The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-03 00:00:00

Mr. N. CARNE addressed the jery for the prisoners, and
called John Evans, a boy, brother of the defendant David
Evans, who swore that his brother and James Evans were in
bed with him when "Becca" came to their hou_e with Mr.
Thomas. After a long cross-examination by the Attorney-
General.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL put in an affidavit of the witness,
that was sworn to by him for the purpose of obtaining bail for
his brother. This affidavit, when read, was diametrically op-
posite to the boy's evidence in several most important par.
titulars.

The sister, Catherine Evans, was then called. She was
examined to the same facts, and, on her affidavit being pro-
duced, the same contradictions appeared.
The counsel for the defendants then threw up their briefs,
and stated their conviction that perjury had been used.
The prisoners were told the situation in which they stood,
and were asked if they wished to examine any more witnesses?
They replied in the negative.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied briefly, and the Learned
Judge having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of
Guilty.—Sentence deferred.

The grand jury were then discharged, his Lordship express-
ing a hope that it would be long before they would be called
together on a similar occasion.

Philip Phi Lip, William Phillip, and William Harries,
were charged with a riot and assault at Pound, in the parish of
Llangunnor. The prisoner Philip Phillip was in a ♦ery weak
state, having met with a severe accident. He remained seated
during the trial.

John Evans—ln the month of October I was employed to
make distress on the goods of William Phillip. I met Philip
Phillip the day previous, and told him that I was coming over
to distrain. He said, " You had better not, for the mother
and her children will be there to meet you." On the following
morning I went to Pound with John Lewis. We met Philip
Phillip. Phillip said, " You're come." I said. " Yes, I
have." He said, " You had better go back, as Mr. Wilson
has made a mistake in the account, and in next term we will
see whether the award is right er wrong." I said I did not
consider that the award had anything to do with the distress,
as that had been a matter of dispute a few months previous, and
that the son could do as he did with the Marcia rent, he could
replevin. The elder Phillip said, I had better go back, and
not go on. We then went into Mr. Llewhllyn's, at Nanty-
caws. Philip Phillip went with us. Mr. Llewellyn had been
in company with Phillip when we met him. We all sat down,
and Mr. Llewellyn said that he was of the same opinion as
myself. We then went to Pound. We saw the son, William
Phillip. The father pointed him out to us. The son said,
" What the devil do you come here for, to ruin me ?" He
said this in a loud tone of voice. A gun was then fired.
It was fired a little distance. Two or three shots were
fired in succession. A number of men sallied forth ; some
from a field, some from the garden, and others from the
haggard. They were all disguised. There were about 20
or 25. Lewis and I turned to run away; they pursued us,
and brought us back. One of them struck at me. It was a
tall man. He struck at me with a large bludgeon. I warded
the blow off with my arm. He collared me with his left
hand. He demanded the writs. He spoke in English. He
had on a bonnet and a kind of goat's beard. He had a kind of
handkerchief over his face. They compelled me to go back.
About six or ten of them compelled me to go back. When we
got back to Pound there were about lb round us in the yard.
There were three or four who had guns. I saw Lewis as we
were being taken back. He was bleeding from the head. His
breast was covered with blood. They were all disguised, ex-
cept Philip Phillip and his son. Some had blackened their
faces, others wore handkerchiefs. I was desired to pull off my
clothes and walk naked back to town. The tall man told me
this. I was then taken back to the house. I was desired to go
on my knees. Philip Phillip was sitting in a chair by the fire.
I went on my knees. The tall man ordered a Bible to be
brought. Before he ordered the Bible he ordered me to burn
my papers, which I did. Philip Phillip said in Welsh, " There
was another paper." I produced it, and that was burnt. It
was my authority to distrain. The Bible was then produced.
The tall man handed the Bible to my hand. The cover was
loose. He said the words I was to swear, that I would not
come there again to distrain, "So help me God." He told me
to kiss the book, and I did so. At that time there were 18 or
19 round me. The room was crowded. When the tall man
made me swear, he held his stick up in a threatening position.
Philip Phillip said that John Lewis was willing to go back on
his first request, but the:fault was upon me, as I was a relation
of Mrs. Elinor Evans.

By the COURT—I do not know who'_the tall man was. I
had no opportunity of identifying him.
The evidence of the last witness was corroborated by John
Lewis, a bailiff, who accompanied him.
On cross-examination by Mr. HALL, the witness stated that
he was not mistaken in the identity of Harries, because the
disguise came loose, and he saw his face and knew it well.
Harries had on a mantle and bonnet, and hankerchief over his
head and face. •

James Harries—T remember going to Merthyr one Tuesday
morning. Saw John Evans running from Pound to Carmar-
then. Some people followed him. They were disguised, with
the exception of Philip Phillip, and armed with sticks and
guns ; there were from 15 to 20. They called out, " Catch
him." John Lewis was in the middle ut them, and was bloody.
They took both Evans and Lewis back to Pound again.
Mr. HALL, for the prisoner Harries, called several witnesses
to prove that he could not possibly have been at Pound at the
time mentioned by the witnesses for the prosecution.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, and
His Loansnir summed up at very great length.

The jury, after deliberati4 for so-me time, returned a verdict
of Guilty against Philip Phillip and William Phillip, but Ac-
quitted William Harries.— Sentence deferred.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

Mr. Bates, an artist of (it was said) considerable
talents, was brought before the Lord Mayor and Alder-
man Humphery from the Giltspur--street Compter, in
which prison he has been confined six months, in conse-
quence of having used threats against Mr. John Master-
man, M.P., from which threats, and the general conduct
of the defendant, danger was apprehended by Mr. Mas-
terman as likely to ensue.
Mr. Wooler, who attended on the part of the defen-
dant, submitted to the Bench that his client had been six
months ago charged with having used threats towards
Mr. Masterman, and ordered to find bail in two sureties
of 100/. each, and to be bound himself in the sum of
2001. to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for the
space of two years. Now he had to assure the Bench
that Mr. Bates entertained no whatever against
the Hon. Gentleman whom he was accused of having
threatened, and whom he would in no way annoy, or
give offence to, under any circumstances. The present
application was for permission to Mr. Bates to put in
bail to the amount of 50/. instead of the heavy sureties
required, and which could not be procured.
It appeared from what was stated by Mr. Wooler, as
well as from the representatiOn of Alderman Hum-
phery, and particularly from what fell from the defendant
himself, that a very remarkable delusion had marked the
case all through.
Some years ago the defendant tried his fortune in
railroad shares, when opulence was expected to start out
of every scheme. lie purchased some shares in the
Northern and Eastern Railway Company, of which Mr.
Masterman was a Director. The project, it appeared, was
not successful, and Mr. Bates was a loser as a matter of
course. As, however, he had embarked all the money
he possessed in the speculation, the loss was very serious
to him, and he took it into his head that the Directors
were not only bound to make good to him the whole
amount of injury he sustained, but actually to supply him
with the means of present and future support. A Mr.
Bagshaw, one of the Directors, was the first from
whom Mr. Bates demanded pecuniary reparation,
and the case came on at the time, before
the authorities, in due form ; subsequently having
experienced great kindness and liberality from Mr.
Masterman's tamily, who commisserated him, lie fancied
that his benefactors were merely performing a duty
which was to have no end, and after he had exhausted
their patience he commenced a system of written and
verbal threats, for the put pose or compelling them to
administer to his necessities. At length it became
necessary for Mr. Masterman to adopt the appeal to
the City Magistrates.
Alderman Humpliery's statement, which was to the
above effect, was uncontradicted in its main points by
the defendant, who, instead of leaving the matter in the
hands of his legal adviser, proceeded to explain, and
confirmed the Magistrates in their opinion, that they
ought rather to allow the application to be made to the
Quarter Sessions on Saturday next, than to decide upon
its merits themselves.

Tile defendant admitted that he had received very
large stuns of money from Mr. igasterman, but it was
quite evident that the more he received the more he
expected to receive, and when questioned by the Lord
Mayor, who charged him with having endeavoured to
establish a livelihood for himself by intimidation, he de-
clared that he wanted no money, that he merely wanted
to try whether he had any legal claims upon Mr. Mas-
terman, as he had been given to unders•tatid he had by
an intimate friend of the Duke of Wellington, and the
late • Duke of York, and afterwiirds, should his legal
claims prove to be ima,ginary, whether he had any moral
claim. lie then ascended high into the regions of fancy.
He was finally remanded with the intimation that his
appeal must be made to the Bench of Aldermen at the
Quarter Sessions, on Saturday, where, if articles of the
pc, •
- should not be exhibited against him, he would be
ice
discharged from custody altogether.