The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

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:arried. before Alderman Gibbs at the Mansion-
tp hou,• He was there accused of having been concerned
,o• burglary committed •in the dwelling-house of Mr.
°4ll Harley, of New Bonde•treet, but the Alderman
Prisoner
no jurisdiction in the matter, he directed that the
Fscher should be taken to the :tier:borough-Art et Police-
This was done, and the :fitting magistrate, after
tre!lting tho evident, of several witnesses, reinandmr the
bisaner for a week ; this was on the 2.5 N or April:
ba the 4th of May tho prisoner was again -taken to the
before fuarlborouzh-streut office and locked up in a eell shortly.
re ten o'clock in the morning, properatory to his.
nild
argoing a second examination on the claiige of bur
eell Rath
were four other persons secured in the
" him, but about a quarter past ten the keeper,
via'ieeman named Leicester, went to see that all was
ot'ts and was surprised to find that the prisoner and
d of the other parties had escaped. The officer had a
itittetet recollection of having locked and bolted them
ai; and how they got out could never be ascertained.
, a Prisoner was not heard of afterwards till the Derby
)4, the 29:h of May, when Sterey, the policeman who
eo first arrested the prisoner, fancying that some of his
,ctal.Pfsnions who were also implicated in felonious trent:-
lans, would not resist the temptation of the races, be
bo
stationed himself on the City side of London•bridge
tit fine o'clock in the morning and kept a close watch
t„. u every suspicious-looking vehicle that passed. The
tr,ult proved that the officer was not mistaken in his an-
heciPations, for he had not bean on the e.!ert long before
.647 r a horse aad cart coming down King William-street
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by a man in whom he immediately recognised
_
th: or the prisoner's companions. Besides the driver
ea Was a woman in the cart, who was visible to people
the streets, but there was something in their manner
Nh
IC4 induced the officer to think that a third party
tall With them. Accordingly he ran up to the cart and
htlBotier, ed upon the
ad man who was driving to stop,
the cart
alder
soma sacks, looked up to see what was the matter,
ft, 110 sooner caught sight of the officer than he sprang
°r4 the cart and took to his heels. The officer pursued
beVertools him near to the steps leading from the
ie into Thames•street, where the prisoner suddenly
ohtileed a life-preserver and made a desperate assault
we constable, whom he beat terribly over the head
bforehead, and inflicted very severe injuries upon
' more
Ultimately he tripped the officer up, and once
11t in
ran off in the direction of King William's statue,
11',",' ill the mean time the officer recovered, aid conti-
liZed the pursuit, crying on', " Stop thief.: stop thief!"
les •
• t, e cries attracted the attention of the passers-by and
k;e,ntually the prisoner, after making attempts to co.na-
it': other assaults, was recaptured just as he was escaping
4) Lower 'rhames-street. The officer was then con-
ated to a surgesn, who dressed his wounds, while the
m
414°ner once more found himself before the sitting
Orman at the Mansion-house, who committed him on
~,,,present charge. The injuries the officer received
slii ever since rendered him unfit for duty, and he
ittemains under the care of a medical gentleman.
taif• PAYNE addressed the jury for the prisoner, con-
tumg that the evidence failed to establish any feloniousfr!at upon the part of the prisoner, and he ought, th(.re-
tp'', to be convicted of a common assault only. With
wißard to the prisoner having used the life-preserVer
vohth So much desperation, the Learned Counsel endea-
6"red- to explain that away by observing that at the
jr7 the officer—as was admitted in cross-examination-
11t the prisoner tightly round the neck, and the prisoner
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teeenrge to the weapon, not to prevent his lawful
13;iehension, but to save his own life.
th Baron ROLFE summed up, and the jury after a
ort-
off, Consultation found the prisoner Guilty of the larger
aee of assaulting the constable to prevent hie la ivful
prehension, or to do some grievous bodily harm.
kle COURT eentenced him to be transported for 15
art.

nt)W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
V,`/Ohn in,wains, a desperate-looking char acttr, was
ve.ed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with the fol-
ping robbery:—
41i °lice-constable 68 F deposed that he was on duty
elorning about nine o'clock in Covent-garden-
Aiji;tet, when he not ced the prisoner running away
hiti; a valuable great coat on his arm. He followed
kg :.44,1 the prisoner dropped the coat, and then ran off
tie'Ut as he could. Witness picked up the coat, and
to tcheeded in overtaking the prisoner, whom ho removed
lott e station house. When the coat was searched a
'totter Was found in it addressed to the prosecutor, offer-
.ctie return the coat for a certain sum.
gig prosecutor stated that ho kept a shop in Covent-
tb,`"ee-market, and that he must have been robbed
kortlt. eight o'clock, as up to that hour from two in the
fe,„"ltig he hpd been sitting in it. The letter was con-
•
tiod 3 written about ten minutes after it was stolen,
it
that
was no doubt the prisoner was going to leave
the shop of the prosecutor when he was taken into
ody.
1j,1,° prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the cost,
-111113 T committed to take his trial.