The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.

WESTMINSTER,.
AN IRISH BOW.—DESPERATE ASSAULTS ON THE
POLlCE.—Jeremiah Connell, Cornelius Sheen, Ann
Connell and Richard Connell, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Arnold, charged under the following circum-
stances :
Geo. Finnie, 174 B, said—On Saturday night last, at
a quarter to twelve, I was on duty in Great Peter-
street, and saw the prisoner Jeremiah standing at the
" Grey Coat Boy" drunk and causing a disturbance, a
mob being around him I went up to him and tried to
persuade him to go away. lie bad some beer which he
had taken from some one inside in a pot, the contents of
which he threw over me, and followed that up by strik-
ing me with his fist ani attempted to strike me with
the pot. I then knocked him down with my fist, when
he got up and punched my head. I took him into cus-
tody and he was very violent, kicking all who came near
him all the way to the station. The prisoner Sheen came up
and struck me a very violent blow while I was taking
Connell to the station, and dragged hold of me by the
collar. He was very drunk.
John Davis, 154 B—l went to the assistance of
Finnic. who had hold of Jeremiah Connell, he was very
violent, kicking every one. He struck and kicked me'despe-
mtely over the eye. Sheen came up and said he would
take him away ; the female prisoner kept laying hold of
several constables and endeavoured to pull them away.
Jeremiah was at het so violent that it was nee :wary to
get a stretcher and' the assistance of several other con-
stables.
William Gearing, 86 B—l went to the assistance of
the other constables, who were endeavouring to take
Jeremiah Connell into custody. He was exceedingly
violent and kicked me very severely in the heal and also
several times in the privates, which hurt me very much,
from which lam now suffering. Ann Connell followed the
constables to the station, dragged hod of them repeatedly
and incited the crowd to rescue the prisoner Jeremiah.
She also kicked me in the legs, but havizig no shoes on
did not hurt me very much. Richard Connell, assisted
by others, threw a great number of stones, and one of
them struck me on the head ; I believe the prisoner
Richard Connell threw it. I took Ann and Richard
Connell into custody.
William Dighton, 75 B—l went to the assistance of
my brother constables. Jeremiah Connel was very
violent, kicking and plunging. We got him as far as
Peter-street, when several stones struck me in succes-
sion. I went out into the road in order to discover who
it was that was throwing, when I was struck again on
the side of the head with another stone. I saw Sheen
run up to Daws and strike him on the head, when I
took him into custody. The woman was trying to get
Jeremiah away.
Jeremiah said the constables struck Lim first, and
Sheen, that he was so drunk he knew nothing about it.
Ann and Richard Connell told a long, rambling story
about going to help the one, their son, and the other his
brother.
It having been stated that in consequence of the
violence of the prisoners, Davis and Gearing were dis-
abled from attending to their duty,
Mr. Arnold said that the prisoner Jeremiah Con-
nell had, without the least provocation, committed
a series of assault', and had been the cause of the
whole tran-action, which had assumed a very serious
aspect, and almost might be called a riot, several persons
in the crowd having ill-used the constables and thrown
stones at them, whereby they had been-disabled. Sheen
who knew nothing about the prisoner, appearedthis dis-
to have
been very drunk, and merely to have joined in
turbance in order to ill-treat the police, who were law-
fully executing their duty. In consideration of
Ann
Connell being the mother of the Colinas, and probably
endeavouring on that account merely to
get h
away, be should fine her 10s., or in default
to comm
asit
bad
her
for seven days. Richard Connell appeared be
as the others. He should commit Jeremiah Connell r
one month to hard labour in the House of Correction,
Sheen for 14 days, Ann Connell, 10s., or seven days, and
Richard Connell 14 days.