The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-12 00:00:00

Cential Criminal Court—(This Day).

OLD CO URT.
(Before Mr. Baron Channell.)
Charles Anderson, carpenter, a Swede, remanded
from last session, was indicted for the wilful murder
of James Marchien upon the high seas.
From the evidence it appeared that he shipped as
an able seaman on board the ship Raby Castle, and
that on the 24th of November, while off the coast of
Africa, he deliberately cut deceased's head from his
body with an axe. Marchien was also an able seaman,
and at the time of the occurrence was lying in his
berth on the forecastle with his back towards the
entrance. There were five cuts in the back of the
neck and two on the shoulder. The chief mate said
that a week or ten days previous to the surrender
he was on the deck and the prisoner at the
wheel. It was then blowing a heavy gale of
wind, when he heard Mm say, " This will
never do. We shall never get to London.
I shall kill the Russian Fin, and when we get to
London I can easily run away." Witness told him
to make less noise, and pay more attention to
steering the ship. The prisoner meant the deceased
when he said he would kill " the Russian Fin."
The deceased was a mulatto, and came from the
West Indies.

Several of the crew on board the Baby Castle
gave evidence. They considered the prisoner to
be " soft." He took his meals alone. In the hot
weather he always went below, and in the cold,
when the crew assembled below, he left them and
passed his time on deck. The crew had frequently
said there was a Russian Fin aboard, and that it
was not right he should be there. When he was
taken into custody after the murder, he said he had
done it to save the ship.
Mr. Daley, for the prisoner, set up the defence
of insanity, which, he contended, the whole of the
evidence clearly established.

William \Taller, master in the ship Progress,
said the prisoner had taken a voyage with him for
about three weeks, but he was discharged because
he was supposed to be insane. He saw the prisoner
while he was iu custody at Cape Town, and he then
thought him decidedly insane.
The chief officer of the ship Progress said he saw
the prisoner in custody at Cape Town. When he
was on board the Progress he thought he was au
idiot, that is a man who had not his full senses.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

George Smith, carpenter, was indicted for un-
lawfully attempting to enter the dwelling-house of
the Marquis of Downshire, in Belgrave-square,
with intent to steal.

The police, who received information that an
attempt had been made to enter his lordship's house,
promised to watch both the back and front of Down-
shire-house. The prisoner was seen to jump off the
garden-wall of one of the houses in Upper Eccleston-
street, and he was accordingly taken into custody,
and on making inquiry it was discovered the pri-
soner had been in the Marquis of Downshire's
garden, and there marks of attempts having been
made to raise some of the windows, the marks corre-
sponding with some knives found in the prisoner's
possession.

The jury found him guilty. There were two
previous convictions proved against the prisoner,
but it was also stated that he had been attempting
to gain an honest living. Under these circumstances
the Recorder sentenced him to two years' imprison-
ment with hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.ADULTERATION OF TODACCO.—Mr. Richard Kneel, of
Nassau-place, Commercial-road-east, appeared to answer a
summons, at the instance of the Excise authorities, charg-
ing him with having in his possession 261 b. of Cavendish
tobacco sweetened with liquorice and sugar. Mr. Develly
prosecuted. The tobacco was found in his possession by
two officers of Excise. It consisted of two sorts of to-
bacco, mixed and so sweetened that it was obvious to the
taste and touch. Ile told the officers that ho had cut the
tobacco up himself with knife, which ho showed
them, but with which it was quite evident that he
could not have done it. Ile said he had purchased the
tobacco from two different manufacturers,whose names ho
mentioned. The officers purchased samples of each, which
on being analysed were found to bo pure. The mixture,
however, contained 1 per cent. of liquorice, and from 9 to
10 per cent. of sugar.
The defendant said that he cut up the tobacco as he re-
ceived it from the manufacturers, and put no " flavouring"
in it himself. One of the manufacturers had special
permission from the Excise to use some flavouring in. his
tobacco.

Mr. Dovelly said that was only a small portion of some
essential oil, merely to give a peculiar taste,which was the
speciality of that maker's trade. Tho Excise never gave
him any authority to use sugar. Besides, the sample de-
livered by defendant to the officer, as being in the state it
was supplied in by the maker, was perfectly pure.
Defendant was fined in the penalty of £5O, the full
penalty being £2OO.
Charles Oldney, tobacconist, 141, Long-acro, appeared to
answer a similar summons. Ile stated that he purchased
the tobacco from Mr. Kusol, and considered that when ho
bought at a fair prico of a respectable dealer he had a right
to believe it was genuine, and could not be blamed if he
was deceived.

The Magistrate said that whoever dealt in exciseable
articles was bound to take care that theyovere not adul-
terated.

Mr. Dovelly said any one accustomed to examine to-
bacco could tell the difference at a glance.
Defendant Was fined in the same penalty.