The Sun. — 1855-09-20 (London, England)

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20. 1855  POLICE INTELLIGENCE.  CLERKENWELL.—Miss Theresa Greig otherwise Forrester, an actress and singer, appeared pursuant to her bail before Mr. Tyrwhitt, for final examination, charged with stabbing William Lambert Edmonds, a professional singer, of No. 10, Upper Islington-terrace. Considerable interest was manifested, and numerous " professionals" attended to hear the proceedings. It will be recollected that on the morning of the 26th of August Edmonds was found by a police constable sitting on the step of a door bleeding from a wound in the side, when he said he had been stabbed with a knfc by Miss Greig. He was conveyed to the University College Hospital, and the defendant was taken into custody. On being sworn, Edmonds now said—Your worship, I am now recovered. I never made a charge of stabbing against the defendant, nor do I wish to do so. The fact is we had a quarrel together ; she was cutting some bread at the time, and I was stabbed, but I believe, and I entertain no doubt, that it was quite an accident. I again repeat that I never made any charge against her. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant was discharged. Edmonds wished to know whether the police were justified under the circumstances, he having made no charge against Miss Greig, in going to his lodgings and making a strict and general search, overturning everything in the place, and even taking his card out of his pocket-book Mr. Tyrwhitt said it would be highly dangerous to restrict the police in making a strict search in such a case, and under all the circumstances they were quite justified. They might find things with blood upon them, and in this instance the knife was so found. In a case which might result in a charge of murder the police ought and were perfectly justified in making a rigid search, with a view to produce evidence. To the defendant-71 trust lam not wrong in letting  the case go off as it does. It appears there was a quarrel, and the knife was in your hand at the time. You may think yourself very fortunate that it has ended as it has done.  The defendant, who was fashionably dressed, and whose face was coucealed under a black veil, then left the bar, and was joined by her friends. William Morrison, aged 21, a slater, residing at 53, Baldwin's-gardens, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with assaulting three constables of the G division, and with kicking one of them violently in the stomach.  It appeared from the evidence of police-constable 447 G, that on Tuesday afternoon the prisoner was in the Gray's-inn-road and assaulting the passers by. He then went to the shop of a gas-fitter, and having broken a valuable glass, ran away. Upon being followed and afterwards taken into custody, he commenced kicking and fighting in the most determined manner. He knocked one of the constables down, and kicked the other so violently in the stomach that it was some time before he  recovered himself. He was a very violent fellow, and threatened to do for any one who should appear against him. He had, previously to being taken into custody, been into a public-douse and broken a number of glasses. The prisoner in defence said that he had hurt the spine of his back, and did not know what he was about. Mr. Tyr whitt said that for each assault he should send the prisoner for a mouth to the House of Correction, where he had no doubt the spine of his back would be attended to. He was a most desperate fellow, and the public must be protected from his violence. The prisoner was then removed.