The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-29 00:00:00

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Peter Dowling, charged with embezzling various
sums of money which he had received on account of
the proprietor of the Weekly Chronicle newspaper, in
whose service he was at the time employed as collect-
ing clerk, was this day placed at the bar before Mr.
Twyford, for further examination. The following
additional evidence was taken :
J. Reid, clerk to Messrs. Davies and Co., the tallow-
chandlers of St. Martin's-lane, proved the payment, on
the 26th July, 1841, of 11. 10s. to the prisoner, on
account of the Weekly Chronicle, and produced a
receipt for the same in the prisoner's handwriting.
Mr. Wm. Smith, tailor, of 367, High Holborn,
proved the payment on the 4th of July of 3/. 17s.
to the prisoner, on account of the Weekly Chronicle.
Mr flatlet, ivory turner, proved the payment of
2/. 1 Os. on the 23d October, 1841, to the prisoner, on
the same account.
Four other charges were also proved against the
prisoner.
John Phillip Cranty, publisher of the Weekly
Chronicle, said .t was the duty of the prisoner to pay
over all such monies once a week to the witness.
None of the sums spoken to by the preceding wit-
nesses as having been paid by them to the prisoner
on account of the Weekly Chronicle, had been paid
over in full by the prisoner to the witness. Most of
them had not been paid at all, though in one or two
instances, part of the sums proved to have been paid
to the prisoner, had been handed over to witness.
Mr. TWYFORD said more cases were not necessary,
and at once committed the prisoner for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-ST_REE7'.
Thomas Woolen an Irish labourer, was charged
with committing 4, most brutal and unprovoked as-
sault, and grievously injuring William Smith, a youth
in a very delicate state of health, between ten and
eleven years of age, the son of highly respectable
parents,. residing in Gerrard-street, Soho-square.
It appeared that about five o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Master Smith, who is now confined to his bed from
the effects of the prisoner's violence, was returning home
from school, when in passing along Windmill-street,
Haymarket, he, as the rain was coming down very
fast, st'od up for shelter •under the gateway of a
timber-yard, where the prisoner works, and had re-
mained there but a minute or two, when the prisoner
came behind him, and struck him unawares over the
head a blow of tremendous force with a piece of
heavy thick rope, twisted and doubled together. The
boy instantaneously fell on the pavement as if shot, and
directly afterwards went into a strong fit. A respectable
female named Davey, residing opposite, and who had
witnessed the prisoner's brutality, ran over to the
boy's assistance, and endeavoured to lift him up, but
his struggles preventing her, she entreated the pri-
soner to assist her, but he only laughed at her, and
on her telling him that he. had killed the child, he
made use of grossly obscene language, threatening
to serve her in • the same manner, and menacing
to strike her over the head with the rope.
Some gentlemen passing by interfered, and at
last the prisoner was taken into custody by the police.
In the interim, the boy was carried, in an insensible
state, to a surgeon's, and was found to have sustained a
severe blow on the top of the head, which had caused
considerable extravasa.tion of blood under the scalp,
and also an extensive injury of the spine, he was ulti-
mately removed to his parents' home.
Mr. lIARDWICK—The prisoner may think himself
fortunate that he does not stand at that bar charged
with murder. The assault is one of the worst kind
ever brought before me. I shall therefore impose
such a penalty as will make him remember not
again to lift his hand with violence against a child in
such a manner as he has done. I fine him the highest
penalty I can, viz., 51., and in default he will go to
gaol for two months to hard labour.
MARYLEBONE..
Isaac Beslett and William Bigdodd, were charged
with uttering false coin.
George Digby, barman at the Prince of Wales
public house, Hampstead-road, stated that the pri-
soners came into his master's house and called for a
quartern of gin, for which they tendered a shilling.
He refused it as bad, and they then left the house.
He followed them to the Crown and Sceptre, where
they offered the same shilling ; they were then given
in charge.
No one appeared from the Crown and Sceptre, and
Mr. Rawlinson, in consideration of its being their first
offence, let them off with an admonition.
Henry Lovell, a young lad, was charged by his
brother with felony.
The evidence brought forward proved him a most
incorrigible thief, and as every means had been used
to reclaim him without effect, Mr. Rawlinson was
obliged to commit him for trial.
UNION-HALL.
James Malden and William Kelly, two boys, who
hawk small books about town, were charged with
entering the house of Mrs. Caroline Banks, in Mason-
street, Kent-road, and stealing a basket of silver spoons
and forks, worth 151.
John Brown, a lad, stated that on the 'preceding
afternoon, just as it was getting dusk, he saw the
prisoners running up Mason-street, and heard the
ogling of plate as they went along. Suspecting
that they had been committing some robberyvhe-gave
information to a policeman, who stopped the prisoners,
and a basket containing the above articles was found

in their possession. It was subsequently ascertained
the prisoners went down the area steps of the com-
plainant's house, and throwing up the window, one of
them got-- into the kitchen and stole the basket of
plate, while his companion waitedoutside to receive it.
The prisoners were committed.
Two other boys were charged with committing a
similar robbery in the house of a gentleman residing
in Clapham Park, and were also committed.