pierce were then living as man and wife; she had
one child by him and five by another gentleman.
Mrs. Barker, who underwent a smart examination
by Mr. BROUGHTON, could not deny the fact.
Mr. BROUGHTON—Mr. Pierce seems a very pro-
per person" to teach the youug idea how to shoot !"
The defendant, in her defence, admitted having
struck the complainant a slight blow, because her
two children were not allowed to share in the festi-
vity of the evening.
Complainant—Your Worships, it's all—
Mr. TWYFORD—HoId your noise. We have
heard quite enough of your iniquity.
Mr. BROUGHTON, to the defendant—Are you
supported by Mr. Pierce now ?—No. He allows
me 6s. a week for each of the boys.
The Magistrates having consulted,
Mr. BROUGHTON observed that both parties were
pretty near upon a par as to morality, and that they
should impose upon the defendants a mere nominal
fine of .55., or five days' imprisonment. The fine
was immediately paid, and the parties left the office
at different doors.

John Heath, the boy, only eleven years old, who
a week ago was remanded to prison for repeatedly
robbing his father, under the influence, as he said,
of an evil spirit, and also running away from school
to Barnet, was yesterday again brought up for further
examination.

Mr. BROUGHTON—WeII, boy, how do you like
being in prison ?—Much better than being at home,
because in prison lam a good boy. If Igo home I
shall be a bad boy again.
Did you see the evil spirit there—the devil ?—No.
Which would you rather do, go home with your
father, or be sent back to prison ?—Go back to pri-
son, where I can be a good boy and say my prayers.
(The boy's father here informed the Magistrate
that, in consequence of the former examination of
the boy having appeared in the newspapers, an ano-
nymous letter had been sent to Mr. Irving, the
preacher, and that two gentlemen had since waited
upon him, and questioned him about the boy, and
said they should visit him in the prison.)
Mr. BROUGHTON—WeII, boy, has any one been
to see you in the prison ?--Nobody, but the
schoolmaster.

The father—Can your Worships get him into
the Refuge for the Destitute ?
Mr. TWYFORD-4 recollect the boy well. He
was before me some time ago, when I sent him
there myself, but they refused to admit him, unless I
guaranteed the payment of 7s. per week. 'Now, I
am informed, they are so full that there are eighty
cases before them of a similar kind, where the mo-
ney would be regularly paid, but they cannot be
admitted.

Mr. BROUGHTON said he was at a loss what to
do with the boy, and remanded him back to prison
for another week.
UNION-HALL.
Yesterday a further investigation took place at this
office, before Mr. MURRAY and Mr. CAPES, relative
to the female whose body was found in the Surrey
Canal on last Tuesday week, as detailed in a previ-
ous police report. Since the last examination of
Jarratt, the man with wham the deceased woman co-
habited, another man (named Smith) has been taken
into custody, and the following evidence adduced
against him :

- William Brown, an elderly man in the service of
the landlord of the Duke of Wellington, in the
Kent-toad, stated that on Saturday week the de-
ceased and a young man named King, who accom-
panied her, walked into the tap-room of the above
house, between nine and ten o'clock at night, and
had some beer together. The prisoner Smith was
there at the time, and he was joined by the deceased,
who went over from that side of the room where she
was sitting with King, and they began to converse
with one another. The deceased had a dark bonnet
on, and carried a small basket in her hand, such as
are used by females for carrying light articles; this
basket she placed in the care of King, previously to
her going over to that side of the room where
Smith was sitting. After some little time the pri-
soner and the deceased left the tap-room and went
out, and in about a quarter of an hour or twenty
minutes, the former returned alone. When he en-
tered the tap-room he spoke to King, and asked him
where the woman's basket and shawl were, to which
King replied, by saying that he had no shawl, but
that he had a basket, which was his own. They
had some high words together on the subject, and
King left the house some time afterwards, taking the
basket with him, and on getting to the door he
asked witness the nearest way to town, and he
walked away in that direction. The prisoner Smith
remained in the house until the time of closing, and
then went away. In reply to Mr. Murray, the wit-
ness said that he thought it extraordinary at the
time that Smith should have returned to the
house and asked for the basket which the deceased
had given into the care of King. The witness add-
ed, that he never saw the deceased after she left
the house in the company of the prisoner.
A man named Croker, who was present in the
tap-room on the night in question, saw the deceased
and the prisoner together. Some time afterwards
witness saw the prisoner enter the tap-room alone.
l-Ie did not see them leave the house together.
When the prisoner came into the room he, wag,
laughing, and said to some men with whom he had
been drinking, that he had carried oil another man's
wife. This was about eleven o'clock. After this,
a young man named Anderson, a hairdresser, called
witness out of the tap-room, and asked him to go
and look after the deceased, as she did not return.
Witness went down the turning near the Duke of
Wellington, and not far distant from a bridge which
crosses a sewer, he heard some one approach, and
supposing it to be Anderson who had previously
asked him to look after the woman, he spoke, and
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On the 28th ult. at Stanwiliclkß, Wilkins, of a daughter.
On the • of
30th ult. at Betchworth Vicarage, Surrey, the wife the ItevG. R. Kensit, of a daughter.
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MARRIED.
On the 19th ult. at Steeple Aston, James Moncrieff Melville'
Esq., of Priestden in the county of Fife, to Augusta, youngest
daughter of the late Vice- Admiral William Lechmere, of Steeple
Aston, in the county of Oxford.
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Kent, and the Dowager Lady Knatchbull, of Welbeck.street
On the 31st ult. at South Stoneham, the Rev. Charles MT,
Crawford, second son of William Crawford. Esq , of Dorking,::
Eleanor, fourth daughter of Vice. Admiral Sir Edward Foote'
K.C.8., of Hightield House, near Southampton.

DIED.
On the 30th ult. at Liddeard, Wilts, George Kibblewhite,
aged 48,
On the 31st ult. at Hastings, the wife of Henry Thackrah,
Esq , and only daughter of the late Mr. Richard Ware. .„,„i„.
On the 30th ult. Mr. Sam. S. Mullins, of Staverton-row,
ington, Surrey, aged 40.
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On the 27th ult. at Sidmouth, Charlotte, youngest daughter
the late Gill Slater, Esq., of Liverpool, aged 53 years.
On the 31st ult. at Keene's-row, Walworth, Henry Wegg'
Esq., late of Greenwich, in the 56th year of his age.

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