The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-16 00:00:00

S NY DECEMI3ER 16, 1847.

ness stated he knew nothing about the nature of bills of
exchange, and that what he did was done without any
fraudulent intention, and solely at the suggestion of
Lowe. Lowe at one time, he said, went by the name of
Joseph Cadrer.

Mrs. Pybus, who seemed a very intelligent person,
was called, and she deposed to a conversation between
Lowe and Dawson after Mr. Bailey had taken the bill,
in which Dawson said they had managed the matter
very well. Lowe said he would have got more money
but for Dawson, on which the latter said he thought it
was better to hold back a little. It appeared from the
witness's statement that it was from information given
by her to the public authorities in consequence of her
suspicions being excited that inquiries were set on foot,
which resulted in the apprehension of the prisoners.
Before the magistrates Dawson made a long statement
in which he stated that he had no further share in the
transaction than being employed by Pybus to value the
fixtures in Mr. Bailey's house. He said he was there
when the bill was drawn up; he drew it out. Ile was
told that the drawer was to be one William Archer of
Leeds, but he did not see the name signed. lie was out
of the house for a short time, and on coming back found
the bill with the name of William Archer attached.

Mr. PoLLocx and Mr. ATKINSON addressed the jury
for the several prisoners, contending that the story told
by Pybus of his total innocence in the transaction was
totally incredible. It was clear by his own statement
that he was at least an accomplice in the transaction, and
it was submitted the evidence tended to show that he
himself was the sole guilty party, and had deceived
Lowe and Dawson by palming this bill upon them—a
bill which, by his own acknowledgement, had been
signed by him in a name not his own.
His LORDSHIP summed up, and
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty of uttering.
His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be impri-
soned 12 calendar months.

John Smith was indicted for cutting and wounding
Richard Taylor with intent to do so him some grievous
bodily harm. _ _

It appeared that on the evening in question the pri-
soner and the prosecutor were drinking in a beerhouse,
kept by a person of the name of Brownhill, at Aintree.
They had some high words, and the prosecutor finally
knocked the prisoner's cap off. No further violence at
that time took place, and the prosecutor got up to leave.
He was standing some little distance from the prisoner,
when the latter took something out of his pocket and
rushed at him. The prosecutor was thrust into a
corner, and a scuffle took place, in the course of which
the prosecutor found himself wounded in the side. He
accused the prisoner of having stabbed him, and in a few
seconds the blood began to pour from his person down
upon the floor. The prisoner said, "Thou art nothing
the worse," and left the house. A medical man was
sent for, who found the prosecutor very faint from loss
of blood, and on examining his person found he was
wounded in the left side, the wound penetrating into the
abdomen, and he had also a wound on the thigh, reaching
to the sheath of the femoral artery. Ile was for some
time in a very precarious state.
Verdict, Guilty.
To be imprisoned nine calendar months.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

The case of William Newton Allnutt (continued from our
Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
UT. BALLANTINE addressed the jury for the prisoner,
resting his defence mainly upon the ground of insanity.
He called Dr. Edward Henry Payne, brother•in-law
and medical attendant of the prisoner's father,
who, the witness stated, was. subject to disease
of the brain, and died quite raving mad.
Other members of the father's family were
subject to affections of the brain. From his obser-
vation of the prisoner, and knowledge of his habits and
constitution he considered him partially insane, and he
believed he would become more so. Mr. Croucber, sur-
geon to the county gaol of Derby, had attended the pri-
soner, and confirmed the opinions of the last witness.
Dr. Dewsbery, of Clapton, had also attended the pri-
soner, and was of the same opinion. Dr. Conolly of
Hanwell concurred in the views of those witnesses.
Mr.:ItyLAND replied.
Baron RoLFE summed up, and the jury, after deliber-
ating twenty minutes, returned at six o'clock a verdict
of " Guilty," with an earnest recommendation to mercy
on account of his tender age.
Mr. Baron ROLFE ordered sentence of death to be
recorded, with an intimation that the recommendation
would be attended to, but that the prisoner must be pre-
pared to pass the remainder of his life i❑ ignominy and