The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 11.

MANSION-HOUSE.—James Conway was brought
up, charged with having stolen 49 lbs. of beef.
Policeman 635 said—As I was walking near Petticoat-
lane I saw the prisoner with a bundle on his head, and
the moment he saw me he threw it down and ran away,
but I secured him.

The beef was then identified by a Whitecbapel sales.
man, and the prisoner said, "I am guilty, but it was
poverty that prompted me."
The Lard Mayor—You must have been in the habit
of stealing, or you would not have taken so large a quan-
tity.. _ _ _

The prisoner was then remanded till Friday, when he
will plead guilty in petty sessions, and be sentenced by
the Lord Mayor.

Harriett Cadwell, who appeared to be about 15 years
of age, was charged with having stolen a jacket. She
pleaded poverty in € xcuse for the offence, and was also
remanded till Friday.
Joseph Witham Hawes, who was some days ago
charged with having forged an accountable recaipt foe
2901., underwent anotherexamination and was committed
for trial. He declared that he did not do it feloniously.
The prisoner bad been engaged by Paul, who was con-
victed at the last petty session of the Central Criminal
C,urt of having robbed the guardians of the City of
Londoy.

GUILDHALL.—Edward Shaw Blaker and Charles
Mitchenson, two medical students of St. Bartholomew's,
who were everted to the court by a large number of
f their fraternity, were charged with assaulting William
Wickenden.
The defendants were walking along Bartholomew-close
when they met Wickenden and another man, both intoxi-
cated. By some means a dispute took place between
the two patties, and a scuffla ensued, in which Blaker
cut open Wickenden's head with a stick loaded with
lead. Wickenden got hold of the stick and took it home
with him, and on the defendant's calling with a policeman
to charge him with stealing it, he gave them into cus-
tody for the assault.
The magistrate fined Blaker 205., and discharged Mit-
chenson.
Edward King and James Brown were charged with
burglsriously entering the premises of Mr. Baker, of '
Fleet-street, and stealing therefrom 19 pairs of boots and
a dress coat, value 221., the property of the prosecutor.
City policeman 345 said, about half.past 5 yesterday
morning, while on duty in Fleet-street, he heard a noise
in the prosecutor's shop, and upon obtaining the assist-
ance of another constab!e he aroused Mr. Baker, and
secured the prisoners on the premises with the booty in
their possession.
AldermanOubitt said great praise was due to the officer,
and committed the prisoners, who pleaded guilty, for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.—john Walker, haberdasher,
of Shaftesbury-street, Hoxton, was charged with neglect
and cruelty towards his niece, an orphan, 8 years old. One of the beadles of Shoreditch stated that on Satur-
day last he went to the defendant's house and requested
to see the little girl. He found her in 'an underground
washhouse where there was no fire or Ere-place, and
was satisfied from her appearance, as well as from what
she told him, that she had been cruelly neglected and
Whilei he was there the girl's brother, a child

Defendant, in the most illiterate style, cross-examiced
the witness in order to show that he must possess a very
corrupt mind to understand the meaning of the filth ex-
hibited, and concluded by inquiring whether, if he saw a
brick in his way, he would not avoid it, which he an-
swered by observing that it was the witness's duty, if he
did not like the thing, to say nothing about it.
The police produced a copy of the offensive placard,
and proved that gentlemen came to the station, and re
quested them to tear it down, in order to prevent its
demoralising influence. After notice, the defendant
erased the most obscene expression.
Defendant pretended that he did not know the mean-
ing of the worst expression, and argued that filth was
not filth if it could be found in "Johnson." He concluded
by observing that it bad been written by his secretary,
and that if there was anything indecent in it, it was the
duty of people in general, and the police in particular, to
come and tell him of it.

Hr. Humphreys, an inspector of the B division, said
that he could not leave his duty at the station-house, but
immediately sent a sergeant to defendant. The latter, on
receipt of the magistrate's summons, begrimed it with
filth, and then added to it the miscellanies exhibited on
the board in front of his premises. _ _

Mr. Paynter observed there could not be the slightest
doubt' of the grosPly indecent character of the placards,
and fined defendant 405., or in default one month's im-
prisonment, at the same time informing him that if there
was any repetition of the offence he would send him for
trial.
The fine was paid.

MAR,LBOROUGH-STREET.—Chart-s Thorpe was
summoned before Mr. Beadon, by the police, for being
the occupier of a room in the house No. 124, Jernayn-
street, kept open for persons to resort to for.the purpose
of betting upon horse races.
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, was for the defendant.
John Ernsting, the same witness who gave evidence in
the other cases, was put into the witness box. He proved
that on the 20th January he went to 124, Jermyn-street,
and made a bet with the defendant. Had made bets with
the defendant before. He asked the defendant if be
would give him-a point more against a horse marked on
the
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list on the board hanging in the shop, and the de-
fendant agreed to do so. The bet was 6 t) 1 against
Gipsy
King for the Oundle Ha,ndics.p Stakes.
After the bet was made and the money paid, the de-
fendant gave him a card of the bet and entered the
transaction in his book.
Crcss-examined---The person with whom he made the
bet wrote the ticket in his presence. The ticket he now
produced. Had seen the defendant write before, and
would swear that the ticket was in the defendant's
handwriting. Had made only two bets within the last
two years. Had occasionally pledged artic'es for bis
support. Was giving evidence on his own account
only against betting-houseso and had nothing what-
ever to do with the police, except giving them informa-
tion. Had received nothing, for his trouble, nor any
promise of anything. The proceedings were only for
the pui he good, and because he had lost money at bet-
ting, and had been waiting for an opportunity to serve
parties out who had got his money, and who would not
pay bets when they lost.
Inspector Webb, C division, proved that he went, in
company with Superintendent O'Brien, to No. 124,
Jermyn-street, and there found six persons in the shop
looking at a betting board placed against the wail, with
betting cards containing the odds against different horses
for races to come off. Also found betting books ; and
in a portfolio, on a piece of paper, the particulars of the
bet on Gipsy King with Ernsting were written. Also,
in a desk a quantity of betting cards, with printed names
of races in prospect ; and several ledgers and day-books
of bets made with various persons. In one of the books
the name of Southcombe appeared several times as having
made bets. This person would give evidence in this
case. Another better, named Dodson, had also been
summoned, but had sent a medical certificate to say he
was too unwell to...attend.

John Southcombe, 131, Jermyn-street, was called to
prove that he was the person entered in one of the de-
fendant's books as having made bets at the house, 124,
Jermyn-street, with the defendant.
which he might
Mr. Lewis suggested that the witness saould be cau-
stiuobnjeedet ahhimoustelfantoswae
Mr. Beadon referred to 8 and 9 Vic. c. 109, and
prienngaltlyu.estions by
showed that it was competent for persons to be witnesses
in procuring a conviction against houses where unlawful
games were carried on without being subject to any
consequences, although they might have taken part in
the proceedings.
Mr. Beadon then asked the witness if he would say
whether he had made a bet in the house The witness hesitated about giving an answer.
Mr. Beadon reminded him that by the 2 and 3 Vic.,
c. 43, if a witness refused to answer a question of this
sort he was liable to an imprisonment of 14 days.
The witness thought it hard that a tradesman like
himself should be called upan to give evidence by which
he might criminate himself.
Mr. Beadon said be was empowered to give a certifi-
cate which would exonerate the witness from conse-
quences, or to send him to prison for fourteen days if he
refused to give evidence.
The witness, after a good deal of hesitation, admitted,
first, that he had been to Mr. Thorpe's and talked about
betting, that he might have made a bet, that he might
have made several beta, but he had not made a bet on
the Chester Cup.
The defendant's ledger was produced and shown to the
witness, Where an entry appeared of a bet on the Chester
Cup.

The witness said he might have made the bet, but be
could not swear whether he- made the bet in his own
house or in Thorpe's house.
Mr. Lewis objected to the books being received as
evidence, unless in the handwriting of the defendant.
Mr. Beadon replied that the book he showed witness
was a book with the words " Thorpe's Book" on it,
found in Thorpe's Iroise.
Witness was again asked if he had made a bet on the
Chester Cup at Thorpe's ?
Witness said there were several persons of the name
of Southcombe, and he could not say for certain that the
entry on the book referred to the entry he had made.
Mr. Beadon said he should decline to ask the witness
any further questions.
Mr. Scott, collector, proved that he had collected the
rates of 124, Jermyn-street, for the last six years, from
the defendant.
Mr. Lewis then proceeded to take several technical
objections to the evidence, and appealed to the bench not
to be guided in its decision by any outcry against betting-
houses, or by a desire to acquire popularity, but to decide
on the merits of the evidence only.
Mr. Beadon agreed that he had to confine his attention
to what took place on the 20th January, and that he
ought to look to the value of the evidence that had been
laid before him, leaving out the evidence of Southcombe,
who would have stood in a better position had he given
his evidence in a more straightfoz ward and a more un-
reserved manner. With respect to occupation, that had
been sufficiently proved by the evidence of the tax col-
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CONFERENCE AT THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. —A
conference was held at the College of Physicians, Pail.
mall, on Monday, of representatives from the medical
colleges of England, Ireland, and Scotland, with the
view of determining upon the course which they ought
to adopt in respect of the anticipated " medical reform "
bill. It is understood that the conference was favour.
able to the view recently adopted by the British Medi-
cal Association, to the effect that a portion of the
" medic
"al couned" should be nominated by Government,
but the third part," as proposed by the association's
committee, was considered too much. The select com-
mittee of last year recommended that the whole of the
council should be appointed byGovernment, and be directly
responsible to Pat liament through its chief, the President
of the Board of Ilenith,