The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-05 00:00:00

OLD JIM L I,Y.

CUTTINit; i%;s7f) WWI NG. —Yesterday Patrick
_Connelly and Johti Ccitoa were, capitally :indicted
for c-itain cuts and tl,nundi opon the
.person of Patrick O'Neill with a,sharp instrument,
with intent to kill, disable, maim, or do him some
grievous bodily harm.
Patrick O'Neill stated, that he is a watchman
in Church-street, St. Giles's. On Frida'y night,
the 7th, of November, a little after eleven o'clock,
there was a crowd gathering by ;he two prisoners,
who were having a sham battle. He desired thein
to go about their business, and not collect a mob
to make a disturbance, Witness left them and
went round his heat, and returned in •a'quarter of
an hour,. when•he found them all there. He again
desired them to go home, and Connelly said,
"•Paddy O'Neill, what do you want here?"
ness replied; ." I want to send you home." Con-
nelly said he would go home When'he liked, anti
one of the girls said they would go home when
they pleased. He attempted to take'hold of Coo-
nelly's c altar, ‘vhen Caton came up, atid.awaffray
ensued, in which witness's hand was. cut; The
prisoners then ran away.
.Roberts, the watch-house keeper of St. Giles's,
stated, that owthe Thursday night following,
prisoner Connelly was brought to the watch-
house-on another charge. The witness searched
him, and fotitid the knife produced in his waist-
coat pocket. • •

Connelly, in his defence, put in a written paper,
in which be denied that he had the knife until a.
week after the transaction was stated to have taken
place. lie accused O'Neill of being a common
dealet• in human blood.

Sir WM. GARROW called O'Neill up again, and
examined him as to that point. He stated that be
never gave evidence in this Court but once, awl'
that was against a woman who hall stolen a
watch. He had been a watchman .for 44 or 1.5
years,. and had given evidence acHick's Hall its
cases (of siot and disturoance:

Connelly called a witness, named John Wat-
kins, who the he gave Connelly the knife 'in
gm:stint) on he 1311.0 l November. .
Catherine Mahoney said, she sold trait in the
street, and w_as going irons a wake on the night
in question, and she saw several people, as it they
wet e coining from a club. O'Neill seized Con—
"nelly by the throat, and witness thought he would
chock him. About a fOrtnight afterwards witneSk
was`passing by Marlborough-street Police Oice,
and O'Neill was then pointed out as the man who
tad pushed his. knuckles into Connelly's throat-
She said O'Neill had a very bad character, and
that the Magistrates at Marlborough-street would
riot bdieve a word he said.

Air. Baron GARROW summed up the evidence,
and the Jury pronounced both the prisoners NOt
Guilty.

B iron (.Hato' told the prisoners that they
had,hai a most narrow escape, particularly Con,
and, before they quitted the bar, he felt it
his duty to state to them, that it they Assembled
again in a riotous and disorderly manner, to pre-
vent persons from the due exteution or their• law-
ful duty, and death ensued to ally person so 'en-
gaged, each of the persons so Assembled would be
liable to ,be tried for murder, and to all the con-
sequences. attendant upon that crime.
John Somers and John Knight were capitally in..
dieted for burglariously, breaking and entering the
dWeiliug-hou+e of George Phillips, of Nu. 7,
Chariot u-sti vet , Bloomsbury, and stealing therein
a variety of articles of wearing apparel, the goods
of Frederick Cox, E!,q. and an.mnbrella and other
articles, thy• plopvrty of Mr. Phillips. •

'Tl►e Jui y, atter a moment's consultation, found
both the pr6oueis Guilty—Death. Aged 17 years
eacb.

Mr PHILLIPS recommended the inisonera to
mercy on account:of their youth, and Mr. Justice
BAILEY assured hiat it •mould be, attended

:Lady BuLKELsy, Thttranay, the 20th ult.
distr.buted lo 130 of the poor, blankets, flanuel,
and linen being iter annual listributioni
besides bread three.times a %%eek. •