The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-21 00:00:00

TriE 51173. LONDON, THURSDAY EVE.IiING, SEPTEMBER 21. 1565.

CRIMI.NAIL COURT.—This Day,

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Shea.)
CHARGE OF ARSON.

Edward Breese, 15, tailor, was indicted for feloniously
setting fire to the dwelling-house of his master, William
Andrews, he being therein at the time.
The evidence did not bring home the offence to the pri-
soner to the extent charged, but it showed that he had
committed a very wicked act.
Mr. Justice Shee addressed the boy in very feeling terms,
and told him the extent to which his act might have led
him. Under the whole of the circumstances he ordered
the boy to receive 12 stripes with the birch and then die-
charged.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Smith.)
CHARGE OF BURGLARY.

James Buckland, Thomas Murphy, and Ellen Smith
were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Jas.
Fitzgibbon, a bootmaker at Woolwich.
_

From the evidence it appeared that on the night of the
burglary the shop of the prosecutor was safely closed, but
at an early hour one of the shutters was found to have been
removed, and a boot and a pair of slippers were found to
have been stolen, the burglars, it appeared, having been
disturbed by the noise made by the breaking of the glass
windows, which alarmed the inmates. With respect to
Buckland, two Of the witnesses swore that they never lost
sight of him until he was captured after he ran away from
the spot, but with respect to the other two such was not
the case.

The prisoners denied all knowledge of the robbery.
Murphy and Smith further stated that they were not out of
their own room at all on the night in question ; but that,
on the contrary, they were in bed at the time.
The jury found Murphy and Buckland guilty, but
acquitted Smith.
A former conviction was proved against Murphy.
The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said he found
that Murphy had been previously convicted of a oharge of
robbery with violence, which was a very serious offence.
As he appeared to be a person of some education and
ability it was not safe that he should be left at large. As
he had on the present occasion been convicted of burglary,
which was another serious offence, he should order him to
be kept in penal servitude fur sevon years. With respect
to Buckland the case was different. It appeared to be his
first offence, and therefore he should only sentence him to
12 months' imprisonment with hard labour.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Madame Valentine surrendered to an indictment charg-
ing her with perjury.

The circumstances connected with this matter have so
lately appeared at length in all the public newspapers that
a repetition is quite unnecessary. The trial is not ex-
pected to conclude till late to-morrow.

FOURTH COURT.
(Beforo the Common Sergeant.)
THE RUSSIAN BANK NOTE FORGERIES.

Augustin Ancenay, printer, was indicted with having in
his possession, without lawful excuse, divers plates, stones,
ex., for the production of fictitious Russian bank notes for
50 roubles each.

The prisoner, it will be recollected, occupied a house at
Datchet, and at that place the detective officers discovered
the plates, stones, and other matters for the manufacture
of the notes, and also a printing press for the striking off
the notes after they were perfected.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Sentence deferred.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Henry Thomas Durrant, en-
gineer of 23, Little Drummond-street, Euston-square, was
charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting James Powell, a
superannuated constable of the 0 division, and formerly
one of the officers attached to the Marlborough-street
Police-court.

Powell said—l reside at 6}, Oxford-market. Last night
about half-past 10, while I was lying down, my wife
brought the prisoner and another man into the room. The
prisoner said " We have got you now," and struck me on
the face, threw me back, and, while the other man and my
wife held me down, placed a pair of handcuffs on my wrists.
(There were marks on the prosecutor's wrists, where the
handcuffs had grazed them.) My legs were then tied
together. The prisoner said he had a cab at the door,
and was going to take me to the Marylebone workhouse.
I called " Police " and " Murder ! " and the other man
made his escape. It is not the first time my wife has done
such a thing. The landlord and others came in, and the
prisoner was given into custody.
Mr. Edward Stone, the landlord of the house 61, Oxford
Market, said—l have always known the prosecutor as a
quiet, man. Hearing a disturbance last night, I went op
stairs, and found him lying on the bed, with his legs tied
together, and handcuffs on his wrists. It was not the
first time the wife had brought men to the house. I called
in the police.
Police-constable James Croske, 160 E, said—l was
fetched to 61, Oxford Market, last night, about half-past
10 o'clock, and there saw the prisoner and the prosecutor,
the latter with a pair of handcuffs on, which could not be
got off, the prisoner stating that he had lost the key which
unfastened them. The wife has been troubling me for
two or three weeks past, wanting the prosecutor to be
taken into custody, stating that he was mad. She has
herself been in a madhouse.
Mr. Knox—ls that the case ?
The Prosecutor—lt is, sir.
The wife of the prosecutor handed the magistrate a
paper.
The paper was signed by Mr. Clapp, one of the medical
officers of St. Marylebone, and was an order for the pro-
secutor's admission to the insane ward of the workhouse.

Mr. Knox (to prosecutor)—Did Dr. Clapp ever come
and examine you ?
Prosecutor—l never saw him in my life.

Mr. Knox (to the prisoner)—Were you sent to the place
by any authority of the parish, or were you acting by the
authority of the wife ?

Prisoner—By authority of the wife. I have nothing to
do with the parish. I have only just come home from a
long voyage.

Mr. Knox—The prosecutor says he never saw Dr. Clapp,
and yet Dr. Clapp signs an order for his admission to the
workhouse, on the ground that he is insane. I will send
for Mr. Tubbs, the assistant overseer of Marylebone, and
Dr. Clapp, that the matter may be explained.
Inspector Silverton, C Division—The wife has com-
plained to me of her husband, and stated that he was mad.
On Mr. Tubbs attending, Mr. Knox told him that the
wife had handed him a certificate, signed by Dr. Clapp,
and he wished for an explanation of the matter.
Mr. Tubbs—Dr. Clapp issued an order for the admission
of the prosecutor to the house, but when it was brought to
me I declined sending any officers to take him. I told the
wife that if she apprehended danger, and brought the pro-
secutor to the house, I would take him in, when having
been seen by a magistrate, he would be sent to Hanwell, if
necessary. The prosecutor was brought to the house, but
ran away, and the master took no steps to recapture him,
and I heard no more of the matter till the certificate pro-
duced was brought to my office yesterday.
Mr. Knox—Then the parish had nothing to do with
what took place yesterday, in authorising the prisoner, an
engineer, to interfere.
Mr. Tubbs—Nothing whatever. Dr. Clapp acted quite
regularly, and a more discreet medical officer is not to
be found in London. 1 have refused the wife's applica-
tion to send any officer to take him away.
Mr. Knox-1 am glad to hear your explanation.
Dr. Clapp said—l saw the prosecutor on the 7th, and he
was then insane and very violent. He tried to knock me
down stairs. I signed a certificate, which I gave to the
wife, with the intention that he should he taken to the
workhouse, and then and there the relieving officer would
have taken the onus on himself.

Mr. Knox—l think the certificate should have been given
to the officers and not to the wife. You see what use she
has made of it.

Dr. Clapp—l gave the certificate on the ith, and perhaps
would not have done so on the Bth, but it was not put in
force till yesterday. The prosecutor was labouring under
delirium tremens.

The prisoner, when called on by the magistrate, and
after being cautioned, Mr. Knox having expressed his in-
tention to send the case for trial, stated that he had acted
solely by request of the wife, who stated that she had the
proper papers for hie admission t• the workhouse.

Mr. Knox said that it would be the utter ruin of the pri-
soner, who was a ship engineer, if he sent him for trial.
He believed the prisoner was the third agent of the prose-
cutor's wife, and that he had been blinded by a Master's
order of Dr. Clapp. Me should therefore fine the prisoner
£5 or a month for the assault, as he believed that if he sent
him to the sessions he would get no more punishment.
The prisoner said he was to sail on Monday for New
Zealand.

Mr. Knox said he emphatically declared that but for the
unfortunate circumstance of Dr. Clapp's handing the order
to the wife instead of the officer the matter would never
have occurred.

which they both attacked her, as was expressed by a
witness like furious lunatics. "Tbdluau beat her with his
fists, and his wife struck her repeatedly with a key, in-
flicting eight severe cuts on her head and contusions on
her body. The complainant was found by a police-con-
stable named Joseph Hague, No. 132 H, bleeding and ex-
hausted. Mr. Joseph Horton, surgeon of High-street,
Stepney, who had examined the complainant, deposed to
the serious nature of the injuries she received, and said
that a key or some other hard substance had been used.
The complainant lost a large quantity of blood.
Several witnesses deposed to the savage nature of the
assault committed on the complainant, and that she was
kicked while she was down by the male prisoner. The
prisoners said Mrs. Lewis began the affray, and only re-
ceived as good as she gave. They called witnesses, whose
evidence was very contradictory. Tho prisoners had not
received any injury whatever.

Mr. Paget said he could not rely on the evidence for the
defence, and that he was of opinion a most savage and
dastardly assault had been committed on the unfortunate
complainant. He sentenced the prisoners to be imprisoned
for two months and kept to hard labour.
There was applause and clapping of hinds when the
magistrate gave his decision. Mr. Paget called silence, and
said the court must be cleared if there was any noise.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RICHMOND (YORKSHIRE) RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Zetland Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages;
winners extra. Four furlongs, 200 yards.

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Arabia, 3 yrs, Est V(Dunbar) 1
Skylark, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Carroll) 2
Risk, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Bates) 3
Huntsman's Daughter, 5 yrs, Est 51b (Lawrence) 4
The following also ran :—Durham, Three per Cent, Lady
Vane, Duchess of Wellington, .Polly, Miss Haworth, El
Cid, and Full Bloom.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Skylark, sto 1 agst Full Bloom,
6to 1 agst Huntsman's Daughter. Won by a head ; four
lengths between second and third; half a length between
third and fourth. The winner was objected to for forcing
Skylark on the rails, but the objection was overruled.

•
The Wright Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for
2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b.
Four furlongs 200 yards.

Mr. Jackson's Repulse, Bst 101 b (Doyle) 1
Mr. Johnson's Dagmar, Bst 21b (Challoner) 2
Lord Zetland's Gelert, Bst 51b (J. Snowden) 3
Mr. Masterman's Honesty, 9st llb (inc. Mb ex.)...(Noble) 4
Ir. Metcalfe's Vacuna colt, Bst 101 b (Whitely) 5
Mr. Watt's Applecross, Bst 21b (Lawrence) 6
Mr. Chilton's Lady of the Tees, Bst 121 b ...(J. Osborne) 7
Betting-6 to son Repulse, sto 2 agst Dagmar. Won
by three lengths ; two lengths between second and third ;
a length between third and fourth.

The Burton Handicap of 7 sovs each, with 30 added;
certain winners extra. One mile and a half.
Mr. Jackson's Elland, 3 yrs, 7st llb (inc. 7lb extra)
(Cameron) 1
Mr. Goodlass's Empress of India. 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Martin) 2
Mr. Jones's Kapunda, 4 yrs, 7st illb (Carroll) 3
Mr. Masterman's Lozenge, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Noble) 4
Mr. Watson's Gondola, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Lawrence) 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Elland, 6to 1 agst Empress of In-
dia, 7to 1 agst Kapunda. Won by a neck ; a bad third.
The Richmond Volunteer Riflo Plate of 30 sovs. Four
furlongs, 200 yards.
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Chessman, Est 101 b
Blackface, Est 101 b

(Carroll) 1
(Cameron)

Dick Andrews, Bst 61b..... (Challoner) 3
Wings of the Wind, Bst 31b.... (J. Snowden) 4
Quaker, Gst 71b (Stead) 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Chessman, 3to 1 agst Wings of the
Wind, 5 to 4 agst Dick Andrews, 10 to 1 agst Blackface.
Won by two lengths ; same between seeoud and third.
The winner was bought in for 72 guineas.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares only.
Three miles.

Mr. W. Graham's Regalia, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Wheatley) 1
Mr. W. J. Morris's Club Queen, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Whiteley) 2
Mr. Jackson's Summerside, 5 yrs, lOst (Doyle) 0
Betting-20 to lon Regalia, who won by 40 lengths.
The Belsay Castle Nursery Handicap of 100 soya, for 2-

yr-olds ; winners extra. 4fur. 200yds.
Mr. Slater's Dart, Est 101 b (Carroll) 1
Mr. Peck, jun.'s, Aldcroft, Est 41b (Bates) 2
Mr. Jackson's Split the Difference, Bst 21b (Doyle) 3
Mr. Ridley's Penhill, Bst (Whiteley) 4
The following also ran :—Lady Vane, Raunds, Vulture,
Bob Chambers, Amazon, Hawkswell, Murillo, Amoris
Avis, Gelert, Globule's dam filly, Yuba Dam, and Pretty
Queen.

Betting-4 to 1 agst Split the Difference, sto 1 agst
Aldcroft, 6 to 1 agst Raunds, 10 to 1 agst Vulture, 11 to 1
each agst Penhill and Dart, and 100 to 8 agst Ilawkswell.
Won by a neck ; the same distance between second and
third; and a peck divided the third and fourth.
Three objections were made as to the start, but on the
starter being appealed to, they were overruled.