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London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

with large sums, and he had ever found him trust-
worthy.
Finally, the case was remanded till Saturday, and
Mortimer was admitted to bail, Mr. Ridgway and Mr.
Young, of 112, Strand, being his sureties, in 1001.
each.
Alderman Lucas remarked that the very fact, that
two gentlemen of such respectability having so wil-
lingly offered themselves as sureties in such amounts,
spoke volumes in the young man's favour.
Henderson was then reconducted to the cell, and
Mortimer discharged for the time being.
BOW-STREET.
William Harris, a waiter at the King William the
Fourth Hotel, King William-street, Strand, was charged
with stealing a silk umbrella, the property of Mr. Core-
thorne. The prosecutor stated that he went into the
King William Hotel last night with two friends to
supper. He had a silk umbrella in his hand, and he laid
it down in the chair. When they were about to leave,
the umbrella was not to be found. The only person in
the room while the prosecutor was taking his supper was
the prisoner. Some time was taken up in looking for
the umbrella, and the landlady ultimately found it by
the side of the prisoner's bed. He was of course given
into custody.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that his master had
got up a conspiracy against him, as he was to leave his
service this morning. Th. gentleman with whom he
was to live came last night and got his (the prisoner's)
character, which was given by his master, and with
which the gentleman was satisfied.
Mr. TWYFORD said it would be necessary for the land-
lady of the King William the Fourth to attend to give
evidence. It was a very common thing for waiters when
they left hotels to carry off anything they could easily
lay their hands on.—The prisoner was then remanded.
CLERKEIV WELL.
Yesterday an elderly gentleman, of gigantic frame
and stature, named Joshua Wilson, who, described
himself as a captain in the Royal Navy, was charged
with assaulting and threatening to murder Mr.
Richard White, a pianoforte-manufacturer, residing
in Woburn-building's, Woburn-square.
The complainant deposed that the defendant had
been lodging in his house for some years, but latterly
becoming very turbulent, and getting into arrears of
rent, Mrs. White did not send him up the kettle of
boiling water for breakfast on Sunday morning.
When witness returned home from church, hearing
this had not been done, he at once sent the servant up
stairs with it; but the captain, after abusing the ser-
vant in unmeasured language, ordered her to take it
down stairs instantly. Witness then went up and
said, " Well, Captain, ‘% hat a strange sort of man
you are ; out of compassion, I sent up the kettle to
you." The captain immediately started up, and rub-
bing his forehead very hard with his hand, exclaimed,
" You will make me do something very terrible."
Witness replied that he ought not to be going on so;
upon which the prisoner seized him in a violent manner
by the shoulders. Witness ran between his legs. The cap-
tain's spectacles dropped off, whereupon he commanded
witness to take them up ; being a good deal alarmed, he
did so, and placed them on the drawers. Some other
scuffles ensued between the parties, and the captain
finally expelled the pianoforte-maker.
After some conversation between the magistrate
and the captain, he was ordered to pay 10s.
The captain—l have not got a farthing in my pocket.
Mr. COMBS again asked him if he would leave the
premises on that day, but still persisting in refusal,
the magistrate said he must commit him for a week.
Captain Wilson, on his way to the cell, exclaimed,
" And is this the way a veteran officer, who has
served his country for sixty years, is to be treated ?"
He was, however, liberated in a few hours after, the
fine and costs having been paid by one of his friends.
A young man named Shiel was charged with creating
a violent disturbance in the St. Pancras workhouse.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Lee, the master,
that the prisoner, who has been twelve times punished for
similar misconduct, is in the habit of instigating the
other paupers to rebel against the workhouse discipline.
On the previous day he became exceedingly riotous, and
when checked by the porter, became so violent that the
whole workhouse was thrown into a state of confusion.
He was sent to prison for seven days.
A person named Began was charged with stealing a
gold chain and watch, the property of Mr. Mayell, of
Titchfield-street, Sohc,, coal-merchant.
The robbery was fully established, the property having
been found in the prisoner's boot.—Committed for trial.

MAIIYLEB WV E.
On Tuesday Michael Lee, alias Molloy, a labourer, be-
tween forty and fifty years of age, was brought up in
the custody of Sergeant Thompson, 4 D, charged with
having murdered his wife, Ann Lee, by drowning her in
the Paddington canal.
Constable Ross, 15 D—At three o'clock yesterday, as
I was passing Northumberland-street, I saw a great
crowd round the workhouse door, and on inquiring what
was the matter, I was informed that there was a man
there who had been making away with his Rife. I went
inside, and the prisoner was given into my custody ; he
told me that he had not spoken to her (his wife) for the
last three months, during which time they had lived
apart. Ross added that the deceased had not been near
her home since last Sunday night week, and he had
not, as yet, had time to get witnesses together, who
would, he believed, be able to prove that she and the
prisoner were, on the evening of the day in question, seen
drinking together, and afterwards quarrelling at Maids-
hill, a short distance from where the body was found.
Mr. RAwurlsos remarked that he had heard quite
enough to justify him in detaining the prisoner, and de-
sired the officers to get together all the evidence they
could for the Coroner's inquest.
The prisoner, on being asked if he wished to say any-
thing on the charge of having murdered his wife by
drowning her, replied, 4' 1 know nothing about it ; I
have seen nothing of her."
Mr. RAWLINSON (to the officers)—l have n• objection
at all to his bring taken before the Coroner, if his pre-
sence at the inquest should be required.—The prisoner
was then remanded for further examination, and at five
o'clock was conveyed to prison in the Government van.

LAMB ETH- STREET.
Tuesday William Woolston. aged 19, a mat-maker,
was charged before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with causing
so serious an injury to the person of Elizabeth Dowell
that her life is at present in serious jeopardy.
From the evidence it appeared, that during the per-
formances at the Garrick Theatre on the preceding
night, a quart stone bottle fell from the gallery
on to the head of Elizabeth Dowell, a respectable
young woman, who was with her mother and other
friends in the pit. Such was the force with which
the bottle fell, that it smashed into pieces, and in-
flicted no less than four serious wounds upon the
head of the young woman. The sufferer was carried
to the house of a neighbouring surgeon, who recom-
mended her immediate removal to the London Hospital.
The unfortunate circumstance created a strong feeling
amongst the crowded audience, it being suspected that
the dangerous missile had been flung from the gallery
by some mischievous person ; and Mr. Gomersal, one
of the proprietors of the theatre, went on the stage, and
offered a sovereign to any person who would point out
to himself or his officers the person who had flung the
bottle. The prisoner instantly acknowledged himself as
the person to blame, but declared that the bottle had
slipped from him by accident, while he was in the act
of handing it to a friend to drink some beer from it.
The young woman being pronounced by the surgeon
who had examined her to be in a dangerous state, Mr.
Gomersal felt it to be his duty to give the prisoner into
custody.
The prisoner repeated his former statement that the
affair was perfectly accidental ; but the surgeon's certifi-
cate declaring the sufferer to be still in verygreat danger,
the prisoner was remanded to a future day.
Mr. NORTON, however, consented to take bail for his
appearance.