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!and say it was all right ? Witness—l don't remeni )er
that part of it. I said to the policeman, "They ha vo
given me my pin; you may let them go if you like.
Mr. Payne—Did you not say at that time that yoto
had lost your money in gambling ? Witness-4 said
that I had lost some money in gambling.
Mr. Payne—Did you not say that you had given them
, the pin for 101. which you had lost ? Witness--No,
decidedly not.
Mr. Payne—Did you borrow a sovereign of MGM
to pay the cab hire ? Witness—Decidedly not.
Mr. Payne—Did you not say at your last examination
that you had merely been at breakfast with the prisoners,
and that they admired the pin, when you showed it
to them, and they ran away ? Witness—l did not. I
said I went N breakfast with them, but that I did nob
know under what circumstances the pin was taken.
Mr. Payne—Did you not afterwards say that it was
forcibly taken from you ? Witness—l did not.
Mr. Payne—Did yuu not say that you went into the
house in Jermyn-street almost by accident ? Witness—
' did.
Mr. Payne—How came you then to stay there and
play till you lost upwards of 30L? Witness—l had been
drinking and acted foolishly. I had not been in a house
of the sort for 18 years.
Mr. Payne—flow long have you been in England ?
Witness-1 lave not been in England above five weeks.
Mr. Payne—Have you not been applied to lately to
pay the cheque you gave for 20/. Witness—l have
been applied to by one of the greatest (I'll not
mention the word) to. keep back evidence—to suppress
my evidence •, but I said 1 did not. see how I could do it.
I have no vindictive feeling against the prisoners.
The witness was then cross-examined as follows by
Mr. Ilobler
Mr. Hobler—What refreshment did you take at the
house in Jermyn-street ? Witness—Some sherry and
water.
Mr. Hobler—Why did you give the prisoners your
address ? Witness—Well, if you must know, it was this
way. In the course of conversation I said I wanted to
buy a horse. M`Gill said he kept a pair ; one was a
very quiet one, and if I would give him my 'address he
would drive over in his phaeton and show it me. He
said, too, that I had been dreadfully fleeced, and if I
felt inclined to play again at any other time he would
take me to a house where I should not be served that
Mr. Hobler—What were you in South
.Atherica ?
Witness—A gentleman and merchant.
Mr. Hobler—How long were you in South America ?
Whims—About a year. I was also at New tiouth
Wales and Van Dienien's Land.
Mr. Ilobler—Do you know a Mr. Dubourg ? Witness
—I don't recollect that I do.
Mr. Hobler—Did you ever }live any bill transaction
with Mr. Dubourg ? Witness—Never.
Mr. Hobler.—What were you at NbW South Wales ?
Witness—l thought perhaps I should besoked some such
questions as these so I have brought a book to show.
(The book was a Directory of Van Diemens,s Land, in
which appeared the name of " Peckham, Henri, Esq.,
Chief Accountant of the Derwent Bank.") At Sidney,
I went into business as a general merchant. I did busi-
ness to the amount of 40,000/. a year, and was very
successful.
Police-constabe A 155, was next examined.—He stated
that, about half-past six, on the morning of the 20th ult.,
Mr.Peckham came to him to the station-house at Scotland-
yard, and said he had lest a diamond pin at a coffee-house,
and that three gentlemanly-looking men had stolen it.
Witness got into a cab with the complainant, and they
drove all about the back streets of Lambeth, but could
not meet with them ; at last, on their return, when near
the Marsh-gate, Lambeth, witness saw the two prisoners
and another person, not in custody, coming along the
street ; he asked complainant if those were the parties,
and complainant answered that they were. They then
got out of the cab, and witness stated the charge
to the prisoners. M`Gill at once produced the pin,
and said that he had lent complainant, to whose
house he said he was going, 101. upon it. They all
went into a linend4tper's shop, and were given Into
custody, but the third man escaped. Prosecutor gave
witness the sovereign to pay the cab, and wanted him to
keep 10s. for his trouble, but he did not do so. In his
(witness's) opinion prosecutor did not seem at all anxious
to let the prisoners go. Prosecutor was sot exactly
sober at. half-past six when he first called upon witness
at the station ; but it was then eight o'clock, and he was
quite sober by that time. Witness did not at any time
hear the prosecutor say that he was satisfied to let the
prisoners go.
By Mr. JARDINE—Have been in search of the third
man, and have ascertained that he has left London.
Witness searched the prisoners, and found ort Perkins a
51. note, six sovereigns and a half sovereign in gold,
and 15s. in silver. On WWII he also fuune22s. 6d. in
silver.

Mr. Payne then addressed the Court on behalf of the
prisoners. He said; that "however _.the prosecutor might
have conchacted'himself at the late inquiry when he (Mr.
Pune) wits not present, to-day he (Me.- 'Payne)
should "have -no hesitation in saying, 7 that if
this .case went before a Jury, no attention what-
ever would be paid to his evidence ; and he apprehended
that' a nagistrateacted upon the principle ef not sending
men before a Jury, where there was not a fair chance of
their conviction, otherwise where was the good of this
preliminary investigation ? The Learned Gentleman
then proceeded to comment • upon alleged discrepancies
in the complainant's evidence, putting it to the Court
whether it was not much more likely that the com-
plainant should have raised money on his pin
than that the prisoners should rob him of it in broad
day-light, and contended that there was no case to go
before a Jury.
Mr. nobler followed on the same side.
Mr. JARDINE, having carefully perused the whole of
the evidence, said, I think this is a case in which a Jury
must decide. There. are contradictions in the evidence,
but the facts are of that peculiar nature on which a Jury
must decide. I shall commit yott-to take your trial.
Mr. Payne applied to have the prisoners admitted to
bail.
Mr. JARDINE replied that this was a case in which he
could not accept bail.
The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and
the prisoners were removed in custody.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
OUTRAGE ON A MARRIED FEMALE.—Thomas Jordan,
a dissipated looking Irishman, about thirty-five years of
age, was placed at the bar on the following charge :
Mrs. Martha llamptou, a young and good. looking
woman, very respectably dressed, stated that she reinded
at No. 16, St. Anne's-court, Soho-square, and was the
wife of a police constable belonging to the C
About nine on Monday night, as she was returning home,
having been to her husband, who was on duty at the
station-house in Vine-street, Piccadilly, she, in passing
along Marshall-street, Golden-square, met with the
prisoner, who was coming in the opposite,direction ; and as
he passed her he threw his arms round her waist, and then
assaulted her in a most brutal and indecent manner.
actually pulling her clothes up nearly over her head.
On letting go his hold of her he walked quickly on, but
complainant, determining that he should not escape,
closely followed him up, intending to give him in charge
to the first police-constable she met with. The prisoner
perceiving this, turned round, and made use of threaten-
ing and obscene language to complainant, but she per-
severed in following him until he took refuge in a coffee-
shop, from which, on her making known the gross man-
ner in which she had been used, he was thrust into the
street by the proprietor, and a constable coming up at
the instant, she gave him in charge.
Police Constable, No. 49, of the C division, stated
that the complainant on giving the prisoner into
custody, made exactly the same statement as she now
had. The prisoner, who was very anxious to make his
escape, had been drinking, but knew perfectly well what
he was about.
Mr. MALTBY (to the prisoner)—What answer have
you 'to make to this charge, of committing a most gross
and indecent assault upon a respectable married female,
as she was walking in a public thoroughfare. Taking
all the circumstances into consideration, it is one
of the most aggravated cases I have ever met with.
Prisoner—l most solemnly declare before God that
the woman has perjured herself. I never laid my hand
upon her. I happened to push against her with my
shoulder as I passed her ; it was accidentally done, and
I thought so little of it, that I. walked on without
noticing it, when she followed , me, and in revenge
trumped up this wicked lie against.me. If I committed
such an assault upon her as she describes, and in the
publie street too, some persons must have seen it, but I
defy her to produce a single witness. I'll stake my
existence she cannot bring one.
Mr. MALTBY asked the complainant if she he'd any
witnesses. The complainant said she had not; thert4e was
no person by at the moment the prisoner assaulted her.
Prisoner—You know it is all false you have stated.
Complainant declared that she had spoken nothing but
the truth.
Mr. MALTBY—I believe you; the charge is fully proved
to my satisfaction. (To the prisoner.)—What are you?
Prisoner—A master tailor.
Mr. MALTBY—I fine you 51., or in default of payment,
you will be committed to Westminster Bridewell for two
months to hard labour.
Prisoner (doggedly)—l've not 'five farthings, and I'll
go to prison.—lle was accordingly committed.
CLE.RKENWELL.
A young gentleman who described himself as a stock-
broker inthe City, was charged as follows
It appeared that at half-past two yestereay morning,
the conductor of the fire-escape, belonging to the Royal
Society for the protection was in his
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The Secretary, Mr. Williams, stated that the engine
was rendered quite inefficient by.the prisoner.
• Mr. CONBE said a more wanton piece of mischief he
never heard of. The prisoner should pay a line of 1/. 10s.
to repair the damage, or be imprie.oned for three mouths,
and hard labour.

UNION-HALL. •
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—IIenry Taylor was brought be-
fore Mr. Cottingham, charged with knocking down and
robbing_ Mr. Patrick Keefe, an upholsterer, in Pitt-
street, Southwark.
The complainant stated that on the preceding night,
between eleven and twelve o'clock, as he was walking
home, when in St. George's-road, he was suddenly
knocked down, and when on the ground the prisoner
snatched his watch from his pocket. Complainant en-
deavoured to recover the watch, and having caught the
seals, held the prisoner, until a Mr. Lee came to his as-
sistance. Another man was with the prisoner at the
time, hut he made his escape.
Mr. Lee corroborated the statement of the complainant,
and stated that he helped to secure the prisoner who had
the watch in his possession.
The prisoner, who merely denied the .charge, was com-
mitted.

Thomas Gaddell was charged with creating a disturb-
ance in the pit of the Victoria that's% lie went into

the pit "rather fresh," and commenced annoying some
females. When remonstrated with he struck a man con-
nected with the theatre, and gave him a black eye, and
broke a chandelier in the saloon of the pit.—He was
fined for the assault, and adjudged to pay damages.