The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-16 00:00:00

HALL.

Peter Molloy, vocalist, was indicted for the manslaughter
of John Bunn, a North Sea pilot, on the 23d of November
at Wilton's Music-hall, Weficlose-square.
It will be recollected that the deceased, on the night of
the 23d of November, went to Wilton's Music-hall, and
while there, he became, owing to his intoxicated state, very
unruly and annoying. The prisoner was singing a senti-
mental song, when the deceased called out "shut up" twice,
which greatly excited the prisoner, when he jumped off the
stage, and struck the deceased two blows with his fiats,
from the effects of which, it was stated, he died.
A witness, of the name of Solomon, said he was in the
Hall on the night in question. He saw the deceased there.
He was annoying everybody, He heard him call out "shut
up," when Molloy jumped off the stage and struck him
twice. Deceased staggered and fell from the effects of the
blows, and eventually died.
The surgeon, who had made a post mortem examination,
in answer to Mr. Sleigh, who defended the prisoner, said it
was quite possible that some fall or blow, given two or three
hours beZore, might have caused the bursting of a blood-
vessel, and the blows received from the prisoner might,
therefore, not be the primary cause of death.
Mr. Sleigh, having addressed the jury for the prisoner,
called
Frederick Smith, waiter at the Three Tuna public-house,
Jewry-street, who said deceased was in and out his master's
house during the whole of the afternoon of the 23d of No-
vember, drinking. He was very quarrelsome to every per-
' son in the house. A foreigner was there, whom he called a
rogue and a thief. Deceased wanted to fight the foreigner,
and got up for the purpose of doing so, when he fell down.
When deceased was raised from the ground, it was
found that blood was oozing from one of his ears.
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The jury, af(er five minutes' deliberation, returned a
verdict of guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner
to mercy on the ground of the gross provocation he had
received.
The learned Judge said he could not pass over it without
some slight punishment, and for that reason he would
defer sentence for the present.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
Robert Ward, 48, tinplate worker, was indicted for un-
lawfully, by fraud, enticing away and detaining Emily
Wright, a child of the age of 12 years, with intent to de-
prive the parents of the said Emily Wright. The prisoner
was also detained on a similar charge with respect to a girl
named Agnes Barton.
The evidence described a great amount of immorality,
and at its conclusion,
Mr. Lewis, who defended the prisoner, contended that in
order to bring the prisoner within the provisions of the Aot
of Parliament, they must be fully of opinion that there was
a forcible detention.
Mr. Justice Keating said the jury would have to say
whether the fact that had been stated in evidence, viz,, that
the locking of the girl in the room by the prisoner, although
she afterwards made her escape therefrom, was a detention
within the meaning of the act.
The jury found a verdict of not guilty.
The prisoner was then indicted for the misdemeanour,
viz., the abduction of a girl under the age of 16.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
There was another indictment of indecent assault against
him on Agnes Boston, which the judge directed to be tried.