The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-04 00:00:00

gate, Rock came up running, and said, Guard, stand
off, or I'll shoot you," and laced half round, end
snapped a six-barrelled revolver at me. It missed
fire; he then heed up another revolver at DO
sine sired, and I heard something whiz past my head. I
at the same moan et fired a him, and hit him in the
thigh, and he fell to the ground and lay there—cut
faced me, and holding out the revolver pistol towards
me, threatened to shoot the first who should touch him.
I moved off to the gate, in order to meet Moss, as he
must come that way, and soon the other constables came
up, and said that Moss also had been token. I then
went to whore Rock ley. He threatened to shoot me,
but I lifted my gun and said I would blow his brains out
if he stirred. He then dropped the pistol. I went up,
disarmed him, and handcuffed and searched him. I
found two revolving pistols with six barrels each. All
were loaded except one barrel, which had the appear-
ance of being recently discharged. I also found a tin
canister in his pocket, and he had on hive the pair of
check trousers which have been produced to-day.
Davis, the other police-officer, proved that when he
came up to Moss he collared him, and Moss fired a re-
volver at him, and the ball hit him on the side of the
head; he then fired again, and the ball went through the
collar of the coat, and glanced off his stock. Davis's
son then came up end struck Moss down with a stick;
and Smith and the other constable arriving, he was
overpowered and handcuffed. Two revolvers were found
on him, one in each hand, every barrel being loaded, ex-
cept the two which were fired ofl.
They were found Guilty of burglary with violence.
His LORDSHIP then addressed them, saying that the
offence of which they had been found guilty was one of
the few which were still capital, and a sentence of death
would be recorded. It was true, that, in their case, the
extremity. of the sentence would nut be carried into
effect. Yet if, up to this time, there had been any in-
stance in which lots of life had not actually ensued, and
capital punishment had been inflicted, theirs was one of
those cases in which the law should be carried into
effect. A worse case than theirs he did not remember
to have heard in a court of justice. The violence that
was used towards the prosecutor, and the circumstances
under which the burglary was committed, all showed the
determined, deliberate acts of persons predisposed to
commit offences of the most desperate character; and
their conduct after it was entirely consistent with what
passed before. Their desperate resistance to those
whose duty it was to arrest them, their manner and
demeanour in court, and the tone and mode in which
they questioned the witnesses, all showed that they
were characters of the most determined and desperate
description. However, as he had said before, the ex-
treme sentence of the law would not be carried into
effect, but they must expect to be transported for their
natural lives.

Mr. SKINNER then made an application to his Lord-
ship for a reward to M'Crohan, on account of his readi-
ness, presence of mind, and tact, in diverting their at-
tention from his real object, by pretending to go to their
lodgings, and his skill and courage in inters-pting them
awl. capturing, Rick; and also tor.Davi6, for the courage
he displayed in capturing Moss.
Ills LORDSHIP granted each of them 5/.