The Sun. — 1856-04-15 (London, England)

MANSION-1101.1SE.,—Williarea Augustus FitzwilRam, who was charged with having in the house of Mr. Sicker, of Mitre-square, Aldgate, desperately assaultcd one of the servants of the establishment, upon the attempt to plunder the house, was brought up for final 'examination. The prosecutor, who had been desperately wounded in-the head, appeared to give evidence. Richard Martin said—l am servant to-Mr. Socker. Oa Sunday night, the 6th inst..," I was in the countinghouse on the first floor at the back of the house. I was Minding the house while the manager and his wife and servant went to church, 'about .bait-past 6 o'olock, leaving rue alone: in the house; I.z,..clotted the :_front- door after them. The back door. was -left open. - It. leads to • an enclosed.yard. I then went into:thecountiug-honie, -and was reading there, I think, about-an hour. I then went into the front room, '.-ehich is over the ground floor, where there was a fire,‘.. sd was reading for alviut five minutes,. and then put d_ tii the-book. I lay down on the sofa and dozed about five minutes, and- then opened my eyes and saw the prikoner in the room, stand' log Opposite to me, looking at the candlestick on the sideboard. I rose up and said " Ralloa ?" believing it was a man belonging to the house. • The then rushed towarie me with the:,candleetick in' his 'hand anl struck at my head with all his might 'with the eandlestick. I 'held my hand up to protect my, head, and received the blow .on the palm of my band, and wy arm dropped powerless from the effect of the blow. He , then. struck me over the head, and rek eyes seemed. to strike fire, and all in the room seemed tog round'witls me, and the blood flowed into my eyes frotn. the wound in my heaeLim lhat I cenjsktiters !lie* ie,A,nestisiniaret-mlttiiveirgifititri• -pace or 'l'--.l3Mvertis tlle fireplaeeto get the poker, and the prisoper.stepped rather awry from the, and male another desperate blew ,at My- heazl with the- cerlleStick. Ho hit me two ,nr three times more over any -bead, and the candlestick flew. out of his hand and rolled under the table. lle then turned round and ran out of the room. I threw up the, windeiv, andiseeing a little boy passing, I told bine to go and call the police. I was then all over bleep]; and the boy went on looking at me, as if in terror. I was e_slling out Murder ! " and "Police!" while the prisoner was striking me. The prisoner did not speak a word. Wni!e I was 'Calling at the windew several persons cattle to the door. I -told them there were 'thieves in the house, and that I would go down and 1 .t:them in. The pri otter is quite a stranger to me. I let the people in. The prisoner--Are you sure that I am the man who struck you ? , • Witnee4=Quite positive that you are. The prisoner—What-! .Inthe.dark ? Witness—lt wafenot dark. To the Lord Wayer—l have regained, the use of my arm, which was paralysed by the first blow. I have been under the bands of the, surgeon since. Cress-examined by the prisoner—I do not know where the prisonerMede his entrance to, the room in which I was,—whether he came in 'at the winnow, or at the door, or through skeleton keys, or.how. The Prii-zintrlt is useless for we to say anything. I say thst'l did not Strike the man ; hut it is all useless, My, fate is sealed, and therefore I wish your lordship to bring the- thing to a conclnsi zn. I was not within a bandredyards of the' house. The man is misled by the police. 1.00 assure your lordship. that I never saw the man who accuses me till I saw him this day in the chair in which ho sits.•  The Lord Mayor--have you, prisoner, any question to a.ik.tho wittles»?  The 'Prisoner—Net at all, my lord; but I trust that he will recover, fur my sake. The Lord Mayor fto Martin)—Are you quite sure that the prisoner is the man-of whom you have spoken ? Witness—l am quite sure. -A policeman ( the metropolitan force) said—l was present when the prisoner, whose real name is William 13urgon; was -convicted at the Clerkenwell Sessions of having stolen a chest of tea, and sentenced to transportation for seven years, and upon that occasion he so desperately assaulted a policeman that the officer was unable, to. pirfuriu any -more duty, and has been pensioned  The depo,itions were then ordered to be made out, and the prisoner was ordered to be committed for trial.