The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

first I knew of this matter was in consequence of a
letter I received from a solicitor in Bow-lane, re-
specting the non-appearance of Wootman. I have
another son, named Thom•Ae George Powles, who
resides with me. He is only 17 years of age.
The case being complete, prisoner was, in the
usual way, asked if he had anything to say in an-
ewer to the charge, but he declined doing so, and
the depositions were then taken by Mr. Stafford,
the second clerk, the accused being fully committed
to the Central Criminal Court for trial.

SOUTH WARK. —ln the course of the day, Thos.
Stowell, who was tried and convicted at the Surrey
Sessions twelve months ago for perjury, attended
before Mr. Combo, to apply for summonses against
Mr. Bingham, a solicit tr, and Mr. Watson, the
landlord of the Newington Arms, King-street,
Walworth, for perjury. Stowell, who had a bundle
of papers before him, stated that twelve months ago
he was tried at the Newington Sessions and sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment for perjury.
At the trial he tried all he could to produce evi-
dence to prove his innocence, but unfortunately it
had no effect, and he was unjustly convicted. The
charge against him was as follows :—Mrs. Penny,
the landlady of the Newington Arms, wished for a
license for music, &c., and applied to Stowell to
transact the legal portion of the business. He
undertook it in the name of a solicitor of the
name of Bingham, who practised at the Lam-
beth police-court, but when the sessions took
place Mrs. Penny was not represented, and after-
wards Stowell was prosecuted for perjury and con-
victed Stowell now appeared before his worship
to state that he had been unjustly convicted; that
the perjury was committed by other parties, and
not by him. At the time he was a lawful clerk to
Mr. Bingham, and served the notices for Mrs.
Penny. He produced copies of them signed by
Mr. Bingham. The latter, at the sessions, swore
he was not his clerk, and that he never authorised
him to receive the 2/. expenses, and now he could
prove the authority.
Mr. Combs, after carefully examining all the
documents, and hearing Stowell's complaint upon
oath, granted the summonses.

LAMBETH. From information received on
Saturday morning there is every reason to believe
that John Blair Wills, the principal actor in the
very romantic and singular case of double marriage
and bigamy, sailed from the port of Liverpool, in
the Great Western steam-ship, for New York. The
delinquent gave, and sailed in, the fictitious name
of John Goddard, described himself as a surgeon,
the profession he first adopted, and was accompa-
nied by a female, answering the description of his
second wife, Ann Good, and also a child, about 3
years old. J

THAMES.—John Richmond, a man about 55
years of age, was brought up on remand before Mr.
Yardley, charged with attempting self-destruction
by cutting his throat with a knife.
The prisoner's history is a very singular one.
His second wife, a most respectable and intelligent
woman, who was in court, was nearly murdered by
him in 1848. He put his arm round her beck and
asked her to kiss him, and while she was in the act
of doing so be cut her throat with a razor, and she
fell weltering in blood. The unfortunate woman
was for a long time under medical treatment,
and her husband was convicted at the Old
Bailey sessions for the attempt to murder his
wife, and was sentenced to fifteen years' trans-
portation. He served six years of his time
in a convict prison, and was then liberated with
a ticket of leave. His wife received him with kind-
ness when he returned from prison, and he lived with
her for about twelve months. In the course of that
time he behaved with the greatest brutality towards
her, and his tyranny at length becoming insupport-
able she left him and songht refuge with her hus-
band's daughter by his first wife. Mrs. Richmond
was then in a bad state of health, and her head and
face were much swollen and bruised from the effects
of blows inflicted upon her by her brutal husband.
Since he left his wife he had frequently threatened
her. The prisoner was livinc, with Mr. Isaac Rich-
mond, his brother-in-law, at No. 4, Church-street,
Poplar, ten weeks ago, and the attention of the
prisoner's relative was called to him by a woman,
and the prisoner was found lying upon his back with
his throat cut. He appeared to be almost dead,
and was covered with blood. A surgeon was sent
for, who sewed up his wound, and he was removed
to the London Hospital, where he remained until
Saturday the 14th inst., when he was brought be-
fore Mr. Yardley, and, after a short examination,
remanded for a week. _ _ . _

The prisoner was now committed for trial.
Samuel Wildbore, surgeon, of No. 1, Back
Church-lane, Whitechapel, was charged with as-
saulting Benjamin Bonfield, his assistant.
The complainant and another assistant stated that
while they were making up the books in the sur-
gery, with the gas lighted for the purpose of sealing
up the parcels of sand used as " dummies" iu the
shop window, as well as of warming the room, the
defendant entered, and abusing the complainant for
burning the gas, told him to go into the shop and
pack up his things and go. On complainant's going
into the shop, defendant followed him and beat him
violently over the head with the handle of a long
clothes brush, inflicting several wounds on his head
and laming one hand which he held up to protect
himself. He then threw► him out into the street,
where a crowd had collected in consequence of
complainant's calla for help.
The defendant denied the assault ; and his soli-
citor called Geo. Macgregor, defendant's errand
boy, who said that his master had only told Mr.
Bonfield to shave himself, and on his refusing
" walked" him to the other end of the shop, when
Mr. Bonfield struck him, whereupon defendant
turned him out of the shop.
Mr. Tardley said he was afraid the boy had not
told the whole truth, and he should sentence the
defendant to pay 51., the highest fine he had the
power to inflict.
The defendant paid the penalty, and left the court.