The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-27 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Two young men, named Henry Saunders and Win.
Hawkins, were charged with assaulting police-officers
F 41 and F 27, and threatening to stab them with a
pitchfork, while in the execution of their duty.
F4l stated that he was on duty this morning at
one o'clock in Long-acre, when he saw a horse
galloping down the street without any harness.
He stopped him, and then the two prisoners
came running ;up, and asked him what
business he had to meddle with the horse. They be-
came very abusive on their way to the Green-yard
attached to the Bow-street district, from which place
it appeared the horse had escaped ; and on the witness
threatening to take the prisoners to the station-house,
one of them went into the stable, and bringing out a
pitchfork, threatened to stab him if he attempted to
take him into custody. Another policeman came up,
and they were conveyed to the station-house.
-The prisoners in their defence said they were drunk.
Mr. JARDINE sentenced Saunders to 14 days' im-
prisonment, and the other prisoner to eight days in
the House of Correction.
MARYLEBONE.

Mary McGinnis, a middle aged female, respectably
dressed in mourning, was placed at the bar, charged
with shop-lifting.
Benjamin Fountain, a boy in the employment of
George Simpson, draper, Crawford-street, said that
the prisoner came into his employer's on Saturday
night, about nine o'clock, and requested to look at
some artificial flowers, which were shown her ;.from
these she selected one, and he (witness) afterwards
showed her ribbons, but suspecting that she had con-
cealed something under her cloak, he informed Mr.
Rex, who came up and taxed her with the theft.
Mr. Rex said when her cloak was thrown open a
piece of ribbon fell out, which he identified as Mr.
Simpson's property. The prisoner was then con-
veyed to the station-house, and being further searched
property of various kinds was found upon her, all
thefts from drapers' shops.
Mr. Green, auctioneer and house-agent, of
Norfolk-street, requested to say a few words.
He knew the prisoner for the last • dozen
years. She had been married to a person filling a
most respectable position in society, but, he dying,
left her to fight the world with two children. Wit-
ness and many more who knew her in better circum-
stances gave her occasional employment, and she was
at present living in one of his,houses, 15, William-street.
He hoped as she had borne a good character hitherto,
that the Magistrate would be as lenient as possible.
Mr. RAwLyisoN said, he must either dismiss her at
once, or commit her to Newgate for trial. If Mr.
Simpson had no wish to prosecute, he would discharge
her.

Mr. Rex said, that Mr. Simpson had no wish to
go to extremities, and the prisoner left the Court with
Mr. Green.

CLE RKRNWELL.

John Grant and John Baker, two miserable-look-
ing young men, were charged with begging.
Police constable E 64, deposed, that yesterday
at twelve o'clock, he saw the prisoners touching
their hats to several ladies and gentlemen as they
passed along in Southampton-row. They were in a
begging position. Witness did not see them receive
anything, but took them into custody. When he
arresteethem, he said, "You must now come with
me to the station-house," and they said, " Very
well, we are willing."

In answer to Mr. CostuE, the prisoner Baker said
he was from Liverpool, which he had left with
some rushes for sale; Grant was from Carlisle ; they
both acknowledged the act of begging, and said they
were starving. They had slept in a workhouse and
in the street alternately, since their arrival inLondon.
Mr. COMBE sentenced them to seven days' impri-
sonment in the House of Correction, whence he said
they could get a pass to their native places if they
wished.

DOCTOR STAUNTON AGAIN. - Susan Hillman, a
genteelly attired female, was charged ssith being an
accomplice of Henry Wickworth Staunton, who was
lately tried at the Old Bailey for various robberies,
and sentenced to transportation for life. The specific
charge was concealing a number of duplicates of
stolen property, and refusing to give them up.
In addition to the particulars of Staunton's case al-
ready mentioned in The Sun, it may be related that a
few days ago a gentleman who did not wish to give
his name, stated publicly to Mr. Combe, the Magis-
trate, then presiding at this office, that Doctor Staunton
had been tried and convicted of rape and murder in
Dublin, in the year 1817; and after the trial and
sentence escaped from Newgate. Mr. Combe ques-
tioned the gentleman as to the authenticity of this
statement, and was informed that he derived his in-
formation from Sheriff Cooper, who stated to him
that a witness had come from Dublin, one of the turn-
keys of Newgate, that at once identified him, but this
witness was not examined on the trial, as the pri-
soner's guilt and identity were already sufficiently clear.
From the evidence deposed to on the present charge,
it appeared that the prisoner had some times lived with
Staunton as wife, some times as neice, and occasionally
as servant, and had assisted him in practising many
of his deceptions and frauds. Helen Grant, who is
one of his victims, was the only witness to support
the accusation, but she manifested the same reluct-
ance to say anything which might affect the prisoner
as she did when Doctor Staunton was before the Court.
She deposed that she gave the prisoner the duplicates,
but could not tell whether she (the prisoner) knew
them to represent stolen property.—She was discharged.