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examined describe that none of them heard the repo.rt of
the pistol, he wished to know whether she still persisted
in her former statement, namely, that her husband had
discharged a pistol at her head?—Tho complainant an-
swered in the affirmative; and, in reply to further ques-
tions, she said that she thought it must be a pistol be
fired at her, but she did not see it. She saw a flash, and
did not think it was produced by the sudden ignition of
lucifer matches. She did not go to the station•house to
make known the circumstance, she was so agitated, but
she mentioned it to her father when she returned home
the same night.
Mrs. Staples, who it will be recollected was in con'
pany with the complainant on the occasion, was al°
examined, and she distinctly said she heard the report
of the pistol and saw the flash, and that she previously
saw the prisoner pull forth something which she believed
to be a weapon of that description.
Mr. Gardner stated that the complainant wes,h-19,
daughter, and that, when he returned home on Friday
night, she immediately informed him that she had been
shot at by her husband ; and he lost no time in giving
the necessary information of the facts at the Ostia"
house.
say anything he wished in answer to the chsrlig
Mr. COTTINGHAM said, the prisoner was at
the complainant was confirmed in her terinsonf head
the fact of a deadly weapon being discharges at ber De"-
by his. bas
The prisoner—Mr. Gardner, my lathe/4004
t Ole
often threatened not to stop until he contrive
in prison. This charge is trumped up for tint Pan'ta.era at
never fired a pistol at my wife. I snapped 131 utn'fied
beer:Yi:toot
her, and that's all; and she and Mrs. Staplestave„in7air 1
it into an attempt to shoot her. If I bad frea
should have attempted to escape after the ict; uvwhere
no such thing. I followed my wife to the house sea
she and her companion ran; and the same right I Pesilts,
up and down Newington-causeway, and, if! were g','4
~f such an offence, it is not likely that should 1'
acted in that way. 101 l
6,:sle did
Mr. COTTINGHAM—It is given in evicence tee. •
firioeff
did run away when you saw matters hemming son
tad people beginning to collect near the slot. me
Prisoner—There was a warrant issued Bglun' not
previously, on the complaint of my wife's father; 55 ,
; thec
Ohs
wishing to be taken into custody on that precool s'lS"
reason I ran away, fearing they would give we :1 n Ss,
to a policeman. I also wrote a letter to my wile thing
turday (the day after the alleged offence), dese':a me
that I had not attempted such an act as she Was al
oufilTairhneldcwiotemrisepnloaoigntuapinrlttoybaambamleni.ltteshdould have written to he'
that she had Teneilciecitbsl
note from the prisoner on the day mentioned, ani,„arar
he did not mention in it where he lived, but the
e 'Frei'
of it being followed, by that means his place • • to
donee was ascertained, which led to his being o'e--
custody. nary 00
Mr. COTTINGHAM said, that it was extraordi st of
person had come forward who had heard the rerlcl ople
pistol on the night in question, although several P
were about at the time. A thst
Winch, a warrant officer of this Court, sat- a sse
made every inquiry in the neighbourhood, but Os nigbts
no person who heard any report of fire-arms they
that he also closely examined the spot, in search
ed trio
weapon, but could find none, and had since sore?'
prisoner's lodgings, and was equally unsuccessful'
,of the
The prisoner again asserted his
charge, and declared it was all a concocted se on bet
get him into gaol, so that his wife could carrloso
amours the better. He had no pistol on the.nrty
and he never intended to place his own it
jeopardy by firing a pistol at her.
Mr. COTTINGHAM commented on the evidencetttarlsit
siderable length, in the course of which he said tiff
present, it was not of such a nature as would ja°_.„'oll:
in sending the prisoner for trial on so serious 7,mad soft
sation ; for the complainant and Mrs. Staples ~a
mitted that they never heard a pistol discharg.- esia
then, and one of them, in describing the rePeri' loci°
was like the sudden ignition of three or fe,ll.rn_reelill
matches. There was no doubt a great deal of .l'Ait ao
existed between the prisoner and his wife's far a cir
it was a most unfortunate marriage. Under all oner,,_ll,_
cumstances, therefore, he should remand the Pr'' the
order to give further time to collect evidence.? lidapteu
magistrate directed that every means should be -
for that purpose.
THAMES. ,ford
Henry Ivory and James Smith were brellghst ,113; and
Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing a truss ovirlii`B, an
a sack of oats, the property of Harman Ilemig.
omnibus proprietor in Church lane, Whitenhatsa been
It appeared from the evidence that 1107_ months,
horse-keeper to the prosecutor for aboitlratotr,int7s of bay
and in the course of that time rent On Toes'
and oats had been missing frompee,
ha horse keep'
dey evening, about nine o'clock, isnot
utor., saw the
named Lay, in the employ of the prosec fro,
prisoner Ivory leave his master's premises wall
drr
of hay on his shoulders. A few minutes et terrooe,
and while Lay was sitting in the Fir Tree publ e•av,,_ol)§
in Church-lane, he saw the prisoner Smith ps sss
with a full sack of oats on his back. He then return o,
the stn
to the stables and found the loft door open, and on oie to
tioning what he had seen to Mr. Dell, the pro; secutera
stem keeper, he looked over the stables and loft, en,
missed a truss of hay from the former place, mad fr:l7B
the other a sack of oats. The loss of the hay
oats having been communicated to Mr. Headrike, juue
the son otoof thene
oprosecutor,thea hs erpertri
useorpnnaeei rdre,ldaylwotrhiytohuagsnehdy several olc.ioptuei
aliteetmheendo
hear voices within. After waiting four or five reln",„"ife
Mr. flendriks pulled down the shatters, and Ivory's
into
then admitted the prosecutor's ._on and the Polineiaed
the parlour, where they found a truss of hal Ps%
against the wall. It was of a mixed quality, e.lO the
similar in quality and appearance to the haf_,loloo
stable. Ivory on being questioned said, he had jje
the truss of hay to feed the horses in the morrall'ssta ?
was then asked what had become of the sack: otooesrch
and he declared he knew nothing of it. A furtb,erni two
was made, and in an upper room the officers fo
children
of the prosecutor's sacks, on which Ivory's voi
were Is ing. The two sacks' were joined togethe.r:_. ;0 the
was a third sack also belonging to the prosecuts r
sames pondreodo min.
appearance,ltcontained
arildh handful of
aorfkosa cusp,
oatint•iteenwpreroree:
similar to the one full of oats which Lay "wg Both Pria
soner Smith carrying two hours previous. o__,o„ to
soners were then given into custody. On the 7 Ira
the station house Smith made his escape, ,He wasYsre
sued, and about a quarter of an hour afterwards Swag
ha
liceman named Goddard, 16 11, overtook Mass
risetabnecee,oulanddretdpdtuisrare sv:;10,
compelled to use his with
prisoner made desperatestaff
that in the early part v
gave a fictitious address, and
berefos
stolen'
the evening, and before the hay and oats wert
In addition to the above fects, it wa.s shown part °f
lied for .
Backchurch-lane, Whitechapel, and Ivory ca
es,t
the prisoners were together at the Weavers' Aral;
pot of beer, and asked the landlord to give him crn;
for it, at the same time remarking that he and his c. its
panion had no money. At eleven o'clock the same olgod
when the prisoners were apprehended, 4s. was f°tl.,jo
upon one, and 3s. 6d. upon the other, and this man 6-7,.
supposed to have been obtained by the sale of the °I/-
The prisoners were committed fer trial.
John Leonard was charged with having been concern"l
stemalrm.gHaumbapghreifees,offste,leicfirtoomr, twhheoLaopnpdeaonrelld ocnkns.
company, said the robbery took place on the 26th of the,
bruary last. The bag of coffee was abstracted from an Yep
t•
of the wool warehouse, where coffee was ;,-e'sel
iTnwtohamten, named Pottle and Joiner, who had been sokled
they were committed
itlit,ur
turned
dl
outfor tthheat felony
a
room, were charged at this Court the next daP.„-erl,
the fact of their • eying stolen the coffee being fully Purse'
vois
Of the investigation •
the bar, who had, however, managed to the
concerned with them, and that person he should el"vikeeP
the prisoner at
out of the way till yesterday evening, when he wens;t:iasoll
docks for employment, and was recognised as the inv."-
for whom the police had been in search. A peg
Richard Metcalf, foreman of the wool warehouse, de
to having seen the prisoner engaged with Pottle and a gr.
on the day in question, in loading a cart belonging Way.
Kenworthy, and in which cart the coffee was taken I.'„'W, 0011
Richard Wilton, a labourer, also proved WI-I;sone
Joiner hand the ' prisoner the bag of coffee, and the P
stowed it away. ving see?„
Other witnesses were examined, who sp.oke to
hsbe daY
the prisoner working with Pottle and Joiner tvereendev
question, and, after some farther inquiry, he was
to perfect the evidence.
dorommam••••••=.......1•111•11.
'err with
Mr. Acland and Mr. F. Luttrell had an intervl
Sir G. Grey yesterday. shire'
SWiNG.—A farmer near Refford, Nottingharn , 0
having several corn stacks in his farm-yard, has rsceiVeu
anonymous letter stating that unless he thrashes out
grain, and puts it into market, it wills be thrashed for hitt',
—de
thirdbl enph tae
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BIRTHS. of
On the 28th of April, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, the wife
Lieutenant Walter Francis Robinson, R.N., of a son. Ae
nOn the 15th inst., at Chislehurst, Kent, the lady 0., o
Bowden, Esq., of a daughter, who survived her birth
onOn e day.
the 15th inst., the wife of James Gordon Hacks/0°124
of her Majesty's Ordnance-office, of a daughter. 1,46 of
On the 16th inst., at Thornbury House, We, ,"4.1- jab'
Wight, the wife of H. Shinto Douglas, Esq.., 42d YgoYe' —.-
lenders, of a son and heir. of or. 13 •
On the 16th inst., in Eccleston-street, the lad),
Christie Esq., M.., o a chuhter.
On the 17th instP., atf Rose-hgill, Caversham, Oxon, the lAcil
of Captain Frederick Cleaveland, R.H.A., of a son._
ofWO
On the 17th inst., at Brunswick-square, the w"
Ham Hughes Hughes, jun., Esq., of a son. mom
On the lit h in Union-street, Southwark, •
Barlow, of a daughter. of
On the 17th mot., the lady of Barnes Peacock, Ems.,
,
daughter.
lady of otthletlHBtallyniensstcv,
aalttonß.eErnsagr.d,
0-sfet, Russell-sq.-4 the

MARRIED. r co*
On the 19th of April, at Kingston-on-Tbatnest
Wallis Pycroft, F.S.A., of New-inn, Middlese*.4_",.
Cordelia Sarah Halford, youngest daughter of theWs Red.
William Ellis, incumbent of Thames Ditton, Surrey go.
On the 18th inst., in Finsbury-square, Mark George 'jig*
mons, Esq., of Herbert-street, New North-road to
ar°eigh,
.I,ird (laughter of the late Lawrence Lazarus/ EK" L
Essex.

Dl of
At Whitehall, Jamaica, Charles Ernest, second eon
Savery, Esq., aged 20.
At Rome, Waiter Baynes, Esq., second son of the 18"
Sir Chrioper Bay,nes, Bart.
On thste 15th inst in South Mall, Cork, J. I. Jones,
On the 16th inst., at Mount Radford, near Exeter, ±o3"'
the relict of the Rev. J. Manning,assOisntatnhte-sulr7gtehonintsot.dnnisßeersgietyntc-s aged 88.
otlrleeeete,
HJoohsnpiPtahLillips rater'
On the 18th inst., at Pennington PArSODAget the !lei.'
Lewis Playters Hird.
On the 18th inst., at Soho Cottage, St.
of
Wandsworth, Harriett Bailey Davis, the wife of Ain v•
Davis, R.I.P.

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