The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
Edward flawhes, a letter-carrier, was chargea with
stealing a letter containing a valuable miniature, set as a
brooch.

laformation wa; given at the General Post-office re-
specting the loss or a letter and its contents, which had
beea sent by Mr. J. Pike, a jeweller at Chatham, to

Alesrs. Ale-xander, of liatton-g- arden. The usual test of
honesty was applied to the servants in the department
through which tte letter pissed, cud the prisoner wat
detected—having stolen a trap.l-tter containing a
marked half-3overeign. The coin was found upon him
and the brooch was afterwards taken from a box at his
lodeings. _ _ _

Mr.rHENRY committed him for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-TREET.

A My asked the advice of Mr. Bingham in the fol-
lowing case:—
She saw in a shop, 96. Oxford•street, a mantle
marked a guinea which suited her, and she went in
tRd bought it. She put down the guinea, but was told
:she must pay another halt-guinea, as the price was a
:uines. end a half. She declined, taking the mantle at
that price, and requested to have her money returned.
This was refuted, and she was compelled to pay the half-
guinea. As she conceived she had been imposed upon
3ho wished to know if she had any mode of obtaining
redress.

Mr. BINGHAM said a magistrate could render no (V..
sistance, but ho had no duubt she could procure redress
at the county court.

A second lady came forward and made a precisely si-
mils.r statement, but the occurrence took place in ano-
ther shop in Oxf)rd-street, the number of which was not
stated. The lady said she had been terrified into giving
the additional price.
Mr. BINGHAM gave this lady the same advice as he had
given to the former one.
MA R YL EBONE.

Mr. Assheton Smith, a Fr,ontlerrmn of considerable pro-
nerty, residing at 13, Hyde-park-gardens. attended be-
foie Mr. Broughton, by virtue of a summons which had
been obtained against him for assaulting Richard John
lent Herring, a youth firteen years of age, whose father
is a solicitor in Stafford-street, Marylebono.
Mr. Herring attended on behalf of his son, and Mr.
11-.ndall for the defendant, who was accompanied to
the court by two Members of Parliament aad other

fr:ends. -
Mr. Herring, upon the case being called on,remarked
that he hoped there would ba no distinction made, and
rhat the defend-salt, however high his station in life
might be, ought to take up his position in the place
usually occupied by person% when charged under similar
circumstances. The gentleman added that, while in
the court, defendant had assaulted his (Mr. Herring's)
clerk, for which offence he would probably be proceeded

Rgainit elsewhere.
Mr. BnouGarreN said it was no unusual occurrence at
the Old bailey for a party accused to be allowed to sit
by the side of his counsel.
Defendant here left his seat and stood at one end of
Ise attorneys' table in front of the hooch.
Mr. Herring detailed at some length the particulars
cenneeted with the affair, and the following evidence
was adduced:—
Complainant said—Oa the morning of the 24th inst.
I was seat by my father to defendant's house fir the
purpose of serving him with a copy of ft, writ. The
footman was standing at the door, and I asked him if
lir. Smith lived there; to which he replied that he
did, but that be was then engaged with a gentleman.
„Ita asked me my business and my name ; when
I told him that my business was narticular,
and that I wished to see Mr. Smith himself. Ho sail be
did not think Mr. Smith would see me without knowing
my name and the reason for my calling, when I told him
that my name was Herring, and repeated that my busi-
ness was of a p articular nature. He asked me :f I would
come in and sit down in the hall, which I did; and pre-
sently the butler came end questioned me as to my
name, &0., and I eava him the same answer which I hail
given to the footman. lie left me. and in ab but au hour
and a half afterwards a gentlemen, who I imegined
the time to be Mr. Smith, went out of the house, and,
jumping into a eab in waiting at the door, was driven off.
The butler Came and asked me my name a second time,
en my telling him what it was, he opened a door and
went into a room, and soon afterwards Mr. Smith made
his appearance. I asked him if his name- was Assheton
Smith, and he said " Yest, it is; what 40 you want? " I
then put my hand into my pocket, and took therefrom a
writ and a copy, and holding out the copy told him (Mr.
Smith) that I had a writ against him, when he said, " If
ou come presenting any of your writs to are I'll give
you a good lickinse. Get out of my house directly."
tie put his fist up within three or four inches of nay
face, and en the footman, by his directions, opening the
door, I quitted the place.
Mr. BROUGHTON (to Mr. Randall)—What answer is
there to this? Mr. Randall—Mr. Smith has just inti-
mated to me that he wishes to make his own statement
and to call his witnesses.
Mr. Smith—l deny the truth c f the greater part of
-hat complainant has stated. I admit having said that
I would give him a good licking.
The footman and the butler were called, and their evi-
dence, particularly that of the former (who, however,
prevaricated considerably in some instances), was con-
tradictory of the most material portions of complainant's
allegation. The witnesses underwent a severe cross-ex-
amination by Mr. Herring.
The MAGISTRATE.' felt that he should not be justified,
from the conflicting, nature of the evidence, in commit-
ting the defendant, anti the summons was therefore dis-
missed.