The Sun. — 1849-05-19 (London, England)

MAYOR—These prisoners deny that there has been anything at all against their characters. Lot me hear what the police have to say about them. Furnall, an experienced officer, said he had known Green these six years as the associate of thieves of the worst description. At first Green was a costermonger, and was constantly in the habit of driving housebreakers about in his cart, but he was now one of themselves. Haydon, the officer, said he had known Booth in the name of Michael Co to have been convicted, and sentenced to twelve month' imprisonment, for having robbed a lady in Gray's Inn-lane of her purse. Other officers were ready to bear testimony to the same effect. The LORD MAYOR, in remanding the prisoners for the purpose of giving opportunity to other accusers to appear against them, took occasion to allude to the facilities rendered by omnibus travelling to the well. dress( d ond ingeoios thieves of the metropolis, and particulArly  cautioned visitors to banks to be rii!Lnt, as the whole of the rergi, s of a thiei 't; mind wore directed to the jo" reotiuu of mom ethcLuz,l Juod.s of depredation.  MARYLEBONE: Mr. George John Kan, a solicitor, rcsidirg in the vicinity of this court, was brought before Mr. Longs charged with then following outrage upon Mr. Henry Israel, a solicitor's.,cl.llc, who, in cons( quence of the serious injury he ba4 received, was incapacitated from attending to give evidence. Mr. John Kemshall, landlord of the Star and Garter, Edgeware-road, depose d; that, on Thursday night, about half-past twelve o'clock, the prisoner and Mr. I9rael were in his house, drinking together, at the front of the bar. Some words ensued between them, and witness, hearing a disturbance, came out of the parlour to inquire into the cause of the row. In passing into the bar he saw the prisoner strike Israel twice la the face with his fists. They (ought together for some minutes, when Lien was knocked down by Israel. Keen speedily got up, and called out that he had had enough. They then shook hands and made up th°, quarrel. Keen then sat down on a form in the front of the bar. He subsequently got up and proceeded across the bar, towards where complainant was standing. A. person, by the name of Hallet, who was standing at the bar, called the attention of witness to the prisoner, svh(P had the iron gas key, a most formidable instrument, about five feet long, in his .band. With this instrument he struck Israel on the head. Witness ran towards the prisoner, and tried to get the gas key from him. The prisoner called out " Murder." and was so violent that it took three persons besides himself to wrest the deadly weapon from him (the prisoner). Witness then sent for a surgeon to dress Mr. Israel's wound, and the prisoner was given into the custody of a police-constable. Mr. Edward Gay, surgeon, No. 1, Cambridge-terraces Hyde Park-gardens, said on Thursday night be WO called into the Star and Garter, where he saw a person by the name of Israel (the prosecutor), who was bleeding from a wound in the bead. Witness examined hit* and found a wound on the left side of the frontal boner about two inches in length, which, in his (witnesee) opinion, might have been inflicted by the iron iustrw meta produced. The wound was of a very serious nt Lure, and he could not, with safety to himself, at present leave his home. _ . _  Several other parties gave evidence in support of the charge, and they were cross-examined at some length by. Mr. Cooper, the solicitor who attended for the prisoner. Mr. Lox° asked what answer there was to the charge? and  Mr. Cooper replied that he had no witnesses present, and he had now no answer to make to the charg''• Upon a future day he should, no doubt, be preparir with certain witnesses who would throw an entirely dii" ferent light upon the matter. In the absence of the jured party all that he (the Learned Gentleman) could look for was that his client might be liberated upon 1116 giving bail to insure his attendance on another day. Mr. LONG held the defendant in bail in 3001. and tev° sureties in 1.501, each for hit attendance on Saturday next.