The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Oct. 7.

LAMBETH.—DISTURBING A CONGREGATION.•--.
Charles Billington, a journeyman carpenter, was
charged before Mr. Elliott with entering a Baptist
chapel in Regent-street, Lambeth, while in a state
of intoxication, and disturbing the congregation.
Mr. James Smith, a master baker, carrying on
business at 117, Lambeth-walk, deposed that on the
bay before he was in the gallery of the Baptist
chapel in Regent-street, at the evening service, when
the prisoner entered that place of worship, and per-
ceiving he kept his face in his cap in apparent
prayer a much longer time than usual, he suspected
something wrong. He next commenced to utter
broken sentences in a loud tone of voice; and per-
ceiving he was the worse for liquor, he (Mr. Smith)
approached him to request that he would be quiet
and not interrupt the service, and spoke to him in a
quiet manner, The prisoner, however, exclaimed,
" If you insult me, I'll knock you down," and made
several blows at him and those about him. Per-
ceiving that a serious disturbance was likely to
ensue, he (witness) left the chapel to look for a
policeman, and on his return he found the whole
congregation in a state of perfect terror, and as
great an amount of confusion prevailing as if the
place was on fire, and it was with much difficulty
that the prisoner, who by that time had made his
way to the front of the gallery, was► removed from
the building.
Police-sergeant Isaac Shepheard, 36 A, deposed
that, on entering the sacred edifice he found the
congregation in a state of perfect alarm from the
prisoner's conduct. He (the prisoner) was in front
of the gallery in a state of perfect frenzy, cursing
and swearing at the minister and congregation.
Making use also of the most obscene language, and
threatening death and destruction to those around
him. He refused to leave when requested, so that
he was compelled to remove him by force, and, while
doing so, he made several attempts to strike and
kick him. When removed from the chapel, so
violent was he, that it required the united exertions
of four constables to take him to the station.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that,
some years ago he had a fall from a building and
injured his head, so that drink drove him mad, and
he should not had gone to the chapel if he had not
been drinking. He further said he had been on the
" strike" for three months, and. was so weak that
the drink had a greater effect on him, and all he
recollected of his improper conduct was, that the
children in the gallery began to laugh at him, and
this, he supposed, set him off.
It was stated by the gaoler, that the prisoner,
who was an ingenious and excellent mechanic, had
been in custody at this court two or three times for
violent conduct towards the police and others while
under the influence of drink.
Mr. Eliiott told the prisoner that such conduct
as his could not be tolerated, and convicted him in
a penalty of 205., or in default to 20 days' impri-
sonment.

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—SamueI Morley,
an errand boy, in the service of Mr. Geo. Cressweil,
pork butcher, in High-street, Newington, was
charged with embezzling 125., the moneys of his
master.

From the evidence, it appeared, that on Satur-
day the prisoner was sent with two joints of pork
to two customers of his master, received the money
for them, and absconded. On Sunday morning he
was spprehended after he had spent the whole of
the money,
The prisoner, who is only 14 years of age was
remanded for the attendance of the parties who paid
him the money.

SOUTHWARK.—SINGULAR CHARGE OF
BlGAMY.—SamueliVfills, a respectable-looking
man, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged
with intermarrying with Emma Underwood, his
first wife being then and now living.

Police-constable 294 M said, from information he
received he took the prisoner into custody, and
when ho was told he was charged with inter-
marrying with Emma Underwood, his former wife
being then alive, ho said " That's all stuff," but
afterwards he admitted that it was true, but his
first wife had committed bigamy. The second wife,
who was present at the time, handed him a copy of
the register of the first marriage, solemnised at
Croydon, and a copy of her own, at St. George's-in-
the-East. The prisoner said " they were all right."
Mr. Burcham asked if he had compared those
copies with the original entries in the books ?
He replied that he had not had time to do so, as
the prisoner was not given into his custody until
Saturday night. He asked for a remand for that
pus pose.
1 he prisoner here said that he was taken in by the
first wife, who declared to him that she was a single
woman; but a short while after the marriage he
found out that she was married and her husband
was living; therefore he considered himself free to
marry the second wife.
The second wife said she believed that to be true,
as she examined the register of the female's mar-
riage, but still she considered that there was some-
thing mysterious about the circumstances.
The prisoner said he could prove that his first
wife had a husband alive at the time he married her.
Mr. Burcham told him if he could do so there
would be an end of the case, and the second wife
would be his lawful wife. Had he evidence in
court to that effect ? _ _

The prisoner replied in the negative, but he should
be able to do so on a future day.
Mr. B urcham remanded him until Thursday, and
directed the constable to examine the registers at
the churches and produce the necessary witnesses.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECTOR.—
Sohn Fitzgibbon, a respectable-looking man, was
charged with . embezzling upwards of £2OO, the
moneys of his employers, Messrs. Davey, Thomson,
and Alder, coal merchants, Old Barge house-wharf,
Blackfriars-road.
Mr. Warrand, solicitor for the Association for the
Prosecution of Swindlers, attended. to prosecute ;
and Mr. Edwin defended the prisoner.
Mr. Gilbert Alder, one of the partners, said that
the prisoner had been in their employ 17 years a$

traveller and collector at a salary of £2 2s. a week
and travelling expenses. It was his duty to receive
money from the customers and enter the same in a
book daily in the office, and pay the same to wit-
ness or one of the partners, who signed the items
so entered and paid in. On the 18th of July last
the prisoner received £7 155.. from Mr. Green,
of Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, which ,he had
not accounted for in the book, and witness held riot
received it. There were other sums amounting, to
about £2OO which he had not accounted for, but as
the invoices delivered by the prisoner and receipted
by him were not dated, he had a difficulty to select
many cases within the six months required by law.
Mr. Charles Green, coal-merchant, Chapel-street,
Belgrave-square, said he was a customer of the pro-
secutors, and on the 18th of July last he paid the
prisoner £7 15s. on their account. The prisoner
gave him the receipt produced.
Mr. Burcham here observed that it was the duty
of the prisoner to pay over money to each or any
of the partners, he must have all those gentlemev.
in attendance to give evidence, as the prisoner's
defence might be that he had paid the money either
to Mr. Thomson or Mr. Davey.
Mr. Alder said that the sums were not entered in
his hook.

Mr. Burcham told him that did not matter. It
was the duty of the prosecution to prove the case
against the prisoner. Before they could proceed any
further the other partners must be present.
Mr. Alder said that Mr. Thomson was on the Con-
tinent, but if his won hip would grant a further re•
man d, he would communicate with him and Mr.
Davey, so that they should be in attendance as
quickly as possible.

Mr.Burcham remarked that it seemed to him to
be an artful and extensive system of robbery, and
he should not be doing his duty unless he gave the
prosecutors every opportunity to complete their
case. He should therefore remand him for another
week.

WESTMINSTER.—COMBINATION OF WORK-
MEN.—John 111.‘Cormack, a labourer, was charged
with violently assaulting John O'Brien, a man in
the same condition of life.

Complainant said he was walking in the Queen's-
road, Chelsea, with his wife, on Saturday night,
when defendant came up and violently assaulted
him.

Mr. Paynter inquired the cause.
Cotnpialnant said they had both been engaged as
labourers at the new barracks, Queen's-road, Chel-
sea, and the labourers turned out at 7 o'clock on
Saturday morning, with the exception of himselY
and another man, who refuoed to leave. He did not
see defendant again until the evening, when he met
him, as stated, in the Queen's-road, when the de-
fendant called him the vilest names, and said he
would kill him for having stopped to work at the
building in the morning. Defendant and the other
men had insisted on having their money for the
work they had done, and left suddenly.
_ .

Ann OBrien corroborated her husband's state-
ment. Defendant struck her husband because he
did not " turn out" in the morning.
John Murphy, the other man who had remained
on the works, proved that he was near complainant
at the time he was assaulted, when defendant came
up, and called them " - crawlers" for remaining
at work, and not going on the strike. Defendant
gave witness a push in the back and a blow in the
face.

Police-constable George Everist said he was
called by O'Brien, who wv.s bleeding very much.
Defendant used disgusting language, and, throwing
himself on the ground, said he would not go to the
station.

Police•constable 126 B, said that in assisting to
convey defendant to the station, he made a kick at
one of the other men, which witness received by
accident.

James Higgins, 73 B, said he heard defendant de-
clare that he struck complainant because he did
not leave the works. He added that he intended
to take him in somewhere to drink, and then pick
a quarrel with him.
Defendant—You are a pig-headed liar.
Mr. Paynter inquired the cause of the " turn t-out."
Josiah Vincent, a superintendent at the works,
explained that the labourers worked in gangs and
any indolence or neglect of one necessarily st, pped
the whole ; one man having detained the 01 hers,
the foreman discharged him, upon which the or, thers
of that gang turned out, insisted upon having their
money, and left, excepting the two men; now
present.
Mr. Paynter asked whether they had ret txned
to their labour.

The Superintendent replied they had not pll?sen-
ted themselves, nor would they be employed n, gain
if they did.
The Policeman said that defendant had had; two
months a short time ago for a similar offence. I
Mr. Paynter said he did not think the olt ‘nce
was one under the 6th of George the IV., cap-7129,
respecting the combination of workmen, but it 'f-was
quite clear that the assault was an act of reve ka.ge,
because the complainant has had the good sens a to
remain at his work. So much has been said u pen
matters of this description, that it was useless., to
repeat what must occur to every sensible mind. fi
assault a man under such circumstances as the 13. r:
sent, was a most serious offence, and defendaz t
must pay the full penalty of £5.
He was committed for two months in default. !;
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN WESTMINSTER.—Jamedi,
Evans, a short thick-set man, 23 years of age, de-1
scribed as a shoemaker, was charged with feloni-
ously assaulting and wounding Sarah Mullins, with
intent to murder her.

James White, 45, said that early on Thursday
morning, the 3d inst., a woman came to him in
Peter-street, Westminster, with nothing on but her
chemise, bleeding from three or four wounds on the
head and body. She stated that they had been
inflicted by a man, at No. 14, Old Pye-street,
where she lodged. She stated that when she went
home, shortly before, she supposed that the man
must have concealed himself under the stairs, and
that after she had undressed herself and got into
bed he broke open her room door, and, having
beaten her most unmercifully with a poker, then
inflicted with a knife the wounds which she bore
upon her. She entreated him not to murder her,
when he declared that he meant to do it for her.
Witness hastened with her to the house, but the
man was gone. He found a large case-knife on the
bed-clothes, end a great quantity of blood about
the place. He immediately conveyed her to the
hospital, but as the wounds did not appear to be
very bad, he subsequently conveyed her to the
workhouse, where she had, however, become worse.
Her body was in a shocking state, being one-mass
of bruses where he had beaten her with the
poker. From information witness received, he
went yesterday afternoon to Union-street, Borough,
hearing that prisoner was at work there for a man
named Bone. Prisoner was concealed under a bed,
and on witness desiring him to come from his hid-
ing place he did so. Witness then told him he ap-
prehended him for feloniously cutting and wounding
Sarah Mullins, when he replied that he never
stabbed her, but that he had beat her about, and was
-- he did not give her more. Witness took him
to the workhouse, and the unfortunate woman, im-
mediately upon catching sight of him, said, " That
is the man who stabbed me, and heat me with the
poker."
Mr. Punter inquired in what state the woman
was at present.

Witness replied very ill.
Mr. Paynter inquired whether the constable
knew what the injured person was.
Witness replied he believed an unfortunate
woman.

Mr. Paynter remanded the prisoner till Tuesday
next, directing the constable to make diligent in-
quiry from time to time at the workhouse, in order
that if fatal consequences were feared, information
might be given at that court, when the sitting ma-
gistrate would proceed to the house and take her
deposition.

GREENWICH.—INDECENT ASSAULT UPON A
CHILD BY A CANDIDATE FOR THE METROPOLITAN
POLlCE.—Thomas Joyce, aged 23, describing him-
self as a clerk, of 10, Union-street, Deptford, was
charged with indecently assaulting Matilda Albina
Fanchon, a child 11 years of age.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner
had occupied apartments at the house of the child's
mother about a fortnight. On Saturday afternoon
he asked the child to bring a pen into his room.
She did so, upon which the prisoner inquired her
age and put other questions, and having offered her
a sixpence, proceeded to act in a grossly indecent
manner towards her, when she was released by the
prisoner on her clinging to a post of the 'bedstead in
her room. She afterwards told a female cousin, a
child about her own age, what had occurred, and this
being communicated to the child's mother, the pri-
soner was subsequently given into custody, when
he expressed a wish to settle the affair with the
mother before being taken to the police station.
The prisoner addressed the Inngistrato at very
considerable length, and said he had only arrived
in England from Curk about three weeks,_etropolitan and was
at that moment a candidate for Me
tropolitan
Police
Police Force, baying testimonials as to character
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writting, a letter she asked him if to his wife, and on his telling her he was not, for he
had no wife, she took hold of him by the whiskers
and offered to kiss him if
_he would give her a penny,
which ha not only refused to do, but ordered her to
leave his room.

Mr. Maude said he had listened to the prisonss
statement with that attention and patience which