The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-12 00:00:00

2, 1851.

A certificate was banded up to the bench from the
house-surgeon of the London Hospital, describing the
nature of the injuries the complainant had sustained,
and it was stated that the man had ever since remained
an inmate of that establishment, which he had only been
permitted to lease that day to give evidence in support of
the charge.
When called upon for her defence, the wife, who did
not exhibit the slightest sympathy for the suffering her
husband was enduring through her misconduct, coolly
denied the charge, and said that her husband's eye must
have been struck with a street-door key which the
woman who was with her had in her hand at the time,
and that the blow must have been inflicted accidentally
in the course of a usurp struggle which had taken place
between them on the complainant discovering her in a
public-house.
Mr. Ha.mmiu, severely commented upon the unna-
tural and unfeeling conduct displayed throughout by the
wife, and ordered her to pay the highest penalty he could
impose, namely Bt., or iu default to stand committed to
the House of Correction for two months.
The penalty was not paid, and the prisoner was there-
fore removed in the van.
CLERKENWELL.
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John and Ann Reynolds, man— and wife, furskin
' dressers, of 133, Petticoat-lane, were charged by Mr.
Frederick Frental, furskin dresser, of 1, St. John's-
place, Clerkenwell, with having received 1,000 squirrel
skins and 400 squirrel tails.
It appeared that for some time past theprosccutor had
missed considerable property from his stock, when he
gave information to Fisher, 127, and Archer, 217 G, in-
telligent officers, through whose instrumentality the
robberies were traced to two errand boys in his employ,
who confessed that they had sold the stolen property to
the prisoners, whose house being searched the whole of
the property vras found. The errand boys were ad-
mitted Queen's evidence.
SOUTHIVARK.
Robert Randall and Michael Cavanagh, two export
young thieves under 12 years of age, were brought be-
fore Mr. Seeker for further examination, charged with
stealing a horse, cart, and harness, the property of Mr.
Phillips, a fruiterer, in the borough-road, Southwark.
They were also charged with stealing another horse and
cart, containing a valuable carpet, the property of Mr.
Lane, carpet manufacturer, in the Walsworth-road.
It appeared from the evidence of police-constable
James Tyrell, 180 L, that on Wednesday last Mr. Phil-
lips had occasion to leave the horse and cart in Great
Marylebone-street while he was transacting some busi-
ness at a customer's, and on his emerging from the shop
ho discovered that his horse and cart were stolen. He
gave information to the police, and on tha same evening
the prisoners were taken into custody with the horse and
cart in their possession. They had sold the harness and
everything that the cart contained, which was after-
wards found and identified by Mr. Phillips. It being
suspected that the prisoners belonged to an organized
gang of young thieves, Mr. Seeker remanded them until
Saturday, to give the constable an opportunity of making

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Police-constable 180 L said, that since the last exami-
nation he had discovered that the prisoners had stoolretnh
horse and cart containing a valuable carpet, the property
of Mr. Lane, a carpet manufacturer
road; he found the carpet at Mrs. Moorcroft's, a corn-
dealer in the Bermondsey New-road, to w
been sold by Randall. lie had, however, not been able
to find the horse and cart.
Mr. Lane stated, that on the morning of the 14th ult.
he left his horse and cart, containing the carpet, in Al-
bemarle-street, Piccadilly, and
theheardconstable called upon
eo nothing respecting
it until the previous day, when
him and told him that he had found the carpet at Mrs.
Moercrofes, in the Bermondsey /Nrp road. The carpet
was quite new, and he valued it at 87-
Mrs. Moorcroft hero stepped forward and, having
been cautioned by the iz, -
rate, voluntarily stated
that, on the 14th of last month,lst
drove up to her door in e, h Randall and another lad
carpet for sale. Randall
Horse and cart and offered the
daughter, requestin., a produced a note from her
right. Randqll tohrh her to purchase it if it was all
with it—con- her that his father had sent him
consequently,under
purchased it. those circumstances she
Mr. SECKER—W
Mrs. Moorcroft—l hat did you give for the carpet?
asked. gave 3s. for it; that was all they 1

Mr. SECKER—Why,
and sworn this is a new Brussels carper,
and stolen, to be worth 8/. You must have known it
y I intend to commit the prisoners for the
robber
f and I shall certainly commit you for receiving
stolen property.
Mrs. Moorcroft was accordingly taken into custody,
lied remanded with the lads until Thursday next.

in the investigation. I can produce, on Monday, the
party who received from one of the prisoners a number
of the stolen bonds, and who can prove that the state-
ments made upon the occasion were at variance with the
truth. The Lord Mayor is completely justified in grant-
ing a remand.

The gentleman who stated that he was related to one
of the prisoners here submitted it was very hard upon
his relative to be locked up in prison, and wished to
know what would have been done with himself if, pos-
sessing a high character in the city of London as a
merchant, ho had happened to be with the prisoners?
The LORD MAYOR—No doubt you would have been
taken into custody with them. The company in which
a man is seen is en argument generally of his character.
If I were an officer I would not hesitate to take you into
custody.—(A laugh.) This is a most serious matter,
and it is my business to look after the interests of more
parties than one. A tradesman has paid a considerable
sum for some of these bonds, and it is due to him as well
as to the prosecutors that the investigation should be
most strict.
The prisoners were then remanded till Monday.
Paul Peitzal, a shabby looking German, was charged
with having cheated the captain of a vessel trading
between London and Ostend of 125., the price of the
voyage.

G.E. Balliston, master mariner, belonging t,) the Sir
Edward Banks, plying between London and Ostend,
said—We lett Ostend on Thursday morning, and ar-
rived in London in the afternoon. Upon epplication to
the prisoner we found that he had neither money nor
luggage, and N'y e had no alternative but to bring him be-
fore your Lordship.
Alderman Hermit—You. ought to be cautious about
the parties you bring over at such a time. We are inun-
dated with persons of this description, who, of course,
come here to prey upon us.
The complainant said that a tavern bill was found in
the possession of the prisoner, from which it appeared
that he had made a meal, just before he set off from the
other side, at the price of from los. to 12s. The bill
was marked as " paid," so that it would appear as if the
man had determined to step upon the English shore
completely penniless. When questioned, he said he
was the near relative of a general officer in the service
of the Queen.

Alderman HUNTER said, the prisoner must try the
effect of an English prison for a few days, and accord-
ingly committed him for a fortnight.
GUILDHALL.

James Gray and John Allen w ere brought before
Alderman Wilson by Constable Allen, 354, who said
that between twelve and one o'clock that morning he
saw the prisoners on Blackfriars-bridge, with a pail of
whitewash, painting the words, "Free-trade and star-
vation !" on the parapet of the bridge. They had
painted several walls in a similar manner.
The ALDERMAN asked Gray what he had to say ?
Gray said—A " gent" as meets me every Saturday pays
me two-pence for every painting.—(Laughter.) I have
been at it a month. I tell the " gent " every time
how many I have painted, and where I have painted
them.
Alderman WILSON—WeII, Allen, what have you to
say? Allen—l assist Gray.' I carry the paint put, and
he pays me 2s. 6d. a night, but I have not got anything
yet. I went to work between twelve o'clock at night and
three in the morning.
Alderman WlLsom—Gray, did you not know that you
did wrong? Gray—The " gent " as employed me said
there was no harm in it, as there was nothing about
Chartists.—(Laugh-ter.)_

Alderman WThsoN—You should have selected proper
places, instead of public or private buildings.
Gray—l always takes the worst places, your Worship,
that I can find.—(Laughter.) I never did chalking
before.

Alderman WiLsoN—What do you earn in your pre-
sent profession? Gray—Sometimes is. 6d., sometimes
2s. per night, and occasionally none, as I do not always
get paid.

- Alderman WILSON—If you get only 21., how can you
pay 23. 6d. par night? Gray—l dont know, your Wor-
ship, but Ido pay it. lam obliged to pay my assistants
well.—(Laughter.) We do it in the night because the
children smear it in the day.—(Laughter.)
Alderman WiLsoN—Well, you must go and clean the
bridge, or I will send you to prison.
They were taken away accordingly by the constable
to perform that duty in return for obtaining their dis-
'barge.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Hannah Ststaine, a coarse-featured, masculine woman,
was brought before Mr. Hammill, upon a warrant ob-
tained against her by her husband, charged with having
attacked him with such outrageous violence as to de-
stroy the sight of ono of his eyes.
The unfortunate husband, whose head was enveloped
in bandages. and who appeared to be suffering under ex-
treme pain, stated that he had been married for several
years to the prisoner, by whom he had six children, but
that in consequence of her ungovernable temper and
drunken habits his life had been rendered a complete
misery to him. The whole of Tuesday he had been at
his work until late in the evening, when he returned
home faint for want of his tea, but instead of its being
ready for him he found that his wife had gone out,
leaving his children without any one to take care of
them, and crying for victuals. Suspecting, from simi-
lar conduct on her part on previous occasions, that he
should find her in some public-house, he went round to
the houses in the neighbourhood, and at length dis-
covered her standing at the bar of one of them,
drinking with another woman of the same depraved
propensities, and in a state of perfect intoxication.
He reproached her for her scandalous conduct, and
asked her to return home and look after the children,
but, instead of doing so, she loaded him with the most
scurrilous epithets, and then turning fiercely upon
him, dealt him such a terrible blow upon the right eye
with some instrument she had in her hand that the blood
instantly streamed dozen his face, be became partial!),
stunned, and felt that his eyesight was gone. Ho was
saved from tailing by several of the bystanders, who ran
forward and caught him and led him into the street, but
on seeing the nature of the injuries he had sustained
they took him to the shop of a neighbouring surgeon,
who directed his immediate removal to the London Hos-
pital, and there it was ascertained that the sight of the
injured eye was so much impaired from inflammation
and sympathetic action that; it was much to be feared
he might in a short time, without extreme care, be totally
blind.