The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

CRLIIINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.)
Joseph Blades was indicted for assaulting and stealieg
some money irom the person of Marcus Phillips, on the
Queen's highway. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
From the prosecutor's statement, who is an inter-
preter, it appeared that on the night of the 10th of July,
between one and two o'clock, he was walking down tb°
Heyina!ket when the prisoner came up and said, "
du you do?" He replied that he was quite
as
he 1:1!0
well be!
that the prisoner had the advantage of him,
not know him. Before, however, he could obtain a repy
some companions of the prisoner surrounded him,
felled him to the ground, and then plundered him °,l
two sovereigns. He resisted as much as be could, and
succeeded in detaining the prisoner until a policeman
came up, to whom he gave him into custody.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the assault ..„a
a former conviction for highway robbery having bees"
proved against him, he was sentenced to eigh°
months' imprisonment with hard labour.
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTIIAN )
John Stevens, a respectably-attired middle tnevi
was indicted for the manslaughter of Henry Stew°
Davies. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Parry conducted the case, and Mr, Ballantine Was
retained to defend the prisoner. man
The case was represented by the Learned Gen"-
who introduced it to the jury to be one of great ill3P°o
tance to the public as well as to the prisoner him
the charge fell little short of the highest nrie;°„,..
known to the law. Ile was accused of heY'"4
by misconduct and bad treatment, caused The
death of an imbecile lad named Davies. 92,d
deceased had been of weak intellect from his birthl, 14 "w
his mother being a confirmed lunatic he was alloweT°l3,.
become loose in his habits. In the early part of 11•.
he was attrcked by the bowel complaint, and , s
mained upon him for some days, he was induced "Zee
Mr. Wantalow, who had previously treated him "-ea
great kindness, to take a powder which he had proears,
from the prisoner, who followed the combined cal,
tions of potato salesman, groper, and quack doctor, Pro
tising without a diploma, and giving himself out t° •
world in the neighbourhood of Ratcliffe-highway 6:on
medical botanist, who superintended the administrsti
of Dr. Coffin's system. The powder was compose°l"3 idza
hemlock and other plants, one of which was of eye
growth, and after it had been taken by the lad, he 5; '
him an enema containing a stringent medicine of ri,°,tl;
sonous nature. The medicine had not the desired effeer,;a-s
the deceased slowly got worse, and the prisoner "tee
sent to attend him. Ile accordingly went to where hie
deceased was lying, and injected some fluid into Tee
body, which appeared to give him great relief ileb
deceased slept well the same night, and seemed In
ce
better on the following morning, bat towards treofter
o'clock he got worse, and died at four o'clock, !tip
enduring great suffering. Just after the death tee
Garrett, a regular medical practitioner, came upon
eish
scene, and, subsequently, by direction of the Pe're•
authorities, he made a post mortem examination, tb,,,,e,19-
suit of which led him to believe that death was
rated, if not directly caused, by the compositions 11-
nistered, at the instance of the prisoner.
Dr. Leath by, the lecturer at the London IlosPia„-
who has devoted considerable attention to the stlb10:8;
of poisons, was of opinion that the rnecer;ol3
administered were the very worst that c",fi•
possibly have been given. So far the 0,"0,.
deuce went to implicate the prisoner, but upon
.ricri-ota
examination, two of the witnesses, who were ertew;,io
on behalf of the prosecution, admitted that they we— oa
the constant habit of taking the same medicine, ;fp
always derived the greatest benefit from it, while, the
Garrett stated in the course of his examination the,; Atli
left lung of the deceased had evidently long before ue-
been rendered useless by disease.
ere
apf
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury for the eente•
contending that the prosecution bad arisen out r-e
Ariesl
judice against the prisoner on the part of them 1"-si
made,profession, and insisting that nothing had been ° -
to justify a conviction.

The Learned JUDGE having summed up, dies
The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a vie
of Acquittal, and the prisoner was at once liberateu•

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MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS 13n;111
Ellen Busman was placed before Mr. Alush,;.
Hooper on a charge of begging and using w"-1 :i
language. wah
A gentleman of the name of Bird said, as 'Et
„i g,
passing through America-square yesterday evAe.",,file
the prisoner, who was drunk and had some laven'ileteS
her hand, asked him for alma, and on refusing to "" for
to her, she followed after him and continued to do siriog
some distance notwithstanding his remonstrance,
use of abusive and disgusting epithets, and he 101„h-iag
mately compelled to give her into custody. On rell:doct
the station-house she accused him of indecent en-, 0
in the street, and did him the honour of claiming s*---

a bastard of her own. v
J'sor
The worthy Alderman sentenced her to jail/.0
ment in the House of Correction for fourteen days "
hard labour. ersl
Joseph Porter, who described himself as ag° ,0 of
dealer, was charged with stealing from the warelvsl,," sir
Messrs. William and John Kynaston, 4,:Greshagit't:, bar
City, forty-six yards of baize, some flannel, an
"
articles.
The prisoner, who previously bore a respectable Adracter, but had given way to intemperate habits,,,
etos
detected in the act of running away from the ware'r';
on Thursday last with the above articles in his Pclig
sion. He was immediately pursued and eon 1
custody.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say in soviet t°
the charge, was committed for trial.

BOW-STREET-4THis DAY.)
Thomas Haughton, gold beater, was charged beta' 31t‘
of
Hall, with stealing a quantity of gold, the pro Perl's,
his employers, Messrs. Seymour, of Upper St.
lane.
From the evidence of Mr. H. Seymour, and other wioli
nesses, it appeared that on the Ist of August, a Pilaf
gold of the value of about 101., of nearly three olio
weight, was given out to the prisoner to WOrk tidpOgl
at
leaf. The prisoner, who was the time employed "Coil,
some other work, absented himself from the prosecetios
shop, from the Ist inst. for several days. Son° 400
after his return to work, Mr. Seymour finding DO %of
made on account of the piece given out to LIVE, bad
questioned him about it, and the prisoner said %lip%
lost it. Mr. Seymour then accused him of striZia
the metal, and ultimately gave him into custody.
hoce
remanded to the House of Detention, the prisoner griritit
wrote an imploring letter to the prosecutor, dee',,-d 0
that it was in a drunken moment he had been 801% so•
to part with the gold, and beseeching forgiveness 0"
count and dear little ones." der
The prisoner sidefence now was an echo of that -eser
Mr. Games, for the prosecution, said that Mr. ;old
mour was desirous of acting with leniency ,but be corer
not avoid prosecuting in the present instance, Ii
reluctant to do so.
,soOr
Mr. HALL said it was the bounden duty of Mr.
to prosecute, whatever his feeling in the matter
be. The prisoner was committed.

LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) t be
John West, a young man of about 22, and rit-tthia
most respectable appearance, was placed in the 44:4,0%
morning before Mr. Elliott on a charge of bre,„7-111
into the house of Mr. Henry Chapman,- No. 2, -1',:•
son-place, Waterloo-road, and stealing from him A 13
city of silver plate.
Weitern, L 65, deposed that_ as he was on do,gotsit
morning between fivo and six o'clock in Corrve,",,g in
New-cut, he observed the prisoner walking 151°,:t
be
hd company with anothur young mart. Remarking tni et,
a something of a bulky appearance in his Ve or,
he turned round and walked towards him for tbeStbe
pose of examining him. On perceiving him hot' 00
young en started to run in opposite directions. be
pursued the prisoner for some distance, and at langWet,
was stopped. He immediately searched the prison,,,,
and found on him a plated silver tea-pot, the hao°lllo
top, and spout of a coffee pot, and cruet-stand, $lO
several silver spoons. The body of the coffee-pot
foundq in Cornwall-road.
Freemanl, y servant to Mr. Chapman, depose-4 tbo.l
at eight o'clock last night she fastened up the doors ,6,0
windows at the back of her master's house; the Ifitio
door was fastened about ten o'clock, and at eleven ft"this
the house had gone to bed. On coming down stairs boa
morning at a quarter to six, she found the back they
window open; and on searching about discovereu
all the silver plate kept down stairs for general use to
missing. This consisted of two silver table-spoons' 0,0
dessert spoons, two table forks, and two dessert fork9;o,
teapots, coffee-pot, butter stand, and several tenBP°6 Pr
The plate produced, taken from the person of the
goner, was part of this. a
The prisoner, on being called for his defence, sal
had found the articles at the corner of cornif6ll4.-
wrapped up in a white cloth.
The MA Aded Opal

-AGISTRATE ordered him to be roman
Tuesday.

DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—OR Satilt,l
morning last, about half-past two o'clock, on the arriviocio
the mail train from London, at the Boston station, 8,13.„:
was given that a gentleman travelling in a third ciebterf
riage was dead or dying. Mr. Waghorn, the statiou'llititoar
was immediately in attendance, and Mr.' Tuxford, serUeo
was sent for, but it was quite certain that death had t d to
place before the train stopped. The deceased was tbiflird,
a
be Mr. John Newer, farmer, of Aby Grange, near Ail°o'
gentleman fifty-four years of age, carrying on an shire'e
sive business, and well known in this part of LincoluDyd
He had been to see a relative near London, 8,1 d
otbet
spent a week in visiting the Great Exhibition and - On
places in the metropolis and the neighbourhood. sig-
Saturday he complained to his son-in-law, Mr.
gall, of being rather indisposed, and had a lea
attack of diarrhea. In the evening, however, when "i- ofe
London,. accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Riggall an beer-
grandchildren, he was much recovered, and conversed c-dre--
fully ; once only, on approaching Peterborough he', tee
plained of a shortness of breath. At Peterborouqowa
deceased got out of the carriage, and walked uP enadiJ is
the platform for some time. On returning, which be „lief,
great haste, he said he had met several persons he 'Doe
He was out of breath, and remarked that he would netvalP
hurried so if he had not thought the time was abort. rjoj,
an-hour afterwards, on reaching that town, be rernlered'
" This is Spalding." These were the last words be
sleep
He then appeared to settle himself to sleep, but tue, Dieu
was that of death. Not a sound or a moan escapu_, tee
and it was only on the train stopping at Boston thr,llt,
members of his family learnt their melancholy bare en
An inquest was held in the evening, and a verdict a na,"
death was returned.—Boston Herald.
NUISANCE IN HOLYWELL• STREET, STRA'-4 St•
requisition has been presented to the churchwarqeno4tote
Clement Danes, from a number of the respectable. i11b,1410 to
of Holywell-street and neighbourhood, requesting
_t_u_ose a
call a vastry meeting of the parishioners, for the Pull'eojaa
considering the best course to be adopted for the sulTr,,,aGf
of the numerous shops in that neighbourhood where Dov"
an immoral tsudeucy are exposed for sale.