The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

THAMES POLICE.

John Butler, a fishmonger, of No. 4, Duke street,
St. George's-in-the-East, preferred a complaint
against a pretty tall young woman, just out of her
teens, named Mary Sandberry, of having illegally de•
tained a shawl, his property.
Douglas, No. 279 K, said the young woman ad-
mitted the possession of the shawl, and said it was
given to her as a present by the defendant while he
was courting her.
The complainant said that was false. He had been
a widower for seven months, and the defendant was
his late wife's sister, and she borrowed the shawl of
him for a day.
The defendant —Please, Sir, it was was my sister's
shawl—the false man : when my sister died, he said
that I was welcome to the shawl, and said that it
would grace my shoulders marvellously, and gave it
me freely, and the first Sunday I wore it, he walked
with me to the tea-gardens.
The complainant—Yes, but I did not give you the
shawl. I sent my boy over to your house for it after-
wards.

The defendant—lt's all through jealously, Sir, be-
cause I walked out with another young man, and now
he wants the shawl back. Oh, the mean fellow.
Mr. BALLANTINE—What ! Has he been making
love to you ? The defendant—Yes, Sir, he promised
me marriage, and since I walked with the other young
man, he has become as jealous as ever Othello was of
his wife. _ _

Mr. BALLANTINE—Did it not occur to you that it
was very improper to marry your own sister's hus-
band ? The Defendant—Yes, Sir, that was my ob-
jection. I knew it was contrary to law.
The defendant admitted that he had taken a walk
out with the girl, but denied there was any courtship
in the matter ; was it likely that he should want to

marry again ?
Mr. BALLANTINE—It's not at all improbable, for
you have been seven months a widower. I shall not
interfere in this matter, and the young woman may
keep the shawl.
A few minutes afterwards the parties changed
places, and Butler was placed in the dock charged
with violently assaulting Miss Sandberry at the door
of the Court. She entered the witness-box, sobbing
loudly, her hair in disorder, and her gown torn. It
appeared that she triumphantly placed the disputed
shawl over another one, whereupon, said the girl,
" He flew upon me like a tiger, dragged me some
distance by the hair of my head, and took the shawl
from me. My neck was torn, and I was thrown on
the gravel."
Police-constable, 333 K, and another witness, said
the female was violently assaulted.
The defendant said that the shawl was his property,
and seeing the complainant put it on her shoulders in
bravado, he tore it from her.
Mr. BALLANTINE directed the shawl to be imme-
diately restored to the female, and said the assault
was a very aggravated one, and fined the defendant
405., which he immediately paid, and then departed
quietly.

UNION-HALL.
William Brocksopp, formerly in extensive business
as a grocer and tea-dealer in High-street, Southwark,
was brought before Mr. Traill on remand, charged by
William Brocksopp, jun., his son, with stealing a gold
ring, a gold pin, and portfolio, his property.
On Wednesday last, the accused was given into
custody by his son on the above charge, when it ap-
peared that the articles above specified were taken out
of a box belonging to the complainant, and left in the
care of the accused, who had been for some length of
time struggling against adversity with a large family.
The complainant on examining the box, and finding
the articles mis.ing, ginstioned his father on the sub-
ject, and it appearing the latter had pledged them,
and had objected to restore them, was given into cus- ,
tody by his son.
Mr. TRAILL, who could not help expressing his ,
surprise at a son bringing' such a case before the pub
lie, adjourned it over, merely making the accused
enter into his own recognisance to appear this day,
the magistrate and every other person in court, who
heard the details, believing that an arrangement would
take place betwe the parties, and that no more would
be heard of the charge.
In this expectation, however, a disappointment was
experienced, for when the case was called on, the
complainant immediately appeared, and, in answer, to ,
Mr. Traill, said that no arrangement had been en-
tered into respecting the charge, The accused then 1

handed in a note, of which the following is a copy,
that he received from his son since the last exami-
nation :

" 13, Norfolk-place, Kent-road, Oct. 16.

" Mr. Brocksopp,—lf you are willing to deliver me
the articles I claim, viz , the two rings, gold pin, and
portfolio, or give me the tickets and the money for which
they are pledged, I will drop any further prosecution.
If they are not delivered up on these terms, you must
take the consequences. If not settled by to-morrow by
four o'clock, my solicitor has my instructions to make
out the necessary brief.—l remain, Sir, yours most re-
spectfully, " WILLIAM BROCKSOPP.
" To Mr. W. Brocksopp, sen."
Mr. TRAILL said that he expected to have heard
no more of the charge, when the complainant imme-
diately answered, that as the prisoner did not think
proper to restore the jewellery articles, he should go
on with the charge. He then proceeded to describe
that the rings and pin belonged to him, and that the
box from which they were taken was opened without
his sanction by the prisoner.
Mr. TRAILL said that, after all, the complainant
could not produce evidence of the stealing of the ar-
ticles, the utmost being that of illegally pawning
against the father.
The complainant said that he was still willing to
forego the prosecution, if the accused restored him
the articles.

The accused (in strong terms) denounced the con-
duct of the complainant, for the harsh steps he had
adopted towards him, and said that, even if he was
adjudged to restore them, he had not the means of
doing so.
The complainant said that, if he did not proceed
with the charge, the prisoner would not stop until he
deprived him of all his property ; that his father, some
time ago, was the cause of preventing him from ob-
taining 2,0001.
The prisoner denied the assertion.
Mr. TRAILL (to complainant)—Then, I suppose,
you have adopted this proceeding against your father
out of revenge ? The complainant, however, declared
that such was not the case, and complained loudly of
his father's general misconduct.
The accused retorted.

The magistrate stopped the recrimination between
the parties ; and, after some further evidence respect-
ing the charge, adjudged the accused to restore the
gold ring and pin to his son, saying at the same time
that if he did not consent to do this, an order would
be immediately issued to compel him.
The accused declared that he was wholly unable to
redeem the articles ; and he was then informed of the
consequences if he neglected to obey the order made

upon
IVilliam Batty, the proprietor of Astley's Amphi-
theatre,
was summoned at the instance of Birch, the
informer, for suffering certain exciseable liquors to be
sold on his premises without a licence for that purpose.
Mr. Humphries, the solicitor on the part of the de-
fendant, contended that an information of that nature
must be laid by an officer of excise or some person
authorised by the Board, and not by a common in-
former. After some discussion upon the point, it,
however, was over-ruled, and the case proceeded.
Birch then called his witness, George Pratt, who
stated that he was a watchmaker out of emplop and
that, on Tuesday night last, he went to Astley s Am-
phitheatre. While in the theatre he went into the pit
saloon, and was served by a female with a glass of
gin-and-water, and some time after had a repetition
of the " dose," when he observed a lady taking a
glass of wine, and two gentlemen called for a glass
of brandy-and-water, with which they were also
served. He added that he was acquainted with the
person of Mr. Batty, and saw that gentleman going
into the private entrance of the theatre, when he
(witness) was going into the pit.
Mr. Humphries said it was incumbent on the in-
former to prove that the defendant was the owner of
the theatre.

Birch immediately drew forth a bill of the play, to
prove the fact ; but this description of evidence not
being considered sufficient by the magistrate to sus-
tain a conviction, Birch then said that he had no other
means then of proving the fact; that everybody knew,
since Ducrow's death, that Mr. Batty was the pro-
prietor. I thOught, added Birch, that no objection of
this description would be urged.
Mr. TRAILL said it was most important to prove
the ownership of the premises where the alleged in -
fringement of the Act took place.
Birch then said that he procured the bill of the play
to save the trouble of applying at the Lord Chamber-
lain's office ; that in case the magistrate considered
the allegation not proved, he should obtain other evi.
dente.
Mr. TRAILL—You must before I can convict.
The summons was then ordered to stand over for
the above purpose, and on Mr. Humphries applying
for the costs, the magistrate, in reply, said that he
should be guided as to whether the informer should
pay all the costs on the final decision of the in-
formation.

Thomas Hobbs, a groom, was charged before Mr.
Traill with stealing a horse, the property of Mrs. Heath.
a stage-coach proprietor in the New Kent-road.
It appeared that, on the preceding day, the prisoner
was employed in exercising some horses belonging to
the complainant, and that having been paid for his day's
work, he left the premises in the evening. Jessup, the
horse-keeper, went away from his master's premises in
the evening, having locked up the stables. This morn-
ing, soon after six o'clock, the witness, on going to the
Stables, found them broken open, and a valuable mare
stolen. It further appeared, that between two and
three o'clock that morning, a policeman on duty
in the Kennington-road, met the prisoner on horse-
back. The moment he saw him, be put the
horse into a trot, and tried to get away, but the
policeman followed and stopped him. When the prisoner
was questioned on the subject, he said that he was in the
employ of Mr. Wailes, the knacker, in the Wandsworth-
road, and that he was taking the mare to his master's
yard to be killed. The policeman doubting the truth of
this assertion, took the prisoner into custody, and it was
subsequently ascertained that the horse had been stolen
from the complainant's stables, as above described.
The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, was com-
mitted for trial to the Central Criminal Court, the busi-
ness of which commences on Monday next (this day).

EXETER COURT of BANKRUPTCY.
PURITY OF ELECTION IN CORNWALL.
IN RE ROBERT EVERY.

The insolvent, a farmer of Callington (Cornwall),
was opposed by Mr. Whiteford, of Plymoutls, for a
debt incurred by judgment against him, in an action
for " malicious" trespass. He had rented a farm
called Castlewick, of Dr. Penny, and forcibly kenrit
possession, on the expiration of the lease, against the
new tenant, after his furniture had been removed.
After a long examination he was remanded.
A curious electioneering anecdote came out in the
examination. Captain Poade, of Slades, son-in-lawo
the late Dr. Penny, was latterly insolvent's landletd.
During the election for East Cornwall, insolvent said
he met Mrs. Poade in the street at Callington. She
asked who he was going to vote for ? " I &at
know," said he. She said, "To be sure you votetror
Lord Eliot." He said, " Why have you not done as
Lord Eliot has ?" (His Lordship had recently:ke-
mitted part of his rents, and insolvent complained that
his rent was too high.) She said, " This is no time
for such a discussion as that." He answered, ",You
have used me:very ill." She took a blue ribbon from
her reticule, and tied it to his button-hole. " There,"
she said, "go along and vote for Lord Eliot, and you
shall have no cause to complain." "And so," said the
insolvent to the court, "I did go and vote for Lord
Eliot, and this is the way she has served me."

MURDER.—A case occurred on Sunday, which
leaves little doubt that murder has been done in this city,
Glasgow; and the particulars of which, so far as we have
ascertained them, are as follows:—About seven o'clock
in the morning, a person named George M'Naugbt, a
packing-box maker, residing at 100, Havannah-street,
alarmed some of his neighbours, by stating that he could
not arouse a man who had spent a part of the night by
sleeping in the same bed with him, and that he was afraid
he was dead. The first effort at resuscitation was by
pouring whisky down the man's throat ; but as this did
not awake any symptoms of life, the neighbours then
sent for a medical man, who was immediately in attend-
ance. He at once said that the man was quite dead, and
on turning the body, discovered the cause of death-in a
chisel, which was sticking to the depth of an inch and a
half in the right side of the deceased, immediately below
the ribs. The instrument, which is called a three-
quarter of an inch chisel, had perforated the trousers
head-band and shirt of the deceased ; and it has been
ascertained, we believe, to belong to M'Naught, the
landlord of the house. The name of the deceased is
Neil M'Kinnon, a dyer, residing in Dalmarnock-road,
whose character of late years has been none of the
best. 'lVNaught, who had himself given information at
the Police-office in the course of the morning, that a dead
man was lying in his room, was immediately sought for
and taken into custody. Beyond stating that M'Kinnon
came, to his house about half past four o'clock in the
morning, • and lay down in the bed with him, he denies,
we believe, ail knowledge of the cause of the man's
death. There is no reason to doubt, however, that
M'Naught, the deceased, and some other persons, were
drinking in the room during the night ; and some of the
neighbours were a:arined by the noise of a serious scuffle
in it bet'. da 104.—Glusgow Herald.
COLLILRY ACCIDENTS.—It is well known to those
resident in mining, ilistriets that accidents have frequently
occurred from the dangerous practice of smoking in coal-
pits. The Netvcastlf! Advertiser of Thursday o ,ntains the
following case, in wiiich three persons were convicted
and sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correc-
tion for tampering with their Davy lamps tor the pur-
pose of pursuing this practice :—" John Marshall,
Them s Lockey, and 'I homes Thompson, pitmen, work-
ing at the Elemore pit, Hetton Colliery, were brought
before the magistrates at Easington, a few days ago, the
two former charged with having drawn the flame through
their Davy lamps to light their pipes, and the latter
with having unlocked ar,d unscrewed his lamp for the
same ,purpose. After a long and careful investigation,
it api*Ared that, at the part of the pit where this shame-
ful and dangerous offence was committed, there was no
immediate danger from foulness, and the magistrates
therefore, with the utmost leniency, only sentenced
theinAei three weeks' hard labour in the House of Cor-