The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-16 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

At the Surrey Quarter Sessions, held at Kingston,
Mr. Meymott, the surgeon of the county gaol,Horse-
monger-lane, expressed an opinion that the practice
of confining prisoners closely to their room, except
during the hours of divine service and meals, on Sun-
days, was calculated to be injurious to their health;
and the surgeon of the Brixton House of Correction,
in his report, stated that there had been a great many
cases of itch in the gaol, and the great majority of
them were persons who had come from union work-
houses.

A young woman named Sarah Baker was placed at
the bar at Bow-street before Mr. Jardine, charged on
suspicion with stealing five china cups, a dessert dish,
a qu :laity of glasses, and other articles from Saint
James's Palace the property of his Majesty the King
of Hanover. In her defence, she stated that the arti-
cles had been given her sister, who was a servant at
the Palace. The sister stated that she had certainly
given her jellies and pastry in the cups and plates, to
take home, but that she had always intended the pri-
soner should return them. It appeared that the sis-
ters both bore excellent characters, and had been fill-
ing situations of great trust, and the housekeeper of
the Palace having stated that she did not believe the
articles had been taken with any felonious intent, as
when the King was last in town the hospitality ob-
served was such as to cause the superfluities to be
given to the servants, which might account for the
dessert plate, it being of no value, as there were only
three remaining of the set. The magistrate ordered
the prisoner to be discharged.
At Clerkenwell, John Gill, a stylishly-dressed
middle-aged man charged by Mr. Haynes, Mortimer,
arms, Tottenham-court-road, with having violently
assaulted him, was fined 31., or one month's imprison-
ment.

Thomas White, a journeyman in the service of Mr.
Robert Galloway, of 30, ➢Milbank-street, Westminster,
baker, was charged at Queen-square, with grossly
misconducting himself while engaged in his employ-
ment. The prisoner had gone out with a truck to
deliver bread, had got drunk, strewed the loaves about
the street, and wheeled the truck over them. He was
sent to the House of Correction for fourteen days'
hard labour.

At Marlborough-street, Benjamin Cox, a private in
the second battalion of Coldstream Guards, was
brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with having wil •
fully broken a square of glass at the White Horse
Tavern, Regent-street ; with having assaulted the
waiter and the cook ; and also with having resisted
and assaulted the police in the execution of their duty.
The prisoner had entered the house drunk, and in
attempting to eject him the assaults had been com-
mitted. He was fined 51. for the assaults on the
servants, and Si. for assaults on the police, or two
months' hard labour.

Michael Lee, alias Molloy, a labourer, between
forty-five and fifty years of age, charged with having
murdered his wife, Ann Lee, by drowning her in the
Paddington Canal, was remanded from Marlborough-
street, in order to give time to procure further evidence.
A man named 'William Woolston, a mat-maker,
was charged, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with
causing so serious an injury to the person of Eliza-
beth Dowell, that her life is at present in serious
jeopardy. The prisoner was drinking beer out of a
bottle in the gallery of the Garrick Theatre; the
bottle slipped, and fell on the head of the girl, who
was in the pit. The prisoner, who had been given
into custody by Mr. Gomersal, the manager of the
theatre, was admitted to bail.