The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-03 00:00:00

CIERKEN WELL.

William Wetherall, a poulterer, in Newgate-market,
was charged with the following assault upon Anne
Morgan, the wife of a mechanic, living in Princes-street,
Soho.

The complainant, who seemed to be in a very weakly
condition, deposed that, at ten o'clock on the previous
night, she was returning home, with her infant in her
arms. At the corner of Russell-square she stopped a
moment, when the prisoner, who was talking to a female
on the pavement, knocked her down, and kicked her. A
police-constable came up. She did not. wish to prosecute.
Sergeant Dodd, 9 E, said an attempt had been made
to buy off the complainant, who was therefore reluctant
to give her evidence. She had been severely injured.
Police-eonstable 90 E deposed, that hearing female
cries, he ran to the corner of Russell-square, where a
crowd of five or six persons had assembled. The woman
was standing by the railings,.and the prisoner was stand-
ing before her in a menacing attitude.
Sergeant Dodd stated•that.the 'woman was t onveyed
to a surgeon's house in Marchment-street, who recom-
mended her to be taken at once to the hospital. A
stretcher was sent for to the station-house in order to
convey her to the hospital. The stretcher and
.two
policemen were sent to the surgeon's, but the woman
refused to leave her little- child, and she was conveyed
home in a cabriolet.

Prisoner—l was talking to a girl in RusSell-square,
when the woman came up and used a disgusting ex-
pression.
Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—Did you use any
bad language towards this man ? Complainant—l never
said a word to him, your Worship.
Sergeant -Dodd said that when the prisoner came to
the station-house he stated that the complainant had
used a filthy expression. (The sergeant then.wrote the
word down on a slip of paper. and handed it to the bench.)
The prisoner called as a witness Caroline Strickland,
the person to whom he had been talking. She deposed
that she was a servant out of place, and had been talk-.
ing to the prisoner, when the woman came up and used
a bad expression. At the request of the Magistrate she
wrote the word on a slip of paper, and handed it to him.
Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that the expression which
the prisoner said she had used, and that which the wit-
ness said she used, were as different as black and white.
He did not believe the woman used any indecton ex-
pression. He fined the prisoner lL 10s., or a fortnight's
imprisonment.—The fine was paid at once.

:John Bal nes was chargel with robbing his father, and
a I)dginfi-house keeper with whom he reiided, was com-
mitted for' trial.

The prisoner surrendered himself to the officer at the
Featherstone-street police-station, and acknowledged
the commission of the robberies, to which he said dis-
tress had driven him. He said he was anxious to be
sent to prison, having been from time to time an inmate
of different workhouses, and that. he had been recently
starving in the streets.'
Jeremiah Sullivan was charged with assaulting police-
constable Barker, 124 E.

Thq constable 'deposed that, on the previous night, about
eleveti o'clock, the prisoner and a crowd of ,others were
standing in Great Coram-street. He was drunk. Witness
desired them to go away. The prisoner cried "I will serve
you out." Witness passed on, and took no notice of his threat.
Witness returned on his beat in about half an hour, and saw
the prisoner snd several disorderly characters in Little Coram-
street. Witness persuaded all the others to go to their homes
except the prisoner, who again exclaimed "I will serve you
out." He remained about the same spot until half-past
twelve, when, on seeing witness again, he said " I will
rip your b—y guts open." Witness then took him into cus-
tody, and, on his way to the station-house, he assaulted him.
MAGISTRATE-Why did he act so? Policeman—l took
one of his companions into custody about a fortnight ago, and
lie has a grudge against me ever since.
A decent-looking man, named Pearson, deposed that the
prisoner assaulted him in a very savage manner on Saturday
night, and that the complainant had assisted in removing
him. He did not, however, press the charge against him.
In answer to questions from the Magistrate, the policeman
stated that the prisoner had not worked any for nine months,
and ivas an idle, dissolute character.
The prisoner was directed to find bail, which not being
able to procure he was locked up.
MARYLEBONE.

John Lechland, a plasterer, was placed before Mr. LONG,
charged with having stolen a silver watch, the property of.
Samuel Lees.
The complainant, who resides at the Bayswater :Coffee-
house, said that on the night of Saturday he placed his watch
at the head of his bed, and on the following morning found
that some thief had stolen it. He had not locked his bed-.
room door, and therefore the thief found a ready access.
James Mills, pawnbroker, 103, Edgeware-road, said that
the prisoner pawned the watch produced in Court upon the
Monday evening for 155., and another person (Townshend)
brought the duplicate on Tuesday for the purpose of re-
deeming the article. Witness called in a policeman, and gave
that person intocustody.
William H. Townshend said he had bought the duplicate
from the prisoner for the ,sum of 38. He repeatedly assured
him that the watch 'was his own.

Police-constable 89 took the prisoner into custody. He then
stated that he had bought the watch from a stranger on the
preceding Saturday for is. 6d.—He was fully committed for