The Express. — 1868-06-01 (London, England)

THE OUTRAGE IN THE CITY.  COMMITTAL—(THIS DAY.) At the Mansion-house police-court this morning the two boys Arthur Forrester Smith, aged 14, and Hector Augustus Smith, aged 12, were brought up in custody of Detective-sergeant Moss, end charged before the Lord Mayor with feloniously assaulting Mary Ann Nunn, the housekeeper, at No. 2, Catherine-court, Seething.lane, with intent to murder her. They were likewise charged with stealing a sum of 24 Os. tid. from her bedroom. Mr. Arthur Bowes Elliott, the surgeon from Guy's Hospital, who stated that Mrs. Neon was going on slowly, And would not be able to leave the hospital for three weeks or a month, gave a description of the wounds which she had sustained. He stated that she was brought into the hospital at 10 o'clock on the evening of the Ist of May. There were several large lacerated wounds on the side and top of the heed. On the forehead there WAS a square wound exposing the skull. At the back of the bead there was a large, rregularlyshaped wound ; the skull was bare, and idsc fractured. The left ear was torn. There was a wound, an inch and a ' quarter boo& above the left eye-brow ; and another, three, quarters of an inch long, below the left eye. There was a wound on the bridge of the nose, and the bones of the nose were all broken. Both eyes were much swollen. The right hand was bruised, but no bones were broken. Two fingers of the left hand were broken. The injuries might have been caused by the mallet produced. The woman was nearly insensible when brought in, and unable or unwilling to give any account of how they had been received. She had been in a very dangerous state, and was not quite out of danger. She was not able to be brought to the court to give her evidence todiß a Lord Mayor asked the prisoners if they had any questions to ask the witness. The prisoners—No, sir, thank you. The Lord Mayor asked if any of their friends had seen them. Inspector Tilloock said their father had seen them 'eye. ral times, and their aunt was now in court. The foreman front Mr. Gob's establishment was now in court, end gave evidence as to the purchase by the prisoners and the son of the landlady of Deacon's coffeehouse, in the Strand, of some foils anti apistol on the 24th April. On the Name afternoon they returned and bought another pistol and a belt, paying for the articles with a sovereign. His suspicion being excited he asked their name and address. They said their name was Smith, and that they lived in " Deacon's Hotel, Strand." He went there and ascertained that statement to be correct, and the landlady told him they were the sons of a naval officer. Mr. Davis, hatter, Chelsea, identified the boy's cap found on the premises after the outrage as one purchased from trim by the elder prisoner on the 7.3 rd April. The prisoners, who appeared to have lost the timidity which characterised them at the previous examinations, and who whispered to each other several times during the proceedings, were then committed for trial on the charge of maliciously wounding and causing grievous bodily harm to Mrs. Mary Ann Nunn, with intent to prevent their lawful apprehension for having committed a felony.