The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-22 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS(THIS DAY).

These sessions Comiilenced to:6y before the Lord
Mayor, Recordzr, and Aldermen, Sir J. Carroll,
Johnson, Kelly, Ire.
The Court was occunied the' whole morning with
eases of assault, and charges oft,keeplng houses of ill
fame, but no case of any interest occurred up to the
time of our going to press.

POLICE INTELLIGE:°XE.

BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John Bent, a shoemaker, was`c..bared with the fol-
lowing offences :—First, smashintin the window of
one George Barton, of 25, Pimps-street, a rival
shoemaker. Secondly, smashing fie countenance of
the said George Barton. Thirdly, mashing the coun-
tenanee of the officer in the station-house ; and lastly,
with attempting to break out of the cell in which he
was placed, and damaging the cell.
The first charge gone into was that made by George
Barton, who stated that yesterday afternoon the
prisoner came up to the shop window and commenced
ridiculing the list of prices. Witness went out and
remonstrated with the prisober, who immediately
smashed in the window and then ran at the witness
and knocked him down. lie was given into custody.
The prisoner, in his defence, to the charge, said that
the complainant was selling boots at 3s. Gd., which he
had no business to do.

The other charges were then gone into, and, it ap-
peared that when the prisoner was brought to the
station-howe he was very quiet for a short time, but
when the policeman came up to him he struck him a
violent blow in the face. Other policemen were called
in, and after a struggle he was secured. When taken
to the cell he continued very violent, and on the
goaler visiting him some time afterwards he found
that he had made a large bold in the roof.
The prisoner, in defence of his conduct, smiling,
said that he was passionate at times, but it was soon
over, but he could not bear to be oppressed.
Mr. JARDINE said he should dispose of the first
charge, and fine the prisoner in the amount of the
damage done to the window, and if that was paid he
wouldnot proceed with the case. The money was not paid,
and the Magistrate was about to visit the prisoner
with further punishment, when his wife stepped for-
ward, and said, that owing to losses in business, she
thought that the last few weeks he had been a little
deranged. This Mr. Jardine inquired into, and find-
ing it correct, said he would discharge the prisoner,
if his wife would take him hoMe, and see that he was
taken care of. This she promised, and tile prisoner
was discharged. It was stated in Court that he had
lately lost 9001.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Charles Sharbell, a young' man of respectable ap-
pearance, was charged with stealing a silver table-
spoon and a silver table-fork, the property of Mr.
John Gregory, the proprietor of the John o'Groat's
Hotel, Rupert-street, Haymarket.
It appeared that the prisoner had been about a
month in Mr. Gregory's-service, as under porter, and
apparently conducted himself with great propriety.
However, it seems that between six and seven
o'clock last evening, he watched an oppor-
tunity to get unnoticed to the plate-basket,
which was under the care of the head waiter, and
abstract from it the articles in question, with which
he soon afterwards proceeded to the shop of Mr.
Fleming, of John-street, Golden-square, pawnbroker,
and offered them in pledge, but Mr. Fleming having
suspicion, from his confused,manner and appearance,
that all was not right, refuld to receive them, and
told him that he should detain ,the plate until the
prisoner could satisfactorily proVe how he became
possessed of it. The prisoner then hastily left the
shsp, but between nine and ten o'clock this morning
he came again to Mr. Fleming's shop and demanded
that the property should be given up to him, upon
which police sergeant Squire, C 14, was called in, and
the prisoner given into his charge. On his way to
the station-house he voluntarily confessed that he had
robbed his master of the plate, and gave his name- and
address.
The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the
Central Criminal Court, and the witnesses bound over
to 'prosecute.

MARYLEBONE.,—(T HIS DAY.)
John .Dunhur and Bridget Cotta, the former a
most respectable man, the other a common prostitute,
were placed at the bar.
Sanger, 316 D, was on duty in the New-road, late
yesterday evening, when he saw seven or eight females
surrounding the male prisoner, who was very drunk
and noisy ; heard the female say, " I'll have him with
me." He went up to the party, and ordered them off,
when they all left with the exception of Cotton, who
would not leave, saying that Dunbar • was her hus-
band. He therefore took them to the station-house.
The male prisoner had a large sum of money about him.
Police-constable 158 E confirmed the previous wit-
ness's statement.

Dunbar, in defence, said he was tipsy, and knew not
•
what he was doing.
He was tined 10s., and the other prisoner was sent
for one month to the House of Correction.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS 1)A Y.)
William Warton was charged with maltreating a
horse. _ . . . .

An officer of the Animals' Friend Society in Mark-
lane deposed that at eleven this morning he saw the
prisoner driving an infirm old horse in a cart through
Penton-street. He first lashed the horse with all his
might, and then turning the butt-end of • a loaded
carter's whip laid on the poor beast with all his force,
so that it yielded to the very ground beneath the blows.
The gaoler said the master of the prisoner was of
such a character if his men did not flop the feeble
animals, he would run out and beat them himself as
long as he could stand over them. .
He was sentenced to a week's imprisonment.