The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-10 00:00:00

POLICE I.NTELLIGENCE.-TillS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A TRAINER OF YOUNG THIEVES.—Charles Smith,
who described himself as a tailor, was charged be-
fore Mr. Knox with assaulting Andrew Bartley, a
servant, residing at No. 53, Broad-street.
The prosecutor said that on returning home
last night to No. 53, Broad-street, where he was
at present staying, he got into conversa-
tion with the prisoner and another man,
and on their telling him that they had been locked
out of their lodgings he took them home with him
to sleep, and, having made up a bed for them, re-
tired to rest. On getting up that morning he found
the prisoner in bed, but the other man gone, and a
quantity of his property also, of the value of
He went downstairs with the prisoner, who
tried to get away, and on his taking bold of
him to prevent him, the prisoner struck him vio-
lently in the face and smothered him in blood. lld
gave the prisoner afterwards into the custody of a
constable.

Police-constable Levi Dring, 69 C, proved
taking tlie prisoner into custody on the charge- of
assault.

The prisoner, who was in his shirt sleeves, said
he had been robbed by the other man as well as the
prosecutor. Ile was a respectable tailor, living in
Peter-street, and knew nothing of the other man.
Mr. Knox sent the constable to the address the
prisoner gave in Peter-street, and on entering
the court he said that the prisoner was not known
there at all.

The prisoner said he could assure the magistrate
he was a respectable man.
At this stage of the case, Gordon, a plain-clothes
officer of the C Division, happened to drop into
court, and recognised the prisoner, stepped forward,
and said that he knew the prisoner as a trainer of
oung thieves. A few nights ago he turned the
prisoner out of a public-house in Compton-street,
on which occasion he was in company of about a
dozen young thieves from the Dials. lie also knew
all the prisoners to be the companions of a noto-
rious receiver named Cook, and he believed his real
name to be Bryan, and that he had been once
transported.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.

DANGEROUS STONE THROWlNG.—Bartholomew
Daley, a boy, was charged before Mr. Knox with
throwing stones in Kensington-gardens to the dan-
ger of passengers.

A police-constable of the A division said that he
was on duty in Kensington-gardens yesterday even-
ing, about 8 o'clock, when he saw the prisoner and
a number of other boys throwing stones at every
one passing, and on his going after them to turn
them out of the gardens the boys set to throwing
stones at him also. He caught the prisoner—who
was fined 2s. 6d. in September last for a similar
offence—and took him to the station.

Mr. Knox fined the prisoner ss. or three days.

THAMES.

A VERY BAD SUN.—William Hallibone, a tall
youth, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged
with stealing a silver watch, the property of his
father.

William Hallibone said he was a chimney sweeper
in James-street, Poplar. He had repeatedly dis-
carded his son for dishonesty and misconduct. His
son had robbed him through thick and thin. The
lad was forbidden the house; but directly ho left
the house in the morning to do his work the boy
came in, put his mother at defiance, and took any-
thing he could lay his hands on. Yesterday, at
dinner time, there was a silver watch in a drawer.
It was missing in the evening.
Mr. Benson—Had you any evidence he stole the
watch ?

Witness—No doubt of it, who else would rob a
poor man like me. He has robbed me 50 times.
An old gentleman was robbed by him many years

Mr. Benson—There is no evidence at all against
him, and he is discharged. Keep him out of your
house.
The father—l will. If ever I catch him in the
house again, I'll larrup him, I'll flay him alive, I will.
Mr. Benson—No. Don't attempt to do that.
The law will not permit you to flay him alive.