The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-14 00:00:00

ceived from the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, amount of the purchase money and his commission,
stating that a fair was about to be holden on a piece weber himraill— have the bills.
of ground, on which Vauxhall-gardens stood, which TYou beli eve the roone.v had been paid
used to be called the Royal Property, and hoped for which he produced hen r.neipt ?
that steps would be taken by the magistrate and The Prosecutor—Cery.
police to avert so serious a nuisance. Cross-examination: continued'—The prisoner re-
Mr. Mould (the inspector addressed by the maxis- ferred another " house "
and on the Friday to us as to his tr usmorning
tworthi-
trate) said that information of the intended fair Hess for £lOO or £2OO ;
had reached his superintendent, and he had sent to he came to us he asked us if we bad heard from Mr.
the parties engaged in getting it up, to caution them Spence, and we wrote a letter in his presence to the
of the consequences. At a later hour of the day the effect that we had known him eighteen months, and
inspector informed Mr. Elliott he had discovered considered him trustwortky for £lO ox 1200.
the landlord of the property and gave him the ne- William Alfred MaugharC, partner it' the firm,
purl
the for wbieh the
cessary caution,and that everything should be done gave corroborative testimony- as to the interview
by Mr. Bickers, or his superintendent, to prevent with the prisoner, and the pu
the lair being holden. bills were given. He added—On meeting the
prisoner, on Saturday, in London, I told him I under-
stood there was no such person as B:yth living in
East-street, Walworth, and that unles s he took me
at once to the man, or returned me the bills, I
would give him into custody. He repiieil that we
might depend upon having the iron during the week.
. _ s,nd took him.

SOUTHWARK.—SERIOUS CHARGE OF STAB-
BING.—Ann Ulman, a middle-aged woman, the wife

of a shoemaker, residing in- Queen-street, was
brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with mali-
ciously stabbing Eliza Aldridge, thereby inflicting
grievous bodily harm.
The complainant, whose head was bandaged up,
and who appeared to be suffering from loss of blood,
said that she had known the prisoner some years
as a fellow lodger, but had not recently lived with
her. Witness and her husband, who worked at
Deane and Dray's, lived in Angel-court, Blackman.
street. On Saturday night last, about 11 o'clock,
witness went up to bed, leaving her husband and a
friend below. About a quarter of an hour afterwards
she heard the prisoner making use of foul language
at the door, when her husband called her down.
She descended in her night-dress and asked what the
prisoner wanted. She said she wanted her daughter.
Witness told her that she did not know where her
daughter was, as she had not seen her for eight or
nine months. The prisoner then made use of foul
language, rushed at her and struck her on the left
eye with something sharp, which nearly stunned
her and she was blinded with blood. She fell down
exhausted, but a constable fortunately came up and
procured a snegeon, who attended upon her and
strapped up the wOund.
Mr. Burcham asked is er.if she saw any knife or
other instrument in the
pri,soner's hand before she
struck her.
the violence was
She replied that she did not, ati,
pvt her hands up
so sudden that she had not time to
to protect her face. She Lnever gave Ole prisoner
any provocation, or spoke an angry word iso
, quor.
she perceived she was under the influence of
The prisoner here said that her daughter Lad
been inveigled from home, and Mrs. Aldridge knew
where she was. She was told so, and that was the
reason she went there, but she had no knife.
Mr. Burcham asked the prosecutrix whether she
knew anything of the prisoner's daughter.
She replied that she did not.
Philip Yates said that on Saturday, about half-
past 11, he was with Mr. Aldridge after his wife
went upstairs to bed. The prisoner then came up to
the door and said she wanted her daughter. Mr.
Aldridge told her he knew nothing about her, and
called his wife down. As soon as the latter came
to the door the prisoner rushed at her and struck
her on the face, and blood immediately flowed from
a wound near the left eye. Witness seized hold of
the prisoner and secured her until a constable came
up, when she was taken into custody.
Mr. Jas. Henderson, surgeon, of Trinity-square,
said that on Saturday night, a little before 12
o'clock, he was called to the station-house, and saw
the prosecutrix bleeding from a wound on the side
of the left temple. He examined it, and found an
incised cut two inches deep, and down to the bone.
It was in a slanting direction, and had it been a
quarter of an inch lower down, must have proved
fatal: It was inflicted with a sharp instrument,
and not with the key found in the prisoner's pos-
session.
Josiah Welsh, 185 M, said that when he was
called he found a mob of nearly 100 persons about
the door. He secured the prisoner, and had the
prosecutrix conveyed to the station-house, where
last witness attended upon her. The prisoner ad-
mitted striking the complainant, but she said it
was not with a knife, but a key.
Mr. Barcham asked whether any knife had been
found.
Witness replied in the negative. He found a
large key in the prisoner's hand, but there was no
blood on it.
In defence the prisoner said she had been told by
a woman that the prosecutrix had inveigled her
daughter away from her home for an improper pur-
pose. She accordingly went to her house, and
asked for her, when complainant struck her in a
passion, and she struck her again with the key.
She had no knife.
Mr. Burcham told her that the evidence of the
surgeon proved that the wound was inflicted with
a sharp instrument, therefore, under all the circum-
stances, he should commit her for trial.

I Cold him I would not wait an hour, a,
with me to the Jerusalem Coffee-house. There he
pretended he wanted to leave for a necessary pur-
pose, and went on to an upstairs landing. I waited
below ten minutes, and on my brother coming in I
left the prisoner with him, tel ling my brother not
to leave him, as I had another engagement in the
City. I returned to the Jerusalem Coffee-house in
about 20 minutes afterwards, and then found they
had both left, my brother having left word that he-
had gone into Cannon-street.
Mr. Traill—Did the prisoner say who the person
was of whom he was to purchase the iron ?
Witness—He said he was a dust collector, but
was a very wealthy man, although, at the time of
their coming over together to this country from.
Germany, he had not a rag to his back. (Laughter.)
Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate for the pri-
soner, contending that no fraud had been intended,
and that the iron, for all the prosecutors could tell,
would have been delivered at their works within the
time named.
Mr. Traill said he considered the case as clear a
one of fraud of its kind as could be. '1 he prosecutors
had parted with the two £75 bills on the faith of
the receipt produced by the prisoner that the pre-
vious bills of £5O each had been paid on account of
the iron. He should remand the prisoner, but would
accept bail in two sureties of £l5O each, and the
prisoner himself in £3OO, for his apps trance that
day week.
The required bail was immediately tendered and
accepted.

PURSUIT AND CAP7uBE OF A

RUNAWAY HUSBAND.