Star.
London, England, 1831-05-07 00:00:00

MURDEROUSA-SSA Ufa UPON A POLICE %N.

Yesterday, at Hetton-garden, Jolly Cronie, an Irishmen, was
brought up for re-examination, chargcd with having feloniou►ly
stabbed end wounded Thomas Fuller, a new police-constable of division
F. No 155, with intent to murder him.

111 r. Flower, solicitor to the metropolitan new police establishment,
attended to conduct the prosecution.
George Scott deposed—l live with my father in Red Lion street,
Holborn. On Friday evening, the 22d of April, I was standing at my
door at about seven o'clock. I taw the policeman (Fuller) coming
down the street towards Holborn. He stopped at a library to look at
tonic books, when the prisoner came round from Holborn, and began to
swear at him, and call hint names. The policeman, who was on the op.
posite side of the way, walked over to the prisoner, and he went a little
way on, still abusing Fuller, and using irritating language, and,
on arriving at some distance from the spot, the prisoner jumped
into the road exclaiming, " Now catch me if you can,^ and he, at the
instant, pulled a knife from his pocket, which he flourished about.
Fuller pulled out his staff from his pocket,' and advanced towards the
ptisoner, who made a stab at him with the knife, on which Fuller
seized him by the collar, and hit him over the hat with his staff; they
wrestled together, and the prisoner having his left arm round Fuller's
body, he kept stabbing him in the ribs with the knife whio he held
in his right hand ; they scuffled and fought together, and Fuller
several times called out " tlurder." Fuller got away at last, and ran
down the street, and the prisoner followed him with the knife in his
hand, and on coming close to him lie stabbed huti in the back. The
policeman ran through Featherstone-built:lngo, and on (rooming the road
he tell down from exhaustion and loss of blood. I followed the pri.
loner as fat as &ownlow.street, where he was taken into custody,
when Mr. Taylor, an inhabitant, struck the prisoner with a piece of
iron, and he dropped: the knife. The knife has the appearance of those
used by shoemakers.
George Riley, a police constable, division F. No. 2U, deposed—On
Friday evening, the 22d ult. I was passing by Red Lion Street, Hol-
born, when I saw a great crowd, and a gentleman told me a policeman
had Leen stabbed. I saw the prisoner running away, and I followed
hint. On being taken into custody, lie said, ' hope the —is dead.
went home and sharpened the knife on purpose to do for him ; and
if lam convicted, and should die for him, I shall die happy. He
called me an old cuckold.'
Other witnesses corroborated this evidence.

Air. Flower produced a certificate from Mr. Wood, the house surgeon
of Si. Bartholomew's Hospital, which stated, that Fuller was doing very
well at present, aced if nu relapse or inflammation takes place, there is
every reason to expect that be would be won discharged from the
hospitaL
The witnesses already examined were all bound over to prosecute, at
the next Sessions, Old Bailey ; but the prisoner will be brought up
again on Wednesday next, when it is hoped that Fuller will be enabled
to attend and give his evidence against him. The office was crowded to
excess during the examination, which occnpied the Magistrates nearly
the whole of the office hours.