The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

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they did not quit the place, which they instantly did,
to save themselves, and, under the full impression that
the prisoner had murdered his wife, he (witness) pro-
ceeded immediately in search of a policeman, and
t meeting with Sergeant Miles, and an officer of the N
Won, they repaired to the house of the prisoner
di- • -_,ok him iuto custody. Witness procured the
and 1- se of a surgeon, who dressed tne wounds of
' wife, who was now confined to her bed
a deplorable state and insensible.
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blood. His wife was on the landing-p....
bleeding excessively, and on seeing witness arta ol.s
brother officer she faintly said, " That is my husband
and he has done it, take him into custody." On
questioning her as to how he had done it, she replied
that he had done it with an earthenware utensil, with
which he beat her violently whilst she was in bed. On
taking the prisoner to the station-house he admitted
that he had done it. He was locked up on the charge
of maliciously cutting and wounding his wife, who,
was unable to attend. Witness produced a surgeon 'a
certificate, pronouncing the state of the prisoner's
,- wife, and that she was quite unable to leave her bed
to give evidence against the prisoner.
Police constable 494 N confirmed this testimony.
Mr. AusioLD inquired of the prisoner whether he
wished to say anything to the charge against him ?
The prisoner coolly said—l was in bed, when my
‘ wife and myself quarrelled, and she struck me with
lan earthen jar, and I don't deny having struck her
' with it in return.
Mr- ARNOLD asked Sergeant Miles if the prisoner
was drunk at the time ? Miles—He appeared to
have been drinking, but he was not drunk.
The prisoner was remanded for a week, to ascertain
the fate of hil wife.
SOUTHWARK.
i Two sailors named Conolly and Reece were brought 1
before Mr. Seeker for re-examination, charged with
stabbing William Brookman, a waterman.
The complainant, who appeared extremely ill, and
has been an inmate of one of the Borough hospitals
ever since the outrage, stated that on Wednesday
morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, as he was re-
turning home, in walking down Tooley-street he
heard the cry of " Murder." He proceeded across
the street, and at the corner of Morgan's-lane he
observed a man lying on the ground, and the two
prisoners standing over him, one of whom (Reece)
he saw give the prostrate man a violent kick in the
face. The moment this cowardly act was committed
the two prisoners ran away towards the water side,
when he (complainant) followed them in that direc-
tion, and on coming up with them he remonstrated
with Reece for having brutally kicked the man, and at
the same time expressed his determination not to let
them escape the punishment they deserved. At this
i instant Conolly drew out a long and sharp-pointed
knife, such as is used by sailors for cutting ropes,
and, flourishing it about, swore that he would
stick it into the first man who approached. Conolly
I then rushed at him (complainant) and struck him in
the back with the knife—Reece, his companion, at
the same time urging him to repeat the blow. As
soon as complainant was wounded he fell to the
ground, upon which both of his assailants ran away.
A policman coming up soon afterwards, and finding
that he was stabbed, had him placed in a cab and
conveyed to the hospital, where he had remained up
to that day. lie added that he was still very weak
from loss of blood, and was rendered incapable of
using his right arm owing to the infliction of the
wound.
Thomas Palmer, whose face was very much dis-
figured in consequence of a kick inflicted on the bridge
of his nose, stated that on the morning in question he
was walking down Tooley-street with a woman,
when the two prisoners came up and intentionally
jostled him off the pavement into the road. He went
up and asked them why they did it, but had scarcely
uttered the words when Conolty struck him a severe
blow on the neck that knocked him down, and before
he had time to recover himself the other prisoner
gave him a violent kick in the face that disfigured it
in the way in which it now appeared. With some
difficulty he raised himself from the ground and pur-
sued his assailants, and came up with them at the
moment that Conolly stabbed the complainant.
Policeman Hunt 82 M, stated, that hearing tha cry
of " Police," he hastened to the spot, and saw the
complainant lying on the ground, bleeding from a
wound near the shoulder. Having procured a cab he
sent the wounded man to the hospital, while he went
in pursuit of his assailants, whom he found on board
a ship near Topping's-wharf. The witness Palmer
accompanied him on board, and when that person
pointed out Conolly as 'the man who stabbed the
complainant, Conolly exclaimed, "Yes, I am the boy,
and here," added he, holding out a knife, " is the
knife that did it, and I tried all I could to do for
him ;" he repeated the latter words several times.
The policeman added that he then,took both the pri-
soners into custody, and he produced the knife with
which the complainant was stabbed.
Mr. Hartshorn, an assistant-surgeon at the hospital,
described the nature of the wound inflicted on the
complainant, and said it was on the right side below
the shoulder-blade, an inch and a-half in length, and
two inches in depth, and that the point of the weapon
would have penetrated the lungs had it not struck
against the ribs ; the complainant was now out of
danger.—The prisoners, who denied the charge, were
committed.