The Sun. — 1851-05-17 (London, England)

TALFOURD., John Hollis, 25, Vic indicted for _feloniouslyintentPurver, to do him grievcus bodily harm, Mr. Bodkin ankillfr. Clark prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury. ' It appeared tbati-;on the evening of the 6th of April a serious disturbance! took place in To oley-street among a number of the foyer order of Irish; two of them, named Lynch and Walsh; began to fight.. The prosecutor, who is a police-cOnsteble, interfered to prevent a breach of the peace, took Lynch into custody, and was about to convey him to the police-station, when his • companions interfered with tk view to rescue him, and the prisoner, who took an flotilla part in exciting the mob to attack he police, wrenched the staff from the prosecutor and attacked him with it in a most savage manner, iniitctng a desperate wound upon his head, which felled him to the ground insensib4 and he remained for some time in a dangerous state, ,owing to this and other injuries ho received upon the occasion. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and, The Learn6d JUDGE, after observing upon the savage and unmanly conduct he had exhibited, and the necessity for protecting the police in the execution of their duty, sentenced him to be transported for ten years. John Lynch, 29, labourer, Bartholomew Coghlan, 27, tailor, Patrick Collins, 17, labourer, Michael Walsh, 26. labourer, and Margaret Hart, who surrendered, were then arraigned. upou another indictment, charging them with feloniously wounding Samuel Congdon, a policeconstable. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk prosecuted; Mr. Worsley and Mr. Cockle appeared for Hart and Collins. This prosecution arose out of the same transaction as the former, and the facts deposed to were pretty nearly the same. jury Acquitted Walsh, Hart, and Lynch, and found the other prisoners, Collins and Coghlan, Guilty, but recommended them to mercy, Collins on account of his youth, and Coghlan on account of the good character he had received. Mr. Justice TALFOURD sentenced Collins to be impriinned and kept to bard labour for 18 and Coghlan for 12 months. John Lynch then pleaded guilty to another charge preferred against him for a common assault, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for 6 months. Mary Ann Coster, 20, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate male child by drowning it. Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended the prisoner. The evidence merely want to show that on the 26th of March the prisoner was delivered of the child in question at her father's house, in York•street, St. Luke's, and Mr. Mack, a medical gentleman, who was called in, expressed an opinion that the child was born alive, and that its death was the result of drowning; but the reasons for this opinion were by no means conclusive, and there was an utter absence of any evidence to show that, even 'supposing the child had, in point of fact, been born alive, the death was the result of any wilful act on the part of the prisoner. The Coroner's jury, it appeared, had returned a verdict of "Found Drowned." Mr. Baron ALDERSON stopped the case, and the jury, under his Lordship's direction, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Thomas Humphrey, 18, was indicted for cutting and wounding William Burton, a police constable, with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension. It appeared that on the night of the 28th of April the prosecutor had taken a girl into custody for disorderly conduct, and as he was conveying her to the stationhouse the prisoner interfered and struck him. He immediately laid hold of the prisoner, who walked with him a short distance towards the police-station quietly, but upon their getting to a spot that was rather dark he began to struggle with the policeman, and at length drew .teknife from his pocket and stabbed him in the arm, inflicting a very severe wound. Notwithstancitn the in.