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force of ihe ;Mows inflicted upnii his pen.on, and had
been hurled through one of the first floor windows
after all the glass in it had been smashed, and added
that such was the outrageous nature of the violence
the defendants had exhibited, that the street in front
of his house was completely blocked up by the crowd
of people their conduct had collected, and the whole
neighbourhood was kept in a state of extreme excite-
ment for nearly two hours, during which the attack
lasted.
To show the vindictiveness which actuated the de-
fendants, Mr. Heritage, who appeared for the prose-
cution, stated that Lecomte had come from Poplar,
Lough from Hoxton, and his client's wife from
Walworth to take part in the affray, and called
Holland, the warrant officer, who deposed to the
spectacle the prosecutor presented when he first saw
him ; and that upon going to his house he found that
his account of the destruction the assailants had there
committed had not been at all overrated.

Mr. Morgan, from the office of Mr. Humphreys,
severely cross-examined the prosecutor, with a view
to show that the misconduct attributed to the de-
fendants was nothing more than what, in their
estimation, was a just retaliation for his own miscon-
duct, in having, as they supposed, enticed a young
woman, the daughter of the defendant Lough, from
her father's house without his knowledge, for the
purpose of forming an immoral intimacy with her ;
but, notwithstanding that several of the defendants
energetically exclaimed that it was so, the prose-
cutor, after some prevarication, positively denied that
there was any foundation for the charge, further
than that the young woman referred to had volun-
tarily taken up her residence in his premises, and
that he had accepted her services in the capacity of
housekeeper.
Mr. ARNOLD said that nothing could justify such
an outrageous attack as had been undoubtedly esta-
blished, and, as he considered it of far too serious a
nature to be disposed of summarily, he should send
the case to the sessions as one of assault and riot, and
order each of the defendants to put in substantial bail
for their appearance there to answer it.
CLERKENWELL.

Henry Phillip Pierce, alias Phillips, was charged
with having committed two forgeries, also with
bigamy, and with desertion from the Grenadier
Guards.

The prisoner on Tuesday morning last accosted a
police-constable in St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and
informed him that he had forged a bank post bill for
271. on Mr. Samuel Gardiner, a gentleman residing
at Brentford ; that he had got cash for it, which
he had spent in profligacy, and that he was so mise-
rable in his mind he had determined on delivering
himself up to justice. Ile was taken to the station-
house in the Bagnigge-wells-road, where he adhered
to his statement, and he was locked up, and subse-
quently brought before Mr. Combe at this court and
remanded. He then said he picked up in the street
a letter containing the bank post bill for 271., which
he took to the Bank, and, after receipting it, got it
cashed, From what he further stated, Inspector
Julian, G, instituted inquiries, and ascertained his
statement to be true, and a clerk fro n
the Issue-office in the Bank of England
attended and confirmed the statement. He
also discovered that the prisoner had formerly been a
corporal in the Grenadier Guards, from which he
had deserted. He further traced him to have firmed
a connexion with the servant maid of Mr. Singer, a
gentleman residing at Wandsworth, to whom he paid
his addre3ses, and ultimately married her ; and that
he had also married two other women, who
were now living, and one of whom was preg-
nant. He was in the habit of visiting at Mr.
Singer's house, and regaling himself with the
servant, without that gentleman's sanction or know
ledge, when he sought an opportunity to steal some
cheques from his cheque-book, which were missed.
Mr. Singer banked at Coutts and Co.'s, where the
prisoner obtained the bank post order, which he took
to the bank, and escaped, after committing the for-
gery, &c. He was afterwards traced to have gone to
Portsmouth, where he was lodging at the Fountain
Hotel, and whilst there he wrote to Coutts's, and ob-
tained a bank post order for 151., through the medium
of another forgery, which, it was said, could be
brought home to him.
Inspector Julian said that he had two certificates
of the prisoner's marriages, and he was using efforts
to produce a third one, and he had no doubt of
success.

A sergeant and a corporal of the Grenadier Guards
identified the prisoner as being a deserter, and clerks
from Coutts and Co. were also in attendance, and
identified the prisoner. _

He was remanded fora week.
Our reporter isloequested to state that " R. E." has
sent the other half' of a 101. note in aid of the poor-
box fund, with a request that its receipt might be ac-
knowledged in the newspapers.
SOUTHWARK.

Joseph Henry Kellerhy, a young man 21 years of
age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Cottingham,
charged with threatening the life of Miss Ward, who
keeps a ladies' seminary at Camberwell.
Previously to entering into the evidence adduced
against the prisoner, it may be necessary to advert to
some circumstances connected with the case, and
which occurred about two years ago. Upon that
occasion the prisoner was taken into custody for send-
ing threatening letters, some of them containing
poison, to Mrs. Humble, the wife of a hop merchant
in the Borough, to a Miss Clouter, and also to a:Miss
Spriggs, the latter of whom at the period in question
was a pupil of Miss Ward, the lady at whose instance
the prisoner was now taken into custody. The letters,
all of which were anonymous, were couched in lan-
guage of the most threatening description, and, as
the writer had expressed his intention to lay wait
for and assassinate some of the parttes, considerable
terror was inspired in their minds, until he was
at length apprehended and brought to justice.
On the first occasion that the prisoner ss as
committed for trial from this court he was sentenced
to twelve months' imprisonment. After the expira-
tion of his sentence, he had not been long at large
when he again commenced writing anonymous letters
to Miss Spriggs, at Miss Ward's school, threatening
to murder her, and upon this charge he was appre-
hended, and, having been tried a second time at the
Old Bailey, he was again sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment, and to be publicly whipped. In the
month of August last, having undergone his punish-
ment, the prisoner was liberated, and in the month of
November last he again commenced similar practices,
and continued them up to his apprehension on the
preceding night, when he was taken into custody
with a long and sharp pointed knife concealed on his
person, lurking about and watching at the residence
of the complainant in Trinity-square.
Sergeant Kendall, of the detective force, stated
that he was the officer who apprehended the prisoner
on the two former occasions, and that, having been
present on each of his trials at the Central Criminal
Court, he knew his handwriting well. Soon after
the prisoner's last sentence of imprisonment expired,
witness received information that anonymous letters
of a threatening nature had been transmitted to Miss
Ward, and those letters he (witness) having ex-
amined, he had no doubt they were in the prisoner's
handwriting.
The letters were put in and read by the magistrate,
one of which was to the following effect :L--
" London, Dec. 27,1848.
" In consequence of your refusal to give me the ad-
dress of Miss Spriggs or any information concerning
her, I shall recite to you what will very shortly bo acted
in reality. It is about the hour of nine on a dark and
dismal night, when you may see a female form moving
rapidly along the streets, but she does not heed any-
thing, for she seems anxious to get home. Alas ! had
she but have known what would have befallen her during
her short journey, she would not have ventured out.
She still keeps gliding on her course towards home,
when suddenly you see her struck down by some (until
then) unseen enemy. Her foe is secreted, and as she
passes steals s3ftly behind her, palls out something
bright, lets it fall with full force against her ; and then
she, who was so full of life and animation but a few
short moments before, is now still as the grave. An
alarm is given, but it is useless.
" To Miss Ward."
Other letters of a similar tendency were also handed
to the magistrate, one of which described that on
Sunday night, the 31st ult., the writer would be on
the watch for Miss Ward.
The sergeant said that on the previous night he
went, accompanied by Wild and Burton, two con-
stables of the M division, to Trinity-square, and saw
the prisoner waiting about in the vicinity of No. 22,
apparently watching for the arrival of Miss Ward,
who, with another lady, was expected home from
chapel. Shortly afterwards the two ladies came up,
and on their approach the prisoner took his stand at
the entrance of the house, when he (the sergeant)
and the two constables took him into custody. The
prisoner, on being seized, attempted to draw some-
thing from underneath his coat, but he was prevented,
and it was then discovered that he had the knife pro-
duced hidden there. He was very violent, and made
strong and repeated efforts to get away, and in the
course of it kicked and fought in such a manner that
it was found necessary to place handcuffs upon him,
and he was then 'conveyed to the station-house.
Miss Ward, being sworn, stated that she was present
on the prisoner's trial at the Old Bailey. The let-
ters alluded to were exhibited to her, and she had no
doubt they were in his handwriting; that Miss
Spriggs was formerly her pupil, and that while that
young lady 'was at her school the prisoner was con-
stantly in the habit of writing anonymous letters to
her, seine of them containing poison; that Miss
Spriggs had since left her establishment, principally
owing to the dreqd inspired by the prisoner's conduct;
and that since then he had written the anonymous
letters produced that day to her (the witness); and
that she apprehended that her life was in danger
from his threats, She added, that some of the letters