The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

SECOND COURT.

Thom'as Montague, convicted last session, was
brought up for judgment and sentenced to 15
months' had labour, and George Anderson, also
convicted at the last session of fraud, was brought
up and sentenced to 6 months.
James M'Namara, 28, labourer, was found guilty
of wounding Dennis Shay in the thigh in a quarrel,
and sentenced to 3 months' hard labour.
Thomas Ludgate, 24, was indicted for stealing a
tablecover and other articles, the property of
James Baldwin. The prisoner was stopped be-
tween Hornsey and Highgate with a bundlE, which
on being asked how he had came by it he said he
had bought it of a man he did not know for half-a-
crown. It contained a quantity of triings which
had been stolen from the residence of the prosecu-
tor, Oakfield Lodge, Crouch end, and which were
safe shortly before. He found guilty, and sen-
tenced to nine months' hard labour.
A number of cases in which the prisoners pleaded
guilty were disposed of.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Sept. 2.

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WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday James Col-
lins, a tall, powerful fellow of 30, was charged be-
ore Mr. Leigh with the following shocking bruta-
ity

The complainant was a young woman named
Ellen Welsh, who had a severe wound iri the fore-
head, stitched together by a surgeon and covered
with surgical dressing ; ter face bore marks of se-
veral contusions; her right breast was bruised and
discoloured in several places; her arms had a suc-
cession of contusions from the wrists to the shoul-
ders; and, beside other injuries, one of her shoul-
d ders was almost beaten into a pulp. She stated
that she had lived with the prisoner as his wife for
between eight and nine years, and had numerous
times been illused by him with such severity that
she had been three times taken to the London Hos-
pital with her head cut open, and the prisoner had
been several times in custody for his violence to-
wards her, but escaped without punishment because
she refused to appear against him. On Sunday
night, between 10 hnd 11, she was standing in Wentworth-street, talking to a neighbour, when the I
prisoner came up drunk, and without uttering a
word, or the slightest provocation on her part, he
deliberately struck her a heavy blow on the face
with a thick stick that her forehead was laid open,
and she fell to the pavement, " knocked down like
a bullock." Some of her injuries were caused by
another attack he had made upon her only on the
preceding night (Saturday) because she had asked
him for some money, when he again came home at i
12 o'clock drunk. She was suffering great pain from the wounds the prisoner had inflicted upon I
her.

The case was put back for the attendance of Dr.
Edmunds, the surgeon, of Spital-square, who had
examined the complainant, and who said he had not
often seen a woman more severely bruised than she
was. A month at least would elapse before the
contusions could disappear, even if her health con-
tinued good the whole time.
Mr. Leigh said it was quite horxible to contem-
plate such atrocious violence being inflicted upon
one of the other sex. For the last assault the pri-
soner must be committed to the House of Correc•
tion for six months, and for the first one for a
further term of three months, both teams With hard
labour.

Notwithstanding her own pitiable state
, 'the
woman burst into tears on hearing the sentence,
and on being asked by Mr. Leigh !whether she Went
in fear of the prisoner, that he might be
080 held
to bail, she quickly replied twice that
she did not,
was quite enough."
and said the man's punishment "

CIERKENIVELL.—WiIIiam Jo
ble, a sickly, dissipated man, and M nes, alias Bum,
Jones,
who stated that she was his 'wife, Were placed at
the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with being

(Before Mr. Payne.)
John Wilson, 35, was indicted for unlawfully
and maliciously assaulting Robert Mackay, a police
constable, in the execution of his duty, and inflict-
ing upon him actual bodily harm.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted for the Treasury ; Mr.
Sleigh was for the defendant.
The prosecutor, who wore two medals, stated that
the prisoner's wife complained to him that the de-
fendant had stabbed her in the face, and seeing her
bleeding he went to the defendant's dwelling, Pond-
place, Chelsea, to apprehend him. The defendant
attacked him with a poker, used frightful language,
and cut his head open. The wife then said she did
not want him to be taken, but the officer persisted,
and with the assistance of another officer, Smith,
141 B, took him for the assault. For the deknee it
was admitted that an assault had been committed,
but the learned counsel urged that the police officer
was not at the time in the execution of his duty,
and that a verdict on the third count would be
sufficient to meet the justice of the case.
The learned Judge thought the evidence would
justify the jury in finding on the first count, if they
believed it, and it was for them to decide.
The jury found the defendant guilty on the first
two counts, and
The learned Judge sentenced him to hard labour
for one year.

tin the possession of a large quantity of counterfeit
coin with intent to utter it.
The male prisoner has been several times in cas-
tody at this court on charges of uttering counter-
feit coin, but although he has been remanded he
has managed to get discharged. For months he
hos been under the surveillance of Mr. Brennan,
the Mint agent, he being suspected of making the
coin.
On Saturday Mr. Brennan, in company with In-
spectors Bryant and Fyfe, of the G division, and
Sergeants Brennan, 21 G, Leather, 6 G, and Elliott,
13 G, proceeded to 1, Fisher-court, Eagle-street,
Holborn, and, having by stratagem gained admis.
sion to the house, proceeded to the second floor.
They knocked for admission, but finding they cot Id
not get in, the door, which was strongly barricaded,
was broken open, and the prisoners were found in
bed, and pretending to be asleep. Mr. Brennan
told the prisoners that he had received instructions
from the Mint to apprehend them, as they were
known to have been dealing largely in counterfeit
coin. The male prisoner denied the charge. One
of the constables called Mr. Brennan's attention to
a parcel on the table, which on being opened was
found to contain 10 counterfeit florins. The male
prisoner was observed to be very uneasy, and to be
trying to hide something under the bolster. A par-
cel was taken from him, and this was found to con-
tain eight counterfeit shillings. Inspector Bryant
and the other officers searched the house through,
and in the ash-hole of the coprer found a parcel
containing 40 shilling pieces, lo florin pieces, and
two five-shilling pieces, all counterfeit. The pri-
soners were then conveyed to the station.
Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded them.

LAMBETH,—Yesterday Mr. Myers, jun., of the
firm of Messrs. George Myers and Son, the extensive
builders and contractors in the York-road, Lambeth,
appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer a summons
taken out by Duncan Cramb, a journeyman mason,
charging him with refusing to pay a balance of
wages of 18s. ld., and also to deliver him his work.
ing tools.

Mr. Myers said the complainant had got mixed
up with the unionists, and through their influence
or persuasion he got drunk and demanded his wages
and tools. On becoming sober and returning to,
his senses, however, he expressed much sorrow for
his conduct, and requested that he might be allowed
to return to his work, and also begged that in th
event of his getting drunk again and demandia
e
his wages and tools, they might as a matter of foo,‘t
be refused. The complainant w9s under the joe-
ence of drink when he made the demand on the Qs
sent occasion, and Mr. Myers considered it was 0P111%,,,
doing him a kindness to refuse. Had he aphi,4lY
for them while sober both would have been br.med
up at once. ep
Mr. Buchanan, the complainant's solicitor
quested the magistrate to make an order e
fort
payment of the 18s. ld. and the delivery of
tools ; but the,
Mr. Myers said that whenever Cramb tbeom_
proper to come sober to the office he should 4g
both. 'Avg

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER-AUG. 31.

We had a small supply of new wheat, ',chich was deal
readily at Is to 28 advance. Malting boxley quite as
New beans and peas scarce. .
Wheat, white s2s to 62s 1 Bears, Mazagan..36
redto 42
44s to 60s 1 Middle & small 38, , s
Barley —s to —s 1 White peas 44 ? 448
Oats 24s to 30s 1 Grey.. , o 48e
Q 63 to 408

CHELMSFOR,I)—Aua. 30.
A fair supply of wheat at market. Old wheats a,
atie-
Is to 2s per qr on last week's prices; trade rather ed
Spring corn of all descriptions about the same_ 2.lFlek.
limited sale. , with a

Wheat, white 288 to 608 Peas, Partridge ..368
to
~.
red 29s to 45s White ........ 38a to "s
Barley d 44
29s to 40s Boiling ...... .08 t
Chevalier 3os to 41s Dun ......... n, 0 46s
Grinding 26s to Ms Beans, Tick ..::‘i6'B3 tt° 38st
Malt 61s to 67s Harrow Ticks 3881° 42s
Chevalier 648 to 69s Mazagan ..... .348 too 1%
Oats 23s to 308