The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Joseph Pittott, the driver of the cab, No. 2,015, was
committed to take his trial at the Central Criminal
Court, for stealing a purse containing two sovereigns and
three shillings, the property of Mrs. Dorothy, Elizabeth
' Edwards of No. 35, Bedford-road, Queen's-square. It
appeared that on Thursday last, the prosecutrix and
another lady were driven by the prisoner in his cab, to
the exhibition of paintings in water colours, in Pall
Mall, and that in alighting the prosecutrix accidentally
droppea her purse, and passed on without missing it ;
the prisoner was then seen to pick it up, and, jumping
into his box, drove off as fast as he could. He was,
however, traced, from the description given of him
by police constable, No. 174 of the G division, who ap-
prehended him yesterday morning at his lodgings in
Little Guildford-street, Rassell-square. The prisoner
denied all knowledge whatever of the purse.
Mary Ann Cornell, a young woman of respectable
appearance, was charged with robbing her master.
Mr. Aaron Henry Hart, of No. 356, Oxford-street,
cvbinet maker and upholsterer, stated that the prisoner
had been but a few days in his service. On Sunday
Mrs. Hart missed a pair of silk stockings, and yesterday
morning saw that the prisoner had got them on her feet.
She was taxed with the fact, but persisting in asserting
that they were her own, she was given in charge to the
police, and, on searching her box, a bottle of brandy,
which, byl sonic means she had contrived to extract from
a beaufet in the drawing-room, which was kept locked,
was found.
The prisoner begged to be forgiven, as she said it was
her first offence.
She was remanded until Monday next, in order to give
time for Mr. Hart to ascertain if any other property was
missing.

WORSHIP-STREET. •
Robert Peck, alias "long Bob," an athletic and deter-
mined young looking fellow, who stated himself to be a
costermonger, was charged with having taken an actile
part in a desperate affrays ith the police, whet-, in James
Carrel, police constable, H 160, received such injuries as
caused his death.
Several policeman of the H division were examined,
from whose evidence it appeared, that the deceased con-
stable had taken a drunken man into custody, in Church-
street, Shoreditch, ut two o'clock on the morning, of the
23d of September last, when he was assailed, and
severely beaten by a mob of costermongers, and other
low characters, who succeeded in rescuing the prisoner.
Several other officers who came to his assistance, were se-
riously maltreated, and the constable Carrol, whose skull
was fractured, was removed to the London Hospital, where
he died five days after the affair. The police were
unable to secure more than one of their assailants, a

man named Thomas Smedly, who wrs committed from
this Court, and tried at the Old Bailey for the murder of
the policeman, but he was found guilty of au assault only,
and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. All the
other rioters had since eluded justice, but on Saturday
last, the prisoner, Peck, was taken into custody at Green-
wich on a charge of drunkenness, and being recognised
by policeman R 157, as one of the gang who assaulted
the deceased constable, Carrol. Mr. Jeremy, the magis-
trate, ordered him to be conveyed in custody to this
Court.
Police constables, Townshend and Phelan, of the II

division, identified the prisoner as having taken an active
part in exciting the mob to resist the police on the oc•
casion in question, but neither of them saw him commit
any actual violence.
sergeant Teakles stated that he attended the Coroner's
Inquest that was held on the body of the unfortunate
policeman, and that two witnesses then deposed to the
fact of the deceased having been kicked and struck by
the prisoner, but they were not at present in attendance.
In consequence of the evidence they gave he was desired
by Mr. Baker, the Coroner, to use his best exertions to
apprehend the prisoner, who had kept out of the way
ever since.
Police constable R. 157, stated that on being taken
before Mr. Jeremy, the prisoner admittehving been
the affray, but denied that hea took part
present during
in it. •
Upon being asked •by Mr. BROUGHTON if he wished
to now to say anything, the prisoner declined doing so.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that he should remand the pri-
soner upon the charge, and he directed Segeant Teakles
to secure the attendance of all the necessary witnesses at
the next examination.

The prisoner was remanded until Saturday next.
CROYDON POLICE.

SINGULAR DELUSION.—Two gentlemen living at Mit-
cham, waited upon Messrs. Reid, Adams, and Currie, the
presiding Magistrates, to apply for the order of the bench,
to admit a lunatic into the Surrey Lunatic Asylum. A
third person also accompanied them, and appeared to be
deeply interested in the application.
The applicants said that the person whom they wished
to get into the Asylum, was decidedly insane, and they
considered it necessary that he should be placed under
restriction. At the same time, his friends did not desire
that he should be a burden to the establishment, but
they were willing to pay for his maintainence.
The BENCH asked if the alleged lunatic was at present
chargeable to the parish ?
applicalas said he was not. and
upon this, said they did not think they had the power to
grant the application.