The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

attention to this case, as it was o: a more serious In
rector than usually presented to a msg',-,trate. 1111
charge of this nature it was almost impossible to get
evidence against a prisoner, but the inacristil
had to see with a hat certainty he vas trap •e
by circumstantial evidence. In the present ease "-
thought there was strong circumste.-_tial evidece.
The mere circumstance of a person talking about the.
insurance he had effected, or his arivisitur others to tl,e
that means of protecting themselves, would not of ther
selves make much imprezuion on his mind ; but when
coupled such observations. with the finding of the tame
shavings and sack, and books steeped in turpentihe',.
collected in a corner, and that the corner where the hi::
began, ho felt it to be his duty, for the protection of
public, to send the case for inquiry before a jury.
ne would be more pleased than himself to find the
prisoner able to clear himself before a jury ; but PIA
tmg together all the suspicious circumstances eliciteu r
in this inquiry, he could not help sending the Prise°
to trial.
The case occupied the Court for several hours.
IVORSHIP-STREET.
Berjamin Freeman, described as a fellowship Pelted
who has been remanded for several weeks on a cheery
dangerously wounding a young woman named Ilat
Ann Webb, by stabbing her with a knife, was Place
the bar before Mr. Bingham for final examination. es.
The prosecutrix, who had been lying in a very Pl.eur,
rious state in the London Hospital ever Since the oet
of
rence took place, and still exhibited the appesrani; the
great weakness and exhaustion was now brought t(i
Court in a cab, and in direct evidence fully confirtneu,r_l
that had been stated by the police and others a thet_ne;
exam nation, as to the prisoner with whom she hatilad
living fur the last three years, and by whom she hoc cue.
two children. Returning home on the night in
tion in a state of ungovernable excitement from art
cation, and, without any other provocation on 111.4 to
than an' apparently gentle remonstrance and deohrliijoli
eat something he had brought home for supper, soddenly dos
rushing at her and stabbing her in the left side "V
_ih
clan knife. The poor woman gave her testinannit" to
the greatest reluctance and the most manifest &Oil: lusil
shield the prisoner, who, she stated, had been prevl
its
a very sober and industrious man, and very fend, %for
home, and had made feeling and constant inquiries
her all the time she had been in the hospital. _moot
Mr. Smith Ayerst, assistant-surgeon at the
Hospital, described the nature of the injury the I:tivg
cutrix had sustained, which he said was a peneoh.ond
wound below the last rib, an inch and a half in dePllii the
of considerable breadth, through which a portion 1,),,
intestines had protruded ; and stated that, thollt,' the
had for a long time been in a dangerous conditieldolipteck
symptoms had at length yielded to the treatment a ogbt
and he had now every reason to believe that sheis soli
be declared out of positive danger, but that AI! woielon
labouring under such extreme debility as in hi.° ccl'eatrel
to render it unadvisable for her to attend at the the
Criminal Court and prosecute the prisoner Ur
charge at the present sessions. tt in the
Mr. Rolphe, assistant to Mr. Pearce, surge°. el with
Bethnal-green-road, gave evidence nearly idittlethe
the preceding, and deposed to being fetchen tater Pe
soner to attend the injured woman immediatelitor
had stabbed her, of which fact he made a eell!tus commi
fession, and expressed extreme regret for ldivi;ion,
sion ; and Long, a policeman of the d hoseit
whose custody the accused quietly surrender!nely
also said that on his doing so he was seelni-u
affected. "ati°n
The prisoner, who throughout the elshilonf his 0!e.
hibited great remorse for the consequences
toer la;
governable temper, when called upon to a tole be,
charge, declared that it was wholly unaccousoto
the
be came to commit such an act, and he ;dtly el the
imagine that it arose from his bead being g' a ,tot he
time, which deprived him of all self-control, long,
long
should never cease to regret his conduct as
seceaa
lived. the esto
The depositions were then taken by /‘eleb
clerk, and the prisoner was fully committed to
for trial.

Jane Gough, aC L ERKEIV W ELL. :1,1 'a her
young woman with a eb.A-; bierieff
aarms, was charged with annoying Mr. Joh° :ri'gieg °t
jeweller, residing at No. 3, Lloyd-street, IV '" L
his door bell. itreai
A solicitor, whose name did not transpire, iirrevious
for. the complainant, who deposed that on the .?
1.-0113°
nthight, at a quarter past ten o'clock, the prisol,,,, door,
and his door and rung his bell. Witness went to ''' oiseh
I Kill give
her, s,aid, " If you do not leave 039 far:er, b.utt,
give you in charge." lie then shut the si%
e• Ile
she rung the door-bell again nine or ten tin 3 •se.
ness's wife was ill and was alarmed at the „ia e
gave her in charge. At the station-house ebei;cl re%
would break every window in his house. Shea.' her -
his bell on last Thursday night, when he g-ve
charge, but she was then discharged. ~0 to 511,a
Mr. COMBE (to the prisoner)—What Wore yi-hlicl ho
infant
othe charge ? The prisoner said that belle: a isitbera;
in her arms (of which complainant was til"v fro'
where starving, and she went to grt a little 1:01si4, of
im. She had made an epplication to a ulagist,.rbeior
cerning the support of her child, and was Oa 000
summon him ; but she had not the price of a 441
which s
Che could not get withou it. •doi
wh
Mr. ONBE (to complainant) t
She was here
on
Fri
last—was she not ? Complainant—She was' af P`ir.
Mr. COMBE—Did she say she would do you ovs
sonal 13e
she
aiowlehnacied
break
khims
my
oweicasisoiewns.? C orop aio ell
C°°.
said
, e ?
Mr. COMBE—Any threat of personal vioienc
plainant—No, not on this occasion.: Vl4 6na
oust P% dot
_eyjr ;
_C_Or,3_IB,E.
,(,!? thei prisoner)--You I ou
1...., o,eee
witted
The woman said she had no moneY, and Wl° ''°lll
accordingly.