The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-28 00:00:00

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into Christ's Hospital. I know that if she can get a
presentation she will do it. " J. 0.
" Mrs. Mary Dixon and Beatrice Jenkinson 0 venston,
46. Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square."
Mr. Kearsey, before the above document was read
aloud, submitted that it might contain matter calcu-
lated to excite a prejudice against the gentleman for
whom he watched the case, and said that he could
show, beyond all doubt, that Mr. Crawley had acted
most irreproachably throughout the whole of the
business to which the prisoner referred, and that not
the slightest impropriety was imputable to him.
Mr. Sheard said that he knew all the particulars of
the transactions which had taken place on the subject
to which the paper alluded, and he knew that the pri-
soner was possessed of a monomania with regard to
it, and be had endeavoured to impress upon the un-
fortunate man that he was mistaken in ascribing to
Mr. Crawley any desire to do him any injury.
William Edmonds, policeman, 528, said, about a
quarter to four o'clock on the 14th of August I was
on duty in Fenchurch-street. I went to Mr. Craw-
ley's house. A crowd had collected. The prisoner
was in an armchair, close to a table, bleeding very
much at the mouth. Strickland was holding a hand-
kerchief to the prisoner's mouth, and said, " Feel
here, here's the A gentleman present advised
that the prisoner should be searched, when the pri-
soner put his hand into his trousers pocket and said,
"I have no more," and threw down his purse on the
table. I went and met Mr. Harris, and followed him
to the counting-house. A cab was fetched, and we
took the prisoner to Guy's Hospital. Going along in
the cab the prisoner said he was quite prepared, and
threw his hands down. I said I believed Mr. Craw-
ley was not much hurt, when the prisoner said it was
all his (Mr. Crawley's) fault. At the hospital I saw
Mr. Wilks, one of the dressers, extract the ball pro-
duced. The prisoner wished to look at it, and I
showed it to him, and he wanted to feel the weight of
it, and I refused to let him have it. The paper pro-
duced was found upon him in my presence, and I said,
why, that tells us pretty well all about it. I then
left the prisoner in charge of Mr. Strickland.
Mr. Samuel Solly said, I am senior assistant-
surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital. I saw Mr. Craw-
ley at half-past ten o'clock at night on the 4th of
August in George's-ward, St. Thomas's Hospital. I
was in the hospital some time before I saw him. I
was informed that he had been shot, and I found a
wound just below the outer angle of the nose on the
right side, about half an inch above the mouth.
Upon examining the wound I found it communicated
with the cavity in the upper jaw, called the antrum.
On probing the wound, after a little time I discovered
the ball, that is, I felt metal strike against metal. I
then made an incision from the corner of the nose to
the angle of the mouth, carrying it in the furrow to
avoid the scar, and, enlarging the opening in the
bone, inserted the bullet forceps, and extracted the
ball I produce. The bullet had grooved along the
fangs of the teeth of the upper jaw, and by means only
of the check caused by the fangs of the teeth Mr.
Crawley's life was saved. The bullet has part of one
of the fangs of the tooth still lodged in it. I have
kept it in my possession ever since. The nature of
the wound was dangerous to life. Mr. Crawley
has been under my care ever since. He has gone on
favourably, but at present I do not consider him to be
quite out of danger.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sheard—l mean the pos-
sible consequences of the wound may be fatal, The
wound is dangerous to life, but it did not produce any
injury to a part that :was vital. Death might follow
such a wound without being preceded by erysipelas.
It might be caused by the irritation arising from such
a wound without erysipelas, in two or three days. If
the patient had been of an anxious temperament he
would not have gone on so favourably as he has.
The LORD MAYOR—Do you consider that Mr.
Crawley may with safety be removed from the hos-
pital before the 20th of September.
WTitness—l do.
The prisoner who did not utter a word was then
remanded.