The Sun. — 1846-08-12 (London, England)

GIBBS—Can you swear to his identity ? The lady-4 should not like to swear to him. I think I can swear to him. The face is exactly that face. The prisoner—I never saw the lady before. Mr. Hobler—You know that there are many faces exactly alike. The lady—l do not. I have never seen two countenances exactly alike. I do not think it is in human nature. The prisoner said that all who had spoken against him laboured under mistakes. He had done none of these things at all. Alderman GIBBS remanded the prisoner till Thursday next. The prisoner's confidence and selfHarris suddenly appeared evidently shaken when Mr. d possession were to give evidence against him. osoffiocnerrewcohvoerhea d, and showed a disposition to bully the him in custody. It is repot ted that the Lord Mayor's watch was broken up immediately after it disappeared from his Lordship's fob, as, in the absence of the prisoner, it fell into the hands of some of the juniors of the fraternity, who got lid of it with all possible expedition. It iscaaysutibpoapneokassetodthhbaiyst eeosffcoaucponedlndlinatsut time of the some, that if the prisoner had Lr oobrbdesrhe riep t bye wa sa tet rapid w• o au dm ho ad ve of which Mr. Harris complained when speaking of the magical departure of his property. who hadLAh,elleßn E 7 li. Ann Lynch,remandedLAMßETH. on Saturday last, on a charge of having savagely assaulted a female, named Mary Ann Perkins, of Marlborough-house, Peelishain, in the month of February last, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for further examination. Mr. Cochrane, the chairman, and Mr. Jones, the secretary, of the " Poor Man's Guardian Society," were present, with Mr. Humphreys, the solitor, to prosecute ; and Mr. Games was in attendance to watch the proceedings on behalf of Mr. Richards, the proprietor of Marlborough-house, where the assault had been committed. Mr. Humphreys, who attended on behalf of the "Poor Man's Guardian Society," which society had humanely taken up the case, stated the particulars of the murderous assault, and called the following witnesses to prove it. Maria Dennis deposed that in the month of February last, she was en inmate of Marlborough. house, Peckham, and also a nurse of the casual ward. Early in the morning of a day, the date of which she could not recollect, she heard violent screams of " murder proceed from the ward, and upon going to see what was the matter she saw the prisoner violently ill-using another woman. The prisoner had her hands entangled in the ' hair of the young woman, and pulling it different ways. She also knocked her head against a wall, and pulled a handful of hair out of her head, so that there  was a large place bare, and she bled profusely. The prisoner threatened to do for the young woman, and the latter appeared anxious to get cut of the place so as to be out of her reach. Mr. Humphreys—Now look at this young woman, and tell me whether she is the person who was ill-used iu the violent manner you have d,:suibed by the pri scaler. Witness---I cannot say she is the same person; if it is, she is very much altered, but I have some recollection of having seen that person before. The witness further stated that many trifling robberies had been committed on the paupers about the time of the assault, and that she understood that the cause of the prisoner's attack on the young woman was her being detected stealing some money. John Dennis, the husband of the last witness, deposed that he had much difficulty- in disengaging the hands of the prisoner from the hair of the other women. Mr. Humphreys—Look at this woman, and tell me whether sl.e ;s the person who was ill-used. Witness—l cannot swear she is the same person. Clerk—You did so when a te arrant So apprehend the prisoner had been applied for. Mr.