The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-09 00:00:00

S N 7 FEBRUARY 9, 1848.

Aisne Cook, -examined bz Mr. CROWDER—IS an
acquaintance of Mr. Tidbury and his wife, and knows
Caroline Floyd, the plaintiff. Knows George Bryant,
the defendant, and recollected his having called
about March, and given Caroline an order to make
some shirts, which witness assisted to make. Saw
him afterwards call, and walk out with Caroline, but
never heard any conversation between them. Was
not aware of any impropriety existing between them.
Recollected Caroline was ill for a long time with a
bad leg, and that she was attended by Mr. Howard
and M. Rouse for it.

Cross-examined by Mr. HumFaEr. —Mr. Howard
was assistant to Mr. Rouse, but witness had no recol.
lection that she was asked any question about him at
the police-office; indeed she was not, she might say,
examined there at all.

Re-examined by Mr. CROWDER-Mr. Howard at-
tended in witness's own family when her children
were vaccinated. She had seen him visit at the
Floyds sometime before Bryant visited there ; but did
not see him after Bryant came there.
Mr. Rouse, examined by Mr. ATRERTON.-De-
posed that he is a surgeon, .and knows the plaintiff,
Mr. Tidbury, whose family he attended for many
years. Knows the plaintiff's daughter-in-law,
Caroline Floyd. Did not, when first called in to see
her, discover that she was with child. Discovered
that subsequently, and delivered her himself-7a rather
unusual thing with him, as he does not attend to that
class of cases, but did so in this case, owing to
very unpleasant rumours that were about, as to means
having been employed to murder the child prior to
birth ; he, therefore, took that responsibility upon
himself of delivering her. His bill might be from 7L
to 8/. Mr. Howard was an assistant in his service at
the time, but he is not now. He is somewhere in the
neighbourhood of Camden-town. Witness's business
is large, and he is:obliged to keep two assistants.
Cross-examined by Mr. HusintEr —Heard some
rumours in the village that there was some dispute
about the paternity of the child. Heard that Howard
was intimate with Caroline Floyd, that he had de-
livered her, and that the child was made away with ;
but the latter was not the case.

Re-examined by Mr. CROWDER—Howard was
present with witness at the confinement, a certain
message came, Mr. Howard went off, and witness
hastened after him. Mr. Howard was now in Court.
His salary in witness's service was fifty guineas
year, and board and lodging.
This closed the plaintiff's case.
Mr. HumrrutEr addressed the jury for the defence.
Ho was sensible that a jury in a case of this kind,
ought always to take care that a female was properly
protected at their hands, and that the feelings of
parents should also be duly estimated by them ; but
they should at the same time, in his opinion, hare
corroborative evidence to bring the matter home to
the defendant. The Learned Gentleman then pro-
ceeded to comment upon the case, which he submitted
was not made out.

Mr. Justice EaLH summed up, and
The jury, after some deliberation, gave a verdict
for the plaintiff. Damages-151.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
ElizabethCousins,a middle- agedwoman, was charged
with intermarrying with James Cousins, her former
husband, Henry Vickery, being still alive.
The prisoner was married to Cousins at the parish
church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Before the ce-
remony she told him that she was a widow, but soon
afterwards he ascertained from her sister that the
prisoner's first husband was still living. He also
stated that her conduct had led to much unhappiness
between them, and on one or two occasions she had
robbed him to a considerable extent.
The certificate of the first marriage with Henry
Vickery, at Shoreditch, in November, 1834, as well
as the fact that Vickery was now alive, having been
proved.
The prisoner, who evinced much levity at the
bar, was remanded for further examination.
Thomas Eagle, the Post-office clerk, was again
brought up, on the charge of stealing two letters, and
fully committed for trial.
WESTMINSTER.
77wmas Ingram, of 6, White Lion-street, Chelsea,
described as a shoemaker, was charged with feloniously
assaulting and wounding Elizabeth H trris, of 2,
Union-street, Chelsea, by repeatedly striking her on
the head and body with a very heavy kitchen poker.
Charlotte Smith, a respectable looking woman,
stated that the injured woman and the prisoner were
in company with two or three friends at the Cheshire
Cheese, Grosvenor-row, Punlico, on Monday even-
ing. At about ten at night something was sail by
the prisoner about seeing Elizabeth Harris home,
which she did not approve of, when he suddenly
seized the poker, which was in the fire-place, and
struck her several blows, two of which were on the
head.
Thomas Bentley, ns B, said that when he was called
to the house he found the injured woman sitting in a
chair, and a doctor dressing her wounds. She was
subsequently conveyed to the hospital.
The constable produced a very heavy kitchen poker,
with sharp square edges, with which the blows had
been inflicted, and also the bonnet which the poor
woman wore at the time, which was literally satu-
rated with blood.
A certificate was handed to the magistrate, from
St. George's Hospital, stating that the woman was
suffering from two severe wounds in the head, and
other injuries, which would disable her for some days,
and prevent her leaving the institution.
Mr. BRODERIP asked the prisoner what he had to
say.
The accused very coolly replied, " Nothing parti-
cular. It was all done in a moment, in the heat of
passion."
Mr. BRODERIP observed that the poker produced
was a most formidable weapon, and he should remand
the prisoner for a week, without taking any bail for
his appearance, unless, in the course of the afternoon,
it was satisfactorily shown to him by another certifi-
cate from the hospital, that the injured woman was
clearly out of danger.
In the course of the afternoon the following was
handed to the magistrate :
" This is to certify that Elizabeth Harris is an in-
patient, and is at this time afflicted with injuries of
the head, from which no immediate danger is ex-
pected ; but at this early period it is impossible to
say what turn the case may take.
" C. ,W. PEYTON,
" House Surgeon, St. George's Hospital."
On the production of this certificate,
Mr. BROD/IRIP said he should certainly not take
bail, and the prisoner was accordingly remanded.
William Murdon, a man well known to the police,
was charged with uttering spurious half-sovereigns.
There were two cases distinctly proved against
the accused. He went into Mr. Osmand's, Marsham-
street, Westminster, on Monday week, and asked for
half an ounce of tobacco, in payment for as hick he
put down half a sovereign, which was examined and
found to be genuine. He than said he thought he
had halfpence enough, when the mistress of the shop
put down the half-sovereign upon the counter, but
after fumbling about his pockets for some time, he
informed her that he had not enough coppers, and he
must trouble her for change, which she gave him, but
immediately after his departure found he had substi-
tuted a spurious half-sovereign for the genuine one.
lie escaped detection on that occasion, and on Mon-
dry last uttered another spurious half-sovereign at a
Mrs. Holditch's, but was immediately afterwards ap-
prehended, from the description given of him, by a
very active constable of the B division, named Mille-
man, who prevented his swallowing or throwing away
two other counterfeit half-sovereigns.
The prisoner, who made no defence, was remanded
till Monday.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John Burke was brought before Mr. Bingham,
charged with having just been detected in picking the
pocket of Sarah Kempshall of her purse.
The prosecutrix was standing before a print-shop
in St. Martin's-lane, when the prisoner went up to
her, and adroitly eased her of her purse. The pri-
soner ran off, but his proceedings having attracted
the suspicion of a person named John Harnett, an
inquiry was made of the prosecutrix if she had lost
anything, and on being informed that she had lost
her purse, he instantly set off in pursuit of the
prisoner, and overtook him near Aldridge's Repository
He had no sooner stopped the prisoner than he was
surrounded by half a dozen thieve?, who attacked
him and bit his hands severely, in order to induce
him to release the prisoner. Harnett, however, kept
his hold, and took the prisoner towards Bow-street
Police-court. On the way the prisoner offered to
pledge his coat and return the lady the money, if he
was released. The
h casere. being
While the
partiesdistric were on
t o f this
court,
it
was sent '
the road, a gang of the prisoners companions sur-
erhile in
sur-
rounded the prosecutrix and attempted to intimidate
her from appearing against the prisoner. The parties
were followed through the Seven Dials by hundreds
of bad characters, to whom the prisoner appeared to
be familiarly known.
The prosecutrix proved the loss of her purse, which,
however, contained only a few shillings. The purse
had not been found.
The witness Harnett said he saw the prisoner give
the purse to one of his companions, who made his
I ware with the booty.

The prisoner was fully committed.
BENEVOLENCIL—Miss Fritheringham sent 11. l7s.
6d. through Messrs. Herries and Co., for the poor-
box ; C. S. M. F. has sent the remaining half of a 51.
note, 59,137, for the poor-box.
MARYLEBO,NE.

John 0' Connell and John Marlin were charged with
having entered the house of Mr. James Payne, High-
street, adjacent to this court, and stealing property
to a considerable amount.

The court was much crowded, in consequence of
the daring character of the robbery, and the excite
ment which was caused in the immediate neighbour-
hood at the period of the discovery of the affair being
made.

The prisoner O'Connell, who had escaped from the
house by jumping from a first-fioor window, and who
had thereby been severely cut upon the head, and was
exceedingly faint and weak from loss of blood, was
allowed a seat while the investigation was going on.
Miss Caroline Payne, daughter of Mr. James Payne,
deposed that on the previous evening, at a quarter '
past seven o'clock, she went up stairs to her bedroom,
on the third flour, and close to the door she saw
O'Connell with a large bundle close to him. She
asked him what business he had there, when, without
making any answer, he knocked the candlestick, con-
taining a lighted candle, out of her hand, and pushed
her violently into an adjoining room. The force used
towards her caused her to fall down, and he (O'Con-
nell) fell over her. She jumped up and screamed,
and rushed down stairs, followed by a man, whom
she saw make his egress by the private door.
Mr. Payne, jun., brother of the first witness, stated
that being alarmed by the screams of his sister, and
hearing the banging of the private door, he went out,
and saw the prisoner Martin running at full speed.
,
Witness followed, crying " Stop thief ! ' and he
(Martin) was shortly afterwards captured.
Many other witnesses were examined, from whose
evidence it appeared that O'Connell had, upon the
alarm being given by Miss Payne, jumped from the
upper part of a shop front, two doors from Mr.
Payne's, and that in falling upon the pavement he had
received a severe wound upon the head. He got up,
bleeding profusely, and through the instrumentality
of Mr. Sergeant, a pork-butcher, in High-street, he
was arrested, and given up to the police, while at-
tempting to effect his escape. The prisoner had ran-
sacked the drawers, &c., in Miss Payne's and her
brother's bedrooms, and two large bundles,
ready to carry off bad been packed up ; they
contained property of different descriptions, to
the amount of from 40/. to 501. Oa the corner of
Miss Payne's dressing-table were some marks of green
wax, and upon one of the bundles being examined, a
green wax taper was found. It was also proved in
evidence, that Martin, on finding that he was hotly
pursued, threw away a box of lucifer matches.
West, an officer of the F division, No. 106, deposed
that Martin, who was better known to the police by
the name of John Smith, had suffered transportation
for burglary, and had also been summarily convicted
at Bow-street and Marlborough-street Police-courts.
O'Connell had nothing to say, and Martin denied
all knowledge of the robbery.
They stand committed for trial, but will be brought
up again next Tuesday, further inquiry being deemed
necessary.

EARLY-CLOSING ASSOCIATION.
An aggregate meeting of assistants of all trades
was held at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-
buildit gs, Holborn, on Monday evening, to consider
the propriety of adopting a new scheme of achieving
the task so nobly set itself by this association about
five years ago—i. e., to secure to the assistants of
drapers, as well as of all other tradesmen, leisure for
the acquisition of knowledge and the enjoyment of
those healthful recreations, without which neither a
sound mind nor a sound body can be possessed. 1).
W. Wire, Esq., presided, supported by J. Lilwall,
Esq., the secretary of the association, Dr. Pettigrew,
and other gentlemen.
The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the business of the
evening, demonstrated the beneficial results to both
employers and employed accruing from the already
but partially adopted short-hour system, and the utter
groundlessness of the apprehensions of aggravated
vice and immorality which corny good people enter-
tained as likely to ensue from affording the young
men employed in shops an exten.,ion of their hours
of rest from lab,ur. After impressing upon his
hearers the paramount claims of the mental, moral,
and spit itual natures of the rising generation upon
public attention, and commenting powerfully upon
the wide-spread neglect of these their highest inte-
rests, arising from the monster evil against which the
association was arrayed, he called upon
Mr. J. .1,11.wAt.r., the secretary, to expound the
new scheme above referred to. The secretary then
proceeded to state its leading features were, the
universal dissemination of the association's publica-
tions throughout the metropolis ; next, the energetic
adoption of a system of pledges among purchasers
against late-hour trading; a vigorous lecturing cam-
paign ; and the raising of a fund (1,0001. was esti-
mated to suffice) for supplying the sinews of the
society's warfare against " white slavery," by
means of 6d. subscriptions among the minimum
number of 40,000 assistants employed in London ;
with the auxiliary of general collections at the places
of worship of all Christian denominations.
Dr. PETTIGREW proposed a resolution commenda-
tory of the Secretary's scheme, and expressive of the
meeting's determination to lend its strenuous efforts in
carrying it into effect.
Mr. Sr. CLAIR seconded the proposition in an
effective speech, in which he showed that the assis-
tants themselves must shake off their apathy and luke-
warmness if they hoped to gain their end.
Carried unanimously.
After voting thanks to the Chairman, the meeting
'separated.