The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-24 00:00:00

PIER AND HARBOUR BILL.

The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to.
VACCINATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to.
SHEEP AND CATTLE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to.

STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES BILL.
The Lords' amendmo&A were considered and agreed to.
MISAPPROPRIATION BY SERVANTS BILL.
The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to.
The sitting was suspended a• half-past one o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—George Neal, a determined-
looking young wan, was charged with stabbing David
Young.

The prosecutor said on the ]oth of July he was in Covent-
garden market, when out of a lark he tapped prisoner on
the shoulder, he turned round very savag-ly, struck him a
How on the cheek, which he returned, and the prisoner
rushed up to a coffee-stall, and, taking a knife therefrom,
he stabbed hia) in the cheek and also over the left eye, which
injured him to such an extent that the eyeball w,..4
completely displaced. He sank to the ground from the
effects of the blow, and on recovering he found himselt in
the h spital.

George Davis said he saw the prisoner running towards

the coffee-stall, and when he got up to it he deliberately
opened a drawer in it anc took a large white-handled table
knife from it, and then he attacked the prosecutor. He
went up and seized the prisoner, but he struggled very
violently, and having dropped the knite, succeeded in get-
ting away. He continued to follow him, and ultimately he
was taken into custody,

Police-constable Smith said he took the prisoner into
custody for stabbing the prosecutor. As soon as possible
he went to the hospital to ascertain the injuries he had
sustained ; and the house surgeon considered it of such a
serious• nature that the prosecutor. was unable to leave
the institution. He had been there ever since the assault,
and it was only this morning that he had been
considered sufficiently recovered to attend and give evidence.
He had the certificate GI the house-surgeon, stating the
injuries the prosecutor had received.
Mr. Henry said Ihe surgeon's certificate was not evidence.
He should commit the prisoner for trial, but before he did
so the surgeon must attend and state the nature of the
injury the prosecutor received. He would remand the case
again to enable the surgeon to attend.
A PALTRY CHARGE.—A Hansom cab-driver, No. 9,404,
was placed at the bar charged with stealing one of the ordi-
nary bits of granite with which the roadways are paved.
Inspector Brunbacombe said—This morning he saw the
cabman walking with the stone in his hand, and on asking
him what he intended to do with it, and also where he had
got it from, he replied that he had picked it up from the side
of the road, and he was going to put it into his cab to steady
it. He then took him into custody.
One of the contractor's foremen attended, and said the
stone was similar to that the men were using in St. Martin's-
lane, but he could not speak positively to it, neither could
he estimate the value of it.

The Defendant said the horse was rather lame, and find-
log the cab hanging upon him rather unevenly he picked
up the stone to steady the cab. He did not think it was of
any value, neither did he think he was doing wrong.
Mr. Henry said if every cabman picked up a stone and
took away the pavement would soon be removed. He
could not, however, treat the case as a felony, and therefore
he should discharge the case.