The Sun. — 1851-06-17 (London, England)

TREE, T. DESPERATE CONFLICT WITH BUROLARS.—MichaeI Butler, au a,hh tic, netermined-looking fellow, who has been repeatedly in custody upon charges of burglary and highway robbery, was paced at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged wish having b. en concerned with another man not in custody in breaking into the premises of Mr. Henry Bateman, a wheelwright, in Holywell-lane, Shoreditch; and also with having asmolted and wounded the prosecutor, with intend to murder him. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Bateman that between twelve and one o'clock on the night of Friday, the Isth of February last, he returned home from the hour- ofa friend with whom he had bpent the evening ,and found that the outer gates leading into his yard wera closed and locked as he had left them; but on crossing ever to the side entrance of his dwelling-house, he -observed that the door was partly open, and heard a low whispering of men's voices inside. lie immediately closed the door, and retreated underneath the window of the bed-room in which his brother slept, to whom he was calling loudly by name, when two men suddenly rushed out upon him through the street-door, one of whom dealt him a violent blow on the head with a life-preserver, which caused him to stagger back, and before he could recover himself the other attempted to knock him down with the butt end of a horse pistol. Wt itnpas instantly closed with the foremost of his assailants, and a desperate struggle ensued between them, in the course of which the other man kept beating bim incessantly over the head with the life-preseveral severe wounds, from which the poured down down his face and person, bat he still se bloodr v e r p, inflicting pertinaciously retained his hold of the first man, and while grappling with him they both rolled over and fell into an adjoining horse-pond. The struggle was there resumed between them, and after receiving repeated blows from the pistol, which almost deprived him of conaciousness, he at length succeeded in wresting it from his assailant, and two or three policemen having now made their ap. Pearance at the front of the gates and demanded admit.  tatice, the two burglars hastily made their way on to the topo of the external wall and effected their escape. The been tebles were then admitted by his brother, who had disturbed by his cries, and in searching the pond gle, ovirbieillt server new and rd they discovered the horse pistol and life.pres Produced, the latter of which had bronze been surmounteds by the head of a beavy by the force had been broken off from the handle beak of whieshevhear the blows blows inflicted upon him, and the producing te through his hat in diffirent places, The officers alPsfs rounds in his head and forelying in tho neighbourhoooudnd a "jeramY" or crowbar of the same spot, and the skirt of one of the burglar'seous, which had been torn ptchkorns and the remainder off during the contest between in the street, in of which coat was afterwards where was in the dereewhee remained the pocket of which was found aeinliip had been stolen from the premises. Witness which meantime conveyed up stairs to bed, under the care of a surgeon for a cunei very dangerous condition, and upwards of t_..,,,, time _ /no in a .n is elapsed before he had entirely recovered from the t" effects of the injuries he had sustained. Ia answer to questions from the Magistrate, the r p 0 secutor stated that to was himself unable to identify-tb; prisoner, the sudden and dlsperate nature of the attack having afforded him no opportunity to scrutinise the per  . son of either of his assailants. i Police-constable Chambers, 41 G, deposed to attention having m P been attracted by cries cf " Murder" and police yard, between one and two o'clockfro morningtlie'°secu'r's u question, on reaching which the prisoner suddenly press-tired himselfL at the top of the wall upon his hsnds and hne,s; hut al soon as he caught sight of him he raised himself upon his feet and darted along:the wall until he reached the roofs of some adjoining outhouses, which he dexterously clambered over aof sand got clear o. ri tness could positively swear to the identity of the prisoner, as the moon was shining brightly at the htime, and he was well acquainted with his person from boanving seen him rEpeatedly prowling about the neigh• rh ood.  Blion-constlible Evans, 145 G, stated.that in comeclUeace of jafWllll‘tioll. of ,the burglary betas ken  ROUSE OF LORDS, June 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock.