The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1842.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
PALACE COURT, Sept. 30.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
GUILDHALL.
Margaret Farrell, a tall, elegant-looking girl, of
about 22 years of age, was placed at the bar charged
with attempting to destroy herself by throwing her-
self from Blackfriars'-bridge.
A policeman, who was on duty last night on Black-
friars-bridge, stated, that he saw the prisoner walking
up and down the bridge apparently in a very agitated
state. He watched her, and observed her attempt to
get over the bridge, but he came up and prevented her.
The prisoner in her defence said—Sir, I came to
the Blackfriars-road three months ago, with a person
with whom I have been living. About six weeks
ago he left me, since which I have been in a very dis-
tressed state, and yesterday I was turned out of my
lodgings. I had nowhere to go to, or to put my head
in. What was Itodo ? I must either drown myself
or go upon the streets. That, Sir, I will never do, so
help me heaven, and if I go from this bar I shall im-
mediately do the same thing again.
The MAGISTRATE inquired if she had any friends ?
The prisoner, weeping, said that her father lived in
Palace New-road, Westminster. She had applied to
him, but she was turned from the house, and told:to
go and live as she had done before.
The MAGISTRATE remanded her for two days, and
gave directions to the Clerk to apply to the father o
the girl respecting his daughter.
BO W-STREET.

APPREHENSION OF MR. FEARGUS O'CON-
NOR AND MR. BAIRSTOW, THE CHAR-
TIST LECTURER.
This morning Mr. Feargus O'Connor and Mr.
Bairstow were brought up, having been arrested upon a
Government warrant, for certain Inflammatory speeches
which have lately been delivered by those gentlemen.
The examination was strictly private, no person
being present except the parties and their solicitors,
the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Burnaby,
the Chief Clerk. The prisoners were taken first to the
Gardener's-lane station-house, but subsequently they
were taken in custody to Bow-street. What took place
on the examination we are unable to state, as the
strictest secrecy was observed by the parties about the
office. We learned that the prisoners were held to
bail, but whether to appear at a subsequent examina-
tion, or to appear at the sessions, we were unable to
ascertain, but it was generally understood that they
were held to bail, to appear again before the Magis-
trates at this office.
Mr. O'Connor was apprehended this morning in a
coffee-shop, and the warrant was issued, we have
since learned, for seditious words spoken at Man-
chester on the occasion of a meeting for the purpcse
of erecting a monument to the late Mr. Hunt.

CLERKENWELL.
On Thursday Richard Bourke was finally examined
before Mr. Greenwood, charged with havingattempted
to murder his wife with a hatchet.
The particulars of the case have already been de-
tailed.
Yesterday, en the prisoner being placed at the bar,
Mrs. Bourke made her appearance in a very weakly.
condition. When the officer presented the New Tes-
tament, in order to administer the usual oath, she
that it was her duty to look
her children and protect them.
atfonsrdaYwhat he had done to her from the
idst:oehtcettlhoi
fnemoerdpgoratfiayshkeoeinnr him
eghrei
heart and soul, and she did not wish to
hurt him. She would not be sworn to give evidence
against
I hope God will forgive him
Mr. GREENWOOD told her that she might forgive
a well him,m ya
sdedlifir
him, but the law would not, for such a violent out-
rage. If she refused to give her evidence, they must
try and get it as well as they could from others. He
should certainly send her to prison if she persisted in
her refusal to be sworn to give evidence, for the pur-
pose of detaining her, and insuring her attendance at
the trial.
She then consented to be sworn, to hear her depo-
sition read over as taken at the former examination ;
and on its being read by the clerk,
Mr. GREENWOOD asked her whether it was all
right ? She replied, faintly, "It is all right."
Mr. GREENWOOD ordered the clerk to set that down
in the deposition.
Sarah Sayers, a lodger in the same house, being
sworn, said that she was alarmed by the cries of
" Murder," and " Police." She saw the prisoner
come out of his room. He kicked Mrs. Bourke on
the face, and he returned to his room, and shut the
door. Mrs. Bourke kept kicking at the door. Wit-
ness afterwards saw her with her head cut and bleed-
ing, in the passage. She heard her say it was done
with a hatchet.
Mr. George Kanney, house-surgeon at the Univer-
sity College Hospital, being sworn, stated that the
wife, Mary Bourke, was brought to the hospital at
half-past one o'clock in the morning of Friday last,
with a severe cut on her head, which penetrated to
the bone, which was also injured. The wound was
evidently caused by some sharp instrument. There
were no symptoms of danger at the time, although
dangerous results might ensue. She was not kept a
the hospital. She was taken back to her home.

Waddington, the gaoler, stated that the prisoner
said he was sorry he did not do for her with the
hatchet, whilst he was in his room adjacent to the
Court.

Whilst the prisoner was at the bar, he was seen to
hand a letter to a woman behind, which was taken
from herby
liamley-buildings,
wool. It was directed to ~Richard Bourke, No. 9,
tr.,
Waddington, and handed to Mr. Green-
to come from Thomas Mulloney, a priest, from Drom,
dated 14th,Fe
Bristol, England," and purported
1835, and to be a freedom for mar-
riage in desiring the usual (Irish) way, him to hand
it to his worthy pastor.
Mr. GnEtzmoon reminded Mrs.
.Bourke of the ill-
treatment she had so frequently received from the pri-
soner, and that on one occasion, when she was almost
The prisoner was now
killed under
fully committed for trial.
and he finedpenalty o
enough to pay the fine for him.
thesim extremeilar circumstances

.•
Luke Vigo Was charged with a cruel assault.
It appeared from the evidence, that last night, be,
tween ten and eleven o'clock, the prisoner and a
young man named Bankes were drinking in a beer-
shop in lligh-street, Islington. The bar-maid gave
the prisoner some beer unknown to her master, which
Bankes communicated to him. Vigo said nothing at
the time, but soon after left the house, and when
Bankes was returning home, waylaid him at half-past
.!leven o'clock, in High-street. He first knocked him
' down ; the fall rendered Bankes insensible. Vigo
then jumped on him, and kicked him on the chest and
legs. He was jumping on his body when N 280
came up. The prisoner ran away, but was soon after
•ipprehended. The complainant was carried to thp
station-house in a state of insensibility. Mr. Sem-
pie, the
.police-surgeon, was sent for, who said the
complainant had received dangerous internal injuries.
Mr. GIISENWOOD said a more brutal assault never
came before him. If the complainant died, the pri-
soner would be tried for wilful murder. The sur-
geon should have been there to give his evidence.
lie would fine him 31., or six weeks' imprisonment
znd hard labour.
MARLBOROUGH- STREE 7.
Sir Joseph Douglas, of No. 27, Cambridge-ter-
race,
Hyde-park, appeared before Mr. Hardwick, the
presiding Magistrate, to prefer a complaint against
the driver of the Paddington omnibus No. 516, for

FLEMING V. MAILLARD.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of
51. ss. for work and labour performed.
It appeared that the plaintiff is a literary gentleman,
residing in Seymour-place, Euston-square, and the
defendant is a barrister, who has lately published a
work upon Texas. This action was brought to re-
cover the amount named in the declaration, for the
revision of the work by the plaintiff, and the transla•
tion of about a dozen pages of letter-press from the
Spanish language.
A gentleman from the Morning Post was called as
a witness, and stated, that he considered the amount
claimed a fair and reasonable remuneration for the
services of the plaintiff in the revision of the work.
The Jury returned a verdict for the amount claimed

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Sept. 30.
IN RE JANE MACKLIN.
The insolvent in this case was described in her
schedule as a laundress, and appeared in Court to be
discharged under rather peculiar circumstances.
It appeared from the evidence, which occupied the
entire day, that an old lady named Godbold, aged 81
years, was possessed of a large estate in the vicinity
of Oxford, which she sold to a person called Dr. Twy-
cross, residing in Oxford, who subsequently sold it to
a Mr. King. This latter person also transferred his
interest in it lo another, and several under-tenants
being located upon the estate, the consequence was
interminable litigation.
Air. Murray, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, de-
posed that he was nephew of Mrs. Godbold, and that
he was sure she was unfit to manage her own affairs
at the time the sale was made to Twycross. She was
subject to a peculiar monomania, and had such a dread
of law, that he considered she would resign all her
property under a threat of legal proceedings.
The insolvent was in possession of a small cottage
on the estate, and Tywcross having instituted an
action against her and several others in the Court of
Queen's Bench, she left the key in the door, and
walked into the house next door, when another person
took possession of the one she left.
Mr. WOODROFFE addressed the Court in aggrava-
tion of remand, and Mr. Cooke being about to speak
on behalf of the insolvent,
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said he had deter-
mined on discharging her.
The insolvent, who appeared a poor and infirm,
ignorant woman, unconscious of her position, then left
the Court.