The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.---(THIS

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
THE ATTEMPTED A SSASSINATD,H IN THE o—,'er,
Healy Charles Page, aged 30, described as an interrecji
was charged with reloniously shooting at John iesrl
Hacke, with intent to kill and murder him.
The pris ner applied to the Court to postrn je
trial for a few days, on the ground that a lady wu°,:° t
a material and necessary witness for his defence bs°7(l
yet arrived from Boulogne, and Mr. Justice Erle dire''
that the case should stand over until Friday. e, 066
William Muzzall, aged 25, clerk and Thomas L'eii g
Yowl, aged 22, also a clef k, were indicted for sit"',"lja
a letter containing two bank notes value 101. each, ,",t.
one bank note value 51., the property of the Postrasi'"
General.
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Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Bodkin eil,"
Hudelestone, appeared for the prosecution; and
Ballantine and Mr. Parry appeared for the prisonere. of
The circumstances connected with the charge wereto
&somewhat singular character. Ie September /sst,
letter containing the notes in question was pato'
Southampton, by a person named Fairo. It was 51;
dressed to a Mr. Farrand, residing at Gravesend' bpi
was duly dispatched from the office in Southaroptn°',,,,o
it never reached the hands of the party to
it was sent. At this time the two P
Boners were engaged in the Gravesend rtho
office as clerks. Information of the non-arrival °foe
letter, together with the number of the notes, W19;0
warded to the Post-master-General, who caused s eht'43";
investigation to be made into the matter, but iwt","pe
was beard of any of the notes until the 18th of N,..°/"„nfl
ber, when one of the Si. notes returned to the Bins' "hod
it was traced to a stationer in Piccadilly, where it 0
been ()hanged a few days previously by a person
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bought a quantity of postage stamps there. On the "00
of June, the first of the 104 notes found its d•
the Bank, when it was traced to a person living egl'lol.
port, in Sussex, and on the 4th of July the seconu,
note came in, and was traced to a chandler, whorecetep
it from one of his customers, but who that custenalito
he could not tell. So far, however, nothing transpiredby
implicate the prisoners in the robbery, and the Prehol
bi'ity is their guilt would never have been found out Per
it not been for the domestic perfidy of the Prl9ollde.
Muzzall. He, it would seem, married bit t
ceased wife's sister, and a few weeks ago be turned beer
out of doors to take up with another woman, telling
that he bad been consulting some law book which 64)30
fled him that their marriage was void, and that ?ri%
had no legal claim upon him. While smaillho
from this cruel treatment, she gave information to t
police authorities, which led to the arrest of the Prd
Boner on the present charge, and the subsequent
fication of Young as the party who changed the .A
note at the stationer's shop in Piccadilly. She state,
that about the period e hen the letter was said to WI
been forwarded to Gravesend Muzzall came home, e';;
wanted her to go out and get two 101. notes change"'
She refused to do anything of the sort, declaring het
belief that he hal not come honestly by them, and
he confessed to her that they had been given to him bd
" Tom Young," the other prisoner, who bad extracted
them, with another note for 51., from a letter which bsd
arrived from Southampton. Meanwhile the Pri,e, /0-g °/3
Young resigned his situation, which he had hei"be
eight or nine years, at Shepherd's-bush, and wbee `vg
Post-office began to make inquiries about the Leis° of
1i tier, and to talk about searching the pretaiseso
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Clark, she was induced by Muzzall to go up t°
tee
and place the two ten pound notes in t
hands of Young. Such was the case
the prisoner, as disclosed by the opening steed
went of the Learned Counsel, and afterwards support
by the evidence. In the course of the inquiry en
tion was taken to the admissibility of the wornan'B " ife
&nee, on the ground that she was prima facie thewe,s9
of one of the prisoners; but the woman herself "80
.eacomed with the view of showing that she was w,julibsi
to the marriage of aluzzall with an elver sister, eau ",„,c,
she was merited to him after the death of her 5i6".e!
The marriage the Court held to be void; but the coati.%
for the prisoner contended that, as the mother of rej
deceased wife was living, she ought to have been Os
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to prove the sisterhood, an objection which was °l'
ruled by the Bench.
(The case was proceeding when we went to preee')

NEW COURT.
John Dowling, 56, described in the calendar as a •
ra
bourer, pieaued guilty to an indictment charging If,.
with stealing sevtn pounds and a half of pepper, the r, el
perry of the St Katherine's Dock Cumpany, trona five-19
in the port of London.
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The prisoner pleaded poverty, and hoped the '),9
would pass a lenient sentence, as he had six niotber'-
children, and did not like to go home without Wing
crust of bread to give them.
The RECORDER said he was afraid that was the 6t-off
of the prisoner when before the Court on a previouscV
casion.
The prisoner declared that he had been out of ego
ployment for a considerable time, though be bad
get an honest living.
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A poliee•constable said the prisoner was empleYerl
pumping water out of the hold of the vessel, and,w6l-hji
receive 14s. a week. He had three shillings la
pocket when taken into custody.
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The RECORDER wished to know how long
had been dead? The prisoner—Three years. r pre'
The RECORDER observed that the prisoner's -e-09
sentations respecting poverty were believed by iced
Court on the last occasion, and he accordingly rere,er,
a lenient sentence. In the present instance, howe'o;
there seemed to be no foundation for the staterto
and even if the prisoner were induced to colDra'!blic
theft from poverty, it was necessary that the ,P
-der
should be protected against such depredations• uopsi%
the circumstances the Court would sentence him t,-„br•
months' imprisonment. His children would, no e"--
ap"
in the interval be taken care of by the law, and, perk
ace
be much better looked after than when under the r
ttction of their father.
.7:I The prisoner was then removed.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY') of
Thomas Millar, lately collecting clerk in the serghe-ry
the proprietors of the Patent Journal office, Chalices-
lane, was charged with embezzling sums of money 0';
considerable amount, the property of his empleyertdan
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. E. Dinr).—;ai
Parkin, one of the proprietors, that the prisone%er,
cinch urged, on the 26th of February last, from 03e th
vice o/ the firm, of which he (witness) was partner,wob,
Messrs. Barlow and Payne, as patent agents, and Pdis,
lishers of the Patent Journal. Some time after WI
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charge be sent in accounts of various sums be c
of
lected in the name of their house, both in the torino,
pa) nicnts or fees tor agency, and as subscription° i°64L•
Journal. The sums so aekn .wledged amounted to
against which he set off claims of ei,mmission arnouet4
to 48/., arid leaving a deficit of 161.; but subbequ't:hle
the prosecutors ,:i,coverLd that a very considers
amount besides bat.
been taken up by the priSOD c r '—
their name, and had no been accounted for.

In answer to the Magist rate,
ceisoner salary
Mr Parkinthat ' '
said thewee
week, with the addition of a per centage on all rn.'
col The solicitor for the prosecution stated, that altP°'-''
they had ascertained several cases agtinst the prisoDer'
they were prepared to go on only with three to-cl:6
which ;
were for small amuunts, beiog in each case
ore guar ea paid as subscription to the Journal. Eviue—
was given t,t three such painenis not accounted for t°
the Journal office. a tbst
Mr. es unther, in cross-examination, elici•e
Measis. Parkin and Co. had sent another Pe'rs°l3 eJ
travel over the prisoner's ground before they dischtsr
him. They had in this way secured some oftheir. COri;o
toners who time' to do business with them throng hoe
prisoner. The prisoner was now in business for
•i,,hTheyself. He had obtained some of their customers. ftiotil
did not ascertain that he was in business for !aims° ested
three weeks or a month ago. They had not are
him sooner because they could tacit find him. , the
After some fur:her evidence, and much disctis=o"
prisoner was dischaig• d.

LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.)
before
Mary Clay,on was brought up at this court
Mr. Nurtun, ou a (3
charge uf wilful perjury. VBll
the PriaClaer appeared before the magifitrAte ,"