The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

cautioned v isit ors to banks to be vigilant, as the whole of
the energi, s Get a thief's mind were directed to the in-
vention of i novo effectual modes of depredation.
MARYLEBONE.
Mr. Geo. we John Keen, a solicitor, residing in the
vicinity of thi s court, nes brought before Mr. Long,
charged w ith the following outrage upon Mr. Henry
Isieel, a F olici tor's clerk, who, in cons.queece of the
serious ie.-) ury be had received, was incapacitated from
attending I (, give evidence.
Mr. Juke a Ken Isbell, landlord of the Star and Garter,
Edgewarte..e Jed, depos, d, that, on Thursday night,
about hilt. past twelve o'cloek, the prisoner and Mr.
Isreel were i iii bis house, drinking together, at the front
of the bar. li.,ome words ensued between them, and
witness, he v rfug a disturbance, came out of the parlour
to inquire ' int o the cause of the row. In passing
into the ha r h a saw the prisoner strike Israel twice in
the face we ,th, his fists. They fought together for
some mint: tea, when Keen was keeeked down by Is-
rael. Kee: a speedily got up, and called out that be had
had en ugl 1. 'They then shook hands nod made up the,
quart el. I Cone then sat down on a form in the front of
toe bur. Ile subsequeutly got up and proceeded across
the bar, t. )w, irds whefe complainant was standing. A
person, by the .name of Flatlet, who was standing at the
bar, calied the t attention of nitnees to the prisoner, wbo
bud the iron t gas key, a most formidable instrument,
about five feet .tong, in his hand. With this instrument
he struck Isra 2I on the bead. Witness ran towards the
prisoner, and tried to get the gas key from him. The
prisoner called nit " Murder." and was so violent that
it took three p a; sons besides himself to wrest the deadly
weapon from hii n (the prisoner). Witness then sent for
a surgeon to d n ,ss Air. Israel's wound, and the prisoner
was given into t he custody of a police-constable.
Mr. Edward ( lay, surgeon, No. 1, Cambridge-terrace,
Hyde Park-gati 'ens, said on Thursday night he was
called into the ;tar and Garter, where he saw a person
by the name ot Israel (the prosecutor), who was bleed-
ing from a wont id in the head. Witness examined bins,
and found a watt nd on the left side of the frontal bone,
about two indite I in length, which, in his (witness's)
opinion, might have been inflicted by the iron iriatru-
meat produced. The wound was of a very serious na-
ture, and he cola Id not, with safety to himself, at present
leave his home.

Several other parties gave evidence in support of the
charge, and the y were cross•examined at some length
by Mr. Cooper, the solicitor who attended for the
prisoner. _ _ _

Mr. LONG ask ed what answer there was to the charge?
and

Mr. Cooper rt .plied that ho had no witnesses present,
and he had iu Jw no answer to make to the charge.
Upon a future day he should, no doubt, be prepared
with certain wilt nesses who would throw an entirely dif-
ferent light up a n the matter. In the absence of the in-
jured party all that he (the Learned Gentleman) could
lcok for was tlt at his client might be liberated upon his
giving bail to id :sure his attendance on another day.
Mr. LONG I,s Id the defendant in bail in 300/. and two
sureties in 1.5411. each for his attendance on Saturday
next.