The Sun. — 1850-09-09 (London, England)

CEN TURION.  MARLBRO'-STIIEET.-(THIS DAY.) MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.-Dennis Gorman, a rough-looking fellow, who had been repeatedly in custody for violent assaults on the police, many of whom are totally disabled from duty in consequence of his bru,al viols rice, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with the fallowing murderous assaults on the police when in the execution f their duty : Police-constable,l43 11, stated that about twelve o'clock on Saturday night, a soldier was being brought down Oxford• street, in custody, followed by a mob of between two and three hundred people, when he saw the prisoner and several of his cumpauions rush from Gilbert-street, and comm' nce hissing and hooting, and urging the mob to rescue the soldier from the custody of the officers. All at once the prisoner and his companions flung a volley of :tones at them, many of which struck the constables cn the head. Witness then looked round and distinctly saw the prisoner throw the paving-stone produced at Sergeant Bewley, which struck him on the bead, and felled him to the ground completely stunned. Before witness could get near the prisoner the latter threw another stone, and when witness got up to him he collared him and took another stone from his band. The prisoner then tried to throw him on his back, the prisoner's companions at the same time pulling at his legs. Sergeant Bewley, who had recovered from the effects of the blow, and whose head was streaming with blood, then came to his aid and sprung his rattle, when the prisoner's compan conions ran off. The prisoner was, however, secured, and veyed to the station, where he became so exceedingly violent that it required the united strength of six constables to lock him up in the cell. Wben at the station the prisoner threatened to ruin them for life, as he had done before to the b-- police. Sergeant Bewley, 20 D, said on Saturday night he was assisting a soldier to the station, when he received a violent blow from a stone on the shoulder. On turning round to see from whence the stone came, he saw the prisoner close by him, and heard him say " You b--, I will disable you for life, worse than those b--s were in Devonshire-street." The prisoner then threw a large raving-stone at witness, which struck him on the side of the head, breaking his hat, and inflicting a severe wound, from which the blood flowed in torrents. Witness fell down on bis back insensible, and when be came to himself he found the prisoner in custody of 143 D. On the way to the station the prisoner kicked him several times. Police-officer, 112 D, corroborated the whole of the above evidence. Burton, 82 D, stated that about six o'clock last night he was on duty at the station-house, near the cell wherein the prisoner arts confined, when he heard him say to some one outside, " You must get Ryan and as many more as you can to come up and swear I was standing still and never threw a stone at or touched Bewley at all." Witness immediately communicated what he had heard to his superintendent. Inspector Jackson, of the 1) division, having corroborated this, added that the prisoner had been convicted more than twenty times lA. assaults on the police. The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was committed to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. ASSAULT BY A SoemEst.---Joseph Gitlin, a private belonging to the Grenadier Guards, was charged before Mr. Hardwick with assaulting police-constable 231 D. The constable deposed that about 12 o'clock on Saturday night he was on duty in Oxford-stteet, when he saw a young woman knocked doyen with a horse and cab. A man went to her assistance, and rescued her from her dangerous position, when the prisoner ran up to him and challenged him to fight. Witness re quested the prisoner to go away peaceably, which he refused ; to do, and as he was drunk at the time he (witness) sent to the barracks for a " picket " to take him away. While the messenger was gone, the defendant took off his belt, flourished it about, and said he would fight any b— there. As the prisoner seemed inclined to be mischievous, witness took the belt from him, when he struck him (witness) on the breast with great force, and knocked him backwards into the road. Witness then sprung his rattle for assistance, and several other constables having arrived, the prisoner, after a deal of resistance, was taken to the police station. The prisoner, who denied the charge of assault, was committed to the House of Correction for ten days.