The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Patrick Burke, a sturdy " knight of the hod," and Mary
Burke, were yesterday brought before Mr. CHAMBERS,
charged with having been found fighting together on Sun-
day night last, in indmill-street ; and Mary Burke was
also charged with having assaulted a younc, Irishwoman,
servant at the Robin Hood public-house in Wsindmill-street.
The complainant was sitting in the tap-room where
Burke was drinking his pint of beer, when the female de•
fendant burst into the place, " bate the blessed life out of
her, and ribboned her gown and cap off her." She pro-
fessed herself to be totally unable to account for the
attack, as she had never spoken a word, good or bad, to
the prisoner in her life before.
" Your Wurtchip," replied Mrs. Burke in her defence,
" here stands the father of me two childer, and for the last
three wakes he's never com home till four o'clock in the
morning, and thin as drunk as blazes. Last night, when I
went to look for him, I found him sitting in the tap-room wid
that young woman, and she wid her arm round his neck."
Mr. CHAMBERS : Well, I don't wonder at your having
assaulted her when you found her with your husband in
such a situation. What do you say to the charge, Master
Burke ?—Why that it's not true. I said nothing to that
young woman, and this one is jealous of me, so I'll lave her.
Mrs. Burke : You'll lave me, you spalpeen ; I don't
value you the dirt under my feet ;- I've done wid you now,
and I'll never spake a word to you again.
Mr. CHAMBERS : Well, man, will you promise not to go
near the woman at the Robin Hood any more ?—Burke :
That will I ; That will I ; I don't want any acquaintance
wid her ; and what's more, I'll never go near this other any
more.

Mrs. Burke : Och ! that's what you mane, Mr. Burke,
is it Do. you think you've got a Grecian to deal wid ?
Collar him, your Wurtchip, and send for the officers of St.
George. Put me to my oath, and I'll swear I'm a single
woman ; and I'll swear me two children to him now, or else
he'll be off to Ireland.

Mr. CHAMBERS : I shall keep the man until the parish-
officers come, and then you can make your statement,
woman. Gaolor, lock him up.
As the man was about to be removed, the female defen-
dant, whose wrath appeared to have abated, begged to ax
his Honour a favour.

Mr. CHAMBERS : Well, what is it ?—Mrs. Burke ;
That you'll let him aff this onc't ; I'lljgivc him another
trial.

Mr. CHAMBERS complied with this request, and the two
defendants marched away triumphant.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Mary Dunn, not a bad-looking woman, and Thomas
Perkins, a man about her own age, thirty, were yesterday
placed at the bar, before Mr. BROUGHTON, under the fol-
lowing circumstances
William Dunn, the injured husband of the female pri-
soner, was a porter in the city, and resided at No. 7, John's-
row, St. Luke's. He had been married to the prisoner
about eight years, and until lately they had lived very com-
fortably together. , Within the last two months she had
taken to drinking, and it was seldom he found her, at home
when he returned from his labour. About a week since
she eloped from him altogether, and took with her almost
every portable article of furniture. He went to every place
where he thought it was likely for her to be found, but could
hear no tidings whatever of her, and on Saturday evening,
while he was gone on an errand, she returned home with
the other prisoner, and in his absence they took possession of
the parlour. The complainant found the street-door a-jar,
as he left it ; but as soon as he got into the passage he
heard their voices, and, imagining that-thieves were in the
house, he went out again, and returned in a • few minutes
with a police constable. They crept very quietly along the
passage until they came to the parlour door, and, on
rushing into the room, they found that it was the two
prisoners, and in such a position as to leave no doubt of
their criminality.
The complainant, in reply to a question by the Magis-
trate, since his wife's elopement had found out that she had
pledged the greater part of the property at different pawn-
brokers' in the neighbourhood.
Badcock, the constable, 20 G, who accompanied the com-
plainant, described the situation the prisoners were in when
they entered the room.
Mr. BROUGHTON said, that a woman robbing her hus-
band was not considered in law a felony, and therefore he
could do nothing with her as regarded that point ; but the
act of adultery being proved, she could have no further
claim on her husband.

Prisoner—Nor I don't wish to have. I have had enough
of him.

The male prisoner, in his defence, was not aware that it
was her husband's house which she took him to ; neither
had he any knowledge of her having robbed her husband.
The complainant, who appeared to be a very good tem-
pered man, had no wish to have either of them punished, but
he should have nothing more to do with his wife; he had
washed. his hands of her for ever.

The male prisoner said he should too, for she had de
ceived him ; he took her to be a single woman.

Mr. BROUGHTON asked him whether he had any person
present who would give him a character ? He said he had,
and several persons then came forward, and spoke in very
high terms of him.
Mr. BROUGHTON then, after a severe reprimand, ordered
him to be discharged, but the female he held to bail to keep
her from annoying her husband.
Not being able to find bail, she was locked up.

COUNTY KILKENNY.—A number of persons re-
turning from a funeral at Clough, on the night of the 6th inst.
were waylaid at Chatsworth, near Castlecomer, by a large
party of men, who beat several of them in a mdg inhuman
manner. Two of the former are still missing. Several
searches have been since made for them by their friends, and
by different parties of the police, but as yet without success.
Strong doubts are entertained of their having been murdered.
YORKSHIRE ASSIZES.—On Friday last, Ursula
Lofthouse was indicted for the wilful murder of her husband,
Robert Lofthouse, of Kirby Malzeard, near Bedale, on the
6th of November last, by administering poison to him. After
a long and careful investigation, the jury returned a verdict of
guilty, and the judge passed sentence of death, ordering her to
be executed on Monday. The screams of the wretched woman
for mercy were heart-rending, and many people in court shed
tears. Upon sentence being pronounced she fell back in the
dock, and continued in fainting fits for nearly a quarter of an
hour. On the same day, Joseph Heeley was convicted of the
wilful murder of James Lee, at Kirkburton, on the 26th of
November last. His Lordship, in passing sentence of death,
remarked on the present case being another instance of the
lamentable effects of drunkenness. He hoped it would be a
warning to all who heard him, of the dreadful consequences of
that vice. The unfortunate man was ordered to be hanged on
Monday. On Saturday morning William Allott was indicted
for the wilful murder of Martha Hardwick, near Sheffield, on
the 9th of September last. The prisoner, who was very stout
made, but of middle size, was the owner of a small milk farm,
and the prisoner and the deceased lived together as man and
wife. The prisoner, it appeared had been drinking, and on
his return home commenced a murderous attack on the un-
happy woman. Her face and parts of her body were much
bruised; the bones of her nose broken ; her left arm fractured;
her lip stabbed with some sharp instrument; and the bone of
her arm also penetrated. Several of her ribs were also broken,
and there were some internal lacerations. The prisoner did
not attempt to abscond. The jury returned a verdict of guilty,
and his Lordship passed the awful sentence of death in the
usual manner. The dreadful sentence of the law was carried
into full effect on Monday last, upon the above wretched cri-
minals. They all acknowledged their guilt. After hanging
the allotted time, their bodies were cut down.—Sunderland
Herald.

EXECUTION OF EDWARD MORGAN._ThiS
wretched criminal, convicted of murder, underwent the sen-
tence of the law on Monday last at Monmouth, in sight of a
large concourse of spectators. The interval between his trial
and execution was spent by him in penitence and prayer.. At
twelve o'clock precisely, Edward Morgan was conducted from
the condemned cell to the top of the lodge of the prison, in
front of and projecting from which, the fatal drop was erected.
He was asked on the lodge by the Sheriff, if he had any re-
quest to make? His, answer was, that he only wished a few
minutes to pray, which he did aloud in the Welsh language,
and in a tone of voice that produced a strong sensation in the
prisoners, who were witnessing the awful tragedy from their
grated windows, as well as among the crowd without. When
the drop fell, an involuntary shriek from the assembled crowd
was heard throughout the prison. The unfortunate criminal
declared that he was not the person who fired the gun ; and
the disclosures he made while under sentence of death induced
the apprehension of his more guilty accomplice, who is now
in custody.—Merthyr Guardian.