The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-23 00:00:00

Mr. Banyon stated to the Lord Mayor that he should
faithfully report his Lordship's impression upon the
subject to the Watermen's Company, and respectfully
withdrew.
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Ten able-bodied young women, who have been some
time inmates of the East London Union Workhouse,
were brought up, charged with having acted most riot-
ously.
Mr. Baylis, the chief of the guardians of the East
London Union, stated that the guardians upon visiting
the house on Wednesday, found it in a most horrible
state of confusion and uproar. The prisoners, who had
a place allotted to themselves, separate from that allotted.
to the old and respectable inmates, had locked up the
matron and assistant matron in the room with them, and
refused to let them out, and at the same time broke the
table, and did other mischief, which could not be re-
paired under 41. They had commenced the row on Sun-
day morning, and actually kept it up until Wednesday,
when it became necessary to call in the aid of the police.
The assistant matron, it appeared, had taken tiv‘ir
breakfasts to the defendants, who swore they would -not
accept their victuals from the hands of a pauper ; and
the matron having subsequently gone into the room, all
the girls moved towards the door, detained them in the
place, whieh they filled with most frightful screams,
alternated with filthy songs and choruses.
The defendants—Well They locked us up without
a fire. . _

The LORD 1111 Yon—Fire ! What do you want with a
fire at this season ? The defendants—Why others hare

it, and why should not we? We are as good as them.
The matron said that fire was kept in the infirmary
and in the rooms of the old people, to whose existence it
was necessary.
The defendants—They shove us our victuals in through
a hole in the door, and why should we stand that?
The matron stated that their dinners had been handed
into them through an aperture in the door, in conse-
quence of their violent conduct, which was sufficient to
deter anybody from approaching them.
The LORD MAYOR sent the defendants to Giltspur-
street Compter, to undergo the rigours of confinetnebt
there for fourteen days.
CL.ERKENWELL.

George Barneg, police-constable, 194 G, was charged
with an assault an the person of Edward Joyce, a shoe ,1
maker, residing at No. 62, College-court, Cow-cross.
On Monday Joyce applied to Mr. Greenwood for a
warrant against the prisoner ; his face was on that occa-
sion covered with blood and contusions. The warrant
was granted.
The complainant deposed that on Saturday night, or
rather Sunday morning last, about a quarter past twelve,
being somewhat under the influence of liquor, he was
standing in Cow-cross within a few paces of his own
door, talking to his wife, when the policeman came up
and told him to walk on, and at the same gave him a
shove. Witness said he would walk on, but requested
of the officer not to do so again. Witness then walked
on a few paces further, to the corner of College-court,
where he was giving his wife some money to redeem an
article of clothing at the pawnbroker's. The prisoner said
4lf you don't go on I'll make you go," and whilst witness
was quietly standing beside his wife, with both hands in
his pockets, the prisoner, seizing him by the back of the
neck, gave him such a push that he fell with great vio-
lence on the pavement, and remained quite insensible
there for five minutes ; he bled from the mouth
and nose, and also from the wounds (which were now
visible) on his face. When he recovered the prisoner
said he would take him to the station-house ; and wit-
ness said he had no objection to go there. A gentle-
man who came up at the moment said, "it would have
been better to have taken him to the station-house than
used him in that manner." Witness's wife made the
same remark, whereupon the prisoner turned round to
her and said, "You b- b-, if you don't go away
I'll do the same to you." The constable went away
soon after, and did not take witness or his wife (who was
perfectly sober) into custody.
Mr. GREENWOOD inquired if pawnbrokers kept their
shops open so late as half-past twelve at night ; and
was told by inspector Barton that they did on Saturday
night, in order to give the poor an opportunity of re-
deeming articles of clothing for wear on the Sabbath.
Peter Queen, a labourer, residing in Lily-court, Saf-
ron-hill, who had been out of Court whilst the com-
plainant was giving his evidence, corroborated the above
statement in most respects: The man was lying on the
pavement for five minutes after the officer knocked him
down. He seemed to be insensible, and bled a great
deal. The policeman told witness to lift the man up,
and witness told the policeman to do so, as he had
knocked him down. The prisoner attempted to kick the
complainant's wife, and made a kick at her. His foot
touched her dress, but could not say that it reached her
person. Witness told the prisoner he ought to be ashamed
of himself.
Sarah Joyce, wife of the complainant, deposed that
when the prisoner knocked her husband down, she ex-
claimed, " You ought to be ashamed of yourself for
treating the man in that way." Her husband was bleed-
ing and insensible. The policeman told Queen to pick
him up, when Queen refused, and said, " Oh, look at the
man's blood." The officer observed, " Ob, it is only white
blood." The prisoner made a kick at her, which, if she
had received, she could not have got the better of. He
called her a foul name. _ . _

The policeman's defence was that Joyce was in the
habit of getting drunk, and resisted him in the execu-
tion of his duty on this occasion. He had not struck
him. He took Joyce into custody, but he was rescued.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Did you report that at the station-
house ? Policeman—l did, _

Mr. GREENWOOD.--..T0 whom ? Policeman—To Ser-
geant Gray.
Inspector Barton—lf you had, it would have been
communicated to the inspector, but it was not.
Policeman—Oh, but I did not tell the sergeant until
Sunday evening. The sergeant is not here.
Mr. GREENWOOD observed that the complainant had
been seriously injured, and he believed the policeman
had used a great deal of violence. He was now how-
ever, only punishing him for the assault, for which he
would fine him 2!

Policeman (who seemed amazed)—l have not the
money.
Mr. CluEENwooD—Then you will go to prison for
21 days.
He was then locked up, but the fine was paid soon
after, and he was set at liberty. His discharge from the
force will follow as a necessary consequence of convic-
tion before a magistrate.
Mary Anne Mullins, a woman of the town, was charged
with violently assaulting Bridget Allen of N 0.24, Church-
street, St. Giles's.
The prisoner was quarrelling with a poor woman
named Sullivan, who is largely pregnant, on the previ-
ous evening. The complainant interfered, and begged
the prisoner not to touch Mrs. Sullivan, on account
of her delicate condition. The prisoner exclaimed with an
oath, " If she had twenty within her, I would trample
them out of her," and rushed towards Mary Sullivan.
The complainant attempted to push her back, whereupon
the prisoner seized her by the hair of the head, dragged
her towards the kennel, and there threw her on the
kerb-stone with so much violence that the unfortunate
woman's collar-bone was broken. She was removed to
the University Hospital, and conveyed from thence to the
Court this morning. She appeared to be suffering much
pain.
Mr. GREENWOOD fined the prisoner 51., or two months'
imprisonment.