The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Sept. 29.

GUILDHALL.—Lewis Lewis, a draper, late of
58, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, was brought up
on Tuesday last, on a warrant, before Alderman
Sidney and Alderman Phillips, charged with not
surrendering at the Court of Bankruptcy after
having been legally adjudged a bankrupt.
Mr. Jones appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Humphreys, jun., of the firm of Humphrey, Son,
and Morgan, attended for the defence.
George Adams Walker said—l am clerk to Mr.
Johnson, messenger in the Court of Bankruptcy.
I produce the proceedings in bankruptcy against
Lewis Lewis, consisting of the petition for the ad-
judication of bankruptcy, dated the Bth of May,
1857. I also produce the adjudication of the same
date, and the duplicate summons, signed by Com-
missioner Fonblanque, dated the 16th of May,
requiring the bankrupt to surrender on the 2d and
30th of June following. I served a duplicate of
adjudication on the defendant's premises, by fixing
it on the wall in the shop, at 58, Exmouth-street.
That was the last known place of abode of the
bankrupt. The bankrupt was called on to sur-
render on the 30th of June, and proclaimed in the
usual manner, but he did not surrender on that
Occasion, nor since.
Sergeant Huggett, of the City detective force,
said—l know the prisoner. He is the same person
who was adjudged a bankrupt under the name of
Lewis Lewis, in May, 1857.
Cross-examined-1 went to New York after the
prisoner, and I held two warrants for his apprehen-
sion. One was signed by Alderman Phillips and
the other by Commissioner Hoiroyd. I found the
prisoner was passing over there in the name of
Harvey. He gave me up about £350. I did not
take a power of attorney with me from his credi-
tors, but I had one drawn up in New York. I did
not receive the 300 and odd pounds upon a release
from all debts. I gave two receipts for the
money, one at the English Consul's, and the other
to the counsel employed in the matter. The power
of attorney was drawn up partly at my instance,
and partly at that of Messrs. Fisher and Rokinson,
creditors of the bankrupt, who have a house of
business in New York, and another in Watling-
street. The money I received was on the general
account of the creditors. I made no promise to the
prisoner that if he gave up the money he would not
be prosecuted. I found on the prisoner a letter
containing the halves of Bank of England notes to
the amount of £3OO, which I placed in the hands
of the Sheriff of New York. I took the prisoner
before the Supreme Court and got the money given
up to me. I came away with the money, but I
could not bring away the prisoner, as there was no
international law to permit me. I showed him the
warrants, and said if ever he came to England I
should certainly apprehend him. He said there
was noefear of his ever coming to England, as he
could get a good living in America. I commenced
an action against the prisoner to recover the money
before it was given up. There were four actions
commenced on behalf of Messrs. Leaf and Co.,
Messrs. Caldecott, Messrs. Fisher and Robinson,
and another party whose name I forget. He as-
signed the money to me in writing.
John Beauvoir, of the metropolitan police force,
said—On Monday night I saw the prisoner in St.
John's-square, Clerkenwell, and I spoke to him,
as I had known him previously. I said, I
suppose you are aware that there i ''s
a warrant
out for your apprehension." He said, " Oh, yes, I
am perfectly 4-ware of that, and if either of you
put a hand upon me I will punch your head."
I had another officer with me, and when the pri-
soner walked away,we followed him to a public-
house in a court in Ludgate-hill. I then went in
search of the officer who held the warrant, leaving
my brother officer to watch the prisoner, and when
I came back they were both gone, and I afterwards
found him in custody at the Old-street station.
Mr. Humphreys said as it would be necessary to
adjourn the case, he trusted the magistrate would
take bail for the prisoner.
Alderman Sidney said it was not customary to
take bail in such cases, and he could make no ex-
ception to that rule in favour of the prisoner, who
was accordingly remanded till Wednesday next.

MARYLEBONE.—George Sniith, a middle-
aged man, described on the charge sheet as a
painter, was brought up, charged with a mur-
derous assault on his wife, Fanny Smith, and also
with attempting to strangle her.
Mr. Grange appeared for the prosecutrix.
Prosecutrix, an elderly and very respectably-
dressed female, stated that the prisoner was her
husband, and that she had been acting for some
time back as housekeeper to a cousin of hers, re-
siding at 12, Alpha-road, St. John's-wood, and
where she also occasionally slept, as did also the
prisoner. Her own home was at 32, Edward-street,
Dorset-square. On returning to her home the
previous afternoon, about 'four o'clock, she found
the prisoner in her room along with a female with
whom he had been keeping company for some time
past, the prisoner being very drunk. Feeling in-
dignant at finding another woman in her room
along with her husband, she ordered her to leave,
when he said she should not, and that he was not
going to give her up for an old like her. He
then struck her a violent blow on the neck,
which' knocked her on the floor. He then
took up the poker to her, but put it down
again, and seizing hold of her he forced his
knuckles into her throat and tried to strangle
her. After struggling for some time she managed
to scream " murder," when, fortunately for her, her
landlord, who is a constable, arrived and rescued
her from further violence. He had also, previous to
this, attempted to throw her out of the window.
The landlord and another constable fully corro-
borated:the above evidenee, and said if they had not
gone up prisoner's wife must have been murdered.
He was very violent, and threatened to throw them
over his shoulder, besides making use of a deal of
bad language.
Mr. Broughton characterised it as a most brutal
attack, and told the prisoner that it was lucky for
him he-was not there on a far more serious charge.
He recollected the case of a man over the water
who threw his wife out of window, and she was
nine months before she was well enough to attend
at the court ; he was kept in prison the whole of
that period, and when he was tried he was found
guilty, and transported for 14 years. He considered
this a most atrocious case, and should send him for
the full term of six months with hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Marshall, 30 N division,
brought before Mr. Hammill a wretched-looking,
miserably-clad • woman, and charged her with
attempting to destroy herself by drowning.
The constable stated that between three and four
o'clock in the morning, while on duty near the Cat
and Mutton Bridge, London-fields, Hackney, he saw
something of a light colour crawl from the towing
path beneath the arch of the bridge, but whether
the object was a human creature or an animal he
could nbt descry. Hastening down the embankment
to the spot, and turning on his lantern, the light
fell upon the prisoner, who was standing by the
water's edge in a perfectly nude state, with the ex-
ception of her flannel petticoat. On questioning her
as to her motive for being there in such a state,
and at such a time, she replied, " I
.wish to be at
peace," and he of course took measures to remove
her in safety, and have her ragged garments, which
were lying near, placed on her.
Mr. Hammill now asked the poor woman her age,
and her motive for seeking to destroy herself, to
which she replied, " I wish to kill myself, and
should have done so in another instant. I was saved
from death, but I wish to be at peace."
Subsequently she stated that her name was Divine
—that she was 63 years of age, but nothing could
induce her to tell where she had lived, or whether
she had any relatives.
Mr. Hammill observed that it was manifest the
officer had saved the poor creature from a watery
grave, and remanded her that inquiries might be
made respecting her.
Charles Walker was charged on remand with
having unlawfully offered himself as a servant to a
licensed victualler, and obtained such employment
by means of a false character.
Mr. Child (of the firm of Wire and Child), now
attended to conduct the prosecution on the part of
the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society. Mr.
Lewis, jun., defended the prisoner, and the court
was crowded by persons interested in the inquiry.
Mr. T. Butler, landlord of the Flower Pot, in
Church-street, Shoreditch, stated that he advertised
on the 15th inst. for Itnunder-barman, upon Which

the prisOner applied and gave a reference to Mr. G
Kerr, of Vere-street, Clare-market, Lincoln's-inn-
fields. Witness saw that, person, who gave the
prisoner an excellent character for honesty and ac-
tivity in the bar, adding that he should not have
parted with him but for :the fact of a brother or
brother-in-law coining to reside there and fill his
situation. To further inquiries Kerr asserted that
Walker had lived with him 12 months, and was
with the former occupant of the house before that,
and had only left three weeks. This statement per-
fectly coinciding with Walker's previous account of
his service with Kerr, induced witness to engage
him; but very speedily he discovered, though he
could not prove it, that his new barman was in the
practice of dishonesty, by having confederates to
whom he passed false change over the counter.
Further inquiry elicited the truth that Kerr had
clearly given Walker a false character, for several
publicans identified the latter as having been in
their service, and discharged on suspicion of dis-
honesty, during. the time he was alleged to have
been in the service of Ket r. He was consequently
given into custody.
Mr. Harwood, of the BUnd Beggar, Mileend,
gave evidence of having engaged the prisoner, on
sth May last, as a barman, from the excellent cha-
racter given by Kerr. He discharged him from
suspicion.of dishonesty on the 28th.
Mr. Livingston, of tile White Hart, Whitechapel-
road, said he engaged the prisoner aboui the middle
of January last, quickly deemed him dishonest, and
retained-him only nine or ten days. In this in-
stance a character was given by another person.
Mr. Leisk, of the Pitt's Head, Old-street, proved
that the prisoner was in his service from the 7th to
the 22d of August, when he discharged him from
a similar suspicion to the foregoing. Kerr furnished
him with a character.
Mr. Child said that he should prefer three
charges against the prisoner, and press for the full
peßalties of the law. By the 32d of Geo. 111., cap.
56, any
,person guilty of this offence was liable to
a penalty. not exceeding £2O, or in default three
months' imprisonment. The mischief resulting
from such acts was quite incalculable, and the most
stringent measures must be adopted to meet it.
Mr. Lewis made an appeal on behalf of the pri-
soner, who had a young wife and four children.
Mr. Hammill observed that he should deal with
the case by punishing the prisoner to the utmost
extent he was empowered by the act, for a check
must be put to such a systematic fraud.
The prisoner was then fined £2O in each of the
three selected cases, or in default the imprisonment
mentioned.
Mr. Child then said he was further instructed
to ask the magistrate's judgment against Mr. Kerr
as the party giving the false character in question,
and against whom a summons had been obtained
for unlawfully and wilfully giving a false or coun-
terfeit character to one Charles Walker, offering
himself as a servant.
The defendant, who answered the summons, was
represented by a solicitor, who, after the evidence
taken in the preceding case had been repeated, cross-
examined the witnesses without affecting in the
slightest their testimony, and then urged that his
client, who had served in the navy, and had only
been in the trade a limited time, was quite unaware
of the consequence he had subjected himself to by an
act of kindness to a man -whom he desired to assist.
He had perhaps acted looselyin the matter, but
not with bad intent, and a conviction in this case
would entail upon him probable ruin.
Mr. Hammill observed thin the Legislature had
imposed a similar punishment on those giving and
those using a false character. P -ccoukl make an
example of this defendant by G•flering that he, too,
pay in each of the three cases to s full penalty of
£2O, or three months' imprisonment-in default.

WESTMINSTER. Elizabeth Wareham, a
woman of small stature, was brought up for re-
examination before Mr.. Arnold, charged with a
desperate attempt to murder her husband, a haw-
ker, by tightly twisting an apron round his neck
whilst he was asleep, and pullmg both ends, by in-
flicting desperate wounds upon his head, while in
the same defenceless condition, the instruments of
assault, a glass and stone bottle, being broken to
pieces, and subsequently hurling two large earthen-
ware vessels at him, which, had they not missed
the:r aim, would probably have killed the man in
his then weakened state. _ _ _

Complainant's head was covered with bruises,
and he still appeared very weak. He said he
wished the magistrate would deal with her lightly
for the sake of his children.
Mr. Arnold—l can't permit a woman like that to
suffer a light punishment. Such a drunken crea-
ture can't be of much use to her children.

Mr.l'.l(: Adair, house-surgeon in the Westmin-
ster Hospital, saw him on the 26th. He had two
scalp wounds on the left side of his head, a cut on
the eye, and was very weak. The bottle produced
would have inflicted such injuries.
Mr. Paynter—Would a blow in the temple have
been more serious ?

Witness—l don't know that it would. Had ery-
sipelas set in, the wounds would have turned out
very bad.

kr. Arnold—l remand her till Tuesday.
Defendant-Oh, give me what I am to have a
once.

Mr. Arnold-I am not going to give you an
thing. I am going to send you for trial for attempt
ing to murder your husband.

An extensive change has .been made in the pic-
ture gallery 'of the Crystal Palace ; a number of the
pictures have been removed, and replaced by works of more
interesting character. The additions are chiefly English
pictures, and British art now holds its fair proportion of
space on the walls, whilst the extent of the collection is
greater than before- The change betokens the advance
and success of the gallery under Mr. Wass, and we have
no doubt will obtain- for it the reputation necessary for its
support. It will now repay the trouble of a special y isit.—
The Crt.tie. -
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PLAINTIFF.—It is a curious illustration of the
Scotch character—its pugnacity and pertinacity—that -he
who in English courts of law is called the plaintiff, in
Scottish courts of law is called the pursuer. The English-
man, when aggrieved, complains--brings his plaint before
the judge : the Seotchman, when injured, pursues the foe,
as if with a grim determination never to cease pursuit till
he has destroyed him.—The Critic.

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NEWCASTLE—SEPT. 28.
There 1. ,ts a moderate trade in grain at market to-day,
the suppi of which was fair, at fully Saturday's rates, for
the best samples. South country parcels in limited reqUest,
and pri :,es declined is per qr. Foreign tending downwards.
Fine ? -nailing barley made more money. Beans in favour
of the. uyer. Oats a steady sale. Peas scarce. Flour in
Plaited demand.

RICHMON

I—SsrT. 25

We h ave again to report a good supply of wheat at mar-
ket, r And. prices ruled about the same as last week :
Wh, Sat, white ..5s Od to 5s 6d I Barley.. 4s Od to 4s 6d
Ditto red 5s 3d to 5s 6d Oats 2s 9d to 4s Od