The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-07 00:00:00

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IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL STEWART WAhlTelftr
This day was appointed for auditing the accounts uncrg:a44
fiat in this Court, of the estate of Michael Stewart Wallace,
One of the parties tried at the late Central Criminal Court, and
sentenced to transportation for the loss of the ship Dryad.
Mr. Johnson, the official assignee, was engaged the whole
morning in preparing the accounts, and a draft of the available
assets, for the approval of the Commissioner, previous to the
appointment of a day for the first dividend.
Up to our going to press the case had not been sufficiently
advanced to form any idea as to when the first dividend would
take place.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(B( fore the RECORDER.)
STABBING.—Ann Connell, aged 24, was convicted of stab-
bing James Collins, a milkman, on the 31st of 11/arch, and sen-
tenced to 15 years' transportation.'
The prisoner, who, it appeared, was a woman of the town of
violent character, attempted to extort money from the prosecu-
tor, and, on his refusing to comply with her demands, she
seized a knife, stabbed him in the cheek, and struck him vio-
lently with the leg of a table, which she tore off for the pur-
pose. When the prisoner was taken into custody, the knife
and leg of the table were wet with the blood of the prosecutor.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON. )
FORGERY.—John Evans, a respectable-looking young man,
was indicted for forging and uttering as true, on the 28th of
February last, a Bank of England note for Si. with intent to
defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England.
Sir F. Por.Lo'ck, who appeared for the Bank of England,
stated the case to the Jury, and called the following wit-

nesses :
Mr. Henry Hedges stated that he resided at No. 5, Wells-
row, Islington, and was a boot-maker. On the evening of the
20th of February witness was in his shop. A person very much
resembling the prisoner came into the shop, and asked for a pair
of Wellington boots. He bargained for a pair at 30s.' for the
payment of which he tendered a five-pound note. Witness
wrote on the note the direction the prisoner gave him, " Davis,
22, Holloway-place ;" and added his own initials, "J. H."
Witness went out to get the note changed, arid in consequence
of what was said to him by the party whom he a.ked to change
the note, he took it back to the shop and told the priioner to
could not change it. Witness asked him if he had a sovereign,
to which the prisoner replied that he had only lbs., which he
gave to witness, and the remainder was to he paid when the
boots were sent home. Had not seen the prisoner f-om that
time to the present, although he had called at his house. When
the boots were sent to the place the prisoner had. directed they
were all gone to bed. Returned the note to the prisoner.
Cross-examined by Mr. PHlLLlPS—Suspected that the note
was a forge, y when he returned it to the prisoner, but did
not tell him so.
Re-examined by Mr. Apemen's—Went out to get the
note changed, because he thought it was not a geod one. It
was not his intention to get change of the note, but merely
to ascertain whether it was a good one.
Mrs. Helen Hedges—Would not swear that the prisoner at
the bar was the person that came to her husband's shop on Sa-
turday the 20th of February, but be was very much "like
the man. He called the following day and said that her
husband had not sent the boots he bought the previous night,
to which witness replied that they had been sent to Bruns..
wick-row ; the prisoner said that was not the right place.
He gave witness ss. and took away the boots himself.
Charles Sutton Dixon was a boot and shoemaker, residing
at No. 4, Lowndes-place, Holloway-road. On the 20th of
February the prisoner came to his shop, and wanted to pur-
chase a pair of boots ; it was about half-past eleven o'clock.
The prisoner asked for a pair of Wellington boots, to which
witness replied he did not keep any but Clarence. Prisoner
chose a pair of them, for .which he tendered this piece of pa-
per. Upon witness asking for his address, he wrote upon it,
" J. Monteith, 7, Brunswick-road." Witness gave him change
out of the note, 41. 9s. 6d. The prisoner took away the money
and the boots, but returned shortly afterwards for his um-
brella. Witr.ess did not look closely to the note, as he had two
other persons in the shop. Went on Tuesday to the direction
given by the prisoner, but could discover no person of the
name of Monteith. Saw the prisoner in custody, and recog-
nised him as theperson who came to his shop on Saturday night.
Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—The note was nothing
like a Bank of England note.
Re-examined by Sir F. POLLOCK—Did riot try to part with.
the note at all.
Finch, a police constable, F 90.—His station was at Nun-
head. On the evening of the 20th of March went to the
house of Mr. Trott at Nunhead. He saw the prisoner there,
and took him into custody, for attempting to pass off a forged
54 note to Mr. Trott. Searched the prisoner, and found two
other Si. notes upon him. Ihe notes shown to witness were
not the notes, but the two notes now shown to him are the two
notes. Fonnd the notes between his thigh and his trowsers.
Joshua Freeman—Was Inspector of Notes in the Bank of
England. The pipers produced were grosS imitations of the
Bank of England note. They were forgeries in every respect.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Psalms addressed the Jury fur the prisoner.
Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up.
The Jury, after ashort consultation, lotted the prisoner Guilty.
There were other indictments against the prisoner, but Sir
F. POLLOCK intimated that it was not the intention of the
Zink of England to proceed with them.
Mr. Justice PATTESON sentenced the prisoner to transpor-
tation for life.
Rare.— George, Millard, aged 22, a labourer, was indicted
for a rape upon a married woman, named Mary Major, at
Ealing, on the 22d of March last; and Edward Russell, alias
Fisher, was indicted as an accessory before the fact.
It appeared that the prosecutrix on the night in question
was at a Iker-shop in the neighbourhood of Ealing; the two
prisoners were also there ; the prosecutrix left shortly after
eleven o'clock, and when about half-way home the prisoner
Millard came behind her, clasped her round the waist, threw
her down, and committed the offence for which he stood
charged. The other prisoner was present, assisted Millard to
effect his object, and then attempted to commit the same crime
himself, but was prevented by the struggles of the prosecutrix.
The offence was clearly proved, but the facts are totally unfit
for publication.
Mr. A»OLPHUS, by order of the Learned Judge, conducted,
the prosecution and Mr. C. PHILLIPS defended the prisoner,
Mr. Justice. PATTESON summed up, and the Jury acquitted
both prisoners.