The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

of turning in a street in this town only seventeen feet
wide in the carriage way, and four feet footpath. Just
at that moment the deceased, a child five years old, and
her little brother, two years old, had come out of their
owa house to go to school, and as the tail projected over
the path in turning, it knocked down both the children,
and crushed her against a step, rupturing, as the surgeon
stated, a vessel in the abdomen, of which she died feur
hours after the injury.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, on which his
Lordship, taking into consideration the good el.racter
of the prisoner, the recommendation of the jury wid
prosecutor, and that the prisoner had already been in'
custody twelve weeks, thought it would justify him in
passing a light sentence, and therefore sentenced the
prisoner to be imprisoned a fortnight.
Warbrick, aged 34, was indicted for the man-
slaughter of John Ryder, at Liverpool, on the ith
February last.

John -Ryder, aged 14, on Sunday, the 7th February,
and three other boys of the same age, were in a boat in
the basin of the Clarence Dock, when the prisoner,
being on duty as a policeman, ordered them to come out.
They took no notice, and he took up a piece of brick,
about the size of an egg, and threw it at them. It
struck the deceased (who had a cap on) on the crown of
the head, and inflicted a wound, which bled, but he did
not fall down. He complained that he was dizzy, and
he was taken to the dispensary to have it dressed. On
the 19th he became an in-patient, and soon after his
admission mortification set in, and he died on the 14th
March. The wound was no doubt the cause of death.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in the first instance, considered
it a question for the jury whether or not death had re-
sulted from the negligence of the prisoner or from the
negligence of the deceased, but on the case of Rex v.
Holland, 2 ➢body and Robinson, being called to his at-
tention, he finally directed the jury, that as the throw-
ing of the stone was an unlawful act, the question of
negligence did not arise, and they must find the prisoner
guilty, if they were satisfied that the prisoner threw the
stone and caused the wound, and that death resulted
from the wound.

The jury accordingly found him Guilty.
The prisoner declared that in the throwing the stone
he had mo intention to strike any of the boys, but
only to splash them, to make them come out of the
boat.

He received a good character, and the jury recom-
mended him to Enemy.
His LORDSHIP fined him a shilling, and ordered him
to be discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Mendel Peisor, a German, who keeps a coffee and
eating house, at No. 5, Hutchinson-street, Houndsditch,
appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer the com-
plaint of Inspector Fosberry, of the city police, who
charged him with having allowed gambling in his house.
The Inspector stated that on Tuesday, the 23d March,
at half-past 11 o'clock at night, he went, in consequence
of information, to the house of the defendant, which
was within a few yards of that of Myres, who was con-
victed a few days ago of having allowed persons to play
at hazard on his premises. He gained admittance at the
side-door, and found two persons playing cards at a
table, upon which were lying some halfpence. There
were four men in the room, and an attempt was made to
conceal the cards, and the halfpence were taken up by
one of the party.
The defendant said that the gentlemen were only
playing for two cups of coffee and that he never per-
mitted gambling for money in his house.
The LORD MAYOR stated that the defendant had con-
victed himself by acknowledging that in his house, in
which refreshments were supplied to the public, he had
allowed cards to be played.
A city policeman said, that during the last four months
he had known the defendant, and that frequently in the
course of that time he had known that disturbances
both within and without the doors took place in conse-
quence of the gambling which was carried on in the
house. The persons who played, were generally shoe-
narkers, tailors, and poor foreigners. The gambling was
carried on all night.
The LORD MAYOR commended the vigilance of the In-
spector, and said that the numerous complaints which
had been made at the Mansion House, by the parents of
young fellows who were encouraged to gamble in such
houses, determined him to punish every delinquent pro-
prietor who should be charged before him with having
violated so necessary a law.
The defendant was then convicted in the penalty of
forty shillings.