The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-15 00:00:00

Extraordinary Case at Guildford.

Yesterday, at the Magistrates' Clerk's office, Guildford,
before the Mayor, I'. W. Jacob, Esq., and J, Neale, Esq.,
borough magistrates, Robt, Hannam Collier, M.D.. Ph.D.,
&c., was charged with threatening to shoot Mr
Marmaduke Wilkin. The defendant is well known in the
scientific world as the successful inventor of a process for
converting the fibre of straw into a pulp capable of being
manufactured hat° all kinds of paper, and at the Interna-
tional Exhibition of 1863 received the only prize medal
and special mention for superiority of process in the treat-
ment of raw vegetable substances. The complainant is a
papermaker, residing at Stoke-nsxt-Guildford. The case
excited great interest.
The complainant deposed—l live at Laurel Villa, Stoke-
road. Yesterday I was at Mr Elkins's office, in Great St.
Helen's, London. The defendant came in to see Mr Elkins
on business. I was in an outer office at the time, and pre-
sently was called in to disprove something which the de-
fendant had said. lie threatened to print and publish a
libel on my mother. I told him that if ho did so I should
consider it my duty to give him a good horsewhipping.
Upon this the defendant jumped up in a violent passion and
called me a great many names. I rushed up to him and we
closed. He put a finger to one of my eyes and tried to gouge
it out. Ho also tried to bite my ncse. I struck him, and
defended myself as well as I could. We were eventually
separated by a person whom Mr Elkins called in. Ihe de-
fendant then said, " I will go and buy a six-shooter this
afternoon and have your life, and the lives of all the --
Wilkins." This was about half past 12. I left the Office
and went out for a walk. I came down to Guildford by the 5
o'clock train from London. The defendant was in the same
train, but not in the same carriage, and when we got out in
the station yard he called out to me, " I am ready for you
this evening; I have got it? I supposed he meant the
revolver. He followed me through the town io the corner
of the Commercial-road, all the way making use of threat-
ening and abusive language and the most dreadful oaths.
He left me in the Commercial-road, and I went home.

The defendant briefly cross-examined the complainant,
but the facts of the case as deposed to remeined unaltered.
The complainant handed in a letter, which he alleged the
defendant had sent to his house, and would explain the
origin of the quarrel; but the magistrates considered it
foreign to the investigation.

The defendant, in answer to the charge, said he had no
recollection of making use of the words imputed to him
concerning the pistol. lle denied that he had any intention
in any way to injure the complainant, to whom, however,
he considered himself quite equal without the aid of a
pistol; but when the complainant spoke of " chastising"
and " horsewhipping " him, as a man of honour he felt
himself bound to resent the affront, and if the magistrates
thought that he ought quietly to submit to such an indig-
nity, then he was guilty ; but he reiterated that he had not
the most remote intention of doing the complainant any
bodily injury.
The magistrate decided that the charge was proved, and
ordered the defendant to find one surety of £5O, and to be
bound over himself in the same amount, to keep the peace
towards the complainant for six months.
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The defendant entered into the required security, and the
parties then left the court.

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