The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MA NSION-HOUSE. —Thomas Magrath was charged
before the Lord Mayor with having brutally treated his
wife. The prisoner had been brought up on a former
day for examination, but his wife was then in such a
condition that the house surgeon of the hospital to which
she had been conveyed for the treatment of her wounds
would not allow her to be removed. The certificate
stated that the unfortunate woman had been brought
into the hospital with " lacerated wounds of the fore-
head and lip and injury to the nose."
The prisoner was put to the bar, and the name of
Julia Magrath, his wife, was called, but there was no
answer.

The policeman who took the prisoner into custody,
said the woman had discharged herself the night before
from the hospital, and could not be found. There was
no doubt of her intention to absent herself.
The Lord Mayor desired to be informed of the cir-
cumstances.

A statement was then made to the effect that a scream
was heard by a man, who ran to the spot from which it
issued, and saw a female bleeding in the arms of another,
and the prisoner running away. Having learned that
the runaway was the woman's assailant, the stranger
secured him, and gave him into the custody of an
officer, and the wife was taken to the hospital.
The prisoner, who upon being first brought up, said
his wife had been drinking, and that her fall upon the
ground, by which her face had been lacerated, was
caused by intoxication, said not a word upon the pre-
sent occasion.

The Lord Mayor said the prisoner must pay a fine of
20 shillings, or suffer imprisonment with hard labour
for 21 days.

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William, Clark, who was on the previous day charged
with having stolen a half-crown, the property of his
masters, Messrs. Adam, Pickford, and Co., of Leaden-
hall-street, merchants, was again brought before the
Lord Mayor.
_ _

Mr. Ashley, instructed by the friends of the prisoner,
requested that the Lord Mayor, instead of sending the
case to a jury, would give summary judgment, sanc-
tioned as his lordship would be in adopting that course
by the act of Parliament.

- The Lord Mayor said he could not in such a case con-
sidered himself justified in proceeding to summary con-
viction without the consent of Messrs. Adam, Pickford,
and Co., whose confidence had been so grievously abused
by the prisoner.

-One of the firm here stepped forward, and said he be-
lieved that the ends of justice would be satisfactorily at-
tained by the Lord Mayor's summary decision.
The Lord Mayor then addressed the prisoner and said
- -In the hope that this has been your first serious of
and th tt you will make every effort upon leaving
prison to regain your character, I shall not send you to
be tried at the Central Criminal Court, where no doubt
you would meet with a very heavy punishment, but shall
send you to the House of Correction to hard labour for
two calendar months.

GUILDHALL.—Edward John Pickering, described
in the police sheet as an artist, who was remanded from
Monday last, was again placed at the bar, before Alder-
man Muggeridge, charged with obtaining a bill of ex-
change for 6001. under false pretences.
Mr. H. F. Wood, who appeared, as before, for the
prosecution, said that on the last examination it was
stated the bill in question was in the hands of a Mr.
Kerr, and it would be forthcoming on a future day; but
since the remand, two similar bills that were mentioned
in the course of Monday's examination had been re-
turned, and the one that formed the ground for the pre-
sent charge was still withheld by Mr. Kerr, who, it had
been alleged, bad advanced the prisoner money upon it,
and therefore refused to give it up ; but he (Mr. H. F.
Wood) had since ascertained that the bill was in the
hands of a Mr. Corbet Cooke, of 0, Tuftoi-street, West-
minster. Mr. Kerr had been summoned, but was not
in attendance.

Alderman Muggeridge said the charge appeared to as-
sume a different form, and he would like to hear the
officer's evidence as to what had taken place since the
last examination.

Daniel May said he saw Mr. Kerr on Monday, and he
admitted having the bill for 6001., and said he had not
advanced any money upon it, and would give up. Wit-
ness cautioned hint to be particular in returning it to the
right owner. The case was remanded for him to do so,
as be stated in court that the bill was in the hands of a
party at Brighton, whither he would have to go for it.
Witness saw Mr. Kerr again on Tuesday, and he then
said he had advanced 20/. on the bill, and he should have
to go that night to Brighton to get it ; but when wit-
ness left the summons for him, his wife made quite ajest
of the matter, and said he bad not been to Brighton, un-
less, indeed, he called his own house Brighton. Witness
said he left the summons for Mr. Kerr at Hans-place,
Sloane-street, Chelsea, and since then he had received
various applications in other cases against the prisoner,
all of which were bill transactions ; he therefore wished
for a further remand. He had a bill for 29/.los.,drawn
by Robert Powell, and accepted by Richard Hustler,

which had been given up to him since the last examina•
tion.

Alderman Mtiggeridge said as there appeared to be
another party connected with the prisoner there was suf-
ficient to induce him to remand the prisoner, not on the
charge of obtaining the bill under false pretences, for
there was not evidence enough to support it, but for
conspiring to cheat Mr. Scott of the bill in question.
Mr. H. F. Wood suggested that Mr. Hodges, the dis-
tiller of Lambeth, should be in attendance to negative
the prisoner's allegation concerning him.
The prisoner said he never said Mr. Hodges, the dis-
tiller, was the person he intended to discount the bill—
it was Mr. Hodges of Carlton-hill.

Alderman Muggeridge said it had been sworn to that
prisoner stated Mr. Hodges of Lambeth was the person
he alluded to to discount the bill, and it would be as well
to have that gentleman present on the next examination.
Daniel May said the prosecutor and a Mr. Evans, of
3, Lowndes-terrace, Knightsbridge, were both claiming
the bill he held. He wished to know what to do with it.
Alderman Muggeridge recommended the officer to
keep the bill for the present.
The prisoner was then remanded for a week.

SOUTHWARK.—Mr. John Vickery, residing at No.
20, Adam-street, Rotherhithe, was summoned for know-
ingly permitting offensive filth to remain in his houses,
Nos. 13, 14, 35, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, Maypole-
alley, in the parish of St. George's Southwark, so as to
be injurious to the health of persons living on the pre-
mises and in the neighbourhood.
The defendant said he wanted to alter it, but he could
not do it as quickly as he wished, as he could not get
the iron pans and traps made. He had put down earthen
ones, but the tenants had broken them, consequently he
was compelled to order iron ones to be made in the
north of England. _

Mr, Combe said he could not allow such a dangerous
nuisance to exist any longer in that densely-populated
neighbourhood. He should make an order for its
removal, giving the defendant the required notice of 48
hours. If the nuisance was not abated by that time,
the officers would immediately see it removed at once,
and all the expenses would fall upon him. He hoped,
however, that the defendant would see the necessity of
going about it directly, and thereby save the lives of the
poor persons inhabiting his houses.
The defendant promised to remove the filth and cleanse
the places immediately, and the order stood over for 48
hours.

Mary Barber, a masculine-looking young woman, was
brought up on a warrant, charged with assaulting Den-
nis Clark, 103 M, in the execution of his duty.
The officer, who had a black eye, said, on Saturday
evening he went into Gun-street, Friar-street, to appre-
hend a burglar, named Gardener, who associated with
the prisoner, and he caught a glimpse of him in her
house. He then went with the intention of apprehend-
ing him, when the prisoner seized hold him (witness)
by the throat, and struck him with her right hand in
the eye. In the struggle he lost the man he went after,
and the prisoner made her escape into the house. She
was a very desperate character, and an associate of
thieves of the worst description.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that she
knew nothing of the man, and all she did was to pre-
vent the officer from entering her house, as she had
done nothing wrong. She could not tell how he got
the black eye, as she had no recollection of striking him,
being drunk at the time.
The magistrate asked whether sh• was intoxicated ?
The constable replied that she had been drinking,
but knew what she was about well enough.
The magistrate said that officen must be protected in
their duty, and as she had aided in the escape of a
thief, as well as assaulted the complainant, he should
sentence her to one month's hard labour in the House
of Correction.

THAMES.—John, Sullivan, who is a serang or chief
of the Asiatic crew of the ship General Sale, bound to
Sydney, and an Irish woman about 35 years of age,
named Ann Sullivan, who said she was his wife, were
charged with the manslaughter of another Lascar, name
unknown, by withholding from him proper food and
necessaries.

Mr. John James Swallow said he was an agent to a
Mr. Wilkins, and collected the rents of 11 small houses
in Victoria-place, Victoria-street, Shadwell. No. 2
was occupied by the prisoners. On Wednesday night
the woman called upon him and said that she and her
husband were going to Sydney next morning, and she
would be obliged by his calling very early next day for
the rent. He accordingly went to the house at nine
o'clock that morning and found that they had gone, and
had taken everything with them, but on entering the
front room on the upper floor he discovered a Lascar in
the agonies of death, and without any clothing, except
an old jacket an.. a piece of flannel. The unfortunate
creature was huddled upon the floor in an old mat, and
his legs were quite bare. He informed the police, and
the poor fellow was removed to the workhouse, where
he died ten minutes after his admission. The body was
in a most appalling condition, for it was reduced to a
perfect skeleton, and covered with filth. He attributed
the man's death to cold and hunger. Witness saw the
prisoner on Wednesday evening at six o'clock. The
General Sale was to have left the St. Katherine Dock
for Sydney that morning, but her sailing was deferred
until Friday morning.
Mr. Daniel Ross, surgeon, had no doubt that the de-
ceased had been grossly neglected, but until there had
been a post mortem examination he could not state accu-
rately the cause of death.
The female prisoner, who spoke for herself and the
serang her husband, said they were not aware the Lasear
was going to die so soon, and they went on board the
General Sale because she was to leave the dock that day.
Mr. Ingham—Could the Lascar have walked about
yesterday, Mr. Ross ?
Mr. [toss—Certainly not, sir.
Mr. Ingham- -Then I shall remand the prisoners to
the House of Detention.