The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-04 00:00:00

LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.)
VOLT V. LIGIIT.

This was an action of damages for injury done to the
plaintiff's poney and cart, by the negligence of the de-
fendant's servants coming in contact with it by his waggon
or lawrey, at the cab-stand in Leadenhall-street, on the
26th of November last, by which the poney was injured,
and afterwards died, and the cart broken.
The jury found for the plaintiff—damages, £l2.

POLICE INLELLIqENCE—( This Day).

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

RODDERY.—ESCAPE OP THE THIEF AND FORTUNATE
RECAPTURE.—CharIes Roberts, alias Henry, a thick-set
follow, and who gave an address at Shepherd's Bush, was
charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing the breastpin of
Mr. John Gibson Smith, surgeon, of 06, Great Russell-
street.

The prisoner was brought to the court handcuffed.
From the evidence of Mr. Smith, it appeared that on the
morning of Thursday last, about four o'clock, he was pass-
ing
,through the Regent Circus, when he saw a crowd of
persons collected, and on stepping up to see the cause a man
put his hand over his shoulder and took his breastpin, and
handed it to the prisoner. lie charged the prisoner with it,
but he denied it, and dropped it at his feet. He then laid
hold of him and gave him into custody.
John Salter, 202 C, said on going to the spot he found
the prosecutor and the prisoner struggling together. The
prisoner denied having taken prosecutor's pin. He then
took him into custody, and on the way to the station the
prisoner, who was followed by Cook, 106 C, was seen to
drop something which proved to be a pin, but not the pro-
secutor's—the prosecutor having previously secured his
pin.

Cook, 106 C, confirmed a portion of the evidence of Salter,
and, in addition, said that in King-street ho picked up a
pin which prisoner threw from his pocket.
Costiek, Si C, proved picking up a pin outside the station
after the prisoner was taken in.

The prisoner was committed for trial, but will be brought
up again in a week.

The method by which the prisoner effected his escape is
not a little singular. It appears that he was placed as
usual in the lobby of the police-court where prisoners are
placed, and while the constables were talking together who
had charge of him, thinking they had him quite secure,
their backs being against a door leading towards Marl-
borough-street, so that he could not pass, the prisoner,
with considerable dexterity, slipped through the back door
leading to the yard at the back of the court, and I
having scaled several walls of the houses in
Marlborough-street, each of them about ten feet
high, managed to escape, for which the constables Latten
and Cook were suspended by the Commissioners of Police.
Since then the constables have kept a sharp look out, and
on Saturday evening Latten and Cook having just got off
a steam-boat, and while passing up Hungerford-street, saw
the prisoner standing there, and at once collared him.
While passing Trafalgar-square the prisoner offered a despe-
rate resistance, being aided by some ruffians, his friends,
A lengthened and severe struggle, in whichthe officers lost
their hats, took place, but determined not again to lose
their prisoner, manfully resisted all attempts at a rescue,
and succeeded in safely lodging him in custody.