The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-20 00:00:00

found the pthoner Cane in the cellar, and when he
eaught sight of me, he tried to escaTe the buck way.
14 was bleeding at the head, but when he was taken
into custody, he said he had not been out. The con-
stable who assisted me in arresting Cane, called upon him
to surrender, or he would knock him down. The con-
stable told him that he was taken for en iy;ssult, and be
replied, Oh, go." lie was afterwards conveyed to
the station•howe. Chaplin was then taken to his own
bonne, where I saw him subsequently to the arrest of the
prisoners, but he was quite insensible, and the surgeon
ordered him to be removed to Guy's Hospital. When
Chaplin drew his staff and struck at Hickey the blow
„took effect. I first saw Cane when I attempted to take
nia3 into custody at the bottom of Salamanca-street,
arid he struck me. His head was not bleeding then.
Cross-examined by Mr. PARNELL—I hove been a po-
hce•constable about 10 or 11 weeks. lam a tailor by
trade. This is the first row I have been in. My beat
Was near to Chaplin's. Mine was on the one side of the
Street and Chaplin's on the other. The disturbance, in
Point of fact, first occurred on the beat of another con-
stable. I do not know what occurred before I came upon
tho spot, bat about an hour before I saw Chaplin the
1',1,11 appeared to be singing and amusing themselves;
net, nevertheless, they made a great noise. The house
No. 49, is a lodging-house, and I believe some twelve or
thirteen men lodge there. The prisoners, I have since
heard, had been working at the gas-works. I was
knocked down immediately after I struck Cane, and
I then lost sight of the prisoners; but some minutes be-
fore brick-bas were flying about in great profusion.
there were then ten or twelve men arrested together.
By Mr. RALLeINTINIE—When Hick :y struck Chaplin,
I saw something dark in his hand. It appeared to me to
be a brick-bat. Chaplen struck at him with his staff and
it went close to his head. I could not see whether the
staff struck him, but I heard the sound of the blow.
Chaplin must have received blows while I was present.
I do not know whether a man named Clarey was there,
for do I know such a person. Two men named Burke
Were taken into custody, and I was called upon to iden-
tify them, but I was unable to do £O. A man named
Barrington was also arrested, but afterwards discharged
11 the magistrate.
By Mr. WOOLLETT—The men had been drinking, but
they were not drunk. I had never seen M'Elliott be-
fore this occasion.
Re-examined—At the time I struck Cane the deceased
Was falling on the ground. Cane had struck him. No
brick-bats were thrown before that occurrence, nor had
any been thrown before I struck Cane on the head.
William Lowney, examined by Mr. RYLAND—I am a
Police-constable, and between one and two o'clock on the
morning of the sth of May I was on duty in Glasshouse-
Street, Vauxhall. I heard the springing of a rattle, the
Sound of which appeared to come from the Broad-street
end of Vauxhall-wbart, and I went in that direction.
When I had got to No. 49, Vauxhall-wharf, I met the
three prisoners and another man, who is not in custody.
Cane went into No. 43, and Hickey into 49. The other
two ran on, and I went on to the spot where I found the
deceased lying on the ground bleeding. He appeared
to be quite unconscious, and I assisted in convey tag him
to the Queen's Head. I afterward* went with the other
Constables and arrested Hickey and Cane at No. 49.
Rickey had blood on his face and hands, and when asked
how it came there, he said his nose had been bleeding.
The blood was on his forehead trickling down his cheek.
Re went quietly through the house, but resisted
at the door. Botb, however, were secured and taken to
the station. When Hickey got there he took
a handkerchief off his neck and gave it to me. I told him
that he bad better wear it, but he said no, he did not want
it. He was drunk, but he could both walk and talk.

Cross-examined by Mr. PARNELL—I had known them
by name before, but my impression i 3 I had seen them
together at the White Lion public•house, Vauxhall, a
few nights previous.
Thomas Streames, another police-constable, gave cor-
toborative evidence. _

Robert Sharp, the landlord of the White Lion public-
house in Vauxhall, deposed that the prisoners Cane and
Mickey were at his house from nine o'clock on Sunday
evening the 4th ult. until half-past twelve on the morning
of the sth of May. They were quite sober when they left.
Cross-examined—Hickey was not dressed as he is
now, but wore a hat, with cord trousers and cord coat.
A man named Clarey was with the prisoner. He was
dressed in a black frock coat. Clarey before this oc-
currence was a frequent visitor to the White Lion, but
since then he had disappeared. The prisoners worked
at the gas-works, and up to the time of being taken into
custody they bore excellent characters. Clarey had
been out of work, and a meeting of his countrymen was
held at the White Lion to make a collection for him,
as he had been a long time out of work. There were
Its many as forty men and about twenty women pre-
sent, but the prisoners being the last in the house he
had more opportunity of observing them.
Streames was recalled, and stated that when Hickey
Was arrested he was dressed the same as he was then.
Michael Connor, who resides at 49, Vauxhall- wharf,
Was also at the White Lion on the Sunday evening,
Where he saw the three prisoners. He left at a quarter
Past twelve, and the prisoners remained behind.
Cross-examined—Hickey wore a dark cord jacket.
William Nichol, examined by Mr. RYLAND—I am a
police-constable, and I arrested M'Elliott about half-
Past one, at the door of No. 49. On the way to the
station-house he asked me what I had taken him for. I
said when we got to the station-house the inspector
Would tell him. He replied that he knew nothing of the
murder, but I had said nothing to him about any
Murder.
William Gough, another police-constable, stated that
about 9 o'clock on the morning of the sth, he went to
two gardens in Vauxhall-wharf, and found that some of
the stones in the surrounding wall were missing. Later
in the day ho took some clinkers which he received from
Streames and examined them with the holes on the top
of the wall; they exactly fitted.
Streames, being recalled, said he found the clinkers
on the spot where the deceased fell, opposite Salamanca-
street. It was about an hour and a half after the de-
ceased was removed that he picked them up.
Mrs. Hans, the wile of a policeman, residing at 101,
Vauxhall-road, deposed that the clinkers produced were
similar to those that surrounded her husband's garden.
She saw the wall about half-past 10 on the Sunday, and
it was then complete. The next day, when she examined
the wall, some of the stones were gone and she found
foot marks, as if people had jumped over.
Mr. -Theodore Edward Lad, a surgeon residing at
Walworth-place, Lambeth, examined by Mr. RYIAND—
I was called up to see the deceased at his own house. It
Was nearly three o'clock, and I found him nearly insen-
sible. His face was very much bruised, and on his right
eyebrow there was a lacerated wound. On the left side
of his head there was an extensive wound penetrating
to the bone, pressing on the brain. The: 43 wounds were
bleeding, and he was also bleeding from the nose and
ears. I ordered him to be taken to the hospital. I heard
afterwards of his death. The cause of death I should
imagine would be the fracture on the skull.
Mr. Watkins Reece, examined by Mr. CLARKE—I was
hospital surgeon to Guy's Hospital when the deceased
was brought there on the sth of May. He was quite in-
sensible, and died in about a quarter of an hour after-
wards. On a post-mortem examination it was found that
there were five lacerated contused wounds, varying in ex-
tent and size. The blows must have been numerous. I
attribute the death to an extensive fracture on the left
side of the skull. The stones produced would have in-
flicted the injuries.
This closed the evidence for the prosecution.
Thu case was proceeding' when our report left.

BO W-ST REET.—(THIS DAY.)
William Anderson, a cab-driver, was charged before
Mr. Jardine with the following robbery at the Clarence
Hotel, Charing•cross. Ou Wednesday, the 11th inst.,
one of the porters of the hotel, William Phipps, saw the
prisoner Caine in from the street, and walk deliberately
behind the counter. In a few moments afterwards
Phipps saw him go out again with a coat partly con-
cealed under his own; the witness knew that coat to be
one belonging to himself. Ho followed the prisoner into
the street and gave him into custody.
Ho was fully committed for trial, and as several men,
apparently cab-drivers, had annoyed Phipps in the streets
since the robbery, and threatened him in a savage
manner if he should not forego the prosecution,
Mr. JARDINE directed the police to give the prosecu-
tor every protection in their power, and to bring before
him any person whom Phipps should point out as having
molested him.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
A DRUNKEN FREAK.—Captain Phillips, of the 43d
Foot, was charged before Ur. Hardwick, with being
drunk, and stealing a cab from the rank in the Hay-
market.
Boyce, 181 C., said he was on duty last night in the
Haymarket, when ho saw the prisoner, who was very
drunk, driving a cab up the street at. a furious rate. A
cabman was running after him, calling out that he (pri-
soner) had stolen his cab. Witness pursued him as far
as the circus, and took him into custody..
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The defendant, who pleaded intoxication as the Cause
of his strange conduct, was fined 205., which he imme-
diately paid.