The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-10 00:00:00

" South London Ophthalmic Hospital, May 9, 1859.
" This is to certify that James Whittington has lost the
sight of his left eye, in consequence of a punctured wound
which has injured the lens.—C. HOTHOUSE, Surgeon."

In answer to the charge, the prisoner said she
never touched the prosecutor at all, and all that
the witnesses had sworn to was false.
Mr. Burcham remanded her for the attendance
of the surgeon.

THAMES.—DOG-STEALING—SINGULAR CASE.
Daniel Neale, aged 30, an Irish coalwhipper, of
Fox and Goose-yard, Shadwell, was brought before
Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a Newfoundland
dog, value £25.
Mr. Thomas Young, coal agent, and landlord of
the Ship and Royal Oak, Wapping-wall, said he
was lately possessed of a very fine Newfoundland
dog, which he brought up from a pup. It was now
about 18 months old. He was offered £l9 for it'
one day in New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, and refused
it. The prisoner, who acted in concert with an-
other Irishman, named O'Brian, decoyed the dog
away from its home and sold it to a gentleman in
Lombard-street for £5 55., and ls. beer money.
O'Brian absconded with the money obtained for
the dog, and Neale came to him and complained he
was cheated. The dog was stolen on Friday. On
that day he was in the City.
The prisoner made a long defence, and with very
considerable earnestness declared that what Mr.
Young said was all false, and that he and O'Brian
had permission to sell the dog. They were three
days in the City with the animal, and the largest
offer made was five guineas. On communicating
with Mr. Young he said he would not take so small
a sum for the dog, but Mrs. Young said she wanted
to get rid of the beast, which was a nuisance in her
house, and they were to take any sum for it. The
prisoner then entered into various particulars, and
said that one day he received a penny for the dog's
dinner and a half-penny for its tea, that he went
down to King James's-stairs, Wapping-wall, to
wash the dog in the river on Thursday morning,
and that Mr. Young said the dog would sell better
when it was wet.

Mr. Young denied generally that he had given
permission to the prisoner and O'Brian to sell the
dog.

'The prisoner—Yes, you told O'Brian not to take
less than £8 for the dog, and Mrs. Young said,
" Never mind him, get what you can for it."
Mr. A. T. Hay, clerk to Mr. Benson, of No. 80,
Lombard-street, said he knew that his employer
bought a Newfoundland dog, and that the prisoner
and another man came to Mr. Benson's shop and
received five guineas for the Etnimal, and a shilling
for beer. He took the dog to the Hamburg
steamer in the river on Friday as a present to a
gentleman.

Mr. Selfe—ls Mr. Benson here ?
Witness—No, Sir; he is in Sheffield.
The prisoner said that O'Brian was drinking
away the money he received for the dog with his
mates, and when he had done drinking he had no
doubt he would turn up and come forward, and
prove that permission was given to sell the dog.
Mr. Young said it was not likely he would con-
sent to his dog being sold for five guineas, when he
had previously refused £l9 for it.
Mr. Selfe was induced to think the prisoner and
O'Brian had been authorised to sell the dog, and
that O'Brian had played off a scurvy trick upon
Mr. Young by keeping the money.
Mr. Young said it was not likely he would
authorise O'Brian to sell the dog, because that per-
son had kept the money.
Mr. Selfe could not see the force of that reasoning
at all. It was most likely O'Brian had sold the dog
with the permission of the owner, and had appro-
priated the money to his own use. If that was so
O'Brian could not be prosecuted criminally, but he
could be sued for the money in the County Court of
the district. He should adjourn the case until
Tuesday, the 17th inst., and he would allow the
prisoner to go at large on his entering into his own
recognisance in the sum of £lO to appear on that
day.
The prisoner—I will be here and bring O'Brian
with me.
Mr. Selfe—You had better de so. •

GREENWICH.--ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A
WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.—SamueI Newbury, 35,
described on the police-sheet as a gentleman, of 1,
Content Cottages, Shooter's.hill-road, Greenwich,
was placed in the dock before Mr. Traill, charged
with cutting and wounding his wife, Mary Charlotte
Newbury,.by stabbing her in the neck with a knife.
Mr. Downey, solicitcr, appeared for the prisoner.
George Mantle said he was servant to Mr.
Williams, a gentleman residing at Charlton Villas,
Shooter's-hill-road. About ten o'clock on Saturday
night witness was fastening up his master's
premises, when he heard a female screaming. He
went in the direction whence the sounds proceeded,
and was met by a young woman, who came running
along, and said " For God's sake go to the protection
of my mistress, for master is going to murder her."
Witness hastened to the spot, and then saw the
prisoner struggling with a female, who was holding
on to a lamp post. The prisoner had a white
handled knife in his hand, and witness asked why
they were not quiet, upon which the prisoner asked
what it was to do with him. Witness then saw
blood on the female's neck, the prisoner at the time
dragging her by the wrist. He then laid hold of
her by the fleshy part of the arm with his left hand,
and drawing her towards him remarked, at the
same time putting his right hand, in which he held
the knife, round her neck, "Now I will butcher
your head from your body." Witness' then closed
with the prisoner, and he was secured and taken
into custody.
In reply to Mr.• Downey, the witness said both
the prisoner and the wife appeared to be under the
influence of drink.
Mr. Henry Tyser, surgeon, of Blackheath, said,
he heard the disturbance, and on going to the spot
saw the prisoner and his wife and the last witness
all lying on the ground. Witness saw the prisoner
with a knife in his hand, and observed him strike
at her with it in the direction of the face or bosom.
Witness seized hold of the prisoner, and afterwards
gave him into custody. Witness had since examined
the prisoner's wife, and found a superficial wound
on the neck, two inches in rength. There was also
a slight wound under the neck, and another wound
on the nose, the :atter occasioned by the falling
down.

Mr. Traill inquired if the witness could say
what state the prisoner and his wife were in ?
My Tyser said, they were both under the influ-
ence of liquor.
Inspector Nimmo, R division, here produced a
sharp-pointed dinner•knife, with a white handle,
which had been taken from the prisoner.
Louisa Lewis, a young woman, said said she was
servant to the prisoner. During the whole of the

den, when searched, had upwards of £1 in gold and
silver in his possession. Clowden had also given a
false address.

The prisoners, in defence, denied any guilty
knowledge that the note was a forgery.
Mr. Corry remanded the prisoners for a week,
and in the meantime the Bank authorities will be
communicated with. Bail was refused.

SOU FHWARK.—STABBING A MAN IN THE EYE,
AND BLINDING HIM—A vicious-looking female,
named Catharine Cronin, who has frequently been
in custody for committing savage assaults, was
chargeftith maliciously stabbing James Whitting-
ton in the left eye, thereby depriving him of sight.
The prosecutor, a labourer, whose left eye was
bandaged up, said that on Tuesday morning, the
29th of March, he was in the Sugar Loaf public-
house, Dockhead, drinking some beer, when a man
named Wybrow, who lived with the prisoner, came
up to him and abused him. They had some words
together, and went out to fight. After two or three
rounds" witness left off, and as he was speaking to
Wybrow, the prisoner rushed at him like a tigress,
seized him by the hair, and stabbed him in the left
eye with something like a piece of wire. He called
out for assistance, when the prisoner absconded, but
a hair-pin, covered with blood, was picked up near
where he was laying, and he believed that was the
instrument she used. He was taken up, and con-
veyed in a short time to the South London Opthttl-
mic Hospital, where he was received, and it was
d'scovered that he had been deprived of the sight
of the left eye.
Mr. Burcham asked him whether he had any
words with the prisoner previous to her attacking
him.

He replied that he had never spoken to her, and
the attack on him was so sudden that he had not
an opportunity of seeing what she had in her hand.
Mary. Ann Pearce, the wife of a woodchopper,
said she was passing the Sugar Loaf about eleven
o'clock on Tuesday morning, the 29th of March,
when she saw the two men fighting in the street.
After two or three rounds they left off and shook
hands together, and while doing so the prisoner
rushed up and seized the prosecutor by the hair.
She then took a hairpin from her head, and stuck
it into his left eye. He called out, " Oh, my God,
she has stabbed me in the eye," and then the, pri-
soner ran off. Witness went for assistance, and on
her return she picked up a hair-pin covered with
blood.

Mr. Burcham asked what she knew of prisoner ?
She replied that she was unacquainted with her.
She, however, knew the prosecutor, as he lived
next door to her.

Patrick Ahern, 31 M, said he apprehended the
priioner on a warrant on Saturday night last. He
knew her to be a very bad character, and living
with a man named Wibrow. Witness had been to
the hospital that morning, and received the follow-
ing Certificate :