The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

CL ERKEN WELL.

John Pugh was charged by the officers of the Men-
dicity Society with begging and fraud. The prisoner
excited the sympathy of passers-by under pretence of
a broken leg.
The bandages of the prisoner were removed in
court, and, on examination, no wound or scratch was
to be found.

Mr. TTRWRITT committed the prisoner to the
House of Correction for one month.

LAMBETH.

On Saturday Henry Wenman, a stick manufac-
turer, who has been in custody some weeks on a
charge of receiving, with a guilty knowledge, a silver
watch and gold chain, for stealing which property a
boy named Ward has been tried and transported, and
on suspicion of stealing which a young woman, named
Mary Ann Turford, had been tried and sentenced to
six months' imprisonment, was brought before Mr.
Norton for final examination.

Mr. NORTON, having temarked that the removal of
the boy Ward from Milbank Prison was not myste-
rious, as his friends appeared to think, but was in
the ordinary course, and not to prevent his being
examined, said he was most anxious to proceed with
the present inquiry, hut he was surrounded with such
difficulties, that although there could be no moral
doubt of the prisoner's guilt, yet a conviction would
be somewhat doubtful.

The prisoner denied his guilt, and declared the
charge had been brought and persevered in from
vindictive and malicious feelings, and added, that
when his sister (Mrs. Ward) was at the Old Bailey,
she said nothing to the Recorder about her suspicions
against him, though she now stated that she had all
along suspected him of having caused her son to com•
mit the robbery.
Mrs. Ward said she had no occasion to mention her
suspicions, as her son had pleaded guilty. She denied
having any vindictive feeling in the present charge.
Mr. `Penman, the prisoner's father, also denied
urging the charge from a bad feeling.
Mr. NORTON remarked that the prisoner had said
much against his sister for the part she had acted, but
he must say her conduct was most proper. The
moment she ascertained the guilty party, and that an
innocent person was punished, she had her son taken
and brought to justice. It was true the lad Ward,
when before him, had acknowledged he had taken 505.,
received by the prisoner for the property, but in his
confession, after his conviction he said all he had out
of the money was 55., his uncle (the prisoner) want-
ing the remainder to make up an order for a customer
at Brighton, which was in sonic measure corroborated
by a letter received from Brighton.
The prisoner denied the lad's statement, and said he
was a young thief, having before stolen some to-
bacco from an uncle and some money from his
master's till.

Mrs. 'Ward admitted the boy had stolen the to-
bacco, but the other charge she denied.
Eventually Mr NORTON determined on dicoharging
the prisoner, telling Mr. Wenman, sen., he could
indict him at the sessions, but, under all the circum-
stances, he would not recommend him to do so.

The prisoner was accordingly discharged.
Mary Anne Turford, the young woman who had
been unjustly found guilty, and had served some time
at Brixton, was present in court.

- THAMES.
On Saturday, Michael Haggerty, an Irish coal-
whipper, who stands charged with attempting to
murder Ellen Cahill, an unfortunate woman, on
whom he inflicted 22 wounds with a knife, was
brought before Mr. Ballantine for final examination,
when the victim of his savage attack attended for the
first time to give evidence. She was led into court,
and appeared to be in a very weakly condition. The
wretched creature, having been accommodated with
a seat, gave her evidence, in a very low tone, to the
following effect :
" On Friday night, the 28th of January, l met with
the prisoner at the Lord Lovat beer-shop, in Ratcliffe-
highway. A young woman named Lyons was with
me. The prisoner said he wanted to speak to me out-
side, and after I had asked Lyons if I should go out
and speak to him, she prevailed on me to do so, and
the prisoner asked me to accompany him to the Duke
of York public-house, in High-street, Shadwell,
where we had some liquor. We afterwards proceeded
to the Paviours' Arma, and obtained some beer and
rum. About twelve o'clock at night the prisoner
went home with me to my lodgings, in St. George's-
court, Bluegate-fields, and we went to bed toge-
ther. During the night he asked me several times
if I was asleep. From some unaccountable cause
or other, I could not sleep, and I told the pri-
soner I was awake. He was also very restless,
and asked me repeatedly the reason why I did not
go to sleep ? The prisoner at lest fell asleep about
five o'clock in the morning, and awoke about two
hours afterwards, and again demanded of me whether
I was asleep or not. I told him I was not, and that
I was about to get ;up and wash a frock, as it was
Saturday. He went to sleep again for about two
hours, and I told him that his friend, Mrs. Lyons,
who was in the room above, was getting up, and that
I was getting
up too. The prisoner said 'To-day is
Saturday, 15 it not ?' and I told him, it was. He said
I have something to settle with you, and I mean to
cook yourcom
goose
Am a Saturday ; now for it, and di-
rectly
knife an commenced
drew it across
Murder,' and strusgtglelekdinwg ulh
at
nh
de t
ahtrtoeamt
pwt
ei
dt h tao
my throat. I called out
take the knife from him,
a it
fingers. My throat was nd Ile cut my hands and
both deluged with blood. (a"g' and we were
e: with
to call out
thfe knife as hard
Murder,' and he thrust at m
as he was able. I told him I would
he would only leave off stiel,:ing me witivtehehk.mnifeif
but he continued cutting and, slashing away at me in,
different parts of my body,. and I became exhausted
from loss of blood, and fell ,3n my face on the bed and
fainted away. I had no fe fling afterwards for some
time, and when I came t 3 myself I was still in a
gore of blood, and sere t‘med out Murder' :again.
The prisoner said, Wha f„, not dead yet 1 I'll finish
you,' and recommenced 'stabbing me with the knife.
I called out for Catherir, e Hall, the mistress of the
house, to come down, ar id told the prisoner I should
complain to the
Pol'a ;e. Mrs. Hall came to my