The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-20 00:00:00

POLICE IMELLIGENCE.—Sept. 19,

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MANSION-TIOUSE..—CHARGE OF FORGERY.
—Charles Edmund Pendry, a well-dressed man,
described as a commission agent, residing in Bing-
ham-street, Camden Town, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Alderman Rose, charged with forging
and uttering a bill of exchange with intent to de-
fraud the Union Bank of London in Princes-street.

The examination was conducted by Mr. Lyne,
for Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Co., solicitors
to the Bank.

Mr. Robert Attenborough, of Charlotte-street,
Fitzroy-square, pawnbroker and money-lender,
said the prisoner, whom he had previously known,
called upon him and asked him to discount the bill
of exchange produced, It was dated the 9th of
June, 1862, and purported to be drawn by George
Fisher upon and accepted by Owen Martens, and
Co., of Millwall, palm-candle manufacturers, for
£34 3s. payable at three months at the Union
Bank of London. The bill was endorsed " George
Fisher," and the prisoner also endorsed it with his
own name in the presence of witness. He had
been in the habit of discounting bills for Owen,
Martens, and Co., through the prisoner, for about
six months. The prisoner had called on witness in
the early part of the day named, and asked him if
he had any objection to discount a bill for the
" governor. He rather objected, upon which the
prisoner said he hoped he would, for the drawer of
the bill, George Fisher, was a man who made their
candle boxes. He gave Fisher's address to witness,
who wrote it on the bill, 7, Palace-road, Lambeth.
He discounted it, and a few days before it came due
he paid it to his bankers, Sir Claude Scott and Co.,
Cavendish-square. Witness charged a discount of
ls. in the pound for three months, or 20 per cent.
The bill was paid at maturity.
Edward Henry Davis, cashier of the Union Bank,
deposed that the bill produced came there from
Messrs. Scott, the bankers, on the 12th September,
and was presented for payment, and paid by wit-
ness. Messrs, Owen, Martens, and Co. have an
account at the Union Bank, and the bank honoured
their bills.

A packing-case maker, in Poplar, named George
Fisher, deposed that he was in the employ of 0 wen,
Martens, and Co., but had never lived in Palace-
road, Lambeth, the address given by the prisoner
to Mr. Attenborough. Witness was formerly in
business for himself, and used to do work for 0 wen,
Martens, and Co., who paid him by bills, which the
prisoner used to fill up. He knew the prisoner as
having been in their service as a clerk about a year
ago. They were not indebted to witness in June
last in £34 13. Witness did not sign the bill in
question, nor did he authorise the prisoner to fill it
up or endorse it. lie had not seen him for the last
twelve months,
Mr. Ed ward Owen, a partner in the firm of
Owen, Martens, and Co., deposed that the prisoner
was in the service of the firm, when it existed under
a different name, and left about 14 months ago.
The body of the bill in question was in the pri-
soner's handwriting, as well as the signature ; but
the acceptance was not in the handwriting of wit-
ness, or of any other member of the firm. He did
not authorise the prisoner to accept the bill.
On receiving the usual caution from the bench,
the prisoner said he had nothing to say.
Alderman Rose committed him to Nowgate for

LAMBETH.—MURDER. OF A WlFE.—Henry
King, described on the police-sheet as being a car-
penter, was charged with cutting and wounding a
female, named Sarah Ann Day, with intent to do
her some grievous bodily harm. The woman was
stated to be so seriously injured as to be wholly
unable to attend to give evidence.
Charles Cooke, 168 L, deposed that on the pre-
ceding afternoon he was visiting a friend at No.
75, Tower-street, Westminster-road, when the pri-
soner came in and stood on the threshold of the par-
lour in which the prosecutrix, Sarah Ann Day,
was sitting. The prisoner at that time had a ham-
mer, a chisel, end a screw-driver in his right hand,
but he subsequently passed the hammer into his left
hand. He remained in conversation with the pro-
secutrix for two or three minutes, when he sud-
denly stepped forward and struck her very violently
on the lower part of the abdomen with the chisel
and screw-driver. The prosecutrix gave a fearful
shriek, and the witness sprang upon the prisoner to
prevent him repeating the blow. The prisoner
struggled with him and freed himself, and witness
not then knowing the woman had been stabbed,
allowed him to leave the house, which he did in a
very hurried manner. Directly he had gone the
prosecutrix told witness that she had been stabbed,
and in consequence he went in pursuit of the
prisoner, and found him at a neighbouring
beer-shop, when he charged her with stabbing the
woman, and took him into custody. The prisoner
denied that he had even struck the woman, much
less stabbed her.

George Pike, L 95, proved that his attention
having been called to the occurrence, he proceeded
to the house and found the wounded woman lying
on the floor in a fainting fit. He raised her up, and
on her coming to herself she told him she had been
stabbed, and he then observed blood coming through
her clothes towards the lower portion of the stomach.
On searching the room he found under her clothes
the chisel now produced (a most formidable wea-
pon), and he afterwards discovered the hammer and
screw-driver on the counter in the front shop. He
had compared the chisel with the cuts in the clothes
the prosecutrix was wearing, and had found them to
correspond.
A certificate from Mr. Donahoo, the surgeon, who
was at once sent for, was handed to the magistrate,
stating that there were two wounds, one on the hip,
and the other on the abdomen, and that both were
of a very dangerous character.
The prisoner, when called on, denied that he had
either struck or stabbed the prosecutrix, who, he
alleged, was his wife. The injuries, if any, were
entirely the result of accident.
Mr. Elliott remanded the prisoner for a week.
Just as the court was about to rise, Cooke, the
constable in charge of the case, announced to the
magistrate that the poor woman was dead.
in answer to questions put by Mr. Elliott,
The officer stated that the deceased was about 30
years of age, had been married to the prisoner, who,
however, prosecuted her for bigamy, and had sub-
sequently induced her to live with him, but in con-
sequence of his habitual ill-usage and brutality to •
wards her she had left him. The prisoner had
several times essayed to induce her to return to
him, and had renewed his efforts in that respect,
when, on her continuing her refusal, he made the
attack upon her which has proved fatal.

WANDSWORTH.—DARING PLATE ROBBERY.
—PONY AND CART THIEVES AGAlN.—Three young
men who gave the names of George Fenwick, a
clerk, George Wood,
.a labourer, and James May, a
hawker, were placed in the dock before Mr. Day-
man, charged with being concerned in stealing a
quantity of valuable plate from the residence of the
Rev. James Gillman, of No. 6, Wimbledon Park-
road.

It appeared that about four o'clock on Monday
afternoon last one of the female servants named
Corbould placed several articles of silver upon a bed
in the front dressing-room on the second floor for a
short time before putting away the plate that was
not wanted for use. As she came down stairs about
ten minutes afterwards she heard the silver rattle
on the bed, and she called out to know who was in
the room, but she received no answer. She then
tried to open the door, but found it fastened in the
inside. Assistance was obtained, and it was found
that the window of the room was open. An entrance
to the room was effected by means of a ladder, and
the door was opened. The servant then missed all
the plate with the exception of a silver waiter,
which appeared to have been left behind in a hurry.
She also found the bedroom adjoining had been en-
tered, and drawers opened, in which two jewel-
boxes were placed. They were broken open, and
an empty watchcase left on the table ; but it
could not be ascertained at present whether any
jewellery had been taken, as the young lady, the
owner, was abroad. The door of the bedroom
was also fastened in the inside. The servant at
the time saw a pony and cart standing on
the opposite side of the read. One man
was sittin4 in the cart and another was feeding the
Pony. A boy named Angel identified the three pri-
soners, and stated that he saw Wood come out of
the Rev. Mr. Gillman's house with something red
in his hand, and he got into the cart and they all
drove away as fast as they could. Two police. con
stables of the N division saw them drive up to
Hoxton-square. Two of the prisoners got out of
the cart and entered a coffee-house, and the other
drove the pony and cart away. The suspicions of
the police were aroused by seeing the two prisoners
come out shortly afterwards with an alteration in
their.dress. They were not then taken into custody,
but when they were they denied all knowledge ofw
the robbery and the pony and cart,
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