The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

James Newman, a private in the 2d battalion of the
Coldstream Guards, was placed at the bar on the fol-
lowing charge :
Mr. William White, of No. 15, New Wharf, Black-
friars, a barrister's clerk, aged about 18 years, stated
that about half-past eight o'clock last evening he was
passing through. Hyde Park, when the prisoner overtook
him, and forced a conversation on him, continuing to
mall by his side. As witness was proceeding in the di-
rection he was going, towards Albert-gate, from Bays-
water, thelprisoner still continued to walk beside him,
and at length made propositions to him of an abominable
nature, and committed a very gross assault upon his
person. Ile indignantly repelled it ; and the prisoner
then snatched his walking-stick out of his baud, and
said, "If you don't give me what you have about
you, I'll charge you." Witness said he had
nothing to give him, and a ould call the police, and did
call loudly out, for them. The prisoner, however, per-
sisted in searching him, feeling in his pockets, and took
from one of his waistcoat pockets some small amount of
copper coin, and.a.gold-mounted enamelled seal ; also a
red silk pocke4andkarshief from one of his coat pockets.
The prisoner then said, " You've a watch." Witness
said he had not, when the prisoner said, "I must search
you again," and felt his fob ; but, on finding that he had
no watch, he said, " You must give me your coat ; take
it;off your back." Witness then called again for the police,
and on hearing the footteps of some persons approaching,
f theprisoner set ()Trigging..
Sergeant. Hardwicke, A, and constable No. 106 of the
same division, asssisted in capturing the prisoner as he
was running away,.after he had been seen to throw down
the property he had robbed the prosecutor of. On the
way to the police-station, the prisoner offered to give to
Sergeant Hardwicke a valuable ,silver watch,' with gold
'chains, seals, &c„,• which he had suspended round his
neck by a black ribbon, adding, " take and share it
amongst yourselves,,and let me off, for I know how these
cases go." He afterwards said that he would rather
have been shot than such a thing should have happened.
The sergeant of the company to which the prisoner•
belonged stated, that he bore a bad charaeter in
the regiment. He had long been suspected of being one
of those soldiers who infest the parks at night, and rob
persons, under the threat of making abominable accu-
sations against them.
The prisoner said he was innocent.
Sergeant Hardwicke said he had been charged with
a similar offence twelve months ago, at Queen square
Police-court, but escaped through some legal inaccuracy.
Fully committed to take his trial at the Central
Criminal Court.

BRUTAL ASSAULT.—AniI Gorham, who has been
frequently charged at this office with the commission of
very aggravated assaults, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Long, charged with having assaulted John Luther-
man, a potman, at the Coachmakers' Arms, Marylebone-
lane.

The complainant stated that yesterday afternoon he
was sent by his mistress to post two letters. Ile had
only proceeded a short distance when the defendant
came up to him, raised his fist, knocked the complainant
down, snatched the letters from him, and ran away.
Complainant followed him, and on coming up to him, he
swore he would murder him if he followed him, and
again threw him down. He also assaulted him several

times with a strap with a heavy buckle at tWeena-
A policeman came up, and he was given into custody,
and was not conveyed to the station-house without
difficulty.
In answer to the charge, he said be was drunk at the
time, and did not know what he was about.

The prisoner was further charged with having bru-
taliy ill-treated a person who was confined in the same
cell with him, because he would not sing. _

Mr. LONG said he had heard quite enough, without
goinginto the last case, to think it his duty to punish the
defendant to the utmost extent he bad the power of doing.
He should fine him 5/., or two months' imprisonment,
for the assault on the complainant, without taking into
account the very serious assault on the constables.
A man named Flannagan was fined 20s. fm• endea-
vouring to get the last prisoner from the police, and for
using considerable violence towards them.