The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-20 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Benjamin Harriss was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of jewellery and other articles, value 81., the pro-
perty of Thomas Furniss.
The prosecutor stated that he kept a small jeweller's
shop in Bermondsey. and that on Tuesday night week
he went out, in company with his wife, having previously
closed his shop, which adjoins a stairs leading to the
upper part of the house, occupied by lodgers, and to
which ingress is afforded by a hall door. •On his return
he found that the shop had been entered, and that some
jewellery and other articles, consisting of watch move-
ments, rings, and musical boxes, had been stolen. He
found, on examination, that a portion of the partition
next the hall had been forced, sufficient in size to citable
a man to get through. He bad had no traces of his pro-
perty until the apprehension of the prisoner.
A man named Davis, a general dealer, identified the
prisoner as having brought him for sale a number of
such articles as those before described, and for which he
received the sum of Bs.

The prosecutor identified the goods as being his pro-
perty.
The prisoner said that he had purchased the articles
from a tall man, wearing a blue coat, whom he should
know were he to see him again. He admitted having sold
them to the witness Davis.

A police constable said that he knew the prisoner for
some time back, and that he had been taken into custody
twelve months ago for a similar offence, but on trial was
acquitted.
Mr. COTTINGUAM said that he should remand the pri-
soner for further examination.
GREENWICH.
John White, living at Wapping, was charged with the
murder of Ellen Tyrrell, aged 40, the wife of a labouring
man residing at East Greenwich.
Police-constables 156 and 175 K, stated that they ap-
prehended the prisoner soon after eleven o'clock at Wap-
ping-wall, when he admitted that he had been in the de-
ceased's company on Wednesday evening last at Rother-
hithe, where he left her, after directing her the way to
Greenwich, and went home. _ _ _

Patrick 'Tyrrell, husband of the deceased, deposed
that he last saw his wife alive on Wednesday morning,
the 13th inst., at eight o'clock. She then left home for
the purpose of going over the water to Wapping, to at-
tend the funeral of a deceased friend. He had been in-
cessantly in search after her until this morning, when
he learned from the police that her dead body had
been found near a place called the Halfpenny-hatch,
leading to Rotherhithe. He had since been to see the
deceased. He saw the body in a shell, and it ap-
peared dreadfully swelled about the head and face.
Witness had been informed by several persons that
White (the prisoner) had followed her on Wednesday
afternoon, subsequently to the funeral, from Wapping,
whence they had taken a boat, and crossed to Rother-
hithe. Witness had known the prisoner about four
years, but had not frequently met him of late, Saw the
prisoner on Sunday last at Wapping, when he told wit-
ness:that he parted with his wife shortly before nine
o'clock on Wednesday night, and did not see her after-
wards. Witness had since been informed by the land-
lady of the Royal Oak, Rotherhithe, that the deceased
(she supposed) left the house after drinking a glass of
gin, :and was immediately followed by the prisoner.
The prisoner lives in Gravel lane, Wapping. The pri-
soner told him that he parted with Mrs. Tyrrell at the
Royal Oak door, and returned home. He afterwards
said he went and slept in Jerry Styles's water-closet, be-
tween nine and eleven o'clock—this is near the Tunnel.

Mr. Ffrench (the chief clerk) said they had no busi.
ness near the Surrey Canal; it was not the prisoner's
way home, nor that of the deceased's.
Tyrrell said he could bring persons forward, who saw
them at ten minutes to nine leave the Royal Oak, and
traced them to Clark's-orchard, where they had gin to-
gether. They had gin also at the Barley Mow. A
little girl was called, who stated that they were at
Clark's-orchard at twenty minutes past ten. She
fetched three half-quarterns of gin, for the prisoner to
treat her mother and a Mrs. Griffiths. She was sent
again at half-past eleven o'cleck, but the public-house
was closed. _ _ _ _

Mr. JEREMY remarked to the prisoner, that he had
been seen before nine o'clock, and upwards of an hour
afterwards, at Clark's-orchard, in company of deceased.
The prisoner said he would endeavour to explain all
the circumstances, if the magistrate would hear him. .1
friend, named John Moore, from the New-cut, had been
with him in the forenoon. After leaving Moore he met
John Hogan ;and his wife, and two other women, at
Execution-dock Stairs. Hogan said he had buried his
son that day, and prisoner expressed sorrow at the
event. Mrs. Tyrrell (the deceased) was close by at the
time, and asked him how he did. Hogan said, " Come in
here and we will have some gin." They -went into the
Swan, and before they parted they called for and drank
three pints of gin amongst them all, men and women.
He was talking to the deceased, and she laid hold of his
arm, saying she was tipsy, and wished prisoner to see
her over the water in a boat. He said he would do so;
it would cost him twopence, but that was no object.
Four of them got into a boat, himself and deceased,
another man and woman, and the waterman then got
in, and pulled over to Rotherhithe. The man and
woman were strangers, taking the ferry. They landed
at eight o'clock. He asked the strangers to drink with
them before parting. They then went into .the Royal
Oak, and called for half-a-pint of gin, and he (prisoner)
proposed to pay half the charge, leaving the other
man to pay the rest. Fenning was the man who called
for half-a-pint of gin, and pulled out fuurpence, say
ing, " Fourpence more from you will pay for the
gin," Prisoner swore he would not pay after being
invited ; it was not his country fashion. Mrs.Tyrrell (the
deceased) put her hand in her pocket, and laid down
sixpence towards it ; they drank each a glass, but Fen-
ning appeared to sip only, and then threw the glass and
contents into the street. The landlord demanded pay-
ment of Fenning for the glass. He (prisoner) and the
deceased then left the house. On getting outside the
Royal Oak, Mrs. Tyrrell said she must make haste
home, as her infant would miss her. He told her to
go towards Millpond-bridge. She replied, "No, Deptford
was her way home." He then went on to show her the
way to Deptford. She walked down, and sheered up
again, and from side to side. He then led her on again
and left her on her way home. He then turned to go to
Wapping, but instead of doing so, he went to Jerry
Styles's water-closet, near the Tunnel, and fell asleep.
Did not see Styles's family. After sleeping nearly an
hour he was awoke by the noise of some people. He
then turned out, and went towards home. The road he
took was one way 200 yards, and the other 600 yards,
out of the direct course home. Deceased went on the
high road towards Deptford.
The prisoner accounted for the scratches on his face
by saying that he had snatched at a tobacco-box in a
friend's hand, and in resisting him the man's coat had
rubbed his cheek and nose. 'This happened on Tuesday.
Tyrrell said that he could bring witnesses to swear
that he had no scratch or mark on Wednesday evening.
Mr. JEREMY said he should remand the prisoner for a
week, in order that ample time should be afforded to
collect further evidence.
WOOLWICH.
_ _ _

Thomas and Sarah Barnes, alias Banks, and Wm.
and Elizabeth Alfred, were charged with committing the
following savage assault

The prisoners have been in custody for a period of
nearly five weeks, having been again and again remanded
in consequence of the inability of the injured parties to
attend and give evidence.

The facts of the case are shortly these : —On the lath
July the prisoners, who are married persons, were lodg-
ing at the house of a man named Driscoll, who keeps a
low lodging-house in Woolwich. On that day a quarrel
arose between them and Driscoll, which terminated in the
latter and a man named Pickett, a sawyer, receiving
some very serious injuries. During the affray the
female prisoner, Sarah Barnes, seized an iron bar, used
as a poker, and struck Pickett a violent blow on the
leg, fracturing the bone of the leg, and rendering him a
cripple for life. ' While he lay on the ground she thrust
her fingers into his mouth, and with her nails severely
lacerated the roof, causing the blood to flow in torrents.
The female prisoner Alfred also attacked Driscoll,
knocked him down, and kicked him in the eye, causing
active inflammation, which resulted in irritas, and de-
stroyed the optic nerve and iris, causing total blindness
of the organ.

Such Were the facts of the case, as detailed by various
witnesses, and confirmed by Mr. Penny, the surgeon who
attended the injured parties.
The prisoners were committed for trial at the present
sessions of the Central Criminal Court, and Mr. Grove
ordered a pair of crutches, to be paid for out of the poor
box, to be made for the injured man Pickett.
WANDS WORTH.

John Goody and Rachel Langton were charged with
stealing a bushel of apples, and the former prisoner was
also charged with a committing a murderous assault upon
a man named Thomas Knowles.

It appeared from the evidence, that Knowles is head
gardener to Mr. Alexander Mitchelson, an eccentric, but
enormously rich, market gardener, residing at Norbiton-
common, near Kingston. On the previous evening,
about a quarter-past eight o'clock, he saw three men
gathering apples in an inclosed orchard, belonging to
his master. He collared one of the men, who is not in
custody, and was immediately struck by him. The other
men ran into an adjoining field. The witness had a des-
perate struggle with the man he had collared, when the
latter called out fur assistance, and the prisoner Goody
came back into the field. He struck witness a tremen-
dous blow, which knocked him down, and while pros-
trate be kicked him severely. All the men got clear
away, but in the course of the night police-constable
278 V succeeded in apprehending the prisoner at a beer-
shop.

The MAGISTRATE convicted Goody in a penalty of
505., or three weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, and
Langton in a renalty of 305., or fourteen days in default.

THAMES.
Michael Carroll, a felt-maker, aged 26, Matthew
Keenans, 68, Daniel Keenans, his son, 39, Patrick Foley,
19, and Martin Banim, 28, who had been remanded for
a week on a charge of manslaughter, were brought be-
fore Mr. Broderip for final examination. Carroll was
charged with causing the death of James Bristow,_ a
stonemason, and his countrymen with aiding and abet-
ting him in the commission of the offence.

The evidence has been already published. The de-
ceased and others were wantonly attacked in Bow, Mid
dlesex, on the night of Saturday, the 9th inst., s.nd the
deceased, who had given no provocation whatever, was
struck on the head with a poker, by the prisoner Car-
roll, and die.l of the wounds he received a few hours
afterwards.

Cockerell, a police-constable, No. 260 K, stated that
since the last examination a Coroner's inquest had been
held on the body of the deceased, and a verdict of man-
slaughter was returned against Carroll, but the other
prisoners were not affected by the verdict.
Mr. BRODERIP said, that on a former occasion there
was so much doubt whether the two Keenans, Foley,
and Banim were actually aiding and abetting Carroll in
the death of the unfortunate man, that he had offered
to accept of bail for them. As the verdict of the jury
had not implicated them he should now discharge them,
and the case against Carroll would be proceeded with.
The four prisoners having left the dock, Inspector
Watts, who conducted the case, said there was only one
more witness to be examined.

Mr. Henry Vincent Garman, of No. 1, Coburg-ter-
race, Bow-road, stated that on the afternoon of Sunday,
the 10th inst., he was called upon to see the body of the
deceased at the request of his mother and father.m-law,
and upon examining the head he discovered two wounds;
the lesser one was on the upper part of the right side of
the frontal bone. The larger and more important wound
was on the right temporal muscle, and he had no doubt
that was the cause of death. In answer to a question by
Mr. Broderip, the witness said the poker was a very likely
instrument to inflict such a wound.

Mr. Dawes, a solicitor, who appeared for Carroll,
asked the witness if the wound over the right tomple
would have caused death, if the unfortunate deceased
had received earlier medical attention ?—Mr. Garman
said that was a very difficult question to answer. Ile
had no doubt the wound did c Luse death, but very early
medical treatment might have prolonged life, or miti-
gated the unfavourable symptoms.
Mr. BRODERIP said if a person inflicted a wound upon
another, he had no right whatever to calculate on the
strength of the man's constitution to endure pain, and if
death ensued, he was answerable for the consequences.
Inspector Watts said the friends of the deceased wished
a police-constable who assisted Bristow to his home to
be examined.

Mr. BRODERIP—What can he prove ?—lnspector
Watts said the deceased informed the policeman, while
he was leading him home, that prisoner struck him twice
with the poker.
Mr. BRODERIP said that would not be evidence, be-
cause the deceased, at the time he made the communi-
cation, was not conscious that he was near death, or that
the injuries he received would prove fatal. If the state-
ment had been made while the deceased was in at ticulo
mortis, it could have been received. The worthy Magis-
trate then asked the prisoner if he wished to make any
further statement ?—The prisoner replied that he had
nothing to add to his former statement.
Mr. BRODERIP said it was his duty to commit the pri-
soner for trial for killing and slaying James Bristow,
and he bound over the witnesses to prosecute.
They immediately proceeded to the Old Bailey, for
the purpose of going before the grand jury.