The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-21 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.-11bOs. Fitzgerald, a
labourer, with a tremendous cut on his bead, was
charged on a warrant with assaulting and resisting
the police in the execution of their duty.
A fortnight ago to-day there was a fearful
row in North-street and New-street, Chelsea,
between the English and the Irish, and the
neighbourhool was in a terrible uproar. The
prisoner and another man were fined at this
Court for fighting, and the prisoner, directly he
left the Court, got drunk and joined again in the
row. Late at night a mob of 400 men and women
were fighting, and Henry Postern, 50, B R, and
James Peacock, 348 B, took a man into custody.
The prisoner came up, kicked them repeatedly, and
tried to rescue the prisoner, and he did not desist
until Peacock drew his staff and used it on
him. The crowd was very excited, and these
being the only two constables they were very
roughly handled.

The prisoner, in defence, stated that he offered to
assist the police ; that the charge was all untrue ;
and called a witness, who did not improve his case.
Mr. Partridge sentenced him to a month's hard
labour.

THAMES.
CLEVER CAPTURE OF TIIIEVES.—OakIey Brinsley,
40, described in the police sheet as a dealer, and
Helena Kadyman, aged 22, with no fixed residence,
and no occupation, supposed to be the male priso-
ner's wife, were brought up on remand before Mr.
Paget, charged with stealing two feather beds, a
sofa, a table, two iron bedsteads, and other pro-
perty belonging to Mr. 11. Brunn, Stepney. They
were also charged with the commission of 50 or 60
other robberies of watches, jewellery, plate, and
other valuable property in all parts of the metropolis.
The prisoners, after a successful career of plun-
der, almost without parallel, were traced to Hull by
Edward Cable, an intelligent detective officer,
No. 240 K. He said he believed that they had
committed 100 robberies. He could make out
45 clear cases against the male prisoner.
The charge on which he originally arrested the pri-
soners in Hull was for robbing their ready fur-
nished lodgings, but that case had, as it were, really
sunk into insignificance in comparison with the
wholesale system of robbery for some time pursued
by Brinsley, and, as he (Cable) believed, in many
cases in conjunction with the woman. Both pri-
soners were natives of Guernsey. Brinsley's
mode of operation was to call at respectable
houses where lodgings were to be let, in-
spect the apartments, enter into conversation
with the servant or occupier, and carry off anything
he could lay his hands upon. Mr. Charles Durant,
of 27, Tonalin's-grove, Bromley, lost a silver watch,
a gold chain, key, and locket. Mr. Kinnard, of
Commercial-road-east, missed a gold watch, chain,
and lockets, which he found in the possession of Mr.
Barrett, a respectable pawnbroker in Hull, on
whom the prisoner had called, and raised money on
the property. Mrs. Cumberland, a widow lady, 15,
Commercial-place, Commercial-road East, was
visited by the male prisoner, under pretence of re-
quiring apartments, and he carried off a gold watch,
chain, and locket, a bequest of her late husband,
which she valued at £4O. Mr. Cleagh, of High-
street, Bromley; Mrs. Rayner, of No. 7, Princes-
street, Hanover-square ; Mrs. Branston, of No.
22, Piggott-street, Limehouse ; Mr. Cranby,
pawnbroker, of High-street, Bow ; the Rev. Mr.
Orange, of No. 471, Mile-end-road, and nume-
rous other persons living east, west, north,
and south, had been visited by the male prisoner
and robbed of watches, jewellery, plate, and in one
instance of a purse and a large sum of money
Cable then produced a large quantity of watches,
jewellery, and other articles. The whole was
identified by various persons.

Mr. James Cox, of No. 14, Ashcroft-road,
Stepney, recollected the male prisoner, who was
accompanied by a female, calling upon him re-
lating- to lodgings, and after they were gone he
missed a silver watch and other articles. lie could
not identify the woman. lie recognised his silver
watch among the pile on the table.

Cable said 43 persons had identified their pro-
perty, and he expected as many more to do so. The
male prisoner did not deny committing those nu-
merous robberies.

Inspector Kerressy, of the K division, asked for
another remand, and said the case was anything
but complete.

Mr. Paget said there were many cases completed
against the male prisoner, on which he should on a
future day commit him for trial. Ile discharged
Kadyman, who was not identified, and remanded
&insley for a week.