The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-05 00:00:00

THOMPSON V. HEYES AND ANOTHER.

ALLEGED DETENTION OF A WILL.—The action was
one of detenu, brought by the plaintiff to recover
possession of a will made by his sister, Jenny
Thompson, under which he was entitled to three houses in
Ben Jonson-street, Liverpool. The defendants held the
will as attorneys for a person, named Sally Lythgoe, who
alleged that the will was made in her favour. The At-
torney-General opened the case for the plaintiff, remark-
ing that it would be much better to have the matter
settled without proceeding to trial, otherwise the parties
might find themselves in the position of the litigants
described in the fable, who each of them got an oyster-
shell, while the oyster itself went somewhere else. A
consultation then took place, and it was agreed to with-
draw a juror, subject to a rule.
An unimportant action respecting a bill of exchange
concluded the civil business, and his Lordship, after
congratulating the jury on the conclusion of their
labours, adjourned the Court at half-past ten o'clock.
He shortly afterwards left for London.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Elizabeth Price was charged with having attempted
to commit suicide.
A policeman was called by a gentleman to the steps
of London-bridge, and he there saw the prisoner
crying, and apparently unconscious of what she was
about. fie asked her where she was going, and she re-
plied, while the tears ran down her face, "I am going
to make a hole in the water," and she was just on the
point of suiting the action to the word when the man
seized and saved her.
The Lorin MAYOR—Was she in liquor at the time ?
Witness—She appeared us if she bad been drinking.
The prisoner—No, I never drink.
The prisoner's husband here stepped forward, appa-
rently in great affliction, and said, " My Lord, she is
one of the best women i❑ the world, but she is subject
violent fits of the quinsey, and she does not know water
from earth, or air, when she is in that state."
The policeman said he had no doubt at all that she
had been excited by drink.
The prisoner's husband--I'll answer for her, my
Lord, that she never will attempt anything of the kind.
She has been seven years my wife, and she never com-
mitted herself before and never wili commit herself
again. I'll answer for her my Lord.
The Lord MAYOR—Attempts of this dreadful kind
are becoming so frequent that we shall be obliged to
punish delinquents to the utmost extent of the law.
The prisoner's husband—Oh, my Lord, for God's
sake don't punish her—she could nut have known what
evil she was committing. Fur the sake of me—her poor
husband—forgive her. I'll be answerable for her—she
has been an excellent wife to me for seven years.
The LORD MAYOR—You appear to me to deserve to
have a good wife, and I hope she will show herself, by
her respect for your feelings, to be worthy of a good
husband. I shall deliver her over to your care.
The prisoner's husband—l thank your Lordship. She
will be safe with Me. It would be hard for any man to
get so good a woman.
Mary Truchard was also charged with having at-
tempted to destroy herself:
The unfortunate mature had been seen by a gentle-
man walking in a distracted state towards Queenhithe
Dock, and a watchman near the spot grasped her by the
hips as she was flinging herself into the water.
The landlady of the prisoner attended, and said that a
more sober, quiet, honest person could not be found in
the city of London.
The LORD MAYOR—What, then, could have 1. d her
to make this horrible attempt upon her own life ? The
landlady said the prisoner had for the first time in her
life had a few words with her daughter, who was not to
be condemned in the transaction, and away she went to
the dock, to release herself for ever.
The prisoner said that since the day of her birth she
never had been reproached by any one of her family, and
although she had done wrong to her own child, she
could not bear to be told of it. What could have induced
her, however, to go near the water, she could not at all
guess, and she hoped God and his Lordship would par-
don her the heavy sin.
Two or three persons offered to be responsible for the
future discretion of the prisoner, and
The LORD MAYOR, after expressing his sincere re-
gret at two such deplorable cases in which the persons
charged appeared to be of unexceptionable character,
gave the poor woman up to the protection of her children.
Henry J. Hyde, who was, on Wednesday, brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, charged with having committed
forgeries upon the banking-house of Smith, Payne, and
Smith, was finally examined.
The following was the additional evidence:—
Mrs. Ann Moore, housekeeper at No. 59, Fenchurch-
street, stated that she had the care of the offices of Mr.
Pedley, the prisoner's master. The prisoner came to
the office at about ten minutes past nine on the 2d Sep-
tember, and asked her for the kev, which she gave to
him. She saw him go into the office, and he soon after-
wards came to her and told her that Mr. Pedley would
arrive presently, and returned the key to her. She did
not see the prisoner again. She saw Mr. Pedley and
gave 'him the key.
The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner whether it was
his wish to say anything ? Prisoner-L-Nothing.
Committed fur trial.
Four boys were committed for trial upon charges of
picking pockets. They had followed gentlemen ire the
streets with surprising perseverance, until they got hold
of the silk handkerchiefs, beyond which their ambition
did not seem to have soared.
HAMMERSMITH.
THE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—Yesterday having
been appointed for the further examination of Mr.
Gilbert Kennedy, the surgeon, and Mr. Archibald 11PNiell,
his assistant, the court was crowded almost to suffocation.
Mr. Clive was the sitting magistrate.
Mr. Kennedy surrendered in discharge of his bail, and
was placed at the bar, as was Mr. Archibald M'Niell,
who was brought from the 'Westminster Bridewell,
where he had been confined, his bail declining to cone
tinue their recognisances.
Mr. Jones, for the prosecution, having stated the
manner in which M‘Niell had given up part of the pro-
perty, as mentioned on Wednesday last, slid with regard
to Mr. Kennddy, he had no further evidence to offer.
With regard to M'Niell, Sergeant Mount deposed that
when M-Niell informed him where the property was, he
also told him that he (M‘Niell) had placed the things
there, and that his doing so was not known to Mr.
Kennedy.
The various testimony previously given by the shop-
keeper to Miss Hernans, and by Elizabeth Upham, which
implicated M'Niell, was repeated.
In the coil. se of the examination of these witnesses a
letter was received by M'Neill, and read, informing
him that he would require counsel for his defence, and
that a lady, whose name need not be mentioned, would
supply the funds. A letter also was received by Mr.
Clive, and handed to Mr. Mohler, giving Mr. Kennedy
a very high character.
Mr. M‘Neill, on being questioned by the Magistrate,
at first persisted in the whole of his previous statement,
implicat'ng Mr. Kennedy, but on being pressed, admitted
that his statement of delivering the chains to Mr. Ken-