The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-13 00:00:00

L'EVENING,

WEDNESDA

The zdjudication of bankruptcy was thereupon male.
Mr. Edwards is the official assignee.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE. •
A young man of respectable appearance, who gave his
name and address to Alderman Carden, made applies-
Om under ♦ery singular circumstances.
He had, he said, written to the Secretary of State for
advice in what manner to proceed in a case which had
in the part of the country in which it occurred excited
a great deal of surmise ald conversation. A lady to
whom he was to have been united in marriage sud-
denly died about the middle of January. He had
been for some time paying his addresses to her, aed
the marriage was to hare taken place in a few days,
but her mother and step-father, who were opposed to
the match, had placed her under violent constraint,
and the rapid approach of death, together with a
variety of circumstances connected wilt that event, led
to the suspicion that the lady had bean prematurely
hurried out of the world. The belief that the unfortu-
nate young lady had not died a natural death gained
ground from the fact that one of the domestics, who
had whispered that she had been cruelly treated by her
mother, and that her father-in-law had sworn that he
would hang her rather than that the marriage should
take place, was dismissed from the service. Shocked
and afflicted by such intelligence the applicant repre-
r speted the various matters which had come to his know-
ledge to the co; one-, who was disinclined to hold an in-
quest upon the body unless firtified by the opinio❑ of
tae medical attendant of the deceased, but the physician
upon being waited upon declined giving a certificate as
to the ne;essity of such a proceeding. Several of the
residents of the neighbourhood joined in a requisition
to the coroner upon the subject, on the ground of public
justice; but whether an improper influence had been
exercised for the purpose of stopping inquiry, or means
of prevention had been adopted in any other way, cer-
tain it was that the coroner persevered in his cl,t Irmina-
tion not to summon a jury to inquire into the remarkable
circumstances of the case.
Alderman CAItDEN—What was the opinion of the
medical man who attended the deceased? The applicant
—He said that she died of a disease of the brain. I had
not seen her for six weeks bef me she was taken ill, and
she died three days after her first attack.
Alderman CARDEN—Had she any property? The ap-
plicant—She was to.have come in to some property in a
very short time, and she was about twenty-seven years
of age. The property she was to have inherited from
her father. Sir George Grey, upon reading the state
ment o• the facts which I have represented advised me to
apply to the magistrates; but I apprehend an application
to them would not be so effective as an application to the
Lord Mayor or his representative, and I therefore deter-
mined to come here. It is necessary that I should
state one fact of a singular nature. The vault in which
the deceased was buried was opened in the night, and
next day I was charged as one of the violators of the
sepulchre.

Alderman CARDEN--IG is quite impossible that the
Lord Mayor could interfere in a matter of such a nature
wholly out of his jurisdiction. I would have you apply
to the magistrates of the district in which the lady died,
if you are not satisfied with the result of your appeal to
the coroner and medical men; and I have no doubt due
attention will be paid to you in such a case by every
gentleman in the commission of the peace.
GUILDHALL.

A young, innocent-looking girl, aged 17, named
Fanny Harnsworth, was'charged before Mr. Alderman
Hunter with stealing,a victorine, value 35., the property,
of her master, Mr. Moses Solemons, of No. 3, Little
Britain. After hearing the evidence,
Alderman IluNTErt said there were so many contra
dictions te:-ween father and son, that no twelve men
would ever believe that the prisoner was guilty of such
a charge, when any one else might have placed the vic-
torine where it was found. There was no foundation fur
the charge, and the prisoner was discharged.
There was much applause, which was instantly sup-
pressed.
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Mr. Robinson said, that now he intended charging the
son, Joseph Solomons, with the crime of rape.
Alderman HUNTER inquired under what Act he did so.
The Chief Clerk said that an Act of Parliament came
into operation last year, called an Act to " protect wemen
from fraudulent practices for procuring their defilement,"
whereby it was enacted " that if any person shall by
false pretences, false representations, or other fraudu-
lent means, procure any woman or child under the age
of 21 years to have illicit carnal connexion with any
man, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour,
and shall, being duly convicted thereof, suffer imprison-
ment for a term not exceeding two years, with hard
labour." This case, as fir as be (the chief clerk) had
heard, was the first one under the new Act, and was
Ten' important.
Sir. Joseph Solomons was then placed in front of the
dock, and the first witness called was

Henry Webb, who stated that the girl said in the
presence of Joseph Solomons, that he came to her bed-
room and put his hand over her mouth. She called out,
and his sister, who slept iu the next room, asked what
was the matter, When Joseph replied that be was calling
the servant up. He did not contradict the girl, but
treated the whole affair in a light off-handed manner.
She spoke to him and accused him of coming to her bed-
room on Monday night, and defied him to deny it, which
he did not She further added, that he passed some-
thing over her eyes and nose, which took her senses
away, and he then ruined her.

Alderman HUNTER—UntiI she charged the son with
ruining her, was any charge of filony made against her?
Webb—None whatever. The girl also, in the presence
of Mrs. Solomons, told me she had informed her of her
son's conduct, and that Mrs. Sulomons said, " WeP, I
suppose he did not kill you."
Alderman HUNTER—Did Mrs. Solomons deny it in
your presence? Webb—She did not.
Joseph Solomons—Did not the girl say to me in your
presence that she had said,' If you will not come to my
bed, I will come to yours?" Webb—Nothing of the
sort was ever uttered.

Fanny Harnsworth was then sworn, and said—l am
in the iervi, e of Mr. Solomons. On Sunday week the
defendant came to the kitchen, and said he was coming
to sleep with me. I said he should not coma, and went
to bed alone. There is no lock to the door. lie sleeps
on the third floor, and lin the room above him. I was

awoke on Monday morning week, about half-past six
o'clock, by finding some one in bed with me, and then
saw it was Joseph Solomons. I told him to leave, when
be took improper liberties, and went down stairs. He
had effected his (*jeer. He held his hand over my
mouth. His sister called for me to get up, and he said
be was getting me up.
Alderman HUNTER-Why did you not tell your mis-
tress? Complainant (innoceitly)—Because I thought
he would not repeat his conduct, ald I did not wish to
family; but I told my sister
the same night. The last time he repeated his conduct
make a disturbance in the
was on Sunday night, when he got into my bed and
put something to my mouth which took my senses away.
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was made against me of taking
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and I was not given int) custody until five o'clock in
the afternoon. In the morning I told his mother I
I would not sleep in the house again, and she said
" Oh, he did net kill you."
Chic f Clerk—Was the prisoner present when you told
his mother? Complainant—He was.
Chief Clerk—Did he make any remark? Com-
plainant—He said I would say anything.
Alderman HUNTER—Had he any handkerehi,f on his
face when he lee; his father's yesterday? Complainant
—He had; but he took it off when he went out at eleven
o'clock, and when he returned, between ono and two, he
resumed it.

The defendant denied the charge, as an entire fa-
brication, that he ever used anything to steal away her
senses.

Esther Groins, the eider (a married woman), deposed
to the complainant telling her of the treatment she had
received, and she advised'her to infirm her master and
mistress of it, which she said she would do.
Mr. Robinson applied for a remand to complete the
evidence.
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Alderman Ifusrrun said ho should most certainly re-
mand the case until Friday, as it was a most important
one, and the first ander the Act of 12 and 13 Victoria,
e. 76, which ho understood would havelo be adjudicated
upon. As it was a misdemeanour he should take bail,
requiring two sureties of 501. each, and defendant in
1001.

The required recognizances were entered into.
MARLBOROUGH-STREE7'.
Mr. Lewis, the solicitor employed by the proprietor
of the Saloon, Piccadilly, yesterday stated to Mr. Bing-
ham that an unexpected-difficulty had presented itself
with reference to the contemplated proceedings in an
appeal against the decision given by the magistrate the
against the decision,
previous day. The proprietor of the Saloon was bed •
ridden in the country; and as the Act of Parliament re-
quired that he should enter into his own rec,guistinces
within forty-sight hours.,to. appeal
this provision of the Act could not be complied with.
Now, as the decision in qUestion affected hundreds of
tradesnien in London, and as the proprietor of the Saloon
was desirous of setting aside all technical points, and
fighting the decision on the merits of the case, he hoped
the magistrate would give him his assistance to overcome
tehvee Query f i ffiaccuillittyy hfoerhpardomseeenuttiionng an appeal. If the solicitored.
Mr. BINGHAM was desirous of aff,rding the defendant
would make a declarationnf the state of the defendant,
and his inability to enter into the rec,gnizancee on that
account, and would also undertake to enter into recog-
nizances for the defendant, he saw no objection to that
course, although it was quite new in practice.
Mr. Lewis replied ho was quite willing to adopt that
alt,rnative, and would at once enter into recognizances
for his client. He wished now to ask advice in another
matter. It was clearly understood that the decision on the
previous day was in the nature of a preliminary step
towards a final decision by a higher tribunal. It was
also understood that the police were • not to act on the
decision until the question had bean settled at the ses-
sions. But the police had takenupon themselves to pro-
ceed at once to act on the decision, and had gone to the
Saloon the same night with a demand on the manager to
turn out the women who were in the 'wipe. His advice
to the manager had been to take no notice of the demand
of the police, but to let the police proceed to turn the
parties out at their peril. If the police did act, then he
advised an action against them.
Mr. BINGHAM had no authority over the actions of
the police, and theref ire could say nothing in reply to
the solicitor'S statement.,
Mr. Lewis thanked the magistrate, and left the court
to enter into the required sureties to prosecute an appeal.
CLERKEN WELL.
William Edgar, alias William Beale, a well-dressed
young man, was put a' the bar before Mr. Combe,
charged with a burglary on the premises of Mr. James