The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREF,T.

A TROUBLESOME TENANT.—Mrs. Harriet Meek, of Lei-
cester-street. Leicester-square, was summoned before Mr.
Hardwick, for threatening to inflict summary vengeance on
her landlady, Mrs. Kemp, of No. 6, Leicester-street.
Mrs. Kemp proceeded to say that she had let part of a house
in Leceister-street to the defendant's husband, a barber by
trade, but she could get neither rent nor possession of her
house. The whole neighbourhood had been kept in an uproar
for weeks past, owing to the defendant's goings on, and mat.
ters had come to such a pitch, that the inhabitants had got up
a petition to the Alagistrates of this Court to interfere, in order
to preserve the peace of the neighbourhood.
Mr. HARDWICK said he recollected that a petition had re-
cently been sent to him, signed by about twenty of the inhabi.
tants, complaining of some disorderly proceedings at a house
in Leicester•street, which petition had been referred to the
police.
Mrs. Kemp—Your Worship, I've done all in my power to
get rid of Mrs. Meek, but she won't go away. She gets
drink sent in through a hole in the window ; aod, when she's
three parts drunk, she collects a mob, and harangues them on
the treatment she has received from me and my husband.
Mr. HARDWICK—What threats has she used? Mrs.
Kemp—. She said last week she'd take the first opportunity of
stabbing me and my old man.
Mr. HARDWICK—Why did you say this ? Defendant—lt's
all false. They're lawless villains ; for they've set the law at
defiance, and took my goods for rent several times. I'll explain
all the circumstance from the beginning to the end.
Mr. HA anwlcK —l'd rather not hear them.
Mrs. Meek would not be denied her say, an I accordingly
she was permitted to give her own history of the various
seizures, commencing at the first attack on the four-post bed-
stead, and ending with the abstraction of the brass bowels of a
Dutch clock for broker's expenses. Having at last made an end
of her story,
Mr. HARDWICK asked her why she threatened to stab the
complainant? Mrs. Meek—l never said such words. I told
the people outside of the house that Mrs. Kemp and the old
man ought to be stuck for using me so shamefully, not leaving
me a bed to sleep on.
Mr. HARDWICK—It appears that your husband's distress
has been brought on by drink? Mrs. Meek—Everybody re-
spects my husband, and it was because he is so much respected
that he took to drinking.
Mr. HA RDWlCK—That's the oddest reason for taking to
drinking I ever heard. Rut, Mrs. Meek, you must recollect
that the neighbours complain of the noise you make.
Mrs. Meek—lsn't a woman allowed to scream murder when
her goods are seized ? What else could she do but scream and
hollow ?

Mr. HA RDVVICK —There is a petition against your disorderly
conduct going► on you must recollect.
Mrs. Meek—A petition ! Pooh ; that's got up by Mr.
Pope, because Air. Kemp promi-es his sons situations under
Government if he'd sign it. Mr. Kemp says he's got great in-
fluence with the Ministers, because he got a good many votes
for Mr. Leader and Evans.
Mr. HARDWICK—The complainant has sworn that she goes
in bodily fear of you, and I must therefore call on you to find
bail, two securities in 20/. each.

TH A ,T 1 E S.
ASSAULT WIT'S INTENT.-- Thomas Looney, a respectably
dressed man, who spoke with a strong Irish accent, and who is
a sort of hanger-on upon the medical profession, was charged
with assaulting a little girl, named Sarah Windle, servant to
Mr. Carpue, a medical practitioner, residing in the Globe-
road, Mile-end, with intent to commit a rape. The prosecu-
trix, who said she w.s fourteen years old last April, stated that
the prisoner, whom she had once before seen at her master's
house, came there on Saturday, and on being told her master
was not at home threw her on the sofa and made the weir pt
charged in the sheet, at the same time exposing his person.
She resisted, and he told her to be quiet and not inform her
master. Her opposition brought down a gentleman who was
up'tairs, on which the prisoner desisted.
Day, a constable of the K division, apprehended the pri-
soner on Sunday morning in bed at his lodgings, 27, Paradise-
row, Bethnal-green.
Ths prisoner, when called on for his defence, said be was
under the influence of drink at the time, and remembered no-
thing. He. could not, therefore, r xtenuate the offence with
which he had been charged, but to show his previous character
he had'isent for a professional gentleman, who, unfortunately,
was not allle to attend.

He was then committed for trial, with permission to put in
bail, himself in 301., and two sureties of 401. 'each. The
required bail not being forthcoming, he was committed to
Newgatel

FrEST CONVICTION TINDER THE NEW ACT FOR THE
PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING.--JanICS Spißk. a seaman
belonging to the South Esk, was charged with having in his
possession on beard the above-named vessel four pounds and a
quarter of foreign manufactured tobacco, the same not having
paid duty to the Queen. The charge was wide under an Act
passed in the preseut session, Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 87.
which is intended to amend and consolidate the laws relating to
Customs and Excise. As the law previously stood any person
found possessed of, or carrying and conveying any quantity of
foreign manufactured tobacco exceeding 61b. and under 3001 b.,
rendered himself liable to a fine of LOO/.,:without any power on