The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-06 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

On Monday an elderly gentleman, named Blake,
was charged under the circumstances detailed in the
following evidence :

Caroline Mitchell, a little girl, nearly 13 years
old, said that on Friday last, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, she met the prisoner in Queen-street.
He beckoned to her, and on her going to him he
asked her name and address, which she gave him,
and he made an entry of the same in his pocketbook.
On Sunday she was standing at her father's door, and
he beckoned to her and asked her if she could come
out of an evening. She replied that she sometimes
came out for her mother, and he pressed her to meet
him at the corner of Nutford-place, at eight o'clock.
He then gave her a shilling, and begged that she
would not tell her father or mother what he had done.
On the same afternoon the prisoner, whilst she was
standing at her father's door, beckoned to her, and
asked her if she could not come out of an evening, and
on her saying that she was frequently sent out by her
mother upon errands. he said he should like to see
her at the corner of Seymour-place. He also said he
should like to give her a ride in a cab, and some cash
besides, if she would go home • with him. He took
her to an adjacent mews, and there put his arm round
her neck, at the same time saying he would give her
some cakes. He also asked her if she would come
out for a few hours, and ride in a cab with him.
William Mitchell, the father of the girl, stated that
on his daughter communicating what had occurred
respecting her interview with the prisoner, he met the
latter, and collared him, and held him until the arrival
of the policeman.
It was further shown that on the way to the sta-
tion-house the prisoner offered money to a consider-
able amount to the witnesses, in order to induce them
to forego any charge that might be made against him.
Mr. RAWLINSON, after hearing the evidence of other
witnesses, came to the conclusion that it was his duty
to fine the defendant 51. for the assault, and to require
him to enter into his own recognizance in 1001., and
two sureties of 501. each, for his keeping the peace and
being of good behaviour to all her Majesty's subjects
for the next twelve months.

The required sureties were given, and the prisoner
was liberated.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday a neatly-dressed little woman named
Jane Brown, was charged with having attacked James
Golding, a greengrocer at Shacklewell, with a drawn
sword, and attempted to stab him.
Inspector Howie, of the N division, stated that at
five on the preceding evening the complainant came in
a great fright to the station. house, saying that he had
gene to the prisoner's house that afternoon to request
payment of a bill for sundry goods he had supplied to
the prisoner and her husband, and on knocking at the
door it was opened by a woman, to whom he delivered
the bill. As soon as he had done so the woman called
out to the prisoner, who was up stairs, and who im-
mediately ran down and attacked him with a drawn
sword she had in her hand, and with which she swore
that she would run him through the body if he
attempted to advance a single inch into the house.
Directly this threat had been uttered she made a
sudden and violent thrust at him with the sword,
which penetrated the breast of his coat, and made a
large incision, which he exhibited, but by a rapid re-
trograde movement he fortunately escaped the serious
consequences which would otherwise have certainly
ensued. The inspector added, that the cut which he
observed in the man's coat was on the left side, imme-
diately over the heart, and the cloth was cut com-
pletely through to the extent of several inches.
Seeing that there were obvious grounds for the com-
plainant's alarm, he dispatched Braman, a constable,
to the house, and he, on arriving there, found her
still in the passage with the sword in her hand,
which she was flourishing about in a very menac-
ing manner; by a statagem he however, contrived to
take the weapon from her, and conveyed her and the
sword to the station. The inspector said, that for
some time past a great number of tradesmen in that
neighbourhood had been making almost daily com-
plaints at the station of impositions practised on them
by the parties living in the holm, And requesting that

the police would lend their aid in recovering proper ty
they had been incautiously induced to leave thei
The prosecutor was not in attendance, though he ha
given him notice the night before to appear.
Mr. BINGHAM said, as that was the case he was
compelled to discharge the prisoner ; but that wourC
not preclude the complainant from obtaining justice,.
as he could take out a warrant against the prisoner'
another day, and make her answer for the outrages
s,':• had committed.
The- orisoner, who maintained a grim look of de-•
fiance as sii7f' stood in front of the bar, and would. not;
condescend to t.Z.!ter a single word in answer to what:
had been proved agll'inst her, was then discharged,
and walked majestically os:it of Court with an air of
triumph.
A fellow named George Le Corps, was charged 10yr
a woman of very respectable appearanc`. named Platt,
with having struck her such a violent Llow in the
mouth, that it was instantly filled with bloool,-
and two
of her front teeth were knocked completely ou!,- one
of them having been picked- up off the floor by" a
policeman, and the other very nearly choked ber
from its being dashed down her throat. Her husband',
who interfered for her protection, also received two
violent blows in the face from the prisoner. Ti*
wantonness of the assault was fully proved, and the'
prisoner was fined in the sum of 50s. to the Queen).
and, in default, was sentenced to a month's imprisow
meet in the House of Correction.