The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-20 00:00:00

three or four days. The hammer produced would have
hlktid such a wund as that which the prosecutor had,
This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner shortly addressed the jury, stating that
he was drunk at the time, and did not know what he
Was about.
Mr. Justice TALFOURD summed up.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
The L'arned JUDGE sentenced him to twelve months'
' imprisonment and hard labour.
rimmus Green, aged 9, described as a labourer, was
indicted for feloniously stabbing Susan Brown, with in-
tent to do her some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. PLATT was counsel for the prosecution, and called
the following witnesses:—
Susan Brown stated that on the 29th of August she
111.1 v the prisoner running after a little girl with a clasp
',tat is his hand, and upon getting up to witness he
Pulled her down by the hair of her head to the ground

knd put the knifO to bar throat, and said he woi!

tteat "it for her. Witness went up and pulled
"iln away from the little girl, heth.n plunged the knife

into the right arm of Witness knew thopr'

wht,'ss as fatherless. His mAher went out with a
crockery basket. She believed he was not quite right
in his mind.
v, The prisoner, who did not appear to be of sound mind,
•"re. exclaimed that he would not do so again.
Mr. Smith, a surgeon of Kingsland-road, attended the
prosecutor and dressed her arm on Use 29th of August.
4he wound was about half an inch de. p and an inch and
as half long. lie believed the prisoner was subject to fits.
Policeman No. 442 took the prisoner into custody.
The surgeon of Newgate suited that be believed the
Vsol,er was a child of weak mind, but he could not say
that he was in that state that he did not know right
re,re Wrong,
Cir. Cope, the Governor of Ncwgatc, stated that since
14:: Prisoner hal been in his custody he had been sub-
-10 to fits, and had suffered greatly from them. When
e fits were not upon him he was a very well-con-
teeted bo •
). kr
• Justice TALF Ultra summed up.
xt'he jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
transportation,
Justice TALFoURD sentenced him to seven years'
n!risportation, the Learned Judge stating at the same
re that his object in passing such a sentence was that
117 prisoner should be properly taken care of for a con-
k, erahle time. The sentence might appear a severe
eLto the mother of the prisoner, but it was in truth
orl els benefit, and at the same time to show that a
.291,0 such as that of which the prisoner had been found
natity
alien could not coupassed over without severe punish-
I~tb e
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A BURGLARY AT A
"ROXER.S.— George Bentley. 20, described in the
doeodar, as a waiter and Charles Bentley, 21, a gar-
, tl,er, were indicted fora unlawfully attempting to corn-
Tit burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr. Benham
til-t.lllieson, the eminent pawnbroker and collector of
rl?sities, in the Strand, near S. Clement's Church.
110b,1% Cotton was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr.
pineuo appeared for the prisoner.
pro l'ena the statement of the Learned Counsel for the
ithosecution and the evidence adduced it appeared that,
144" four o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 7th
the prisoners were discovered to be on the roof of a
Roil; house attached to No. 255, Strand, and were seen
prcig over towards the house of Mr. Tomlinson, the
ditittletor. - A person in the house, No. 255, imme-
et/ e2Y Procured a policeman, and the assistance of an-
time' Person, and, after jramping over sevet al houses in
so,,,,vuuring to esceps the constable and the other per

toelt„elini them, the prisoners were taken into cus
ler;', when searched at the station-house a life-pre

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wls found on each of the prisoners, and they had
14,0 chisel, a screw-driver, tapers, candles, knives, and
Tot3cir matches. Upon examining the- house of Mr.
og, iris°a it was discovered that one of the back
hadwin-
been attempted to be broken open, one of the
Wero `14(1 been wrenched, and marks of violence
given the
on the shutters. We have already
the facts in detail when the case was before the
eltiTitrate at Bow•street a fey days ago. At the con-
tic"' of the evidence,
• At r• ,11 °BIN 8 -)14 addressed the jury for the prisoners.
1111'. uuitice TALF )I.IIID summed up, and
sentence
found the prisoners Guilty.
tlteLce deterred.