The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.
RT.-(THIS DAY

CRIMINAL CO

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice BosaNciurr and Mr. Justice
ERSKINE.)
Richard Chandlcr was placed at the bar, charged •
with stealing one mare, the property of William Sin-
nott and another.
iyheeurps,ritsrounnesrppnlretialtdiendn. Guilty,
ten and was sentenced to
'
EXTENSIVE FORGERIES.—SannieI Mathews, aged
'24, who was stated in the calender to be a brewer, vvos
brought up to plead to five indictments for forgery. Ile
pleaded Guilty to the whole of them, and was sentenced
to transportation :or life.
CASE OF STABBING. —James Noises,
indicted for feloniously a,:d maliciously stabbing Wit'
Liam Metcalfe, with intent to murder him. He pleaded
Not guilty. stated that be was
William Metcalfe, the prosecutor,
a waiter at the York and Albany
of
gent's Park. On the evening of the -29th
in the Re-
aged 53, was
of SeP"
temberta last, the prisoner was in the tap-t, tablencl
hevewrnas; he was intoxicated and resting on ale.
awake. Witness took up lighterd spituit! and
held it near the hand of the prisoner be dia " •
hold it
close enough to burn bim ; be did till
twic
iOn the second occasion the prisoe
said to
o witness. If you do that again I will put a kn!!!
into Prisoner then jumped up, and drew a Wl°,
from his oom of the
pocket, which he opened, and with it rusbeaa
jumpedat witness. Witness endeavoured to avoid bit% aud
hun upon a bench behind a table. Prisoner i;1110W!
Witnessil
km audpe
at thrustswsbourt w bi
pat
tbhai mt ;cargo slys
itnhge
tt!;beiree:,
_d. endeavoured to strike the knife out of his ba•°,6,
In doing this he struck prisoner on the hand, but (LIG
not disarm him. Prisoner then made
lair body
thrust?
and witness felt the knife enter his body iat.
below the navel. He called out that tbe P5l;
soner had stabbed him, and the potman, seisedo lie
present, but who had not before interfered, t a
prisoner by the arm. Witness got down and showpe„-
where he had been stabbed, and he was bleedb3g. beer.
gonerTb then went and sat dawn and called foundsane i.ea
potman, who had dressed witness's w '•usitr,
toseervn the prisoner, and witness went awaY, leall,b;
the prisoner in the tap-room. There was one °'' a
personsur who witnessed the occurrence. Mr' 13agggrl°
of
tgbeeon, was in attendance on witness,_in onseque°l
yross-examined by Mr. HORRY, for
_ wound, from Tuesday to the Sunday followiegr......
the'
Witness had been drinking a few glasses of beer -- pet'
Prison, a
course of the day, but was not intoxicated.
was in the habit of coming to the house. Witoe bad
tbe Prist
been in the habit of frolicking with and laughing shad
Ile neer
jos
prisoner before, but not of teasing hint. express fed,
any q'iarrel with him. Will swear that the
made use of by the prisoner were those ,he ---d Ito I
shall Prisoner did not say, " If you do not let ,nve e 0
affront you." klbaol,
Henry Brown, the potman at the York and 2,- as
%,,, in the tap-room on the occasion in Metcalf
, 0
witnessed the whole of the transaction. Metcalf Pliti,,
lighted splint towards the prisoner's band. He touctiiPis
Prisoner told him to let him alone. Metcalf leashesraid
hi hand with a lighted splint again, when prisoner agatawbea
mto let him alone. He did it a third tilne,.,ool/
prisoner got up aid told him if he did it again 13° -00
stab a knife into him. Metcalf endeavoured t° wily
him,sa but prisoner followed him up, and eveAu et'
him. Prisoner was then on the floor, and feet
standing on a bench, they were about three °drank
aparta. when the wound was given. Prisoner wahge sta.
tbe time. Witness caught the prisoner by t", oat
Prisoner did not strike at Metcalf after that, bub ad
and sat down. Witness applied orne rag to the galled
which Metcalf had received, 51
then he so'
ive ,
.an( .
away. Prisoner ket.
put the knife in his poc __s twit.
drunk. Cross-examined by Mr. HORRY--Prisoner elf quit
He was talking to witness when ivietief !int le
in '
. Did not hear the prisoner say ff w'r'it °u ut, ...lop,
me alone, I shall affront you." Has beard. of pot
calf playing tricks with the prisoner before.
see Metcalf try to defend himself with a whiP' of the
John Shill was in the tap-room at the tame to the
occurrence, and saw Metcalf put a lighted lip faeo.
prisoner's hand two or three times, and also to elefi'd bias
The splint touched his hand. Thep risoner desir ..nnt
to leave him alone. This warepeated. rArl'-bitn
said he was an old Man, and be wish' toe.
to let him alone. It was done a thircilvietcalf'
when prisoner got up and walked ton ards t tiro,
Witness did not hear prisoner say anything at therisooet
nor did he see any thing in his hand. Whoa P tbia'
got up to Metcalf witness did not see him do loess
he hid net see him attempt to strike Metealf.l did 00
was sitting at the other end of the room Or tons,
leave his seat. He did not see anything of Weg,;,,, bill,
Lion. He heard Metcalf say Take the knife '— atio,
do, ~se ~
but he did net see any
knife. He did not see • ti
tb° 9
did not go up to Metcalf to see it. Has IWO
soner many years. ellell
Cross-examined
by 111 r. HOARY.--Does not ree/ Ow
the prisoner saying, " If you do not let me alone
affront you." , eon
H.- Maggs, surgeon—Was e
r„eon—Was called in to 8000 Pr- leat ;
tor at halt-past ten on the night of 29th Septetabe„: e f
found him
0 d in bed, and on examinat. dise,-,if tki
tavbnuunt in his abdomen half an inchloniong, 0:00
towf oinches below the navel. Cannot state
f tbe
depth
body in the wound. It was situated in A Par-: cop
v
which a wound might produce daagr-1 by
k sequences. The wound might have been Al 80!
nife like the one produced. The wound itsel,, b1a.06
dangerous one ;it was deep, but thebe wbar" 06
not
of the knife had entered the body a'ase " i
would have
been more serious. hsaJeat
Edward Richardson, a police-constable, aPPreLole °l4
the prisoner on the 29th September, in the tar'llsoieo
Prisoner (000 d
the Bedford Arms, Camden Town.
one scae biadel
ihnaving any knife, but on searching him the seilovi,
__ll. is pocket with a stain of blood tick
Witness said it was a pretty thing to stick into atij aie;
and he replied, " He had no business to interfere vi,' to&
then. I would stick any man who interfered WiLtP, also
affair---tu'd4
Witness said, " It was a very serious
might die." Prisoner said he might die end b°
Prisoner was drunk at the time. fro°
The witness Shill was here recalled.
the Mr.. HORRY—Did not Metcalf run awaYdraalt,
prisoner laughing ; stud was not the priscmer
and stn • ggering towards him ? 0 toa
Witness—Yes, he was, Sir.• orlei,
Mr. Hoarty addressed the Jury for the pris bo re,
contended that considering the provocation 00000
ceived, they could only • him ei a
convict . whose
assault.
Mr. Thomas Hales of Camden Tow°, is him °A°
employ the prisoner had been fifteen years, g 3. os ha'
excellent character as a quiet peaceable s strike a
never known him during the whole of that time

knina,ol",wilehilmanidlord of' the York and Alharo vc..lo°llteter
quiet h bl'a
as a Jul
prisoner that the Jury Abe
foundand the prisoner Guilty of an astault ouly. ‘4,1 till
.Mr. Justice ERSKINE, in passing sentence, wa_.,olC
f 1 'd ation of b 1 on'
most merciful consi er its e
In ~ •
4portioning the punishment it must take into oent
sideration the nature of the assault and of the ieghtor vile
with which it, was committed. The 115 e 01
td
it `° j(
only, had taken a ,io finding
was unfortunately becoming very common, a°
sin in 131
therefore necessary, by }sassing severe senteneo_ bao
such cases, to show those who were disposed. be Acre
recourse to such weapons that they would not 'of the
him guilty of at!
,:cP;se,
mined t') do so with impunity. The senten,e_° onase
ofwas, that he should be imprisoned in tola. thgt
Correction for 12 calodar months, and chir
tithe be kept to hard labou
---2:_.------
NEW COURT. ,slow Courti
The CoON-SEItGEATiT presided iD the '!' , cases °
u,14
and was engaged the whole morning 10
lathe
simple larceny.....
~.51101-15°,.
AWFUL CONFLAGITATION AT GA% messc,'
—The upper and large factory here, built bY tur°c,ted V,
Birtwhistle about sixty years ago, and noor rapletev
coup 0 the
Messrs. James Davidson and Co.: has been
and entirely destroyed by fire, thereby eastil3grAce°r Lb°ll
wide world at the commencement of vvinter 11" .""tanroilie;'
200 souls, helpless and almost destitute. rriii' ot eigh'i
Wednesday, the 14th current, about a quarter Ptwating :50
we were alarmed by the cries of " Fire l" the .hcrg t'l!)
an alarm drum, and the piercing shrieks of Me'root Ms'
had children employed In the works. It wag ad to eferfj
tressing and appalling spectacle ; men hastcne les au
direction to procure ladders, saving two ferna ;afeti;
those not fatally injured, effected their escape I ',chit,'
leaving, however, portions of their clothestbe spin'
them, which in all factories are laid eff l'Y .osotcr'
„tdiogthe 10'
ners when at work. Mr. W. Brown,
along with Mr. Campbell, Greenhill acre y Otis
f ea di
to leave the upper flat, after• having seen
descend in safety, and even went round the whol:brr t—her
looking into every corner, lest any one, ove,rc°,l:, left bc;
preservationhind.e v e
ry
o lie' 1 tpier
eon
sf
et
tha
het e workersfactory,
immediately
smoke, or fainting through fear, might have, v,":,,, doge'
Ere an hour and a half had elapsed from the 11vicli'
werel
turned
e"e% t rhi
icsa tleadt
ci'frlt•ic.i, tiosti
1111!
the firea was first discovered, this prosperous 8° ludia
seventy-four
factory, filled with valuable machinery, in,e,an of
enty-four new power-looms, became one entire
stag"'di
as smoulderingahide ruins, its bare blackened walls only gre'
but all efforts proved in :lot
Theous andfi frightful memento of the aw!ul 02 ;the
tion.originated in the scutcbint:f e_ic lot
the
lowest flat, in consequence of the fanner or, uf 8,010
spreading
machines giving way, which, corint-s_ ;001,
its iron casement, struck fire, and ignited thc 100 " r).
around. From the localit) and position of Ibeicr9,,('.as at
one
ed from a brisk north-west wind ,pringing tilt., tall g
time feared that oth. r properw, would 'l° it, the
vicinity were more than once ignited, but
pre3l; and indeed the brewery and other hnoca _ too
they ,seruftli d
quenched, and the buildings preserved, by bu.,ckets„ticca
water being continuously poured upon them. ‘v: 0:0-rclerig
the lion. Member for the Stewartry present, gifinia d, 00.
that the court in front of the mills should be cicar that
none allowed to approach the burning building, Seth yid
oro-
assistance was now hopeless. lc Is reported that ta,...tiiid,
prietcrs 'the Messrs. Dirtwhistle, have insured the e to
'fly s, xr'd Mess,: r),„„-kon and Co., tht, giobteery,
ourier.
their full value.--Dutryries C