The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

John Wagon Cusworth, a mechanic, was charged with
stealing 51.
The acctr,;?d, who was formerly assistant-secretary to
an Odd Fellows' Lodge, held at Mr. Hessen's, the Two
Chairmen, Dartmouth-street, Westminster, was en-
trusted with 51. on the 17th of last June, to send to the
Loyal Bush Lodge, near Manchester. It was subse-
quently ascertained that he neglected to remit the money ;
and it having been ascertained that he had gone to
Liverpool, a warrant was obtained against him at this
Court, and he was apprehended on Saturday by Collar,
one of the warrant officers.

In defence, the prisoner alleged that he had inclosed
the 51. note in a letter addressed to the " N. G.," and bent
it by post, at the Lodge at Manchester.

A
solicitor, who appeared for the prosecution, asked
for a remand, in order that witnesses might be brought
from Manchester, to prove that the money had not been
remitted.

Mr. BOND inquired whether the accused was a member
of the society at the time the money was entrusted to
him, and having been answered in the affirmative, said
that, in his opinion, a great difficulty presented itself in
the matter as part of the money, it might be alleged,
was prisoner's own, he being one of those who con-
tributed to the fund.

The solicitor thought that that was rather a question
for another tribunal than for the magistrate's considera-
tion.

Mr. BOND disagreed with the professional gentleman.
It was, he considered, his (the Magistrate's) duty to take
care that there was a legal charge against a man before
he sent him for trial.

The prisoner having, in answer to Mr. Bond's inquiry,
said that he could find sureties,
Mr. BOND consented to take bail, provided notice wds
given, for his appearance in a week.
We are requested to acknowledge the receipt of 101.
from the Goldsmiths' Company, for the poor-box.
MARYLEBONE.
Mr. John Douglass, lessee of the Marylebone Theatre,
attended before Mr. Rawlinson, with the view of being
allowed to make a declaration, under the circumstances
below stated:—

It appeared that Mr. Dougla:s had purchased car-
riages of different descriptions, and amongst them was
the vehicle well known to most about town as being the
property of " Romeo Coates ;" the motto thereon was
in Latin, signifying " While I live I'll crow." Romeo's
" drag" waF, with a number of others, placed for security
and convenience at Mr. Goldspring's, Copland-street,
with an understanding that he was to keep them in re-
pair, and on Wednesday last a distraint for rent was
made upon him (Mr. Goldspring). Mr. Douglass, who
had in his possession a receipt for all claim that could
have legally been made upon him up to the period of the
distraint alluded to, obtained the Magistrate's signature
to the declaration which had been drawn up, and Mr.
Douglass will no doubt, through the manner in which
he has proceeded, obtain the property which he claims.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Georgiana Dempsey, in an advanced state of preg-
nancy, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton,
charged with cutting and wounding a young man named
John Pitt with a table-knife.

It appeared from the statement of the complainant
(whose lows jaw and one of his hands were covered
with adhesive plaster) that while seated in the tap-room
of the Queen's Head, Pitfieldstreet, Hoxton, on Satur-
day evening, the prisoner abruptly entered the apart-
ment, and without uttering a word or receiving the
slightest provocation, suddenly snatched up a knife
from the table, and stabbed at him three times in rapid
succession. The first of the blows inflicted a severe gash
in his lower lip, and the prisoner then made a thrust at
his left breast, the knife completely penetrating through
his coat and under garment ; but he succeeded in ward-
ing off the intended mischief by raising his arm, and
received a cut extending across all the fingers of his
right hand. The prisoner was then secured by some
persons in the room and given into custody, and witness
was conducted to the house of Mr. Packer, a neighbour-
ing st-rgeon, who dressed his wounds, neither of which
was, fortunately, of a dangerous character.
The prisoner, who was greatly agitated and wept
incessantly, said that she had lived for a considerable
period with the prosecutor as his wife, but that he sud-
denly discarded her about three months ago, and, to
escape from her importunities, shortly afterwards gave
her into custody.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that, however much he might
feel disposed to compassionate the prisoner's situation,
it could not be taken as a justification of the desperate
conduct of which she had been guilty, and he must
therefore commit her to prison until the additional evi-
dence necessary to complete the case could be brought
forward.