The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-25 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

Mary Ann Cummings, a girl about 17 years of age,
was finally examined, charged with robbing her
master, Mr. Jaanaway, of Exeter-street, Chelsea,
pawnbroker.
The case differed from others in the peculiar fea-
ture that the prisoner appeared to have stolen the
property without the object of deriving much benefit
from it herself. She had been about two months in
the prosecutor's service, from the early part of which
time up to the period of her being given into custody
various trinkets and other property had been missed.
Oa the evening of the 18th inst. she was observed to
place something hastily in her pocket, and Mrs. Jaun-
away's suspicion being excited, the prisoner's person
and sleeping-room were searched, when a pair of
new boots, some ribbon, a brooch, and several other
articles were found, a portion of which were con-
cealed in her bedding. It subsequently transpired
that, she had given the servant at the next house soma
napkins, lace, and ribbon ; and a Mrs. Walter, in
King's Head-place, Knightsbridge, who was almost a
stranger to her, a silk handkerchief and necklace, be-
, sitle3 lea,ing an umbrella, parasol, and two or three
other things, all of which belonged to the prosecutor,
at Ler hoe Prisoner, on being taken into custody,
admitted her guilt.
The accused, who made no defence, was fully com-
mitted for trial.
Richard Murray, a determined-looking fellow, was
charged with violently assaulting the police.
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Police-constable Kearney, H 184, stated, that
while on duty in King-street, Spitalfields, between
eleven and twelve o'clock that morning, his attention
was directed to a large collection of filth, composed
of putrid offal and manure, which was lying at the
side of the foot pavement, and the prisoner soon after-
wards emerged from an adjoining court, wheeling a
barrow full of the same fetid matter, which he shot
out into the general heap. It having been commu-
nicated to him that the prisoner was the occupier of
one of the houses in the court, in which an immense
accumulation of a like description was deposited, he
proceeded to examine the place, and found that the
basement floor was used as a rEceptacle for the offen-
sive compost, which was piled up to the height of the
ceiling, and the glass and frame-work of the window,
having long since fallen in through dilapidation, a
most noxious effluvium was constantly emitted, which
was calculated to be seriously prejudicial to the health
of the neighbourhood. The court in question was
densely occupied by persons of the poorest de-
scription, several of whom complained to him
of the mischief and annoyance to which they
were exposed from the effects of the nuisance,
and informed him that the prisoner was in the daily
habit of collecting refuse matter and offal from
the different markets, which he suffered to remain on
the premises until there was a sufficient accumula-
tion to fill two or three carts, when he removed it in
his barrow and shot it into the main street for the
convenience of the persons who came to cart it away.
The officer added that, under these circumstances, he
felt it his duty to bring the matter under the imme-
diate notice of the magistrate ; and in order to effect
that object he took the prisoner into custody for the
minor offence of causing an obstruction to the tho-
roughfare.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that he
had been in the habit of getting his living in the
manner described for the last sixteen years, and was
never before aware that he had committed any legal
offence.
Mr. assistiee said that he could not be per-
mitted to pursue such a mischievous mode of ob-
taining a livelihood at the expense of the health and
comfort of the neighbouring inhabitants, and he
should impose upon him the full penalty of 403. for
obstructing the thoroughfare, or commit him in
default for fourteen days to the Mouse of Correction.
The Magistrate also directed the officer to make an
immediate report of the case to the Commissioners
of Police, in order that the necessary proceedings
might be at once adopted under the Sanitary Act,
fur the: entire suppression of the nuisance as speedily
as possible.
SOUTHWARK.
Eliza Denton was brought before Mr. Cottingham,
charged with stealing nine sovereigns from the person
of Mr. W. Swaney, Walworth.
The complainant stated that, being in the neigh-
bourhood of Whitechapel on the preceding afternoon,
he went into a coffee-shop, where he met the prisoner
and treated her to some coff.T. In the course of
conversation she told him that she lived in the
Borough, and as he was going in that direction he
invited her to take a seat in a cab with him, as it was
raining hard at the time. They accordingly proceeded
over London-bridge, and as they were going along
near St. George's Church he missed his purse,
containing nine sovereigns, which was taken out of
his trousers pocket, and as he had seen it a few
moments preparatory to his entering the vehicle
with the pt isoner, he accused her of the robbery.
She, however, having strenuously denied all know-
ledge ot.' the circumstance he had the cab stopped,
called a policeman, and gave her into custody, and
they all proceeded to the station-house in the vehicle.
On their arrival there the cab was ordered to be exa-
mined, when the purse was found at the bottom of it
with only two sovereigns in it, and on carefully look-
ing through the straw in the same place one more
sovereign was discovered, leaving six sovereigns still
unaccounted for. There was nothing found on the
prisoner, and the complainant added that, she must
have taken the purse and its contents and thrown
them down in the straw in the cab when she found
that he was detertnioed on giving her into custody;
that he was convinced she still had the six sovereigns,
notwithstanding the strict search she had undergene.
The strong supposition of the prisoner l;eing in pos-
session of the six sovereigns was verified front the tact
of the sudden and serious manner in which she was
attacked with illness soon after she was locked up in
the cell. Her groans being heard, the female searchers
hastened to her assistance, and found her lying on the
floor apparently dead and frothing from the mouth,
and it was a considerable time before she recovered ;
but even when placed at the bar the following morn-
ing her appearance indicated that she was extremely
ill, and the cause was believed to arise from her having
swallowed the six sovereigns. She, however, denied
such to be the case, and, in fact, declared she knew
nothing at all about the purse or money which she
was charged with stealing.
Mr. CoTTINOHAM said there was very little doubt
in his mind but the prisoner had taken the money as
described, and that, in order to secure a portion of it
for herself, without the fear of detection, she had
recourse to the dangerous experience of swallowing
six of the sovereigns ; but it was not by any means a
solitary instance of persons charged with crimes of a
similar description running the risk of losing their
lives by such means ; and that, with the view of in-
vestigating the present case still further, he should
remand the prisoner for a few days, and direct that
she should be closely watched while in gaol.
Remanded accordingly..
Swan Allen, a tall well-dressed woman, was next
placed at the bar, charged with stealing three half-
crown pieces from James Phillips, an elderly man. It
appeared in this case that the corn' lainant went into'
the Mayor of Mansfield public-house, in Lock's-fields,
and having treated the prisoner to some liquor he had
occasion to take his purse out, and having counted
out some silver on the counter she snatched off three
half-crowns. He supposing she did it by way of a
joke desired her to return the money, but she insisted
that she did not take it; and although threatend with
being given into custody she still denied the fact, and
a policeman was called. When the latter entered
the house the prisoner was observed to convey some-
thing to her mouth, which upon observing the po-
liceman went up and seized her throat, and was Just
in time to prevent her from swallowing the three
half crowns, which she made an effort to do, but
they dropped out of her mouth on the floor.
The prisoner was committed.
Wet. Hughes was brought up for re-examination
charged with assaulting and wounding Eliza Minon,
who appeared with her head bound up with bandages,
and had only that day come out of the hospital, in
which she had been a patient owing to the brutal at-
tack upon her by her assailant.
The circumstances are briefly these :—On the night
of the sth instant, a policeman on duty in Tooley-
street was called into a house by a woman named
Jenkins, whose hands and clothes were covered with
blood, and informed by her that a man was murder-
ing a woman in the house. lie went into a room
on the ground floor, and saw the prisoner in the
act of kicking the complainant on the head with
an iron-shod shoe as she lay upon the ground.
She was streaming with blood from the wounds
her brutal assailant inflicted upon her head, and
she
appeared to be in a state of total insensi-
bility.
The prisoner tried to make his escape
by rushing out of the room, but he was secured by
another policeman stationed at the street door, whilst
his unfortunate victim was immediately conveyed to
the hospital, where, on examination by the house
surgeon, it was ascertained that she had no less than
seven serious wounds on the head from the repeated
kicks inflicted by the prisoner. At first there were
apprehensions for her life, but owing to a strong
constitution and the remedies adopted at the hospital
she was now considered sufficiently well to be enabled
to attend this Court. When the case wets called on,
the- unfortunate women evinced great reluctance to
give evidence against her assailant, soying that she
did not wi.h to prosecute him, as she considered she
was to blame herself, elle having given him provoca-
tion by taunting him and using language calculated
to exasperate him. The woman Jenkins also evinced
a similar feeling towards him until assured by Mr.
Cottinghans that he would not permit such a flagrant
act ef violence on the part of the prisoner to go un-
punished ; that he (the Magistrate) had been com-
pelled to issue warrants in order to bring the wit-
nesses forward, and that he WAS determined twelve
men should adjudicate upon his case, for it was ab-
surd to suppose that the punishment he had the
power of suinmarily inflicting upon such an offender
was at all ELI-gave to the offence. He should there-
fle commit the prisoner for trial to the Central
Criminal Court. _

The case has been twice remanded owing to the
extraordinary and contradictory nature of the evi-
dence, when Mr. Pelham appeared for the com
plainant, and Mr. Locke, barrister for the defendant.
It appeared that the girl Casey swore that John
Dudley was the father of her child, and stated in
corroboration that whilst she was in the Lond,m
Hospital for a disease of the chest, he sent her
some tea and sugar by a person named Kelly, and
also sent his apprentice to inquire after her; that he
subsequently came himself to see her several times at
a Mrs. Pettit's, where her mother lodged ; and on one
occasion took her into a public house, where, after
paying for a glass of brandy and water with a crown
piece, he handed her the change ; and that during
her confinement at the Poplar Union he was in the
habit of leaving money for her at Mrs. Pettit's, who
used to hand it over to her mother. Mrs. Pettit,
when examined on the second hearing, admitted
that Ghe defendant had interviews with Anne
Casey at her house, but denied she had ever
received money from Dudley to hand over to Mrs.
Casey for the use of her daughter. She had herself
given Mrs. Casey relief in money, though the latter
owed her seven weeks' rent, but it was not done at
the instance of Dudley. The two old women, Mrs.
Casey and Mrs. Pettit, were confronted with each
other in the witness•box, and the imperturbable per-
tinacity with which they both swore to facts wholly
contradictory of each other shocked, whilst it con-
founded the Court.

The case, on the re-hearing yesterday, when
Messrs. Locke and Pelham again attended, presented
a similar display of grossly conflicting evidence.
Jane Kelly, the woman who was said to have taken
tea and sugar to Anne Casey, in the London Hos-
pital, admitted that she had done so; but said it was
sent, not by the defendant, but by his sister, who,
when sending it, said that Anne Casey did not deserve
it, as she had not behaved well to her (Miss Dudley's)
mother.

This witness and the complainant were confronted
with each other—Kelly swearing that she told Casey
that the groceries were senb from Miss Dudley,
and Casey swearing that she said they were
sent by the defendant. One prayed that she
might not quit the dock alive if her statement
were not true ; and the other invoking impre-
cations on herself and her infant if hers was not the
correct one. The scene altogether was intensely
shocking, so horribly impious was the perjury on one
side or the other.

W. George Newman, the apprentice, denied that
he had ever been at the hospital to see Anne Casey;
but, after she had left his master, as he had on one
occasion to pass by her lodgings at Poplar, his master
told him just to call, when he heard she was at the
hospital.
The complainant and this witness were also con-
fronted, and stoutly contradicted each other.
Mrs. Susannah Sanson, a respectable matronly-
looking woman, stated, that whilst Anne Casey was
i❑ the hospital, a lad, somewhat like the witness
Newman, though she would not swear it was he,
came to inquire after Anne Casey, and said he had
been sent by his master, Mr. uudley. Ile called
a second time, and left some of Mr. Dudley's cir-
culars.

Mr. YARDLEY said, that in his experience he had
met many instances of conflicting and opposite testi-
mony, but never any so gross as this case presented.
Had lie decided the case as proved by Mr. Locke on
Tuesday last, he would have made an order, fa- the
fact of the defendant's visits to the girl at Mrs. Pettit's,
with other circumstances, were corroborative of Anne
Casey's statement, and though the matter still re-
mained in considerable doubt, as two of the witnesses
just examined—one of whom (Kelly) must be pre-
sumed to be disinterested—directly impugned the
testimony of th 3 complainant. The summons must
be dismissed.
Mr. Pelham said it was due to the defendant to
state, that he had given every facility to the produc-
tion of the witnesses Kelly and Newman.
Anne Casey, whose manner throughout was very
decorous, asked whether, if she were able to produce
stronger corroborative evidence, any further inquiry
would be instituted ?

Mr. YAILDLEY replied in the negative. As far as
he was concerned the ease was at an end.

FROlg THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF TUESDAY.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 18, 1848.
The Lord Chancel:or has appointed William James
Holt, of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary
iu the High Court of Chanaery.
BANKRUPTS.
_ _ _

Partridge and Jordon, Luton, wine•and spirit mer-
chants, is. 6d., on Saturday, Oct. 21, and three subse-
quent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
T. Partridge, Luton, wine merchant, and Leagrave
Farm, Bedfordshire, farmer, Is. 10d., on Saturday, Oct.
21, and three subsequent Saturdays, between the hours
of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane, City.

H. Hanks, Great Surrey-street, shoemaker, 2s. 5d., on
Saturday, Oct. 21, and three subsequent Saturdays, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
C. Martin, Darlington, plumber and glazier, a first
dividend of 10s., and a second dividend of 55., on Satur-
day, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Saturday, between the
hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
J. Welsh, Carlisle, tailor and draper, 3s. 6d., on Satur-
day, Oct. 28, or any subsequent Saturday, between the
hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
Still, Liverpool, merchant, 205., on Monday, Oct.
30, and any subsequent Monday, between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.

J. S. Austwick, Bradford, Yorkshire, draper, 3s. 10d.,
and 7s. 10d. on subsequent proofs, on any day on or
after Oct. 23, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
J. S. Maling, Scarborough, Yorkshire, joiner and
builder, on any day on or after Oct. 23, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young,
Leeds.

T. D. Latham and J. Parry, Devonshire-square, City,
merchants, ld. and 1-12th part of a penny, on Thurs-
day, Oct. 26, and the three following Thursdays, be-
tween the hours of twelve and three, at the office of ;Ir.
Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate street.
A. F. Lloyd, Brighton, cook and confectioner, Is. I id.,
on Thursday, Oct. 26, and three following Thursdays,
between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of
Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street.
C. Carter, Cloudesley-square, Islington, a clerk in the
Admiralty-office, Is. 3d., on Thursday, Oct. 26, and three
following Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and
three, at the office of M. Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard,
Moorgate- street.

G. Dickens, Drummond-street, Euston-square, clerk
in the General Post-office, 4s. I Id., on Thursday, Oct.
26, and three following Thursdays, between the hours of
twelve and three, at the office et Mr. Stansfeld, King's
Arms-yard, Moorgate- street.

M. Merentie, king William-street, City, merchant,
ls . 6d., on Thursday, Oct. 26, and three following
Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at
the office of Mr. Stunsfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-
street.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Turner, Bun-house- placs., Chelsea, livery-stable
keeper, Nov. 17, at half-past one—T. J. Champion,
Tunbridge Wells, boot and shoemaker, Nov. 17, at
eleven—E. Appleyard, Farringdon-street, City, hook-
seller, Nov. 17, at twelve—J. Steer*, Guildford, Surrey,
watch and clockmaker. Nor. 17, at hAlf- past twelve—S.
R. Durrant, Woodbridge, Suffolk, linendraper, Nov. 17,
at half-past eleven—J. R. Cousins, Ramsgate, chemist
and druggist, Nov. 18, at half past twelve—S. H. Whit-
ten, Vine-street, Regent. street, tailor, Nov. 18, at half-
past eleven—W. L. Last, Bury St. Edmund's., watch and
deck maker, Nov. 14, at one—F. Elphick, Castle-street
East, Oxterd market, glass cutter, Nov. 14, at twelve—
G. P. Cosier, Botley, Hampshire, corn dealer, Nov. 15,
at twelve.

In the Country.

T. Handley, Brecon, Brecknockshire, dealer, Nov. 20,
at eleven, az, the Court, Bristol—J. Lei, Gloncisster, but-
cher, Nov. 16, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Bristol
-- T. Reddy, Bridlington, Yorkshire, printer, Nov. 15, at
halt•past ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston- upon-Llull—
W. Creiudson, Wigan, Lancashire, iron merchant, Nov.
15, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—A. Hodgkin-
son, Little ifilton, Lancashire, builder, Nov. 16, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester—A. I)obbie, Manches-
ter, publican, Nov. 16, at eleven, at the ourt, Man-
chester.

At the Court of Review, Nov. 14.

A. M. Biackiston, Horsham, Sussex, inuholder—ll.
Barton, jun., Liverpool, shipbroker—G. Holditch, Bank-
side, Southwark, cider merchant—W. 11. Rickman, Cle-
ment's-lane, City, insurance broker—R. Taylor, Liver-
pool, soap manufacturer—H. Penman, Sunderland, iron-
monger—J. M. Penman and 'l'. Penman, Sunderland,
apothecaries—R. Ormston, South-street, Manchester-
square, cheesemonger—J. Gates, J. Coates, R. T. Bart-
lett, and G. Beck, Watling-street, warehousemen.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.