The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 2.

MANS lON- HOUSE. • Charles Tubbs was
charged before Sir R. W. Carden, on suspicion,
with stealing 13 electro-plated forks, 1 plated pickle
fork, 1 fish slice, 2 gravy spoons, 1 soup ladle, 10
dessert spoons, 10 tea spoons, and a fruit knife.
Eno, police constable 94, found him in the street,
with the articles in his possession, and took him
into custody on account of his not being able to
give a satisfactory account of them. They were
marked `48."
He was remanded for inquiry.

GIIILDHALL.—James Bennett was placed at
the bar, before Alderman Humphery, charged with
the following robbery.
Policeman 169 said he met the prisoner on Satur-
day evening in Staining-lane, with a basket of
carpenters' tools in his possession. He stopped
him ; and in answer to witness's interrogatories,
he said he had brought the tools from Poplar, and
was then going home to the Borough-market. Not
satisfied with this account, he took him into
custody.
Five carpenters who had been at work upon a
job in Staining-lane, identified the whole of the
tocis as their property, having left them in the
building after they fin,shed their day's work, from
which the prisoner had taken them.
The prisoner was drunk at the time.
Alderman Humphery said it was a most heart-
less robbery. These poor men, had they lost their
tools, would have been deprived of the means of
getting a living. He therefore committed the
prisoner to the House of Correction at Holloway
for two months, with hard labour.

BOW-STRET.—Williatn Coolie, a soldier in
the first battalion of Grenadier Guards, bearing an
excellent character, and described by his sergeant
as a very quiet man and a good soldier," was
charged by James Humby atid Thomas Price,
decent working men, with assaults upon them and
upon several women and children.

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Humby stated that at about a quarter past 12
on Saturday night he was passing through Trafalgar-
' square, when he saw the prisoner beating some
boys with his belt, and kicking them in the most
violent manner. It was the ordinary regimental
belt, with a heavy brass buckle, with which a very
severe blow can be inflicted. Witness remonstrated
with the prisoner, who then turned round upon him
and struck him in the same way with the buckle end
of the strap. Witness fell, and the prisoner not
only kicked him as he lay, but seized upon his hand
and bit one of his fingers so severely as almost to
separate it from the hand. A gentleman who was
passing that way with a lady, relinquished her arm
fur a moment in order to coins to witness's assist-
ance, when the prisoner turned upon the lady and
beat her severely with the same formidable weapon.
She screamed and fainted.

Mr. Burnaby (the chief clerk)—Was there no
policeman there all this time 7

- Witness—Tne police were not on the spot till
two or three minutes after.

Price stated that he was passing that way about
ten minutes beforco the last witi:ess arrived. Pri-
soner was beating some boys with his belt. Several
other persons besides witness interfered, bat pri-
soner, and another soldier who was wiVi him, kept
the people at bay with their belts. There were
several women there, and the prisoner struck one
of them with his belt. When Humby came up and
interfered the prisoner knocked him down, and bit
his finger. There was no policeman there for ten
minutes after the disturbance commenced.

Toe Sergeant (A 2) said there were always one or
two cons,ablts on duty at the Column.
Mr. Jardine (to the witness)—Was there no
policeman at the Column ?
Price—No, sir, nor anywhere in sight.
Mr. Burnaby—But there must have been.
Price—There was not ; and when the policeman
did appear, he came from the Column, but not from
Northumberland House.

The prisoner—One gentleman says three minutes
and the other says ten.

Price—l wa; there ten minutes before Mr.
Humby, and there was no policeman all the while.
Policeman Foster, 593 A, said he was on duty by
the Column. He had been there all the while, but
had been on the opposite side of the Column from
where the disturbance took place. When he saw
the mob he went to the spot, where he arrived in
about three minutes. Did not see the prisoner
strike any one " not in particular." Saw him
swinging his belt, and took him into custody. The
other soldier ran away. Did not see the woman
swoon, or hear her say she had been struck.
Another constable pursued the second soldier, and
afterwards brought him to the station-house, but
as there was no definite charge against him, he was
liberated.

The priioner said he found the boys annoying a
gentleman and told them not to do so, on which
'he boys began to pick up atones to throw at him.
He struck one of the boys, and then Humby at-
tacked him. He did not use his belt, or strike any
one, or bite the complainant.

Mr. Jardine would tAke it in the prisoner's fa-
vour that the boys did not appear. He had pro-
b Ably received some provocation from them. Still,
according to the witnesses, he had used a great deal
of unnecessary violence in kicking there. Then,
when Humby remonstrated with him on this unne-
cessary violence, prisoner did what he (Mr. Jardine)
would never look over ;he used his teeth. For that
uu-English act he must be imprisoned 14 days.

CLERKENWELL.—Joseph Martin, describing
himself as a railway eJntracior, aged 45, a mise-
rably attired person, residing at 45, Little Drum-
mond-streat, Euston-square, was charged with
obtaining several articles of ironmongery from Mr.
William Fowler, an ironmonger, residing at 38,
Skinner-street, Somers-town, uuder false pretences,
and also with having attempted to defraud nume-
rous tradesmen of goods to the amount of several
thousands of p,,unds. When the prisoner was ap
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