The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC—ANOTHER CASE OF UTTER-
ING FORGED CHEQUES.—WiIIiam Holdham, a respectable
lad, aged 16 yea's, was (barged with uttering forged
cheques to different tradesmen in the Borough, and it ap-
peared that the prisoner had been recently tried at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, but acquitted in consequence of the
charge not having been fully established.
Henry Wallis, 79 V, in whose custody the prisoner was
brought before the magistrate, stated that for some time
tie prisoner had been leading a very gay life, and indulg-
ing in sporting propensities to a consideral le extent. He
was in the habit of putting up at taverns and hiring horses
without deeming it necessary to give any pecuniary recom-
pense ; but he left on one occasion some property as a
quid pro quo, which he subs( quently endeavour( d to pledge.
For some time he continued this course of conduct, and ulti-
mately he was detected, and committed from -Westminster
police-court to the Central Criminal Court. On his ac-
quittal he was taken into custody on the present charge.
Mrs. Tahitha Dodge stated that she was a coach broker,
and resided at No. 147, Blackfriars-road, On the 29th of
June the prisoner hired a chaise, and on his returning it he
gave her a cheque on the Bank of London, which he stated
belonged to his master, and he further observed, " It is all
right." The cheque at as for £2, and she gave the prisoner
305., the charge for the chaise being 10s. The cheque was
presented at the bank, but was immediately pronounced a
forgery. She heard nothing further about the prisoner
until last week, when she was informed by the police
that he had been committed to Newgate on charges of de•
frauding tradesmen.
It appeared further that there were several other cases cf
a similar character against the prisoner, and the constable
applied for a remand until Saturday, when he expected to
produce evidence in support of these cases.
Remanded until Saturday.

THAMES.
MIA:MERGES ASSAULT IN TIGER BAT.—Susan Organ,
or Hogan, a yr.,oaline Woman, aged 40, was brought
before Mr. Selfe, charged with assaulting and wounding
ary Ann Mahoney.
The prosecutrix appeared in the witness-box with her
head enveloped in surgical plaisters, and her dress stif..
fened with gore. She lost a large quantity of blood and was
in a weakly condition. It appeared that she lived in that
horrible place " Tiger Bay," a cognomen applied to a large
district of the parish of St. G eorge -in-the-East, in conse-
quence of the desperate character of the inhabitants, and
the many outrages and robberies committed there.
Yesterday (Sunday) evening, the probeeutrix, who
keeps the house, No. 2i, Brunswick-street, in the
middle of Tiger Bay, went down stairs into the yard,
and asked the prisoner, who keeps the house, No. 29, for
the loan of a black apron. The prisoner said, I bought it
and shall keep it. The prosecutrix turned round and made
use of a disgusting expression. The prisoner immediately
took up a poker and struck the prosecutrix several times cn
the head and body with it, and rendered her sanseless. She
was taken to London Hospital and her wounds were dressed.
Her skull was not fractured, but the wounds were of a very
serious nature.
Eliza Dimond, of 29, Brunswick-street, said she heard
house, No.
27,
of "Murder !" and " Police !" and upon going to the
she found the prosecutrix in gores of bleed
on a bed, and the prisoner beating her with a poker, She
a:sistod in taking the complainant to the Londen Hospital.
The prisoner, in dt fence, said the prosecutrix struck her
first, and she used the p,tk:r in self defence.
Mr. Selfe—You are both the keepers of infamous houses
in Tiger Bay, and you were quarrelling and making a dis-
turbance on the Sabbath evening. I shall punish the
prisoner severely for using an unlawful weapon. The
magistrate then sentenced the prisoner to three months'
imprisonment and hard labour, and said that disgraceful
outrages and brawls had been very frequent in Brunswick-
street and Frederick- street, and the parochial authorities
ought to interfere, and make an effort to suppress the scenes
so uisgracefui to humanity and the public morals.

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE (THIS DAY).—The premises
of I‘.lr, Swbine, 20, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, took fire this
morning about 3 o'clock, and the contents of the shop and
the rooms on the ground floor were deatreyed, Four pus
wtry rOQUEId by tip:, fire egos.