The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-31 00:00:00

r tiE SI7N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING', D'ECIAtMBER 31, 18.57.

AN AUSTRALIAN VIE Fir OF THE BALLOT

QUESTION IN ENGLAND.

(From the Melbourne Argus)

a cab, covered with blood, and on the road to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital.
Isabella Horton, the complainant's landlady,
stated, that on hearing a heavy fall down the stairs,
followed by moans, she went out to ascertain the
cause of them, and found the prisoner kneeling on
the young woman as she had described. She ran
to the street door to alarm the police, but was fol-
lowed by the prisoner, and on turning round she
saw the prisoner strike the young woman on the
head with some iron implement, and she imme-
diately dropped senseless at his feet. The prisoner
then rushed out of the house, swearing he would
do for any one who attempted to stop him, but two
men who were passing and had heard their screams
seized him by the collar and held him till a con-
stable came up and secured him.
Balls, a constable of the N division, produced
the tongs and poker, and described the complain-
ant, when he saw her, as stretched upon a sofa,
bleeding shockingly from wounds in the head, and
perfectly senseless. She was in such a dreadful
condition that he sent her at once to the hospital.
Mr. Walter Chippendale, house-surgeon to the
hospital, attended and described the nAture of the
injuries the young woman had sustained, which
were fortunately not so serious as might have been
expected from such violence, though she would
still have to return to the hospital, and
Mr. Hammill, who characterised it as a most
fearful outrage, fully committed the prisoner to
Newgate for trial.

SOUTHWARK.—Timothy Roach, of No. 1,
Royal Tent-court, Kent-street, a very low locality,
was charged before Mr. Combe with selling beer
without a licence.

The ca'e was proved by a policeman, who said
that he and a brother officer went to the house
dressed as soldiers.

Mr. Solomon, for the defendant, severely cen-
sured the system adopted by the police to entrap
persons to break the law. He was instructed to
say that his client did not sell beer, but had a few
friends drinking with him when the officer first
came. He refused to admit him into his house,
but when they returned as soldiers his daughter
admitted them, as he had a son in the army.
Mr. Combe had no doubt as to the trade carried
on by the prisoner. He must pay a fine of 5/. and
2s. costs, or be imprisoned one month.

LAMBETH.--Charles Boyes, a letter-carrier in
the General Post-office, was charged with stealing
91bs. of soap, the property of Mr. Wybrow, a soap
manufacturer in Camberwell.

Mr. Wybrow, the prosecutor, deposed that on
the day before the prisoner called to deliver a let-
ter, and while passing along the factory he (wit-
ness) observed him take up a bar of soap, and break
it in two pieces. He questioned him on the subject,
and the prisoner, who had the appearance of having
been drinking, seemed to treat the matter as a joke,
but witness told him he must accompany him to the
counting-house, which he did, and on there exa-
mining a bag which he (prisoner) carried, he found
in it nine pounds of soap, his property, and of the
value of 3s. Mr. Wybrow added that for eight years
the primmer had been the postman on the walk in
which his house was situate, and, though he had
been in the habit of delivering letters at the factory
at almost every post, and many of them contained
remittances of considerable amounts, nothing of
this kind had been detected before.
Mr. Cole, inspector of letter-carriers at the Gene
ral Post-office, said the prisoner had been a letter-
carrier for 12 years, and during the whole of that
time had borne an excellent character.
Mr. Elliott—What was the remuneration which
he received from the Post-office ?

Mr. Cole—Twenty-three shillings a week ; and
his character has been so good that I was much sur-
prised when I heard of the nature of the charge
against him.

-The prisoner, who seemed very much affected at
the serious position in which he stood, in reply to
the charge, said he had been unfortunately drink-
ing in the course ►of the day, and, having taken
rum and gin, the mixture had such an effect upon
him that he became perfectly uuconscious of what
he did.
Mr. Elliott remanded the prisoner.

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