The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-12 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

TUE CASE OF MRS. LOMAX.-111r.1oriTax, a solicitor,
the eldest son of General Lomax, attended the Court
on Saturday morning to give some explanation of the
circumstances under which General Lomax left his son,
Captain Lornax's wife, and her infant child to remain in
such a state of destitution as necessitated the application
made by her for relief to the Strand Union.
Mr. Lomax said General Lomax felt much annoy-
ance at the publicity given to the case ; he was not,
however, disposed to do more for his son than he did at
present, namely, to allow him a sufficient sum to main-
tain him. Captain Lomax was a person of such reckless
and dissipated habits, that it was quite impossible to en-
trust him with money. If Captain Lomax was furnished
Kith money, he would spend it in dissipation, or if he
was supplied with clothes, he would make away with
them immediately. General Lomax gave his son a
stated allowance, and as the General could not recognise
a divided interest between husband and wife, he could
only refer the wife to his son for support.
Mr. IlannwicKE said, from the statement of Mr. Lo-
max, it was quite clear she had no prospect of receiving
assistance from her husband. Besides, the state of mind
Of Captain Lomax, and his general violence towards her,
made it quite impossible for her to live again with him.
Under these circumstances it appeared to him that it
was a question for General Lomax to determine, whether
it would not be the most advisable course, instead of pay-
ing the whole allowance to his son, to set aside a portion
OF it for the use of his daughter-in-law and his infant
granddaughter.
Mr. Lomax could not recommend the General to adept
this course.
Mr. HanuwecKE said that he had hoped, from the
respectable situation in society occupied by General Lo-
max, that some arrangement ae.uld have been made to
prevent extreme measures being used. Mrs. Lomax was
in so deplorable a state of destitution as to render a re-
sort to parish relief inevitable, consequently it would be
necessary that a warrant should issue against Captain
Lomax, and if he did not satisfy the parish he would be
sent to the House of Correction.
Mr. Lomax said he would not interftre, nor would
General Lomax, to cheek the operation of the law.
WORSHIP-STREET.
PRECOCIOUS VILLANY.—James Hors/in-tit and William
Neville, two lads in the service of Mr. Henry Le Lievre,
an extensive silk dyer in Cleveland-street, Mile-end-
road, were brought up for final examination, charged
upon their own confession with having carried on a
wholesale system of plunder on their master's premises.
Mr. Heritage, who conducted the case, stated that the
prisoners had been for several months in !the service
of the prosecutor, and that almost daily during that
period portions of un.dresse l silk had disappeared in an
unaccountable manner from the premises. About fifty
workmen were constantly employed at the establishm( nt
several of whom had been successively suspected, and
consequently discharged from their situations ; and
about a week ago the private watchman was also dis-
missed at a moment's notice, in consequence of another
robbery, which had taken place on the previous night,
and which the prosecute. inferred could not have been
committed without ibis knowledge and co operation.
Shortly after the poor man had been discharged, how-
ever, the prisoner Horsforth made a voluntary confession
to one of his master's female servants, to the effect
that the whole of the discarded workmen were entirely
innocent of the offence, of which he himself was alone
guilty, as he had been in the constant habit of con-
cealing the silk underneath his clothes, and that he
afterwards sold it, and shared the proceeds with the
other prisoner. On making the disclosure, the little
areacsecadel cthouchkislecrleginuehsitg,hagnldee.at the disgrace and odium
circumstance to her wester
which had fallen upon so many innocent men in CORSO-
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redations, and begged her not
to mention
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who gave the prisoneis
matter to any one ; but she refused to
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immediately communicated
Ellen Cotterel, the girl above referred to, deposed to
the communication she had received from Horsforth, as
lrPolice-constable Smith, of the K division, proved that
mitted that he had two shillings as his share of the
last booty, and had also participated in the produce of
two previous robberies.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that it was a most serious offence,
and, as the charge had been clearly established against
the prisoners, he should order the depositions to be at
ogee taken, and commit them both for trial.
The magistrate received information that Daniel
Crawley, the Irishman who was stabbed on the 3d inst.,
by a woman named Ann Turner, had died soon after
twelve o'clock on the previous day (Friday). The
woman who was accused of the murder, and who is now
under remand, said that the deceased came into her shop
and threw some meat in her face and treated her in-
decently, and that she put her hands up to protect her-
self, but without any intention of running the knife into
deceased.
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James Ling, a taIISOUT
thin felW
lowK., well known to the po-
lice, was charged before Mr. Seeker with breaking into
an uninhabited house, reputed to be haunted, at the
corner of Stamford. street, and stealing a copper, the
property of Mr. Reid, to whom the premises also belong.
A policeman of the 11, division stated that about two
o'clock that morning he was passing
the house, and per-
ceiving the hall door open he entered, and by the light

of his bull's-eye saw the prisoner making his escape at
the rear with a large copper on his shoulder. The pri-
soner, however, dropped the copper, hut was secured it
his attempt to jump over a high wall. The polic,m2.n
added that the house in question, with others adjoining
in a similar state of dilapidation, gave the police a great
dal of trouble, owing to a rumour that they were
haunted, which caused crowds to assemble, who demo
lished all the windows with stones.

The prisoner made a singular defence. He said that
he was without a home, and seeing the door of the house
open he went in for shelter from the rain ; that, whiff
lying down on the staircase, he was alarmed on seeing
what he thought was a ball of fire approaching him
Bing frightened, he tried to make his escape, and
fell over the copper, and then found what he first mis-
took for a ball of fire was the policeman's bull's-eye
lantern.
He was committed.

A tall emaciated looking woman entered the court
nearly at the close of business, and made the following
singular statement :—She said that she was an invalid':
and that about eighteen months ago she became a pa-
tient to a mesmeric doctor, and had been frequently
operated upon by him at various exhibitions. On the
last occasion when he mesmerised her he beat her and
brutally ill-used her, and, to add to his iniquities, he had
plundered her of almost every article she possessed,
She had on various occasions attempted to seek protec-
tion from his violence, and gave notice to the police of
the robbery ; but she being still under mesmeric influ-
ence was prevented from describing other serious casu•
alii's which had befallen her since she placed herself in
such hands. Every time she went cut for that purpose
she saw the mesmeriser's hand putting paper in her
face ; he actually had her mind under control, and at the
present moment she felt under his influence. She here
handed in a long written statement, which set forth her
grievances.
Mr. Seeker, after perusing the paper, said he could
not assist her, as the offence which she complained of
was committed so long ago. It was very extraordinary
on her part that she should allow any person to try ex-
periments upon her. The best thing she could do,
however, was to take the advice of her relatives, who
were the best persons to apply to for protection.
The applicant, who hastily gathered up her papers,
then left the court.