The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

Lalley—l never had any weapon in my hand at
all. They are all brothers and sisters and cousins,
your honour, and will say anything against me.
Mrs. Moran said—l have been under the doctor's
hands for the last six weeks, but when I heard my
husband was being beaten I got out of bed and
threw myself upon him to protect him from their
violence, and immediately afterwards Lalley struck
me with an iron bar and cut my head open.
Neill's wife said—l was in my brother (Moran's)
house last night when Baines and Lalley came and
broke open the street door. I was at the window at
the time, and a hatchet and a hammer were thrown
through the open window at me, and had I not seen
them and got out of the way I must have been killed
upon the spot. Lalley afterwards struck me on the
eye and kicked me in the stomach, and I am not in
a fit state to be kicked. (Witness is enciente.) I
then saw Lalley take hold of Mrs. Knight by the
waist and hold her against the water-butt, while
he struck her with a weapon like the mason's chisel
produced. She is dangerously wounded. I saw
Lalley and his friends armed with all sorts of
weapons. One had a pickaxe, with which the door
was broken open, another a hammer, a third a
ckopper, and others had pokers and sticks. Moran
came to the door and told them togo quietly away,
upon which Baines pulled him out by the hair of
his head. It was Lalley threw the hatchet at me
as I was looking out of the window.
Mrs. Baines, alias Conway (her maiden name),
said—l was waiting for my husband, and just as
he was coming into the court one of the men—l
think it was Neill—knocked me down, and my
husband interfered and took my part. I did not
see Moran strike any one.
Alderman Salomons—The origin of all this dis-
turbance, and the murderous assaults committed
upon these women, are, I think, very clearly traced
to two men, Lalley and Baines; and I will there•
fore hear what you have to say for yourselves.
Lalley—This row arose through Baines and the
Neills, and when I entered the court I found Moran
wielding the iron-shod stick. He was mad drunk,
and I got a blow from the stick on my head. I
then went direct to the police-station, and while
there Moran threatened he would give me a blow
that I should never forget.
Baines—l saw Neill shove my wife down, and I
did not like it, and when I interfered Moran came
out with the stick to beat me, but I took it from
him, an while I was so engaged one of the women
came behind me and stabbed me in the head with a
knife.

Aldermin Salomons said—For the honour of the
city of London, as well as for the honour of the
working classes, we feel it our duty to inflict the
utmost punishment allowed by law for this °fiance.
You evidently went there together for one com-
mon purpose—viz., that of creating a disturbance ;
but there is a difference in your positions. You,
Lalley, are proved to have assaulted these women
in the most brutal and cowardly manner, for which
you are now sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour. You, Baines, were there
for the purpose of aiding and abetting Lalley in
his unlawful proceedings; but as it has not been
proved that you actually struck the women your-
self, you will have the benefit of that in the sen-
tence lam about to pass. You must go to prison
for two months, with hard labour.
The prisoners Lalley and Baines were then re-
moved ; the rest were discharged.

B OW-STREET.—John Glover, a supernumerary
at the Lyceum Theatre, was charged with stealing
a sword, a brace of pistols, and a double-barrelled
pistol, being part of the " properties" used in the
performances.
The articles in question were missed a few nights
back by the property man, James Fitzgerald, who
suspected that they had been stolen by one of the
" supers." He gave information to the police, and
Ackrill, an officer of the F division in private clothes,
was instructed to investigate the case. From infor•
mation he received Akrill called on Mr. Valentine,
a miscellaneous dealer in Drury-lane, who showed
him the double-barrelled pistol now produced—
describing the person from whom he had bought it
—together with a brace of pistols and a sword. The
brace of pistols had been sold to a gentleman, whose
name and address Mr. Valentine gave to the con-
stable, and who on being applied to by the latter at
once gave them up. The sword was also given up
by Valentine, and all the articles were identified
Fitzgerald as being those which he had missed.
He believed that Madame Celeste set particular
value on the brace of pistols, but the double-bar-
relled pistol and the sword were of a common de-
scription. From the description given by Mr. Valen-
tine of the person who sold the articles to him,
Fitzgerald suspected the prisoner, who was accord-
ingly charged with the robbery, and at once acknow-
ledged it, saying that "it was the drink that done
it." Fitzgerald was accountable for the property,
and would have had to make good any loss.
Mr. Corrie said in that case he should treat it as
being his (Fitzgerald's) property.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, saying it was his
first offence, and beseeched the magistrate to take
into account his distressed circumstances. He had
suffered such disgrace and mental anguish as he
should consider almost a sufficient punishment for
his offence.

Mr. Corrie—l cannot see that it is sufficient, for
this is a serious offence. You are almost entrusted
with this property. It is very like a robbery by a
servant, as you are employed by Madame Celeste,
and, strictly speaking, the goods belong to her.
Besides you might have brought suspicion on Fitz-
gerald, who at all events would be the loser if the
goods had not been found. What were the prisoner's
wages
Fitzgerald said the prisoner had 9s. a-week at the
theatre, but that only kept him employed in the
evening. He probably had other employment.
The officer said he believed him to be in great
distress.

The prisoner said very little. He stated himself
.o be a clerk ; and

Mr. Corrie, taking that into account, said he
would only sentence him to one month's imprison-
ment.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Charles Stuart,
a picture dealer, residing in Ann-street, Waterloo-
road, was charged with obtaining by false statement
and fraudulent pretence seven oil paintings, value
£4l 15s , from Mr. Benjamin Bartington, of 68,
Wardour-street, also a picture dealer, in April,
1857.

I Mr. Vaughan, solicitor, conducted the case, and
gave as a reason for the lapse of time in taking pro-
ceedings against him that the prisoner had only
just lea prison on completion of a nine months'
sentence at the Central Criminal Court for forgery.
Mr. Tyrwhitt Why was he not indicted for this
offence when in custody for the other ?
Mr. Taughan—Because the prosecutor was not
aware of the fact that he was in custody till he was
undergoing his sentence.
The prosecutor said it was part of his business to
deal in pictures, and in April,
1857, the prisoner
came to his shop, and, pointing to one in hill win-