The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-27 00:00:00

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MORNING SUN.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Be ore the RECORDER.)
Henry James, George James, Thomas King, R. Morris,
William Reritt, Charles Cook, and William Legorn, all
Watermen, were severally indicted for having on the sth of
August last wilfully overturned a boat, and thereby attempt..
ing to drown Henry Hipkins, another waterman, during a
boat race eon the river Thames, near Hersleydown. Another
count charged the prisoners with an assault.
Mr. CHAMBERS conducted the case for the prosecution, and
Mr. C. Josxs and Mr. CHARNOCK defended the prisoners.
Henry Hipkins, the prosecutor, stated that on the sth of Au.
gust last, a beat was put up by the inhabitants of St. John's,
Horsleydown, to be rowed for by watermen, and he was entered
as one of the competitors. There were to be five heats, and the
witness was about to start for the fifth or grand heat, against a
man of the name of Bradford, when Henry James, one of the
prisoners, said, " So help me God, if young Hipkins can win
the boat lie shall not." All the defendants were in a four-
oared boat, which was " backing" Bradford's boat. The wit-
ness and Bradford rowed scull and scull down to Horsley-
down, where they fouled. Henry James then called out, " Give
wav," and they all came up alongside of the witness. They
said if you can win you must have a swim for it. Bradford got
three boats' lengths ahead of the witness. As witness was going
ahead again of Bradford, Henry James came up to his boat and
turned it right over, and the witness was thrown into the water
under the boat. James put his hand into the water and drew the
witness from under the boat. Witness could not swim, and was
very much exhausted. He was taken home and did not re-
cover for seven days.
Cross-examined—When he was turned over his boat did not
touch Bradford's. Never said before this day that the defen-
dants said "if he could win he must have a swim for it." Some
months ago witness ran foul of a boat in the Thames, whereby
a boy was drowned. It was purely an accident. The Coroner
acquitted witness of all blame. It is fair in a waterman's wager
to foul or upset a boat, but the present was' not a waterman's
wager.
Henry Loder, another waterman, corroborated this testi-
mony. On cross-examination he said, that if the bill
incurred for medicine and attendance had been paid
by the defendants this prosecution would not have been
proceeded with. He expected no remuneration 'for his
evidence that day. The prosecutor was his brother-
in-law, and he merely came as a witness for him out of friend-
ship. Never had a bet on the result of the boat-race at all,
and had no interest in the race further than a spectator. He
was in the boat which was backing Hipkins's boat.
Re-examined—Saw one of the defendants lay hold of Hip-
kins's boat and turn it over. This he could positively swear.
Perridge, a waterman, who was rowing in the boat back-
ing Hipkins, deposed that he saw Hipkins's boat turned over,
and afterwards he was taken out o. the water, and witness
thought he was dead.
Several other witnesses were examined, who confirmed the
above evidence.
Mr. C. JONES submitted that the evidence did not affect any
of the defendants except the two James's.
The RECORDER said there was evidence against all of theta
except Morris, whom he directed the Jury to acquit at once,
and which they accordingly did.
Mr. C. JONES then addressed the Jury at 'great length on
the part of the defendants, and afterwards called several wit-
nesses, including Hambrook, one of the Thames-police, and
Morris, the defendant who had been acquitted, from whose
evidence it appeared that the prosecutor's boat fouled that of
Radford, that they became locked together, and that owing to
the strong tide that was running at the time the prosecutor's
boat was upset, and that he was thrown into the water before
the cutter in which the defendants were, came up.
The RECORDER suggested the best mode of settling the
case would be to withdraw a juror. He had no doubt that the
presecte ion would not have been instituted but for the threaten..
mg language which the defendants had used to the prosecutor
before his boat was upset.
The defendants' counsel refused to accede to this proposition,
and other witnesses were called whose evidence confineed that
already adduced on the part of the defendants.
The RECORDER summed up the evidence, and the Jury re-
tired to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of an
hour and a half, returned a verdict of Guilty against all the de-
fendants on the first count, but acquitted them of the intention
to drown the prosecutor.
The RECORDER ordered them to enter into their own recog-
nizances to appear and receive judgment next Sessions.
The case lasted upwards of eight hours.
Mary Ryan was indicted for stealing two gold watches,
value 451., and a gold neck chain, the property of D. Jones, a
pawnbroker in High Holborn.
It appears from the evidence, that on the 7th of September,
about eight o'clock in the evening, the prisoner deliberately
da4ied her hand through the prosecutor's shop window and
snatched the above articles. A person who witnessed the en-
tire transaction seized her; she had one of the watches in her
hand, but dropped the other. The witnesses stated, that she
appeared to have been drinking, and that when asked why she
had broken the window and stolen the prosecutor's property,
she replied because I chose.
When called upon for her defence, the prisoner said, she was
the worse for liquor when she passed the prosecutor's shop, and
having accidentally slipped, her arm went through the window,
and in endeavouring to save herself from falling, she caught
bold of the articles which she was charged with stealing. She
did not run away, but held one of the watches in her hand
until she was taken into custody.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sen-
tenced her to one year's imprisonment in the House of Cor-
rection.

AYR JUSTICIAR-11C011itT, SEPT. 21
The Autumn Circuit vv:,s opened here yesterday, by the
Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Mackenzie.
John 111'Cullach, ploughman, Wheatpark, parish of
St. Evox, was charged with culpable homicide ; having,
on the 14th of July last, recklessly thrown a dog into a
coalpit, situated on the farm of 'VI heatpark, by which a
person of the name of David Steel, who was coming up
the pit at the time in a bucket, was precipitated to the
bottom, and killed upon the spot.
The prisoner pled not guilty. •
Robert Harvey, bank man, deposed that on the 14th
of July last, the prisoner came to the pit for coals, which
were refused, because he had neither money nor his
master's line for the same. He had a dog along with
him. Pannell, after talking awhile; said he would give
any man a gill of whisky that we...ad kill the dog. Wit-
ness answered, in jest, that the loest way that he knew to
kill the dog was to throw hi:n down the pit. l'sl‘Culloch
immediately caught the di-g by the tail, and threw it into
the pit. He heard a cry come up the pit before the tub,
I which contained one 'man and two boys, reached the top.
David Boyd, the oversman was in the tub, and some
words passed between him and the pannel, at the pit-
head, which witness did not hear. About twenty minutes
afterwards the dead body of Steele was brought up. It
was quite a common thing for workmen in the pit to
come Up at all hours of the day.
John M.Cal hillsinan, was next interrogated, and corro-
borated the testimony of the preceding witness regarding
the prisoner's coming to the pit for coals, and the sue--
gestion that led him to commit the rash act, which, he
averred, took place about mid-day. No remark was
made when the dog was thrown down ; but he heard
two squeels come up the pit a few moments thereafter.
The dog did not strike any part of the railing, but went
straight down. When the tub came up the pit the overs-
man who was in it, said a man was knocked down. At
the moment the act was committed, pannel came to
witness, and caught him by the shoulder, while tears
were running down his cheeks ; but he said nothing
whatever. Pannel never said that the dog had escaped
out of his hands. Witness knew there were men coining
up in the bucket at the time by the signal. The dog
was about forty or fifty pounds weight. Witness did not
think that the prisoner intended to throw the animal
down the pit.
dtiemceeasaleld,datotlo‘lzy liso,
David Boyd, the oversman, then deposed that he, the
and twoo bedndy other. He did
the tg
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whatf
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that struck Steel it was
and knocked him out till he came to the
top. The dog fell into the tub, and was brought up along
t
with them. The tub was about 12 fathoms from the top,
and about 3G from the bottom—the pit being about 4Si
fathoms deep. Steel's son was in the tub at the time.
lie gave two cries when his father went away from him.
The tub was about four feet in length, and nearly twenty-
four
inches in height. The thing fell straight- on the
gone sure enough." Nl`Culloch,
man's head ; and witness drew Steel's boy
yourt° him,
said, ‘, hold your tongue my wee man,afar
soma' times
.nrto
go
wit-
ness got to the top, came to him, andwi6b,ealhat the
dog escaped from his hands.
down and get the corpse • but never inet2tuf
John Stephenson and D. Canipbell, Esq.,
s!-aced that
WllO 6-a
ton, were then examined in exculpation,
employment,
the prisoner, during the time he was in thefteand a most
was of a mild disposition, good to his horses,
inestimable servant.
verdict, and their
The Jury retired to considerre-
turned,'3,--loUnthamil-
after the lapse of some tupe finding the prisonerm to the leniency ..
guilty as libelled, but recommending hi
of the Court.
act which he had committed,
sentenced the pannel to three
months' imprisonment.
The LORD JUSTICE CLEF ____K, after alluding to the rash-
ness and oulpability of the

THE CLEARING HOUSE.
(From a Parliamentary Paper, just published. )
The Appendix, No. 31, of the second report of the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons upon Banks of Issue, consists
of an account of the aggregate demands made through the
riyooofl.the contents of this paper •.
Clearing House upon the bankers who use the Clearing House,
on each day in the year 1839, together with the amount of
bank notes employed in the Clearing House on the same day,
ifriigacitsioansluumndinear
1839—January ... £82,762,490
......... £.6,348,500
February 76,165,700 ......... 4,960,000
March 75,879,200 ...... sot .‘,..
April ...
mnThitetifngolloawil
May ......... 5,836 000
80,587,600 ..... .. 5 .1 ' yoo, June
s'l
July 83,865,,00 ..... ••• b,060,000
August....
September
October 87,478,200 ........ 5,120,800
November 81,729,200 .•
......
5'7°6,"
December 70,833,800 ... ...... 4,793,100
......... 4,755,000
'" ' •

Total £954,401,600 ... ...... 66,275,600
From this it appears that the effect of the
Clearing House
is to diminish the amount of currency employed in the business
of the London bankers in the ratio of 14 to 1.
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_...._,,,
BURSTING OF A WATER-PrFE.--On Friday
afternoon, about four o'clock, the main water-pipe, in Great
Suffolk-street, ,Borough, burst with a tremendons explosion,
forcing up the stones of the street, and throwing them to a
consid-rable distance. The water was thrown up to a con-
siderable height above the tops of the houses. Notwith-
standing a great number of persons were passing at the
time no one received any injury; several, however, were
drenched with the water. Fortunately the pipe had been
laid in the centre of the street, or much damage must hare
resulted to the houses.

it will suit his purpose best to have the whole of the money ina•
mediately. Tne•e circumstances would appear to place the
success of the measure beyond a doubt, and accords with the
opinion we gave 011 the first issuing of the notice from the
Treasury.
It is now known as a fact that the manager of the Notting-
ham and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company
has been missing since Saturday last, and that even his family
are not ay; are what has become of him. From the difficulty of
access to the manager, which the Shareholders 4 first com-
plained of, there were some vague suspicions, but now the fact
that he has disappeared is established. . His. accounts have
been hastily inspected, and nothing seems yet to have tran-
spired in any way to affect his integrity, however recent
events may have called the accuracy of his judgment into
question.

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