The Sun. — 1847-03-09 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGEPICE. SOUTHWARK. Joseph Newman, described on the charge,heet as a gentleman, was brought before Mr. Cottinghar, charged with assaulting Mr. Wil'shire, a grocer, residing i Tooley-street, also with attempting to steal a silver liqumstand and a large gravy spoon. Mr. Willshire said that the prisoner was its brother-in_ law, and had for some time with is wife live on his bounty. Witness advanced him several sums of moneyt various times on the security of his plate and other articles While witness was at church on Sunday, the prisoner centred to get possession of the plate produced, and that moring was in the act of leaving the house with it, when he stoped him. The prisoner knocked him down, and had not thepolice come to his assistance, he believed he would have mulered him. He had no wish to press the latter part of the carge, but only required protection from his violence. The prisoner said it was quite true that himelf and wife were residing at Mr. Willshire's, but he hadsulficient pro• party to pay him whatever he expended. Hi wife was now exceedingly ill, and required the attendance f a physician, and it was for the purpose of paying one tha he was about to take the plate from the house. He conslered himself much ill-used by the complainant. The latter said that whatever attendance lir& Newman required he would cheerfully pay for, but he ould not encourage the prisoner's lazy habits. Mr. Corrmaxam ordered him to find goal bail for his future conduct, and told him that he had narliwly escaped being committed for felony, in taking away merty which he had deposited as security. Mr. Wm. Greenfield, the son of a clergynsan,was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with attempt* to commit suicide.  Mr. John Connor, a chemist, of Kent-street. Southwark, stated that on the preceding night the defendatt came into his shop, and wanted to be served with a shillitg's worth of laudanum. He was asked for what purpose it vas intended, and his reply was that he required a dose ci a narcotic medicine to compose his mind, which was rafter uneasy. Witness informed him of the consequences o' taking an overdose of such a medicine, and then, at his request, furnished him with about forty drops. The defendant quitted the shop, but had not been many minutes gone when a boy came and informed (witness) that he saw the tame gentleman walk into another chemist's shop, and purchase some more laudanum, which he drank off the moment he got into the street. Witness immediately left the shop, and on going into the street saw the defendant in the act of conveying the phial containing the laudanum to his lips, and was just in time to prevent him from swallowing the whole quantity. As he suspected that he meditated self-destruction, he had him directly taken to Guv'' where the stomachpump was iiiiiouocea, and the contents of his stomach ejected. As the defendant refused to give any account of himself, it was deemed necessary, as a precautionary measure, to place him in the hands of the police. Policeman, 246 M, said that when the defendant was given into his custody, he found in his pockets several bullets recently moulded, some gunpowder and percussion caps, which he said were intended far a sporting excursion which he was about to take in the country. In answer to the magistrate the defendant said—The fact is, Sir, I was mesmerised at a lodging which I recently occupied at Pentonville, and suffered so seriously from the operation that I thought a dose of laudanum woulc have counteracted its effects, and that was the reason I pirchased the quantity I did on the occasion. Mr. Corrnsonwat proceeded to put other pestions, to which the defendant gave the following answers:—That his father was a clergyman, residing in Sussex, fron which place he (the defendant) had only arrived a fortnght ago, for change of scene. The policeman said that, besides the powder Ind ball found in the defendant's possession, there was also money to the amount of 20/.  Mr. COTTINGUAM said that he could not permit the defendant to go at large, after making such an attempt upon his life, without having proper security that he would not repeat it. lie should, therefore, remand him; and in the interval his family should be made acquainted with his situation.