The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIVIINAL COURT.

William 311' Gregor, who was convicted on Thursday of at-
tempting to make a revolt on board ship, was brought up- for
j udgment.
Mr. Justice PArrEsox said that the jury had coupled with
their verdict the expression of aw opinion that the lightest
sentence permitted by , the law should be passed' upon
and also censuring the.conduct of the captain and the owners
of the v=essel, and at the same time strongly recommended the
prisoner to mercy. The opinion-Of the jury had been notified
to Lord Abinger, who tried the case, and his Lordship re-
quested him to.state that he did not at all concur in the
opinion of the jury. lie considered the offence a very serious
one, and passing a very light sentence was quite out of the
question ; but the recommendation of the jury would, be so
far attended to, that the 'prisoner would not receive so serious
a punishment as he would otherwise haVe been sentenced to.
The Learned Judge then said that the sentence he 'had to
pass upon him was, that he be imprisoned for one year in the
gaol of Newgate, with hadit labour, if the discipline of the
gaol permitt edit. •
Joseph Murray, 22, Alfred Bevis, 22, and James Bevis,
25, were indicted for feloniously cutting, and maiming Na-
thaniel Nevell, with intent to murder him, and in other
counts the intent -was laid to be to maim and disable the pro-
secutor.

Mr, Wilkins. appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Ballantine
defended James Bevis, and Mr. Wilde defended Murray.
The circumstances of this case will be fresh in the recollec-;
tion of our readers from the full roped that appeared of the
prisoners' examination at the police-office, and it will, there-
fore, be unnecessary to repeat them on the present occasion.
The prosecutor is a boot and shoemaker, carrying on business
in St.. John's-street, and on the night of the 7th February,
be was disturbed by hearing if noise in his shop, and on going
there he saw three men, two of whom he-identified as Alfred
Beiis and Murray. They immediately attacked him, and one
of them struck him with a life-preserver, and inflicted a very
severe wound upon his head, and he was otherwise very much
injured. Confirmatory evidence was 'adduced tending to show
the guilt of the prisoners Murray and Alfred Bevis, but the
evidence was very Slight against Janies Bevis.
The jury accordingly found the two first-mentioned pri-
soners Guilty, and acquitted the prisoner James Bevis.
Mr. Wtu having takena technical objection to the in-
dictment, which would have required the postponement of
the judgment,

jiistice.PATTESoN 'expressed his opinion that it would
be advisable to try the prisoners upon another indictment
that had been preferred against them.'
The prisoners were accordingly arraigned upon that charge.
The evidence was precisely the same, and the jury returned
the same verdict as in the former case.
Mr. Justice PArrEsoli then sentenced Murray, against
whom ,a Previous conviction for felony *as proved, to be
transporledlor life, and Alfred Bevis for ten years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
WORSHIP-STREET._ _

Mr. Edward Harpond, who was described In the charge-
list as a gentleman, residing in Park-road, Greenwich, was
charged before Mr. Bingham with having wantonly urged a
ferocious dog to attack several persons, who had- thereby
sustained serious injuries. •

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It appeared, from the evidence, that on the previous after-
noon, the prisoner and another "gentleman,'.'_ who were both
slightly intoxicated, were observed proceeding along the
Kingsland4oad, accompanied by. a savage dog, which
they were erasing themselves' by " settingn• at every living
object that. cane, within theiryeach,, The dog was first seen
ato attael: poor horse, the -nose of which it seized and clung
tof until it was -beaten off with the batt-end of a whip. The
prisoner appeared highly delighted-with the "-sport," and
excited the dog to Te,new. the .attack _by .clapping: his bands

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and calling out " o it," with other encouraging ejtyula-
Vons ; and Ile ifferwar caused_ it. to fry at a group of
-children,, one.-of who'll was severely, lacerated with his teeth.
Ilis. disgraceful tonduct attracted • thr indignant notice of
several bystanders;
-but 'he disregardenheir remonstrances,
and whilSt they *ere lOokiiig fora policeman, the prisoner set
the dog at another boy, who. was instantly dragged to the
ground and • bitten in several places. The last occurrence
took place close to the station-hotise and was observed by a
policeman named Kelly, who immediately took the prisoner
into custody: • lie offered no resistance in the first instance,
but when the charge -was . taken down the prisoner com-
enced &furious assault upon the officer, who was also seized
by the dog, and his leg was so shockingly lacerated that he was
obliged to proceed to the hospital -to have it dressed. After.
a desperate resistance the prisoner and his dog ware both se.•
wi d, the latter vidows animal was destroyed on the spot.
The -respeetiveharge?TeLf-the-perieeman-Keyy,fil. a boy

named Healey, who hadlalso den -bitten; soh-
Stantiated; and a shipion'icertificate was prof:bleed 'relating
to the case be another-boy riamedtopely, •who was stated to 7;
he so severely injured that he was unable to attend.
In reply to.--Tthe. charde,' is solicitor, who attended idr:the—',
prisoner, assured the Magistrate that his client was sincerely
sorry for what had taken place, and was °quite willing to ••
defray whatever medical expenses.might be incurred by the
injured partieii and to give thelwample compensation for the
sufferings they had sustained._______
Mr. Buecn said that he should consider himself unfit to
discharge the duties of a magistrate, if he were to allow any
compromise to take place in a-case of this descripth n. A.
;person in humble life who had been guilty of such gross
misconduct, would infallibly have been bent to prison, and
as it was-to be preSnmed that a person•in the .prisoner's station • •
was possessed of superior. intelligence and instruction, he
should make no distinction in his favour, but should commit
Un- forthwith to the Houbo of Correction for one month.;
besides which, he should order the prisoner to pay a fine of
40s. for the a.ssiinli' on the boy Healey; and at the expiration
of Ins imprisonment, be.Wouldhe brought up again, to answer
the:cod-Ipoint of the boyi,whe was at present unable to appear
against
.him. ,
The prisoner, ViAoittipearcd astounded at•the &aislel4 was
then removed front the. bar... . • .