The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-14 00:00:00

THE QUEEN V. INMAN.

In this case the defendant had been charged under
three separate indictments with being the owner and
keeper of several houses of ill-fame in the parish of
St. Pancras'.

Mr. BALLANTINE this morning handed an affidavit
to the Court which set forth that the defendant had
died on Saturday of the cholera, and that he had been
buried on Monday.
The COURT thereupon ordered the recognizances of
the various parties to be discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBORO UGH-STRE ET.
Edwin Malcolm, of No. I,William's-place, Bromp-
on, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, charged
with having assaulted Miss Elizabeth Mann, of No.
2, Pall-mall.
Mr. Roberts attended for the complainant ; Mr.
Child for the defendant.
Miss Mann, on being placed in the witness•box,
went into a fainting fit, and after having received
proper attention she was accommodated with a seat,
and during her evidence was well supplied with
water, salts, and finally a glass of brandy and water.
She said she was a single woman, and the proprietor
of Verrey's café, No. 3, Pall-mall. On the 7th of
September, being unwell, she went to bed about eight
o clock, locking her room door. About an hour after-
wards she heard a noise at the door, and the defen-
dant, whose voice she recognised, called out—" Any
one who comes out of this door I'll murder them."
The door was burst open, and the defendant and six
or seven other persons entered the room. One of
them bore a light, the others were provided with
sticks and with candlesticks reversed, which they
flourished about menacingly. By the help of the light
she was enabled to see that some of these persotio had
their faces blackened like coalheavers. The defendant
came to the bed and desired her to get up, saying
" Here is the devil R e want." The defendant
seized her forcibly, and dragged her out of bed
in her nightdress. She went on her knees, and
begged to be permitted to remain on the floor, and that ,
a doctor might be sent for. The defendant replied,
"No, you have used me and Wilson bad enough, and
I'll do for you and Lindon" (meaning the managing
man). The defendant then told the persons in the
room to carry her out, and complainant- was accord-
ingly forced down stairs into the coffee.room, and
ultimately into the street.
Cross examined by Mr. Child—No one was in the
bed-room but herself when the door was broken open.
Complainant was only in her nightdress when
dragged out of bed, but afterwards the defendant put
her morning wrapper round her. In the coffee-room
were 20 more persons, at least, who had been brought
into the house by the defendant. Had not in the
tours,' of the day been required to deliver up posses-
sion of the premises.
Catherine Donovan, servant to Miss Mann, said she

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heard the bed-room door broken open, and she saw a
number of persons, among whom was the defendant,
in her mistress's bed-room. She did not see any
violence committed, as she got out of the way by
going to the top of the house.

Thomas Lindon, the manager of the cafe, said
just before the occurrence he was informed that
two rough fellows had entered the - cAree-rootn.
He went to them and spoke a few words, upon which
one of the men went to the door and whistled.
Immediately afterwards the defendant and up-
wards of a dozen ruffianly-looking fellows rushed into
the house, and some of them forced their way upstairs.
Witness attempted to collect the waiters and some
persons who were in the house to protect it, for the
purpose of opposing these person.% but he could not
do anything effectual. His mistress was ultimately
pushed out into the street.
Tue waiter Jules gave similar evidence.
It was admitted by one of the witnesses that some
proceedings had previously occurred, in which the
complainant and her party-had been overpowered and
turned out of the house.

Mr. Child said, as he gathered from what had fallen
from the Bench that it was intended to send the case
to a jury, he should not enter into any explanation of
the extraordinary circumstances which had led to the
hostile proceedings between the parties. As far, how-
ever, as the assault was concerned, he would say that
no assault was committed, as the complainant stood
in the position of an intruder in the premises, with no
lawful right to be there, and that what was done was
merely to use reasonable force to remove her from the
house.

The defendant i'as held to bail, and a cross sum-
mons against the complainant for an assault on the
defendant's wife, was arranged to stand over for the
present.