The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-31 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

Dutertre, alias Desrosiers, one of the men com-
mitted for trial before the Court of Assizes, for
the assassination in the Rue d'Arcole, was arraigned,
last week, before the Tribunal de Premiere In-
stance, together with another man named Ausmann,
for a robbery in the apartment of M. Lecoq, in
the nue du Cherche-Midi. When the President
was about to interrogate Dutertre he moved the
Court, by Counsel, for a postponement of the hearing
until after he had been tried for the capital offence of
which he was accused. The Learned Counsel took
the same arguments as were used on behalf of Mme.
Lafarge, when under similar circumstances. This
was opposed by the Advocate, General Thorigny,
and the Court decided that the trial then before it
should proceed. The prisoners were both found
guilty. Dutertre was sentenced to hard labour at the
hulks for six years, and Ausmann to close confinement
for five years.
A gentleman, passing on Saturday along the Rue
Montmartre, perceived that an attempt was being
made to pick his pocket, but suffered the operation to
proceed until the thief's hand had got to the bottom,
and was about to extract the handkerchief, but, at
the critical moment, the furtive hand was grasped as
by a vice, and held until the person to whom it be-
longed was dragged along to the office of the commis-
sary of police of the quarter, where he was recognised
as an old and notorious practitioner in the same line,
who had been at least nine times before in the hands
of justice, to which he was again committed.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Tuesday night an inquest was
held before Mr. Payne in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on
the body of Thomas Marchant, aged 43, whose death
took place under the fOlowing circumstances :—From
the evidence it appeared that the deceased, on Saturday,
the 12th ult., between eleven and twelve o'clock at night,
was at the Three Brewers public-house kept by Mr.
Tullett, in the Lower-road, Islington, in a state of liquor,
and wanting to fight. Mr. Tullett said, "If yOu want to
fight, fight me." A person named Ramshaw came out of
the parlour and took the challenge, saying to deceased,
"I'll give you the first slap in the face for a pot of beer, and
fight you afterwards." The deceased immediately struck
Rainshaw, and a fight ensued. Three rounds were fought
in front of the bar, when Mr. Tullett came and took the de-
ceased out ; he resisted, and a struggle took place it
the street ; both fell, deceased's right leg being broke?.
by the fall. He was taken to a surgeon's, and from
thence removed to the hospital. Mr. 11. M. Draper,
house-surgeon, said deceased was suffering from a, simple
fracture of the right leg ; everything was done for him ;
he died on Sunday. The cause of death was suffocation,
unconnected with the injury to the leg. On the above
morning he ate a hearty breakfast, and immediately ex-
pired. On a postmortem examination, he found particles
of an egg, and about three drachms of tea which he had
taken, in the lungs, thereby stopping respiration. The
Coroner having remarked on the singular termination
to the inquiry, the Jury returned a verdict of "Acci-
dental death from suffocation."
The following extraordinary scene took place, says
the Journal de la SOmme, a few days ago, in the hurch
of one of the communes of the department, during the
performance of high mass. At one of the most solemn
party of the service, a man of wild and sinister counte-
nance, mounted on a large horse, and carrying a fork in
his hand; entered at full trot, and rode np to the attar,
Overturning several chairs and many of the congregat, m
alarm. On reaching the steps of the
.and throwing the whole into the utmost astonishment
stumbled, but the rider recovered him with_ihe n he was se
choi
pre,r. the
ecth coorosle.
ness, and was proceeding in his career
cured, taken out, and brought before theim-
a istrate,.w h g
soon ascertained that he was a lunatic, and committeu
hial to safe keeping.