The Sun. — 1852-04-12 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . ATTEMPTED ee, a furniturebroker, who has been in custody S. 1111\lehael Collins' pie the 12th alt., charged with feloniously shooting with intent to murder him, underwent a lengthened examination. The unfortunate victim of the prisoner's ' an inmate deliberate attack has been ever sincethe IN e.stminster Hospitel, where, in consequence of . of the severity of the injuries he had received,Hewas but little expectation existed of his recovery. attend lttend however, sufficiently convalescent on Saturday to at this court, a circumstance at which Mr. BroderiP, the presiding magistrate, expressed his gratification, admitting that, from the perilous b position , a_the unfortunate sufferer had been in at one time, had hardly expected to have seen him. Michael Collins said that he resided at Buckingham Cottages, Rochester-row, and was associated with the prisoner and others in a progressivemeetings teetotal society, premises for holding the been taken in York-street, West' of which had mmster. Although the key of the place had bean prisoner handed to the treasurer of the society for the body, ner set .up a claim to be considered the landlord, objectedshowingthe folly to a piece called Sir John Barleycorn, being acted, was frequently called yof people drinking, fi to. order at the meetings, and made himself veryo offensive. At about half-past seven on the evening of the 12th prosecutor found that prisoner had taken possession members in ; of the premises, and refused to let his brother upon which be (Collins) partially broke the door in with a piece of quartering, The prisoner was standing with a pistol in one hand and a drawn sabre in the other, and they repeatedly asked him to come out, but he refused, and swore he would shoot the first man who crossed the threshold with the of the door. lle then struck at prosecutor e sabre, declaring that unless he removed his arm, ' which was resting. on the half-shattered door, he wouid cut it off ; but. prose. cutor removed and avoided the blow. Prisoner repeated again and again that whoever entered should pay for his temerity with his life, and prosecutor then told him that he had no themore. business in the premises than the rest ofthe society, and no right to have armed himself in he had, and while in conversation prisoner firedway in his hand at hiin and the horse-pistol he held the charge entered his abdomen. He deliberately • was raised the pistol and fired it, and prosecutorthen carried.. away. Prisoner and his a most solicitor both questioned the prosecutor in hisirregular way—the former repeatedly interruptingadvocate—and endeavoured to elicit that the pistol had gone off by accident, but received the reply that he had raised it and fired as described. Taey next, tioned the prosecutor exasperated the in order to show that he had prisoner by some offensive epithet, which prosecutor admitted he had applied with reference to a meeting about the wrongs of Ireland, which prisoner wanted to h. William Sherman proved held at the hall. proved that some of the shot with which the pistol was charged also struck him. Mr. Miran, an inspector of the B division, stated that having heard what had occurred he went and found the prisoner told him his determination in the room, and when he The put. down thentstion of taking him into custody inspector found pistol and. sabre and surrendered. of shot, powder,sw two pistols loaded and a quantity Police-constable *Saunders, 192, B, proved that he and two other officerstini. were present while the prisoner stood for some in .the menacing position described when I „le arsd and while B‘rodwil.il,e he reloaded, and admitted in reply to Mr. question, that they made no effort to disarm himeriP 5 A. clerk from the him. of Mr.. Games, for the prosecution, asked ter a c remand, owing to the surgeon being unavoidably absent. Prisoner was remanded  HORRIBLE MURDER in