The Sun. — 1841-10-21 (London, England)

CROYDOA POLICE.  John Beadle, one of the principal guards in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway Company, was brought before Mr. Sutherland and another Magistrate, charged by Mr. lloylett, the superintendent of the line, with an aggravated assault upon a young female named Elizabeth Tyrrell, while a passenger in one of the trains.  Elizabeth Tyrrell. the complainant, a young female of respectable appearance and about seventeen years of age, who was accompanied to the Town-hall by her mother, stated that on Sunday last she went to see some friends at Horley, and in the evening they accompanied her to the railway station, and she paid her fare as a second class passenger, and her friends then left her. When the train came up the defendant asked her what class ticket she had, and she told him a second class, and he told her that she might ride in a first class carriage if she pleased, and that no one would know any thing about it, and he then opened the door of one of the first class carriages and she got in. When the train started the defendant got into the carriage with her, and immediately commenced an attack of a most indecent character upon her. She begged him to desist, and told him that she would call out murder if he did not, and he replied that ho did not care about her calling but, for no one could hear her, and he added that if he could not do what he liked with her she should not ride in the first class carriage. She resisted him until they arrived atone of the stations, when the defendant ordered her to get out of the carriage she was in and to take her seat in a second class carriage. The complainant further stated that upon the arrival. of the train at Croydon she immediately made a communication of what had taken place. It was explained that upon the girl's statement being made known to the superintendent of the line the next morning, he immediately sent fur the complainant, and upon her repeating what she had before said, the defendant was immediately given into custody. Mr. Roylett, the superintendent, who was present during the proceedings, in answer to a question from the Bench, said that if any person entered a first class carriage with a second claSs ticket, it was Beadle's duty to have reported the circumstance at the next station, and to have altered his way-bill, and also to have made a report to him of the fact upon his arrival at Croydon. The defendant did not make any such report to him on the night in question. _ _  Mr. :_I.7THEIILAND then asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to the charge ? He replied that the story told against him was false, and that the only object was to _extort money from him. He admitted that he had put the complainant into a first class carriage instead of a second, but he denied having committed any assault upon her. The MAGISTRATES asked him if he had any witnesses he wished to have examined ? The defendant replied, that it was quite.dark at the time, and- he had no witnesses. :The BENCH, after a brietconsultation, said, that the assault was clearly proved, and they -ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 405., or, in default, one month's imprisonment. They at the same time said, that if any other railway 'servant was brought before them under similar circumstances, the highest penalty would most certainly be inflicted. Th. defendant immediately paid the fine.