The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

one sovereign, a half sovereign, and five shillings and
sixpence in silver had been abstracted from the marked
money. Witness then obtained the assistance of police-
constable Goddard, of the T division, and afterwards
proceeded with him to Dr. Paris's house in Dover-street,
where they found the prisoner in bed. The officer asked
him for his purse, and he said it was on the mantel shelf.
Witness opened it, and found that it contained the exact
sum stolen from his purse, and all the pieces witness
identified by the marks he had previously made upon
them.

Goddard said the prisoner at first denied having stolen
either the money or the telescope, but afterwards ad-
mitted that he had, and said the telescope would be
found pledged at the shop of Mr. Coventry, a pawn-
broker in Eaton-street, Pimlico. In a pocket book in
the prisoner's pocket witness discovered four duplicates,
two of which related to three gold mourning rings, be-
longing to Dr. Paris. They had been pledged on the
22d ult., two of the rings at the shop of Mr. Atten-
borough, in the Victoria-road, Pimlico, for 305., and the
other at the shop of another pawnbroker, for 15s.
The pawnbrokers produced the rings, and
Dr. Paris said they were his property, and had been
taken from the middle drawer of his writing-table. The
prisoner had access to his room, and must have got his
keys to open the drawer. He did not miss the rings
until Monday last, after the prisoner was in custody.
The prisoner had only been in his service five weeks, and
during the whole of that time he had pilfered various
sums of money, but he was unable to state to what ex-
tent. He received a good character with the prisoner
when he entered his service.
Goddard said he had since ascertained that the pri-
soner was formerly in the service of. a lady in Chester-
square for about a month, and during that time his
mistress missed a 51. Bank of England note and a
valuable Indian ring.
Mr. Paynter committed the prisoner for trial on the
two charges of robbery.

HORRIBLE CASES OF WIFE-BEATIAG.

Yesterday two of the most shocking instances of this
prevailing crime that have hitherto been made public
were investigated at our police-courts.
At the Southwark court, David Murphy, a man of
Herculean frame, was placed at the bar, charged with
assaulting Ellen, his wife. The poor woman had been
found insensible, immediately afterithe infliction of the
injury, by the police. She appeared in court, but so ill
that she could hardly give her evidence.
Ellen Murphy said that her husband, who was in the
habit of illusing her, came home at 12 o'clock at noon,
drunk, and she got under the bed to get out of the way
of his violence. He did not see her, but he took the
things off the mantel-shelf and carried them away. He
returned two or three times in the course of the day,
and each time she hid herself under the bed, to get
away from him. At seven o'clock in the evening she
was under the bed when he entered the room and laid
himself on the bed. She unfortunately coughed, and
he heard her, and called out, " Who are you, and why
don't you speak ?" She called out, " Spare my life, and
let me go." He then jumped off the bed and seized
hold of me by the hair of my head, and pulled me from
under the bed and ferociously illtreated me.
Mr. Combe—What did he do then ?

Comp!ainant—He jumped on me, and kicked me,
until I was insensible. Only six weeks ago, I was de-
livered of a still-born child, and that was through his
ill-usage.
The poor woman was in such a weak state that she
was allowed to leave the witness-box, and Mr. Combe
asked the prisoner what he had to say for making such
a brutal attack on his wife.

The prisoner, in a sullen manner, said that she abused
him, and said she would do for him, and he certainly
did give her a slap, but not so much as she had stated.
In answer to the magistrate, police constable 138 M
said there was no person in the house at the time, and
he was called in by a neighbour who saw the prisoner
run out, and who discovered his wife lying insensible
on the floor.