The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

Francis Patrick 1M 'Dermot, one of the City police-
men, was brought before Sir John Pixie upon the
charge of having been the confederate of a thief in
robbing a gentleman.
Mr. Timothy Jones, of No. 8, Racquet-court,
Fleet-street, stated that on Monday last, at about
half-past eleven o'clock at night, he went into the
Burton Coffee-house, in Cheapside. He was cer-
tainly excited at the time, and a man, who appeared
to be a Jew, asked him to drink. As witness was
leaving the place, the person who asked him to drink
was waiting for him, and struck him. The blow was
repeated, and the assailant followed witness and con-
tinued his violent conduct. Witness missed his
watch, and his stick was also lost in the
scuffle which took place. Witness went to the
defendant, and pointing to the person who had
acted so outrageously, requested him to take
the offender into custody. The defendant refused to
take the man into custody, and witness then said he
was determined to go to the station-house and report
the case. He accordingly reported the case at the
station-house, and the defendant was sent for, but
there was some difficulty in finding him, and indeed
he was not found at all ; but when witness was going
to the station-house he saw the person who had as-
saulted and robbed him and the defendant speakirg
togetlu r, and a woman was following them.
Sir JOHN Puna—Had you been drinking? Wit-
ness replied that he had been drinking, but he knew
what he had been about. The stick produced_ and the
knob to it was his property.
Insl ector Waller stated, that at six o'clock in the
morning of the night of the robbery he was on duty
at the Bow-lane station, and, in consequence of
information which he had received, he called the de-
fendant into his room, and asked him if he had heard
about the robbery. The defendant said he did know
of it. Witness said to him, "Do you know anything
about the stick the gentleman had ?" He replied that
he did, and that it must be there. Witness said it
could not be there, as the thief had not been there;
and then the stick dropped from his clothes, arid he
went into another room to be searched, and the knob
of the stick was found upon him.
Henry John Teague, policeman No. 402, stated
that he requested the defendant to produce the pro-
perty, and the defendant went into another room with
him, and pretended to feel about; he lifted up his
trousers, and pulled it out of his boot.
David Smith, policeman No. 482, stated that about
half-past one o'clock he saw the defendant talking to
a prostitute, and he afterwards saw her give him the
stick, and the defendant gave him (witness) the stick.
Witness sent the female away because the defendant
said she was a prostitute. As soon as she went away
witness saw defendant screw off the knob and put it
in his pocket, and the defendant offered him the stick
to take home to his children without the knob, and
witness refused it.

Sir JOHN PIRIE asked the prosecutor whether he
had any doubt upon his mind that he pointed out the
person who had robbed him to the defendant, and that
the defendant had refused to take that party into cus-
tody ?—Mr. Jones said there was not the least doubt
of the correctness of both statements. lle distinctly saw
the man who had robbed him and the defendant
walking together, and in conversation, towards the
Pont- office.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—WeII, defendant, what have
you to say in answer to this charge ? Defendant
—Well, Sir, I allow I acted wrong. I know
it was all wrong, but I had been out and drink-
ing a great deal, and I didn't know what I was about.
The fact is, I thought it was a mere row the gentle-
man got into, and I thought it would be better for
him to go home and drop it. I know I have acted
against the regulations of the force, but I was tipsy,
and I am willing to give my own watch to the com-
plainant in the plane of the one he lost.
Sir J. PIRIE—Your conduct has been most atro-
cious, but I regret to say there is not evidence enough
to justify me in sending you to the Old Bailey. That
you have been a confederate to the robbery I have not
the slightest doubt.
The defendant—l know it was all bad—all wrong,
my Lord ; but I was tipsy, I assure you.
Sir J. PIRIE—You must go to Bridewell, as a
rogue and vagabond, for a month, and of course you
will have nothing more to do with the police.
The defendant was then committed to Bridewell.
BOW-STREET.

Four girls, named Keefe, Grimsdale, Russell, and
Knight, all inmates of the Strand Union, were brought
before Mr. Twyford, charged with flaying assaulted Mary
Ann Hoy, one of the inmates, who was evidently fifty
years of age, but who appeared to be insane, and
caused much laughter, by repeatedly declaring she was
only " one-and-twenty."
The complainant stated that while in the oakum-shed,
picking oakum with the prisoners, they used bad lan-
guage towards her, and began pulling her about. She
told them that she believed they were no good ; and
Keefe immediately struck her violently, and made her
bleed, and Grinasdale took her by the arms, struck her,
and pushed her out of the shed.
Another inmate proved the same.
Mr. TWYFORD said the complainant's weak state of
mind entitled her to more protection. He committed the
whole of the prisoners to seven days' hard labour.
Knight and Grim? dale, on leaving the bar, screamed
out that they would have Miss Hoy's " heart's blood"
when they came out again.
Mr. TWYFORD ordered them to be put back to the bar,
and altered their sentence to a month's hard labour, thus
marking his horror of such harpies.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mary Simpson, a young good-looking womam, respect-
ably dressed, with an infant in her arms, was placed at
the bar on the following charge
James Pitt, footman in the service of the Marquis of
Douro, stated, that between eight and nine o'clock last
night, as he was crossing Hyde-park, on his way from
the Marquis's residence, No.. 3, Upper Belgrave-street,
to the Princess's Theatre, he was met by the prisoner,
and two other well-dressed females; in passing
them, they seized hold of hold of him with much
violence, after hustling him about in a joking
but forcible manner. He felt the prisoner's hand in his
left waistcoat pocket, wherein he had a canvas bag con-
taining a 51. Bank of England note, one sovereign, and
some silver. On her withdrawing it, he discovered that
he had been robbed, and at the instant he observed the
prisoner to pass something to one of her companions,
and both of them directly made off. He seized the pri-
soner, and, after a violent resistance, succeeded in de-
taining her until the police took her into custody. On
her being searched the stolen property was not found in
her possession.
The prisoner denied having robbed the prosecutor,
and alleged that he had attempted to take indecent
liberties with her ; and on the police-constable coming
up he trumped up this charge against her.
Inspector Russell, of the C division, said the prisoner
was charged with committing a highway robbery in
Hyde-park a few days ago, but was liberated, as the
prosecutor dreaded the exposure consequent on his ap-
pearing against her. Similar robberies have lately been
of frequent occurrence in the parks.—Fully committed
for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
UNION-HALL.

Ann Rayter, alias " Fat Ann," was charged with rob
bing Thomas Jamieson, mate of a South Seaman, of a
watch and guard.
The complainant stated that he had just arrived from
the South Seas, and came up from Greenwich the pre •
ceding night, and having had a glass of grog with a
friend, he then proceeded towards Walworth. lie had
not walked far, when, in passing the end of Manor-
place, he was accosted by three women, who endea-
voured to prevail upon him to accompany them. He
refused the invitation, and in a moment one of the
women made a snatch at his watch, which was sepa-
rated from the chain, owing to the violence of the pull,
and he was shoved down. When he recovered himself,
he found his watch gone, and immediately seized the
prisoner, her two companions having run away, and
gave her into custody.
The prisoner was remanded, in order to give an op,
portunity of apprehending her two associates.
CLERKEIV WELL.

Samuel Blunstun was Charged with assaulting Mr.
Bolton, a plasterer, residing at Ball's-pond, Islington,
under the following strange circumstances :—The pri-
soner was about to enter into a contract with the prose-
cutor, but in consequence of his having come drunk to
his work Mr. Bolton refused to contract with him. Mr.
Bolton was standing near the bank of the New River, in
Islington, talking to another gentleman, when the pri-
soner, who was under the influence of drink, came up
behind him and struck him a violent blow on the back of
the head. The prisoner, who was dressed in heavy fus-
tian, and wore a great coat, jumped into the New River,
and swam across. When he got upon the opposite bank
he swore that be, would swim back again if Mr. Bolton
would fight him. Mr. Bolton was in too much pain to
reply, and the prisoner interpreting his silence into con-
sent, jumped into the river again and swam over. Seeing
a policeman coming he jumped into the river, and a third
time swam to the opposite bank. He was finally arrested
by police-constable 154 N.—He was held to bail for the
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