The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-07 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
MANSLAUGHTER.

Robert How, a shoemaker, said my house is opposite
the spot where the prisoner wai engaged on the day in
question. It always happens whe❑ a house is being
pulled down that a number of eh ldre❑ were carrying
away the bits of wood. I heard the brother of the
prisoner call to the children to go away, and then I
afterwards Paw one of the children, who had made use
of a very strong expression being held by the prisoner's
brother, who told the child he would nail him up to the
wail, which appearcci to frighten him. I saw no blow
struck. lam not sure of the date of the day on which
the circumstance occurred.

Mr. Alfred Hewitt—l am the owner of the materials
that were being pulled down. I employed the prisoner
and two others to pull the building down. I was on the
spot the whole of the day, with the exception of the
time occupied in taking my meals. I saw the children,
bat I never saw the blow struck.
The prisoner received a good character for humanity
and industry.
At the request of the foreman of the jury, the boy
Bell was recalled, and, in answer to a question, said his
attention was only drawn to the subject alter Coney
died.

Mr. Baron Martin having summed up, the jury, after
a short consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

[A portion of the following appeared in our late editibn
of last evening :]—

Christian Saltier, described as 32 years of age, and a
surveyor by profession, was indicted for the wilful mur-
der of Charles Thain, a city detective officer. The
prisoner, at his own request, was tried by a jury of
Englishmen.

The particalars of this case hare been so recently and
fully laid before the public that it is unnecessary to
again enter into the details. It will be recollected that
Thain, a City detective, apprehended the prisoner at
Hamburg, on a charge of robbery, and was returning with
him, on board the Caledonian steamer. The prisoner,
who was handcuffed, complained that the irons hurt
him. Thain replied that he had been warned of hits,
but that he would take them off on arriving in Eng-
land if he behaved himself. Oa the following day
Sunday, about four o'clock, the prisoner and Thain
were in the cabin together. A report of fire-arms
was heard, and on entering the cabin the prisoner
was seen sitting on a che,t, and the deceased was stand-
ing holding on with one hand, and with the other on his
breast. The prisoner admitted having shot the decreased,
alleging "that he had broken faith with him, and that
he would shoot any man who did so like a dog." The
prisoner said he had puichaied the pistol in Hamburg
to shoot a man named Miller, who bad swindled him out
of 231.

Mr. Lilly raised the legal objection that the arrest
being illegal he was not guilty of any crime more seriems
than manslaughter.

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Mr. Baron Martin said the whole case must go to the
ury. _
...

Lilly then addressed the jury, insisting that the
death was accidental, or at all events that it was reduc•
able to manslaughter.
Mr. Bodkin replied.
The learned Judge having summed up,
The Jury retired at a quarter-past five.
The jury came into court at a quarter to 6, and re-
turned a verdict of wilful murder.

The Judges then put on the black caps, and Mr. Baron
Martin sentenced the prisoner to death in the usual
form.

The prisoner evinced no surprise or extraordinary
emotion.

POLICE IMELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ROBBERY BY A WELL-KNOWN THlEF.—James Ryan,
19, a rough-looking fellow, was placed at the bar charged
on remand with stealing 7 brass valves and 19 brass
unions, value 3/., the property of James Walby, iron
merchant, 59, Greek-street, Soho.
The prosecutor said he missed from his warehouse, on
the 30th ult., 4 parcels of brass fittings, which were safe
on the day previous. Toe articles
produced were his
property, and a part of what he had missed. The
prisoner was an entire stranger to him.
Harriet Clark, of 24, Dudley-street, a marine store
dealer, said that on the 29th December, between six
and seven in the evening, the prisoner came to her
shop, and having asked whether she bought brass,
and she having answered in the affirmative, put the
articles produced in the scale. The prisoner said they
belonged to his father, who was giving
up business.
He gave the name of Jones. They weighed 71b.,
and
she gave 6d. a-pound for them.
William Buck, a police-constable, said that on the
29th of December he took the prisoner into custody,
and told him he had sold some brass articles. The
prisoner stoutly denied that he had done so. There
were two other lads with the prisoner at the time,
but they escaped.
Postle, 147 F, said the prisoner had been convicted
of felony at the Baw-street Police-court, and had been
committed for six weeks. He ti as well known.
In answer to the magistrate as to whether he wished
to kay anything, and that what he said would be taken
down, the prisoner said he was not guilty, and that
the witness Clark had said on the previous examination
that she could
sold the articles. not swear to his being the person who
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial.
wEsrmuNTs rER.
A FORMIDABLE RUFFIAN.—Charles Frazer, a deter-
assaulting Mr. Broghtley, the proprietor of the Prince
of Wales public-house, Vauxhall-bridge-road, also
mined looking fellow
William Forster, his potnaan, and with attacking Mr.
Stephen Redman, a dealer in machinery.
, was charged with violently
Mr. Broghtley said that defendant was so lawless
and desperate a character that he had again and again
forbidden him his house, notwithstanding whisb he
came there yesterday afternoon and endeavoured
to twee his way into the tap-room. Witness told
him be should have nothing Clere, and endeavoured
to put him out, but he resisted violently, and
after striking complainant on the breast bit him through
the left hand.
William rorster, the potinan, said that he assisted
his master in endeavouring to get the defendant ont,
when he kicked and bruised him very much.
Mr. Arnold—What have you to say to the charge ?
Defendant—They hit me as well. They hit me once
before, with a stick, when I went there.
Mr. Arnold—What do you go there for ? The land-
lord has forbidden you the house.
Defendant—l have as much right there as anybody
else.

Mr.
in this dis Arno You had raceful way. ld—You have not if you conduct yourself
rg endeavour
to tome your way into the house.noAlithouht tgoh bound to
supply refreshments to decent and well-conducted people
a landlord may refuse to admit and serve those who
tconduct thhieemkseoltiveees
in
per: orderly
e is boun d by la w
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manner. Publicans
are more open than any other class of tradesmen to
annoyances of this description, and I shall always feel it
my duty to support them while they do right.
Mr. Stephen Redman said that immediately after
the previous outrage committed by the defendant he
(complainant) was about to start with a low carriage for
the conveyance of machinery, when defendant jumped
into it, and, with a filthy expression, declared he would
have a ride. Complainant said he would call the police,
when defendant jumped out of the carriage and dragged
him violently to the ground.
Mr. Arnold.—Do you know anything of him ?
Mr. Radom I—lfe is a most desperate fellow and the
terror of the neighbourhood ; he is perfectly unfit to be
at large, and will murder somebody I fear before long.
He threatened me very much, and it is difficult to say
whether he might not carry his threats into execution.
I saw him the other day wantonly, and without the
least provocation, throw a brick at three little children,
and had it struck either might have been attended with
fatal consequences.
Mr. Arnold (to d-fendant) —Your conduct is more like
a madman than anything else. I shall fine you 51. for
assaulting Mr. Broghtley, and in default commit you for
two months, and shall require you to find bail for six
months.
He was committed in default.

A young man named James Brown, a bricklayer's
labourer, was indicted for the manslaughter of a child
named Jane Coney.
It will be recollected from the report of tho circum-
stances, which has already appeared in The Sun, that the
deceased child and some others were playing in Chec-
quer's-alley, where some buildings were being pulled
down, and in consequence of some of them carrying away
some of the materials, the prisoner, it was alleged,
went to drive them out of the place. In a short
time after the child Jane Coney reached her
home, crying very much, and suffering from
sickness. A boy about 12 years of age, named James
Bell, who happened to be present, said be saw the pri-
soner strike Coney with a strap which had a buckle on
it, and he on the death of the child taking place,
given into custody and charged with manslaughter.
The chief witness against the prisoner was the boy Bell,
who repeated very clearly the evidence he gave before
the police magistrate.
tk(fr. Wright, the surgeon, said—On the 14th of Dec.
I was stalled to the deceased. I found on the left side of
the temple a wound, and that the child had great difli•
culty in breathing. I could not account for the appear-
ance, except from what I had been told by her mother,
and I thought the symptims might have been occasioned
by fright. I attended her for some days ; the child
rallied, but she ultimately died on Wednesday evening,
the 30th Dec, On the following day I made a:po4t-
nsortena examination, and found on the temple on the
right side the wound I have already described. The inside
of the head was perfectly healthy and all brain, until I
came to the left side, and in the middle lobe of the left
side I found a clot of blood about the size of a hen's
egg, and about two ounces of dark-coloured blood
there was some softening from disorganisation.
Every other part of the brain was perfectly
healthy, as were the other parts of the body which I
afterwards examined. I attributed the cause of death
to the clot which interfered so much with the other
functions of till brain, and I believe that death arose
from the blood on the right side, which had caused the
discolouration. The se appearances always follow when a
blow has been struck—it is a law in surgery. I know •
of no disease that could produce such appearances as the
brain presents. A blow from any instrument would
produce the appearances I have described.
The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence,
said, " I am innocent, and I have witnesses to prove it.
I never struck the blow." He then called the following
witnesses :