The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-17 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STABBING BY A BOY.—Oliver Cromwell Hurl*, eight
years old, charged with stabbing another little boy named
Matthew Collier with a shoemaker's knife, was again

brought up.
Tho evidence of a little girl who was passing a public-
house in Archer-street, Great Windmill-street, and saw the
prisoner run after Collier and stab him with a knife, having
been repeated,
Matthew Collier, the injured boy, said he spat on a chalk
mark made by the prisoner. The prisoner then called him
a name, and afterwards ran after him and stabbed him in
the thigh.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked Collier whether it was true that he
had pricked the prisoner with, a needle, as it had been
stated that ho had by the prisoner's father?
Collier said it was not true, and that he never touched
the prisoner at all.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the best way of dealing with the case
was to send it to the sessions. He could not think of deal-
ing with such a serious case, although with so young a
child. The prisoner was only eight years old, but there
was an old maxim of law that malice supplied age. Tho
assault was altogether an unprovoked one. He had asked
the boy (Collier) whether he had pricked the prisoner with
a needle, which had been averred by the prisoner's father,
and the boy said it was not true. The case showed what
sort of persons there were in London. It was a melan-
choly thing that such a case should be tried, but it must be
tried like other cases. A boy of eight had stabbed another
boy with a shoemaker's knife, merely because the boy had
spat on his chalk mark. He felt it quite right that the
prisoner should be imprisoned, as it might be the
means of his being put to school and improved. It
showed what sort of people the prisoner was among, and
what sort of example was set him, when his father came
before him (Mr. Tyrwhitt) and stated that which was not
true. He believed it was the fault of the parents in not
exercising proper control over the prisoner that the boy
was in such a position. He would, however, remand the
boy for another week.

The father was about to address the magistrate when he
was ordered to leave the court.

SERIOUS INJURY THROUGH A DRUNKEN DRIVER.—
William Neal, of 1, Peartree-street, St. Luke's, cabman,
Henry Pike, G, Macclesfield-street, City-road, time-keeper,
and Charles Harrold, of 7, Langton-street, St. Luke's,
bricklayer, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being
drunk, and incapable of driving a horse and cart in
Piccadilly.
The evidence of William Mattheson, 149 0, said that at
a late hour last night he saw the three defendants in a
horse-cart going along Piccadilly. The cart came in col-
lision with a cab, with a force which knocked the driver off
the box, and be was so much hurt that he was obliged to
be taken to St. George's Hospital. The defendants, who
were all drunk, were knocked out of the cart.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said Neal was
driving at the time.
Neal said ho was very sorry for what had occurred. Ho
would pay any damage he had done.
_ _ .

The other defendants said they had received a very
severe shaking by being knocked out of the cart.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho should order Neal to find two bail
in £lO, to appear in a week, so that they might see the
result of the cabman's injury. Tho others, considering
they had had a severe shaking and were not (hiving, would
be fined 5s each.