The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
TER.
William Jones, Thomas Belton, John Belton, and
James Griffiths, four young men, the first of whom
bore marks of having been engaged in some severe
conflie, were charged with the following desperate
attack upon the police :
It appeared, from the evidence of several witnes,es,
that a man named Garwood entered the house of Mr.
Sewell, the White Swan, Vauxhall-bridge-road, on
Tuesday evening, and, having refused to pay for the
liquor he had drunk, created a disturbance and as-
saulted the landlord ; upon which he was given into
the custody of Police-constable Joseph Butcher, 109
13. The latter had only proceeded a few yards with
his prisoner towards the station, when the defendant
Jones suddenly came up, armed with a large black
stick, and told him to let Garwood go, and upon his
refusing to comply Jones attacked the constable,
striking. him repeatedly on both sides of the neck
with the weapon he had in his hand, and then sud •
denly seizing him bythe legs threw him heavily upon
his back. In consequence of this Garwood got away,
and Jones endeavoured to make his escape by
running into the midst of some unfinished buildings
near the Penitentiary. The constable, however, pur-
sued and caught him, when he and Garwood—the
latter of whom again made his appearance when he
found his friend engaged with the officer—made a
second attack upon the constable, Jones biting him
severely on the band, and also endeavouring to inflict
an injury of a most dreadful description. A formi-
dable mob, as it was stated by the police, of thieves
and other persons of bad character, had by this time
assembled, and discharged a volley of brickbats at
the constable, one of which, however, struck Jones
upon the back of the head, and but for the assistance
of Mr. Sewell, together with a gentleman residing in
Lupus-street, and a licensed victualler residing in
Ponsonby-terrace, fatal consequences might have en-
sued. The outrageous conduct of the mob continued
until the arrival of a sufficient body of the police, who
succeeded in apprehending the four defendants, but
were followed by a crowd of some hundreds of per-
sons to the door of the police-station in Ro•
chester-row. In consequence of the violent re-
sistance offered by the prisoners Butcher
was compelled to use his truncheon, and struck the
defendant Jones a blow on the back of his head, and
Garwood, finding that he was overpowered, effected
his escape. The evidence went clearly to prove that
the two Beltons (brothers) and Griffiths were im-
plicated in the outrageous attack upon the police.
Thomas Belton was sworn to have been the leader of
the mob, to have repeatedly incited the others to at-
tack the constable, and with his brother John to have
thrown several bricks which struck Butcher about
the loins and legs, and when Marshall, GO B, seized
hold of one of the Beltons, Griffiths, who is the
youngest of the party, with a filthy expression, urged
those near him to split the officer's head open with a
brick, and when himself captured kicked the officer
apprehending him several times. Butcher complained
of the severe injuries he had received from defendants
and others, which had rendered him unfit for duty.
The whole of the defendants contradicted the state-
ments made against them, and denied their guilt.
Mr. BRODERIP having inquired of Mr. Symons,
the inspector on duty, whether the Commissioners
wished him to dispose of the case, and having received
an answer that they left the matter in the hands of
the magistrate, observed that the evidence against the
whole of the defendants was of the clearest possible
description, and he took that opportunity of informing
them that had any fatal result attended their violent
attack upon the constable they would all have been
liable to be tried for murder. 'The offence they had
committed called for the severest penalty of the law,
and he therefore committed the whole of them fur the
full period—one month in the House of Correction.
IV ORS HIP-STRE E 7.
Alexander Lovey, a working gunsmith, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Ilammill, charged with the avik
ful murder of his wife, Charlotte Lovey, by stabbin:T
her with a table-knife.
From the evidence adducad at tha former examina-
tions it appeared that the ,prisoner Ylad lived for some
years past on very unhappy terms }with his wife,
who,Ningeonsepence of his violent conduct tcwards
her, was compelled to proceed to the Thames Police-
court on the 19th ult. to obtain a warrant for his ap-
prehension. On apprising him of the course she had
adopted soon after her return, the prisoner, who was
dressing some meat at the fire with a knife in his
hand, became greatly exasperates', and, uttering a pas-
sionate exclamation, instantly raised the weapon and
plunged it into the right side of her throat. The poor
woman immediately staggered out of the room, with
;he blood pouring profusely from the wound, and on
reaching the street was caught in the arms of two
persons who were passing, and conveyed to a surgeon's
in the neighbourhood, who directed her instant re-
moval to the hospital, where, after lingering in a
hopeless state f it a period of eight days, she ultimately
"xpired from the effects of the injury.
Mr. John Wyatt, house surgeon of the London
Hospital, stated that, on the woman being placed
under his care on the night in question, she was in a
very exhausted condition, and bleeding copiously
from an incised wound in the right side of the neck,
three-quarters of an inch in length, and nearly three
inches in depth, which terminated fatally on the 27th
ult. Upon performing a post-mortem examination he
found that a knife, or some other sharp instrument, had
passed within the eighth of an inch of the carotid
artery, transfixing the pharynx, which was cut coin-
pletely through on both sides. Ile also found an
extensive abscess amongst the muscles of the neck
upon the opposite side, but he was clearly of opinion
that the cause of her death had arisen from the ge-
neral inflammation of the tissues of the neck, result,
ing from the wound.

The prisoner, who was greatly dejected, and pre-
sented a very haggard and emaciated appearance, de-
clined offerinc, any defence, and was fully committed
to Newgate for' trial upon the charge of wilfal murder.
William Cakraft, the public executioner, was
then charged, at the instance of the parish officers of
the Witham Union, in Essex, with having neglected
and refused to support his aged mother, Sarah Cal-
crafc, who had become chargeable to the parish of
Hatfield Peveril, he being of sufficient ability so to
do, and legally liable for her maintenance.
Mr. Shee, the relieving officer of the union, stated
that the defendant's mother, who was 73 years of
age, had been an inmate of the Witham work-
house during the last fortnight, and, having been
subjected to the usual examination to ascertain the
position arid circumstances of her nearest existing
relatives, it was elicited from her that she had only
two sons, one of whom was the defendant, and that
the other son was wandering about the country, with-
out any fixed habitation, or any apparent means of
affording her relief. It was therefore determined to
proceed against the defendant for his mother's mainte-
nance, and in consequence of directions he had re-
ceived from the board of guardians,' witness came to
town by railway on the preceding day, and repaired
to the defendant's house, Devizes-street, Hoxton,
where he found him in the working dress of a shoemaker,
which he believed to be his ordinary occupation ; but
upon disclosing his business the defendant positively
refused to comply with the requisition of the board,
and it therefore became necessary to take out a sum-
mons against him.

Mr. HAMMILL, on referring to the terms of the
Act relating to such cases, said, that it was not only
necessary to establish the defendant's liability, but
also to prove he had competent means to support his
mother, which last was strictly enjoined. by the Act,
and inquired if the relieving-officer was furnished
with the necessary evidence to that extent ?
The witness answered, that it was well known the
defendant was in the receipt of a good income from
the office he held under the corporation of London, in
addition to which the indications he had himself af-
forded of carrying on the trade of a shoemaker were
confirmed by the testimony of his mothtr,
who was then in such a state of helpless debility from
her age and infirmities as to preclude her removal to
town, a distance of thirty•six miles, to support the
complaint ; but if the magistrate felt it necessary to
postpone the case he should be able to produce an
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which was imperative, and in order to afford the re-
lieving officer an opportunity of adducing the formal
proof that the defendant was in a condition to sup-
port his:aged mother, he should adjourn the case for
a week.