The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-17 00:00:00

MANSLAUGHTER.

William Gairney, sailor, and John Fennell, porter, wore
indicted for feloniously killing and slaying Benjamin Reed,
on the 26th of July. Gairney pleaded guilty.
It appeared that the man had attacked Reed near his
own residence at Rotherhitho, and that he died from the
effects of the injuries.
The jury found him guilty.
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It was shown that the prisoner bore a good character,
and, under the circumstances, the sentence would be only
two months' imprisonment.

THIRD COURT.
AN OLD PICKPOCKET.

James M'Donald pleaded guilty to a charge of picking
pockets. There were eight former convictions proved
against him, and ho was sentenced to seven years' penal
servitude.

Thomas Meyrick pleaded guilty to an indictment charg-
ing him with obtaining, by false pretences, from Walter
Capper and others, 14 yards of silk and other goods, with
intent to defraud.

He was sentenced to be imprisoned, with hard labour,
for one year.
Mary Higgins was indicted for feloniously wounding
Charlotte Webbley with intent to do her grievous bodily
harm.

The jury found her guilty of unlawfully wounding, and
the. Common Sergeant sentenced her to two months' im-
prisonment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

The Case of Constance Kent.

We (limes) are requested to publish the following
correspondence :

" Brighton, Aug. 15.
"My dear Mr. Wagner,—In the absence of my brother
churchwarden, the pleasing duty of transmitting to you
the accompaning address devolves on me alone.
"You will observe that the address is dated hi June, and
was drawn up wine time before the trial of Constance
Kent took place. lam confident that I may now venture
to add, on behalf of those who have subscribed their names
to it, an expression of thankfulness that the trial has ended
so much less painfully than we could have ventured to
anticipate.

"Our anxiety at that time was lest the law of the land,
on the subject of confession, should have been ruled to be
antagonistic to the law of the Church, and that you should
have been called upon to suffer for conscience sake. We
feared, too, that the annoyances and insults which were
offered to the sister might have been carried to still greater
lengths at a time of public excitement. But neither these
nor other evils which might have arisen out of the trial
have actuallyttaken place, and we have great reason to be
thankful.

"Many who have subscribed the address have wished
also to contribute to St. Mary's Hospital as a testimony of
their appreciation of the unostentatious usefulness of that
institution, which has for many years conferred such
inestimable benefits on the poor, the afflicted, and the
fallen ; and which has now been made the instrument, we
have every reason to hope and believe, of converting a
great criminal into a sincere penitent.
" I have the pleasure of transmitting to you the sum of
£271 12s. 6d. from 124 persons, being the amount of the
contributions above referred to.—Believe me to remain
my dear Mr. Wagner, very faithfully yours,
" The Rev. A. D. Wagner."

" ROBERT MOORSOM.

44 To THE REV. A. D. WAGNER, INCUMBENT OP ST.

PAUL'S.

"Rev. Sir,—We, the undersigned, members of St. Paul's
congregation and others your friends and well-wishers,
desire to express our sympathy with you undei your pre-
sent anxiety, and under the unmerited obloquy with which
you have been assailed in the conscientious discharge of
your duty.

"We make our earnest prayer to Almighty God, who
ever brings good out of evil, that He will be pleased to
overrule the present troubles to the glory of His name and
the benefit of his Holy Church.—We are with much re-
spect ever faithfully yours,

"ROBERT Moousom,} Churchwarden
" G. G. HILL, of St. Paul's.
"And 620 other signatures.

"June, 1865,"

" Vicarage, Brighton, Aug. 15.

"My dear Colonel Moorsom,-Ibeg to acknowledge with
many thanks your most kind note, together with an ac-
companying address, and a check for £271 12s. 6d., all
which have just reached me. I must request you to have
the goodness to convey to all those who have signed that
address my warmest gratitude for their sympathy, and to
tell them how deeply I appreciate their further kindness
in sending with it so very substantial and opportune an
offering to the funds of St. Mary's Hospital.
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