The Sun. — 1846-10-20 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Morgan Bryant, a stalwart Irish labourer, a navie, was charged yesterday morning, before Mr. Hardwick, as being one of the ringleaders in a squad of twenty, who made a serious assault on the police. Police-constable C 6G said he was led by hearing a riotous noise, a little after twelve on Saturday night, to go to the corner of Duke-street, at the top of Robertstreet, where he found the prisoner and some twenty more quarreling in front of Diplock's public-house ; Constable 56 of the C division was stretched insensible on the pavement in the midst of them, and the prisoner was beating him at the time. When he had seized the defendant, several of, his companions struek at him, dealing several severe blows about the head, which knocked him down. He still kept a firm hold of the -prisoner, however, who upon that struck him, and struggled to get away ; and some four others, with their heavy hobnailed boots, kicked him in athnedrriebfsusaisnhgetolap-,aytilflotr the r they had kicked a hole in his great coat, and all his left side was as black as his hat. q Police-constable 56 C said the prisoner and his companions had been put out of the public-house for rioting qiiugohrt in whichthe theystre eta dlyhhaedi and then began to quarrel and t he went to part t he m he received a heavy blow on the ro. anzsitct.r)ce said,visit visited that temple from one of them, which knocked him down and rendered him insensible. The prisoner denied the charge. the police caonndducchtetc7eadrdins time, otherwise they should have to double the force. He sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment, and hard labour in the House of Correction, on each of the two assaults, the punishments to be borne successively. The first complainant was also granted a waristuhesilevberruitt;l, rant against the others who were engaged in the assault,  SOUTHWARK 71omas Murray, a tall, powerful-looking man, was eharged before Mr. Seeker with assaulting and biting off the greater portion of one of the fingers of a Mrs. Randall, l the wife of the master of a coasting vessel. The complainant, who had ono of her arms in a sling, stated that at a late hour the preceding night, as she and her husband were passing a bottle in Windmill-street, they heard a great noise and screams of murder. Her husband immediately went into the house, and on seeing the prisoner attacking two women, he immediately interfered for their protection when he was assailed by the Insoner, who, being a very' powerful man, got him down on the floor. The complainant finding that her husband had no chance in a struggle with such an adversary, proceeded to his assistance and in attempting to extricate him from the grasp of his assailant, the latter got one of her fingers into his mouth, and actually bit a portion of it off. By this time the police came to the spot, and  • after some difficulty secured the prisoner, and took him off to the station-house.: In the course of the investigation it was ascertained 1 that the prisoner had entered the house in the first instance with a female, and insisted on remaining there. The landlady, however, insisted on his quitting, and in attempting to enforce it was struck by the prisoner, and her cries for help having attracted the attention of the complainant and her husband, they went to the landlady's assistance, when they were treated in the brutal manner above described.  The defendant said that he was attacked by the parties, and in defending himself he was compelled to resort to violence, but was not aware that during the affray he had bitten the complainant's finger. The complainant having expressed a wish that the charge might be summarily disposed of, the Magistrate inflicted a penalty of 40s. on the defendant, and in default of payment he was committed to gaol for 21 days.