The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

SAVAGE ASSAULT.—John Luvell, better known as the
Gipsy, a morose looking fellow, who called himself a boiler
maker, of 2, Dunstan's-place, Ratcliff, was brought betore
Mr Partridge charg, d with violently assaulting Mr John
Hall, the landlord of the Silver Trumpet, ale and wine
hou-e, at the corner of Stepney Uauseway, Commercial-
road Ra, cliff.

Mr Stoddart, solicitor, conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner has given much trouble to the complainant,
who is an influential man in the beer trade, and is the land-
lord of two respectable houses. Tho prisoner was turned
out of the Silver Trumpet three years ago, in cmscquence
of his violent and bad conduct. Since then he had often
disturb,- d Mr Hall, and was held to bail to keep the peace
towards him Last night the prisoner came t., the Silver
Trumpet again, and Mr Hall said he did not wsnt his com-
pany, and turned him out, The prisoner came again a few
minutes afterwards and grossly insulted Mr Hall. He was
turned out a second time, and as he was leaving be turned
round on the complainant and struck him several times on
the face with his flit-. The cowardly fellow then ran away.
He was pursued and overtaken. Mr Hall's face was
marked and his eye contused.

• Mr Partridge said the prisoner had committed a vary
brutal assault, and sentenced hint to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for one Inotit

Determined Suicide of a Detective Police.

Sergeant.

CORONER'S INQUEST (THIS DAY).

This morning at 11 o'clock Mr Langhera, depu y -coroner
for the city of Westminster, held en iuques6 at the Port-
man .9,rms, Millbank-street, Westminster, touching the
death of Mr Creasy Robinson, for many ye,rs one of the
most active and effective constables belonging to the chief
Detective Force, Scotland-yard, who committed a most do-
termincd suicide by cutting his throat, on Monday morning,
sh,crtly before 10 o'cloc'k, at his residence, No. 61, MilibAnk-
sticet.

The jury having been sworn, and viewed the body,
Mr It. Gowing, b 7, Millbank-street, builder, identified
the body of the deceased, who was 42 years of age, and said
about 12 months back the deceased had a very severe
attack of rheumatic gout, and latterly he bad become very
much depressed in spirits from an an apprehension of a
return of the complaint. He had a wife and two c ildren

living with him. On Monday morning about hall- past
nine, Mrs Robinson called to witness in a state of great
excitement and said there was something the matter with
her husLand, and asked him :o break open the door of the
back parlour, which ha did, and then found the deceased
lying on his bed with his head to the partition. Mrs
Robinson called out, " Oh, he has cut his head, whatever
shall I do." They turned his head over and called in two
police-constables, and sent tor Dr Whitney, of College-
street, who promptly attended. The deceased was partly
dressed, and appeared to have been in the act of snaving
previous to committing the rash act. The deceased had
locked himself into the room.

lice• constable Stenson, 227 B, proved being called in
and finding the deceased lying on the bed with his throat
cut. He ran for Dr Whitney, who returned with him, but
his servicee wore of no avail. On the drawers he found
the razor produced, which was covered with blood.

Mr Richard Tanner, Inspector of the Deteciive Force,
deposed that the deceased bad been in the Police Force 20
years. Re was acting sergeant of the detectives. The last
iitne he saw him was on Sunday night, in Westminster
Abbey. Witness asked him why he was there, as the place
was so draughty. Ile replied that he had such pains in his
limbs and all over his body that he could not stop at home.
Iu 1863 the deceased had a very severe attack of rheumatic
fever, awl was absent from illness 133 days. The deceased
bad latterly been unfit for service, and only last week Mr
Inepector Williamson, his brother officer, had laid the
matter before Sir Richard Mayne,. and he wi;s to have
gone before the chief surgeon of the force with a view
to his being superannuated, as he was found to be
from continuous illness unfit for the service, as his memory
failed him. Betore his illness in 1863, which was not con-
tinuous. he was a strong hearty man.
Dr. Whitney, of 38, College-street, M.R. C. S., stated that
when he was called in he found the deceased in the act of
expiring. There was a large incised wound separating all
the main arteries and vessets of the throat, causing death,
'ho wound having been inflicted by the right hand. The
disease under which the deceased laboured alight have
lire} td on his mini.

The Corouer having summed up,
The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed
himself while in a etatß of temporary insanity.