The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-20 00:00:00

HATT ON- GARDEN.

Henry Gilniore, a lad about 19 years of age, was
charged with having maliciously stabbed James
Cotehind, with intent to murder him.
The prosecutor, who was unable to stand, was
allowed a .chair during his examination, and with
great difficulty he delivered the following evidence :
" I am apprentice to Mr. Sparray, butcher, No. 17,
Lower Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell,and the prisoner
was a jobbing servant in Mr. Sparray's employ. On
the 17th of July, about half-past five o'clock, I was
in my master's shop with the prisoner. He called
me a liar;' I told him, ' If you call me a liar again
I will strike you. He repeated the term, and I
struck him. He called me a a liar' a third and
fourth time, on which I knocked him down. He
seized a slaughter knife, and plunged it into my side
above the hip. I was then carried to the station-
house on a shutter."

Thomas Connell was passing the shop at the
time of the quarrel, and heard the prosecutor say,
" You called me a liar, did you ?" The prisoner re-
plied, " Yes, you are a - liar," and the prose-
cutor struck him. Immediately after the prisoner
looked round, and, seizing a large butrher's knife,
stabbed the prosecutor in the side. Witness called
the police, and gave the prisoner into custody.
Thomas Chadwick, a policeman, heard the cry of
" murder rand on proceeding to Mr. Spariay's shop
he saw the prosecutor bleeding, and tile prisoner
said, " I am the man who did the deed, and I am
sorry for it." Witness took him into custody.
Mr. Henry Rawes Whittell, a surgeon, proceeded
to the station-house, and examined the wound. The
prosecutor was exceeding faint from loss of blood.
On being undressed, a large flow of blood issued
from the wound, which was between the hip
joint and the crest, or the upper part of the hip.
The wound was two inches and a quarter in width,
and had passed in two directions. The depth of
the wound varied from five to seven inches, and the
knife passed through the muscles down to the bone,
and divided several of the large vessels. The ap-
pearances at the time were highly dangerous, and if
another flow of blood had taken place the prosecutor
would have lost his life. Witness had paid every atten-
tion to the man, and the wound was nearly healed.
The magistrates complimented this witness highly
fur the humanity and skill that he voluntarily offered
the prosecutor.

The prisoner being called on for his defence,
coolly sa►d, " I did it in my own defence, and I am
very sorry for it."—He was then fully committed.

Q UEEN-S Q UARE.

Felix Webb, one of the toll-keepers at the Brent-
ford turnpike, in the employ of Mr. Levy, the lessee
of the gate, was summoned for reftising to let Mr.
George Philip La Plume, one of the King's Mes-
sengers, pass through the gate without payment of
toll. On Sunday, the 12th of August, he was sent
from the Admiralty with despatches to his Majesty
at Windsor; and at the Brentford gate the defendant
refused to let him pass through without paying the
toll, which was 6d., and he was compelled to pay
the money. He contended that all King's MeE-
sengers, when on duty, were exempt from the pay-
ment of any turnpike tolls.
Mr. Levy, jun., who attended on behalf of his

servant, said it was quite a mistaken notion. The
words of the Act were, " That no tolls shall be de-
manded or taken by virtue of this Act, or any other
Act of Parliament, on any turnpike-road, for any
horses or carriages attending his Majesty or any of
the Royal Family, or returning therefrom." He
contended there was nothing in this clause that
could exempt King's Messengers bearing despatches.
Mr. GREGORIE said that a few weeks ago he had
decided that they were exempt, but on more mature
consideration he had altered his opinion, and he was
not ashamed to own it. He considered the King's
Messengers at the Admiralty just as liable to the
toll as the Messengers belonging to the Police-of-
fice, if they were sent on any business by the Ma-
gstrates. The case must, therefore, be dismissed.
Mr. WHITE perfectly coincided in this decision.
Mr. William Taylor, a King's Messenger, of No.
6, Queen-street, Westminster, now appeared to
answer a summons obtained against him by Mr.
Levy, for refusing to pay George Lynn, the toll-
collector at Kensington-gate, the sum of threepence
for passing through.
The defendant did not deny the facts, but con-
tended at great length that he was not liable to the
toll when travelling on duty.
Mr. GREGORIE said he felt it his duty to convict,
and wished him to appeal to the sessions.
The defendant declined appealing, and was fined
40s. and costs.

Mr. La Plume, the King's Messenger, who was
the complainant in the first case, was also fined 403.
and costs, for not paying the toll to George Lynn,
the collector at the Kensington-gate.
Mr. Levy, jun., would not enforce the payment
of the penalty; he only brought the case forward to
iry the question. Mr. Levy directed his men for
the future, if any of the Messengers attempted to
pass through and evade the toll, to seize the horse
and take it to the green•yard.