The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-31 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COPP'T.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)

Anne Pox, 35, spinster, was indicted for feloniously discharging
a pistol, loaded with powder and shot, at rhomas Morris, with in-
tent to murder him, or to do him some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.

It will be unnecessary to detail the evidence in support of this
charge, as the facts were very fully described within the last two
or three days in the police reports. It turned out in the course
of the case that the prosecutor had received very trifling injury,
and that it was probable there was no gunpowder at all in the
pistol, but that the percussion cap only had caused the mischief.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of a common assault only,
and she was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for six months.
✓ohn Bailey, 24, sailor, was indicted for feloniously attempting
to drown Edward Lunt, with intent to kill and murder him.
From the evidence of the prosecutor and other witnesses, it ap-
peared that, on the 27th of September, he was going with his barge
through one of the entrances of the St. Katherine Docks, and the
prisoner was a-head of his craft in a boat, and he called to him to
get out of the way. The prisoner refused to do so, and made use wf
a course expres_ion, and an altercation took place between them,
the result of which was, that the prisoner seized the prosecutor by
the collar, and threw him into the water. It appeared, however,
that the prisoner immediately regretted his rashness, and that he
rendered all the assistance in his power to recover the prosecutor
from his dangerous situation. He afterwards expressed his regret
for what had happened, but said that it was as much the fault of
the prosecutor as it was his.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an aggravated assault,
and he was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for
nine months.

Bridget Smith, alias Thomas, 32, was indicted for feloniously
attempting to administer a large quantity of a certain deadly poi-
son called oxalic acid to Patrick Henry Smith, with intent to mur-
der him.

The circumstances of this case will likewise be fresh in the re-
collection of the public, from their having been recently published.
The prosecutor and the prisoner hsd been on intimate terms, but
the connexion was broken elf by the former, and the prisoner was
frequently heard to utter threats towards the prosecutor. On the
26th September the prisoner met a little boy named Ifyett in the
Commercial-road, and gave him a parcel containing some tea and
sugar, which she directed him to carry to the house of Mrs. Smith,
the mother of the prosecutor, and with whom he lived, and tell her
to make tea, and that she would come and partake of it. The
parcel was opened by the prosecutor's mother, but some suspicion
being entertained, the tea and sugar were analyzed, and the latter
was found to contain oxalic acid.

The prosecutor, in answer to questions put to him, said that he
was a Roman Catholic, and at his confirmation he was named
Henry Smith only. He was baptised in the name of Patrick, but
he dropped that name after his confirmation, and had only gone
by that of Henry Smith.

Mr. Justice MAULE said that the Indictment charged the pri-
soner with attempiing to administer poison to Patrick Henry
Smith, but in his opinion the evidence proved that his name
was Henry Smith only, and that this variance was fatal.
The jury, aceordingly, under his Lordship's direction, re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoner was then arraigned upon another indictment,
charging her with attempting to administer the poison to Catherine
Smith, the mother of the prosecutor in the former case.
The evidence was, of course, exactly the same as in the former
indictment, and a woman named Wiggins stated, in addition, that
the prisoner told her she would poison the prosecutor's old wretch
of a mother, as it was her fault that he had treated her in the
manner he had.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.

The prisoner became very much excited on hearing the verdict,
and repeatedly asserted her innocence. She also entreated the
Court to have mercy upon her for the sake of her children ; and
then fainted, and was carried out of the dock In an insensible state.
Mr. Justice MAULS said he should pass sentence at a later period
of the session.

INEIV COURT.
IN RE CHARLES G. MAYNARD ♦ND DANIEL GARRATT.

In the course of the day, the Grand Jury returned another true
bill againss these prisoners, in addition to the ten they have already
returned.