The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY IN TIIE DOCK.—John Arnold, a labourer,
was brought before Mr Benson, charged with steal-
ing a tin of preserved provisions from the ship
Canaan in the London Docks.

On Monday afternoon, Robert M'Gowan, a con-
stable, stopped the prisoner as he was leaving the
London Dock, and found upon him a tin of pre-
served provisions. The prisoner was asked for a
written pass authorising him to bring the tin
and its contents out of the dock. The pri-
soner said the ship-keeper of the Canaan
gave him the tin, and that he would
bring a pass in a few minutes. He was
allowed to depart, and he returned shortly with a
written pass framed in such an awkward manner
that the constable knew at once it was a forgery.
He took him into custody, and was conveying him
towards the ship to make inquiries there, when the
prisoner made his escape from the officer. He was
re-captured this morning, and he now said that he
had been at work on board the Canaan, and that
while turning over the dunnage wood in the hold
he found the tin of provisions.

Mr. Benson—lf you bad obtained the tin of
provisions honestly you wouldj not have run away.
Mr. John Mansell, the chief officer of the Canaan,
said the pass now produced, and which purported
to be in his handwriting, nas never signed by him.
It was not likely that the tin of provisions would
be among the dunnage wood in the hold.
Mr. Benson had no doubt the tin of provisions
had been stolen, and sentenced the prisoner to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two months.
HORRIBLE ASSAULT ON BOARD SlllP.—Michael
Anderson was brought before Mr. Benson charged
with violently assaulting Benjamin Carroll.
The complainant's eyes were very much in-
flamed, and he was in an ill state of health. Both
men were seamen on board the barque Seven,
which had made a voyage from Cardiff to the
Mauritius and back. The prisoner was represented to
be a great ruffian, and without any provocation had
fastened quarrels on the complainant and assaulted
him. On the 23d of May last the prisoner threw a
pot of boiling hot coffee over him. "On seve-
ral occasions," said the complainant, " he tried to
murder me." One day the complainant was sitting
down on deck, having his breakfast, when the pri-
soner, who was alongside of him, called him bad
names, struck him, and knocked him backwards,
and then attempted to gouge his eyes out.
Mr. Benson—How did he do that ?

Complainant—He forced his fingers into each
corner of my eyes. My agony was very great, and
my eye-balls were sticking right out of my head. I
called to a shipmate called Scotty, who pulled him
off me. The prisoner hit me again and knocked
me down. I was blind for five days and off duty.
In answer to Mr. Benson, the witness said there
were some words between him and the prisoner
about Fenianism. Other seamen witnessed the
assaults upon him.
Mr. Benson—Where are they ?

The complainant said tho ship was paid off on
Monday, and all the men had gone away or
were distributed about the Sailors' Home or the
lodging-houses.
Stubbings, an officer of the Court, said he had
spoken to the captain of the Seven, who said he
knew nothing of the row until after it was over,
and all he knew of the affair was that the com-
plainant had two black eyes, and was off duty.
Mr. Benson said the man Carroll was very
seriously hurt, and that he did not like to convict
or send the defendant for trial on the complainant's
own unsupported testimony. The complainant
could have summonses for witnesses. He remanded
the prisoner.

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