The Sun. — 1844-08-12 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) BOW-STREET. The Hon. William Ross Touchet, was brought up for re-examination, charged with having discharged the contents of a loaded pistol at Mr. Thomas Smith, the proprietor of a shooting gallery in Holborn, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr. Vandrey, a solicitor, attended on the part of Mr. Smith, and Mr. Clarkson, together with Mr. Robson, the solicitor to Lord Audley, attended on the part of the prisoner. The prisoner was brought to the Court in the early part of the day, in a cabriolet, and not in the prison van, as on his former examination. Previous to the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. Clarkson (addressing the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Twyford) said he had been given to understand that, since the last examination of the prisoner, the surgeons by whom he had been attended in the hospital, had, at length, succeeded in extracting the ball from the back of the unfortunate gentleman (Mr. Smith), and that he had since been going on favourably ; he therefore wished to know whether the professional gentlemen were of opinion that he was now sufficiently convalescent to attend the Court that day and give evidence, for if he were not, the prisoner must again be remanded for a period which would prevent the possibility of his trial taking place at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court. A police-constable of the F division here produced a certificate signed by the house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, of which the following is a copy : " I hereby certify that the pistol ball has been extracted from the back of the patient, Thomas Smith, and part of the lumbar vertebrae has come away with it, But Mr. Smith, although now out of danger, cannot be removed without considerable risk. (Signed) " GEORGE ROYDE, " House Surgeon, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. "August 10, 1844." The prisoner was then placed at the bar, and Mr. TWTFORD, addressing him, said he was happy to find from the certificate of the house surgeon of the hospital that the unfortunate gentleman, Mr. Smith, was in a fair way of recovery, and that being the case, and as in the absence of Mr. Smith it would be impossible to proceed further with the case, he should feel it his duty to remand the prisoner for another fortnight, by which time there was every reason to hope that Mr. Smith would be sufficiently recovered to enable him to attend the Court. The prisoner, on hearing the above intimation from the worthy Magistrate, bowel respectfully to the Court, and was then removed from the bar. After his departure, Mr. TWY FORD addressed the son of Mr. Smith, who, it will be recollected, was present at the unfortunate occurrence, and told him that his father would be put to as little inconvenience as possible, should he be sufficiently recovered to attend the next examination of the prisoner. Mr. Smith, jun., thanked the Magistrate, and said that from the improvement that was daily taking place in the health of his father, he had every reason to believe he would be sufficiently convalescent to attend the next examination of the prisoner. A young man, who gave the name of Charles Lamb Dowden, and who was stated to be an actor, was brought up by Pocock, one of the constables of the F division, charged with having uttered four forged bills of exchange, two of which were for 51. each, and the other two for 9/. each, with intent to defraud different tradesmen, under the following circumstances Mr. John Fox, a broker, residing in Castle-street, Long-acre, stated that he had known the prisoner about four years, as a performer at Sadler's Wells Theatre; that the prisoner came to his shop on the 4th of last May, and said to witness, "I believe I owe you a small account. I shall behappy to settle it now.;" and for that purpose he and the prisoner went to a public-house, where the prisoner gave him the bill produced for 51., which purported to be accepted by a person named Hagger, residing at Paradise-row, Chelsea, at the same time requesting witness would give him the difference (2/.) between the amount for which the cheque was drawn and the sum which he owed him. Witness promised to do so in the course of the day, but previously put some questions to the prisoner respecting the acceptor, to which he replied, that Mr. Hagger was his uncle, and that the signature to the bill was in his handwriting. Witness in the mean time proceeded to Chelsea and made some inquiries with respect to the genuineness of the signature to the bill, and the result was that he discovered it to be a forgery. Mr.