The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-20 00:00:00

STEALING A MONEY ORDER.

Edwin May, 30, clerk, was indicted with stealing a
letter containing a Post-office order for £l.
The letter came iLto the prisoner's possession in the course
of the discharge of his duty, but it was urged in his defence
that being in great want he was induced to appropriate the
letter.

The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to nine
months' imprisonment.

STEALING A LETTER. •

Edward Richards, letter carrier, was indicted with steal-
ing a letter, the property of the Postmaster-General.
There were some circumstances connected with the case,
which rendered it somewhat doubtful, but the jury round
the prisoner guilty of receiving the letter, ec3.

The Recorder sentenced hire to 9 months' imprisonment

ASSAULTING A TICKET COLLECTOR.

Patrick Flynn, Bartholomew Flynn, and Thomas Nagle,
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three Irishmen, were indicted with assaultinc, Arenburg
ticket collector on the South Eastern Railway, George
Osborne, G or' ae
Osborne, a polio-constable in the same service.
From the evidence it appeared that the three prisoners
on the night of Sunday, Aug. 28, at about half past 11
came to the Deptford station and asked some ques ions
relating to the trains. They were informed that the last
train had left, and then Nagle produced a third class ticket
and asked if it would be available for the nest day. They
were told not, and he (Arenberg) advisei them to go to New-
cross, where it was likely they would get a conveyance
to London. They, however, commenced a disturbance, and
Arenburg desired them to leave the station. This they
refused to do, and one of the prisoners commenced an attack
on Arenburg, Bartholomew Flynn taking hold of him and
threw him down on the pavement with great force. On
recovering himself Arenburg called Osborne to his assist-
ance, when one of the prisoners attempted to bite the evn-
stable. After some difficulty the prisoners were taken into
custody. Arenburg, it was discovered, had sustained such
severe injuries that he had been incapacitated from perform-
ing his duties ever since.
The Recorder told the jury that he did not think the
evidence was sufficient to justify them in returning a ver-
dict against Patrick Flynn and Nagle for the assault on the
prosecutor, Arenburg.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of
guilty of the first count against Bartholomew Flinn only,
but guilty against all three with respect to the assault on
the police constable.
The Recorder told Bartholomew Flynn he had acted with
great violence, and therefore he should sentence him to 12
months' imprisonment. Patrick Flynn and Thomas Nagle
were sentenced to three months.

THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS,—Mr Humphrey,
the coroner, resumed his inquiry into the circumstances
attending the death of Mr Thomas Briggs, at the Town-
hall, Hackney. The proceedings consisted entirely of a
repetition of the evidence adduced at Bow-street, yester-
day, and which appeared in full in our early edition. The
facts of the case, as far as they are at present known, have
been so frequently published that a repetition of them on
the present occasion would be a perfect waste of time. The
excitement occasioned by the terrible affair is :happily
dying out, although a few interested persons are exerting
themselves to maintain it.
ART EXHIBITION ON BEHALF OF THE COTTON
DISTRICTS.—The treasurers of the "Art Exhibiton for
the Relief of the Distress in the Cotton Districts " have
issued a balance-shcet, showing the receipts and expenses
in connexion therewith, from which it apl•oars that the
large sum of £2,550 was realised and paid over to the
objects of the charity. The amount received for pictures,
drawings, objects of art, Ro., I/whiling catalogues and ad •
missions at the door, was £3,008 2s. 7d. The disbursements
were £5OO, given to the Relief Emigration Fund; three
sums of £ioo, and one of £3O, to the Central Relief Fund
and a SUM of. £lOO to the Warehousemen and Clerk's As-
sociatior , Manchester.
AN INHOSPITABLE INVITATION,—The police of
Baden hare interdicted ladies of the demi nionde
from taking part in the public amusements of that place.
The following is the text of the official notification just
addressed to each of them :—" Madam,—ln consequence of
a measure adopted by the Grand Ducal Minister of the In-
terior, and the execution of which I am charged to super-
intend, I find myself under the necessity of interdicting to
you the conversation-rooms and the public promenade. If
I inform you of it by this letter, you will perceive in such a
proceeding my desire to avoid a scene which would certainly
be as unpleasant for you as for myself.—Accept, Madam,
40., MULLER, Or, and Ducal Commissary,"