The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 30.

MANSION-HOUSE.

He was remanded till Wednesday,and'bail was
refused.

Three girls named Catherine Casey, Sarah Long,
and Sonora Connor were charged with begging in
Cornbill on Saturday afternoon.
Police-constable 416 proved the offence, and said
that he found 7d. upon the prisoners.
They were sentenced to 7 days' imprisonment
with hard labour, and the Lord Mayor expressed
his regret that he was not empowered to commit
their mothers for a similar period.

CLERICENWELL.—A tall powerful-looking
fellow, who gave the name of Thomas Preston
McCarthy, aged 38, described on the police-sheet
as a tobacco manufacturer, residing at 53, Burr-
street, Lower East Smithfield, was placed at the
bar before Mr: Corrie, charged with carrying and
conveying in St. John-street, Islington, one cask
containing two hundred weight of foreign manu-
factured tobacco, liable to forfeiture under a
law of the customs ; also with assaulting the officers
in the execution of their duty.
A solicitor attended to proecute on behalf of the
Board of Customs.
The prisoner, it was stated, was well known to
the officers as one of the most expert and daring
smugglers on the banks of the Thames, and in ad-
dition to pursuing his unlawful calling in the most
open manner, has often been heard to say (he being
a very strong man) that he would never be taken
alive by any single or two men. When engaged in
carrying any of the contraband goods,- he always
drove a very fast and high-spirited horse, so that he
managed to make his escape, although he has been
followed a great distance by the Excise officers.
Information having been forwarded to the proper
authorities that the prisoner was about moving a
quantity of tobacco that bad not paid the duty, the
case was put into the able hands of Mr. Superin-
tendent Evan, of the Thames police, who watched
the prisoner's movements, and saw him at the
Islington toll-gate, in a chaise cart, paying the toll.
He told the officer of customs to seize the horse's
head, while he and another officer got isto the cart.
As soon as Mr. *Evans got into the cart, he said to
the prisoner, " McCarthy, I want to know what
• yuu have got here ?" pointing to the cask, when he
said, " All right," and began beating his horse very
violently. Mr. Evans then said to the prisoner,
"McCarthy, you know me," upon which he re-
plied, " No, Ido not, you —," and then seizing
him by the collar, pushed him against the side of
the cart, and leaning all his weight upon Mr.
Evans' chest, threwhim completely over head and
heels into the road. Fortunately Mr. Evans was
not much hurt, and at once got into the cart to the
assistance of the constable, whom the prisoner had
pushed over the seat, when another desperate
struggle ensued. At last the prisoner was got out of
the cart, when he plunged and kicked violently,
and knocked the skin off the shins of the superin •
tendent's legs. By this time a mob of between 200
and 300 persons, many of them of the lowest cha-
racter !had assembled, and theprisoner, both in Irish
and English, called upon them to rescue him, and
it was with the greatest difficulty that the officers
could retain him in custody. Other assistance hav-
ing arrived the prisoner pretended to be very much
the worse for liquor, and while the police were
dragging him to the Islington-green police-station,
he tried all he could to throw the men down, and
thus to make his escap:. When at the police-station
his conduct was so violent that he-had to be hand-
cuffed, and his boots taken off. The tobacco was
taken to the Custom-house stores, and it was found
to be of the value of 112/. 6'. 9d., including the
duty.

The prisoner, in defence, said it was his first
offence, and he was very sorry for what he had done.
He was the worse for liquor, or he should not have
assaulted the officer. He did not know what the
cask Gout Ained, and had been employed by a man
to carry it.

Mr. Corrie said it would be better for the pri-
soner to say who it was that employed him. It
was a pity that he should suffer for another person.
,The prisoner said he would never tell who em-
ployed bill]. That was not his game, and he would
sooner die first.

Mr, Currie said if the prisoner liked to be obsti-
nate ho must take the consequence 9. He then
ordered him to pay the sum of 337/. 3s. 3d., or in
default of payment nine months' imprisonment in
the House of Correction.
The prisoner, who treated the matter very coolly,
was then locked up.

SOUTHWARK.—The two coloured girls, fugi-
tive slaves from Kentucky, who were oriinally
brought up at this court on a charge of begging,
and who were discharged by the magistrate, and
have since received some advice from him and sonic
assistance from the poor-biz appeared yesterday
to state that they hal received a letter from a per-
son at Brighton, offering to take thorn both into
his service. They handed the letter to Mr. Bur-
cham, and sail the writer had called that morning,
and wanted them to go to Brighton at once.
Mr. Burcham observed that the letter was anony-
mous, and recommended the girls to tell the per-
son, if he called on them again, to wait upon him
at this court.
Some further assistance was then given them out
of the contributions which persons interested in
the case have forwarded, and an American gentle-
man in court handed in 21., to be applied in pro-
curing them some warmer clothing.

- THAMES.—John Stephens, 60 H, and John
Brown, 186 H, the two constibles charged with
causing the death of Wiliams, a sailor, by violence
towards him in Ratcliffe-highway, were re-exa-
mined. They had been remanded to await the
result of the coroner's ii quest, which took place
yesterday, and will be found in another part of our
columns.
The magistrate, after hea' ing some evidence, said
there was no case against Stephens, and dischargel
him, and direct?d him to go into the witness-box
and state what he knew of the matter. He then
discharged Brown also, remarking that the officers
left the court without any imputation on their
character.

GREENWICH.—CharIes Hartley was charged
with wilfully altering a telegraphic signal at the
Doptford station of the London and. Greenwich
Railway. _ _

John Stebbing, who has charge of the telegra-
phic signals at the Deptford station, stated that on
the arrival of the 10.25 train from London on the
previous night, he telegraphed, as usual, to the
man at the North Kent Junction, to "Stop all
down," and received a signal that the notice had
II arrived. Ho then left the signal room to attend
to the outside danger signal, when he heard
a sound from the gong, and a Pign al ,wa s received
from the man at the junction, acknowledging the '
receipt of a message frnn Deptford of " All clear."
He had not sent such a message, and he then saw
the prisoner coming out of the signal room. It
was immediately after found that an improper s,in-
nal bad arrived at Greenwich to the effect that the
up line was blocked, which was not the case. The
prisoner was the only person in or near the signal-
ro-m at the time the-at messages were sent, and
was accordingly given into custody. He was as-
sistant to a vrocer at Deptford.
The magistrate, after referring to the act, de-
cided to send the prisoner for trial, when Mr. Rees
applied for a remand,
in order
thet thatopsreorvveiceof the
the
prisoner bad been four years
Great Western Company, a fact of importance, as
in
showing that the prisoner knew the nature and im-
portance of these signals.
The prisoner, who merely remarked that lie had
m
been four months only the employ of the Great
Western Company; was Or.* ratuanded.

Thomas Piper, jun., and John Young were re-
examined on the charge of unlawfully disinterring
aid exposing bodies in a state, of decomposition in
the Roman Catholic burial-ground in Mcorfielde.
Mr. Mitchell, inspector of the City police, Dr.
Letheby, and other witnesses, deposed to the great
qnantity of human remains which was exposed iu
the burial-ground, and the sickening and dangerous
character of the effluvia which arose from them.
it was admitted that Messrs. Piper and Young,
when the nuisance was complained of, did every-
thing that was suggested t obviate it.
The Lord Mayor thought it would be satisfactory
to all parties that the case be submitted to a jury.
The defendants said they should reserve their
defence, and entered into their own recognisauces
in 401. each to meet the charge at the sessions.
The Lord Mayor has received 51. from T. C. for
the poor-box.

William Broodie, a respectably-dressed Scotch-
man, was charged with stealinz a great coat.
Mr. J. N. Jones, warehouseman, iu Newington
Butts, said he was in Cheapside News-rooms at two
o'clock to-day, and placed his great coat at the
back of one of the settles. He presently moved
away to another spot, and had not long been there,
when he saw the prisoner in the act of bolting off
with his coat. He called to him, " Holloa, where
are you going to take that coat to I" Prisoner
came back in a state of great excitement, and said
he was taking it away thinking it was his own.
He had no coat of his own there, and witness took
him down stairs to the proprietors, and he was
given into custody.
White, constable No. 3, said he searched the pri-
soner, and found on him 6d. and some keys.
Many coats, capes, and umbrellas have lately been
stolen from the same place..
Prisoner—l took my own coat there and placed
it near the prosecutor's, and mistook his for mine,
which I looked for and could not find.