The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-18 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Dean, coachman to H. Hoare,isq., No. 22,
Bruton-street, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick for
having committed a violent assault on the police.
The police who made the charge stated that, they were
appointed on Thursday evening last to do duty at
Atmack's, and to enforce the regulations of the Commis-
sioners relative to setting down and taking up by the
carriages. The defendant, in defiance of warning, per-
sisted in breaking the rank. His horses' heads were
immediately seized, but he whipped his horses, and also
the policeman, for some yards. The defendant cut with
so much severity, that the constable's hand was severly
lacerated. On showing the wounds to the inspector on
duty, the constable was told to take the coachman from
his box. The coachman, however, resisted, and struck
the policeman who had hold of him a blow on the face.
He was, however, overpowered, and lodged in the station-
house.
Mr. Robinson, who attended professionally for the de-
fendant, said he should be able to prove that the de-
fendant, being called, came out of the rank to take up, with
the consent of two other coachmen, who were before him,
and who were not wanted. The policeman laid hold of
the horses and pulled them towards a lamp-post, and had
not the coachman whipped them sharply, the carriage
would have been broken to pieces. The policeman, if
struck at all, was struck accidentally; and when the con-
stables proceeded to pull the coachman by main force
from the box, they used so much violence, as to raise a
general cry of '• Shame." The police would insist on
taking the coachman to the station-house, notwithstand-
ing the express wish to the contrary of Mrs. Hoare, who
was obliged to request a gentleman to drive her home.
Mr. HARDWICK—The simple question which had to
be decided was, whether the coachman had or had not
disobeyed the directions of the police.
Mr. Robinson said it was preposterous to call this a
free country, if the police were to be permitted to make

whatever laws they pleased, and in case of these, perhaps,
absurd laws being unattended to, take a man by main
force and imprison him.
Mr. HARDWICK said it was indispensable to have cer-
tain rules laid down in respect of carriages at public
places.
For the defence a footman, in the service of Mrs.
Hoare, was called, who made out that the police had in-
terfered without cause. He had himself been struck on
the mouth by a policeman when he merely delivered a
message from his mistress.
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TwO other witnesses were called, who said they did
not witness the alleged assault on the police.
Mr. HARDWICK said, the Police Commissioners had
drawn up. certain rules to prevent disturbances in the
public streets, and it was the duty of the constables to
see that those rules were not infringed. If a coachman re-
ceived directions from the police, however inconvenient
it might be to comply, it was his duty to obey them im-
plicitly, for if the constable exceeded his duty he was
answerable to his superiors, and a remedy was then at
hand. But it was not to be endured that. the public
street should be made the arena of disputes of this cha-
racter—one party with whip and the other with trun-
cheon in hand, and as he was resolved to have the law
strictly obeyed, he should visit with severity every
breach of it when clearly proved. In this case a serious
offence had been aggravated by a violent assault, and his
only doubt about the punishment was, whether he should
send the defendant to prison for a month, or fine him the
full penalty..
Mr. Robinson begged the Magistrate to read a letter
from Mrs. Hoare, on behalf of her servant.

Mr. IlAnDwicK said, the letter went only to show tha
the lady believed her coazhman to be "entirely blame
less " in the matter.

The defendant was ultimately fined the full penalty of
51. and c,sts.

William Rainer, a strapping young fellow, the mate of a
ship, and George Smith, a respectable tradesman, living in
the neighbourhood, were charged with knocking and ringing
at Lire different houses in Hertford-street, May-fair, between
three aid four o'clock on Saturday morning.
Police constable 99 of the C division, who took the defendants
into custody, stated that before they commenced their "spree"
he overheard Rainer say to his companion, " Let's have a lark,
and bring some of these sleepy skulkers on deck."
Rainer said the fact was, that he and his friend had been out
to a singing party at Vauxhall, where they had met a young
lady, who told him that she lived at No. 88, and asked him to
give her a knock and a ring as he passed home. He had never
been in London before, and knew nothing about the different
parts of
.the town ; but, in passing through Hertford-street, he
caught sight of No. 88, and making no doubt but that was the
young lady's residence, he certainly did as she haddireeted him.
Inpector Beresford said there were only forty-four houses in
Hert ford. street.

Mr. HARDWICK fined the defendants 40s. each, or ono
month's imprisonment to hard labour.
The defendants seemed taken " all aback" at this announce-
ment; and not having the money about them, were locked up
until they could send to procure it.
MARYLEBONE.
Mr. Frederick Montague Watkins (son of Rear-
Admiral Watkins), No. 11, Somers Town-terrace, was
charged with having assaulted Mr. Robert Gould
(Secretary to the American Legation), No. 6, Randolph
street, Camden Town, under these circumstances :—On
Monday evening last, about nine o'clock, the defendant
called upon the complainant, and asked him if he had
received a letter from him, in which he had designated
him (the complainant) as a coward, a liar, a scoundrel,
and a thief, and he repeated the epithets. Complainant
remarked that he attached m.) importance to such lan-
guage. Defendant said it was his intention to have
lurse-whipped
.him within an inch of his life. The
origin of the dispute was this : the defendant thought
that . since his father had been removed to a lunatic
asylum, which happened a fortnight ago, the com-
plainant had been endeavouring, with the assistance
of his sister, to obtain possession of some of his
property. The complainant then stated that the de-
fendant had- locked the dour of the room when he
called, mad stepping up to him in a menacing flamer,
asked him if he was going to beg his pardon ; he re-
fused to do so, when the ciefendant slat in his face ; the
complainant then struck him, and thej closed upon vach
other. Evidence was gone into as to a previous assault
on Thursday last, when the defendant having again spat

in the complainant's face, they struck each other with
their walking sticks.
Mr. it AWLINSON ultimately decided upon requiring
the parties to enter into their own recognizances in the
sum of 100/. for their peaceable behaviour to each
other for twelve months.
CLERKENWELL.
An elderly man, named Robert Honeyman, who was
formerly in affluent circumstances, and proprietor of the
Surrey Theatre, was charged by Richard Blackburne,
waiter at the Sir Hugh Middleton Tavern, adjacent to
Sadler's Wells Theatre, with having stolen six glass
tumblers. It appeared from the evidence of the
prosecutor that the defendant was in the habit of visit-
ing the parlour of the Sir Hugh Myddleton, and that
lately tumblers had been missed on several occasions. On
Tuesday last the prosecutor had left the accused in the
parlour for a few minutes, and on returning had fl..und
the prisoner gone, and six tumblers missing ; he imme-
diately followed the defendant and accused him of taking
the tumblers, and insisted on searching him, when he
found the six tumblers upon him. The prisoner, who
seemel to feel the degraded situation in which he was
placed, pleaded poverty, and said that since the death of
his wife and daughter, coupled with his peculiar mis-
fortunes, his mind was affected, and he took the pro-
perty in a moment of aberration of intellect. The tears
started from his eyes, and he was evidently deeply
affected. A gentleman who knew the defendant in his
better days spoke as to his former respectability and
character, and the state of despondency to which his
necessities had reduced him.

The MAGISTRATE regretted that a person who had
been in a higher sphere should have been reduced to
such an qxtremity ; he was bound to commit him for
trial.

! He was accordingly committed to prison, and conveyed
in the police van to Newgate.
HEARTRENDING CASE.—Charles Harris, aged nine
years, was charged with robbing his father, a news-
vender, at Holloway.
The prosecutor stated that his unfortunate son had
every prospect of doing well, but his inclination and dis-
position had for some time past been directed to a course
of infamy, notwithstanding everything that parental ad-
vice and attention could do to keep him within bounds.
The robberies he had committed were almost innu-
merable, and no signs of a redeeming quality being
visible in him, the witness was driven to the sad Extre-
mity of Ix-coaling his prosecutor. The. immediate
charge against him was for stealing out of witness's
pocket, between two and three o'clock the same
morning, the sum of 13s. 6d., and also with breaking
open s till in the shop, and emptying it of its contents,
amounting to 10s. 7d. He (prosecutor) was awoke by the
slamming of the street-door as the prisoner left the
house ; and directly afterwards Its went in pursuit of
him, and apprehended him in the City-road.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Where was your pocket, from
which the 13s. 6d. were extracted ?—Prosecutor—At
the foot of my bed. He had to come through my room
to get down stairs.
Mr. fi'REENWOOD—Was the money found upon him ?.
—Prosecutor—Yes, with the exception of half a sove-
reign, which he stated he had given to a boy, of whom
he had borrowed money.
Mr. GREENWOOD, after addressing the child in terms of
admonition anti kindness, asked him if he wished to
make any observation ?—He replied (sulkily), No, I
hav'n't.

The MAGISTRATE remarked, that it was certainly
a very lamentable scene to see a father prosecuting his
child, but under the present circumstances there ap-
peared no alternative, and it was his painful duty to com-
mit the accused to Newgate.—The prisoner, who be-
haved in the most hardened manner, was then locked up.

LAMBETH-STREET.
Wm. Henry Franks, a man of respectable appearance,
wAs placed at the bar before Mr. Norton on a charge of
embezzling moneys to a considerable amount belonging
to the East London Burial Society, of which he was the
secretary and treasurer.

From-the statement of Mr. Humphries, who appeared
for the prosecution, it seemed that the prisoner, who was
himself the founder of the Society twenty years ago, had
always acted as its secretary and treasurer, and from his
apparent steady habits and respectability of character,
the most unlimited confidence was places in him by the
whole of the. members of the Society, and it was not
until he absconded, about a month ago, that the slight-
est suspicion of his dishonesty was entertained. On ex-
amining his books, it was found that for some years past
he had been appropriating the funds to his own use, and
that in oi.e instance, when he represented 1381. 9s. Id.
as being at the bank, there was not more than 21/. 4s.
Mr. Humphries said he was not prepared with wit
nesses to go into the whole of the case on that day, and
he would therefore request the Magistrate, after he had
placed before him evidence to justify him in doing so, to
remand the prisoner for a future day.
The evidence of one of the trustees of the Society was
then shortly taken, and the prisoner remanded until
Friday next.

The prisoner was taken into custody at Portsea by
English, one of the summoning officers of this Court,
where it appeared he had been 'living in good style with
a fine young woman, the widow of a publican, whom he
had taken away with him from the neighbourhood of
the Commercial-road East.. It seemed that during the
lifetime of the husband the prisoner, who is a marrikd
man with a large family, was much enamoured with the
charms of his fitir companion, who is young enough to be
his daughter.

UNION-HALL.

Maria Bryant, a fine-looking woman, was placed a
the bar before Mr. Cottingham, charged with inter-
marrying with Peter Windle, and subsequently with
George Gibson, her former husband, Thomas Bryant,
being still alive. Two out of the three husbands were in
attendance. During the examination the prisoner was
absorbed in tears, and frequently sobbed aloud. Accord-
ing to her account, she was near her accouchement.
Peter Windle was then called, and being sworn, stated
that he was married to the prisoner seven years ago at
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, she giving out at the time
that she was a widow, her husband having died abroad.
I-14 added that she subsequently " bolted" away from
him, and that he lost sight of her for a few years, and
had recently been informed that she married another
man, although she must have been aware that he (wit-
ness) was alive.

Henry Gibson stated that he was married to the pri-
soner on the 10th of April, in the present year, at St.
Mary's, Newington, and that she told him that she was
a widow, and that her husband died at saa several years
ago. The witness added, that when he and the prisoner
were married three weeks, she left him in a clan-
destine manner, taking with her nearly all he possessed
in the world, and went to live with a " Bummaree," at
Billingsate ; that he (witness) subsequently found out
that there were two other men • upon whom she had
equally strong claims as husbands ; and that, on learn-
ing the fact, he went and gave the necessary informa-
tion against her, in order to have her punished as she
deserved.

Mr. CoTTINGEIAM said that it would be necessary to
have other evidence to prove the first marriage, besides
the production of the certificate, and that some of the
witnesses present at the ceremony would be required,
if any of them were still in existence ; that the second
and third husbands being present, and prepared to swear
to the fact of their respective marriages to the prisoner,
was quite sufficient, but still he should remand the pri-
soner until her nuptials with the first husoand was satis-
factorily proved.
The MAGISTRATE then asked the woman what she
had to say in answer to the charge 7—The prisoner's
legal adviser said, that when she contracted marriage
with the second husband, she was not ii‘‘ are of the first
being alive, but thought he had been drowned at sea.
Corrnionam—But what does she say to marrying.
the third husband 7—The solicitor said his client at pre-
sent declined stating ri,lore on the subject, but that on a
strict investigation she would not be found so culpable
as people might imagine. The prisoner was remanded.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr.
Payne, at Howard's Coffee-house, St. James's-place,
Houndsditch, on the body of David Levy, aged 56, an
orange-merchant, of No. 2, Sugar Bakei's-vard, in that
neighbourhood, who committed suicide in a very deter-
mined manner. Suicide being rare among the Jews, and
it being their Sabbath, the large room in which the in-
quiry was held was crowded with Israelites.
Lazarus Isaacs, of King-street., St. James's-place,
fruiterer, examined—On Friday afternoon, on returning
home from a fruit sale,. I was stopped by deceased's wife,
and she asked me if I had seen " poor Levy ?" I an-
swered, " No." She then told me she had not seen
hint since eleven o'clock, and that he had been much
troubled in mind for the last few days. I had not
seen him as usual in the morning at the orange market.
In the evening I saw Mrs. Levy again, and she told
me her husband had not as yet come home, and
begged that I would look for him. I did so, and going
up stairs to his bed-room, on the second floor, I found the
door locked, and on calling I received no answer.. Mrs.
Levy then desired me to burst the door open, which I
did with her assistance. I discovered on the bed a
prayer-book, and upon it was a piece of bread and some
salt. I also found a phial, and looked under the bed, but
could not see deceased. Mrs. Levy, on searching behind
the door, exclaimed, "My God ! there he is hanging."
He was hanging by a cord, fastened to a staple and two
wooden pegs, one end of the rope being round the three
fastenings, and the other round his neck. With assist-
ance I cut him down ; and in my opinion he had been
dead three hours.