The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-16 00:00:00

POLIO.H INTELLIGIMVE.—May liL

MANSION-HOUSE.—Thomas Turnbull, who on
Tuesday appeared upon a summons to answer the com-
plaint of Edward Bateman, the particulars of which
were published on Wednesday, attended for the adjudi-
cation of the case by Sir Henry Muggeridge.
Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys and Co., at-
tended for the prosecution ; Mr. Ballantine, instructed
by Mr. Wontner, for the defence.
Messrs. Hurst, who were epoken of in the evidence
upon the former occasion as having been concerned is
detaining the goods which had been supplied to the de-
fendant by the prosecutor, were present during► the in-
vestigation ; but Mr.Bateman, upon being asked by Mr.
Ballantine whether he bad any charge to make against
either of those gentlemen, declined the responsibility of
making any whatever.
The evidence taken on the previous occasion having
been read over, the prosecutor was cross•ezamined at con-
siderable length by Mr.Ballantine. His answers showed
that he had been bankrupt, that just before his failure
the Messrs. Hurst advanced him 901., and there was no
doubt that Turnbull thought he was justified in the
course lie had adopted to obtain a partial restitution to
Messrs. Hurst.
Mr. Ballantine submitted that it was ridiculous to at-
tempt to ground a charge against gentlemen of such re-
spectability as the Messrs. Hurst were well known to be,
upon evidence which proved nothing but that the com-
plainant had a very objectionable way of traroacting
business, and that at the time he actually owed a large
suns of money to them, he recompensed them by in-
sinuating a criminal draw. He admitted that the sic•
fendant had proceeded in an irregular manner, and ail
such a course could not be legally resorted to, the goods
about which the dispute had been were in court, and the
complaipant was at liberty to take them.
Mr. Morgan said he had advised his client to stop the
proceedings upon condition that the property should be
at once restored to him, in the belief that Mr. Turnbull,
when he took the goods, really imagined that there was
a bona ide claim upon Mr. Bateman.
Mr. Bateman said that Mr. Turnbull might have sup-
posed that there was such claim, and consented to such
compromise.

Sir H. Muggeridge said be had no objection to such
arrangement as that just proposed. It was obvious,
from the circumstances stated in evidence, that the de-
fendant considered that he was justified in the course he
had adopted to save the Messrs. Hurst, from injury,
but he certainly was by no means justified, and the testi-
niony of the complainant proved that the transaction
about the goods in question was to be wholly indepen-
dent of any former transactions between the parties. At
the same time, the complainant was unwarranted in the
means he had resorted to for the recovery of the goods.
The goods were then delivered up to Mr. Bateman,
and Mr. Turnbull was discharged.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Iohn Hart, a powerfully
built fellow, who described himself as a labourer, was
charged before Mr. Hamtnilt with the following,scanda
lous outrage upon two young women named Jane
Gable end Caroline Harris, and also a youth named
Henry Liply.

The first named comp'ainant deposed to having, in
company with her two friends, entered a public house
after leaving one of the theatres, at sr. late hour on Wed-
nesday night, and after taking refreshment they were on
the point of leavinm, when the defendsuat and four other
men met them at the door. Defendant, who was per-
fectly sober, instantly made some stand slous proposition
to witness, and flung his arms around her neck. She re-
pelled him to the best of her ability, and succeeded in
pushing him from her, but be repeated th•to act, and on
being again resisted struck her, first on the nose and
then on the head, the latter blow felling' her to the
ground, where he kicked her on the bosom. in a most
savage manner,

The second complainant fully corroborated the above
statement, and added that when she herself remonstrated
with defendant he struck her on the nose, can sing it to
pour with blood, and then commenced kicking her, and
severely injured her side. Their male acquaintance was
yet more punished.

- Henry 'Liply, whose features were fearfully eormtused
and cut, depnsed to both the assaults, and said tb st on
mildly interfering defendant hit bim on the right jaw
with his fist, and some of his companions kicked bite in
the face, by which his right eys was cut.
Hollis, a constable of the H. division, gave evid‘nrce
of having heard dreadful screams of women, and runniakt
to the spot found defendant held by a number of peT—
sons, who were calling for the police. He admitted tb
ss4aults. All the-complainants were bleeding from the
face.

Mr. Hammill remarked that a most wanton and scan-
dalous act of cruelty had been committed on young
women and a lad without the slightest provocation, and
only because the first complainant very properly resisted
his infamous advances. He must go for two months
for each assault on the females, and pay a fine of 405.,
or suffer another two months' imprisonment for the as-
sault upon the youth. -

WESTMINSTER.—Jane Evans, known among the
begging fraternity as the Dowager Duchess of West-
minster, was on Wednesday brought up before Mr. Ar-
nold. charged with fraudulently endeavouring to obtain
charitable contributions from Lord John Thynne, of
No. 101, Eaton-place.
It appeared that the prisoner had left a letter at his
lordship's house, purporting to be written by the Rev.
Mr. Russell, incumbent of St. John's, Camberwell, and
recommending the prisoner to his lordship's benevolence
as a widow woman in great distress. The letter turned
out to be a fabrication, no sueb person as the assumed
writer being known in Camberwell.
Webb, one of the Mendicity Society's officers, non.
nixed the prisoner as a notorious impostor.
Mr. Arnold remanded her until Monday.

MARLi3OROUGH•STRE ET.—John lngrani Owen,
George Smith, Owen, and Edward Owen, were brought
before Mr. Bingham for further examinaticn, charged
with numerous forgeries.
A lady named Edwards was examined to prove that
the cheques purporting to be drawn by a lady named
Lloyd, since dead, on Messrs. Coutts and Co., and sin
order for a cheque book, were forgeries. This witness
proved that she formerly lived in Sloane-street. Two of
the prisoners formerly lived in her house at the same
time as Miss Lloyd, and this circumstance gave them as
opportunity of ascertaining that Miss Lloyd was a lady
of property, and kept cash at Coutts's. The amount of
the forgeries on Coutts's is about 6001.
A fresh case connected with the London Joint-stock
Bank was gone into.

A cheque for 661., purporting to be drawn by Mr.
Harri., of Goodman's•fields, was presented at the bank
by a lad who had been employed by George Owen to
make the attempt on the back ; but one of the cashiers
(Mr. Saunders), doubting the genuineness of the signa-
ture, caused the messenger to be detained. The sender
of the cheque was not to bo found at the appoiated
place.
The prisoners were further remanded.

LAMBETH--Mr. Elliott, with the chief clerk and
second u,her, attended at the committee room of Horse-

monger•lane Gaol, for the purpose of taking the evidence
against Robert Everest, alias Zvennent, alias Humbett, and
George Brozen, prisoners in custody at that prison on two
charges—the first, of stealing from the bed-room of Mr.
Skinner, the landlord of the Zoological Arms beer-
house, in Penton-place, Walwortb, about 151, in casts
and other property ; and the second, for a robbery at tie*
house of Mr. Knott, in Sutherland-place, while the fa..
mily were at church. The facts of the case have beery
frequently made public.
Both prisoners were committed for trial.

WOOLWICH.--Junes Smith, a labourer, residing at
Plumstead, was placed at the bar before Mr. Seeker, on
a charge of wilfully cutting off the tail of a monkey, the
property of Louis Previdi, an Italian organ grinder,
from whose evidence, which was corroborated, it ap-
peared that the prisoner and others hustled him in the
street, and the monkey sought refuge under the com-
plainant's coat. The prisoner then caught the monkey'.
tail, which he suddenly severed with a knife.
Mr. Seeker commented upon the disgraceful and
cowardly act of cruelty, and fined the prisoner 405., and
21., th© value of the monkey, or two months' imprison-
ment.

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Mir 15.

STACK EXCHANGE.—The market has been quiet today,
o ,nd prices are a shade higher than yesterday, closing at the
f allowing rates : Lancashire and Yorkshire, 90i—
ridiand,,, 76 si—London and North Western, 1011 4
is forth Eastern, Berwick, Extension No. 1 and 2, d.
outh Eastern, 21 c. *—North Union A, 229—Eastern
C aunties, 10—Caledonians, 30.

MANCHESTER, MAY 15.
STOOK EXCIIANGE.—This market bas been doing a
sm all business to-day, but prices closed at an improve-
mo ,n t. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 61. pref..
9-: [6 p.—Midland Railway Consols, 76 4 4—Lancashire
an d Yo:kshire, 90 —North Western, 64—South Eastern
az .d Dovers, 21i—Shropshire Union, 3.