The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

TIIT SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 180.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT--This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Keatilig.)
MANSLAUGHTER.

Ann Sullivan, aged 24, described as a spinster, was
charged with killing and slaying Charles White. Mr.
Thompson prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended.
It appeared that formerly the deceased was the landlord
of the Nag's Head public-house, Whitechapel-road, and
that on the 24th of June last the prisoner had entered the
Nag's ii ead, and was discovered in the act of attempting to
pick pockets. She was removed try the barman, but returned
and commenced abusing the deceased, who turned her
out. She then took up a stone and cut the deceased on the
back of the head with it. Ho became an out-patient of the
London Hospital, but erysipelas intervening, he died on the
15th of July.
The defence was that the prisoner had been grossly abused
by the deceased, and that she was called a prostitute, which
she was not. A defence of insanity was also set up.
The jwy found the prisoner guilty, and she was sen-
tenced to eight months' imprisonment.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)

THE ALLEGED CASE OP STABBING IN KINGSLAND-ROAD.

Mary Anne Perry, charged on the coroner's inquisition
with the manslaughter of Thomas Burke, with whom she
cohabited, was placed at the bar, and pleaded that what she
had done was in a fit of passion; she had no wish or desire
to injure the deceased.

The facts relating to this unfortunate case have been
fully reported in The Sun. The deceased, who was a
married man, his wife being confined in a lunatic asylum,
cohabited with the prisoner. He had returned home
and commenced quarrelling with the prisoner, calling
her very offensive names, and endeavoured to force her out
of their room, when in a fit of passion she seized a knife lying
on the table in the room, and stabbed the deceased, and
from the effect of the wounds he died in half an hour.

The evidence was complete as to the act having been
committed by the prisoner, and the jury returned a verdict
of guilty.
The Common Sergeant sentenced her to 18 months' im-
prisonment.

The prisoner curtseyed and appeared much surprised at
,he leniency of the sentence.

as he was a married man. She remarked that that was all
the better. She then put her arm round his neck and
kissed him.

Mr. Selfe—Did she kiss you twice ?
Complainant—l do not know whether sbe kissed me
twice or three times. After she had done that I missed my
watch, when I charged her with stealing it: The watch
was in my waistcoat pocket. I gave her into the custody
of a policeman.

The female prisoner denied having taken the watch, and
stated that the complainant kissed her instead of her kissing
him.

Mr. Selfe (to complainant)—Where is your wife ?
Complainant—She is about 25 miles away.
Police• crmstable V. 264 stated that he saw the female
prisoner pass something to the male prisoner.
_ _

Sergeant Diss, V 28, said that there was a crowd of per-
sons round the complainant when he lost his watch,
The prisoners were remanded.

THAMES.

A VERY STRANGE STORY.—William Brownlow, a
military-looking man, about 30 years of age, was brought
before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 12s. 6d from
Thomas Milen, a hairdresser.

The prosecutor stated that he was living at No. 12,
Brick-lane, Whitechapel. This morning he was passing
along an alley leading out of Church •lane or Back Church •
lane, Whitechapel, when he met the prisoner, who knocked
him down and ill-used him. After that he accompanied
the prisoner to a public-house, called the Red Lion, at the
corner a Leman-street and High-street, Whitechapel,
where he remained some time, until the prisoner put his
hand in his pocket and took from it 12s. 6d. He followed
the prisoner until he met with a police-constable, and gave
the prisoner info custody.
Adam Carr, 40 H, said the prisoner was given into his
custody by the hair-dresser Milen, who said he had been
robbed of 12s. 6d.

Mr. Partridge—Did ho say he had been knocked dcwn
previously ?

Carr—No, he said nothing about that.

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