The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDII AL L. —On Saturday last Thomas Robinson,
a pale-faced, respectable-lookiog.young man, in a new drab
benjamin, was charged with having stolen fifty pounds, in
Bank of England notes, from a.ll-jr. Edward Darby, a fine,
florid, silver-haired agriculturist from Hockworthy, near
Tiverton, Deronsbire.L.The prisoner 'was committed to
Newgate for trial.

BOW-STREET.—On, Saturday Mai Westmorland,
a young man of genteeladdreis and respectable connexions,
was brought into custody. froin St. Martin's watch house,
charged with assaulting several Watchmen in Leicester-
square on Friday night; and punching the eye out of one
of them with the point ofhis umbrella.
It appeared that the• prisoner was returning through
Leicester-square from a dinner party on Friday night, when
he grew quarrelsome, in.. consequence of which several
watchmen made their appearance, all of whom he attacked
with great fury, and one of them, named M'Carthy, who
had previously lost an eye in the navy, . received a thrust
from the prisoner's umbrella in the eye which remained to
him, the force of which actually poked it out. The poor
man was immediately taken to an hospital, and according
to the certificate of the surgeon, lie will lose his sight for
ever, although no serious apprehensions are entertained of
his life. The pOor fellow is ..auffering great agony, and to
add to his misfortune he has a wife and children who de-
pend upon him for support.
The prisoner seemed greatly affected, and expressed his
willingness to make the unfortunate man any reasonable
compensation for the unlucky accident. Ile was attended
to the office by several of his friends, who were willing to
bail him to any amount ; and as the life of poor AlTarthy
was not stated to be in dangeri the prisoner was discharged
from custody, having Previously given bail to answer the
assault.

MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.-0a Saturday night Mr.
Wm. White, a clerk at Osborne's livery-stables, in Mon-
tagu-street, Montagu-square, was charged with having
violated the person of Mrs., Margaret thoinas,.a very pretty
and genteel young woman about 20 years of age.
Mrs. Thomas was accompanied to the office by her hus-
band, and having made a fruitless endeavour to obtain of
Mr. HOSKINS a private hearing of the case, she reluctantly
stepped into the witness-box, and stated, that on the 3d
of December, about seven in
_the' evening, the defendant
came to her with a message from her husband, who was
attending a professional engagement in Westminster. She
had seen him only twice before.—once in the company of
her husband, and once he called with Mr. Osborne and
Mr. Mitchell, and sat down in the parlour belonging to the
lady of the house.

" I think," sail Mr. Hosxms, " you told me when you
made the application this morning, that you and your hus-
band occupy a single room in Limon-grove, which answers
the twofold purpose of sitting-room and chamber."
Mrs. Thomas—Yes, Sir. • .

Mr. Hosmxs--Go on, and state what happened on the
3d of December.

Mrs. Thomas—Mr. White told me, at the bottom of the
stairs, he wanted to speak to me, and I asked him to walk
up, which he did, and delivered a message from my husband.
Mr. HOsxms—How long did he remain with you ?
Two hours.

Two hours ! Did you ask him to stay ?—No, Sir.

Did you ask him to go ?—No, Sir.

Did he take any thing to eat or to drink during that
time?—He sent a little girl for half a pint of brandy.
Did you drink any of the brandy ?—A little.

Wasthe whole of the brandy drunk ?—Not the whole of it.
What happened then ?—When he wished to go, I went
to light him out, and as I was going to open the door, he
blew out the candle.

What then ?—He pushed me on the bed, and took ad-
vantage of my person.
By force, against your consent ?-Yes, '•-•••Yes, Sir,
Why did you not cry out for aisistance?—l told him for
God's sake not to do so, ' and ho put his hand upon my
mouth to prevent my screaming.
Did you make all the resistance in your power ?—I
struggled till I could do an no longer.
Had there been any conversation ola light character be-
tween you before this happenefl?—Light character, Sir ?
I do not understand you.

Of an indecent character Sir.
What did you do wheu.you 'were released from him ?-1
lighted him out of the house._

Did you open the door for him ?—Yes, Sir.
What did you do after he wa* gone ?—I went up stairs.
What then?—l went to bed.
Who was the first person you told of the circumstance?

—My husband.
When ?—The 2d of this month.
Why, did you suffer a month to pass withtiut mentioning
it to any one was afraid of its getting to my husband's

ears.

Did you see the defendant during that month?—Yes,
Sir, several times.
Where ?—I drank tea with Mrs. White; she invited me.
What, is he a married man ?—Yes, Sir.
When you went to drink tea with his wife, of course
you expected to meet him, did you not ?—Mrs. Thomas
hung her head down, and made no reply.
Pray answer it, did you not fully expect to see him ?—I
thought I should see him.
And you did see him ?—Yes.
And passed some time in his company ?--Yes, Sir.
Did he attend you home ?—Yes, Sir.
Was there a third person in your company ?—No, Sir.
What took place then ?—When we got to the door I
said " Good night."
Did he leave you at the door, or go up stairs ?—He in-
sisted on going up stairs.
How long did he stay in the room with you ?—About
five minutes.
When the examination had proceeded to this point, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas requested Mr. Hosicnis to suspend it for
a short time, for they expected their solicitor at the office.
He almost immediately came, and had a short conversation
with Mr. HOSKINS in a low tone of v:dce ; after which,
Mr. HOSKINS, addressing the fair complainant, said,
" Upon the statement you have made, it is quite clear I
must discharge the case, on your side I fear ; and, on his
side, I am quite certain it is one of the most profligate things
I ever heard of."
The defendant left the bar without having uttered a
sentence, and Mr. Thomas and his wife went away greatly
disappointed.
UNION HALL.—On Saturday, the pot-boy of the
Margate Town public-house, in Bermondsey, was brought
before the sitting Magistrate, on the following novel charge,
which was specified thus in the night-constable's honk :
" William Ramsden charges George Powell with fraudu-
lently obtaining a goose, his property." The case, which
was of a whimsical nature, excited great amusement in the
office.
It appeared that Mr. Ramsden, who is in business in
Bermondsey, was in the habit of spending his evenings at
the Margate Town, with several of his brother tradesmen.
On Friday night, being there, as usual, with his acquaint-
ances, and the topic of conversation relating to the good
things of this life, Mr. Ramsdell took an opportunity of
mentioning that he had been sent a present of a couple of
very fine geese that morning from the country. Some
wags of the company, bent on a joke, as well as a strong
inclination to whet their appetites with a taste of the pre-
sent, withdrew from the roma for the purpose of planning
the best method of getting possession of one at least of Mr.
Ramsden's geese. The poor boy of the Margate Town
was selected as the messenger, and he was immediately
despatched with a message to Mrs. Ramsden, in the name
of her loving spouse, desiring that one of the geese might
be sent by the bearer, as some of his friends were anxious
to view its extraordinary size and plumpness. The wary
Mrs. Ramsden at first hesitated to deliver the precious gift
into the hands of the pot-boy, thinking that she should be
deprived of the delightful meal she anticipated ; he, how-
ever, quieted her suspicions on this head, promising that
it should be in her pantry again is less than a quarter of
an hour. The goose under these circumstances was given
to the lad, who was up to the joke, and he carried it off in
triumph to. the persons by whom he was employed. On
the return borne of Mr. Ramsden, the first question his
wife put to him was, "My dear, where is the goose'?"
" What goose?" said Ramsden in amaze. Whys my
dear, the goose that you sent for an hour ago, and that was
fetched away by George, the pot-boy." " Zounds and
fury," exclaimed Mr. Ramsden, " I sent for no goose.
Why, surely, you have not been such a goose yourself, as to
let the pot-boy have our goose ? " Yes, but I have, in-
deed ;" answered Mrs. Ramadan, who by that time saw
plainly the hoax that had been played upon her. Her hus-
band, in a rage at the manlier in which he had been bam-
boozled out of his Sunday's repast, went back to the
" Margate Town," and vainly inquired after the goose.
The poor pot-boy having been the person who received it
from the hands of Mrs. -Ramsden, her husband immediately
charged bins with the felony, and actually sent for a con-
stable, and gave him into custody.
The pot-boy cried incessantly while before the Magis-
trate, and Mr. Ramsden complained bitterly of having been
deprived of his goose, which lie feared would never be re-
stored to him. He considered it was a case deserving of
punishment, and trusted the defendant would be made to
suffer for the offence he had committed.
Here several respectable-looking individuals stepped for-
ward, perceiving Mr. Ramsden so anxious to have the boy
punished, and declared to the Magistrate that the Fenton