The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—Mary Anne Hunt, the secretary of
a female provident society, called the "Friendly Sisters'
Birmingham Society," was summoned before Alderman
Moon, for unlawfully refusing to pay Mary Thompson
the sum of 51., the balance of 81. due to her at the
death of her husband, contrary to the regulations of the
society.

It appeared this was a society, established by a num-
ber of females with a view to provide widows who were
members with the necessary funds to defray the funeral
expenses at the deaths of their husbands. The rules
stipulated that no persons under eighteen years of age,
or over fifty, should be admitted a member, and in the
present instance the complainant had complied with all
the necessary requirements ; but it was alleged for the
defence, that on being admitted a member the com-
plainant had misrepresented her husband's age in stating
ho was not more than 50, it being an understood con-
dition, though not embodied in the rules, that no person
should be admitted whose husband's age exceeded fifty
years. The defendant further said the society did not
object fo pay the money, and all that was required of
complainant was a certificate of the age of the husband,
which she had neglected to furnish.
Alderman Moon said it did not matter what age the
husband might have been, because there was no rule
bearing upon the subject, and he therefore made the
order for the amount claimed.

BOW-STREET.—The Rev. James Murray Rawlings
was finally examined, before Mr. Jardine, on the charge
of forgery.
The depositions of the former witnesses having been
read over,
Mr. Robert Rough, of 10, Mansion-house-street,
he up-
holsterer,
deposed that ue gave the cheque producedtothe prisoner on the 13th of January. It was originally
drawn for 81. 55., but the word eight had been since
altered to "eighty,'-- and the figure 8/. to 80Z,
The ad-
ditional «y" and
"b" were not in witnesa's hand-
writing, nor had he authorised any one to make the
alteration ; but he wished to add that from his know-
ledge of the high character and respectability of the
prisoner's family, he should have readily exchanged the
cheque for a genuine one 801. ss.
Sergeant Hayes, of the detective force, stated that he
took the prisoner into custody at the establishment of
Messrs. Howitt and Co., High Holborn, in the afternoon
of the 13th inst. Witness said to him, "You need not
answer any questions without you like." He replied,
" I will answer any question." He then stated that he
received the cheque from Mr. Rough, 'and had been
driven by trouble and misfortune to alter the amount.
He added that if he were taken to a police court it would
be the ruin of him.

The prisoner, by the advice of Mr. Wontner, his
solicitor, offered no defence to the charge, upon which
he was then fully committed for trial.

SOUTHWARK.—Henry Slade, a fellowship porter,
residing at Dockhead, was charged with committing a
very brutal and murderous assault on Sarah Slade, his
wife.
The court, having heard the evidence, said it was the
moat brutal attack on a wife he ever knew. Unfortu-
nately, however, it has its parallels in several.cases
which we have lately had to publish.
He was sentenced to six months' hard labour in the
House of Correction.

LAMBETH. Joseph Francis, alias Gray, alias
Bennett, alias Walter Marslictll, Esq., M .D., alias C.
Morris, M.D., who had been charged at this court with
victimising the public by means of quack advertisements
who was bailed out on Saturday last to appear yester-
day, was called to appear, but at a late hour of the
evening he had not been seen.
Mr. Bussell, his attorney, said ho had seen Francis