The Sun. — 1849-06-08 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-S 7 BEET. Dennis Healey, described as a labouring man, but having the appearance of an ostler, was charged with being accessory to the commission of a murderous assault upon Wiliam M'Carthy, a recruit in the East India Company's service. It appeared that a man named George Hickey and M'Carthy had been drinking with a number of Irish labourers at a public house in St. Giles's, and, at about six o'clock in the evening (Wednesday), turned out to fight at the corner of Tottenham-court•road. During the affray Hickey, the smaller man of the two, was observed to take a knife from his waistcoat pocket, and it was afterwards found that he had plunged it into the abdomen of his assailant, who was consequently removed to King's College Hospital. Owing to the indifference of the mob, and the apparent negligence of the police, Hickey was suffered to escape to a public-house in the neighbourhood, where he changed clothes with the prisoner Healey, and thereby avoided detection. The police, guided by the description of Hickey's clothes, apprehended Healey, but found, on taking him to M'Carthy at the hospital, that he was not the principal. He was therefore detained as an accessory after the fact, having assisted Hickey in effecting his escape. The police stated that several of the mob present during the fight were acquainted with all the particulars, hut had refused to attend and give evidence. One of them had been brought to the court, but on being sworn declared that he knew nothing at all about it. Mr. JARDINE expressed his surprise that Hickey had been suffered to escape. It was a discreditable thing to happen in broad daylight in one of the most populous parts of London. He in luired if the wound received by M'Carthy was dangerous ?. -A Tcehretikcisapteecfrtoo etesdcrti.hbaetd itit wasasa. severe punctured wound in the left side of the abdomen. rmofthtleiehEous division surge surgeon The prisoner said nothing to the charge. He was remanded for further examination. Charles Worrell, a letter-carrier in the Charingcross Post-office, was charged with stealing a letter containing money. The prisoner was detected by a rather singular accident. Edward Lawrence, another of the letter carriers, had been in the habit of privately indulging himself in the forbidden luxury of smoking, in a vault under the building, and while secreting his pipe be. hind the wooden roof of a cistern his knuckles came in contact with a letter, which appeared to contain coin. He struck a light, looked at the direction, and then, carefully replacing the letter, went up and informed Mr. Heath, the inspector, who accompanied him back again to the vault, examined the letter also, and then put the porter on watch near the spot. In a few hours afterwards the prisoner entered the vault, and, seeing no cne at hand, took the letter from the cistern, and put it into his pocket. Benning, the porter, now presented himself, and stated what he had seen. The prisoner assured him he was mistaken, and expressed his willingness to go before the inspector; and, at this moment he took the letter from his pocket and threw it into the cistern. Benning saw it, and fished it out. It was addressed to a soldier in the Vauxhall Hospital, and contained 2s. The prisoner was taken before the officials in 6t. Martin's-le-Grand, and displayed much contrition on his way thither, especi • ally when passing Newgate. He told Mr. Sculthorpe, president of the London district, " that he did not secrete the letter in the first instance, but, seeing it there, accidentally in the afternoon, conceived the notion of stealing it." A remand was requested by Mr. Peacock, to enable the soldier to attend and prove the very obvious fact that he did not receive the letter in due course ; upon which the prisoner will be committed for trial.