The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday, Capt. H. Daw-
son, of the Mary, West Indianian, appeared before the
LORD MAYOR, to answer the complaint of a seaman, named
Kelly, a native of Ireland, who charged him with a violent
assault.

The complainant stated; that he had been hired abroad,
by the Captain, as steward. On the voyage to this country,
the Captain treated him with great severity, without hav-
ing received the slightest provocation. The Captain, upon
one occasion, ordered him to make a fruit-pudding, and ac-
cused him of theft, because he went to a cupboard, by the
advice of one.of the crew, to look for some of the materials.
Upon another occasion, the Captain ordered him to make
a ship's pie, but the witness not being cook enough to know
how to dress up a dainty of the kind, put the matter into
the hands of a black boy, who stowed away the crust of the
pie at the bottom, and thus prejudiced the meat. For this
the complainant said he received some kicks from the Cap-
tain, who charged him with having jntentionally destroyed
the dish, and ordered him to be well scrubbed on the body
with a hard brush, and to receive the contents of forty
buckets of water. This sentence was put into execution,
to the great suffering of the complainant.
Some of the crew were produced as witnesses. Some of
them witnessed the scrubbing, which was a rough one;
others saw the buciiets of water sluiced over the unfortu-
nate complainant.
The Captain said, that having engaged the 'complainant
as steward, and being quite disappointed in his estimate of
the man's qualifications, he employed him as cook. The
complainant, however, proved his unfitness for that office
too, and being incorrigibly filthy in his habits, it was ne-
cessary to have him well scrubbed, it being, in fact, impos-
sible to pass him on board without offence to one, at least,
of the senses. As for the assault, the Captain positively
denied having committed any.
One of the crew stated, that the complainant was rather
filthy, and that the scrubbing was of great use; no blows
or kicks were given, to his knowledge.
Some of the crew denied that the complainant was a
dirty fellow ; his hands might have been soiled, but his
flesh, elsewhere, seemed to be as clean as other men's.
The Loan MAYOR ordered the Captain to find bail, to
meet any charge that might be brought against him at the
next Admiralty Sessions, by the complainant.
GUILDHALL.—A young man, named Thomas Hef-
field, was charged with stealing a brown gelding, the pro-
perty of John Stevens, of Chingford, essex, a biggler.—
It appeared that the horse was placed in a field near Gal-
leywood Common, in the Forest, about ten o'clock at night,
on the 25th July, and was missed early the next morning.
In the afternoon of the 26th the prisoner brought it to
Dixon's Repository, in Barbican, where he ordered it to be
put up by auction on Friday last, and sold to the highest
bidder. He entered his name as John Linton, of Church-
street, Bethnal-green. The animal was sold for 30s. to a
horse-dealer of the name of Clinsey, who took it into
Smithfield-market in the evening, and there it was recog-
nised and claimed by the prosecutor's brother.
The prisoner said that a person had employed him to
sell the horse, and promised him five shillings for his
trouble. He was to meet him at the Star in the City-road.
Upon inquiry being made at the Star Inn, no such person
was known there.—The prisoner was remanded.
BOW-STREET.--A young man, named Baverstock,
residing in Queen-street, Brompton, was charged with
having presented a gun at an old lady, named Plummer.
—The complainant said, that on Friday evening she was
passing through Brompton, when she met the defendant
and another young man on the road. The former had a
gun in his hand, which he presented at her. She was
much alarmed at the sight of the deadly weapon being pre-
sented at her breast, and when she ventured to remonstrate
with the defendant, lie laughed aigter.
"Well, (said Sir R. BIRNIE), r don't know that I can
punish him for laughing, but the presenting the gun is of
more serious importance."
" Aye, (replied the old lady) I was much alarmed, and
it was at thattime of night that I could make no resistance.
I however hastened to the shop of a Mr. Betts, and because
I asked for protection; the defendant sent a watchman after
me, and I should have been taken to the watch-horse if I
had not had a friend in the neighbourhood."
The young man, in his defence, said, that he did not
present the gun at the complainant. The gun belonged to
a young man who was with him, and/it was so much out
of repair that it could not be used ; in fact they were then
taking it to the gunsmith's. It was true, as he passed the
complainant, he held it in the attitude of recovering arms,
but he did not present it at her.
Sir R. BIRNIE thought it was a most foolish case to be
brought before him, and he believed there was not the
slightest reason for the complainant -having so much
akirmed herself. He, however, advised the defendant to
pay the expences, and then he would he discharged.
A man, named Stuart, was charged with having
threatened to murder his wife. The defendant denied
having used the threat, and said it was a conspiracy, set on
foot by his wife and another woman, whom his wife wished
to have in the house as a companion; and, to gain their
point, they had promoted this prosecution, to throw him
into prison.
The wife declared she was in danger of her life, and she
also said that her husband prevented her carrying on her
business of a corset-maker, by which she earned 4/. 10s.
per week.
The husband was committed until he found sureties to
keep the.peace.
UNION-HALL.---A youdg man, named George
Riggs, late servant to Mr. Brunel, the Engineer, was
charged with having robbed his, employer of some articles
of jewellery and clothes. It appeared that the prisoner
was in the habit of dressing himself in the evenings in his
master's clothes, and, to be quite the ton, had worn a gold
chain and eye-glass, which he found in his master's dress-

ing-room. Mr. Brunel having been informed of the pri-
iner's proceedings, waited at home for hint one evening,
d discovered, on hi 4 return, that he was rigged out from
p to toe in one of his (Mr. Brunel's) suits of clothes.
+ gold seal and two gold keys bad been missed some time.
and they had been seen by some workmen in the prisoner's
possession. Prisoner admitted having occasionally slipped
on his master's apparel, but denied having stolen any of
his property. He was anxious to appear respectable, he
said, iu the evenings amongst his friends, and for that pur-
pbse borrowed the loan of a coat and breeches now and
then, as he was partial to a decent turn out. He was re-
nlanded for further examination.