The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

stranger to the beat, had no difficulty in finding the
addresses, and delivering all the letters.
The prisoner said he must have put the letters
there by mistake, and forgotten to deliver them.
It was not wilfully done.
Mr. Peacock feared this was carried on exten-
sively, and in all cases where it was discovered the
Post-office authorities thought it their duty to make
an example.

Mr. Hall—l think you are quite right.
. The prisoner was committed for trial.
A decently-dressed man, who bore the name of
Thos, Case, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall,
charged with picking pockets at Exeter-hall.
A young married lady, Mrs. Catherine Melville,
residing in the neighbourhoood of Regent-square,
stated that she was leaving the hall about ten
o'clock, after the breaking up of the great United
Kingdom Alliance Meeting, when she distinctly
saw the prisoner withdrawing his hand from the
pocket of an elderly lady in the crowd. She imme-
diately collared him and held him till the arrival of
a police-officer. She saw part of the lining of the
lady's pocket brought out by the rapid movement
of his hand, and she observed that he passed his
hand behind him—apparently to some confederates
who were surrounding him. The lady said she had
not lost anything, and declined to attend; and the
prisoner said, " You are mistaken—l was only eat-
ing a biscuit."

-Sergeant Simms, F 9, deposed that on hearing a
cry of " Police" he hastened to the spot, and saw the
prisoner in the custody of the female witness, who
held him firmly. by the collar. He apprehended
the man on suspicion of picking pockets, and found
on his person two pocket-handkerchiefs (one silk
one), a lady's glove, about 9s. or 10s. in silver, &c.
He merely said the witness was mistaken. A piece
of biscuit was found in his pocket also.
Mr. Hall—Really, the witness, Mrs. Melville,
displayed a great deal of courage on the occasion,
and is highly to be commended, Was the prisoner
known ?

Sergeant 'Simms had seen him often in the Strand,
but knew nothing against him.
The prisoner, however, gave a most unsatisfactory
account of himself. He was a glazier and painter,
but could give no reference to any one who had
employed him. He had lived three months in
Southampton, but did not know the name of the
landlord or the street where he lived.

Mr. Hall—There must be inquiry:
Prisoner—No ; I'd rather you settle it at once.
Mr. Hall—l shall not. You are remanded for a
week.

LAMBETH.—Richard Horsley, a waggoner in
the service of Mr. John Graham, of Brooke's Wharf,
Upper Thames-street, and William Heath, a lad in
the same employment, were charged with having
caused the death" of James Gates, a little boy six
years old, by driving their waggon against a truck
on 'which the little boy was seated, and thereby in-
flicting such injuries on him that he died in two
hours afterwards.

Horsley admitted that he was very drunk while
driving the waggon, and both prisoners were com-
mitted for trial for manslaughter.
John Myers, alias Lazarus, a Jew youth', of 16
years of age, was finally examined before the Hon.
G. C. Norton, on a charge of stealing a watch from
the person of an assistant undertaker, while
attending the funeral of Mr. Hartley, the engineer
at Greenwich, at the Nunhead Cemetery, on Mon-
day afternoon last.
From the evidence it appeared that there was a
large concourse of people congregated to see the
remains of the deceased deposited in their last rest-
ing place, and that while the prosecutor was en-
gaged in assisting the mourners to get into their
carriages, the prisoner snatched the watch from his
pocket. He was, however, at once seized, and
dropped the watch, but was taken to the station-
house. At the former examination the prisoner ex-
pressed a great anxiety to have his case disposed of
at once, under the Summary Justice Act, and this
led to the belief that he was an old stager, and
dreaded inquiry. This turned out to be the fact,
for the constable informed the magistrate that the
name and address given by the prisoner were not
correct, and he had in attendance a constable who
would speak to his character.

Police-constable Clark, 108 M, said, he had known
the prisoner for some years as a young thief, and
the associate of notorious thieves. He had him in
custody himself, and was aware that he had been
in the custody of other constables, and had fre-
quently been committed to prison for picking
pockets and other offences. In conclusion, the
witness said that the mother of the prisoner kept a
common brothel in Surrey-street, Blackfriar's-road,
and the prisoner had been brought up there.
The prisoner was committed to prison for six
months, with hard labour.

WANDSWORTH.—John Cox,a short, thickset,
and powerful-looking man, who was described as a
gardener, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Day-
man, charged with brutally ill-treating his -wife,
Mary Cox. _

The complainant, a very respectable-looking
woman, whose face was covered with scratches, de-
posed that the prisoner was her husband, and they
lived in Frederick-street, Wandsworth-road, Clap-
ham. She had been married 12 years, and had had
three children by him. On Tuesday last he came
home to dinner the worse for liquor. The cloth was
laid and everything was ready and comfortable for
him. Without any cause on her part he immediately
took up the remains of a loin of pork and threw it
behind the fire in the grate. He then took up the
paint pot and commenced plastering the furniture
with paint. She caught up a table to prevent him
from destroying it, when he dragged it from her
and beat her with it in a most brutal manner. He
also scratched her face as it now appeared, and
threw her down violently; The next morning he
got up and made very fair promises that he would
not do it again, and that he would go to his work.
He went out, and she was compelled to remain in
bed in consequence of his violence the day before,
as she was very ill. Instead of his going to work,
he returned home in a more violent temper than he
was on the day before. He was in a worse state of
intoxication, and threw a quantity of hot cinders
upon her while she was lying in bed. He then
dragged her violently out of bed, and made an
attempt to strike her. The police were called, and
she gave her husband into custody. For the last
two years and a half lie had continually ill-used
her. He had been repeatedly drunk, and in fact he
had not been sober for a long time.
Mr. Dayman—What have you to say to ill-
treating your wife in this way ?
The prisoner—If I have done wrong lam sorry
for it; I'll take care not to do it again.
Mr. Dayman—lt is my duty to take care it shall
not happen again for some time.
The prisoner—I won't drink any more.
Mr. Dayman—l shall keep you from it for a
month. You will be imprisoned for one calendar
month, with hard labour.
The prisoner was then locked up.