The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT --(TIllS DAV

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OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice TALFOUTD.)
Henry Harrison, aged 31, a respectably-dressed young
man, was indicted for threatening to charge the pro('
cutor, Anderson Massey, with having attempted to coo'
'
mit an unnatural crime, with a view to extort inonl,.;
and, in other counts, with accusing the prosecutor wit!
an assault with a view to inducs the commission of
unnatural crime.
Mr. Charnock appeared for the prosecution, and ,-Itfr'
Ballantine and Mr. Ribton for the prisoner.

Theris-o-n-er-p-lea-d-e—d—h-ot gutY:
From the statement of coun eel for the prosccaisil
and the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared, that lbe
prosecutor,a who is a young man about tWcnty.tiva yesil
8 ge , and formerly resided at Stamford, in Lino
of
hire, but for the last twelve mouths had carried os
business
in copartnership with his brother as irt
mongers, at the Baker-street Beeler, on t''
30th of July last proceeded to Charing-cross IV
an omnibus, smoking a cigar, during Charing-cross r°
person had spoken to him. On getting off the orals;
bus he had occasion to stop at the urinal at 0°
back of the National Gallery. Ile went into one /bt
compartments, and left with seeing
speaking to any person, and proceeded direct tows!„°_,
0)110rd-street., by the Baths and Washhouses, to u°.
ye ntry - street, through Titch field-street, into to
street, during the prisoner 0,,
which no one spoke to him. On the pre!,
cutor being about to get on en omnibus at the top ,`.
Regent street, to go to St. "John's Woods the Prisl
came up, put his hand on the prosecutor's hole
,ode,
said '' You can't get up there, I want you for ea oi
cent rssault, committed on me behind the Nada
Gellery." The prosecutor indignantly denied the cleat,
or having seen the prisoner at all. The prisoner
al:
" You are the man; I followed you all the .11.1 A
• from the National Gallery, and am deterrals;
to give you into custody." The I:lnsect/0
gave the prisoner his card, to show be was a respects it
man. The prisoner said, ~ Oh, your card won't t1e,...
does not coot; in your address." The. prosecutor 0
sisting upon applying to the police, the prsoner follow;
him to Baker-street, when the prosecutor, seeing 6 c
stable, said he must Mire him (the prosecutor) into cue'o,
tody, as the prisoner had charged him with an ludo:
_b.
assault, and he must hear what the prisoner had t°,!Yie
The prosecutor was taken to the station- house. wjeo,
the prisoner gave his name as Hoary Giglio,' 72, "at
cut. The charge having been entered, the 1311)sta
was locked up in a cell, and the following morning t ~.,
before the magistrate at Marlborough-street,
prosecutor,
onthaend where t'.'d
prisoneroi. deposed that the prosecutor had placed his 131..,u,
li i
l s
Sault, but on his dereribing the route he .bad follewealf..
induced him to commit a similar, ,I;
ft:ent to that taken by the prosecutor, and eveetd tit,
the prosecutor was discharged. There was no eta euvf
prisoner gave a direction totallyou
that the prisoner had made any distinct de026,,,i o
money. ' eisorith
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury for the P- • or
and rested the defence on the ground that the r. 0.
had actually been assaulted by some person ia th °I of
ner described, but had been mistaken in the persos
the prosecutor. •
t. .
sooer
Several witnesses were called, who gave he Pru
a good character.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up, .hoe
The jury retired, and had not returned s yerdiet
our report left.
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NEW COURT. s
(Before the RECORDER.) RAND
THE FRAUDS ON AUSTRALIAN Ellilv, st,
a Cornelius Julius Tripe, aged 20, described as an age- 0
nd Henry Graham Montagu, aged 51, described sew
mineralegist, were placed at the bar, indicted with Otis
s lawfully obtaining by false pretences of John
um of ill. There were several other indictraecte
similar charges. se'
• Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Cockle appeared for the Pr°
cution • and Mr. Ballant'ne and Mr. Metcalfe for Trir
and Mr.'
Sleigh for Montagu. 6.
Mr. BALLANTINE said that be appeared for the Pup
sooner Tripe, who was a most respectable young man up
Jones
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tri, the time of his connexion with this company'
He was instructed to apply that the sur
ue. postponed until the nott sessioo, and be Yalllnn the
prised that it was intended to resist the applicati°°,,--were
other side, when affidavits were put in, and per 0014
sworn as being material witnesses whose residence c
;so,
not be then ascertained. The Court invariably. poet"
poned the trial to give the accused time to obtatcwe're
necessary witnesses, particularly when tbe WO° their
in custody, and the application was bond fide et h;oh
request, He was not aware of Abe ground. upon w.,.d
the application was to be resisted, The affidavits states
that the witnesses whose attendance and evidenced " a
material were the persons whose names oPPearec ablr
acted as directors. He had en affidavit 0' that
Brinchley, the attorney of Tripes •t° -(fe.
effect, He also was informed that 511 the
positions taken at the Mansion-houses l
ii:ro
been returned to this court; therefore too
pris°ld i;
were deprived of the benefit of obtaining* cePYt °bed
was not until this morning they bad been furnis _
with a copy of the indictment. Under those cirCUP.:
stances he trusted he had shown 1311IiiCieDI to induce tPu
.Court to postpone the trial.
Mr. SLEIGH, , on the part of Montagu,' made a similar
application. the
the
The affidavits having been read by officer of
Court,
The RECORDER said be thought that there we 9 sub'
^o
cientstr ground for postponing the trial, if there VW .
stronger case on the other side. .
Mr. BODKIN .
obtain the saidhe
appeared
London.. Die prisoners toad not used due diligenso as
attendance of the witnesses alluded te• jou,
some of the '
witnesses for the prosecution ware fir.,2tould
ntootprt for the Corporati::
se:
sec .1 to Australia, he was apprehensive the)! -To
be ill attendance if the trial were poste oration
had been taken up by the Corporation. °..,
public grounds, and if the trial were
would be obliged to maintain those witnesses in t"
country until after the trial.tb° di-
The RECORDER said be thought, in justice to co
sonar, the trial ought to bn postpoP:e6dt.P°l3Seudtf:lo
grounds having been shown for the postponement bY tif
affidavits put in and read, which were not sufficiee.4
answered by the prosecution. The trial must therelvi'y
be postponed until next sessions, the prisoners re°
ing in custody.
Trial postponed accordingly.
THE MEDITERRANA'•
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SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY' lg°llr4l'-:
irjffslloll
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na'',l" af.
Company's ship
Isl' opium,
rived off this port wßeit
0 Passer'
gers, and a large cargo of silks, wool,
Indian, China, and Mediterranean mails, 7'7 ;„,v,
&c. Her dates are nhtintheek'hCea3vPyteipnorjtionSol: -
Alexandria, Aug''
11th; Gibraltar, 15th. g'
The British fleet, under Rear-Admiral P/In'dr''
consisting of the Britannia, Albion, Trafaler,.-VTe;
geance, Bellerophon, Indefatigable, and Gibraltarstelle
rible, ,15th,uder orders to proceed on the
'l, and Antelope, were in otb
Bey on the un
for Smyrna.
The steam-screw squadron, comprising Al"*.°l3t;
Dauntless, Highflyer, and Encounter, left Gibrsitli
on the 11th inst. for England.—Times.
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