The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-27 00:00:00

COMMISSION-COURT-WEDNESDAY.

Judges Tortens and Crampton sat yesterday morning
at ten o'clock, and were engaged all day in trying the
following important case of assault upon a police-con-
stable in the discharge g£; hit duty. No allusion what-
ever was made Throughout the day to the pending pro-
secutions against the proprietors of the Nation and
Tribune newspapers, nor is it likely that the prisoners in
any of those cases will be brought to trial before Friday
or Saturday.
STABBING WITH INTENT, &c.—Three young men,
between 25 and 30 years of age, named Michael Moran,
John Joseph Moran, and John WCoricick, were placed
at the bar and indicted for having, on the 25th of July
last, in South Great George-street, wilfully and mali-
ciously stabbed Pollee-constable John Byrne, whilst in
the execution of his duty, with intent to kill and murder
him. Michael Moran was the person actually accused
of the stabbing, and the other men as being present
aiding and assisting. There were several counts in the
indictment varying the precise nature of the charge.
Messrs. Plunkett, Q.C,, and Smyth, were counsel for
the Crown, and Messrs. J. A. Curran and R. Armstrong
defended the prisoners, who having refused to join in
their challenges, the trial of one of them, Michael
Moran, was proceeded with in the first instance.
The Hon. Mr. Plunkett having briefly stated the case,
Police-constable John Byrne, 132 A, the prosecutor,
was examined. Ile deposed that upon the night of the
25th of July last, or on the morning of the 26th, between
one and two o'clock, ho was on duty in South Great
George street, when the prisoner, and the other two men
charged, passed him, making a great noise, cursing and
swearing, &c. He addressed them, and told them to be
quiet, and to go home; but the prisoner immediately
stopped and said, " Constable, will we have a rebellion?'
Witness replied, that he hoped not; upon which the pri-
soner said, that the time had come, and that they would,
and at the same moment pulled a pistol from under
his coat, and struck it against the shutters of a window.
The city having been proclaimed at this time,
witness demanded the pistol to be given up to
him, or that the prisoner should bring it
himself to the station•house, but he refused to do
either, and when the prosecutor attempted to take it,
he drew a dagger and stabbed him in the groin most
severely, so that his life was endangered for a consider-
able time. The pistol, which was loaded with ball and
cocked, and the dagger were here both produced, and
appeared to be most formidable weapon:.
On cross-examination the prosecutor positively swore
to the identity not only of the man on trial, but to the
other two prisoners, after which several witnesses were
examined in corroboration) and also medical witnesses,
to show the serious nature of the injury received by the
prosecutor. The Crown case having closed,
Mr. CURRAN addressed the jury for the defence, and
examined some most respcotable gentlemen to give the
prisoner a character.
Judge CRAMPTON then charged the jury, who con-
victed the prisoner upon all the counts in the indictment,
with the exception of the capital one,
It is probable that the other two prisoners will plead
guilty to a comma assault.

GRAY'S INN.—The lectures on the law of real
property, &c., will be resumed in the hall of this society
on the evening of Monday, the 6th of November next,
when an introductory lecture will be delivered on " The
Law of England considered as a Science." A series of
lectures will follow on the subject of Covenants,"
which will be delivered as usual, on the Monday and
Thursday evenings in, each week, at half-past seven
o'clock; and the examinations and mootings will take
place every Friday morning, at half-past nine o'clock.
We are also informed that a change is contemplated, by
which members of the several Inns of Court may be
admitted to the lectures more freely than heretofore.
THE IRISH TtlarroßS.—A correspondent at Havre
informs us, that Michael l)oheny was at that port on
Wednesday, seeking a passage to the United States.