The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-13 00:00:00

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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1864 i

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Two PERSONS STABBED BY AN ITALIAN.--All Italian,
whose name was understood to be Luigi Panni, and who is
said to be an organ player, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt
with stabbing two young men in the employ of Mr John
Knott, tripe dresser, of Walker's-court, Pulteney-street,
named John Midmer and Henry Bathe.
John Midmer, whose head was bandaged, said—Last
night a little after 12 I was in Oxford-street, near the corner
of Charles-street, seeing a companion home. Wo went into
an oyster shop, and on coming out saw two organ men with
organs, and the prisoner with a stick, which he was flourish-
ing about. I said to the prisoner, " Mind what you are
about—you will put somebody's eyes out." We then
walked away and went into a publichouse to have a glass
together, and the prisoner and the two men followed us.
At tho time a policeman was standing near, but on our
coming out of the publichouse the policeman had gone.
Tho prisoner then came up and seized me by the arm and
turned me round. I asked the prisoner why he did it, and
told him to go away, as I did not wish to have any words
with him. The prisoner then took a stick from one of the
organ men and made an attempt to strike me, but I caught
hold of the stick and prevented him. One of the organ men
then took the stick from the prisoner, and the prisoner put
his hand into his pocket and took out a knife, and cut
me on the cheek. I fell down, and the prisoner fell on me,
a,:`,(l tried to cut me again. My companion took the pri-
soner il'om me, and the prisoner stabbed or cut my com-
panion twit''.
Mr Tyrwhitt--Did you see the prisoner attempt to cut
your companion ?
Midmer—l did; with the same knife. The polies came,
and we were then taken to the Middlesex Hospital, where
our wounds were dressed,

Mr. Tyrwhitt—ls the other person who was injured
here

Midmer —He is. The prisoner, when I first spoke to him
about flourishing the stick, put his hand in my face, and
said he could speak good English.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did you do anything in the way of
abusing the prisoner F

3lidmer—Nothing of the kind, sir. I only spoke to him
about flourishing the stick.

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shop with Bat
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there saw the two organ men
and the prisoner pass the latter flourishing a stick, Midmer
spoke to the prisoner about flourishing the stick, and the
prisoner then clawed at Midmer's face, saying he could
speak good English. I went with Midmer into a public-
house, and on coaling out in about five minutes, we found
the prisoner and the two men waiting at the public-house
door. The prisoner then walked up to Midmer and
caught hold of him—following him across the road to do so
—and Midmer and prisoner closed and fell. Midmer cried out
" Harry lam stabbed," I then went sand pulled the pri-
soner a Midmer, and while doing so the prisoner stabbed
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Batho—lt does, sir. I then became faint from the loss
of blood, but contrived to walk to the Middlesex Hospital.
A certificate was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt from the hos-
pital, stating the injuries the complainant had received.

Mr Henry Francis Martyn, tobacconist, of 54, Rathbone-
place, proved picking up the knife. There was blood on it
at the time, and he gave it to the police.
Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week.