The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-02 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

Timothy Sullivan underwent a lengthened re-examination
before Mr. Paynter, charged with the garotte robbery of
Mrs. Sarah Hartnell, at Sloane.street, Knightsbridge.
The particulars of the former examination have been
already detailed.
Mr. Smyth prosecuted; Mr. Edward Lewis, of Marl-
borough.strest, defended.
The prosecutrix and her witnesses, who had previously
given their evidence, were subjected to a long and severe
cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, but nothing whatever was
elicited to shake their testimony in the slightest degree.
The object of the croesexamination was to endeavour to
show that the prisoner, who was intoxicated, had rolled
up against the prosecutrix's friends, and that a scuffle
ensued in which prisoner was struck, but all the witnesses
for the prosecution positively denied this, and repeated their
former testimony. Hartnell said that immediately after
his wife was attacked, be heard • carman named Scott apply
an offensive epithet to her, and immediately struck at him,
and the witness Woolwich, who went to Mrs. Madmen's
assistance, admitted that he struck the prisoner in her de-
fence. .

'whri. Lewis addressed the my • to in defence of the
prisoner, on whose behalf be celled a number of witnesses.
The prisoner wee ultimately remanded, bail being refused.

TH AMPS.

Alfred Fading, • youth about 18 years of age, was charged
with stealing upwards of 100 pairs of boots and shoes,
the property of Mr. Fraser, of No. 172, St. George-
street, Batcliff.highway, and William Elliott, • iouraey.
man shoemaker, sixty years of age, was charged with felo-
niously receiving the property, be well knowing it to be
stolen.
The younger prisoner had been in the service of Mr.
Fraser for about eix years. For some time past the prose-
cutor had been continually miming new boots and shoes
from his stock. A clever detective officer named Porter
William Dunaway, No. 129 H. was instructed to trace the
property, and detect the parties engaged in the robberies.
Dunaway ascertained that the lad Puling bad sold • large
number of his mute?* boots and shoes to Elliott, who dis-
posed of them again W • woman named Leary, the occu-
pier of a home and chandler's shop at the cormr of John-
street, Commercial-road East. Mr. Dunaway searched
Mrs. Lear 's shop. There were twenty pairs of new boots
exposed for sale in her shop window. They were all
identified by Mr. Clark, foreman to the prosecutor, as his
master's property. Each boot contained his master's
private mark inside, and the foreman's own figures at the
bottom of each.
Mrs. Leary said she bought the twenty pairs of boots of
Elliott, a pair at a time, and he led her to believe he was
the maker of them.
Dunaway- stated that on taking Elliott into elstody at his
dwelling, No. 28, William-street, St. George'sdn-the-East,
he said he bed bought a few pain+ of boots of the lad Puling.
He found • new pair of side-spring boots and • new suit of
clothes recently purchased in the possession of each pri-
soner. The two pairs of boots worse portion of those stolen
from Mr. Fraser's premises. He took from the lad 21. 16s.
in cash, and he admitted that he had robbed his master,
' and bad done so because his wages were low. The witness
then asked for a remand to enable him to trace more of the
stolen property, and obtain other evidence.
The prisoners made no defence, and were remanded until
Thursday.
Abraham De Frits, =aged Jew, and well-known reciever
of stolen property, carrying on business as • jeweller at
No. 20i, Bishopegate-street, and also in Harrow-alley,
Petticoat-lane, was charged with feloniously receiving a
gold chain valued at 111. 10s., he well knowing the same to
have been stolen.
Mr. James Lusby, a fixture-dealer, of No. 1008, White-
chapel-road, stated that on the night of Oct. 4, after leaving
a sale in the Commercial road, he accompanied • gentleman
to the BedfordArnis public-house ie Bedford-street, Stepney,
where he partook of some refreshment, and very soon after
leaving Ls friend there he was struck from behind
with a life preserver on the top of the head and fell sense-
less to the ground. When be recovered be discovered he
had been plundered of two 51. Hank of England notes, 51.
in gold, some silver, two gold rings, • silver gilt watch, and
• new gold chain, for which be had given 111. 10s. a few
days previously. He was severely injured by the blow be
received, and bed been under medical treatment ever sioce.
The blow lies affected my neck and throat. I have been in
terrible pain ever since. I wee robbed of everything
valuable I had about me, and was found by the police in •
state of insensibility. This afternoon, about two o'clock,
I was passing the prisoner's shop in Harrow-alley, and saw
my gold chain lying snug" in • corner of the window
board with two other gold chains near it. I went to the
station-Louse immediately. and the chain was recovered. It
was about half-past one o'clock in the morning when I was
knocked down and robbed. I was walking along Baker-
street, about 200 yards from the Bedford Arms, when the
occurrence happened.
The defence set up by the prisoner was that he bought
the chain of • sweep, who lived in Tooley-street, for dl.,
but he did not know the number of his house.
,The prisoner was formally remanded till Wednesday,
teLen he will be committed for trial.