The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-07 00:00:00

RE JOHN ROSE.

The insolvent in this case was dei.cribed as a dealer in plated
goods, carrying on business in Whitechapel-road. The amount
of debts and liabilities appearing in the schedule exceeded
1,2121.

Mr. Knight, of Whitechapel-road, was subjected to a long
examination concerning a certain assignment executed by the
insolvent in his favour, by which it appeared that it was granted
for a loan of 1501. upon property, which realised by sale a much
larger sum. The deed had not been executed three clear
months before the da'e of the vesting order, and was conse-
quently legally invalid.
Mr. Knight having agreed to pay into Court the balance
between the sum lest and that realised, the case was ordered
to stand adjourned ge.terally until the contract was fulfilled,
after which the insolvent could appear in Court upon two days'
notice to be discharged.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.

OLD COUICi.

Alfred Flight, a !alloy, boy, was indicted for feloniously stab-
bing and wounding Charles Swanson, with intent to do him
some grievous bodily harm, within the liberty of her Majesty's
Tower of London.

From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared, that he
and the prisoner were engaged on board a ship
called the London. The prisoner w.is an apprentice on
board the ship, and the pros( cutor was the ship's cook. On
the 2Sth Ja,uary last, the prosecutor and prisoner were engaged
in handing bars of hots into the hold of Ole ship. As the tars
were handed down they accidentally struck the prisoner once or
twice, and be said to the prosecutor " did you ill that for the
purpose," and the prosecutor said in answer that be had not.
Shortly afterwards another one struck the prisoner, and he took
up a log of wood and threw it at the prosecutor, and struck
him on the thumb. This was between nine and ten o'clock
in the evening. The prisoner went to the mate, and complained
of the treatment he had received from the cook; but the mate
said, if he did not go about his business, he would give him a
d-d good tin ashing. The prisoner then went to the quarter
(lea , and the prosecutor followed him. The prisoner got
into the rigging out of the way of the cook, but the
prosecutor struck him several times with a rope, and the pri-
soner drew his knife and stabbed the prosecutor in the shoulder.
He was taken to a surgeon, and the wound was dressed. He
was subsequently taken to the London Hospital. The prisoner
was given into custody, when he told the police-officer, that he
had stabbed the cook in zelf-defence, as he had been ill-treated
byhi _ _ _

Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prisoner, addressed the
Jury for the defence, and called several witnesses, all of whom
gave the prisoler a good character fur mildness of disposition
and humanity.
Mr. Justice Easxt NE summed up the evidence, and the Jury
found the prisoner guilty of assault only. He was sentenced
to six months' imprisonment and bard labour.
IVEW COUII7'.

The cases to-day were uninteresting ; but. as a specimen of
life in Loudon, we may state that a policeman, in alluding to a
gentleman who keeps a cab, added that he believed the gentle-
man's mother at the same time keeps a brothel, but then it is
one of the highest respectability.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

BO W-STREET-(T HIS DAY.)
A very well attired man was placed at the bar, charged with
stealing a purse, containing 3/. 83. 6d., from a lady in the
Adelaide Gallery. Previous to any evidence being taken the
prisoner requested Mr. Hall to postpone the case for a few
hours, till the arrival of his solicitor, for whom he had sent
that morning. As the witnesses in the case, however, were
♦ery numerous, and it would be inconvenient for them to stay,
his request was not granted.

The witnesses in this pickpocket case were very numerous,
but as the prosccuirix's eviaence will sufficiently exp'ain the
charge, we content ours lees with giving it.
Mary Henson, the prssccutrix, a talkative miitile-aged lady,
stated, with many circumlocutions, that last- evening, about a
quarter to nine, she was in the Adelaide Gallery, hearing the
little Sappho sing. -Whist standing there, she felt some one
pick her pocket, and perceived that her purse, containing 3/.
tis. 6d., was gone ; she suspected the piisoner, and Wowed
him. When he got to the end of the Gallery he made a bolt,
whereupon she laid hold of him ; he dragged her down the
stairs. She then threw herself in his way, and prevented. his
egress, at the same time calling fur assistance, when he threw
the purse over the bannisters. Assistance soon arrived, and
the constable took him into custody.
The next witness was the stout; gallant, little, old gentle-
miin, with black coat, vest, and unwhisperables, and- their in-
variable accompaniment, a white neckerchief, who went to the
lady's assistance..

Then came the pert, olly-looking servant girl who picked up
the purse. _ _

Titen came the good-looking, knowing, officious young man,
with Sir Peter Laurie's abomination hair, whiskers, cravat,
and Taglioni.

Then came the tall policeman, who did not know the pri-
soner, but who had suspected him all the time ; who stated
that gentlemen like him went much ab.tut just now to Ade-
laide Galleries, Polytechnic Institutions, and Pantheons ; who
searched the prisoner, and who found on him l Is. in money,
a breast pin, and a penknife, such as is used to cut ladies'
pockets.
Three or four witnesses next rushed forward, anxious to be
heard, but, much to their apparent disappointment, they were
informed that the case was sufficiently proved, and that their
evidence would not be required. Amongst the aspirants for
the ho.,our of bearing testimony in this case, we plainly ob-
served tho prosecutvix's husband, a fat, paternal old gen-
tleman, whose countenance indicated the most dreadful
abhorrence at any man who could think of committing
a robbery in an illegitimate way. The el.!est son,
the prop and pride of the family, whose hints tendered.
on more than one occasion to his mamma exhibited his desire
that everything should be done properly. 'I he eldest daughter,
a good-looking young lady, who would fain be examined to
show how much better she could do it than her mamma, and
her youngest son, who came there to get a little insight into
police business. Another old gentleman who came second to
the assistance of the lady; and another buckish mittdle aged
gentleman, with his hair so, stiffly curled; as almost to raise
him from the ground, who was anxious to explain every-
thing, but who was not allowed to say anything.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
John Pearce, a middle-aged man, very respectably dressed,
was placed at the bar charged with the following robbery :
Mr. John Henry Heaney, of the Britannia public-house,
Berwick-street, Soho, stated, that last night the prisoner came
to his house and engaged a bed for the night. On his coming
down stairs this morning, an alteration teas noticed in his size,
which, exciting suspicion, the prisoner was prevented from
going away, and, on examining the room he had slept in, one
of the blankets was missing from off the bed. On searching
him, it was found wrapped ro;:nd his waist.
Mr. Ilminwrcx. (the presiding Magistrate)—Frisoner, do
you wish to say anything in answer to this charge? Prisoner—
! Why, Sir, what can I say ? The blanket was found wrapped
round my waist.
He wtis fully committed. Numerous public-houses in the
neighbourhood, have been robbed under similar circumstances.
James Matthews, a sharp, knowing boy, about 13 years of
age, who is known to the police as one of a gang of young
thieves infesting Regent-street and the vicinity, was committed
to take his trial at the present sittings of the Central Criminal
Court, charged with being concerned in the following daring
robbery. Between eight and nine o'clot k this morning, the
prisoner, in company with another boy much younger than
himself, were seen lurking about and watching the shop of Mr.
Daniel Bay, of No. 48, R.-gent-street, Mackintosh cloak, &c.,
manufacturer, and at length the younger boy crept into the shop
on his hands and knees, ,and very adroitly reached down
two Mackintosh cloaks, of the value of W. lOs, each, with which
he crawled into the street, and having given them to the pri •
soner, was making off together, but Mr. Box's shopman having
been informed of what had occurred, pursued, calling " Stop
thief, on which the prisoner threw down the stolen property,
but nearly at the same instant was taken into custody. The
other boy, however, managed to escape. The prisoner, on
being asked if he wished to say anything in his defence, replied
saucily, " Not a bit of it, your Worship ;" and as he was being
led to the lock-up cells,
_he began singing the noted flash song
of "And I shall go up Holborn-11.11," &c.
Ann Coates, a young woman of very dissipated appearance,
was remanded on a charge of having stripped a furnished room
she had taken on Thursday last, at the house of Mr. Green,
of No. 35, Berwick-street, Soho, undertaker, of every porta-
ble article it contained, even to the carpet, and six large
framed oil paintings. The property was found pledged in the
neighbourhood. She began clearing the room on Friday
morning last.

CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.)
VIOLENT ASSAULT.--James Hopkins, a middle-aged man,
was brought bekre Mr. Gret nwood this morning, charged
under the following circumstances.

•
A man named Nightingale came forward, and deposed that
between eleven and twelve last night he was alarmed by the
cries of a female, and running to the house whence they pro-
ceeded, No. 4.lield lane, Saffron-hill, found a number of fe-
males, in a state cf great excitement, outside the door. On
going in he was informed by a female, that the prisoner had
burst in the door, which had been fastened with
an iron and v ooden bolt, thrown the mistress of
the house on the floor in a my savage manner,
and was about committing violence on her person, when the
informant seized him, and with other females, held the pri-
soner until the police arrived. He was infrrmed that the per-
son on whom the assault was committed, Susan Wall, is in a
very dangerous state. She keeps a lodging-house, and is a.
very decent, well-conducted woman. Ihe doctor was not as'
yet able to attend.

The prisoner was remanded until the certificate of the medi-
cal gentleman could be obtained. •

We deeply regret, and we are sure that our
readers Vl i 1 I join in our feelings to record the death, at Hard-
wick Hall, on Tuesday last, of John Cottingliam, Esq., for many
years agent to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.—Derbyshire
Chronicle,