The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW STREET.
Yesterday a young man named Robert Woolley, alias Nel-
son, alias Hart, was brought before Mr. HALLS on the charge
of robbing Mr. Henry Tyskiewiez, a Russian Gentleman, of
a purse containing ten sovereigns and six shillings. The pri-
soner was attired in a very fanciful style of fashion, and as-
sumed an air of great nonchalance, but was recognized as
ibaving been from a boy a member of the " swell mob."
Mr. Tyzkiewiez was walking up Fleet-street that morning
with a friend, when he felt a pull at his coat pocket,
and was at the same moment informed that he had been
robbed, and the person who gave him the information pointed
out the prisoner, who was running away very fast, as the
man who had picked his pocket. Witness pursued him, and
was joined by several persons, who called " stop thief !" and
eventually he was secured, but not until he had made a des-
perate resistance, and had violently assaulted several persons.
The prisoner declined saying anything, and was fully com-
mitted for trial.

When the clerk was about to bind the witnesses over, Mr.
Tyszkiewiez said he was bound to return to Russia by a parti-
cular time, or otherwise he should be exposed to the severity
of the Russian law for non-compliance with his engagements.
He must therefore decline to prosecute.
Mr. HALLS should be very sorry to put the prosecutor to
any personal inconvenience ; but whatever the Russian law
might be he could not suffer a person like the prisoner to be
again let loose to prey upon the -British public.
The prosecutor persisting in his refusal to prosecute....
Mr. HALLS ordered him to enter into his own recognizance
in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each, to appear at the Old
Bailey ; and, in default, said he must send him to prison, till
tho trial.

The prosecutor was in custody at the closing of the office.

MA R Y LEB USE.
Yesterday Christopher Banbury, a man about co years of
age, carrying on the business of a grocer and the esemonger,
at No. 17, Little George-street, Hampstead-road, -was brought
before Mr. Snurr. by Franklin, the officer, a;, a warrant
charging him with having attempted to kill his wife by admi-
nistering poison to her.

Proarciitrix, who said her name was Esther B; inbury, and
seemed deeply affected, had been married to the prisoner 30
years, and lived with him till a few weeks ag, o, when, in
consequence of his frequent ill-treatment, she w;.!nt to reside
with her son, who occupies the house, No. 20, Devonshire-
street, Lisson-grove, and carries on the same Pixie of business
as the prisoner. Soon after the prisoner fou a d out her re-
treat, and, coming to the house, insisted uposa passing the
night there on leaving business. To this, he h awing promised
not to again ill-use her, she consented, and he had till lately
slept at the house, occupying the same bed as herself. On
Wednesday night, the .sth of August, about eleven o'clock,
her son being out, she was sitting in the parlo ex, at the
back of the shop, when the prisoner came in, an d, in a few
minutes afterwards, went out again to fetch son-t e beer and
eggs, the latter of which he bought of her in the f ,lop, saying
he was going to make some egg-hot. On his veturn with
the beer she put some of it into a saucepan, an d then went
into the shop again to serve some customers, $ Ind on going
back found the egg-hot made, and poured out a cup and
glass, the latter being full. The prisoner then des;red ber to
drink out of the glass, and, emptying the glass himself, went
up to bed. Just then her son came home, and she asked, him to
drink a little, which he at first refused, but at last consented,
and drank about half a wine glassful. She tlaen too{; the re-
mainder, all but about two table spoonsful, which Elite thought
looked rather thick, and, having put a little water in the
glass, emptied it into an earthen pan, generally 'ised for
slops, but which was quite dry at the time. She 'then went to
bed, but about an hour afterwards was taker' P.l by violent
vomiting and purging of the bowels, attended with extreme
pain, The prisoner being wakened by her ny tans, size

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to him, " Oh, God! what can I have taken?" when he ,e"
plied, " There's always sornothiwz the matter with you." be
lay in the greatest agony till the prisoner went out et'
o'clock, when she got up and went down stairs into the pa!''
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lour, where her son slept. On entering the room her son said
he had been very ill, and had vomited into the earthen Pen'
She then looked into the pan, and seeing a white powdery
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emptied the fluid very carefully down the water-closet, 8
sent for a surgeon, who told her the pan had contained pion'
She could not make up her mind to have the prisoner taken
up then, but insisted on his keeping away from her altogether.
Having, however, since imagined that he might make another
attempt upon her life, she on Monday last applied for a warren;
for his apprehension.
William Thomas Banbury, the son, corroborated what hie
mother had stated respecting him. He knew she and the pri-
soner had grievances between them very frequently.
Mr. Henry Edwards, surgeon, No. 54, Crawford-streett
Bryanston-square, was sent for to attend the prosecutrix on
the morning of the 6th of August, and found her exceeding'',
ill, suffering from violent vomiting and purging. He looked
into the pan, and saw a powder sticking to the sides. He
scraped it off, and subsequently analysed it, and found the
chief part consisted of arsenic.
The prisoner strongly denied the charge.—Committed.