The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

PATRICK V. KING.

The arguments in this part-heard appeal were concluded
to-dav, and
Th-eir LOKDSHIPS gave judgment, affirming the decision
of the Court of Session.
It is the last appeal their Lordships will hear this session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.—MichaeI Downey,
an Irish labourer, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine,
charged with inflicting two wounds on the person of John
Sullivan, by stabbing him with a knife.
Mr. John Swayne, landlord of the Dolphin public-house,
in Oxford-street, stated, that between five and six o'clock on
Monday evening, having some repairs going on in his house,
he gave directions to Sullivan, the foreman, respecting the
removal of a quantity of bricks, telling him, that if he could
not accomplish the work himself he might procure another
person to assist him ; but he replied, that he would prefer
working over the usual hours than to engage any other per •
son. In the forenoon he had mentioned the prisoner as a
person likely to suit him, but Sullivan objected to him, say-
ing that he was a lazy fellow, and that he would have no-
thing to do with him, which expression the prisoner, who
was at a short distance in conversation with another man,
seemed to have overheard, and, lashing over, he pushed
Sullivan, who was in a stooping position at his work, for-
ward, upon which he asked the prisoner " What the he
was about ?" The prisoner then went away apparently in
a sulky humour, but. after a short delay returned, and rush-
iog towards the foreman with the knife produced in his
hand, swearing at and threatening him, he plunged it into
him immediately above the left hip, and again into hist side,
saying, " Take that and be -- to you." Witness cried
out, " Murder ! help ! police!" while the foreman seemed not
to be aware that such a desperate attempt had been made
upon him, and the prisoner continued brandishing the weapon
in his hand, threatening to skewer witness if he attempted to
interfere with him ; but perceiving the blooit flowing co-
piously from the foreman he ran away towards the toll-bar
in Oxford. street East, followed by witness and the foreman.
In the pursuit he kept a pipe in his mouth, and repeatedly
turned round with the knife still open in his hand, threaten-
ing to drive it into witness unless he desisted in pursuing
him. They had got to Bloomsbury-court, where the prisoner
took up a brickbat to knock him down, and, seizing the op-
portunity, he rushed at him, and pinioning him by the arms
he held him in that position, calling out for a constable, who
soon arrived, and the prisoner was secured, after which the
wounded man had himself attended to at a druggist's shop in
the neighbourhood. The foreman and the prisoner were both
sober.

Mr. Bagster, a medical gentleman, said there was a wound
under the blade bone and another near the lower rib, upon
both of which he placed a plaster, to enable the wounded man
to be conveyed to the hospital.
A certificate, of which the following is a copy, was banded
to the Court :

"King's College Hospital, April 18.
"I certify that John Sullivan was brought into this hos-
pital last evening, having received two stabs on the left side
of his back, one of which has penetrated two inches and a
half, and the other five inches. The larger one is a danger-
ous wound, and it is impossible to say at present with what
result it may be attended. He is going on as favourably as
can be expected.
(Signed) " HENRY SMITH, House Surgeon."
The prisoner being called upon for his defence, said, that
he did it because the man deserved it, for he injured him on
another occasion, and he aggravated him to do what he did,
which he told him he would do ithe was to be transported
for it.

Mr. JARDINE said that such a serious offence, supported as
it was by the most undeniable testimony, required no com-
ment from him, and he should order the prisoner to be re-
manded for a week.
STEALING :GOLD LEAF.—Walter Baird a middle-aged
man, was charged with stealing a rhoda of gold leaf, value
101., the property of Messrs. Seymour, gold-beaters, of Long-
acre, his employers.
It appeared that the prisoner worked for the prosecutor,
and received 355. a week as wages. On the 16th of July he
absconded, taking with him the property in question, and
nothing was heard of him until information was received by
Phillips, F division, who apprehended him, and he admitted
having committed the robbery through distress. The pro-
perty was subsequently found pledged at a pawnbroker's in
Frith-street, Soho, for 205., and the prisoner having nothing
to say in his defence, was fully committed for trial.
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE BY A SOLICITOR.—ShortIy
before the closing of the Court, James Hall, described on the
police-sheet as a solicitor, carrying on business at 16, Bos-
well-court, was brought up in the custody of police-constable
40, F division, charged with attempting to commit suicide,
by cutting his throat with a razor.
The constable said that about four o'clock in the afternoon
he was called into a lithographic establishment, in Gate-
street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, where he saw the defendant in
the parlour, with his neckcloth loosened and covered with
blood.
Mr. Houseman, 163, Strand, said that on passing through
Great Queen-street with his brother-in-law, a gig with two
persons in it passed by at a rapid rate, and at a short dis-
tance was the defendant, with his throat apparently cut, and
his hands smeared with blood. There were some persons
following him, and upon his inquiring of the defendant what
was the matter, the mob collected and they got him into a
lithographic establishment, where, upon examining, he found
a mark at each side of the neck, and, upon reasoning with
the defendant, he said he had made up his mind to destroy
himself, that he would not return to his family, and that re
had made up all his papers, as nothing would induce him to
alter his determination.
Mr. George Johnson, 37, Burton-crescent, who was in the
company of the last witness, said that the defendant was in
a very excited state, in consequence, as he stated, of having
experienced some ill treatment from his brother. After a
short time he became tranquil, but persisted in saying he
would commit the act.
The defendant during the examination held his hand to
his lace, and declined saying anything, except that it was
a family difference, and It was his brother who drove away
in the gig.
The proprietor of the house in which the defendant was
found said, that from inquiries he had ascertained the bro-
ther refused to supply the defendant with some money he
required, and he borrowed a razor to destroy himself.
Mr. JARDINE ordered him to be remanded until his friends
could be sent for to take charge of him.
MAR YLEBONE.
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hum Rows.—Yesterday Dennis Corcoran and John Cal-
lajhan were placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged
under the following circumstances :
On the previous night, at a late hour, there was a great
disturbance amongst Irish labourers in Horace-street, Edge-
ware-road.. There were two hostile parties assembled, deno-
minated the " three-years-old" and the " four-years-old"
boys, and for a considerable time they kept fighting in a
determined and savage manner. There we.e not fewer than
from 500 to 600 persons assembled, and bricks and stones
were thrown in all directions. The prisoners, who seemed
to be the ringleaders in the riotous conduct alluded to, were
very drunk, and after a determined resistance they were con-
veyed to the station-house.
They were each fined 205., and in default of payment were
committed to prison.