The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-08 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice Causstvro..)
Charles Edwards, a young man of respectable ar
pearance, was charged with having feloniously attempted
to discharge a loaded pistol at Matilda Potter, with
intent to murder her.
In another count, the prisoner's intent was laid to be
to maim and disable the prosecutrix, or to do her some
grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Payne conducted the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutrix is
a widow, and lives with her mother, who keeps a coffee-
house in Bridge-house-place, Southwark. The prisoner
had lodged in the house, and paid attentions to the pro-
secutrix, which it appeared were discouraged by be?
and her mother, and in October he quitted the house.
He continued to come there, however, and continued
his
attention to the prosecutrix, although he was repeatedly
requested to desist from so doing, and also not
th to e
con?
to the house. On Sunday, the 14th January, and
soner went to the prosecutrix in the coffee-room, ouri
told her that he was come to wish her good-bye, "7
tiiut she would not see him any more, and he then we°7
away. About five o'clock the next evening, the prison en
again went to the house and, after some conversatio.,
with the prosecutrix, he 'drew a pistol from his pocketlb
,
pointed it close to her neck, and pulled the trigger, b;
fortunately without effect, as the pistol did not exploae-
r,
The prosecutrix's mother laid hold of the prisone e.
upon which he said that he would serve her the sanit;
The prisoner was then secured by a policeman, an9_!a
the pistol being examined, it was found to be chttrF's-
with gunpowder and a ball.
The prosecutrix on being cross-examined said than
the prisoner had paid her attentions for three or forii..
months, and always expressed the greatest affection for
her. Upon one occasion he took a ring from her fillge.o
and wore it until the next day, when he returned 1„t
her. She denied that she had ever expressed any unetc;
tion for him, but said that he had often told her that'n
would die for her. Some letters were produced by P.
Wilkins which she admitted were in her handwriting-,
The evidence of the prosecutrix was corroborated Pit
her m)ther and other witnesses, one of whom said, ti
after the prisoner had made the first attempt to 0;e
5'
charge the pistol, he pulled back the hammer of the pis-
tol, apparently for the purpose of making a second t'
,
tempt, and when he was secured he said that he idt
tended to shoot the prosecutrix, and afterwards 511°°
himself. Mr.
The constable, upon being cross-examined by —O,
Mums, said that the nipple of the exploded was 5
clogged up that it was not likely to have .
Mr. Wu.KINs, on behalf of the prisoner, contende;
that the evidence only showed the prisoner to have beeof
guilty of a silly, foolish act, merely with the intention
frightening the prosecutrix, and that he had no Wel'
tion either to kill or to injure her in any manner.
Mr. Justice CRESWELL having summed up the rAT,
the jury, after a very short deliberation, returned it
diet of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to be transported f°f
fifteen years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
C 1.. ERK EN WELL.
Joseph Tuohy, a managing Chancery clerk, was finst-be,
examined on two separate and distinct chargee—:da e
/.0 6'
one for embezzling a banker's cheque for 83 a
large quantity of lawyers' briefs, account-books, le
other valuable documents ; the other for embezzling (01
sum of 9/. 9s. 2d., being the amount of a cheqtle_.6,
Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, bankers, Charing-orry
both being the property of his employer, Mr. 13,Lg
Bedford, a solicitor, 4, Gray's Inn-square, and rest
at 20, Calthorpe-street, St. Pancras. -a tr,
The preceding part of the case appeared in Ti'e ,-,140$
of the 25th ult. It will be recollected that on ifs.o
occasion the evidence adduced went to prove no
on the 9th December, 1839, the prisoned receiver from
on
his employer a cheque on the bank of Messrs.
and Co., which he was directed to hand over to.
_cog •
W. Harcourt Torriano, a Chancery barrister, relairo.
in Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, as payment of por
fessional fees. It was further proved that thererlsosr.
had received a cheque for 9/. 9s. 2d. nvieet-
Bachey, a solicitor, residing in Salisbury-square, .g".
street, as payment Of a debt due to Mr. Bedford. 0,
The prisoner acknowledged having received of
cheque for 831., and stated that this was the amount,
the debt due by the prosecutor to Mr. Torriano for por
fessional service, including a deduction of 5 or 104,
cent., which the prisoner alleged Mr. Torriano's
had informed him his master would make for inunes'll*
payment. He had accounted for the cheque.
Mr. Bedford said the prisoner mentioned_ to him
this alleged communication of Mr. Torriano's clerk, eilie
he believed that a deduction of 5 per cent. was lee ;,
from Mr. Torriano's bill, in consequence o 1 the Phri,
soner's pressing it so earnestly upon him. On tt
matter, however, he could not speak with certain )*
The prisoner had not accounted to him for the cheque%
Mr. COMM expressed his very great surprise that
respectable and eminent a lawyer, as Mr. Torrisev..
would consent to so unprofessional a deduction as thav
mentioned ; he could not believe it.
James Barry, Mr. Torriano's clerk, deposed that he
made no such communication to the prisoner.
Mr. Torriano deposed that he never consented to and
such arrangement with Mr. Bedford, the prisoner, or
any other person. He considered that such an arrange'
ment would be unworthy of a barrister. He had. never
received the cheque from the prisoner.
Mr. Bedford swore he had not authorised the prisoner,
to receive the cheque from Mr. Bachey, and that he ha
not, in any way, accounted to witness for it. The P
soner, on the night of his apprehension, the 24th tilt''
besought witness's forgiveness, and, when refuse
Cat-
began to weep, and, running into a dark part of
thorpe-fields, said he would cut his throat with his P
knife. Ile subsequently attempted to escape by runtini&
away, but was finally secured by .a police-officer.
ury
Mr. Scarlett, clerk to Messrs. Roberts, and Mr -
clerk to Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, deposed that t
ts,
prisoner had the cheques cashed at these establishol. 0,
Inspector Barton deposed to having found a quolij',
of account-books, briefs and papers, in the house offied
Deacon, 6, Borough-road, which Mr. Bedford idellti
as his property. tlOBO
Mr. Deacon deposed that the prisoner placed
things in his custody in July,- 1843. ittia
The prisoner said he would• reoerve his defences. •
was fully committed for trial. • , „„.e of
Williaw Beckley was finally examine-0 on a eolkyltir.
embezzling SO/., the property of his erk223l?)l3.'road'
Hutley, a wholesale cheesemonger, residing e,
street, Bloombury. The
s.
The facts of the case have already appear
prisoner was fully committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET. • hi, ?ilia'
Yesterday an elderly man, named Robert lirrig of
for nearly twenty years, carried on the businels
wo
bookbinder and stationer in Brick-lane, St. Luke:tre
charged before Mr. Broughton with receiving $
quantity of printing materials, the property 9f
Ford, a master printer, in Beech-street, Barbican•tweite
The prosecutor, a Quaker, had, for the last. ais-
months, missed a vast quantity of property, for tnetiotii
appearance of which ere was at a loss to account)nori,
his suspicion at length sted upon four of his app last
tices, upon whom he set a watch, and who were, °Lit six
detected. The boys were given into custeclY aut°he
weeks ago, and examined at this Court, when' h eo
dence being clearly against them, they were each boa.
mitted to the House of Correction for one mont"..,, any
labour. The boys had, all through, refused to g.V.ein to
information as to the person who had induced on
rob their limiter; but, on coming out of Pril'seper.
Thursday last, they went to the house of thou rotroel
who gave them a lodging for that night, the
them out in the morning; and refused to renoei,t, they
any further assistance; in consequence of whitic feeling
were obliged to go back to their master, an the pri-
very indignant at what they conceived to be whole
soner's ingratitude, related to the prosecutor the
been rob'
facts of the case. They stated that they had belt raost
bing their master for the last eleven months to vote'
shameful extent, of type, boards, iron chases, s.l:l,er car
rials of every description, all of which they ei,`!:,„
tied to the prisoner's house, or delivered to_for!'"e their
sonally in the early part of the morning, levery°
master was up, the prisoner coming almostfid eam
ing to receive it and take it away in an apron, B.ng the°
time urging them to get him more, proinisi awe.
they should never be without a shilling while t!!elea 0;411
The prosecutor, on learning the fact, coinnuo"- saline;
the police, who went to the prisoner's house ott_i_ es se"
night and searched it, where they found two egshiades
creted in a cellar under the stairs, eleven hnel. parC
minaadcelouspe tin, aton
books, a,and qubarnetvi
iteyr otfy
pt heeipar os
prisoner was then taken into cust,ody. Deniartli,l:
Mansfield, and two of the apprentices narneunshe t".s
Franklin and John Summer, clearly estak ta g
charge, and the prisoner, who merely wassai°allot C
deal of what had been stated against him ~
ecutoe ti"
tact, was fully committed to Newgate foardtrir aa :er 4b1117?
Janie
BIRTHS. Airs'
On the 31st ult., at the Grove, Southwark,
Dale, of a son. Lieutenant
On the Ist inst., at Paris, the lady of ~, sstis
Richards, Adjutant of the 3d Regimentof 13011-)'-'
Wife
Infantry, of a son. the
grs
of Own. ttec2odpien,sEt.s,q.a,tofGarosvone-.terrace, Kentish-town,
.Willl6lll
On the 2d inst., in Oxford- terrace, Hyde-Par'" ;f0
mr
James Grane, of a daughter. uckinghains
On the 4th inst., at Greenlands, Bu--a, the vi
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osr,
of George Jackson, Es q., of a son. of CaPtairj
On the sth inst., at Kensington, the lady
low, of the 61st Regiment, of a daughter.
the
MARRIED.
Rev. J. R. Pitman, John S. Bailey, Esq., On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's Church,
ofhter of O"
Edinburgh, to Emma Margaret, third daug
De Vear, Esq., of 8, Kensington-crescent.
Earl of
DIED.
sod 29'
Bessborough, aged 87. • ter EA"
On the 3d inst., at Canford, Dorset, Frederick, .1"-
On the 26th ult., in London, George Lis , .
On the 27th ult., at Somerley, near r!g,,_ la, Lig
Edward Weston, Esq., formerly Captain in Lac
Kenrsingtotogilo,blner...
°cl
Dragoons, aged 71.
On the 4th inst., at Thistle-grove, Atli
formerly a Captain in the Militia, aged q. f John
On the sth inst., Sarah Ann, the wife o
• k-ouAllio'
Esq., of Russell-square. Thomas F
On the sth inst., in Hunter-street, Brunswic 1(18:
Mary, the widow of the late William Beckett, Es<l.,_,. 'pert
On the 4th inst., Mr. Richard Stafford Bawling, u`
• la -o°4'
terrace, New Kingson, Surr.
On the 6th inst.,t at Commeyercial-place, Corny:Lac'
Trea"
Thoas Hall aged 85.
On the 6th, inst., at IVarnham Court, Sussex, Henri
croft, Es q., aged 56.
Mr. Henry Rimell, of New Bond-street, aged 58•
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