The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-19 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Bylos.)

The trial of Thomas Elliott, a platelayer, for an offence
on Charlotte Fry, a girl, aged- 16 years, occupied this
Court the whole of the day. Tho details were quite unfit
for publication.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

John Taylor and George Giey were indicted for stealing
four bullocks from a field at Rotherhithe, on the night of
the 3d of July.
Witnesses were examined at great length, and some of
whom positively identified Taylor and Grey were the per-
sons who were Seen driving the cattle away from the field.
The property was found the next morning in the New
Cattle Market, and the prisoners wore epgaged in offering
them for sale. ,

For the defence a warder attached to the Penitentiary
said the prisoner Grey lodged in his hous, and on the
night the cattle were stolen he was quite certain Grey
never left his house between the hours of eleven at night
and six in the morning. He was obliged to sit up the
whole of the night in question by the illness of his wife,
and had Grey left the house he could not have done so
without his seeing him.

The witness said he attended before the magistrate to
give evidence but he was not called. •

The Recorder said it was extraordinary that such a cir-
cumstance should have been allowed to occur. After such
incomprehensible evidence he could not see there was
the slightest evidence against Grey.

The jury immediately returned a verdict of acquittal, and
Grey left the dock.

The case was then proceeded with against Taylor, but
The Recorder, in summing up, said, as the witnesses had
boen mistaken in one of the persons, it was rather matter
for supposition that they might be mistaken with respect
to Taylor. However, it was for the jury to decide the
matter.

A verdict of " Not Guilty" wag returned in the case of
Taylor, and ho was also discharged.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)

John Povey was indicted for stealing a quantity of oats,
the property of Thomas-WestOn his master;' and Henry
Maylin was also indicted for receiving the same, knowing
them to have been stolen.

Povey pleaded guilty, and a verdict of not guilty was
returned against Maylin.

Tho Common Sergeant sentenced Povey to one year's
imprisonment with hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STABBING.—Henry Sherwood, of 11, James-street,
Covent-garden, servant, was charged before Mr. Knox
with stabbing with a knife a young man named George
Gartenfeld, a servant at the Civil Service Club, St.
James's-street.

The prosecutor said—l went last night with a fellow-
servant into a public-house in Little James's-street, to have
a glass of porter, only staying three or four minutes. The
prisoner.and another man were having a few words. Ho
left the house to go home, and the prisoner left at the same
time The prisoner stabbed him with a knife in the arm,
and then ran away. He pursued him and caught him,
when he said he was sorry for it. He was then given into
custody.
Mr. Knox—Cannot you raise your arm ?
Prosecutor—No, sir; some of the veins are cut.
Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk ?
Prosecutor—He had been drinking. I went to the
Middlesex Hospital and had my arm dressed.
Richard King, coffee room waiter at the Civil Service
Club, after corroborating the prosecutor, said—l saw the
prisoner strike the prosecutor, but I did not see the knife.
I afterwards saw the prosecutor's arm bleeding. The
prosecutor then struck the prisoner, who then ran away.
He pursued him, and gave him into custody.
John Paddock, 120 C—Hearing cries of " Police " 1 ran
across St. James's-street, and the prosecutor gave prisoner
into custody for stabbing him in the arm. The prisoner
said he did not do it on purpose, but was at the time clear-
out his pipe with a knife. A knife was found on him at
the station.

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Inspector Bowles handed the magistrate the knife, which
was frightfully sharp, and also the following certificate :
" I certify George Gartonfeld has sustained a seven
injury to the arm. A laceration extends 7or 8 inches in
length, exposing some of the sinews.
" J. C. WORTHINGTON, House Surgeon."
After being cautioned by the magistrate, the prisoner
said—l merely wish to state that I had a few words with
a friend, and the prosecutor and his friend came up and
interfered. I told him to mind his own business, and he
then struck me thrice in the face, and I struck him in self-
defence, having unfortunately the knife in my hand at the
time, and I am sorry for it.

Prosecutor—l did not strike the prisoner till after I was
IS to.bbod.

The prisoner was committed for trial to the Central
Criminal Gourt.

London and the Railways of 1865,

Mr.. Edward Stanford, of Charing-cross, has
issued a very excellent map of the new railways and
miscellaneous improvements, sanctioned by Parlia-
ment in the last session, 1865—the railways in ope-
ration, and those approved of in 1864. The map
embraces a circle of ten miles around London, and
is accompanied by a list of the plans, numbered to
correspond with figures printed thereon, and also
with the Private Bill Office List. As the new lines
are printed in bright scarlet, they stand out promi-
nently, and thus any particular line is at once easily
distinguished. It is, like all the publications of
Mr. Stanford, a work of first-rate ability, and also
one of the greatest utility.

A Strange Story.
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An incident is just now being discussed in military
circles so extraordinary that, were not its truth
capable of being vouched for by official authority,
the narration would certainly be deemed absolutely
incredible. Our officers quartered at the Cape be-
tween 15 and 20 years ago may remember a certain
Doctor Barry attached to the medical staff there,
and enjoying a reputation for considerable skill in
his profession, especially for firmness, decision,
and rapidity in difficult operations. This gentle-
man had entered the army in 1813, had passed,
of course, through the grades of assistant-surgeon
and surgeon in various regiments, and had served
as such in various quarters of the globe. His pro-
fessional acquirements had procured for hini his
promotion to the staff at the Cape. He was clever
and agreeable, save for the drawback of a most
quarrelsome temper, and an inordinate addiction to
argument, which perpetually brought the former
peculiarly into play. He was excessively plain,
of feeble proportions, and laboured under the im-
perfection of a ludicrously squeaking voice Any
natural " chaffing" with regard to these, how ever,
especially roused his ire, but was at length
discontinued on his " calling out" a persever-
ing offender, and shooting him through
the lungs. About 1840 he became promoted to be
medical inspector, and was transferred to Malta.
There he was equally distinguished by his skill and
by his pugnacious propensities, the latter becoming
so - inconveniently developed upon the slightest
difference of opinion with him, that at last no notice
was allowed to be taken of his fits of temper. He
proceeded from Malta to Corfu, where he was
quartered for many years, still conspicuous for the
same peculiarities. When our Government ceded the
lonian Islands to Greece, and our troops, of course,
quitted the territory, Dr. Barry elected to leave the
army and take up his residence for the red of his
days at Corfu. He there died about a month -
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upon his death was discovered to 1-
..go, and
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probably this discover— - a woman
r!1 prepar
...! WAS elicited during the ha-
be ~moons for interment, lAA there seethe to
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idea prevalent that either *ekbairyi the
I last illness, or by stthe writing, f)thised immediately
after his for I iikkkat ittill use the "masculine") death,
he bad begged tobe buried without a post-mortem ex-
amination of any sort. This, most likely; biAly
aroused the curiosity of the 0.1716 who attended
him, for it was to ttta, it appears, that the disclosures
of thi# mystery is owing. Under the circumstances,
the fact was deemed so important that medical
testimony- was called in to report and record its
truth. By this investigation not only was the
assertion placed beyond a doubt, but it was equally
beyond a doubt brought to light that the in-
dividual in question had, at some time or another,
been a mother! This is all that is as yet known of
this extraordinary story. The motives that occa-
sioned, and the time when commenced this singular
decoction, are both shrouded in mystery. But thus
it stands an indubitable fact, that a woman was for
40 years an officer in the British service, had fought
one duel and had sought many more, had pursued a
legitimate medical education, had received a regular
diploma, and had acquired almost a celebrity for
skill as a surgical operator ! There is no doubt
whatever about the " fact," but I doubt whether
even Miss Braddon herself would have ventured to
make use of it in fiction.--Irish paper.