The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIQENCE.-July 23.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Joseph, Dann, waiter at the
Antigallican public-hou,e, Billingsgate-market, was fur-
ther examined before Mr. Alderman Wire, charged with
the manslaughter of Richard Branscombe.
Mr. 11,-)bler at the last examination attended on behalf
of the pri.ioner.
Mr. T. Crosby, surgeon, of 13, Fenchurch-street, do.
posed that be made a post ruortem examination of 'de-
ceased, but ;the body was so decomposed that it was
impossible for him to tell whether the bead was bruised
or not. The skull was not fractured. He attributed the
death of the deceased to a shock of the system occa-
sioned by a fal ,r blow. Ho could not tell by the post
mortem examination whether deceased was drunk at the
time of his deat h.

Mr. F. Bawl ?r, the brother of the landlord, who was
examined at the last hearing of the case, Mr. W. S.
Dame, a license d victualler, Mr. F. Cumming, de-
ceased's landlord, and Hezekiah Ingle, a waiter, were
next examined, th,)ir evidence being mainly in confirma-
tion of that given ou the previous examination.
Mr. Hob!er for trio prisoner submitted that the death
resulted entirely from accident. With regard to the in-
quest having been ht ‘lil on the body so soon after death,
the fact was that another inquest was being he'd close
at hand at the time. The man was pronounced to be
dead, and the coroner to ,k the opportunity of swearing
the jury to inquire i:xto the circumstances connected
with the death of Rich and Branscombe. The jury had
returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
Alderman Wire—Pr.obably, if there had not been so
much haste in holdint; the inquest, the inquiry here
might have been render tut unnecessary. I think that
my brother alderman (fti.l Berman Humphery) not only
discharged his duty to t b e public by ordering a post-
mortem examination of Id te deceased to be made, but
that it would have been a. disgrace to the magistrates of
the City if they had not in stituted further inquiry. As
this i, a case affecting the I ife of a man, I do not think I
should discharge my duty. if I did not send it to a higher
tribunal.

The prisoner wag than committee for trial, but arl-
mitred to bail ; himself is t 1001., and two sureties in
501. each.

GUILDHALL. Catke rine Tkompson, a married
'woman ab nit 30 years of a ge, of very respectable appear-
ance, was placed at the ha r on the charge of attempting
to commit suicid by trs•i og to throw herself over the
parapet of Blackfriars-brio Ige.
J nies Br one, a count r y lad, stated that be was on
Blackfriars-bridge about o'clock that. morning when
h, prisoner asked him it 'he thought there was sik feet
of water there; to which Ihe ri-plied that he did not think
there was. She then said there was enough for her, and
immediately jumped up os the seat and put her foot on
the parapet in order to lilt ip over, but was stopped by
witoesQ, who called for assistance and gave her into
custody.
Po ice-constable 350 0 ,rroborated a portion of this
witness's testimony, and Is lded that she gave various ac-
counts of herself both last night and this morning at the
sta•inn-hun-e.
Sir R. W. Carden—Ha ye you no friends ?
Prisoner—Yes, I have a husband and friends in Loa-
don, but I will not send tt them.
Sir R. W. Carden—Yot t are liable to 6 months' impri-
sonment for attempting your life, and unless you can
bring some one here who s till give some account of you
you must g o to prison.
Prisoner--You ma.ydo ' with me what you please, but
I will not give the names c f any of my friends, nor will I
say anything more about .a..yself.
Sir R. VT. Carden then nnauded her for a jveek, with
in-tructiong to have herbro tight up sooner if slae gave the
name of any ';f her friends. He also ordered 2s. 6d. to
be given to Bmine for his l ,ss of time.

BO W-STREET.—John iladdairt, of Tyler. street, Re-
gont•street, grocer, appear ed to answer a En IMMOII4 at
the instance of the Excise Commissioners, charging
him with having in his poi 'session a quantity - of adulte-
rated pepper.
It was provod tl iat 40 per cent. of one parcel of pepper
was rice, and 10 per cent. hardwood. Anotl ier parcel
contained 10 per c ent. of hardwood.
Mr. Henry ho pe d the public would be made as :quaint' ,d
with the facts of th e case, as he believed it wa,, :not gene-
rally known that w 'od was used for adultieratiug' pepper.
Mr. Dweily o h erred that hardwood was uged L-o a
considerable extent > lot only in the adulteration of pepper
but of snuff. Mr. ❑'welly said the officers had inspect AA
the stocic of the who lesale house, who supplied the o lo-
fendant, and fou❑ d th at it was genuine.

Mr. Henry fine I the defendant in the mitigated permit y
of 50/.

John, Daley, wh q) had evaded apprehension since th•
28th ult., was chl ► rged with having bee e concerned in
stealing a ring fr o in Mr. Stocker, who was knocked
down and ki:led High-street, St. Giles'a, on the morn-
ing of the day state !d.

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-It appeared that the prisoner was ono of those who
were present when Ar.r. Stocker was knocl).ed down, and
assisted in carrying h'im home. The prisoner then went
away to drink with hio: companions. Denn is Leary (who
was en SatrArday co to mitted for three months to steal,g
a key fr 0.31 the de cease d) and a young w oman named
Margaret Kealah, were of the party. One of the men
was s',nt from the publi.c-liouse to sell a ring, and on his
rete:l), according t o t h. t evidence of the wo man, Kealah,
he gave the money (3.) he had obtained for it to Daley.
Daley said, wit h n " You got mot .e than that !
you shall have none of the drink." Then an protested
that he had recei, mire, and Daley :allowed him
to have his share. Tne 31, was spent in drink amongst
them,

Inspector Chec kley Maid the prisoner was an exceed-
ingly bad charact :er. He was in the habit ,of "
ing" prostitutes, 1 won whose infamy he livod. He had
been several tone lin custody, once for a violent assault
upon one of those unhappy creatures with whom he 'as
then living. alah was a fruit girl, a nd the p
slice
knew nothing to her disadvantage. She had lived bi
Ch era-lane troth her childhood.
The prisoner sai l tb,at the inspector way mistake. in
stating that he wa a follower. In answer no Mr. Henry,
he said he would p lea I guilty, but that hti d.td not steal
the ring himself.
Mr Henry cm= 7i tted him for three mouths, with
hard lab.,nr.
The police are atilt in search of the man Dnody, by
whom the ring was sold, and also for another of the
party, who is survot el to he the actual thief.

WESTMIY, SI 3
with having R_henry Bently, the di fiver of a 1
patent safety ca 0, appeared to a summons char ging him
unl av
brougham of Li n. d A
;fu lly, by careless driving, run. into the
V. Tempest, and damal red it to
the amount of -n p war a , of 51.
Mr. Sleigh
Mr. . nns Bi a•VY dea,i, ain support of the charge, and
de fel Ide a --'lto cabman.
a '
Mr. Sleigh. ; i • • •J that • the com-
plaint was b opepaig his case, sail
r. migl it for ward by his lordship 1 )urely on
public grounc is, and if the defendant were disposed to
plead guilty t a ' he might undertake to say
that there .: a the charge
him. wn- - 1 to desire to press for a penal ty
Mr.against-
13' ~„ d
in
- eclined to adopt this courAe, aad the evi-
dence was , goy
to at considerable length. The Earl
of Bectiv 3, M
r' in
Wm. Kennedy, and Mr. Inellar were
called in sup
port of the information. Two witnesses
were cal 'led f
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the defence.
Mr.. Arno Id said that the question for his cousidcra-