The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)

• CLERKENWELL.
Mr. Will iam Woodward, a Ivlerdasher, residing at
34, Clarke -s-place, Islingtyn, was charged Nith as-
saultin2,- Miss Elizabeth/Goulding, residing at 47,
Lower-road,,lslingtor,.
Miss Goulding said that on Wednesday evening
last she was PP..ssing along Clarke's-place, when she
saw in th,e tlf.Andant's shop-window a piece of coheng
cloth, ota''..ked Is. 2d. a yard. Struck by its cheap-
slle went in and ordered a quantity of it to be
C'.4. She showed the shopman the piece, and in order
ice be sure that it was the same, went outside the shop
window, and saw the man removing the identical
piece. Witness then went in; the shopman wished
her to purchase other pieces than that she named, hut
she insisted on having the dress cut from that labelled
Is. 2id. The quantity demanded was at length but
off, as well as some lining, but on looking at the bill
she found that 2s. 21d. a yard had been charged.
She refused to pay more than at the rate of ls.
and whilst the shopman was quarrelling with her, Mr.
Woodward came up and asked her how she could ex-
pect such cloth for Is. 21d. a yard ? She declared it
" was labelled at that price in the window, and that she
would only pay according to the label. The defend-
ant then asked her to pay for the trimmings, but she
refused doing so, unless she got the cloth at the price
marked. The defendant said she was not a respect-
able woman, that he would call for the police and give
her into custody, and finally seized her by the arm
and, forced her out of the shop.
Mr. COMBE (to the defendant)—Did you say you
would send for the police ? Defendant—l did. I
wanted to frighten her, and make her pay for the
goods. She called me a swindler.

Miss Goulding denied that she had usel the term,
but she did say it was a gross imposture. •
Mr. COMBE said it was mo-t disgraceful conduct.
The lady had been grossly insulted and violently
used, merely because she itmi-tcd on having the goods
-at the price they were marked in the window. lie
would fine the defendant 3/. and the costs.

The fine was paid at once.
James Waller was charged with wounding John
Mathews. It appeared from the evidence that on the
evening of the 6th ult. the prisoner, prosecutor, and se-
veral other men of their trade (bricklayers) were drink-
ing together at a beer-shop in Compton-street, Clerken-
well. Mathews was standing outside the door in conver-
lation with a man named Doyle, when the prisoner
came over, and in insulting language reproached
the prosecutor with having done him an injury some
time before ; the latter replied warmly, whereupon
Waller seized him by the collar and threw him in the
kennel, and kicked him whilst lying on the ground
until he was insensible, when it was found that his
right thigh bone had been fractured.

The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.

A rather decently dressed woman, who gave her name
azg Anne Cleary, was charged with knocking down an oil-
ipainting, the property of Mr. Samuel Hart, a picture-
dealer, in Great Wild-street.

The prosecutor stated that the prisoner, yesterday
afternoon, carne deliberately up to his shop-window, and
knocked down a picture of Faith, Hope, and Charity,
that was hanging there. She did this without saying a
word, and he told her to go away, and she did so, but
came back a short time afterwards, and fastened a pie,-e
of paper on the picture, upon which was written, " Take
this picture down." ---
Mr. 'l.'wirFotto inquired if the ' figures in the picture
were represented naked?.- fir. Hart said the picture
was a female and her little children, which were naked.
The prisoner, in her defence, said the picture was an
indelicate one.