The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-05 00:00:00

wound was threo,quarters of an inch in length aid
an inch and a half in depth, the knife having pene-
trated to the bone.

Mr. COMBB (to the prisoner)—What have you to
say to the charge ? Prisoner—That it's true.
Mr. Combe remanded him.

Mr. G. Stephens Murphy, residing in Spencer-
street, Northampton square, was brought before the
magistrate, charged with causing the death of John
Rogers, and injuring three other persons, one of whom
(Elizabeth Bignall) is despaired of.
Inspector Proud, of the S (Evision, announced that
an inquest had been held that day at the Whittington
and Cat, Holloway, before Mr. Wakley and a jury,
on the body of Rogers, and a verdict of Accidental
Death was returned.

Mr. Murphy (whose face was plastered in several
places) was about to leave the court, when
Mr. COMBE said—Pray remain a while, Sir; as
you have been brought before roe I must hear some
evidence before I can discharge you.
Mr. Murphy—But I have been disch—arged by. the
coroner, and he told me there was no charge against
me.

Mr. COMBE—I cannot say what the coroner may
have told you. The coroner has no power to take a
prisoner from the magistrate's jurisdiction. He has
often tried it, but he never could succeed. In the
present case one person has lost his life, three others
have been injured, two of them seriously, and I can-
not part with you until the matter undergoes inves-
tigation. What was the evidence adduced at the
inquest ?
Inspector Froud—Two witnesses only were ex-
amined, one, a Mr. Duckworth, of Finchley, with
whom the prisoner dined on the day in question, and
who proved that he was sober when leaving his house ;
and another gentleman, who saw the horse running
away a short time before the catastrophe. The fore-
man of the jury asked quesjons of the Bignalls, two
of the sufferers. who said they believed it was acci-
dental.
Mr. COMBE—WeII, I must say that is the strangest
way of obtaining evidence that ever I heard. Sir
(addressing Mr. Murphy), you must be bound
over to appear here to-morrow to answer the charge.
Recognizances were entered into,and Mr. Murphy
left the Court accompanied by his friends.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Francis Crocker, who stood charged with having
fraudulently obtained the sum of 155., and a gold
wedding-ring from a young servant girl named Mary
Judd, under the pretence of prosecuting at her suit a
young man named Abel, for breach of promise of
marriage, was brought up for final examination.
At the former examination the prisoner positively
denied having assumed the character of a solicitor in
the transaction, but represented himself merely as an
agent, and in that capacity delivered the papers he
had received from the prosecutrix, as the ground-
work of the action, to the clerk of a solicitor named
Hutson, who had neglected to carry on the suit.
Mr. Hutson, the solicitor, now stated that he had
not the slightest personal knowledge of the prisoner,
but he had ascertained from his clerk that the prisoner
had left some papers at the office relating to the mat-
ter, but no money had been received from him ; and
it being the opinion of a pleader, before whom the
documents were laid, that they did not furnish
grounds sufficient for an action, no proceedings what-
ever had been commenced. Nothing was at that time
known respecting the presentation of a wedding-ring
to the prosecutrix ; for had that fact been divulged by
the prisoner, it would, no doubt, have been deemed
sufficient to constitute ample grounds for the contem-
plated proceedings.
Mr. BROUGHTON then ordered the depositions to be
taken, and the prisoner was fully committed.
LAMBETH-STREET.
THE LATE CASE OF CRUELTY TO A CHlLD.—Yes-
terday _Elizabeth Pollen alias Webb, was again brought
before the Hon. G. C. Norton, charged with dreadful
cruelty to a child.
Previous to the case being gone into a gentleman
handed a sovereign to the magistrate for the mother,
and said he was requested to present the money by
the lady of an Earl, who did not wish to have her
name published. Her ladyship wished it merely to be
acknowledged under the initials " S. N."
Mr. NORTON said he had also received a letter on
the subject from Mr. George Robins, the eminent
auctioneer, who wished to know if there was any
charitable institution in the metropolis which would
meet the case of the poor woman ? If there was he
should be most happy to hand a handsome subscrip-
tion to the Secretary ; and if there was no such in-
stitution he would subscribe towards the formation of
so useful an establishment.
The gentleman then said with the kind permission
of the magistrate he would take the child and buy it
a pair of shoes. The gentleman then took the child
to a ready-made clothes warehouse, and completely
clothed the little fellow from head to foot.
Mr. NORTON directed that the mother should be
brought in, and Po!ice-constable Hands informed his
Worship that he had made every inquiry into the
character of the mother, and had traced her to seve-
ral places where she lived. No female could bear a
more exemplary character, everybody described her
as a meek, kind-hearted creature, and a most honest
and industrious woman.
The MAGISTRATE then informed the poor woman
that he trusted now her ill-usage and suffering would
terminate, as several benevolent individuals had al-
ready exerted themselves on her behalf. He then
requested one of the ushers of the court to hand her
10s. for her immediate use, and said that with the
subscription, perhaps the better plan would be to place
her in some little business.
The mother, with tears in her eyes, begged to
thank the Magistrate for his humanity, and to return
her thanks to the charitable individuals who had be-
friended her.
Hands, the officer, then brought up the father, and
he was.placed at the bar beside the female prisoner.
The officer said that the father was in a sad plight, as
his Worship might perceive; but this was occasioned
by the workmen at the shop where the male prisoner
worked administering to him what they termed a dose
of " Lynch law." The fellow having had the teme-
rity to show himself among his comrades, was taken
before the foreman for having brought scandal upon
his fellow-workmen by his shameful conduct. He
was regularly tried by the laws of the society, found
guilty, and the foreman condemned him to be tarred-
and feathered, which was carried, with hearty good
will, into immediate execution.
Mr. NORTON—If I understand rightly, Hands, you
took this case upon your own responsibility ? The
Police-constable—Yes, Sir. I demanded to see the
child, which was at first denied; the female prisoner
then said it was her own child, and at that time I did
not know that she was not married to the man at I
the bar.
Mr. NORTON --- This is a case of unheard-
of cruelty, and your conduct is highly merito-
rious. The parish have declined to prosecute ?
The constable informed Mr. Norton that the board
of guardians refused to take the matter in hand,
although at the request of his Worship.
Mr. NORTON—The case shall certainly go for trial,
•and let the depbsitions be forthwith sent to the Home-
office, with the request for the Home Secretary's per-
mission for the constable to prosecute.
John Lewis then deposed that both the prisoners
came to lodge with him in the month of April last,
and were in the habit of most cruelly ill-using the
poor child. The female would frequently keep it
without food for two days together. Both the father
and the female, with whom he lived, beat it in a most
dreadful manner with a thick whip. The child was
not allowed to play with or speak to other children.
The prisoners only lodged with him for two months,
during which period the poor little fellow had fre-
quently two black eyes. The child was invariably
beat two or three times a week, and the father would
frequently come home late at night, wake it out of
its sleep, and give a most dreadful beating. Witness
has known the child to be kept so long without vic-
tuals, that he has gone into the street, and picked up
pieces of cabbage-stumps, and eaten them in the most
ravenous manner, for which the female beat it with a
whip with the greatest cruelty.
Another witness proved that the father was present
when the female beat the child in a most horrid man-
ner. She had, also, on several occasions taken the
child in her arms, and thrown it from one wall to the
other with such frightful violence that it was a mercy
its brains were not dashed out.
The mother here stepped forward, and informed
the magistrate that the poor little thing was nut suf-
fered to go down into the yard, and the female pri-
soner, on two occasions, made the child eat :most
revolting filth.
Mr. NORTON—WeII, here is a horrid case of cruelty,
and yet the parish and the board of guardians decline
to prosecute. I am, however, determined to send the
case to the sessions, and I shall make the constable
the prosecutor.
The police-officer was then bound over to prosecute,
and both prisoners were fully committed. •
Mr. NORTON acknowledged the receipt of 20s. from
an anonymous quarter for the use of the mother.

We understand that a subscription is being raised
in this city, with a view to present the talented Celtic
scholar, Mr. L. Al‘Lean' of Glasgow, with a testimonial,
"in consideration," as the document sets forth, "of Mr.
M'Lean's own many valuable qualities, together with his
unwearied exertions in promoting the religious, moral,
'intellectual, and physical improvement of the poorer
class of his countrymen." We never disapprove of seeing
.merit suitably rewarded, and we have much pleasure in
taking notice of this affair, in order that, ere the papers
be closed, it may reach the ears of lovers of Celtic ar-
dour and philanthropy, both at home and abroad, who
otherwise might not be aware of it.

LONGEVITY.—Died, a few days since, in Killarney,
a eat and a parrot, belonging to Mr. John M'Seehy,
New•street, both at the advanced age of 86 years. The
cat and parrot had been given to him by the late Sir
Aubrey Do Vere Hunt, of Curragh Souse, county of
Limerick.--Dublin Packet.