The Sun. — 1860-12-04 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE ( THIS DAY.)  MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  MURDEROUS AFFRAY.—Henry Lennox, clerk, a tall, powerful young man, who gave his address, 66, Mount Pleasant, Lime-street, Liverpool, was charged before Mr. Beadon with violently assaulting with a poker a Frenchwoman, named Emma Mercier, living at 11, Queen-street, Gnld - Ariu are . Mr. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecutrix, who seemed in a weakly state and to have received serious injury.  The prosecutrix said the prisoner came to her house, said he was a rich man, who had no money with him, but that he would give her a half-crown. She told him to leave, when he shut the door, and seizing the poker struck her on the head with it and also kicked and threw her on a sofa, breaking it in doing so. She tried to get out of the room, but could not, the prisoner having injured the lock. He tried to get out of the window, but could not, and a constable coming in found him singing. She felt very ill, but had not been to a medical man.  Mary Ann Barclay, living at the same house as the prosecutrix, proved going up to her on hearing cries of " Murder I " but the room door was fastened, and when she did get in she found the prisoner with a poker in his hand, and the "prosecutrix was bleeding from the head. Waterson, 144 C, said that hearing cries of " Murder " that morning he went to the house, 11, Queen-street. At the door he found a female, who said, " Oh, policeman, come upstairs, there's a man killing a woman." He pre-, ceeded upstairi, and there found the prosecutrix bleeding from a wound in the head lying on the sofa. The prisoner had nothing in his hand at the time. A female came upstairs and said that the prisoner had struck the prosecutrix on the head with a poker. The prisoner said he wanted to get out of the house but could not.  By the prisoner—The poker was hot, and your hand was burnt in three places. A formidable stick wok here produced belonging to the prisoner, found on the floor of the room. Mr. Beadon said one thing was perfectly clear. The man was found with a hot poker in his hand, and it was most probable the woman had taken it out of the fire, and the prisoner caught hold of it, the assault being made on hi  im first. The question was what was thp nature of the  wound.  Prisoner said the woman locked him in the room, and he wanted to leave. She threw his hat in the fire. He hammered at the door, but no one came. She seized the poker, and it was in trying to get it from her that his hand was burnt. They had a desperate struggle. He went to the door to try to get out, when she rushed at him again, and another struggle took place. The blow on her head was caused by his warding off a blow, and she then rubbed the blood over her face and cried " Murder." The constable then came and he was taken into custody.  Evidence having been given that the wound was caused by something like a poker,  Mr. Beadon, believing there was some truth in prisoner's statement, fined him 405., or a month's imprisonment. RIGHT IN HIS RECKONlNG.—Frederick Hamilton, a young man, described as a copper plate maker, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing an Inverness cape of the value of 30s. from the shop, and the property of Mr. Wm. Foster Smith, hosier', &c., 8, Coventry-street. The prisoner was seen by Gordon, 336 A, to take the cape from the prosecutor's doorway and make off, but being pursued into Whitcomb-street, was caught by the constable with the cape, bearing a large shop ticket on it, -in his possession. On being brought back the prisoner said he supposed he should get 6 mouths for it, and his supposition turned out correct, for Mr. Beadon sent him to prison for that term with hard lab Our, the prisoner as he was leaving the deck seeming quite satisfied at the result, and expressing his intention of " doing it on his head."