The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-25 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN S BENCH, Jan. 24.

(Sittings in Banco. )
The Court took the Crown paper to-day, and was occupied
the whole morning in listening to arguments in cases of disputed
settlements of paupers.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 24,
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court took the special paper to-day, and was occupied
the wkole morning in listening to arguments relative to techni-
cal points of pleading.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
BO W-STREET.

Two strong, hearty-looking men, who gave their names
John Scott and John King, the one dressed like a boatman, and
the other like an agricultural labourer, were charged, before
Mr. Twyford, with begging in Holborn.
One of the Mendicity Society's officers stated, that he was
passing along Holborn, yesterday, when he saw the defendants
standing there. One had a spade in his hand, and upon it was
written " We are in great distress, we can get no work, and
we want bread." The same prisoners were taken before Mr.
Long, about three weeks ago, when they were discharged,
and sent to the Mendicity Society, and there they were given
five days work. When the officer took them into custody yes-
terday, the prisoner, Scott, was holding up the spade, and the
other prisoner was leaning upon him, as though overcome by
exhaustion.

The prisoners said they were utterly destitute, and could get
no work. They had lately been engaged on the Paris and
Rouen Railway, but the works had been stopped there, and
they had Com e r ver to England.
Mr. Twy rotten said that a ease' of systematic begging had
been prove( , and he should punish it accordingly. The pri-
soners must be imprisoned in the House of Correction for a
month.

Yesterday afternoon a Lishionably-dressed young man, named
George Butler, of No. 1, Glengall-place, Old Kent-road,
but who is known in the theatrical world as Mr. Wentworth,
add who appeared lately at Covent-garden Theatre in the cha-
racter of Hamlet, on the occasion of Mr. Wallack's benefit,
was brought up before Mr. Twyford, on a warrant charged
with writing a threatening letter to Mr. George Wells, a clerk
in the Admiralty-office.
The complainant stated that the defendant had been in the
habit of visiting at his father's house, but latterly an estrange-
ment had taken place, in consequence of a critique in the Era
newspaper upon the defendant's performance, which defendant
had taken it into his head that the complainant had written ;
and on the 15th inst. the defendant sent a letter to the com-
plainant, which concluded by saying that if the complainant
renewed his strictures upon defendant in the Era, he would de
what his fingers had long itched for—namely, give the com-
plainant a downright horse-whipping. The complainant re-
plied to this letter, and told the defendant that if such threats
were repeated he would place the matter in the hands of his
lawyer. On Thursday last the defendant called at the Admi-
ralty-office, and told the complainant that unless he contradicted
in the next week's Era what he had written, he should give
him the threatened horsewhipping. Upon this the complainant
obtained a peace-warrant against him.
The defendant admitted that what the complainant had
stated was true, but he could not enter into his reasons for
sending the letter, as he was prevented from doing so by respect
for the complainant's parents. He was, however, willing to
enter into his recognisances to keep the peace towacds Mr.
Wells.

Mr. TWYFORD then ordered the defendant to enter into his
own recognisances, and find bail in two sureties of 20/. each to
keep the peace for three months.
Captain Harvey Tackett offered himself, and was accepted
as the defendant's bail.

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charged with having twice attempted to commit suicide.
John Fletcher, 7, Salisbury-street, said that the prisoner
slept in his house on Monday night, and on the succeeding
morning he got intoxicated at a very early hour, and then pulled
first a knife out of his pocket and threatened to do some injury
to himself. The weapon was taken from him, and tie then
opened a razor, with which he attempted to cut his throat.
Fortunately they were enabled to wrest it from him. Witness
kept them in his possession, but some time after was advised by
a policeman to give them up to the prisoner again, who then
left and went to the Champion public-house next deer, where
he repeated the same attempt, and was then given into custody.
The second attempt was fully proved by witnesses.
Mr. RAlvtissom—Who was the constable who gave stch
such foolish advice?—Sergeant Hawker came forward and laid
that he was the person.
The MAcisTiLaTewished to learn why he gave such advice?
Sergeant Hawker—Why, the man was recovered from his
drunken state, was quite rational, and made a laugh ct the at-
tempt.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Your are sinking part of the story, Sir.
Give me the whole of it, if you please.—Sergeant Hawker tried
to explain.
Mr. RA wuNsoN—lt is very evident to me that you are
omitting part of the statement fur the purpose of justifying your
own advice in this matter—toolish advice, as it appears, by
the prisoner's subsequent conduct.
The prisoner expressed his sorrow for his conduct, and said
that, if permitted to depart, he would make all haste join his
ship, but
Mr. R.twunsow said that he would order Sergeant Haw-
ker, who had, in the first instance, acted unwisely, to see him
safe to the East India Docks, and if the ship had drooped
down by the morning tide to Gravesend, he would see him
then off by the steamier.

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