The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-24 00:00:00

Four of the thieves had been transported for the
offence, but the prisoner had get away upon that

caiion,

Tne prisonar—l was not in that robbery, and B°l3/e
of the police know that I was not.
Another of the active officers of the City force said
t!ai prisoner was well known in other parts of the
town by the iieliname of " the Fidler," and had
been conce7mal in very extensive street ri bberies.
Alderman llumenaar—l think we shall be able to
seed you :d air your companions this time, and I cow'
mit you for tri:d accordingly.
WEST tIINSTEI?.
A respectable-looking woman, about 35 years Of
airy-, presenied herself before Mr. Broderip on Toes'
day w ith a letter from a benevolent lady at Chelse3'
who recommended her case to the attention of the
magistrate as one deserving pecuniary assistance. t
It appeared from the lady's communication, al,:
the bearer was a Mrs. John Turner, of 5, 13°/";
street, Chelsea, the wife of a veterinary surge—
-1;
who, with her two young children, hal) althoug
f o merly moving in a respectable sphere, been She
soma time past in the most abject state of want. S a
had for some time after the loss of her hasbt
earned a scanty subsistence for herself and
rally by her needle until her health became
so seriously impaired and her sight so much offec'et
that she was unable to continue her work, and 'e
into great distress. She has for the last two Yee'rs
been residing with an aged and afflicted mother-lad
law, a Mrs Sarah Turner, the relict of a retire„t
tradesman, who possessed Considerable property, u'e
owing to the necessary expense of bringing up ben
family, with a variety of unforeseen misfortunes, ',71,
means became exhausted, and she was found with bet
children and Mrs. John Turner by the beneYs'"re,
lady above alluded to in the deepest distress. • ..
Mr. BRODERIP having, as usual, directed that la
quiries should be made by one of the summseinbge
officers,, the latter yesterday reported to him that d
account given was in every respect quite correct, 0,13 h
vi
that it was, as stated, a most deserving case, tabidcy
had been frequently relieved by the kind-heartedl.'
who had recommended it.
Mr. BRODERIP, before whom reports of the rest3l:
of inquiries into other cases were brought at the slifof
time by the officers, and to which various sums ethecj
the scanty means at his disposal were avre..`-Aa-a;
directed that the poor widow should have 106.1
which she expressed her gratitude.
CLE RK EN WELL.
yiolent
William Davis was charged with having
assaulted and wounded Patrick Mooney, of She'bi's
Saint's-court, Milton-street, St. Luke's, by Whic"
life is placed in danger. al di'
Police-constable Jeremiah Finden, No. 300, •
(Ist
vision, said that at about three o'cloek Yestecir.ta-
morning he was on duty in Macclesfield-street,
road, when the prisoner rushed out of the 1170,1
No. 7 in that street, and told him that his wife d,
brought home a man who was in his (prisoner's) out
and he wanted him (witness) to interfere to turn to
out. Witness said he could not, and advised Pts'ide.
go and order him away, and he would stay °tato
The prisoner left, and shortly afterwards vvrtise,
heard cries of "Murder," when he entered ths,u,°;to
in company of Carter, 173 G, and on proceertbs
the first-floor back apartment they fulln'ating
prisoner and the injured man Mooney fiffrdeg
and struggling together, the latter being uncife-bis
and bleeding profusely from frightful wounds '`r) ago
head. The prisoner was taken to the station.ll/0.
and Mooney was conveyed to St. Bartholomew'si'pe.
pital, where he was now confined to his bed in
rilous condition. On making inquiries, it was ek
certained that the prisoner returned home ed
pettedly and found Mooney in bed. Mrs. Davi ,in
sh-" —olis
him to jump out of the window, out of which the
threw his clothes ; but he was afraid; •aha.°„—tbs
prisoner discovering him there, he struck him °Lfste
head with a shovel and inflicted several (109,1' the
wounds. Witness found Mooney's 'clothes 11..cis.
back-yard. He produced a surgeon's certificate roils
scribing the nature of the wounds and the danger
state of Mooney.
Carter, 173 G, confirmed this testimony.
,„„isitt
Mr. COMBS inquired whether Mrs. Davls'''„itieff
attendance ?—Carter replied that she Was yr-
outside the court. ht
Mr. COMBE directed that she should be br°uvia.4
in, when a tall, portly, vigorous-looking wortir Fri'
introduced into the witness-box. She said trht the
soner was her husband. On the previous nig m.
man Mooney accosted her in the City-road, allover
lowed her home ;he forced himself into the e
01,-0O
and then into her bed-room, and he would not... j,
the place. She told him several times to g° "pa
but he would not. He undressed himself: be
told him that when .her husband came hor;,,ith
would catch it. He wanted her to go to bed tto
him. She would not do so ; and when he wenilet
bed she threw his clothes out of the windovv•
thy'
husband did not come home for five hours after " in
when she let him in, and told him that a man 09
bed snoring. , This;
Mr. COMM (to the prisoner)—You hear all ""be
do you believe it ? Prisoner—No ; I doll -
lieve it.
Mr. COMBE—Nor I; you must be very nrc— -
if you do. a- tile
The prisoner said nothing to the charge, °n
case was remanded until the fate of Mooney °' • '
made known.

SOUTH WA RK. Aresita
Edw. Connor and Henry Johnson, two weii—,-ed oo
men, were brought before Mr. A'Beckett, chsrbiories
on susqicion of having committed several Writ the
and robberies which have lately taken Ole of 150
parish of Lambeth. There were upwar° -obi%
skeleton keys of all sorts and capable of a o
street-door locks, latches, and room doors, foul'
the lodgings of one of the prisoners. A a 6ii%b
Policeman 67 L stated that between five -no'
o'clock that morning, while on duty in the Cnrn tive
road, Lambeth, his attention was drawn t 0 tb eptlp
prisoners, whom he observed lurking about, aPPb3e
r. both.,
watching his movements. Knowing them toad thei
sure characters, he went towards them, I-floe".
walked away together ; and, finding he f,cfren'
them, they then separated and went in uP,..-0,13°
directions. He (the policeman) pursued C°l3lfb-ea he
ran away, and secured him in the New: cut, "ea out
immediately flung something away, which tub bar
to be a skeleton key and a pair of pliers, used 100 the
glary for opening the street-doors of houses 00,0 f
latch. The policeman added that recently taps ed,
!liises in the district had been entered by 0110
skeleton keys, and plundered of property °to sae
considerable amount, and that he had reason t
pect the prisoners were concerned in them•
fling e,
Policeman 66 L stated, that the same MI „"
an earlier hour he observed the prisoners 10v';
and, having concealed himself from view, be el, of 8-
walk up the steps of two houses, and apparen:hl
effect an entrance with skeleton keys, but
being bolted on the inside as well as locked .rn- wati
not suceeed in their object. He then saw the,:ble 6lf
away, and they were followed by police-cens—.oit °
14, who secured Connor, while he went in POl.- Mr'
,„ ust,„s,
the other prisoner, and, on taking him inw strP
found in his pockets a skeleton key, ineife,,e,-101Prej
and also a box-of composition for taking ; ;1
sions of the wards of any description of I°"oute
some of the same substance was found on, 0-oers';
the skeleton keys in the possession of the Prf Prt"'
Sergeant Harris, 6 L, stated that late' peace "t,t)
soners were taken into custody be Prtotreei
Connor's house, No. 2, New-street, Webm-ble
in company with Romayne, a police-consta 16
on searching underneath his bed, they disco his wife,
skeleton keys. A woman, who passed a 3 /1.00011
and was at home at the time, was asked re't- to bee
the keys, and she said that they did not belongu Ore
husband (meaning Connor), but that tied icbld
brought and left there by a young many Wi:R
name she was unacquainted, but whom 14—
,„
know if she saw him again. nos, 0..
Romayne stated that he searched the lif".l dOP,
ferred to, and found in her possession severs
pofide
cates relating to property pledged at differe- or. 1-nt
brokers' shops in the name of Mary Connconstt.-ii
(Romayne) knew both prisoners to be the oracle'
associates of thievrv, and knowing their child tilljusei
he had been watching them for some length Wl° a
suspecting that they were concerned in tu,,ensonh.estli
robberies in the district. He added that Ju'e-eti
been in custody a few days ago at Bovi'atleys..' 0
another man, upon whom were found skeleton"' oboe,
latter was convicted upon the occasion, but
e"eocop
was discharged, since which period he haa/1110144r
stantly in the company of Connor, his 'e •
sorer. 08 rob
Mr. A'BECKETT said, he should remand of s-e
sonars until next Monday ; the circumstancedstbe
a vast number of skeleton keys being ibuti star° o,
house of one of the prisoners evinced the n_tinde.o
their calling, and the woman should also be re:P:001
in order to ascertain whether the duplicates
her possession related to stolen property-
tbe
re o.
On the lath lust, at Shoreham, Sussex, the 11'
lip of
Rev. N. Woodard, of a son. the feat,
On the lath inst., at Frognal, H I
ampstee
Henry 11. Gibbs, Esq., of a son.
On the `Atli inst., at the vicarage, Chart N- the
the wife of the Rev. W. A. Vaughan, of
laiess(b'ou•nt., gents,
On the 21st inst., at Alhury-place, c
wife of A. C ,ssels Howden, Esq., of a son. pc
DIED. Joe gap.
On the 16th inst., Grace, the relict of the 17.
Chalmers, D.D., of Edinburgh. optansce
On the 16th inst., at L'Orient, 13rittanY,_, that P
Levescoute, R.N., many years British Consul " f the
aged 64. relict
On the 20th inst., at Newmar-street, Lucy, if 0f
W late Thomas Cafe, E-q., aged 75.
' Milne,
On the 20th inst., at Ilig,hgate, 0-rs•
James Milne, Esq., aged Sake-
On the 21st inst., William Bateman, Esq.,• t.
ington, Middlesex, aged 75. 4if
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