The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

BOW-STREET.
Thursday, a police-constable of the F division, named
John Guy, was charged with having absconded from the
force with 231., received by him in his official capacity.
The prisoner was on duty in the Strand early on the morn-
ng of the 13th inst. At about four o'clock he apprehended
a woman on suspicion of robbing A seaman, named David
Evans, and took her to the station-house in Bow-street,
where he handed to Mr. Logan, the inspector on duty, five
5L Bank of England notes, two sovereigns, and 21s. in silver,
which he had found in her possession. This money was given
back to the prisoner when he brought the charge before the
magistrate. He was ordered to give up one of the notes to
the seaman (who was daily expected to leave Plymouth, on
board the Caledonia), and it was his duty to return the re-
mainder to Inspector Logan, who was responsible for its safe
custody, This was not done, and on the following evening
he was reported as " not on duty." The suspicions of his
superior officers were consequently aroused, and it was soon
ascertained that he had absconded from his lodgings in pri-
vate clothes, leaving his uniform behind him. On Thursday
morning Inspector Black, who had been apprised of his re-
treat, proceeded to a house in New-street, Webber-street,
Lambeth, where he found the prisoner in bed with a prosti-
tute. He searched the bed, and found 201. 7s. wrapped up in
paper under the pillow. On being informed of the charge,
and duly cautioned, he admitted his guilt, and stated that he
had changed one of the notes for gold.
A shopkeeper named Mary Roach proved that the pri-
soner had given her a 51. note in payment for a pair of boots
on Tuesday last.
Inspector Dodd said, it was the duty of all constables to
attend at the station-house after the disposal of charges with
which they were concerned, to report the result of the exa-
mination, and to deliver up whatever property might come
into their hands. This was always done without any ex-
press directions from the inspector on duty.
In answer to the inquiries of the magistrate, it was stated
that the prisoner was a young man of highly respectable
connexions. He had been in the police force about six
months, having been bought out of the army by his friends.
The prisoner said nothing to the charge.
Mr. TWYFORD committed him for trial at the Old Bailey.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Yesterday Henry Hughes Onslew, gentleman, of Queen's-
row, Brompton, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged
with having, while in a state of intoxication, committed a
series of outrageous assaults on the police and others.
Police-constable Godfrey, C 147, who appeared to have
suffered great injury, said that about twelve o'clock the pre-
vious night he heard a cry for the police, and on going into
Duke-street he saw the defendant, who, without speaking a
word, rushed at him and knocked him down. Witness rose,
and was again knocked down, and knelt upon by the defen-
dant, who kept beating him while on the ground. Com-
plainant regained his legs at last, and was a third time
knocked down, when the defendant forced his fingers into
his mouth, seized his tongue, and made an attempt to tear
it out of his mouth. The crowd called out during the attack
for witness to use his truncheon, and witness did draw his
truncheon, and strike his enraged assailant a slight blow.
The defendant then attacked every one right and left, and.
wag not overpowered until he had made a very great re-
sistance.
Richard Smith, a waterman on the Piccadilly coach-stand,
said he went to the assistance of the constable, and was
knocked down by the defendant.
Mr. Robert Upton, surveyor, Stamford-villa, was passing
with his wife at the time, when he received a violent blow
on the face from the defendant, without having given the
slightest provocation.
Mr. Richard Rees, 32, Piccadilly, said he had been as-
saulted by the defendant, and that it was he who had given
the alarm of police. The circumstances under which he came
into collision with the defendant were these :—He had un-
luckily let his second floor to a lady who styled herself the
wife of a Captain Murray, though the captain had not as yet
been visible. The defendant, it was believed, had some kind
of intimacy with this lodger ; and, as this was likely to injure
the respectability of his house, his wife, when the defendant
knocked at that late hour, refused to allow him to enter.
Hearing a dispute in the passage, he went out, and, on en-
deavouring to shut the door, the defendant attacked him,
and struck him a violent blow on the body, from which he
was now suffering, as his medical attendant's certificate would
prove. He then called for the police, and, on the constable
making his appearance, the defendant knocked him down re-
peatedly, and struck every one indiscriminately until he was
overpowered by numbers.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, wished it to be
particularly understood that he knew no lady of the name of
Murray, and had no acquaintance with any lady living in
Mr. Rees's house. With respect to the assault, he was ready
to admit his great culpability. He was under the influence
of drink and unconscious of his actions. He conceived he had
been assaulted in the first instance, and this led him to strike
at those who first struck him. He was sensible of his mis-
conduct, was ready to apologise, and to make recompense to
those he had assaulted, and he now threw himself upon the
merciful consideration of the Court.

Mr. HARD WICK said the defendent had been convicted on
the clearest evidence of committing a number of ferocious
assaults, not only on the police, but upon persons who were
accidentally passing through the streets at the time. The
defendant was in the station of a gentleman, and his educa-
tion and position in society ought to have taught him
the duty and propriety of submitting to the law, and of
abstaining from committing assaults on those who were in
the performance of their duties as public officers. There
was no circumstance of mitigation in the 'whole evidence to
warrant him in doing otherwise than to inflict the highest
penalty of the law, inadequate though that penalty was in
most cases of assault of an aggravated description. The law
gave him the power to dispense with a pecuniary fine in the
case of assaults on constables. This power he should cer-
tainly avail himself of, and at once send the defendant for
one month to the House of Correction for the assault on the
police-constable. He should further fine the defendant 51.
for each of the assaults on the three other witnesses, or in
default of payment two months' additional imprisonment
for each fine.

The defendant, who appeared astounded at the punish..
ment, was removed from the bar.
In a short time a gentleman came into Court and applied
for a mitigation of the sentence of imprisonment on the
ground of the distraction of the defendant's family, who were
of high respectability, at witnessing the defendants degrading
situation. The defendant was perfectly contrite, and ac-
knowledged the justice of his sentence, but hoped he might
be allowed to pay a money fine, and to recompense amply
the injured policeman.

Mr: HARDWICK replied to the applicant's repeated solicita-
tions, that in a case where so much drunken brutality had
been exercised he was entirely indisposed to show any lenity,
and therefore he could not alter his judgment.
THAMES.
Thursday Mr. Sidney Isaac Sidney, of St. Mary-axe, who
described himself as an attorney of the Court of Queen's
Bench, in applying for an assault warrant stated, that he
went to serve a writ, and was told the party would come
down from his room shortly. He waited a considerable time,
but as the person did not come down he went up with the
writ, and was assaulted in a very violent manner; so much
so that he had some difficulty in making his escape.
Mr. BALLANTINE —The writ was not addressed to you;
why did you go to serve it? Applicant—Any person is com-
petent to serve it.
Mr. BALLANTINE—No ;it should be served by perso
to whom it is addressed. Why did yott not, bein the g
an attorn
-
teous to go myself.
ney, send your clerk? Applicant—I thought to
ur.
Mr. co,
Mr. BALLANTINE--I can't
the circumstances. If - grant your application under
On complain of contempt of the
Court of Queen's Applicant apply to that Court tbr protection,
redress and -aye been assaulted, and I apply here for
Arr. • t'f°tecticm•
tr.orrtsra—l cannot give it to you. The fad, on
Your ovro
sho‘vinc, Is, that he found you '
turned you out, CO
4113 room, and
APPileant--ly
Belt
14/ cook?
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next }Lae he does so VP protect my-
tf ...aye -done so.
...st.LAYTINE—Very well; do as you will.
--..pplicant—But if I do so you'll say I had no right to take
'w into my own hands.
13ALLA.NTINE.--It is more than probable. I cannot,
grant your application, as I do not see what right
get into O.a min's room.
lan* reit the Court evidently as much surprised
rho ferusal.
SOUTHWARK.

C7iilton, Q.C., Recorder of Gloucester, and
Inner Temple, was charged before Mr. Jeremy
r.r. Trani), with travelling in one of the Croy-
,ompany's carriages, and refusing to pay the

rig rather novel created considerable interest,
ie attention of the Magistrate several hours.

ane of the officers or the Brghton and Croy-
:id, that the night before, on the arrival of the
o'clock train from Croydon at the London-
is; the defendant arrived in one of the carriages.
ti demanded of him in the usual way, and on
deliver it he was given into custody. The
as previously demanded of him. The de-
n that he came from Sydenham, and offered
the fare from that place. He (witness) re-
fs than the Is. 3d., as the Act of Parliament
ce must pay the fare for all the way. Witness
ated copy of the by-laws, which he said were
ispicnoito place at eytry termite stud station

Thursday Ceorge Boyle was re-examined, charged with
defrauding seyetal chemists of bottles of Rowland's kalydor
and Macassar oil.
In the instance where the prisoner obtained a bottle of
Rowland's Macassar oil from Mr. Butler, at the corner of St.
Paul's Churchyard, pretent.ing that he was Mr. Jackson, of
22, Holborn- hill. an additional witness, residing at that house,
was examined to show that no person of that name resided
there.

Mr. Alderman MooN committed him on this charge.
In the case where the prisoner obtained, at a surgeons ' in
St. Martin's-le-Grand, a bottle of kalydor, using the name
of Mr. Lawrence, of the Post-office, Mr. Lawrence was called
to prove that he had not authorised anybody to obtain it, and
that he knew nothing of the prisoner.
The pi isoner solemnly denied that he bad used the name
of Mr. Lawrence.
Tyrrell, one of the Post-office constables, deposed to finding
a bank cheque on Messrs. Lubbock at the prisoner's house,
No. 9, Stayman-row, Highbury.
The prisoner asked the officer with what object he had
offered his wife a shilling when he searched the house?
Tyrrell explained that he did so purely from charity. lie
found the family in possession of a large unfurnished house;
they had no change of clothes; his wife was almost in rags,
the only food in the house was a little screw of tea and some
bread and butter, and when he asked what money there was
in the house the wife opened a drawer and showed him three
halfpence. Presently a little boy came in, and, seeing the
distress of the family, he and his brother officer (Peake)
agreed each to give her sixpence, which they could hardly
persuade her to rcoaive,
The prisoner said the officer had truly stated his distress.
He was once in affluent circumstances, but lie was ruined by
employing a lawyer to recover a few debts for the board and
education of children. The lawyer not only kept all the
money he collected, but sued the prisoner for costs and stripped
him Of everything. At fifty-nine years of age, and with his
hands unfit to labour, what could he do? He obtained the
bottles of Macassar oil and other articles on credit, intending
to call and pay when his affairs changed. A friend had let
him into possession of a house, he had issued circulars to open
a school, and all seemed td be going well, when he was ap-
prehended on this charge. He begged the alderman to be-
lieve he had been driven to what he had done by dire poverty,
and to look on him with mercy.
Mr. Alderman MOON said the charges were numerous,
and ran over a considerable period. He should have taken
the same course to make his distress known, and obtain re-
lief, that was open to all. Fraud or theft could not be ex-
cused on the ground of necessity. It would have been better
to apply for relief than to resort to crime, .and persons of
education should be an example to the rest. The friend who
let him into possession of the house would propably have
assisted him further.
The prisoner was then charged with obtaining on tha Bth
of October a beaver hat, value 11. Is., from Messrs. Griffiths
and Johnson, of Bond-street, by falsely pretending that he
was Mr. W. Rust, of Ealing-grove, and 30, Park-street,
Grosvenor-square. Ile was committed on both charges, and
removed to Newgate.