The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 31.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Augustus, Bherrings, a
respectably-dressed young man, a foreigner, de-
scribed as a merchant's clerk, aid who had been
bailed, was charged before the Lord Mayor on
Wednesday with an alleged attempt to stab Jona-
than Magnus Marshall with a pocket-knife.
Mr. Beard attended to prefer the charge,
The complainant said---I am a coasting pilot, and
live at 8, Russell-place, Blackwell. The defendant
was formerly in my employment as clerk in a ship-
chandler's trade, in which I was engaged with a
person named Brandt. The partnership terminated
in November last. Yesterday, between three and
four o'clock, I was passing along Little George-
street, Minories, and met the defendant. I asked
him where Mr. Brandt was, to which he made no
reply. I asked him a second time ; he spat at me ;
upon which liinmediately struck him. We separated,
and I went to Bretz's hotel in the same street.
About a quarter of an hour afterwards, when I
was sitting in a room there alone, having some
brandy-and-water, the door opened, and I looked
round and saw this man, the defendant approach-
ing me with the knife produced (a pocket one) in
his hand, which he was trying to conceal. Afraid
he would stab me I turned round and knocked him
down, and then ran out for a policeman. My
thumb was severely cut—l believe by the " instru-
ment"—and it has been since dressed by a sur-
geon. When he entered the room I fancied he
had a pistol ; and, like a man in battle, I thought
I should be shot if I ran away. I called for the
landlord, and as he came I was in the act of
" bolting." I have been a good deal among these
foreigners, audit is a common practice for them to
use the knife.

By Mr. Beard—l immediately struck him on his
entering the room, when I saw the " instrument" in
his hand, believing I was about to be murdered.
The Lord Mayor (to the complainant)—You first
struck the man in the street, under an apprel,en-
sion, perhaps well founded, that he was about to
molest you, but there is no proof of it ; and you
also struck him first on his entering the room. For
anything that appears to the contrary, it may be
that he did not intend to use the knife, and that
the wound was given by accident.
Witness, in reply to Mr. Beard, said he went
very much in fear of the defendant's violence,
believing that the defendant meant to kill him.
The complainant occasionally gave his evidence
in a flippant manner.
The defendant said, in broken English, he was
in a wrong position. He had intended to give the
complainant into custody for assaulting him in the
street, but before he could find a policeman the
complainant had the cunning to give him in
charge. The complainant on meeting him in the
street struck him in the eye without any provoca-
tion, and on remonstrating he struck him a second
time. He (the defendant) had been repeatedly
threatened by hint, and was not safe in the open
street against his violence.
The Lord Mayor told the defendant he should
have to bind him over to keep the peace towards
the complainant, who had sworn that he went in
bodily fear of him.
The defendant (a gentle-looking young man) said
he had not broken the peace, and that in truth he
went in apprehension of violence from the com-
plainant.
The Lord Mayor said he was obliged to act upon
the evidence of the complainant on that point, given
upon oath, and ordered the defendant to enter into
his own recognisanees in £2O to keep the peace
towards the complainant for six months:

GUILDHALL.—Joseph Covington was sum-
moned on the charge that he was the proprietor of
an omnibus, No. 6,958, plying between Paddington
and London-bridge, the conductor whereof did un-
lawfully take more than his lawful fare.
Mr. Thomas, of No. 1, Falcon-street, Falcon-
square, said—l entered the defendant's omnibus on
Friday night last about half-past 11 o'clock at
B,atlibone-place, and on arriving at the General
Post-office, I tendered the usual fare of 3d. The
conductor demanded 6d, upon which I told him I had
never paid mote than 3d, and I gave him a ss•piece.
Colonel Wilson—How much did he take ?
Complainant—He gave me 4s change, and said
" '1 hat is how I serve such men as you. '

Conductor—He threatened to summon me, and,
as the matter was to be contested, I said I would
charge him the full fare of ls.
Colonel Wilson—Did the conductor tell you that
the fare was ls at the time you entered the omni-
bus ?
Complainant—No, sir, and I Was not aware of
there being a Is fare.
Conductor—lt is painted on the door, and I have
a right to claim it. The fare has been several times
disputed, but I have convicted persons who have
refused to pay it before Mr. Henry, at Bow-
street, and Mr, Mansfield, at Marylebone.
Complainant--The ls. fare is imperceptible to
passengers inside the omnibus.
Inspector Duddy said—ln consequence of this

complaint I have obtained a faithful copy of the
table of fares in the omnibus in question, and the
ls. fare is so small, so illegibly painted, and in such
a position as would render it impossible for pas-
sengers in the omnibus to read it.
Alderman Phillips (to the conductor)—Did you
at first ask for Gd. and then take ls. ?
Conductor—l (Lid, sir. Ido not deny it.
Colonel Wilson—ls this a London General Om-
nibus Company's omnibus.
Conductor—No, sir.
Colonel Wilson—They would not be guilty of
such a thing ?

Conductor—No, sir.
.Colonel Wilson—No ; they would be ashamed to
practise such a deception upon the pz;blic.
Conductor—We run after the Loncism General
Omnibus Company, and I have done the same
thing for the last 23 years.
Alderman Humphrey—l don't believe that, or
you would have been found out before.
Alderman Phillips—lf you have carried on this
imposition so long it is quite time it was put a stop
to. This gentleman very properly tendered you
the ordinary fare, and objected to your demand for
6d., and because he trusted you with a larger amount
of money you take is. I consider your conduct
exceedingly reprehensible.
Alderman Copeland—l am inclined to think the
gentleman would have been justified in giving you
into custody for stealing the money.
Conductor—l have only taken the fare according
to the provisions of the Act of Parliament.
Inspector Duddy—l wish to explain to the court
that Covington is the proprietor of two omni-
' buses, the numbers of which are 6,958 and 6,234.
They run from the Royal Oak at Paddington
to the Railway Terminus at London bridge.
The ordinary fares by the London General Omni-
bus Company's vehicles and other omnibuses are
2d. and 3d., but the defendant's outside bills are
printed with an intention to deceive, for between
the words " Farringdon-street," which appear in
large letters, and a large figure of " 2d.," the words
" To the Bank" are introduced in letters so small as
to be perfectly invisible to the general public riding
by these omnibuses. Whenever either of the defen-
dant's omnibuses arrive at the Bank, complaints
from the passengers are sure to follow about the
fares, and this morning I heard several of the de-
fendant's customers declaring it was a rank swindle.
I rode in the omnibus this morning for the purpose
of obtaining a copy of the fares. The ordinary
charges appear to have been painted by a profes-
sional hand, but the extraordinary fares complained
of are daubed in at the bottom of the door in any-
thing but a legible manner, or a conspicuous posi-
tion.
Col. Wilson—Then a person would not be able
to see it at night time ?
Inspector Duddy—No, sir; nor at any other
time from the inside of the omnibus.
The conductor stdd the omnibus was outside the
court for the inspection of the magistrates, who ac-
cordingly went out to view it. They entered the
vehicle. and having carefully observed the table of
fares and the positions of them returned into court.
Alderman Phillips said the table of fares is not
in acordance with the Act of Parliament, which
requires them to be painted distinctly, and in a con-
spicuous part of the omnibus. The fares, " Before
9 a.m. 6d." and " After 1 l p.m. and before 3 a.m.
is.;" are neither distinct nor in a conspicuous posi-
tion, and my brother magistrates are of the same
opinion with me, that this is a gross attempt on the
part of the proprietor of these omnibuses to impose
on the public, and I therefore fine the defendant
20s. and costs.
Conductor—Will you inflict a heavier fine, so as
to enable me to appeal; for I have had the point
decided otherwise by other magistrates ?
Alderman Phillips—But they did not see your
omnibus. I have decided, and the case is therefore
at an end.
George Vernon Jackson, who carried on business
as a general merchant under the name of " Jackson
and Co." at No. 6, New Broad-street, was brought
up on remand relative to, the charge of obtaining
goods on credit within thre.
months of his bank-
ruptcy, under the false colour and pretence of
carrying on business and dealit,:g in the ordinary
course of trade, with intent to ellieat and defraud
his creditors.
No fresh cases were opened, and ti'e further or
final hearing of the whole matter was adjourned
until Wednesday next, for the completion of the
depositions.

B OW-STREET, —Charles Sealbach was brouAlit
up, on remand, on the charge of embezzling money
received on account of his master, Mr. Mabley,
printseller, 143, Strand.
The Rev. Launcelot Capel Bathurst, 4, Cam-
bridge-terrace, Kensington, deposed that on the 16; h
January the ',Libeller called at his house and Gell-
vered some chromotypes, or coloured lithographic
prints which witness had purchased at Mr. Mabley's.
The prisoner at the same time presented the bill.
Witness paid the money, £4 75., and the prisoner
receipted the bill, but did *not put a receipt stamp
on it. Witness had since obtained a properly
stamped receipt from Mr. Mabley.
Mr. Mabley said the prisoner had a stamped
t,-ceipt, which he ought to have delivered to Mr.
Bathurst, but which he returned to witness. He
never accounted for the money. The receipt which
had now been handed to Mr. Bathurst was the
same which the prisoner ought to have delivered to
that gentleman.
Mr. Hall remarked that this fraud had been com-
mitted in precisely the same manner as that which
had been proved at the former examination.
The prisoner, who offered no defence, was com-
mitted for trial on both charges.

A young lady, the daughter of the prisoner's
former employer (who recommended him to Mr.
Mabley), was in attendance in order to watch the
proceedings, with a view of communicating the
result to his friends, who reside in Germany. Tho
prisoner himsel.f is a German, and speaks English
with a slight aeceDt. He has hitherto borne an
excellent character.

r and Mary Worelly,
LAMBETIL—Ph °he Assit,'
young women in the service of I\rs. Sarah Chuck-
erbutty, an Indian lady residing At 8, Thurloe-
villas, Park-lane, Dulwich, were cbargt:d with rob-
bing their mistress of property to a large b:.'nount•
Mrs. Chuckerbutty, wife of Mr. Soorje Chu.`ker-
butty, an Indian gentlemen, said that on Wedne,:-
day morning at about half- past 7 the prisoner As-
siter entered her room and told her that the house
was broken into, and she in consequence sent the
other prisoner down stairs, who came back and said
the same. Witness went to her dressing-room, and
missed a gold bracelet and a quantity of jewelry,
plate, ansl other articles. She sent to Mr. Lancaster,
a friend in the neighbourhood, who promptly came
to her house, and soon after a police constable was
sent for. The articles produced are her husband's
property, and part of those she missed, and were of
the value of £95. _ _

_Mr. C. S. Lancaster deposed that on Wednesday
morning he was sent for by the last witness, and
on going to her house he found it in a state of great
disorder. The contents of the drawers were strewn
about; some bonnets smashed, and clothes and
other articles thrown about in different parts of the
drawing-room. The kitchen was strewn with the
remains of eggs, and the trap through which the
coals were put into the cellar was cut as well as the
cellar door, both inside and out, as if some instru-
ment had been passed near the button thatfastencd
it. He sent to the station, and Inspector Bond
came. Botlkprisoners said that on going cloN7nytairs
on that morning they found the gas lighten, and
missed about 12 eggs, as well as some fish from the
pantry. At that time it was his opinion that the
house had been broken into from without, and this
was confirmed by tho inspector, and when there on
Wednesday night the prisoner Assiter made a dis-
closure to him. She said that a fortnight before
Worelly had said that something was going to hap-
pen that night, and, on her asking her where, she
replied at the house and to the mistress ; that sub-
sequently they had conversed from time to time
on the subject of the robbery, and on the night
before it took place Worelly, who slept in the same
room with her mistress, proposed that she (Assiter)
should take the property while she (Worelly) re-
mained in her mistress's room to see that she was
not disturbed. She (Assiter) then collected the pro-
perty together, and put it into a copper on Tues-
day night, and on Wednesday morning Worelly
cut the places in the door, to make it appear that
there had been an entry there. He (witness) asked
her where the property was, and she told him in
the garden, where he found a bucket, in which the
property was deposited. Among the articles was a
massive gold bracelet, a valuable gold watch and
chain, a lace shawl of Indian production and con-
siderable value, a quantity of spoons and forks, and
the other property produced. On making this dis-
covery, witness went upstairs to Worelly's room
and asked her if she could give any information of
the property, and her reply was that she knew
nothing about it. He then produced some of the
articles that had been missing, when she said if
they had been stolen they must have been taken by
Assiter. He then confronted the prisoners, when
Worelly still denied the robbery, but on his asking
her if she had not proposed to divide the property
with Assiter, she said, " No, that was Assiter's pro-
posal." Witness told her that this amounted to a
confession, and she then said she had proposed the
robbery, because their mistress would not believe
them when they said that thieves were in the
house ; but she had forgotten her proposition until
Assiter had reminded her of it on the night before.
He (witness) then gave both into custody.
Police-constable Smith, 276 P, said he took the
prisoners into custody, And on, telling Vow the

charges agait, .st them, Assiter said, " I will tell you
the whole truth. I should not have thought of any-
thing of the kin d had not Mary (Worelly) put me
up to it. It was she who cut the door with a knife
before we went to bed, so that mistress should think
some one had brokeinto the house." Wordily was
present at this time, but said nothing.
id the prisoners were aware
Inspector Bond sa.
that their mistress had been daily expecting a large
sum of money, and no doubt they calculated on
finding a large sum in some of the drawers, and if
they had succeeded, their intention no doubt was to
have started away with the whole of the property.
In reply to a question from the magistrate, the
prosecutrix said that all the missing property had
not been found ; and th,e prisoners, who offered.
nothing it; defence, were remanded.

ITAMMERSMITH.—SamueI May Ambrook, a
private in the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, was
re-examined on a charge of stealing. a watch and
chain from Mr. Fund, a builder, of Clifton-street,
Shepherd's-bush.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced.
to six months' imprisonment with hard labour.