The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-19 00:00:00

The prosecutor stated that he fell in with the
prisoner between twelve and one o'clock in the
middle of the night, while he was knocking at the
Ph Boar, better known as the Blue Pig, public-
Ise, Rosemary-lane. He told the prisoner he
ould get nothing to drink there, and invited him
to accompany him. to a coffee-shop and have some
refreshment. The prisoner said he had no money,
to which the witness replied, " Never mind, I have
some," and I gave him some tobacco. They went
to acoffee-shop, and had some coffee and bread and
butter. The prisoner. asked him for some more
tobacco. He told him he had none, and said,
am very tired and. sleepy, and will take a nap."
He fell asleep, and awoke in about half an hour,
and missed the prisoner. He put his hand in. his
breast pocket and missed a leather purse containing
I.:13 in gold and 16s. in, silver. He was sure his
purse and money were safe just before he fell
asleep.
The Prisoner—This gentleman says I told him I
had nu money when I met him. I certainly had
money.

Captain Cottingham—You distinctly told me you
you had no money when I first met with you. I
had a sympathy with this soldier, your worship,
when he told me that. I saw that he had fought
for his country and had marks of honour on his
breast, and then I asked him to have a cup of
coffee.

In answer to questions by the prisoner, the wit-
ness said two Marines came into the same box a
long while after he and the prisoner entered the
coffee-shop and before he went to sleep. The
Marines were also gone when he awoke.
Richard Thorns said he kept a coffee-shop in
Rosemary-lane. He saw the prosecutor and the
prisoner come into his house. The captain was not
much the worse for liquor, but the prisoner was
drunk, and left at 3 o'clock in the morning. He
saw the prosecutor take money out of his pocket to
pay for refreshment, but did not see hint with any
purse. _ _ _

Jonathan Martin, waiter at the Magnet, a night
coffee-house, in High-street, Whitechapel, five
minutes' walk from Rosemary-lane; said the pri-
soner came there a few minutes past 3 o'clock, and
called for beef, bread and butter, and two eggs.
The prisoner paid for what he called with a half-
sovereign, and the change was returned to him.
The prisoner afterwards called for three bottles of
gingerbeer, and tended a sovereign in payment for
them. He told the prisoner he was short of silver
and returned him the gold. The prisoner said he
had plenty of money, and kept his gold, silver, and
copper moneys together, that his friends in Scot-
land, of which country he was a native, sent him
money to buy his discharge front the army, and it
was not accepted, and that whenever he wanted
cash, however large the amount, his friends in
Edinburgh sent him what he required, and he con-
tinued on the spree while it lasted. The prisoner
left the coffee-shop about twenty minutes before 4
o'clock.

James Threadfold, a city police-constable, said
—The prisoner was siven into my custody this
morning at 7 o'clock, in Great Tower-street, by the
prosecutor. The prisoner, on reaching the station-
house, said he was not in Rosemary;lane at all this
morning, and that he came out of the Tower with
a night's leave of absence at 8 o'clock last night. I
searched the prisoner, and found upon him two
sovereigns, 9s. 6d. in silver, and three cigars. The
prisoner said that he received the money from his
woman. I asked him what woman. The prisoner
said, " My wife." I asked him where she lived, and
he said, " I don't know where she lives."

The prisoner said he was innocent of the rob-
bery, and called
James Lennox, a sergeant belonging to the same
regiment, who said, in answer to the questions of
his comrade—The prisoner had leave of absence
until half-past seven. this morning. I have not seen
the prisoner with large sums of money in his pos-
session. I am not aware the prisoner had remit-
tances from his friends in Scotland. His military
character is a little irregular.
Mr. Yardley directed the depositions to be taken,
and, upon their completion, asked the prisoner if he
would plead now or prefer being sent for trial.
The Prisoner—l will never plead to that. lam
quite innocent.
Mr. Yardley said he was under the necessity of
committing the prisoner for trial.
The Prisoner said the prosecutor gave him £3 in
the coffee-shop in Rosemary-lane, another man who
was present £3, and £3 more to the man who kept
the coffee-shop.
Captain Cottingham was called, and said he gave
no money to the prisoner or any other man.
Thomas was recalled, and said he received no
money whatever from the prosecutor, except what
he paid him for refreshment.
Mr. Yardley, addressing the prisoner, said that
the witnesses had given a distinct denial to what
he asserted, and he must commit him for trial at the
next sessions.

HAMMERSMITH.—John Harris, aged 40 years,
who was described as a collector, in th emOoy of
Mr. Nicholas Henwood, a dyer, of No. 4, Schole-
field-place, West Brompton, was charged with
discharging a loaded pistol at his employer.
The prosecutor deposed that about half-past seven
o'clock on Thursday evening the prisoner returned
home with the cart, his duty being to take out
goods, collect orders, and to receive money, and he
first saw him in the pressroom having an altercation
with another man, whom he was threatening. He
noticed that he was intoxicated and very much
excited. Witness called him into the shop and told
him that he was keeping Mm waiting, and that he
wanted him to render an account of the money he
had received in the course of the day. He made no
answer, but looked at him with a frown. Having
received his account the prisoner said he wished to
speak to him, but witness refused to hear him that
night. Prisoner repeated his wish to speak to him
privately, and said he would only detain him a
short time. Witness again refused, and told him
to see Mr. Paxman, the foreman, and make the
communicatian to him. He then made some fur-
ther observations, and witness said, "Now, my
good fellow, I'll not hear you to-night," upon which
he took offence at the word "fellow," and said
" that he was no more a fellow than he was, and
t At he was brought up in a boarding school."
Witness explained to him that he did not use the
word " fellow" offensivelyl and that he hoped his
course of conduct would not make him a felon. He then
walked round the counter, and witness gradually
withdrew from him. At that time he was about
six feet from him, and the prisoner said, " let
you know," and simultaneously a pistol was fired.
'Witness fell with fright, and he afterwards crawled
to the front part of the shop under the desk. The
prisoner then appeared as if he was approaching
him, and witness called some one to keep him away.
The shopwoman told him to rise, and he then got
up and ran into the works and raised an alarm.
Witness afterwards saw a dress under the counter
riddled with shot, and also the leg of a bench.
Mr. Dayman inquired how far the bench was
from him when the pistol was fired ?
The witness said about six inches. The bench
was at the side of him.
Mr. Dayman also asked the height of the shot
holes in the leg of the bench ?
The witness said about three feet from the
ground.
Mr. Dayman—Where was the pistol when it was
fired ?
Witness—l saw it at his side when it went off.
The prisoner—l had it in my coat pocket, and I
don't know how it went off.
Police-constable Itorekilly, of the V division, said
he took the prisoner into custody, and he volun-
tarily stated that he had put up with a great many
remarks from and had been treated very badly by
Mr. Henwood. He borrowed the pistol the day
before for the purpose of shooting off in his garden