The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENC

GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Dennis Collins, an Irish labourer, was charged with
stealing a bag containing a quantity of spone, value
305., the property of Mr. F. Stead, of Upper Thomas-
street. The prisoner was observed by an officer carrying
the bag over his shoulder, and he stopped him, and as
he did not give a good account of himself he took him
into custody. He said he found the bag: The pro-
perty, it was afterwards ascertained, belonged to,Ms•
Stead, It whose house the prisoner was working.
The prisoner in his defence most unblushingly. de.
clared upon " his hanner that he never seed the bag
in all his born days."
Sir JOHN KEY, however, did not place implicit pee'
fidence in the prisoner's " hanner, and committed
him for 14 days.

BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

A man named Colver, whose dress and appearance
declared him to belong to the horse-jockey fraternity,
was charged with having in his possession a saddle
which had been stolen some six weeks ago, from the
shop of Mr. Henry Irch, of No. 8, Long-acre.
Mr. Irch stated that the saddle was worth 51.25. 6d.;
when stolen his bills were upon it, and the name ,
" Henry Irch, maker, Long-acre," was engraved
upon the head of a nail in Ste saddle. Witness
observed the prisoner riding past his shop yesterday, ,
and though the girths had been changed he at once
recognised his saddle. Upon examining the saddle,
witness found that his bills had been removed, and
those of " Atkins, Leicester," put on in their "place.
Witness had offered a reward of 2/. 2s. for the saddle,
and had widely advertised it. There was a martin-
gale with it when it was stolett
The prisoner in defence said that he was in the
employ of a most respectable dealer in Leicester, fel;
whom he came to London once a fortnight. He di",
business at Hodges' Repository, St. Martin's-lane, and
bought the saddle and martingale of a man he met there
for 4/. 4s. The saddle had no bills on when he bought
it, and, as a saddle, had the appearance of having been
slop made. When there were no bills on it he had
affixed the bills of Mr. Atkins, some of which he
happened to have by him at the time of purchase.
He assured the Magistrate that he was a most respect'
able man, and begged him to examine some letters
from his employers, which would convince him (the
Magistrate) that such was the case. •
Mr. HALL, having examined several of the lettere,
said, there seems to be some rather sharp practice
here. Prisoner—l am not aware of it, Sir.
Mr. HALL—What's the meaning of this? Is °lig
very honest ? " Get the old cove into the net, se
you did the last one so well." Prisoner, smiling, and
rubbing his hands—Oh; my dear Sir, that's nothing.
I assure you—it's perfectly honest. It may 50112 t
queer to persons not accustomed to horse-dealing, "11
it's quite honest, I assure you—quite.
Mr. HALL—Oh, I dare say, very honest ! ICI-Tr
there are various ways in which I might look at this
case. I might in the first place send you for triad
Secondly, I could commit you at once to gaol for tw
calendar months for having property in your possessic.e
far which you cannot account ; and the third way in
which I might deal with the case would be by order-
ing the restitution of the property to the person frert
whom it was originally stolen. Which shall I do,
Prisoner, seriously—Perhaps I can produce the WO
that sold it to me, your Worship.
Mr. HALL—Where is the martingale ? Prisoner".
I can send for it, Sir. May I ?
Mr. HALL—Send for the martingale directlyill"
stantaneously. I will have no further conversationt
with you till you restore that, and then I'll see whit
to do with you.
The prisoner conversed with some jockey-100
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friends of his for a few minutes, and, in about hall
hour afterwards the martingale and girths made their
appearance.h
Mr. HALL ordered their restoration to Mr. TN:
and then acquitted the prisoner, who seemed citili!
taken aback by Mr. Hall's " sharp practice."

MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) ' h
William Day, a powerful man, was ehaized
an assault. her.
Day stated that the prisoner was he
He went out yesterday morning, and as
stayed out rather late she went to his sister's to IN;
for him. The sister, without any provocation, Or
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her clothes off and turned her out of the ,house. 131
fendant followed her, and by his violent conduct in i
the street collected a mob of two or three hundred
persons. He struck her upon the face and head T
peatedly, when a constable coming up he was give°
in charge.
Police constable 34 D, said, that when. he
saw a crowd of people in Hardington-street 1:0
went among them to clear them off, where ,
saw the defendant, her face covered with WS'
and her clothes nearly torn off her back. s
took the prisoner into custody, when he struck hill'
violent blow on the face, which nearly stunned hilt'.
With the assistance of a man there he got hiin one
veyed to the station -house.
Charles Allan, living in Hardington-street, deed
to the extreme violence of the prisoner. brat
Mr. RAWLINSON, after remarking upon his bra
and unmanly conduct to his wife, fined him 9.05.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS Y.)
.Toshua Bourke was charged with violently fault-
ing Anne Willis, an. unfortunate girl.
The complainant was walking along the New-r°,ka
between twelve and one o'cloek last night, when I"fri
prisoner met her. He commenced pulling her abc'lle;
she resisted, and for doing so tbe brute gave her
blow on the left eye which nearly forced it out of Igo
head. She screamed with pain, and police-congtAT,
80 E came up. She was bleeding profusely from tRa,
eye, :and pointed to the prisoner, who was runni
across the street.
The prisoner had not the least excuse to make e
cept that she was a prostitute—he was not drun d
and admitted having struck her the blow, hut she /111.,.
given him a slap in the face first for-pulling her a.W.Te'd
Mr. ComnE said an erroneous opinion previo.ri,
among the lowest classes that those unfortunate b" co
might be maltreated as their whim suggested. '-'lO
long as they behaved themselves quietly they WI. 0
good a right to walk along the streets as any othered
her Majesty's subjects. They were frequently- treart.,
with great brutality, and had seldom an -opportuoli;
of proving it. This was a most brutal assault an(),'„.
should fine the prisoner V. or six months' impiis"-
ment and hard labour.

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THE REV. MR. CURLING AND CAPTAIN STE VVI':O
A Correspondent, who accomiianies his oomm.unicaettilia
with his name, writes to us respecting a case, report it,
The Sun or Friday last, under the head of Union-h_Ae.l4o.
which it was stated that the Rev. Gentleman hg" use
sorted that " Captain Stevens had made an improP(rbout
of his name, by stating that he (Mr. Curling) v. 710 scfr
to preach a sermon in aid of the Royal Swiumr:lol4,„o-
ciety"—a society founded by the latter. Our C.ol,rre3rod
dent states and affirnis that the promise was re ad°' ige
that the Rev. Gentleman has forfeited his faithful Ple!ety
in that respect.. As regards the usefulness of tb e Sc/ctain
in question, we are given to understand that Cloua-
Stevens has taught 7,352 persons to swim since it 6 '-
dation, and has 'himself saved Several lives.. !•
SCHLOSS'S SPEECH OF THE KING OF nt 131,,,- the
The important and patriotic speech tieliveroll
King of Prussia on the late occasion of laying: thei cor
dation stone 'of the Cathedral of Cologne, has bee' in
sidered by Schloss worthy of being pt'-'ter once'
some shape more lasting than Its ephemeral gt obi ad n,
meat by the daily press, and he has accordinf, IY It oa
printed both in German apa English, and in a. neitit i 9
ornamented style, fitted for general circulatio 11.
of its
bordered in pink, on good paper, and the proauce fund
sale is to be devoted to the benefit of the bui'mling
of the Cathedral. • Jul/

ICIEW, SEPT. 4.—Since the beginning 40 h are
great body of troops have been assembled, /A 4'16•00
now encamped near the city. Kiew is fuld 01. 1
oor
of all ranks, whose presence greatly animatee ns•
social circles, and brings much profit to, our c"—St.
'I.
The imperial equipage has already arrived- fr°11,05..
Petersburgh. We expect Field Marshal Plslice v.
kewitch as Commander-in-Chief of thri wb ole
Prussian State Gazelle. facA-
Tnu LATE CROPPING CASE AT 1)01/r3t.."--3,1e
poi, ten-- reed,
donald, the turnkey of the Dovertioroaigh
his resignation last week, whiaii the Justices. AccenPtot,
and they will proceed to fill up the vaca,ncy on Fri6V—
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