The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-23 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

GROUNDLESS CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—
James Smith, a labourer, was charged with killing
and slaying William Taylor.

George Jones, 1 B, said that he went last night
to prisoner's abode in Calthorpe-place, Chelsea,
and told him he apprehended him for violently as-
saulting William Turner, then lying dangerously
ill in St. George's Hospital, and since dead. Pri-
soner said he should not have done it had not Tur -
ner taken up a brick to him and kicked him on
the legs.

Richard Cotterell, surgery man at the hospital,
proved that Turner was brought in last Sunday
night. lie had some marks ou the head as if
kicked about. He died last night.
Richard Stevens, 43, Regent-street, "Westminster,
said that prisoner and the dead man bad both
been iu Messrs. Corbett's employ. On Thursday,
he 14th of January, was discharged in the
middle of the day. Shortly after this he came
up to prisoner with a brick which he had

just picked up. He was going to throw it at the
prisoner when it was taken out of his hand. Ile
ran at prisoner, and in a struggle they both fell.
Taylor kicked him, and they struck each other.
Taylor had been drinking. The foreman had dis-
charged Taylor, not the prisoner, who overlooked
o►ne of the men.

Prisoner was liberated on his own recoguisances
to appear in a week.

THANIES.

A MISCHIEVOUS YOUNG PUSEYITE. —Thomas
Gould, aged 12 years, choir boy at the High
Ritualistic Church of St. Peter's, Old Grave-lane,
presided over by the Rev. Mr. Lowder, was brought
before Mr. Paget charged with unlawfully throwing
stones in a public thoroughfare.
Martin Ryan, a police-constable No. 281 K, said
that he saw the prisoner throw two stones over the
London Dock wall in Tent-street on his way to
church on the preceding night.
An officer of the London Dock Company said
that a great many panes of glass had been broken
in the skylights of the warehouse in the dock by
the dangerous and mischievous practice of boys
hurling stones over the dock walls. Fifty were
broken in two days last week, and 15 more on
Saturday. He had been deputed by Mr. Randall,
the superintendent of the dock, to call the magis-
trate's earnest attention to a most expensive and
serious evil.

Mrs. Gould, the mother of the boy, said the dock
wall was too high for her son to throw a stone over
it. ller boy was on his way to church when he was
taken into custody.
Mr. Paget—Going to church. It was not Sun-
day evening.
Mrs. Gould—lle goes to church every evening to
sing.

A Voice at the back of the Court—" And to
break windows on the way to the Puseyito
Church."

A Clergyman, of St. Peter's Church, near the
London Dock, said the prisoner was one of the boys
in his choir, and an excellent boy.
Mr. Paget asked the height of the Dock wall, and
Inspector Gee, of the K division, said that it waa
not more than 25 feet. Numerous complaints had
been made of boys throwing stones over the Lon-
don Dock wall. Au immense amount of injury had
been done.

Mr. Paget deprecated the mischievousness of
boys who were continually throwing stones. He
was satisfied the prisoner had thrown stones over
the wall, and the Dock Company had a right to
complain of the great damage done to their pro-
perty. The destruction of glass had been lament-
able. He fined the prisoner 10s., and, in default,
seven days' imprisonment.
THE THIEF AND KECEIVER.—✓Henry Lawrence,
the elder, and Henry Lawrence, the younger, were
brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a
silver watch, and a money box containing silver
monies, from the dwelling house of Mr. Frederick
Norris in Wapping.
The younger prisoner was errand boy to the pro-
secutor. On Sunday last Mr. Norris missed a
watch, which was hanging on to a nail in his bed-
room. He missed a child's money-box containing
6s. at the same time. Its gave immediate informa-
tion to the police, and an account of the robbery
and description of the watch was left with every
pawnbroker. On the preceding day the elder pri-
soner offered the stolen watch in pawn at the shop
of Mr. Levy in Shadwell, and it was stopped. The
prisoner was detained, and he said "The watch is
one which my son picked up in Wapping."
The boy was then taken into custody by
Cornelius Sutton, a police-constable, No. 231,
to whom he said that the money box only con-
tained 4s. Bd., and that he broke it open, took the
money out, and threw the box away down an old
sewer in Wapping. He also said that he took his
master's watch at the same time as the money box.

The younger prisoner made no defence. Th°
elder one said, " I did not take the watch with a
knowledge it was stolen. I did not come by it
wrongfully. My son told me he picked it up. That
is all I have to say." _