The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIUENCte..—Nov. 16.

MARYLEBONE.—Anne Bentley was charged
with having stabbed James Bentley, her husband.
The prisoner, who denied having stabbed her
husband, was fully committed for cutting and
wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
Mary Chalk was charged with having stabbed a
man named Patrick King.
The prisoner stands committed for trial for the
stabbing, but for the completion of the evidence
will be brought up again to-morrow (this day).

WESTMINSTER.—Benjamin Nichols, a very
respectable looking man, 57 years of ago, the pro-
prietor of a genteel lodging-house at 15, Marl-
borough-place, Brighton, was placed at the bar,
charged with stealing a travelling bag containing
deeis, papers, jewellery, and other articles of con-
siderable value, the property of Mrs. M'Alpin, of
108, Eaton-square, and Castlebar, IrelanJ.
Sergeant Smith, a very intelligent detective officer
of the A division, stated that having been in-
formed of the disappearance of the bag in ques-
tion, from information he received, he went to the
prisoner's house in Brighton on Saturday, and saw
his wife, who said he was out, but upon witness
informing her that he knew he was at home, as he
had just seen him in the house, the accused made
his appearance. Witness then told him that he
was a detective officer, and wished to know how he
obtained possession of a gold bracelet which he had
sold to a pawnbroker named Tate, near Windmill-
street, Haymarket. Prisoner replied that he bought
it on the 28th or 29th of July last of a gentleman's
servant in Dublin, but could neither tell his name
nor where he lived. Witness said this account was
very unsatisfactory, and he should therefore take
him into custody, and then read over to the ac-
cused a list of the articles stolen in the bag, among
which was the bracelet. Witness then commenced
searching the house,, and found five pawn-
brokers' tickets, one of which related to a
silver fork, knife, and telescope, also upon the
list ; and, upon witness pointing that fact
out, the accused nodded his head in assent.
At this juncture witness saw prisoner's wife endea-
vouring to remove something from a corner of the
room, and, taking it away from her, he found it
was a bunclle addressed " Mr. M'Alpin, 108, Eaton-
square," and contained the papers and deeds which
had been in the bag. Prisoner admitted the fact,
and said he had directed the parcel with his own
hand and intended to send it home. Several other
articles which had been in the bag were then found
in the house, and prisoner then gave the following
account of his possession of the bag :—On the 27th
of July he went with Mr. Bagwell, M.P., from
Brighton to Ireland in the capacity of butler, and
finding a large black leathern bag which did not
Lelong to his employer among his luggage in Ire-
land, brought it to London with him, and there
opened it, after which he did not know what to do.
He thought of sending the papers back, as he con-
sidered they might be of great value to the person
owning the b .g.
Mr. Tate, of 1, Cambridge-street, Golden-square,
pawnbroker, produced a gold armlet which he
bought of the prisoner on the sth of October for
11. ss.
Colonel Dixon, staying at the Brunswick Hotel,
Jermyn-street, trustee to the late Colonel M'Al-
pin's property, identified the armlet produced as
Mrs. M'eAelpin's.
Mr. Arnold said he did not see what there was
at present t o give him jurisdiction.
Colonel Dixon explained the circumstances under
which the property was lost. On the morning of
the 28th of July Mrs. M'Alpin left Eaton-square
for the west of Ireland, and as the bag contained
valuable papers and jewels gave it in particular
charge to one of her servants. He saw the lady
off on the morning in question. The bag was not
missed until the lady's arrival in Ireland, when the
matter was communicated to him, and he put it into
the hands of the police. When the prisoner was
brought to London from Brighton he told him
(Colonel Dixon) that if ho would not prosecute ho
would tell him where all the rest of the things
were.
Mr. Arnold inquired whether any of the stolen
property had been found in his district 1
St rgeant Smith was not aware of any.
Mr. Arnold observed that a magistrate had ju-
risdiction where a felony had been committed or
where th• property was disposed of, but neither bad
occurred in the district of the Court.
Sergeant Smith said he had brought the accused
here, because the property was never seen by the
owner's servants after they left Eaton-square ; he
could not say where it had been stolen.
Prisoner said he was most desirous of telling the
whole truth now if the magistrate would hear nim.
Mr. Arnold, after the usual caution, tuld him
that he might proceed.
Prisoner then, having repeated that he was en-
gaged to accompany Mr. Bagwell to Ireland, said
that he had charge of 38 boxes of luggage of that
gentleman and his servants. They left Easton-
square in the morning and arrived at Holyhead at
a quarter past 6 in the evening, when the boat was
in a great hurry, and there was, as usual, much con-
fusion both in embarking there and disembarking
at Kingstown, in consequence of which passengers'
luggage got mixed. When he arrived at Kildare-
street, Dublin, he had his right number of boxes
and parcels, but there was a strange black bag w. e
did not belong to his employer in place of a
carriage
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The accused pretended to know nothing about it.
Mr. Arnold said he should remand him for eight
days, when, unless something occurred to give him
jurisdiction, prisoner must be sent to the court of
the district where some part of the. stolen property
was found.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Robert Merritt, a hair-
dresser in Bridport-place, Heaton, was charged
with wilful cutting and wounding.
Mr. Edward Loveridge, a clerk in a mercantile
house in the city, whose forehead and part of whose
face were covered with hospital bandages, stated
that having some time before left a case of razors
with the defendant, that they might be reset, he on
Friday night called there and asked for them, and
found to his annoyance that they had not been
done. He said, if that was the case he would take
them away as they were.; defendant said he had
better not do so, but he persisted, and the defend-
ant then insisted that he should pay for their ,
beingreset, thoughthey had not been. "I, of course '
refused to do that," said the witness, " and seeing
he was about to lay hold of me, I retreated into
the street two or three yards, followed by the de-
fendant, who then seized and tried to hold me, hub
I got away from him by pushing him off me, and
he immediately struck me all his force on one of my
eyes. The blow was so violent that it was directly
followed by a great deal of blood, and I found that
I had three distinct cuts, one in the temple and
two beneath the eye, from each of which pieces of
glass have been extracted. I was then taken to
hospital, and have now to get back there again."
Sugg, a constable, heard that a 'man was bleeding
very badly,
and going up found the last witness
standing at the door of a chemist with blood flow-
ing profusely down his face, pieces of broken glass
in his hair, and other pieces scattered about
the pavement close to the defendant's shop. De-
fendant, who said he done it in self-defence, was
lodged in the station, and the prosecutor was taken
to .the house of the divisional surgeon, but the
latter ordered him to be taken at once to the hos-
pital, where witness took him, the house-surgeon
now directing that he should be brought back again
as soon as the case was over.

In answer to the charge, the defendant said ho
was dressing a gentleman's hair at the time of this
dispute, and, not being conscious that he had a
glass bottle in his hand, and being much excited, he
struck the cowplainant in the faco with the bottle,
but he was now very sorry that he should have
done so ; he had a wife and a large family to sup-
port, and hoped that it would be forgiven.
He was remanded, however, to this day week,
that the result of the proseutor's injuries might be
more accurately ascertained.