The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-09 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY P, V E ING, APR', T:

he had not been out of doors from half-past six on
that day.
Mr. Solomon, in addressing the Bench, pointed
out some discrepancies in the statements of the dif-
ferent witnesses, and particularly that respecting the
hat defendant wore on the occasion, some saying it
was a police hat, and others being unable to swear
whether it was a police or a plain hat, and assured
the magistrate that they were quite mistaken in the
person, as he should be able to show by a witness
which he should produce. In conclusion' he said it
was most unfortunate that the defendant's wife
should have come to the station-house while the
complainant and her friends went there, for to this
circumstance, and this alone, was to be attributed
the offence charged being laid on him.
Edwin Daws, a bootmaker, was then called, and
deposed that from half-past seven up to twenty
minutes to nine he was in the company of the de-
fendant, at a public-house in Bermondsey, and at
the latter hour accompanied him from there to his
residence in Trafalgar-street. The witnesses also
swore that on their way they crossed Pitt-street
and not Mason-street, and in their progress nothing
like a disturbance or an encounter with a female or
females took place.
The complainant here said that on that morning
the wife of the defendant called upon her, and
begged that she would not appear against her hus-
band, who she said had done very wrong, and said
she was willing to make her any compensation for
what she suffered.

Mr. Solomon hoped that this statement would
not influence his worship's opinion, as the act of the
wife was not inconsistent with the perfect innocence
of the husband. His worship would also, he (Mr.
Solomon) hoped, take into consideration the fact,
that the slightest fine must lead to the defendant's
dismissal from the force.

Mr. Norton observedthat there was another thing
to be considered, and that was, were the public to
be left in the bands of such a person 1 He thought
not ; and placing himself in the position of a jury
he could not doubt the testimony of the com-
plainant and her witnesses, while the ,evidence of
the defendant's witness might have been equally
true. It was possible that after being left at home
the defendant went out again, and taking thewhole
of the circumstances into consideration he could
not doubt the defendant had been guilty of the
offence charged. A gross, outrage it was, but taking
into account that bis dismissal from the force must
follow, the penalty he should impose would be more

lenient than he should under other circumstances
have inflicted. He then convicted the defendant
in a penalty of 205., or 20 days' imprisonment.

WANDS WO RTH. —RoanING LITTLE GIRLS.
An elderly man, named Thomas Maughan, who
was stated to be most respectably connected, was
brought before Mr. Ingham on remand, charged
with robbing little girls under the following cir-
cumstances. _ _

Sophia George, an intelligent little girl about
eight years of age, living with her aunts at No. 5,
James-street, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, deposed that
about 12 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, the
31st ule, she was returning home along the Clap
ham-road with two shillings in her hand, when the
prisoner spoke to her, and said, "Don't you know
me I" She replied,
"No ;" and he then said, ".I
am your uncle, come along with me a little way."
He then took hold of her hand in which she had
the money, and walked her round the fields by the
Bedford Arms. He then asked her if he should
put the money in
said, " Yes." She then gave him the two
a bit of paper for her, and she
shillings) whit's he wrapped in a piece of
paper, and then
Put them in his pocket. He
took her a little further, when she sail that she
wanted to go home.
He then gave her a piece of
paper wrapped up very tight, and she ran back
with it. She felt the piece of paper, and then
found that there was no money in it. The prisoner
ran away in an opposite direction. The witness
also stated that while in the fields the prisoner be-
haved to her in a very indecent manner.
Another case was proved against him. On Si-
turtlay morning last, a little girl named Emily
Ball, aged six years, living with her parents, at
No. 23, Cavendish-grove, Wandsworth road, was
sent to Spring-place to sell some kitchen-stuff, and
received six halfpence for it. She was next seen
in Montpelier-row by Mr. Attwood, a greengrocer,
who was serving his customers, and at that time
the prisoner had hold of her hand. He suspected
him, and watched his movements. Almost imme-
diately afterwards the prisoner ran away, and he
was pursued by Mr. Attwood in a cab. He caught
him, and charged him with robbing the little girl,
to which he made no answer. While walking
along, the prisoner threw some hing over a gate-
way, which, upon being picked up, was found to
be the six halfpence wrapped in a piece of paper.
There were other eases of a similar description,
but the worthy magisfral-e thought the two were
sufficient, and sentenced the prisoner to three
months, with hard labour, in each case, being six
mouths' imprisonment.
The prisoner was then locked up.

HAMMERSMITH. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.
Two men, named James M'Cue and Charles Walker,
both labourer, living in a notorious locality called
Jennings-buildings, leading into the High street,
Kensington, inhabited by the lower order of Irish,
and which place-is a-source of great trouble to the
police, were brought before Mr. Dayman, on re-
mand charged with being concerned in the following
impudent robbery :
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The prisoners were first examined on the Ist
inst., for stealing a hind quarter of mutton from a
hook outside the shop of Mr. T. Slater, the eaten-
tsei vneceeloek butcheron otfhellsi
was no positive evidence against them with the
exception that two men answering their descrip-
tion were seen running down the buildings, one of
High
hurdy night before. There
Street,
them at the time, carrying half a sheep. There
was no trace of the meat, and the case altogether
failed. However, on the second examination, it
was stated that there was another charge against
them of a similar nature, and they were accordingly
remanded until yesterday. On this occasion one
of Mr. Wormington's men, another butcher in the
High-street, attended, and proved that on the
evening of Saturday fortnight, while he was
standing outside attending to his customers, the
prisoner M'Cue took a breast of mutton off the shop
board and endeavoured to conceal it under his
jacket. The other prisoner was with him, and
tried to conceal his movements by standing be-
tween him and the butcher. The breast of mutton
was taken from him, but he was not given into
custody, as the man could not leave the shop.
The prisoner M 'Cue said he intended to purchase
the breast of mutton and not to steal it.
Mr. Dayman did not believe him, and committed
him for two months with hard labour. The other
prisoner he discharged.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A LICENSED VIC-
TUALLER.—John Murray, an Irish labourer, was
finally examined before Mr. Dayman, charged with
being concerned with others in committing a mur-
derous assault upon Mr. William.Burnell, the land-
lord of the John Bull public-house, in the Brent-
ford-road, Turnham-green.
The outrage was committed on Boxing-day,
when the prisoner and several other Irishmen, who
were excited by liquor, entered the complainant's
house, created a great disturbance, and upon being
interfered with by the landlord to preserve order,
they ill-u ed him most shamefully, cut him about
the head and face with sticks, and also caused con-
siderable damage to the premises. Mr. Burnell
was laid up for three weeks, and was attended by
Mr. Dodsworth, the surgeon, for the injuries he
had receiVE(l. In fact, his life was in danger for
some days. Some of the men decamped to Ireland,
and when the prisoner returned a short time since
he was taken into custody upon a warrant. The
others are still in Ireland.
Mr. Daymau fined the prisoner 405., or two
months' imprisonment, and also ordered him to find
two sureties to keep the peace for three months.
The prisoner was locked up in default.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-April 8.

THE HAYMARKET MURDER.

The following is a continuation of the evidence which
appeared in our First Edition of yesterday :

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Mr. Frederick Tothill, of 8, Charles-street, St. James's-
square, surgeon to the C division of police, said—l was
called into the house No. 8, Arundel-place, at half-past
9 on the night of the murder, and found the deceased in
a top room lying on her face on the bed, her head sup-
ported by pillows, and the rest of her body covered with
the bed-clothes. - I observed nothing particular on re-
moving the clothes beyond the way in which the body
was lying. I turned the body over, and found the
chest and abdomen rather warm. The general appear-
ance of the body was livid and ecchymose ; the face was
swollen, the features distorted, and the eyes prominent,
with the pupils dilated. There was mucus running
from the nose, the tongue was protruding and swollen ;
on the lower and front part of the windpipe a dark
-livid spot was visible, about the size of a fourpenny
piece, and the fingers were contracted and nails livid.
I made a post mortem examination on Saturday
morning, assisted by Mr. Palmer, the house surgeo❑
of Charing cross Hospital. Ou removing the skull I
examined the brain, and came to the conclusion that
death bad been occasioned by strangulation. The
I facts fully bore out the opinion I had previously formed.
In my judgment death was produced by strangulation
by some other person. Pressure on the windpipe was,
in my opinion, the immediate cause of death. I should
say, from the appearance of the deceased, she had been
dead eight or ten hours—it might be longer. The posi-
tion in which the bsdy was lying, the bedc!othes over
it, and the gravitation of blood towards the parts,
would account for the degree of warmth I have spoken
of in the chest and abdomen ; the extremities were per-
fectly cold.
Cross-examined by Mr. T. Atkinson—Deceased was
not. a woman of full habit. There was nothing remark-
able about her ; she was a healthy woman, and no trace
of disease could be found in the body. She was a woman
of ordinary strength. I have given a most careful con-
sideration to the appearances on the body, and have
coma to the conclusion that death was caused by stran-
gulation.
By Mr. Bodkin—lt was not probable, or even pos-
sible, that Heloise could have caused her own death by
strangulation in the manner described. A subject would
not have power to inflict death on itself in such a man-
r nor, because as suffocation came on the power would
cease and the hand fall.

Mr. H. Palmer, house-surgeon, Charing-cross Hospi-
tal, corroborated last witness's evidence.
Joseph Huggett, City detective, deposed capturing
the prisoner at Greeohithe, on 44th February, on board
the Pride of the Thames, bound for Monte Video. In-
spector Parke was with me. On board the vessel the
prisoner showed me his berth. I found there a small
clock (a German si. clock, with China face, weights,
&T.), a black leather bag, containing, on the top of
other articles, a small cedar box, in which was a brooch.
After that the prisoner was brought ashore, and I re-
mained with him there till 1.1 o'clock at night, when

the captain of the vessel eaOle down to G4eentrithe.
Parke remained on board the vessel. I produce a
watch and ring which I obtained from Mr. Hill, shop-
man to Mr. Bryant, gold and silver refiner, Barbican.
Cross-examined—There is nothing peculiar about
the clock. It was hanging up in his berth. The pri-
soner showed the way to the cabin, and gave up the
things I wanted.
Inspector Parke gave similar evidence.
Sergeant John Rogers, C 6.—On Saturday, the 27th
of February, I had brought Madame Virginia from the
inquest held at Charing-cross Hospital to the prisoner at
the Vine-street station. She said in my hearieg, in
French (I understand French perfectly), to the prisoner,
"That's bier !" He immediately touched me on the
shoulder and said, "I am a Piedmontese !" It is true
I passed the night with the woman in a how' leading
out of a narrow turning in the Haymarket, nearly oppo-
site the aif4 Tore. We remained there together all ui, ht
and came out at 7 o'clock in the morning, and then went
to the Crystal Palace. It was there I bought that box
(pointing to the little workbox produced in court) with
some other articles, also a purse, which I gave to Ma-
dame. We returned to London that evening by railway,
and at the station she was met by a French gentleman,
with whom she went away, and I did not see her again."
Solite few minutes after this statement, Madame Vir-
ginie asked if the watch had been found, the prisoner
touched me on the shoulder and said, "The watch has
been stolen from me by some Englishwomen, and in de-
fending myself from them I got my face scratched in this
manner."
Cross-examined by Mr. Austin—The prisoner speaks
broken French. At the police-station the prisoner's
face was scratched down, and lee had also received a
blow on the upper lip, which was swollen. They were
strong, broad scratches.
Georgo Hill, sbopman to Mr. Bryant, gold and silver
realer, Barbican.—On Monday, Feb. 24, the prisoner
came to the shop about 10 o'clock in the morning and
offered me a gold watch for sale. I offered him 255. for
it ; he shook Lis head. I then took out the movements
and weighed the golf, and offered him 30s. for it. He
shook his head and left the chop. He returned in about
half-an-hour and produced the earns watch, and a car-
buncle ring now produced. I purchased them of hips.
I gave him 303. for the watch and Bs. for the ring.
Cross-examined by Mr. Austin—l afterwards sold the
watch to Mr. Moses for 325. •
Mr. Moses—The watch produced is the same watch I
purchased of the last witness.
Philip Croom, waiter at 'Veen's Hotel, said—Prisoner
arrived there on the Bth February, and remained till
the 23d. He slept out that night. On the following day
he returned in a cab. He held a handkerchief to his
face, ant on my asking him what was the matter, he
aid he bad been on hoard all night, and that a cat had
scratched his face. I replied, it looked more like the
scratches of a " human cat," and appeared to have been
dons by a young la iy, and he nodded assent. Prisoner
went up for bis portmanteau, paid his bill, and left the
botel. I noticed marks of blood on his shirt.

Cross•ezamined—The scratches were about the breadth
of a human finger nail, and that caused one t / make the
remark about a "human oat." Prisoner bad the same
cloak on as he has now—he bad it on loose about him.
The witness Levy was re-called, and identified the vari-
ous articles found in prisoner's leggage on boars ship, as
belonging to Heloise, and being in her possession on the
night she met the prisoner, especially the rings, watch,
brooch, and ear-rings. The clock was hung up in
Heloise'e room, near the chimney, and I saw it there
the morning previous to her being found dead.
The case for the prosecution closed at ten minutes to
five o'clock.
Mr. T. Atkinson said he felt it difficu!t upon the vast
mass of evidence that bad been adduced to address the
jury for the prisoner to-night.
Mr. Justice Crompton said it must rest mostly with
the jury. He was ready to go on, and ho thought it
might be got over by ten o'clock.
The jury said they were ready to go on if his lord-
ship wished.
Mr. Justice Crompton said if the learned counsel felt
he could not then do justice to the prisoner's case he
should adjourn the Court.
The Court was accordingly a'journed until tomorrow,
and the jury locked up.

Country Markets,

MANCHESTER-APRIL 8.

There was a good attendance this morning. English
wheat of good quality was sold at an advance of is on
last week's prices, and American id told and French 2d
to 3d per 701 b dearer. Flour is to 11 6d per sack higher
for English ;
French sold more readily, at fully late rates.
Oats are fully as dear, and in oatmeal and other articles
no material change from last week.