The Sun. — 1844-09-18 (London, England)

LAW AND POLICIA.,  The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings on Monday. There are very few prisoners for trial, and only or :e or two cases possess any features of interest to the public. The Commissioners present at the sitting of the Court, were the Recorder, Aldermen Sir Chapman Marshall, Hughes, and Hooper, the Sheriffs, &c. William Burt, the poor-rate collector of the parishes of St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster, was found guilty of embezzlement, but sentence was deferred. At Guildhall two coal-porters, named James Farrington and James Johnson, were brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes, charged with assaulting John Coram, a City policeman. The policeman had endeavoured to eject them from a public-house, by desire of the landlord, and they, to make use of their own expressions, had " polished off" the policeman. They were each committed to hard labour for a month.  Sarah Higgins, a servant, applied for a summons against a person whose name she believed to be Green, and who had gone to Nottingham, as she had been informed. He slept for a few nights in an adjoining attic, and it being her custom not to lock her room, in case of fire, he found his way into her bed. She had been delivered of a child, which was in the care of her parents. Upon examination it appeared that she had no corroborative evidence, and Mr. Alderman Hughes, for the present, declined to summon the supposed father. Edward Reynolds, a greengrocer, was sentenced, at Clerkenwell, to pay a fine of 121., or be imprisoned for three months, for furious driving, by which a horse, value thirty guineas, had been killed. IlAt Queen-square on Monday, Catherine Stuart, about forty-five years of age, was charged with cruelty to three young children named Tyler. The prisoner co• habited with the father of the children, and although she was supplied with money to purchase them food, she was in the habit of feeding them on paunches. It appeared that she would frequently take them by the hair of the head and dash them from one end of the room to the other ; that she had knocked them down and jumped on them ; and on one occasion had thrown boiling water over one of them. She was remanded. A rather curious charge of felony was made at Marlborough•street by Mr. Van Bever, shoemaker, No. 42, Burlington-arcade, who accused Miss Rebecca Cook, a young woman, elegantly dressed, who keeps a shoeshop at No. 54, in the same arcade, and who was recently in the service of Mr. Van Bever, as shopwoman, and Adele Dupierre, his present shopwoman, with robbing him of a large quantity of shoes. The prosecutor had missed some shoes, and had accused Dupierre of the theft, when she stated that she had been instigated by Cook to steal the property, upon which both Cook and Dupierre were given into custody. It appears that Col. Loftus, late of the Guards, considers Miss Cook to be his " pet of pets," and on hearing that she was in durance vile, proceeded to the station to procure her liberation. Not being able to succeed in this, he attended before the magistrate with his solicitor to watch proceedings. The case having been gone into, and Dupierre called on for her defence, she said she had pawned the shoes under the direction of Mr. Van Bever, who had told her to accuse Miss Cook of having incited her to pawn the shoes, in order that she might have the money. Miss Cook, however, knew nothing about the shoes being pawned, and never had any part of the money. Mr. Van Bever was in amazement. Dupierre was remanded. Miss Cook was discharged, and Colonel Loftus taking up his gold-headed cane, hurried after the " pet of pets," shaking her warmly by the hand in congratulation at her being set at liberty. Henry Thomas Abbott, porter in the service of Mrs. Dash, 118, Tottenham-court-road, charged with having stolen three hats and a gold ring, the former articles the property of his mistress, and the latter that of her son, was fully committed for trial from Marylebone. At Greenwich George Falkner, a linendraper, carrying on business at 3, Royal-hill, Greenwich, was brought before Mr. Cottingham upon a warrant, charged with feloniously assaulting Louisa Brown, aged 16 years. The prosecutrix lived in the prisoner's family as servant, and such had been the effect produced on her by his conduct, that she had attempted suicide. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was bound over to appear at the Central Criminal Court.  An unnatural brute, named George Smith, was committed in default of sureties from Wandsworth, for haying committed a ferocious assault upon his aged father and mother.  John Howes, a Customs locker, in the employ of the Crown, who has been lately promoted, and his salary advanced from 571. to 110/. per annum, was brought before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames-office, on remand, charged with stealing .a quantity of rum, the property of the East and West India Doek:Company, on their premises. He was convicted and sentenced to seven weeks' imprisonment with hard labour.  A seaman, named George Alexander, was brought before Mr. Broderip, in custody of Portch, 91 K, charged with feloniously stabbing Mr. John Tomlinson, the chief mate of the ship Sultana, from Van Diemen's Land, with intent to murder or do him grievous bodily harm. While off Gravesend, on Saturday, the mate and the prisoner bad a quarrel, in the course of which the mate laid hold of him by the collar and the throat, and the prisoner stabbed him under the ear. It was stated that the prisoner's friends reside in Bath or Bristol. lie was remanded.  coinix—rAZZIONABSII. The Duke of Wellington intends to receive a select i party at Walmer Castle, early n the ensuing month. The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, accompanied by Lord Otho and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, have arrived on a visit to Sir Edward Baker, at Mansion Hall, near Blandford, from passing some days with Mr. and Lady Caroline Sandford, at their seat in Somersetshire. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose left Belgravesquare yesterday, for Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, for the hunting season, having left Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the close of last week. The youthful members of their family, and a portion of the domestic establishment, left town for the above seat on Monday. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and suite, who have been spending a few days at Leamington, on their route from London, arrived on Saturday at Alnwick Castle for the season.