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, Weale, Esq.,
borough magistrates, Robt, Hannarn Collier, M.D.. Ph.D.,
F.C.S., &c., was charged with threatening to shoot Mr
Marmaduke Wilkin. The defendant is welt known in the
scientific world as the sucuissful inventor of a process for
converting the fibre of straw into a pu►p capable of being
manufactured into 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 substancos. The complainant is a
papermaker, residing at Stoke-next-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. Ile threatened to print and publish a

libel on my mother. I told him that if he 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. lle 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. 'I ho 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 fora 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 ho called out to me, " I am ready for you
this evening ; I have got it ? I supposed ho meant the
revolver. lle followed me through tho town io the corner
of the Commercial-road, all the way making use of threat-
ening and abusive language and the most dreadful oaths-
Ile lett 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 remained 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 ho 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 ho was guilty ; but ho reiterated that ho 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 fur six months.
The defendant entered into the required security, and the
parties then left the court.

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To the ordinary attractions of an agricultural show was
added a good exhibition of flowering and ornamental plants.
The bands of the Nantwich (33d Cheshire) Volunteers and
of the Crewe Steam-shed were on the ground, and played a
selection of music during the day. Considering the unsettled
state'of the weather, the largeness of the attendance was a
matter of surprise. The receipts at the doors were consider-
ably in excess of last year, when the show was held at
Crews. The only inconvenience was the mode of ingress
and egress—a narrow passage which was crowded by the
horses being led from the ground, when visitors were desir-
ous of leaving the show. With a laudable view of catering
for the farmers' wives and daughters, while the farmers
themselves were attending the annual dinner, the local
committee had arranged a concert to be given at the Town
Halt in the evening, to 1.)2 followed by quadrilles.
Besides the prizes mentioned below, money gifts were
awarded to labourers who had brought up the largest num-
ber of children without parochial relief, and to farm ser-
vants whose length of servtefr-lad been longest.; and 55
young unenargicd ,noman between the ages of IS and 25
years, received a sovereign each, with a certificate of merit
for length of service.