The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-12 00:00:00

WOOLWICH.

Robert Green was brought up in custody of Police-con-
stable Tester, 89 R, charged with maliciously destroying a fir-
tree, in the plantation of Lord Saye and Seale, at Bostleheath,
parish of Erith.
Mr. William Smith, being sworn, deposed that on Wed-
nesday, about eleven o'clock, he saw the prisoner in the planta-
tion attached to Belmont, the residence of his Lordship, get
up a tree, and, when at the top, in the most wanton and mali-
cious manner he snapped off the head of it. He immediately
laid hold of the prisoner, who refused to give either his name
•r address, and he took him along the road, till he met Police-
constable Tester, 89 R, into whose custody he gave him, when
he cold him both his name and address. He is gamekeeper to
his Lordship, and has frequently cautioned the prisoner to keep
out of the woods and plantations, but to no purpose, for he would
corns to set snares for game. The injury done amounted to
103., and it is so often repeated by dissolute idle characters,
that he now felt conwelled to request the magistrate to make
an example of the prisoner as a caution to others. He might
have constant employment in the brick field, but he would not
work, though he could earn 123. per week easily.
89 R, said he knew the prisoner to
who prowled shout at night. His
be
brother
h.cdn osfftabel e Tester,
home but he would net go to it.
Mr. GROVE said it was a most wanton and malicious act to
Police-constable
character,
had
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damage young trees in that manner, as it took years to replace
them again. As the prisoner could get work but would not do
it, he thought him a most fit person to make a severe example
of, and should therefore commit him for one month and hard
labour, to Maidstone gaol. If ever he came there again he
should go for three months.—Committed.

HAMMERSMITIL
A ably-dressed female, was
broughtl R°
up from
in Daelii a e
Isleworthl befrorTeheltr. 7'. Paynter, the sittinga
magistrate, in the custody of Moore, one of the warrant officers
of the Court, on a charge of having threatened the life of Mr.
Michael hlerigan.
Mr. Merigan stated that he lived at No. 16, Moore-terrace,
Peckham, Surrey. Witness had eleven houses in South-street,
Isleworth. On the evening of Saturday last, while witness
was having some furniture moved into one of the houses for the
purpose of occupying himself, the defendant, who keeps posses-
sion of one of the houses against witness's will, put her head
out of window and threatened that if witness attempted to put
a foot into her house she would split his head open. Defendant
was a most violent woman, and had before attacked him with
bill-hook. _

William Taylor deposed that he was a broker, at Isleworth.
On Saturday last he was empowered by the last witness to take
possession of two houses belonging to him in South-street,
Isleworth. While doing so he heard the defendant threaten
to split Mr. Merigan's head open. She had before attacked
witness with a chopper.
Police-sergeant Pool, T 12, said the case ought not to have
been brought to that Court at all, as the dispute between the
parties had been very fully gone into by the Bench of Magis-
trates at Brentford, who had, on Saturday last, held Mr. Me-
rigan to bail, and had said that she had been most improperly
turned out of her house.

Mr. PAYNTER. said it was easy to see why the case had been
brought to that Court. Mr. Merigan, if he laid claim to the
property must obtain possession of it in a legal manner. He
should order the defendant to enter into her own recognisance
of 101. to keep the peace, and Mr. Merigan must pay the
cost of the warrant.

The defendant having entered into her own recognisance was
discharged.

WA A DS WORTH.

Jane Harkins, cook in the service of Mrs. Amelia Tritton,
sen., of Plough-lane, Battersea, was charged with being con-
cerned, with two other persons, who stand remanded, in plun-
dering that lady of a large amount of property.
Mr. Gilham attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Games
for the defence.
After hearing witnesses, the prisoner was remanded until
Saturday next, when she will be brought up with the other pri-
soners,
Mr. PAYNTEx refused to take bail in any amount.
John Tannoch, engineer, at the College of Civil Engineers,
Putney, was finally examined upon a charge of committing an
assault upon Anne Tannoch, his wife.
The assault of which the wife now complained, took place
on Monday night week. The prisoner came home drunk,
accused his wife of infidelity, and then with his iron fists struck
her on the head and face until she was a mass of blood, and it is
extremely probable that the prisoner would have ended his
brutal attack by murdering his victim, but for the interference
of a Mrs. Chance, who rushed into the house, and found the
poor creature pleading for mercy. The surgeon who dressed
the wounds described one on the head as being an incised
wound made by some sharp instrument, and consequently the
prisoner was remanded for the attendance of a medical marl.
'l' he complainant and Mrs. Chance both said the prisoner used
no instrument.
The prisoner, in an insolent tone, said he had nothing to
say—he was sorry for it. It was done, arid couldn't be helped.
Mr. PA•TNTER described the assault as the most brutal he
had ever had to adjudicate upon. It ought to have gone for
trial, but the wife was evidently reluctant to prosecute, and,
therefere, he should order the prisoner to pay al., or in default
to be committed for two months with hard labour.
Committed in default.
TIIA ME S.

A lad named Henry Rainer, aged 15, was put into the dock
to answer a charge of stealing 51. 10s. in money from a box in
his mother's bed-room.
The case was a very distressing one indeed.
Mrs. Ann Rainer, an infirm old lady, residing at No. 33,
Johnson's-street, St. George's-in-the-East, stated that the
prisoner was her son, and he had frequently rebbed her. On
Saturday morning last the prisoner left home, and a few mi-
nutes afterwards she bad occasion to go to her box, which she
kept under her bed, and missed two sovereigns, a half-love•