The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-27 00:00:00

IVEIV COURT.

Thomas Stevenson, aged 20, was indicted for feloniously
stealing 231bs. weight of butter, the prorerty of Williao
Wilcox Martin, of Thames-street.

The prisoner was passing along the street, and delibe-
rately walked up to the door of the prosecutor, where
the butter was standing, and took it away.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour.
George Collins, aged 19, was convicted of feloniously
stealing from the person of Thomas Fuller Walker, a
purse containing eight sovereigns.
The prosecutor was passing along Fleet-street, and
felt something pull at his coat pocket, in which was his
purse, and on turning round, observed the prisoner run-
ning away. lie followed him into a glass-house, where
he gave him into custody, and the purse was-found near
the spot.
_ _

The. prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment and hard labour, in consequence of its being his
first offence.

Mary Jock, 19, and George Barker, were indicted
for feloniously stealing one purse containing 12s. 6d.
from the person of Catharine Filcher, at Horne Fair,
Charlton. Mr. Payne defended the prisoners.
The parties were witnessing the exhibition at the fair,
and the prosecutrix felt a pull at her pocket, and saw
the female take up her dress. On turning round she saw
the man hand a purse to a person not in custody.
The parties at the bar were in company with the other
person, and the prosecutrix gave them into custody. The
purse was not found upon either of them.
Mr. PAYNE addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and
The COMMON SERGEANT having up,
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both
prisoners. The female was sentencedto six months' im-
prisonment and hard labour, and the male prisoner to
ten years' transportation, in consequence of a previous
conviction.

BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS.
Yesterday Thomas Bulpit, a man of remarkably un-
prepossessing appearance, who, since the 28th of August
last, has been several times remanded on a charge of
cutting and wounding with intent to kill Mr. James
Peto, about twenty-three years of age, the son of an
opulent farmer at Sutton, in the parish of Heston, near
Hounslow, was brought up fur final examination on the
charge.

From the minutes of the previous proceedings, it ap-
peared that on the 18th of September, a medical certi-
ficate being laid before the Bench to the effect that Mr.
Peto was apparently in a dying state, Mr. Baillie, the
Chairman of the Bench, proceeded to that gentleman's
house, and took the following deposition :
" The said James Peto on his oath saith as follows:
On the last Friday in August I was out in the fields.
The prisoner, Thomas Bulpit, had done his work con-
trary to my wish. I told him he must alter the sheaves
before I paid him. He told me if anything wanted
doing I might do it myself, for he would not. I told
him I should not think of paying him until he had al-
tered the sheaves. I then left him. In the evening,
when I had returned home from the farm, not having
seen the work, the prisoner came to me again, and I
told him I should not pay him until I had seen the
sheaves altered. He told me he would not leave without
being paid first. I then closed the door, and he rapped
at it violently, upon which I went out the second time
and told the prisoner if he came down in the morning
I would pay him if he had done his work pro-
perly. I then reasoned with his mate, who said
lie was satisfied, and was about leaving the court,
when the prisoner said, why should you be afraid of
such a b—y fool as that ?' I followed him to the
gate, when he told me he would split my b--y
skull, and swung a large hoe round over my head ; at
which time I then went to him to take the hoe from him,
when Mr. De Carle drew the hoe from his hand, after
which time the prisoner struck me with the reaping-
hook he had in his left hand, and then we both fell to-
gether. While we were lying on the road, I told hint to
get up, but he would not. On my rising, I found my leg
had been cut very severely. I felt the blow before I fell,
hilt I did not know of what nature it was. I then felt '
my leg very much benumbed,
I Oh, it's only
You you have cut my leg;' to which he replied,
and I said to the prisoner,
Frog-
ley, a surgeon at
mud: The prisoner then ran away, and
was taken in a chaise, by Mr. De Carle, to Mr. Frog-
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him. I told him to take the
the world, that he struck me the blow with the hook
doubt, the least
Pliflvt before me this 18th day " JAMES PETO.
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position.
Mr. Frogley, surgeon, described the nature of the in-
juries suffered by Mr. Peto, which were of a very s • cri?usi
and alarming character. lle could not name a
when Mr. Peto might be able to attend, and he period
enter-
tained very great doubt whether 'A. Ir. Peto s 11 SOU ever be
able to attend.

The BENCH said, in the absence of Mr. Peto, they did
not see how they could commit the prisoner for trial,
although they were very reluctant to again remand him:
lie was then fully committed to Newgate for trial, and
the witnesses bound over to prosecute.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

A well-dressed and respectable-looking man, appa-
rently between forty and fifty years of age, named ../amt•s
Pike, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Lain-
son, on the charge cf feloniously intermarrying with
Maria Pettyfer, his first wife being still alive.
Mr. Tinslay, a solicitor, who conducted the case on
the part of the prosecution, produced two certificates of
mariages—one with Anne King, in the month of Sep-
tember, 1839, and a second, stating the prisoner to have
been married at Hastings, to Maria Pettyfer, in 1840.
"r.Alderman LAINSON—Who gave the prisoner in
charge
? Mr. Tinslay—The
ir first wife.
Humphrey, who appeared for the prisoner, con-
tended considered . • wife had no power to prosecute. He
It would be quite sufficient for the ends of jus-

tice if the prisoner, who was a highly respectable person
would promise to attend at the next invest►gation.
Mr. Alderman LAINSON said at the present stage of
the proceedings he should not order the detention of the
prisoner. In law the first wife was not the party en-
titled to prosecute; and be should, therefore, discharge
him on his promising to attend on this day week.
The prisoner said he resided at Laurel Cottage,
Grove-street, Holloway, and would be► in attendance
whenever further evidence could be addece7l.
BOW-STREET.

Philip Downfield was placed at The bar on a charge of
assaulting, on Monday evening, in Hungerford-market,
a gentleman of the name of Leckie, residing at No. 1,
Salisbury-street, Strand.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Leckie, that at
seven o'clock on Monday evening he went to an oyster-
stand kept by the prisoner in Hune•berford-market, and
on asking the priee of the oysters. he was told that some
were 6d. and some Bd. a dozen. He eat sixpennyworth,
as he understood, but the prisoner claimed Bd. A dis-
pute ensued between the parties, and a policeman having
been called by the prisoner, advised him to summon the
complainant, who gave his address, but withheld his
name. Mr. Leckie was then retiring, when the prisoner
abused him and seized upon his hat.
`The prisoner in conformity NV ith the advice of the
Magistrate, expressed his regret for the violence of his
conduct, and was then dismissed, the disputed 2d. re-
maining unpaid.
Henry Upton, a waiter in an eating-house in Maiden-
lane, was charged with an assault on J. Osmond, the
keeper of a coffee-house in the Strand. It appeared from
the evidence that on Monday night at about half-past twelve
o'clock, the complainant heard from his door the prisoner
say to another person that they would go and " give him
(the complainant) a turn." He told the parties on their
entering the coffee-room that it was too late for them to
have any refreshment, and begged they would retire; on
which he was struck by the prisoner, with whom he had
previously had some misunderstanding. The parties left
for a while, but returned again, and the prisoner had
again recourse to violence. The Magistrate sentenced
him to a fine of 305., or sixteen' days confinement in the
House of Correction.

Yesterday William Biggs, a clerk, and Joseph Pay-
toddy, a butcher, were brought before Mr. Jardine for
further examination, charged with forgery, and uttering
a number of forged cheques, purporting to be drawn by
Mr. Robert Wynne Williams, a solicitor, residing in
Paper-buildings, Temple, with intent to defraud Messrs.
Snow, Paul, and Co., bankers.

The prisoner Biggs being first placed at the bar, was
charged with having on the 9th inst. presented a cheque
for 200/. at the banking-house of Messrs. Snow and
Paul, and their evidence taken at the last examination
being read over,
Mr. Charles Ward, clerk in the firm, stated that he re-
membered the prisoner presenting the cheque produced;
he asked him what sort of money he wished it to
be cashed in, and basing gone into a room where
Sir John Paul was sitting, he related the circumstance,
and on the prisoner being introduced, a constable was
sent for; he was taken into custody, having first attempted
to make his escape.
Sir John Paul proved that when the last witness
brought the cheque to him, he sent for the prisoner, and
told him he should consider himself in custody for for-
gery, upon which he said witness dare not detain him, as
he had done nothing, and when he offered to send fur
Mr. Williams, the prisoner replied it was of no use as
he was not in town. Witness said "you commit yourself,
for the cheque appears to be accepted to-day," and he
then attempted to run away, but was prevented by the
clerks. On searching him, a note was found which had
been obtained with a forged cheque on a former oc-
casion.

The prisoner declined making any defence, and the
witnesses being bound over, he was committed for trial,
and removed from the bar.

The prisoner Payboddy was then placed at the bar,
charged with being concerned in uttering several c. !clues
in company with the other prisoner, well knowing them
to be forged.
After a lengthened investigation, the prisoner was
ordered to be again brought up on Saturday week.