The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-15 00:00:00

David Taylor said he was secretary to a gentleman. He
was present during the affair in the Quadrant. Saw the de-
fendant strike the complainant with a stick, and afterwards
saw the blows repeated.
On cross-examination, this witness said he went to the
complainant's lodgings to assist him in writing. In addition
to this, was advertising agent to a newspaper. Did not fol-
low the cab in which Mr. Pinkus and the lady were when
he left the hotel in the phaeton with the complainant. The
lady in question went by the name of Pray. Witness had
seen the lady in question in the character of the complainant's
wife. _ _

Sutcliffe, one of the constables doing duty in the Quadrant,
said he saw the defendant striking the complainant over the
head with a stick. He went forward and interfered to keep
the peace.
Mr. Prendergast then addressing the Bench, said it
would be obvious there wise something in the case which both
parties were desirous, and perhops discreetly so, of keeping
back. There was a lady in the case, whose name it wascon-
sidered advisable to keep from the public, and the whole
truth was, that the conduct of the complainant towards this
lady eventually led to the assault. The lady was interfered
with by the complainant. The defendant left in a cab with
this lady, and the complainant and his witness followed in a
phaeton for the purpose of further annoyance. An assault had
occurred in consequence of this proceeding on the part of the
complainant. and although blows were given by the defendant
with his stick, they were repaid by the complainant with a
whip. He should-be in a condition also to prove by evidence
that the complainant committed the first assault, and that he
had on more than one occasion resorted to the use of threats
against the defendant.
Edward plight, cabdriver, said he was a stranger to all
parties. All he knew was, that he drove the defendant and a
lady to No. 70, Quadrant When witness set down his fare,
the gentleman made a remark to the effect that some persons
were following and annoying hiM. The defendant went up
to the phaeton and after saying a few words was struck re-
peatedly by the complainant with a whip. The defendant
when he got out of the cab had a stick with him.
Mr. Bagley said, he was sorry to cast doubt on the truth
of the defence set up, but he was bound to do so in order to
make his instructions consistent with the case presented be-
fore the Court. He could not help saying that the evidence
had shown that an unprovoked, severe, and, he was sorry to
add, dastardly, assault had been committed on the com-
plainant. The defence set up, that the phaeton had followed
the cab, was disproved by the witnesses. From their evi-
dence, instead of the complainant having purposely followed
the defendant to annoy him, it was clear that the stoppage
in the Quadrant arose out of the accident referred to, and that
the complainant, instead of having sought to annoy the de-
fendant, had been himself attacked without previous provoca-
tion. He also begged, in conclusion, to say, that the charge
made against the complainant, that he had previously an•
noyed the defendant, was wholly unfounded and unsupported.
Mr. MALTBY decided on holding the defendant to bail to
meet any charge that might be preferred against him at the
Sessions.
Edward Powell, the son of Mr. Edward Powell, the soli-
citor to the Mint, appeared on bail from yesterday after-
noon, to answer the charge of uttering a counterfeit sovereign
to a female named Ellen Johnson.
On the case being called on,
Mr. HARDWICK directed the accused to be placed at the
bar in the usual manner.
The complainant stated that she was a milliner. About
half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday evening last, she met
the accused in Regent-street. He accosted her, and
wished her to take lion home with her. She
did so, and he remained there a short time. They
then came out together. In Mortimer-street, Caven-
dish-square, the accused said, " There is a sovereign for you,"
and gave one into her band. She looked at it, and seeing it
was a bad one, she told him so, and gave it back to him. He
put it into his waistcoat pocket, and then took out three
others and offered her to take one. She told him they were
all bad. He returned them to his pocket, remarking that
was all the money he had, and if she would not have that
she could not have any. Soon afterwards, on seeing a police-
man. she called him and gave the accused into his custody.
She had been in his company once before, but was not in any
house with him.
By Mr. Powell, sen., on behalf of the accused—When be
gave her the sovereign there was nothing in his manner or
conduct to lead him to believe that he knew it to be bad.
John Edwards, police-constable' No. 74 of the E division,
stated that he received the accused in charge from the last
witness. On the way to the station-house the accused asked
a police-constable he met to lend him some money, and the
constable did so, 55., but witness did not know
what the accused did with it. At the station-house
he was about searching him, when he said "You need
not do that." I took from his pocket four sovereigns, two
half-crowns, four shillings, and two sixpences, all counter-
feits. The money was delivered to Inspector Hawes.
Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, having come into the Court
on other business, was retained on the part of the accused.
Inspector Hawes, of the E division, stated, that at the
station•housa the accused said the money bad come into his
possession in his official character, in attending befi. re the
magistrates ; that " the mistake must have occurred some-
how in changing his clothes."
Mr. Humphries made a a forcible and feeling appeal to the
Magistrate on behalf of his client, pointing out the great
improbability of his having, with a guilty knowledge,
uttered the money in question.
The accused held an appointment under his father, and was
daily in the habit of attending the different Police-courts to
conduct the Mint prosecutions for uttering counterfeit money,
and it was the usual practice for him to take charge of the
spurious coin found on the persons charged.
Mr. MALTBY before whom the case was brought yesterday
afternoon was inattendance to re-hear the case.
Mr. HARDWICK, after remarking at considerable length on
the features of the charge, said he should commit the pri-
soner for trial.
The witnesses were then bound over to appear at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court.
Bail was ordered to be taken for the'prisoner's appearance.