The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
_ WORSHIP- STREET.

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Charles Sheffield and James Johnson, two young mon
of notorious character, were charged with having stolen
a box containing a quantity of miscellaneous property
belonging to Mr. Philips, an auctioneer in Chiswell-street.
George Moore, a warehouseman in the prosecutor's
service, stated that between eleven and twelve o'clock on
Monday night, a van, laden with property that had been
purchased at a sale, having reached the warehouse, ho
went round to the private door to apprize his master of
its arrival, and on returning back in a few minutes, he
found the prisoner Sheffield, with a woman and a man,
whom he believed to have been the; prisoner Johnson,
and who were all briskly engaged in removing a box
which they had taken out of the van. He immediately
seized hold of Sheffield, upon which the other man took
to his heels, and escaped, but the woman commenced a
violent attack upon him, and compelled him to relin-
quish his grasp of the prisoner, who made off, and
although witness succeeded in re-capturing him, the
woman renewed the attack with so much impetuosity
that the prisoner was eventually rescued.
Sergeant Brennen, of the G division, stated that on the
preceding evening he was passing, in company with In-
spector Barton, through Long-lane, Smithf►eld, when
they met the prisoners, and being satisfied from the de-
scription given of the persons who committed the rob-
bery that the prisoners were the same, they took them
into custody. The prisoner Johnson resigned himself
to his fate, and walked quietly towards the station-house
with the Inspector ; but the other prisoner made a most
determined resistance, and swore that " he would not be
taken by such a ---- Greek as witness was." After a
severe struggle he succeeded in overpowering the
prisoner, but whilst he was dragging him along the latter
made a ►udden snatch at his watch-guard, which was
snapt in twain, and having secured the watch he threw
it away. As they were followed at the time by a tu-
multuous mob, who took part with the prisoners, wit •
ness gave his watch up for lost, but to his great sur-
prise it was restored to him in a few minutes by a little
boy, who had picked it up, and who disappeared im-
mediately afterwards among the crowd.
Mr. BRoUGHTON remarked that it was a great pity
the boy was not to be found, as his conduct was in the
highest degree praisworthy, and he deserved to be re-
warded. He should remand the prisoners till the day
appointed for the re-examination of their female ac-
complice.

Tile prisoners, who declined saying anything, were
remanded until gaturday
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THAMES OFFICE.

Yesterday Thomas Prince, a weaver, aged 22, residing
at 32, Green-street, Bethnal-green, and Sarah Hopkins,
aged 27, his sister, of 32, New Gravel-lane, were charged
with being disorderly, refusing to pay their fare at the
Limehouse station of the Blackwell Railway, and as-
saulting Michael Chick, the station clerk, and Hood, a
police sergeant of the K division ; to all which charges
they pleaded Not Guilty.
It appeared in evidence that the defendants presented
themselves at the railway station on Tuesday evening in
a state of intoxication, and asked for tickets. Mr. Chick,
the clerk, observing the parties to be drunk, refused to
take their money, and requested them to depart.
They immediately commenced abusing him, and per-
sisted in going by the next train.. The clerk, find-
ing remonstrances in vain, sent for the porter who
was attending to the telegraph, and he endeavoured
to eject the noisy couple, who made a great disturb-
ance, but he could make nothing of them, and was
obliged to leave them in the hands of the clerk, who was
struck by Prince, and threatened to be annihilated.
After much scuffling he sent for Hood, the police•ser-
geant, who attempted to take the defendants into cus-
tody, and was attacked by both and severely beaten. He
was eventually obliged to call'in the assistance of several
other police-constables, who, after a good deal of scuf-
fling, locked up the-defendants.
Mr. Prince and his sister denied that they were in-
toxicated, but only a little mellow, and also stoutly
denied having struck the police-sergeant ; but the case
was too clearly made out to admit of a doubt.
Mr. BRODERIP said if drunken persons were allowed
to proceed in the railway-trains serious inconvenience
and loss of life would be frequently taking place, and he
thought the clerk and the police had done quite right in
not allowing them to travel in the carriages on the line.
The officer had been violently assaulted in the execution
of his duty, and he'sentenced Prince to pay a fine of 41,
and Hopkins to pay 21.
The defendants were unable to pay the fines, and were
sentenced, the former to six weeks' imprisonment, and
the latter to three weeks.