The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-28 00:00:00

C;LERKEIV WELL.

Mr. Michael Donovan, schoolmaster at the St.
Aloysius Catholic school, Granville-street, Somers-
town, appeared upon remand to answer the charge of
violently assaulting James Cavanagh, a boy of nine
years, one of his pupils.
In consequence of the publicity already given to
the case, the Court was crowded with spectators. The
Rev. Mr. Narinckz, trustee of the school, and Mr.
Cooke, a barrister, one of its subscribers, were present.
Mr. Crouch appeared for the prisoner.
The boy then in substance made the same statement
as on Saturday. At nine o'clock on Thursday night
he was dragged out of bed by Brother Luke, one of
the teachers, and the prisoner came in with a large
leathern strap, and, because he had his stockings on in'
bed, struck him 10 or 12 times on the back with it.
Mr. GREENWOOD directed the boy to expose his
back. He did so; and every one present was shocked
at the spectacle, several of the spectators giving vent
to their feelings in exclamations of a eery unequivocal
character. The marks of the stripes, which had now
assumed a green and livid colour, were painfully
visible.
Alfred Egan, aged 11, a boy who slept in the same
room on the occasion in question, confirmed Cava-
nagh's testimony in emery respect, as did two others
of his schoolfellows one of whom swore he heard the
cries of the poor child for nearly five minutes in an-
other part of the establishment.
Mr. Crouch cross-examined some of the witnesses,
and attempted to show that the boy's back had been
much injured by rubbing against the bottom of the
bed when creeping under it, but this supposition was
distinctly negatived by all the witnesses.
The prosecutor admitted that he had been well fed
and comfortably clothed and lodged, but said "Bro-
ther Luke," as well as the prisoner, had been unkind
to him. His mother was dead, and his father lived at
Bristol.

Mr. Broad, a surgeon, living in Goswell-street,
stated that the marks on the boy's back must have
been caused by brutal treatment. If injuries of the
same nature had been inflicted on the side they would
probably cause congestion of the lungs.
The leathern strap with which the boy was beaten
was produced—ft thick heavy weapon. The prisoner
alleged on Saturday, that if the flogging of the boy
with such a strap was improper, the authorities of the
school were to blame for putting it into his hands.
Mr. Cooke, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Narinckz,
hoped the public press would, in justice to the esta-
blishment of St. Aloysius, notice the fact he was going
to state—viz., that the masters had been strictly for-
bidden to beat the boys with this strap, except on the
left hand. No corporal chastisement of a severe nature
was sanctioned by the directors of the school.
Mr. Crouch, on behalf of the prisoner, observed
that the punishment inflicted on the boy was not more
severe than on the boys at Westminster and St. Paul's
Schools.

The prisoner vehemently exclaimed, the boy threw
himself on the floor and worked himself under the
bed as soon as he touched hitn ; and protested the
punishment was not greater when the boy came out
than before he went in.

Mr. GRERNWOWDsitid his own opinion was against
corporal punishment altogether ; he thought it made
the boys dull, careless, and heavy; he considered it
mischievous, but the Act of Parliament permitted the
master to use the same reasonable degree of punish-
ment as parents used. In 'the school in which he
(Mr. Greenwood) was educated, a much larger one,
than either of those Mr. Crouch had mentioned, cor-
poral chastisement was used, but never to any such
extent, and only by the head master. The case was
of too serious a nature to be dealt with by him, and
he would send it for trial.

The prisoner was then fully committed for trial,
hut ultimately was held to bail to appear at the Ses-
sions.

The prisoner's functions were suspended on the
spot, and the little boy removed to St. Pancras Work-
house, there to remain until the result of the trial be
made known.

BURGLARY.--Robert Carpenter, aged about 30, and
Anne Pipes, about the same age, were placed in the
felons' dock, charged with burglariously entering the
house of Mr. Isaac Fordham, a glass-manufacturer,
residing at 55, Hatton-garden, and stealing there-
from about 301. in gold and silver money, a large
quantity of silver plate, and numerous articles of
wearing apparel.
It appeared from the evidence that on Mon-
day morning, between two and three o'clock, a
young man namel Thomas Kays, who lodges is the
same house as the prisoners, 14, Church-way, St.
Pancras, was lying awakein bed, when he heard
somebody at the back of the house calling " Ned,"
and soon after the door of the room, in which the pri-
soners lodged open, and a foot on the stairs ; in a mi-
nute after the back door of the house was unfastened,
and he distinctly heard the noise of two or three men
on the stairs. The party entered the prisoners' room,
adjoining Kaye, on the first floor, and there was a

great clatter as of tin boxes, and chinking of
gold and silver. There was also a rattling of keys,
which witness apprehended, from the feebleness of
the sound, were skeleton keys. One of the men said,
" So, your share of the money is 1/. 2s. 6d. ;" and the
female prisoner said, "Now that you have done this,
I suppose you will have a great spree at Brighton."
Kaya further swore that he hear i the smashing of
tin boxes, and that the men, after the lapse of a few
minutes, went down the stairs. He Was afraid to
give the alarm, lest all would escape. The men were
let out the back way. The prisoner returned into
his room, and believing that a burglary had been
committed, on witness hearing the tramp of a police-
man in half an hour after, called him in, and the pri-
soners were secured. The testimony of the policemen
45 S and 4 S went to prove that before Kays gave
the alarm two tin money boxes, much battered and
injured, were found contiguous to the prisoner's
dwelling. The male prisoner had on his person, when
arrested, a pair of gloves, which Mr. Fordham, identified
as his property, as also a pocket handkerchief, the key
of Mr. Fordham's iron safe, and ten half-crowns. In
the prisoner's room were found a quantity of silver
taWe, dessert, and teaspoons, and a sugar tongs, also
coats, hat, and vests.
Mr. Fordham identified all these articles v.s his pro-
perty. The money-boxes were his. On the previous
night his house had been robbed, the burglars having
effected an entrance by means of a ladder, which had
been laid against the rear of his warehouse.
Police-constahle 87 S added, that a key had been
found on the female prisoner which opened one cf
Mr. Fordhana's desks which had been robbed, but not
broken by the burglars.
Mr. GREENWOOD asked the prisoners if they wished
to say anything ?—The male prisoner surlily an-
swered " Not at present," and the female prisoner
followed his example, by keeping silence.
They were remanded.