The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROITGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)

James Thompson, a fashionably-dressed young man, who
gave his residence'as being at No. 26, Sloane-street, Pimlico,
and described himself as " a gentleman of fortune," was
placed at the bar on the following charge : Miss Rose
/SPKenzie, a young lady of 'rery interesting appearance, and
whose connections are of very high respectability, stated that
she was residing at No. 66, Jermyn-street, St. James's.
About half-past eleven o'clock last night, she hurriedly left
home to fetch a,doctor for her sister, who had been suddenly
taken ill, and was, as she believed, in a dying state ; and, as
she was hastily proceeding along Jerinyn-street, she met the
defendant, who, as she was passing him, caught her round
the waist in an indecent manner, and sought to detain her' •
but, although greatly frightened and shocked at the instant,
she broke from him by main force, and ran back as far as
Bury-street, where, having closely pursued, he came up with
her, and would, no doubt, again have grossly insulted her,
but that police-constable No. 173, of the C division, came up
at the instant and protected her.
The constable stated that Miss 1114Kenzie was in a very
frightened and exhausted state, and obliged to support her-
self by leaning against the side of one of the houses. The
defendant said he had made a mistake in the party, and on
his telling him he ought to apologise if he had insulted the
lady, he said, " What ! I apologise for insulting a beastly
woman ?" and afterwards called the complainant a d—d
nasty, stinking, beastly, common w—, on which he was taken
into custody.
The defendant said he was very sorry if he had misbe-
haved himself, but the fact was he supposed he had taken a
glass of wine too-much.
Mr. MALTBY said his conduct was scandalous and dis-
graceful in the extreme.
He was fined 51., or one month's imprisonment with hard
labour.—The fine was immediately paid.
The Rev. Thomas Hanbury, from Oxfordshire, and a rector
belonging to the Established Church, was charged with hav-
ing been found at half-past 11 o'clock last night in Bury-
street, St. James's, so beastly drunk that he was quite inca-
pable of taking care of himself; be was, therefore, locked up
in the, station-house. The defendant was fined 15s. for being
drunk, which he directly paid and was discharged. This is
his fourth appearance before this Court within the last three
years, on charges of drunken, disorderly, and riotous conduct
in the public streets at midnight, in some instances, accom-
panied with violent assaults. The fines imposed on those
occasions, were SL, 3L, and 2/. which he instantly paid ; he
appears to be about sixty years of age.

CLERKENWELL.-(T HIS DAY.)
Peter Jowett, a spruce-looking young fellow, was charged
with being riotous, and ringing the bell at the house of Mr.
Bowna, a surgeon, residing at No. 12, Chartcrhouse-square.
It appearct from the evidence that Mr. Bownd has a pretty
servant-girl, to whom the prisoner has been for some time
paying his addresses. On the previous evening he adjourned
from a public-house to the front of the complainant's resi-
dence, to which he laid siege, very vigorously knocking at
the door and ringing the bell, so as to disturb and alarm all
the inmates, particularly " Mary," who felt quite abashed at
these violent and uncouth demonstrations of the affection of
her admirer. Remonstrance was useless—he must see
" Mary;" but " Mary" would not see hint, so he was formally
introduced to a police•constable, who conducted him to the
stati6n-house.
The prisoner, whose subdued and sheepish look fully ex
emplified the words of the Irish song—
" Love so hot will soon grow cool again,"
declared he was very sorry for what had taken place.
Mr. COMBE fined him 11., or three weeks' imprisonment.
Mr. Bowna—l am authorised by the girl to pay the fine,
whatever it is. •
Mr. ComßE—Then let herself come and pay it.
Mr. Jowett was locked up.