The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-06 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—A person named GM was brought
before Mr. Alderman TITOMPSON on Saturday, charged
with annoying Passengers going through' Dean's Court,
Doctor's Commons, and disturbing the neighbourhood.
Mr. Thomas Wilson, bookseller, No. 2, St. Paul's Col-
lege, stated, that from eleven to four o'clock on Friday, the
prisoner was constantly walking backwards and forwards
in Dean's Court, bowing to and annoying passengers. He
came in contact with one person, with whom he had a
quarrel, whereby a disturbance was created in the Court ;
he then took tip his station against a post opposite witness's
door, and leaned on it for a considerable.tirne, thereby ob-
structing the'Passage. Witness desired him to. go away,
but "he scornfully refused, at the same time making use of
very offensive language ; in short, his whole conduct was
so intolerable, that witnee was obliged to give him in

charge.
Mr. Brickwood, proctor, and Mr. Cannon, who both
live in the neighbourhood, corroborated the above statement.
Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, appeared for the defendant,
and referring to the Act of Parliament regarding obstruc-
tions in the streets, contended that the conduct of the de-
fendant, as it appeared from the evidence, did not come
within the meaning of the Act, and, therefore, that the
Magistrate could not interferf. adding, that the complainant,
Mr. Wilson, was himself a very troublesome man, and that
at hest the charge against his client was but frivolous.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON thought that the prisoner had
no right to remain a whole day in 'a public passage, and
annoy such respectable individuals roenow :appearettagainst
him, and that he might be punished under the Act. But
as he . had been . confined since four o'clock on Friday, he
(the Alderman) wae'not disposed to inflict any .penalty
upon him, provided he promised not to repeat such eon_
duct in future. At the same time, be. must say, that Ma--
gistrates,
.must enforce the Act of Parliament against all
those who block up narrow passages and alleys, becaus:
very fretjuently pickpockets and rogues of every descrip-
tion" stand there and commit depredations upon passengers.
The prisoner, after promising to behave himself for.the
future, was discharged.
WORSHIP-STREF,T.—CriaItGA, or ATTEMPTING TO
Mu LDER.--OH Saturday,' Antes Jonex, apparently be-
tween 'sixty arid seventy years of age, W3B charged with a
desperate assault and attempt to kill Margaret Marriot,
with whom he cohabited. The poor woman, although.
maimed for life, being now considered out of danger,- the
present examination was final. It appeared-from the un-
fortunate wotsan's deposition, taken. before Sir Peter Lau-
rie, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the 14th of Jane,
when she believed herself to be dying, that she and the
prisoner had lived together for some years, but were never
married ; and during the time they had lived together, he
sometimes behaved kindly to her, but at other times he
used her very ill. Last Christmas they lived in the neigh-
bourhood of Blackfriars, and his conduct WAii then so out-
rageons, that his master caused him to be.confined in a
ma&honse. About a month before the occurrence iu

in question they took a lodging in Long-alley. For about
ten weeks the prisoner had_ been in the habit of drinking
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to excess. On Saturday, May 26, she gave him a sove-
reign to go to market with, out of which he returned her
145., and on Sunday they dined together. She was in
ill health, and after dinner laid down on the bed, and left
him sitting, by the fire. Shortly afterwards she awoke,
aHd San, the prisoner advancing towards her with a poker,
with which he struck her across her eyes, and she after-
wards felt several blows on the head. When she reco-
vered, she heard footsteps down the stairs, and presently
afterwards' the neighbours came to her assistance.
A surgeon of St. BarthOlomew's Hospital stated, that
there were two wounds on the hack of-the head, and two
on the left temple. which had every appearance of excised
wounds; and if he had not been told they -were inflicted
with a poker, he should have thought they were inflicted
with a sharp cutting instrument. There was a wound
across the nose, which had ruptured the vessels of the eyes,
and completely destroyed the sight of both eyes ; and two
fingers of the left hand were broken. Until the Wit
fortnight the patient was in a most dangerous state.
Several witnesses proved, that immediately on commit-

tint;the deed, the prisoner went out of the house, and that
as he went out, he was heard to Pay, " she's got it now,
I've done for her." Early the following morning he' re-
turned , to the neighbourhood, and was taken into cus-
tody by a watchman, to whom he said that he had come to
give himself up. To, questions afterwards pat to him,
he acknowledged. having done it with the poker—that his
wife had irritated him by refusing to let him have beer,
but he did not knoW what possessed him to serve, her as he
lad done.
The poker, bent'double, awl with marks of blood and
hair upon it, was produced at the office.
Mr. Bitouc MON told the prisoner he must take his trial
on the capital charge, and the consequence would, be the
same as if the womon.had died.
He was therilully committed to Newgate.

LAMBETH-STREET.—Caurton TO STAGM 'COACH
Entivras.— Cockerel', the driver of one of the Colchester
roaches, appeared on an information charging him with
furious driving. Before the evidence necessary to prove
the case was gone into,
Mr: Sherman, who Attended on the part of the de-
fendant, took an objection in linsine as to the jurisdiction
Of the Magistrates, and contended that they had no power
to adjudicate, inasmuch as the particular Art under which
the information nilts laid, required that alt informations
tinder it should be heard by a resident Magistrate; for that
if the parties feel dissatisfied with the decision of the Mir-
gistrates, they must appeal at the Quarter Sessions of the
county in. which that decision or conviction took place,
and not where the offence committed. Therefore, if
their Worships entertained the information, and a -cOnvic-:
tion followed, hii rhent Would be compelled to appeal- to
the 'Middlesex Sessions, where 'the authorities, having no
jurisdiCtiOn in Essei, the county where the'offinceWas al-
leged to have been tom-hitter], Could not entertain it.' Under
such, circurustanees, he hoped their WorshiPs would not
entertain the charge. -
'The .Ilgiatratea,l however, overruled the objection ; end
1 the offeuve Lich% dearly proved tiv Ilepwnith,* Est.,

a gentleman residing near Colchester, the defendant was
convicted in the lowest penalty under the Acct, of 51. and;
costs.

QUEEN-SQUARE. —CerrEN sty E ROBBERY. —On Sa-i
turday, the Rev. J. ;Morison, agentleman residing in Hens.'
place, Sloane-street, Chelsea, ippeared at this office,
give information of an extensive rubbery hating been com -
mitted in his house on Friday mornlog, which had been
ransacked of nearly 5001. worth of property. It appeale,l'
that Mr. Morison and.his lady had for several months past.
been at the Isle of Wight, for the benefit of. their health.
The dwelling-house, in Hans-place, was left in the cars or
two female servants (sisters) : with theM also were the son.
and daughter of Me. Morison, both childeen. On Friday
afteredon Mr. and Mrs. Morison carne to town, and or
reaching home, were told thet; in the morning, the house
had been broken open and sobbed of silver plate to a eon- •
siderehle amount. . Among the articles were a silver hag-;
gon, cover and ladle, two communion cups, and four round
plates, having engraved on them the words " Trevon
Chapel ;" a variety of silver table, dessert, and tea-spoons,
sugar tongs, &e. &c. ; a large box of plate also, .whjelt had
only arrived the day before for Mrs. Morison, from Scot-
land, was forced open, and the whole contents carried off.
How the robbery was effected appeared a mystery to Mr.
Morison, in consequence of which he minutely, but, in the
most gentle planner, closely questioned his two servants,
without obtaining any clue to recover the property. In-
formation being at length given to two active constables at
Chelsea, they.'examined the premises, and were clearly, of
opinion that the house had never been forcibly broken into;
for, on minutely inspecting Mr. Meeison's study,- which
was forced, also the secretaire and the box, they seemed-
done in a very clumsy way. From some circumstances
that 'subsequently transpired, ;one of Ale. Morison's eervants
with another female residing in Hans-place, underwent a
private hearing before the Magistrates, when the result
was, that the female, in the service of Mr. Morison, was
ordered to be remanded for a future examination; and the
officers requested to make diligent search after two or three
persons who had been in their company.
UNION-HALL—Cot/gum CASE.—Saturday, Mn.
Sweeter, the. Sitting Magistrate, was occupied a COll-
- time, in the investigation of a charge of coining,
in which Wm. Giles and Mary Jones were the prisoners.
The following is a brief outline of the evidence:—
Richard Myers, a constable of Newington, produced some
mining apparatus, a quantity of counterfeit shillings, and
deposed, that he, in company with Goff, Bradley, and others,
apprehended the prisoners on Friday evening, at a house
situate in. Cress-street, King-street, East-lane, Walworth.
On entering a back-room on the ground floor, in the occu-
pation of the prisoners, witness saw Giles .seated on a chair
by the fire, in the act of placing on the bob a mould made
of plaster of Paris. Ass soon as Giles perceived witness, he
rose from his seat, and the half of the mould which he held
in his hands, he broke between his knees. That portion
of the. mould then fell to the greyed, with a counterfeit
shilling. Giles then exclaimed, " Oh, my God, lam a
dead man !" ). He endeavoured to escape, bat was secured.
Witness then sent to Mr. Powell,•the Solicitor to the Mint,
but be wee not to be found. Witness remained in poeses-
sion of the room, and the female prisoner having also been
secured,. they were both taken away, and lodged in a place
of security. A pair of plaster of Paris moulds, having
upon them the reverse and obverse sides of a shilling ; also
a half mould, made of the same materials, were found close
by the prisoner Giles, who had his shirt sleeves tucked up
when witness and his 'party entered.
Goff, and another witness, corroborated the evidence of
Myers ; and stated, in addition, that they heard something
fall from the person of the female prisoner; when they ap-
prehended her, which turned butt to be a'counterfeit shil-
ling. She was stooping near the other prisoner when they
entered the apartment. They found 47 counterfeit shillings
in a vessel in the room in a rough state, and about ten
which were quite finished.
The prisoners, at a late hour in the afternoon, when the
depositions were taken, were both fully committed to
take then' trial at the Assizes, *hie...he:commence -on Mon-
day at Croydon. •