The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-13 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

A DRUNKEN AND CRUEL RUFFIAN.—John Lane,
before convicted, and Rose Williams, a notorious
character, were charged before Mr. Selfe, ti e
former with cruelly torturing and beating a dog,
and further with assaulting Win. Toody, 20 E K,
in the execution of his duty, and the woman with
attempting to rescue him from legal custody.
WilliamToody, 20 E K, said yesterday afternoon
I was in Artillery-row, Westminster, returning
from Tothill Fields Prison, and my attention was
called by the passers by tb the prisoner, who had a
dog on the ground, he had his right foot across •
the hind quarters of the dog, and with his left be
was kicking and stamping on its head. I went UP
and told him to desist; he stamped on the dog again,
and then let it go. I asked him why he ill-used it,
and he said it was his dog, and had bit his finger,
and he was going to kill it. I told him that was
not the way or the place to kill it, and he made use
of a filthy expression to me. He was drunk, and
caught me by the stock, and threw me on my back
before I had any idea what he was going to do, and
as he did it he said, "You —, I will kill you." I
got up again, closed with the prisoner, and took
him into custody for ill-treating the dog and
assaulting me. I said, "Do you mean to go
quietly ?" and he said he would, and then the female
prisoner came up and caught hold of me by the
coat, and said I should not take him to the station-
house. She was the worse for liquor. The male
prisoner then threw me again, and I fell on the
flat of my back. He put his hands inside my stock,
and said he would choke me. He let me get up
again, and, as I saw assistance coming, I again
closed with him, and the female carne up again and
said he should not go, and tried to rescue him again•
It took three other constables to get him to the
station.

James Joyce, 201 B, corroborated. The prisoner
kicked him repeatedly on the road to the station•
The female prisoner's proper name was Gillius, and
her husband was transported. The male prisoner Laid
at the station when he got us down Pye-street 116
would knock our brains out with a stone.
In reply to Mr. Selfe,

Sergeant Mason, 24 B, said the male prisoner
had been convicted for assaulting the police, and
Sergeant Purches, 10 B, said the woman had for 20
years been an associate of Pye-street thieves.
Prisoner said he knew nothing of the assault. A
wound on his head got from the police made bin'
mad when drunk.
Mr Selfe sentenced him to a month's hard labour,
and the woman to pay a fine of 10s., or seven days.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BURGLARY.—Henry Trench, described as a shoe-
maker, but refusing his address, was charged before
Knox with being concerned with others not in cus-
tody with burglary, breaking and entering the
house No. 10, Bury-street, and stealing therefrom $
£lO Bank of England note, and other property he"
longing to Mr. Charles F. Wood.
Mr. Charles F. Wood said he resided at No. 10,
Bury-street, and about six o'clock he was awoke by
a constable, who asked him if he had lost anything,
and on making a search he missed some wearing
apparel and a 2,10 note, which was in his trouser°
pocket.
Police-constable Middleton, 69 C, said he iv°
in St. James-street that morning about 10 minute°
to five and heard another constable aping his rattle.
He went to the end of King-street and saw a num-
ber of people and two constables and the prisoner
running towards St. James's Palace, when he so°
stopped by a workman, and on his taking him into
custody he found in his possession a black bag, sole°
clothing, and skeleton and other keys. On taking
him to the station he found two pairs of trousers in
his possession, and a £lO note in one of the pockets'
On examining the premises ho found that the bola
had not been entered by the door, but by the virilly
dow.
In answer to Mr. Knox, Mr. Wood said that
when he retired to rest the windows of the roonl
were left open.
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Captain Willoughby Cotton, residing at 1\ 1
Bury-street, said—About half-past four o'clock the
,
morning he saw the prisoner and two others VP"
some of the doors in Bury-street. sa
In answer to Mr. Knox the witness said he
the prisoner trying the doors with a key. iell
Sergeant Leech, 17 C, asked for a remand,
was granted. Fret
Police-constable Gordon, 33 C, said that the Piot
sonar had suffered .three years' imprisonment
burglary before.

BATTLE BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A
ri
German woman named Jansen, living near White "a,„ci
Day, Wis., had a battle with a lynx a few days since, --„g
succeeded in disabling it. Hearing a disturbance ein°,7
the fowls in her chicken-coop she went to it, and "1°1:
covered what she supposed to be a dog, intent uoor.
securing some of them. She walked boldly in and cli.;-
manded the brute to "go home." It did not secel
posed to obey, but at once showed its teeth, deterieine
to fight it out on that line, and Mrs. Jansen, seizing all°B4
br Q
made a bold charge on the enemy's front. She struck:o
several times, and finally, by a well-directed blow, at-
the creature's back. This conquered its spirit, and it it.
tempted to escape, dragging its hind-quarters aft%reici
Mrs. Jansen pursued, and her husband, coming on the 1' ea
of action, procured his gun and shot it. The beast inearryet
four and a half feet long, and stood three and a hal'
high.
Dickens called On Delmonico before sailing'tl
biotf
the culinary artist sent his regrets, as be was colvr°B
.—Wilkes Spirit of the Times.