The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-06 00:00:00

faTICE INTELLIGENCE.-- Oct. 4.

MANSION-HOUSE.—.-Stephen Keef, a blind
man, who was broughi bef?re the
.Lod r Mayor
the a
few days back charged wiwit'..hay.ing caused
death of Eliza Keef by kicking her ..11 the abdomen,
was brought up on Saturday upon remai..4, to un-
dergo a final examination upon that charge.
The evidence given upon the last examination,
it will be remembered, was that of a sister of the
deceased, who lived in a room in the house next
door to the one in which the prisoner and his wife
lived, and who deposed to having been awoke on
the morning of Saturday, the 27th September, by
loud screaming and a heavy fall, upon which she
went to see if it were her sister, and found her ly-
ing on the floor in the passage, against the door of
her own room, and that she complained to her of
the ill-usage of the prisoner.
On Saturday one of the prisoner's children, a
little girl about 12 years of age, was examined, and
1 said she went out with her father on the evening of
Friday, the 26th September, and went home at
about one in the morning. The prisoner had been
playing and drinking at several public-houses.
When he went home he gave her mother a shilling
and told her to go and get him some supper. She
went with her mother, and they were gone about a
quarter of an hour. IS hen she went back she be-
gan to take the things she had bought out of her
apron, when the prisoner got his stick, and after
shutting the door, hit her with the stick, and
knocked her down. He then put the stick down,
and she (witness) put it away in the cupboard.
He then hit her mother with his fist, and then
kicked her in the side of the stomach. The pri-
soner had opened the door again, and her mother
fell into the passage. Mrs. M'Sweeney, her aunt,
heard the screams, and went to her mother, and the
prisoner hit her on the arm with a stick. The pri-
soner went into the room and locked the door, and
her aunt lifted her mother up, and set her on the
stairs, where she was sitting all night. Her aunt
went to her two or three times during the night,
and at six in the morning, while her father was
asleep, she got out of bed and unfastened the door
and let her mother in. Mrs. M'Sweeney as there
at the time, and either she or her mother w
told her
to light the fire, which she did.
The prisoner, who had been interrupting the
witness during the whole time she was giving liOr
evidence, telling her she was telling lies, and to be
careful what she said, &c., was asked if he wished
to ask her any questions, and he said he did.
The Prisoner said that what she had said was all
lies, and she had been " put up to it" all by her
aunt; and he asked her a number of questions with
a view to shaking her testimony, but she adhered
to all she had previously said.
Sarah Trusty, a person living in the house ad-
joining the one occupied by the prisoner and his
family, said she was awoke at about two o'clock on
the morning of Saturday, the 27th September, by
the screams of the prisoner's wife and children.
She heard a heavy fall, and heard the prisoner
threaten to rip her up, and use other threatening
language. She heard Mrs. M'Sweeney's voice, and
she heard the prisoner say he would kill them both.
She heard no more. The disturbances there were so
frequent that she took little notice of them.
Caroline Lewis, the midwife to the East London
Union, said she was called to attend the prisoner's
wife on Sunday evening, 28th September, at about
eight o'clock. She was expected to give birth to a
child every minute, and at the time she went to her
she appeared to be progressing very favourably ;
but shortly afterwards some very bad symptoms set
in, and she sent for Dr. Fowler, and at about half-
past•eleven the child was born, but it was dead.
Dr. Fowler was then examined, but it is impos-
sible to give the minute details of his evidence; the
purport of it was, however, that he was called to
attend the deceasei woman, and he found her in a
complete state of collapse, and presenting the most
serious symptoms that could possibly appear. The
face was pale and anxious. The whole surface of
her body was cold. Her tongue and breath were
cold, and her pulse was scarcely if at all perceptible,
all of which indicated internal hemorrhage, the re-
sult probably of some internal injury. Upon his
arrival he found the progress of the birth such that
it should have taken place very shortly, and he used
stimulants and the necessary medicines, but with
little or no effect. The birth took place at half-
, past eleven, but it was not a natural birth, and the
child was still-born. In consequence of rumours
which reached him he refused to give a certificate
of death, and a post mortem examination was made
at which he was present, and he was of opinion
that death was caused by laceration of one of the
abdominal organs, which caused a quantity of blood
to flow into the cavity of the stomach.
In answer to questions by the Lord Mayor,
Dr. Fowler said he could see no trace of external
violence from a stick or a kick, the body was too
far decomposed. He could not say how long the
child had been dead. It was dead before the birth,
and might have been dead two days. An injury
might have been inflicted by a kick, which during
the progress would have been aggravated, and
caused the hemorrhage.
The prisoner received the usual caution, and was
asked if he wished to say anything to the charge
of having feloniously killed and slayed Eliza Keef.
He said he did, and made a rambling statement,
the purport of which was to show that his wife was
in perfectly good health and spirits all day on
Saturday and Sunday, and he said all that his little
girl had said she had been " put up to" by her
aunt.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgafe for

trial.
A morose-looking man, a foreigner, who refused
to give his name or any account of himself, was
brought up, charged with attempting to stab Ora-
tio Farmer, steward of the vessel Concordia, lying
off Fresh-wharf, with a penkife.
The prisoner was first spoken to in English, but
he appeared not to understand, and Dr. Rechurst,
who was in court, addressed him in French, Italian,
and German, all of which he affected not to under-
stand. At Mr. Goodman's request he was told by
the interpreter that his remaining silent would
avail him nothing, and he then said his name was
Volaro Francesco, and he was a native of Savoy.
The captain of the vessel said the prisoner was
put on board at Bologne, about five minutes before
the vessel started, by the French police, and he
said he had no money.
The Lord Mayor asked why they sent him to
London.
The captain said he had been expelled from that
country before, and he arrived at Boulogne on the
previous day from London in one of the company's
boats, and he then had no money to pay his pas-
sage. The French police took charge of him and
put him on board the vessel.
His lordship asked if he was directed by the
consul to do so.
The captain said he was not. He was directed
by the French police. When they got to London
the prisoner said he had no money to pay his pas-
sage, and the ticket collector wanted him to leave
his overcoat. This he at first refused, but ultimately
he consented to do so. He was then told to go out
of the cabin, and he refused to do so. Hanbrook,
the constable of the wharf, was called to remove
him, but he resisted ; and as the steward was ren-
dering assistance the prisoner struck at him with
the penknife. When he was searched £1 ls. lad.
in English money was found upon him.
Oratio Farmer, the steward, said he went to as-
sist the officer, when the prisoner struck at him
three times with an open penknife. He did not
inflict any wound, however.
The evidence was interpreted to the prisoner, and
when asked what he had to say, he said they wanted
to take his money and an over coat from him.
His lordship told him through the interpreter
that the captain was quitejustified in calling an officer
to remove him from the vessel, and that he was not
justified in resisting, and by using a knif
law. e he had
committed an offence against the English He
then sentenced the prisoner to seven days impri-
sonment.
The prisoner asked what would be done with his
money ?
His lordship said that would be given to him,
together with his coat.
The prisoner said they took a coat from him on
board the other boat at Boulogne.
His lordship explained to him that they were quite
justified in that instance in taking the coat. The
difference between that case and the present was,
that he went to Boulogne of his own free will, and
having no money they were justified in taking his
coat as an equivalent for his passage money, and
whereas in the present instance he was put on board
by the police against his will.

MARYLEBONE.—M URDEROUS OUTRAGE UPON
AN UNCLE.—DANGEROUS CONDITTON OF THE SUF-
FEREII.—A young man named John Deeks was
placed at the bar on a warrant, which had been
placed in the hands of sergeant Potter,
on 2 D, charged
with the following murderous assault up his uncle,
Mr. Thomas Deeks, horse-dealer, residing at 71,
Paddingdon-green, and also holding a farm at
Crieklewood.
Mr. Wilding, from the office of Mr.. Herring,
Stafford-street, Lesson-grove, appeared to prosecute,
and, in opening the case, informed his worship that
Mr. Deeks was in such a bad state that he would
not be able to attend at least for some time, if at
all. The facts of the case that he should have to
lay before his worship would be merely enough to
justify a remand. From his instructions it appeared
that on last Friday wee Mr. Deeks, in company
with a man named Dale, went in his horse and
trap to his farm at Cricklewood. On their arrival
Mr. Decks made a Complaint to hie nephew (the
prisoner) about neglecting his horses and his duty