The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
'Valerie Sulerkotesky, a Polish refugee, was charged
with having stabbed John Hockley with a knife on
board a Hull steam-vessel.
William Colman, bombardier in the Royal Artil-
lery, said—l was coming from Hull on Wednesday
on board the London steam-vessel, in charge of five
recruits. At half-past ten o'clock at night I was sit-
ting in the forecastle, and the prosecutor and another
recruit were lying together in one berth. I believe
they were asleep. The prisoner was also lying down
and his head was near their feet. I suppose the pro-
secutor's feet might have touched the prisoner's head.
I saw the prisoner rise upon his elbow, reach a knife
from one of his companions, and, after a faw minutes
stab the prosecutor in the foot. I did not think the
prosecutor was stabbed till he got up, and his boot
WAS covered with blood. I immediately reported the
transaction to the captain, who put the prisoner under
arrest.
The certificate from the surgeon who examined the
wound stated that no immediate danger was appre-
hended, but the consequences might be very serious.
Charles Marshall, a man employed in the engine-
room, said, the vessel was about forty or fifty miles
from Hull at the time the transaction took place.
While I was talking to a person in the forecastle my
attention was attracted by the prisoner rising upon
his elbow and making a motion, expressing that one
of the men who were near him had kicked him over
the head. The two recruits appeared to me to be
asleep. The prisoner turned to a man who was in a
bed place underneath, and the man reached him a
knife under the pretence of cutting a cigar, as that
man afterwards said in broken English. The prisoner
took the knife, and soon after struck one of the men.
The prisoner said he was a native of Lublin, in
Poland, and that it was his intention to go off as soon
as possible to Paraguay, in South America, fcr which
purpose he had come to London.—Remanded.
GUILDHALL.
Mrs. Simmons, who was remanded from Monday
last on the charge of having unlawfully in her pos-
session two pieces of black silk, containing 234 yards,
appeared before Alderman Sidney, in discharge of
her bail, for further examination.
Mr. Swan conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Clarkson attended on behalf of the prisoner.
The depositions having been read over, David
Hewitt, 233, was put again into the witness-box, and
cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson, when he stated that
prisoner had been living in Field-lane for the last
ten years, but that he never had either her or her
husband in custody before.
William Osborne said —I am in the employ of
Messrs. Cooke, Son, and Co., of St. Paul's-church-
yard. The two pieces of silk produced are the pro-
perty of my employers. I packed them and sent
them to a customer of ours of the name of Bloxham,
of Banbury, on the 13th of September. An invoice
was sent with the goods. About three or four days
ago I received per post a return invoice from Mr.
Bloxham of the same goods. I will swear the pro-
perty produced is the same I sent to Mr. Bloxbam,
as both pieces of silk bear my private marks upon
them.

Cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson—We sent similar
goods in similar quantities to other parties.
, Thomas Bloxham said—l am a draper at Banbury.
On the 13th or 14th of this month I received a small
box containing two pieces of silk, and not requiring
such goods I returned them, and sent the invoice
produced by the last witness by post. I forwarded
the goods on Friday, the 19th of September, to
Messrs. Cooke, Son, and Co. The parcel was called
for by one of Pickford's carmen, who gave me a re-
ceipt for it. I produce the invoice I received from
Messrs. Cooke, Son, and Co. It corresponds with the
goods now before me.
John M`Dougall said—l am a checker at the Lon-
don and North-Western Railway station at Banbury.
.On the 19th of September I received a parcel ad-
dressed " Messrs. Cooke, Son, and Co., St. Paul's-
churchyard, London," of George Cross, a carman to
Messrs. Goldy, Messrs. Pickford's agents at Ban-
bury. I took the weight of the parcel, and saw it
weighed. I then placed it in one of the railway com-
pany's vans, which I locked.
Frederick Taylor—l am in the employ of Messrs.
Pickford and Co. On Saturday, September 20, I
went on duty at the station at Camden-town between
one and two o'clock in the morning. About four
o'clock a loaded truck arrived from Banbury, and I
was the first person that unlocked it, as it was my
duty to unload the trucks. I did not open it until
about ten: o'clock, when I required the waybill, in
searching for which I saw the parcel addressed to
Messrs. Cooke, Son, and Co. About twelve o'clock it
was missing, and at one o'clock I went off duty. I
produce the waybill containing an entry of " one
parcel, weighing 161 b., for Cooke, Son, and Co."
Cross-examined by Mr. Clarkson—The words "not
received," in red chalk on the waybill, are written by
the checker. The luggage truck is received first into
a small shed, and afterwards removed to a larger one.
The truck did not enter the small shed till ten o'clock
and the parcel was missed on removing it to the large
one. From the time I went on duty to the time I
came off there was no one in the station but the com-

psny's servants.

- Mr. Swan here applied for a remand, to enable him
to bring forward other witnesses to substantiate a case
of stealing the silk against the prisoner.
Mr. Clarkson said he would not contend that there
was not evidence to entitle the Alderman to press this
case further, for there was no doubt that the property
in question had been stolen, but there was no evidence

to Implicate Mrs. Simmons either as the receiver or
the thief. He therefore asked the . worthy magis-

trate to admit her again to bail in the same amount
It was evident she had no intention of avoiding an

appearance there, or she would not hare attended
that day.
Mr. Swan said, after the evidence that had been
given that day, which materially strengthened the
case against Mrs. Simmons, he would object to the
prisoner being admitted to bail; or, if the Alderman
deemed it advisable not to refuse bail, he would then
ask that the amount should be enlarged.

Alderman SIDNEY said the impression on his mind
was that the property had been stolen, and that some
suspicion was attached -to Mrs. Simmons in conse-
quence of her being found in possession of it, and not
rendering a satisfactory account as to her having re-
ceived it in a satisfactory way. It was also unfa-
vourable towards her that her husband, who under
ordinary circumstance ought and would, no doubt,
be the first person to come forward to assist her out
of her difficulties, had carefully avoided showing
himself in this court, although this was his wife's se-
cond appearance upon the charge. He (Alderman
Sidney) had considered all the points of the case, and
he certainly did not feel inclined to admit Mrs. Sim-
mons to bail at all. It was an important case both
for the prisoner and the public, and he would therefore
remand the prisoner for a week.—Remanded ac-
cordingly.

CLERKENWELL.
A respectable looking elderly woman, who repre-
sented herself as the widow of a clergyman, applied
to Mr. Tyrwhitt for his advice and assistance under
the following peculiarly dietreasivg cixcumstauced