The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-20 00:00:00

Mr. Broughton—Looking at him now, do you be
Ulm he is the man ?

Mr. Broughton—Let Sarah Aygott stand up
again.

Magistrate (to witness)—Do you still adhere to
it that the prisoner is the person ?
Witness—Yes, Sir, I believe he is.
By Mr. Herring—The man who dropped the
penny, and to within I gave it, seemed greatly con-
fused.
Some other witnesses were called, and they were
very ably cross-examined at much length by Mr.
Herring. The learned gentleman, after a protracted
inquiry, in the course of which he pointed out
many discrepancies in some of the statements made,
set forth that the prisoner was a person of consider-
able wealth and of unblemished reputation ; he
should further be in a condition to prove, by clergy-
men and other highly respectable parties who bad
been telegraphed for, that prisoner had not been
away from his home until the period of his getting
into this trouble, since March last. It would clearly
be shown to be a case of mistaken identity.
Mr. Broughton considered that the identity had
'hem so sworn to, as to justify 11.;s remanding the
accused, but should order that he be brought up
again to-morrow (this day.)
Mr. Herring asked forthe prisoner to be liberated
on bail, but the magistrate, as the remand was for
so short a time, would not comply with the request.
He (Mr. Herring) was quite sure that there would
bo full and clear proof adduced as to his respectable
client's perfect innocence.

SOUTHWARK. --CUTTING AND WOUNDING

Mr. William Tate, the master of the Cupid, a vesse.
lying at Cotton's wharf, was brought before Mr.
Burcham for final examination, charged with- cut-
ting and woumding James Willett on the head with
a hatchet.

Mr. Chipperfield prosecuted, and Mr. Solomon
defended the prisoner.

The complainant, whose head was bandaged up,
stated that be was a lighterman, and on Monday
night, the 12th instant, he went on board the de-
fendant's veFsel to speak about some work. While
he was speaking to him, the prisoner struck him
a violent blow on the head with a-hatchet, which
caused him to fall on the deck. He was picked
up and conveyed to a doctor, whero his wound
was dressed, but he was still suffering from the
wound.

In cross-examination by Mr. Solomon, witness
admitted that he and the defendant had a few
words, and he did strike him first, but it was a
very slight touch.

Mr. Solomon was instructed to say, in defence,
tbat the complainant camp on board his vessel on
Monday night, the 12t,h instant, at an unseemly
hour, and commenc3d abusing him in a very loud
manner. He told him to leave, which he refused
to do, but struck him a violent blow on the head.
In the heat of passion, his client foolishly seizad the
hatchet and struck the complainant with it. He
called

John Flandars, the mate, who said that the com-
plainant abused the master respecting a barge, and
while they were having words, the former struck
the latter on the head, when the master seized a
hatchet and struck Willett with it.

Cooper, one of the sailors, corroborated the last
witness'. testimony, when
Mr. Chipperfield contended that his client had
been most cruelly treated, and was still suffering
from the wound on the head.
Mr. Solomon said his client was extremely sorry,
but ho re3siVed very great provocation.
Mr. Burcham said there could be no justification
in using such an instrument as that, whatever pro-
vocation he had received. .Had the complainant
died from the injuries received by it, the defendant
would have been guilty of manslaughter, and no
doubt would have been severely punished. How-
ever, looking at the whole of the evidence, it was
clear that the complainant first struck him a vio-
lent blow ; therefore be should deal with the ease
in a summary w ay. The defendant must pay 51.,
or be committed for two months.
The fine was immediately paid.

LAMBETH. —THE LA TE ROBBERY AT PEOKEIAM.
Charlotte Richardson, a middle-aged female,
whose husband is at present undergoing .* sentence
of transportation, was placed at the bar on a charge
uf he;ng concerned with John Brookes and Harriet
Perch, at pr.isent in Newgate awaiting their trial
for the offence of breaking into the dwelling-house
of Mr. John Coleman, the King's Arms, in Meet-
ing-house-lane, Peckham, and sterling therefrom
2301. in bank notes and gold.
On the night of the 11th of September last the
bed-room of Mr. .Coleman was entered from the
back premises, the drawers broken open, and a bag,
containing bank notes and gold tb the above
amount, carried away. Some day after Brookes
and Perch were apprehended, and the evidence
against them of being concerned in the robbery
being conclusive, they were fully committed fur
trial, and the officers engaged in the case have been
sines endeavouring to apprehend the third party
connected with the offence.
Sergeant Bond of the P division of police, said,
that, from information he received, he on Satur-
day evening went to a shop kept by this prisoner
near Lint street, Borough, and on seeing her he
told her that he must tike her into custody on a
charge of being concerned with a man named
Brookes, and a woman named Perch, in robbing a
public-house at Peckham, of 2301. in gold and
notes. She replied that she knew nothing about
the robbery, thongh she had heard something of it.
Knew a man named Brookes. He then asked her if
she had any money in the house, or books relating to
money or property, and she replied she had not.
On searching her house, however, various aitic!es
of new wearing apparel and a savings b Ink book for
301., deposited in the Savings-bank in Bloinfield-
street, Bishopsgate, were found in her drawers, and
at the station-house seven duplicates, relating to
other property, were -found on her person. The
goods she said she had got from a ta'ly-shopi and
referred him to bills which she had with them, but
on examining them he found dirt their dates were
as far back as 1855, and the money, which had been
deposited in the swings-bank on the 7th Sept.,
just seven days after the robbery, she said was the
produce of the furniture she had sold.
Thomas Evans, a constable belonging to the 1)
division of police, corroborated the testimony of
the last witnems respecting the finding of the arti-
cles produced at the house of the prisoner.
Mr. Coleman identified the prisoner as having
been frequen,ly at his house, and drinking at his
bar, with the man Brookes and the female Perch,
who stood committed for trial, about the time of
the robbery ; and Mr. Gostio, a next-door neigh-
bour, swore positively to having seen her come out
of a passage by the side of the hou,e of Mr. Cole-
man, on the night and about the time of the rob-
bery.

kr. Smart, a butcher in the Bagnigge wells-road,
said that some weeks ago the prisoner deposited in
his hands the savings-bank book produced, and 10/.
in gold, and said she was about to take a coffee-shop
in the Bethnal-green road. She subsequently took
the book and maney from him.
Mrs. Susan Brookes, the wife of Brookes who
stands committed for trial, was callcd as a witness,
' but her testimony was objected to by a solicitor who
appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Elliott,
however, desired her testimony to be taken, and
she was sworn. She deposed that some months ago
her husband left her and went to live with the fe-
male Perch. She also said that the prisoner lived
in the same room with her for twelve months up to 1
about six weeks ago, and had no furniture there to'
dispose of, whatever she might have elsewhere.
Sergeant Bond requested a remand, and a sum-
mons against a witness who he thought would be

various points in her evidence, and elicited from
her that she thought at one time he was not the
man.

Thomas Augustus Oram, apprentice to Mr.
Stradtb, said that at half-past eight on the morn-
ing of the 3d instant, the prisoner—he believed he
was the person, and in fact bad scarcely any doubt
about it—called him outside the shop, and point-
ing to a gold chain in the window 3 askel him the
price of it. He told him ho-would go and inquire,
and at the same monfent Mrs Stradtk, who was in
the kitchen, called out to him, " Tom." Witness
immediately afterwards returned to the shop, and
there saw another man, who inquired of him if Mr.
Taylor was there. He was told that he was not ;
and after he had lost sight of both the parties, it
was ascertained that 14 gold chains and a gold and
silver watch had been stolen.
Mr. Broughton—Did the prisoner go into the
shop at all ?

Witness—He did not, your worship.
By Mr. Herring—l was in the shop at twenty
minutes to eight. The other apprentice, whose
duty it was to "set out" the window, was not there.
Two chains had been left hanging up in the window
on the overnight. I brought the box containing
the watches, &c., from the parlour into the shop.
After I had been asked by the prisoner outside the
shop the price of the chain, I went in, and there
found another man. I did not see him go in, as
my attention was directed towards the chain the
price of which I was asked. I have told somebody
that I thought I might be mistaken as to the
prisoner being the man who spoke to me-outside
by the window. I have said so to the servant
girl.

Witness—l am sure of it.
By Mr. Herring—After master came home, I
and the servant both talked to him and mistress
about the robbery. I think the prisoner is the
man.