The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Leicester, July 31.
The business of this circuit, instead of improving as it
draws towards a close, gets worie, there- being but dne
camas and very few prisoners; the county calendar con-
tainingl I; names of altout twenty persons, and the
borough lendar two. 'The offences charged were
mostly or a trivial character." The assizes will probably
be finished in one day.
CRIMINAL COURT.—(Before Lord DEknAw.)
William Sharp, aged thirty, was charged with stealing
911. 155., the property of one David White, of Croft, in
this county.
Mr. Simpson prosecuted.
The prosecutor, who is a frame-work knitter, had
saved up some money, which he kept in a box in his
bedroom, there being sixty pounds ten in sovereigns and
half-sovereigns, and thirty-one pounds five in silver. On
the 16th of July he saw the money in the box safe, but
on the 19th, when he looked into the box, the money
had been abstracted. The prisoner by his own
acts proved himself guilty, for having taken the money
and spent a portion in dress for himself and a female
named Thacker, whom he had associated with himself
in the robbery, and who pleaded guilty, he sent back
611. 10s.

The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to
one year's imprisonment, and Thacker to sit months.
John Gardiner, aged 18, was charged with robbing his
employer of 11. ss.
William Riley, the prosecutor, stated himself to be a
worm doctor, at Loughborough; the prisoner was in his
employ as an assistant, et 2s. per day on business days,
but wet days were not allowed to come under that de-
scription; then he had nothing, and was obliged to find
himself. The prosecutor had given him notice to quit
his employment. On the morning of the Bth of June,
his master had taken a sovereign and some silver out of
a waistcoat pocket, giving the prisoner 6d. to fetch some
articles, for which he was to pay twopence, and return-
ing the other money into the pocket of a waistcoat that
lay on the bed. This was in the presence of the pri-
soner, who shortly after went up stairs, came down,
went out, and never returned. He was taken up at Bir-
mingham with a lot of medicine bottles full to their
stoppers, being able, as he said, " To gammon the flats."
The jury Acquitted him.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Henry Smith, Robert Salmon, and Thomas Harris, were
all brought up in custody of Edward Funnell and
George Russell, two active officers of the City police
force, on the charge of obtaining goods to a large
amount from the various receiving-houses in London,
and Richard Elsworthy, a carman, was also placed at
the bar as the receiver.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, attended to conduct the
case on behalf of Messrs. Chaplin and Home, carriers;
and Mr. Ogle. of Great Winchester-street, City, defended
the prisoner Elsworthy.
The evidence taken was of great length, and would be
better understood if given in the form of a narrative.
It ap.vered that Salmon and Smith were formerly in
the employment of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, the
former as carman, and the latter as cart-boy, but they
were both discharged, from a year and a-half to two
years back. Since then they had been jobbing about,
but latterly Salmon, in conjunction with the prisoner
Harris, had gone on another tack. On the 29th they,
employed Smith, ostensibly for the purpose of re-
moving some furniture from one of the railways,
but in reality to go round with them to the various re-
ceivine'—houses in London, and ask if there were any
goods for the Brighton luggage train, and in a number
of instances they succeeded in obtaining a largo quantity
of property. On the day in question they obtained
from toe Gulden-cross, Charing-cross, some packages of
China, glass, &c., to the amount of 151., and at the
Whitt, Horse, Fetter-lane, a paper parcel containing
crimson moreen and printed furniture of the value of 91.
The evidence then went to show that the three first pri-
soners were the parties who had called for these parcels,
and that they were conveyed to the prisonerElsworthy's
house, and there opened, after which it was shown that
a portion of one package,containing plate-glass, was dis-
posed of in Holborn, by the prisoners Salmon and Harris.
It was also proved that the carts of Elsworthy were used
for the above purposes. The principal testimony against
the three last prisoners was that of Smith, who made a
confession as to the above circumstances, and whose
statement was to a great extent corroborated by the va-
rious witnesses from all the different offices where they
had called, and also by the purchasers of a portion of the
property.
Mr. Humphreys said that it would hardly be believed
to what extent this system bad been carried.
Mr. Ogle contended that the evidence against his client
was so slight that he hoped Mr. Alderman Johnson
would accept bail for him.
Mr. llumphreys reviewed the whole of the evidence
as against Elsworthy, and objected to his being admitted
to bail.

Alderman JOHNSON committed them all for trial, and
refused bail.

MARYLEBONE.

Mr. Thomas Havard, a chemist and druggist, High.
Street, St. John's-wood, was brought before Mr. Brough-
ton, charged with having committed a cowardly " assault
upon his wife, Rebecca Havarti.
The complainant, whose head and face were covered
with wounds, stated that on Sunday herself and the
prisoner, accompanied by their five children, went
to dine with the prisoner's mother at Wool-
wich. In consequence of being somewhat late
when they arrived at the latter place, the
mother-in-law spoke in an angry tone to the prisoner.
The latter took offence at this and left the house, and
proceeded home, leaving herself and family behind. On
her return home at half-past ten o'clock the same night,
she was told by a neighbour that the prisoner had gone
to bed. Complainant then knocked at the door, and tried
to make him hear. Not succeeding, she went to a person
residing close by, and procured a ladder, by means of
which a man got into the house by the window, and
found the prisoner lying in bed. The noise of the chil-
dren who were with her awoke the prisoner, who came
down stairs in a great passion, and abused her by ad-
dressing her in language of the filthiest nature. He then
tore her bonnet and clothes, and having thrown her
down on a chair, put ono hand round her neck, while
with the other he beat her severely about the head and
face. He then attempted to strangle her. She called
out for help, and after a sharp struggle she managed to
get away, and ran to the house of a neighbour, who sent
for a surgeon to dress her wounds. Complainant added,
that her clothes were completely saturated with blood,
which flowed in torrents from the wounds inflicted by
the prisoner.
Further evidence having been received, he admitted
the assault, and was very sorry for his conduct towards
his wife. He hardly knew what he was doing.
Mr. BROUGHTON said, in all his experience he never
heard or saw a more disgraceful and cowardly assault.
It did not appear that any provocation at all had been
offered on the part of the prosecutrix, whom, instead of
protecting, as he had sworn at ;the altar to do, he had
treated worse than a savage treated his victim. It was
his (Mr. Broughton's) business now to send him for trial,
but as that would be inflicting an additional injury on
the prosecutrix, he would take upon himself to dispose of
the case. He, therefore, fined him M. for the brutal
assault on his (prisoner's) wife, and in default would
commit him for two months to the House of Correction.
In addition to that, he should require him to enter into
his own recognizances in 501., and to find two sureties
in 401. each, with 24 huurs' notice of bail.
The prisoner was then conveyed to prison in the van.