The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-03 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

William Edward Eicke, lately a clerk in the Account-
an.'s-office of the London and South-Western Railway
Company, was brought before Mr. Elliott for final exa-
mination, charged with forging and stealing a deben-
ture bond for 2,C001., the proicrty of the railway com-
pany.
The whole of the voluminous depositions were then
read over to the prisoner by Mr. Parry, the chief clerk,
when Mr. ELLIOTT asked him whether he wished to say
anything, as ho stool fully committed to take his trial
it the ensuing CCd Bailey sessions fur the forgery and
larceny.

Mr:Games, who appeared for the prisoner, declin:d
'gating anything.
The prisoner was accordingly committed, ani all the
witnesses bound over to prosecute.

THAMES.
Henry Haseman, a regist4red coal-whipper, Catherine
flaseman, a bloated and dissipated looking woman, his
wife, and Emma Smith, a girl of loose character, were
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with feloniously
assaulting and robing Mr. Charles Williams, a
country gentleman, now residing at 37, Jubilee-place,
Stepney.

The prosecutor appeared with his head and fale cut
and bruised in a dreadful ana.nner. EIS shirt and
clothes were torn and covered with blood, his hands
were severely lacerated, and his eyes were swollen and
discoloured. It appeared from his evidence that he had
only been in London a few days, and that un Monday
evening he was passing alone,. Jolla's-place, Stepney,
near his own residence, when he met the female
prisoners at the door of the house No. 10, and they
invited him into the house .and asked him to give
them some porter. He was not acquainted with the
character of the house and its inmates. lie imprudently
accepted the invitation and sent for porter. When that
was drunk- Smith asked for some rum and he gave her a
shilling, to fetch some. This was repeated several
titnes, until the male prisoner came in, with his face be-
grimmed with coal dust, and Mr. Williams was intro-
duced to him ils.a country gentleman whom they had in-
vited into their humble dwelling tl give him a caution.
against the thieves and sharpers of London. Soon af-
terwards, and while talking to the women who were
constantly hanging about him, he put • his hand into his
waistcoat pocket and missed his purse, which contained
five sovereigns. He was sure it was safe when he en-,
tered the house. His biker in another pooket remained
untouched. The prosecutor immediately` jumped UD
from the chair and said, " You have robbed me,"
upon which Smith attempted to leave the room.
Mr. Willia-ms put his back against the door and pre-
vented her. The man, Haseman, directly made a fu-
rious attack upon him, struck him right and left with
his 'fists, and declared that he should not leave the
apartment alive unless be allowed Smith to leave
the room. Mr. Williams was soon covered with
blood, which flowed copiously - from his. nose, mouth,
and ears, but he, notwithstanding, defended himself
as well as lie was able, and he was then set upon by the
female prisoners, who struck, bit, and scratched him in a
met savage manner; the other prisoner all 'the while
hitting and kicking him as hard as he was ab'e. After
a desperate conflict the door was opened, and the parties
all got into the hall of the house, where the struggle
was renewed. The prosecutor was dragged into the yard'
at the rear of the house, whero an attempt was made to
to the male prisoner, who threw
strangle him. He along
him down and kicked him, and the women sot upon him
again and beat him. He called out ‘• Murder,thieves!" as loud as he was able, and at length, when he
was nigh exhausted, Pye, a police-constable, No. 111 K,
rushed into the house just as Mrs. Haseman was pre-
paring, with a niece of wood three feet in length sand as
thick as a man's arm, to beat out the prosecutor's brains.
Pye arre,ted her arm, and saved the prosecutor from a
blow which would most probably have kille,l him had it
taken effect. Pye drove Haseman on one side and raised
the prosecutor from the ground. Ile was then covered
with blood and there was a frightful gash on
_his fore.

head. The prosecutor said he"had been robbed of five
sovereigns and nearly murdered. While they were talk-
ing Pye saw Mrs. Haseman attempting to conceal the
piece of wood in the garden. He took the male prisoner
into custody, leaving Sergeant Smith, No. 28 K. in the
house, who began to search the front parlour for the
purse and sovereigns which Mr. Williams had lost.
While he was doing so, the prosecutor saw the end of
his green purse behind a shell on the top of a chest of
drawers.' -He snatched it up, and the woman perceiving
him do so, 'aid to Smith, `Search him, he has no doubt

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The prisoner endeavoured to turn the tables on the
prosecutor by accusing him of most gross familiarities
with the tNo women, which he solemnly denied. They
denied all knowledge of the robbery, and said the purse
was never in their possession. asuman also said he
caught the prosecutor taking indecent liberties with his
wif and resented it by striking at him, and was struck
spin.
Mr. YARDLEY asked the character of the house
where the ais tuft and robbery was committed?
Smith said it was a brothel where a sailor was robbt d
and nearly murdered a fortnight ago.
Mr. YARDLEY, after commenting upon the imprudence
cf Mr. Williams entering such an intamous place and
joining such company as he had done, commuted the
prisoners for trial.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, JULY 2.—Captain—Augustus L. Kuper,
C.B. (1841), to command the Thetis, 40, recently em-
ploy( d on particular service.
Lieutenant—Nelson G. Spencer (1847) to the Cygnet,
commissioned yesterday at Devonport.
Master—T. B. Wells (1850) to the Cygnet.
Paymaster and Purser—G. R. Deighton (1850) to
the Cygnet.
Masters Assistant—W. J. G. Hutchinson, to the
Cygnet.

Boatswain—Joho,Dixon to the Cygn9i.
Carpenter—William'prarcr,to: the Cygnet.
The Cygnet is C6-iiike4ouiiiie nkt-baitils to the Coast
of Afr:ea.

The Bowe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, has been
telegraphed as arrived at Portsmouth from the Mediter-
Tehran, and is come round ti Sheerness to be paid off,
and will be immediately recommissioned.