The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-21 00:00:00

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.

'Before the Lord Chief Baron, Justices Wigbtman and
Williams, and Barons Bramwell and Channell.)
THE QUEEN V. GIBBON.

The prisoner was indicted for having falsely sworn that
he had carnal intercourse with Ann Bishop, in September,
1861. He was tried and convicted. Bishop denied the
truth of the prisoner's statement when she went to affiliate
upon another person a child which she gave birth to in
1861. It was contended that the swearing of the prisoner
had relation to an unnatural issue, and, consequently, the
indictment was bad.

The case was argued some time ago, and stood over for
ludgment.

The Court being divided in opinion the case was ordered
be re-argued before the 15 judges.

THE QUEEN V. ALLINGTON ELIOT AND MARV ANN

WHITE.

The prisoner in this case Was found guilty of indecent
exposure, but a technical objection was taken at the trial,
and that objection was now brought under the consideration
of the court.

Their lordships ordered this case also to be argued before
he 15 judges.

QUEBN V. YEADON AND BIRCH.

In this case the prisoners were found guilty of having
maliciously assaulted one Hiram Roberts. Exception was
taken to the conviction on the ground that the jury brought
in a verdict, in the first instance, for a common assault, but
the judge sent them back, and they then brought in a ver-
dict for a malicious assault.
The court directed a new trial to take place.

P °LICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day).

MAR LBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AT AUCTION RoollB.—Gustave Muller, a
smartly-attired young fellow, was charged with stealing a
pistol and a bottle of scent at the auction rooms of Mr.
George Bonham, 12, Leicester .street, Leicester-square.
The prisoner was seen at the auction rooms the previous
afternoon by one of the porters, George Pond, and after
examining a pistol ticketed for sale in the evening he left,
and the pistol was at once missed. Information was given
to the police, and the prisoner was subsequently found in
Drury-lane, without the pistol, but having in his possession
a bottle of scent, which was identified by Mr. Bonham as
one of a number he had for sale, the property of a French-
man.

William Whelan, 118 F, said he found on the prisoner
9s. 11d., and he had no doubt he had pledged the pistol for
10s., and that the penny had been deducted by the pawn-
broker. He found the bottle of scent on the prisoner.
A remand was granted, there being no doubt the prisoner
has been before in custody.

ASSAULT ON A LIVERY STABLE KEEPER—A FAMILY
FEUD.—Thos Jay was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
assaulting his brother, Mr. Wm. Jay, livery stable keeper,
9, Adams-mews, Grosvenor-square.
It appears that the defendant was requested to leave the
premises of his brothers, George and William, but refused,
and struck the complainant.

In answer to the magistrate, the complainant said the
defendant was employed on the premises, and all lived in
the same house. The defendant had been requested to leave,
but would not, and was drunk at the time.
81 C said he saw the defendant strike the complainant,
and he was then given into custody. _ _

Mr. George Jay said he wished the defendant to be bound
over to keep the peace.

Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the defendant to find one bail in
£lO for six months.

THAMES.

DARING ROBBERY—EXPOSING GOODS FOR SALE IN
THE PUBLIC STREETS.—Mary Ann Smith, aged 19, was
brought up on remand before Mr. Selfe, charged with
stealing 30 yards of limey, value 205., the property of
Nicholas Dawson, linendraper, 17, Crisp-street, Poplar.
The linsey was exposed for sale on the top of other goods
outside the prosecutor's shop, offering a great temptation to
the dishonest and the destitute. The shopkeepers of the
district will, however, in spite of urgent and repeated
remonstrances from the magistrates of this court and other
courts, continue to expose their goods for sale in the street
outside their shops, and lead people into temptation. The
pri-oner took advantage of the goods being outside the shop
of the prosecutor to remove two pieces of lin sey and put
them under her shawl. A person who saw the robbery
committed went into the shop and gave information. A
young man named Albert Justian immediately proceeded
in quest of the thief, and overtook her a few yards from the
shop with the property in her possession.
The prisoner said she was guilty.
Mr. Selfe—You have given a false address, and you are
known to the police, but it is not known whether you have
been convicted before. You aro, I believe, a thief by pro-
fession, and I shall pass upon you a severe sentence, which
is that you be imprisoned for six months and kept at hard
labeur. The practice of exposing goods for sale outside of
shops is a very bad one indeed, and ought to be discon-
tinued.

7171ZIZTBLE TRA GEDY iN DUBLIN.

(Front the Dublin Evening .Mail of yesterday.)

A painful tragedy was enacted this day at 25, South
Cumberland-street, Dublin. A man, named Mollin, had
been a R aiter in an hotel at Bray, but left his situation in
September last, and since then had been unable to obtain
employment, and consequently was brought to poverty and
had barely sufficient food to suffice for to-day. After
having sold the little property he possessed, it appears a
quarrel arose between him and his sister-in-law about his
shirt collars, when he took up the poker and rushed upon
her, inflicting a serious wound on her left temple. She
fled from him, and his wife interposed, but he turned upon
her and most savagely attacked her, cutting her with the
poker on the head in several places. She, however, suc-
ceeded in getting away. Rendered mad at being thwarted
in his murderous attack on his sister-in-law and wife, he
took up a knife, and catching hold of the youngest child,
a boy of two years, he inflicted a fearful gash across his
throat, severing the head almost from the body. Then
seizing the elder he cut his throat, but the wound did not
cause instantaneous death. lie now appeared to have
become conscious of what he had done, and cried out in the
most agonising and frantic manner for help. Weeping
bitterly ho was taken into custody and :did not offer the
least resistance. The eldest child died shortly after being
taken to the hospital. On beint brought up at the police-
office, the murderer was remanded till the following
morning.

In the last accounts from California it is stated
that the amount of silver now produced in that State is
estimated at £1,200,000 per anntm.

At the theatre of Nice, four nights back, a curious
incident occurred. On the performance of "La Ceneren-
tola," one of the actresses, Mlle. Mistr ali Vetant, having
gone too near the footlights, set ire to her dress, but Ron-
coni, who was singing by her sith as Don Magnifico, extin-
guished the flame by pressing tht dress between his hands.
In so doing, strange to say, he clic not interrupt for a mo-
ment the morceau he was singing, and the actress, on her
part, deriving confidence from hie remarkable calm, went
on with the performance as if nothing had happened. The
audience were so pleased with the self-possession displayed
by Ronconi, that they summonec him three times before
the curtain with loud applause,