The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—Henry Chenu was placed a
the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with stealing
about sixty yards of cloth, the property of Mr.
&0., of 11, Bloomsbury-street.
one of the most useful officers
Dulvinaittearilor,
Holmes,
of the F division of police, said—l was on
duty in Short's-gardens about eight o'clock
on Tuesday night, when I saw the prisoner
going along
with a sack full of something on his
back. Two other men were in his company, and
they all went into the house No. 13. I followed
them up to a landing at the top of the house, where
the sack was deposited. I secured the sack and
the prisoner, but the two men who were with
him managed to escape through a hole in the roof
of the house. The prisoner resisted with great vio-
lence, but I managed to get him to the station-
house in Bow-street. On opening the sack, I found
13 pieces of cloth, which have been since identified
by the prosecutor. The prisoner said he did not
steal the cloth himself ; he had been asked to accom-
pany the two other men, who had the sack in their
possession, and that was all he knew about it.
Mr. Wm. Dunn, the prosecutor, deposed that on
the evening in question he showed the various
pieces of cloth now produced to a customer of his in
the shop, after which he wrapped them up and
placed them in a back room, the door of which he
closed. He then went downstairs into the kitchen
of his house, and while there heard the front door
open, and some one walking over his head; but he
took no notice of the circumstance, supposing that
it was his wife who had stepped out and was ex-
pected to return every minute. Presently, however,
he heard footsteps entering the house again, and his
wife, who had entered for the first time, called him
up, and informed him that she had found the front
door open. He soon found that the house had been
entered by a thief, and the whole of the cloth, which
he valued at upwards of /20, taken away. The
cloth now produced was the same.
The prisoner, who had been once before convicted
as an accomplice at a robbery at a jeweller's in
—enrietta-street, was committed for trial.

CLERKENIVELL—A well-dressed man, who
gave the name of Charles Gillham, described as
having no home or occupation, was charged with
stealing a gold watch, the property of Mr. Edward
Smith, at Cross-street, St. Andrews.
Early in the month of June last the prisoner went
to the prosecutor's clerk and told him that he was
instructed to purchase a good gold watch for a gen-
tleman, at the same time stating that he should
require to take it away for the gentleman's inspec-
tion. The clerk, who had been acquainted with the
prisoner some time, and knew his friends to be re-
spectable, let the prisoner have the watch upon the
condition that it was paid for or returned in an hour.
The prisoner not returning, inquiries were made, and
it was then found that he had left his lodgings, but
no trace could be discovered of him until yesterday,
when he was apprehended at Kensal-green by
Police-constable Taylor, 226 G. The prisoner at
once handed to the constable the ticket of the watch,
and upon his being searched the constable found
upon him the following paper :—" If any one die-
covers my body go to Mr. Gillham s, 18, Maryle-
bone-street, Golden-square." There was also a
letter in his possession, of which the following is an
extract :—" London, Sept. 18, 1858. My dear
Sister,—When you receive this I shall have left this
world of troubles, I hope for a better.—C. Gillham."
The watch, for which the prisoner was to have paid
£lO, was pawned within 24 hours after he obtamed
it for £7.

The prisoner said he had pawned the watch, but
he would not have done so had he not been greatly
distressed at the time.

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a short
time for the attendance of the pawnbroker, and the
watch having been produced the prisoner was fully
committed to the sessions for trial.

WESTMINSTER.—Isaac Hammond, a powerful
fellow, between 40 and 50 years of age, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Poynter, charged with at-
tempting to murder Sarah Farrell, by throwing
her out of a window of a second floor in York-
street, -Westminster, stated to be between 30 and
40 feet high.
The prisoner is a notorious utterer of counterfeit
coin, and has been before tried for causing the death
of another woman, his wife, The object of his pre-
sent brutality is a woman with whom he has for
some time cohabited.
Wm. Marley sworn—l am a tailor, and live at 5,
York-street, Westminster. I occupy the next room
to the prisoner, on the smile floor. He came home
at 5 o'clock last sight, andhis wife, as I had always
supposed her to be, was out. He inquired of an-
othernew
wife,
'who told him she did not
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came home he would do for her. He went out for
ten minutes; on his return he commenced smashing
the articles of crockery in the room. His wife then
came in, and he threatened to stick a knife into her.
I afterwards heard him declare he would tear out
her windpipe.
Mr. Paynter—Was he drunk ?
Witness—He had been drinking, I think. I
should say he had. After he had threatened her
us I have described they went out together, and
returned about 10 o'clock at night. Their room
adjoins mine. After they had entered I heard him
lock the door. She tried to open the door, and
entreated him to let her out. He refused, and said,
" I have got you here now and will do for you."
Immediately after that I heard-the window opened
in their room, and in a moment or two afterwards
the door was opened, and the prisoner came out.
I heard him say, She is now out of window, and
lam off." My wife said, "My God, what has he
done ?" and we stopped him going down stairs. We
went to a yard at the back of the house, and found
the poor woman lying there on the stones.
Mr. Paynter—Did you hear any cries from the
poor creature ?
Witness—No, I did not. _ .

Mr. Paynter—How long was it from the time
they had entered the room before the prisoner
left it ?

Witness—Not five minutes altogether.
Mr. Paynter—Of course she is in a very dan-
gerous state.
Ferri3-Carr, 246 B—She has been insensible ever
since, and never spoke until six this morning. I
have a certificate.
The certificate was passed to the magistrate,
signed by the house surgeon at Westminster Hos-
pital. It stated that the unfortunate woman was
suffering from concussion of the brain and several
extensive scalp wounds.
James Seaton sworn—l am a gentleman's ser-
vant, and live in the same house as the prisoner. I
had just retired to bed, when I was called up and
told that a murder had been committed in the
house. The prisoner was then on his way down
stairs. He said she had jumped out of window. I
inquired where he was, and what he was at, to
allow her to do se. He made no reply to that.
We had to knock up a coachman to get . into the
yard where she was lying. He went with us, but
never attempted to lift her up, or assist in removing
R
her.
her previous to this ?
ys_epeatedlynter—Have you ever heard him threaten
Mr. Paynter—Were 'they by themselves in the
room ?

Witness—They were ; no one else was with them.
Ferris Carr, 246 B, said—At half-past ten last
night I heard cries of " Police" and " Murder" in
York-street, and was told that a man had thrown
his wife out of window. When I saw her she was
insensible, and I then took him into custody. He
wanted to go upstairs to get his shoes, but I told
him it was a very serious matter, and I could not
allow him lie replied, " I know it is a serious
matter, and I must suffer for it." He said she could
not be much hurt, as her fall had been broken by
the lamp. I found a part of her dress on the lamp.
Mr. Paynter—Then he evidently knew how she
fell. The prisoner is remanded till Saturday, and
the woman's statement must be taken, if possible,
at the hospital, should she be in a condition to
give it.
Prisoner was then removed.

SOUTHWARK. High, a masculine-look-
le, who has been frequently convicted of
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desperate assaults, was finally examined, charged