The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-28 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

Two little boys, named Thomas Pearson and John
Phillips, were charged before Mr. Jardine with stealing
lease of some houses from the coat-pocket of Mr.
John Delaconr.

The prosecutor stated that he was passing along Great
Compton-street with a parchment lease for twenty-one
years in his pocket. As he was passing along the street
he felt something at his coat-pocket, and on turning
round he saw the two prisoners running away. He felt
in his pocket, and found that the lease was gone- The
prisoners managed to get out of sight, but he gave in-
formation to the police, and from the description given
of them, Thompson, one of the officers, went in search
of them, and found them near Seven Dials, and on search-
ing them the lease was found upon Pearson.
The prisoners, in their defence, said they picked up
the lease in the street.

Mr. JARDINE inquired if the prisoners were laiown 1
The officer said they were.
Mr. JARDINE ordered them to be committed for trial.

UNION-HALL.

Eliza Smith, a masculine-looking woman, blind of
an eye, was charged with nearly biting off a police-
man's thumb, in his attempts to convey her to the
station-house.

The policeman, whose hand was bound up, from the
severity of the injury inflicted on him, stated, that
while on duty in High-street, he saw the prisoner
sitting on the steps of a door. As she attracted the
notice of the passengers by the oddity of her appear-
ance, baying no shawl or handkerchief on to cover
the upper part of her person, he mildly advised her
to leave the spot and go home. The moment, how-
ever, he spoke to her, she flew into a most violent
passion, and scratched him down the face, and in his
attempt to protect himself from further injury, she
got his thumb into her mouth, and held it there, as
one of the witnesses described, for five minutes, until
she was obliged to be seized by the nose and her
breathing stopped, which alone compelled her to let
go her hold of the policeman's thumb, which was
found to have been nearly severed from his hand.
Even after this display of her ferocity, the defendant
with her teeth seized the arm of the man engaged in
extricating the policeman's thumb from her mouth,
and also bit him very severely, and it took the united
strength of four stout men to convey this Amazonian
offender to the station-house.

Even in the presence of the Magistrate, the defend-
ant exhibited the fury of her temper, by venting exe-
crations, and when told that she would be committed
for a month, she tore off her bonnet and flung it at the
witnesses, expressing her regret that they were not
within arm's length, that she might let them feel the
weight of her fists. In taking her from the bar she
hit out right and left at the gaoler and his assistants,
and it was with much difficulty she was at length se-
cured and locked up in the cell.
John Hobbs, foreman in the employ of Mr. Michael
Ridding, contractor, was charged with embezzling money
to the amount of 1601., the property of his master.
From the evidence it appeared the complainant had of
late purchased a number of dilapidated houses, which
were pulled down under the superintendence of the pri-
soner, who had authority to dispose of the materials.
In this capacity the prisoner had received various sums
of money, which it was his duty to have accounted for
to his employer, but instead of doing so, he converted
the proceeds to his own purposes. When he was ac-
cused of the charge, he confessed to it. As other
charges are to bo preferred against the prisoner, he was
aemanded.

HAMMERSMITH.

Thursday Henry Jones, William Benson, Thomas
Holt, John Key, Samuel Foreman, the five men who
stand charged with having caused the death of a man
named George Benson, the brother of one of the pri-
soners, in a fight which took place on Sunday last at
Kensington, were brought up for final examination.
Mr. Wolfe, from the office of Mr. Flower, attended
on behalf of Jones, the surviving principal in the fight.
Inspector Morgan said, he had been desired by Mr.
Wakley, the Coroner, to request that the prisoners
might be again remanded over Tuesday next, as in
the meantime he intended to apply to the Secretary
of State for the Home Department for an order for
the prisoners to be produced at the adjourned inquest,
which will be holden on that clay.
Mr. PATNTER said, he knew of no power which he
had to remand the prisoners to the place where Mr.
Wakley had adjourned his inquest to. It was alto-
gether a new application to him, and if the Secretary!
of State gave an order to that effect, he (Mr. Payn-
ter) would not be responsible for it.
The evidence of the witnesses examined on Monday
last was then read over, and some slight additions
made thereto, after which the following additional
witnesses were examined :

Air. W. G. Bennett deposed that he was the land-
lord of the Wellesley Arms public-house, Robert-
street, Chelsea. On the night of Saturday last,
about ten o'clock, he was told there was a scuffle in
the tap room, and on going there he found the de-
ceased George Benson, and the first four prisoners,
with other persons, there. The prisoner Foreman
was not there. The deceased and Jones had their
coats off, and were scuffling together. He immedi-
ately parted them, and told them he would allow
nothing of the kind, and that if they continued doing
so, he would give them into the custody of the police.
Jones said he did not want to fight, and put on his
coat, and the deceased, George Benson, did the same
a few minutes afterwards. Jones left the house at
least twenty minutes or half an hour before Benson
hid no