The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-16 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDO

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This day.

MARLBOROUGH• STREET.

CUTTING AND WOUNDING WITH A KNIFE. Amelia
Reynolds was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with unlawfully
cutting and wounding James Norton, a booteloser, of 2,
Leicester-buildings, Leicester-square.
sergeant Horsey, 6 C, said that at a quarter to ten last
night be was called to 2, Leicester-buildings, and in a room
on the first floor he saw a man with the right side of his
shirt saturated with blood. The man, whose name was
Norton, said "Look here," at the same time pointing to his
shirt. He (Horsey) asked Norton who had done it, and he
said " That woman," meaning the prisoner. He asked him
what she had done it with, and he said 'with a sharp knife.'
The prisoner then said, "I did it, and will serve him a -
sight worse." The prisoner afterwards gave hisi a knife
(a sharp po'nted shoemaker's knife), at the same time say-
ing, that's the knife I did it with." Norton then said he
felt very weak from the loss of blood, and a constable, by
his directions, took him to the Charing cross Hospital.
Norton said h© would attend the Court that morning, but
had not done so. The surgeon at the hospital last night
said he could not tell the result of the wound.

Mr Tyrwhitt asked what Norton was, and the sergeant
said he was a boot-closer. He.only knew the prisoner as a
prostitute. He believed she lived with Norton.
The prisoner said she was using the knife to cut her sup •
per, when Norton came in the worse for liqaor and knocked
her down. A scuff') took place between them, and some-
how Norton got wcunded in the side. Norton was con-
stantly ill using her or knocking her about.
Sergeant Horsey handed Mr Tyrwhitt the following cer-
tificate which he received from the hospital.—
" James Norton was brought here with a stab in his
right Ioin.—JAMES G. MACKINLAY, house surgeon, Char-
ing-cross Hospital, Nov. 16."
_ _ _

Mr Tyrwhitt said he should remand the prisoner till
Monday next, but if Norton came she could bo brought be-
fore him again.

The ptisoner was then remanded.

WESTMINSTER.

Dennis Harring'on, a labourer of Herculean proportions,
was charged with a most disgraceful outrage.
Ellen Sullivan. a very aged and infil m person, said she

lived at 2. Bull's-head-court, Orchard-street, Westminster,
and the prisoner was her son-in-law, who lived with her,
Yesterday afternoon he came home and beat her, and
dragged her about and kicked her, lie came home under
the influence of liquor, and asked her for some fish. She
reminded him that be had before eaten it, and he then com-
menced his ill treatment. He se.zed her by the hair of the
head, struck her several times, and then kicked her.
Mr Arnold—How old are you ?
Prosecutor—Four score and two.
Mr Arnold—lt is a great age. What was done after this ?
The police—She was taken to the hospital, and he was
afterwards apprehendad.
Prisoner—l never touched her. She fell down and hurt
herself. I asked for something to eat, and she said she had
not got anything, and that's how it happened. I never
touched her.

Mr Arnold—Let the persons in the house, if any are here,
stand forward.

A woman was sworn who:evidently eudeavourod to screen
he accused, and pretended she knew nothing about it.
The police said that this woman had declared to them
that she had heard the old woman's cries for help.
Witness admitted having heard her cries of murder.

A seoond woman was put into the witness box, and al-
though not so unwilling to give evidence as the other, there
was some reservation. She heard the old woman cry
" Murder" two or three times, and also heard the prisoner
use violent threats to her. There was a great noise in their
room at the time she cried out.
Police constable Edward Arnold, 247 B, said ho was
called to Buckshead-court, and found prosecutrix bleeding
—blood was streaming down her face from one of her eyes.
Prisoner then got away, but was taken in the course of the
afternoon, when he used violent threats to the old woman
declaring what he would do to her when he got at liberty.
Mr Arnold—This brutal assault is very clearly proved,
although there is a marked desire on the part of the wit-
nesses to conceal the facts. Nothing can be more disgrace-
ful than a powerful man like you assaulting this aged wo-
man. You are committed for six months to hard labour in
the House of Correction, and must find bail for your good
behaviour six months longer.