The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-19 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yestorda. Elizabeth Bailey, the woman charged on
suspicion with being concerned in robbing Mr. John
Marquis, at Preston, of 1,9901., was brought before
Mr. Trail for re-examination, and Win. Jewell appeared
upon his recognisances as an accessory after the fact.
Mr. Clarkson attended on behalf of the prisoners.
William Watson was then sworn. He stated that
he was landlord of the Railway Inn at Woodside, anti
that he recollected-the day on which two strangers—
a male and female—came to his house and had re-
freshment. It was on Monday, the sth instant. lie,
however, did not take sufficient notice of them to be
now in a situation to identify them ; but that after
their departure, he went into the back-yard, and saw
what he at first supposed to be a piece of waste paper,
and on opening it out found it to be a 1001. note,
with a 101. note wrapped up in it. lie proceeded to
Liverpool the following day, gave notice of the. cir-
cumstance at the principal police-station, and bills de-
scribing the fact ha ving been circulated, the complain-
ant came forward and identified both the notes as
forming a portion of those of which he had been
robbed, as already described.

The notes referred to were produced before the
Magistrate, and by certain marks upon them were
satisffictorily identified by the complainant as two of
those of which he had been robbed.

Mr. TRAIL, with a view that no mistake should
occur, relating to the identification of the persons of
the suspected parties,. directed that they might be
brought into Court, and that they should mingle with
the auditory, in order that the principal witness from
the public-house at Woodside might have an oppor-
tunity of pointing them out if she was enablea to do
so, from her recollection of the circumstance of the
visit of the two strangers at her master's house.
This being done the witness, whose name is Ellen
Lodge, stated that.she is barmaid at the Railway Inn,
at Woodside, and that on Monday, the sth instant, a
man and woman came to the house about half-past
one o'clock on the above day, and ordered ham and
eggs, which she cooked for them, and afterwards
waited upon them, which gave her an opportunity of
noticing them. They remained in the house until
half-past three o'clock, but previously to their depar-
ture the woman. went through the kitchen. into the
yard, and into the place where the notes were subse-

quently found by Mr. Watson. That the man was
also seen by another servant to follow .soon after, and
they both passed into the house and. then .went away.
In reply to Mr. TRAEL the witness. further said that

it was she who gave the descriptioo of the suspected
persons, and which appeared in the hand-bills that
were circulated.

The witness was here shown a cornelian ear-ring,
which the female prisoner wore on the former exami-
nation, and which she appeared so desirous to conceal
when Mr. Trail desired her to exhibit her side face to
Mr. Marquis, to see if he could identify her. On
that occasion she only had one ring in her ear, and
instead of turning that particular side she turned the
other, and when asked why she did so, she exhibited
much confusion, but said she had no reason for doing it.
Mr. TRAIL asked the witness Lodge if the ring
produced w4s like those which she saw in the woman's
ears at Woodside ? 'Du!! witness replied in tho affir-
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illative, a fact which was confirtnatori' of the accuracy
of Baileys identity.

Mr. Marquis handed in a paper with the numbers
of all the notes of which he was robbed, amongst
which were two of 5001. each. He said that none of
the notes had been traced, although every exertion
had been used for the purpose, except the .two pro-
duced, which were found at Woodside, as above de-
scribed. He accounted for the fact of his not being
enabled to idQntify the female prisoner to have arisen
from its being nearly dark at the time he was robbed
and the short time, he was hi the company of the per-
sons who effected it. He added that he recollected
well that the woman was tall, like Bailey, and having
heard her speak at Preston, the voice exactly resem-
bled that of the prisoner. He added that Jovell was
not the man in company with the woman at the time
of the robbery.
Mr. Clarkson said that the case having taken a dif-
ferent turn ,to that which he was led to anticipate,- he
should decline putting any questions to the witness
Lodge; that previously to the Magistrate deciding on.
a committal, or sending down the accused to the place
where the offence, was committed, he would grant
another remand, and that the trial, if such was to be
the result, if held in town, would save a vast deal of
expense to all parties, as ie assizes would not com-
mence until March, and that at the Central Criminal
Court sessions would be on 111 less than a month.
The MAGISTRATE acceded to the Learned Coun-
sel's suggestion, and he accordingly remanded the
prisoners until that day fortnight, enlarging Jovell's
recognisances to appear on that day to answer the
charge.
James Perry, a youth in the employment of Messrs.
Richards and Frver, wadding-manufacturers, carry-
to his tmployers' premises,-ktg-uu-hu-aiaess Norft 1- •
charged with setting tire
by which property to a considerable amount was de-
stroyed. _

Some evidence was given in support of the charge,
and the prisoner was remanded.
George East, a tall, powerful man, was charged
with violently assaulting his own father, an old man,
69 years of age.,
the old man was
going to get married that, morning,
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and he desired the defendant, while he went to church
to have the ceremony performed, to stay at home
and mind the men at work. The defendant imme-
diately struck the old man a violent blow which
knocked him down, and while he was on the
ground, kicked him and broke two of his ribs, ex-
claiming at the same time, " You old I'll teach
beu to get married." The• complainant appeared to
in a very dangerous state while giving his evi-
dence, and was obliged to be supported in the chair.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM reprobated the conduct of the
son for behaving in such a brutal manner to his own
father, and remanded him until the latter is pro-
nounced out of danger.
THAMES-POLICE.
ME S-P OLICE.
theg ship
before Mr. Balladine, on a Liverpool, of Halifax, Nova
Yesterday George Kerr, a tall athletic Irishman,
the
Scotia, carpentervasbrought
charge of beating his wife, Eliza Kerr, in a very
savage manner with a poker.
A policeman named Attwood, No. •61 •R, stated
that he saw the woman sitting on the steps of a door-
way,tat morning.
atNo.
1-)he wasen nYfiebe ilels' Poplar, at seven o'clock
ding profusely from two
severe wounds on the head, her arm seemed to be
'broken, and she was quite exhausted. She stated
that she had quarrelled with her husband who hail
been ill-using her all night, and he had beaten her
with a poker, which he found in a room in the house
blows was inflicted. He
it,ith and bent from the vio-
lencestainwithsNov fh
cbillooonde Uor
tnbe
found , and took him into cus-
tody, and hperissoaniedr
hisat 11,1‘,0,infele
had
note and provoked him, and he was 'very sorry he had
not killed her. robbed him of a 51.

William hutton, a policeman, No. 60 K, said the
woman had been removed to the London Hospital,
-and he received a very unfavourable account of her
from the surgeons, who said they did not think she
would come out of the hospital alive. There was a
frightful wound on the scalp, and another on the!: -
head. There was also a contused wound on her ci3ll t
arm and other bruises on her person.
A certificate was produced, stating that Eliza Kerr
was in a very dangerous condition from the wounds
described, and that she could not be removed.
Mr. BALLANTINE &lid that he should remand the
prisoner for a week, and if his wife recovered suffi-
ciently before that time, which was not at all likely,
her husband would be brought befhre him or his
colleague, before the
expiration of the remand, to
hear the woman's evidence.
Captain Taylor, the master of the Liverpool, said he
had attended with another gentleman
pentleman to bail the pri-
soner, who was his carpenter, and a man of excellent
character, and mild
disposition. lie never had a
betterman in his ship, but he regretted to say his wife
ruined was a person of very dissolute habits, and her mis-
conduct had nearly her husband.
Mr. BALLANTINE
man who would use a poker upon his wife, and beat
her almost to death. said he could not take bail for a
It was a shocking case of vio-
lence,
parnitslo: ill.°lv°edolte4,l:m';
for murder.
whatever etvheer
we,
ooitni could jduisetdi fyh
he
female about the head and body,
sni:aotullidneosltnrinikiitnghima
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A police-sergeant, No. 16, K, said the prisoner's
wife was a woman of very
abandoned habits.
-Mr. BALLANTINE--- Ifhat may be ; but we don't
allow people to be killed, however bad their charac-
ters are. The prisoner stands remanded for a week.

KENSINGTON.
..
Mr* T. PIYsTE Sa R, the sitting Alagistrate, on -
turday gave his decision
of ion in a case respecting the lia-
bilitypleasure-vans to the pcoaayches, &c., licensed
ment of a larger toll
than that charged for gl ass -
under the Post-horse Duties Act, and also to the
payment of a back toll. The case was fully argued
before that Magistrate about a fortnight ago,
by Mr.
Ballantyne, the barrister, on the part of the van pro-
prietors, and by :I.lr. Chambers, the barrister, on the
part of the defend
--411 t, Frederick Wright, toll-col-
lector at the Black Lion gate,
Notting-hill ; and the
Magistrate, after quoting and explaining at great
length the clauses of the various Acts of Parliament
bearing on the question; said be was firmly of opinion
that, taking into consideration all -the facts of the
case as they had appeared before him, by the evidence
of the witnesses, and the arguments of the Learned
Counsel on both sides, he was decidedly of opinion
that the only amount of toll to which such vans were
liable . was that of 6d.-_a similar toll to that paid for,
glass-coacher.
Mr. Levy, on the part of the lessees, itninediately
gave notice of an appeal against the decision.
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