The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

MARY LEBO'S% E.

James Meader was charged with having fired off a
pistol and wounded, fortunately but slightly, John
Hoare. The parties are both employed by the pa-
rochial authorities of St. Marylebone.
The evidence went to show that on Sunday, at
noon, as Hoare was standing at the corner of Night-
ingale-street, Lisson-grove, smoking his pipe, the
prisoner fired off a pistol at him. One or more of
the shots penetrated his ear, and the remainder of the
charge perforated several windows in shops adjacent,
thereby doing damage to the amount of 6s. It did
not appear that there had been any quarrel between
the parties, neither was there any reason for sup-
posing that the prisoner knew that the pistol was
loaded.

The prisoner, who denied having fired it, was fined
204.; in default, fourteen days' imprisonment.

WORSHIP-STREET.

A man named Thomas Young was placed at the
bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with having stolen
a chest of tea, during its transit in one of the com-
pany's cart 3 to the goods' department of the Eastern
Counties Railway.
It appeared that, as the cart in question was pro-
ceeding through John- street, Spitalfields, between
five and six o'clock on Saturday evening, one of the
railway servants, named Moore, who happened to be
passing, observed the prisoner and another man at
the back of it, the latter of whom deliberately lifted
down one of the chests of tea with which the cart
was loaded, and handed it to the prisoner, who
rapidly made off with it. The witness Moore imme-
diate* raised a cry of " Step thief," and pursued the
prisoner, whom he had almost overtaken, when the
latter flung the chest down at his feet, and continued
his flight until he was stopped by a man named
Holles, who brought him back to the spot and handed
him over to the police.
The prisoner declined offering any defence, arid was
fully committed to Newgate for trial.
A well-dressed man, named Richard Mellish, was
charged with committing a violent and unprovoked
assault upon Mr. Samuel Andrews, landlord of the
Three Crowns, at Hackney.
The complainant stated that the prisoner had been
drinking at his house until a late hour on Saturday
evening, when he was desired to leave, which he re-
luctantly did, but immediately returned back and
committed a disgusting nuisance at the door. Witness
remonstrated with him upon his filthy behaviour,
when the prisoner struck him such a violent blow
upon his mouth that his lip was cut completely
through The prisoner was then given into custody,
and upon reaching the station-house Mr. Garrod, the
divisional surgeon, was sent for, who found the
wound to be of such a serious nature that it was ne-
cess-ary to sew it together, and expressed his convic-
tion that it must have been inflicted with some sharp
instrument.

The prisoner, in defence, a imitted the first part of
the charge, but said that he had been drinking so freely
that he had no distinct perception of what he was
doing at the time.
Mr. HAMMILL severely animadverted upon his dis-
graceful conduct, and ordered him to pay a penalty of
61., or in default to undergo two months' imprison-
ment in the House of Correction.
SOUTHWARK.

Mr. William James Daley, theatrical printer, of
Coleman's-place, Lambeth, was brought before Mr.
Cottingham, charged with furious driving, and en-
dangering the life of a young woman named Hod-
nett, a book-folder,l residing in Eagle-street, Red
Lion-square.
Sergeant Rowls, L division, said that on Saturday
evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as he was
on duty near the Victoria Theatre, his attention was
arrested on observing the defendant in a gig, accom-
panied by a lad, driving along the New-cut at the
rate of fifteen or sixteen miles an hour. Apprehen-
sive that some accident would occur in that crowded
neighbourhood, he (the Sergeant) proceeded in the
direction the defendant had taken, and on arriving at
the corner of Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road,
seeing a crowd collected, he hastened to the spot, and
saw a young female lying on the ground bleeding
profusely from a wound on the head. He lost no
time in procuring a cab, and had her conveyed to
Guy's Hospital, where, on examination by the house-
, surgeon, the young woman, who was in a state of
utter insensibility, was pronounced to have received
a concussion of the brain, and still remains in that
institution, in a very precarious condition. The
Sergeant added, that when the defendant first passed
him he was jerking up the reins as if to urge on the
horse quicker than he was going at the time, and that
he was under the influence of liquor.
Hannah Foster said that she was standing at the
corner of Charlotte-street at the time the defendant
came along in the gig from the New-cut, and she
saw the young woman who sustained the injury
knocked down by the horse as she was in the act of
crossing from Blackfriars-road to Rowland Hill's
Chapel. She also observed that as the defendant
approached that part of the road where the young
woman was crossing, that he pulled back the reins of
the horse, and tried all in his power to avoid the acci-
dent. The animal, however, proceeded forward, and
having knocked down the young woman, galloped
along until the defendant was out of sight.
James Illackmore a workman in an emery manu-
factory, stated that on the evening in question as he
was standing at a butcher's shop, in Union-street, the
defendant passed along at a gallop in his gig, the
wheel of which caught a wheelbarrow, close to which
he (witness) was standing, and knocked him down.
He added that he was taken up and conveyed into a
shop, and that it was found he had sustained serious
injuries on both his legs.
A policeman stated that he went in pursuit of the
prisoner, and came up with him near his house in
Coleman's-place, and took him into custody.
The prisoner's servant boy, who was with him at
the time in the gig, said that the horse started off,
and that his master had no control over him, when
the young woman unfortunately happened to be cross-
ing the road.

The prisoner denied the imputation of his being at
all intoxicated on the occasion ; that the facts were
his horse started off, and although he used every
exertion in his power to pull him up he faired in the
attempt, and on proceeding acrosB the road the young

wotnan was unfortunately run over. He deplored the
accident, and felt severely for the misfortune that
happened, but said that he was ready and willing to
render every pecuniary assistance that was considered
just and fair, in order to alleviate the sorrows of
those whom he had unintentionally so seriously
injured.
Mr. COTTINGIIANI said that he was happy to per-
ceive the accused exhibit so strong a feeling as re-
garded the accident by which the young woman was so
seriously injured as to place her life in jeopardy. At
present it was impossible to say whether or not she
would recover, but that he should call upon him to
enter into his own recognizances of 1001., and find
two sureties of 50/ to appear on Monday next.