The Sun. — 1858-10-06 (London, England)

MIDDLESEX STAKES.  By Mr. Metcalf—The houses are not common lodginghouses—they are brothels of the lowest description. When I went to the prisoner's house to look far the man's watch, I had no need of calling ,the prisoner up, although it was in the middle off the' night, He was -alwdys up, and wide awake, (Laughter.) Whenever them was a row in the court, the prisoner was amongst the first in the mob. Mr. Young, leather seller, living in the Broadway, said —I am one of the parties who have complained to the parochial authorities with respect to the brothels kept by the prisoner. I have seen Kelly and his wife standing at the corner of the court, and afterwards enter several of the houses. I have heard that the inhabitants have complained of women having been seen in a state of nudity dancing in the prisoner's room. Since the prosecution has been instituted the houses in King's Head-court have been shut up, but I have heard that the prisoner has lately given £7OO for two houses at the top of York-street. For the last ten years the greatest annoyance has been occasioned by the prostitutes frequenting the houses kept by the prisoner. The Prisoner How long do yod say I've kept the  houses ? Witness—l don't know. I only know that for the time I have mentioned the neighbourhood has been annoyed by scenes of the greatest immorality. Mr. Farrell, a native of Ireland, an inhabitant of King's Head-court, said—l know the houses kept by the prisoner too well. I have never had rest night or day for years. (Laughter.) lam continually annoyed. Thieves, robbers, greeks (laughter), and the scum of St.Giles' enter the houses kept by the prisoner. It did not matter to him how bad they were. He never inquired into their character. (Laughter.) He never asked for the marriage certificate—(laughter)—of the men and women who lodged in his house. 114 kept eight houses in the court, all of which he devoted to the worst pirposes. Robberies, burglaries—(laughter)— murders—(laughter)—and all bad things were done in those houses. I have seen girls dancing in some of the rooms in the same state in which they were born. (Laughter.) I have also seen fathers and mothers come to the prisoner and ask him for their daughters. Mr. Metcalfe—l suppose you mean the jury to understand you were disturbed in your bed. Witness—Disturbed in my bed—rather ! (Laughter.) I have had no rest for the last test years, for the robberies, burglaries, and murders in the house. (Laughter.) Mr. Metcalfe—You don't mean to say that parties have been actually murdered in the house ? • Witness—No, no one actually killed. (Laughter.) Mr. Metcalfe—l suppose the principal cause which led you to complain against the prisoner's house was that you were annoyed by the young ladies ? Witness—The young ladies, as you call them, don't interfere with me. lam too old for that now ; but they might have done so when I was a young man. (Laughter.) Oh, no, the prisoner's a bad man. He's neither a soldier nor a friend of his country. (Laughter.) He's a bad fellow, and he look's it. He wants to be king of the court. How can he wear a gold watch which ho has got, if he did not get it by roguery ? (Laughter.) He's a bad man, and I am sure he'll never see God Almighty. He's a bad fellow—a bad fellow. The witness then left the box loudly exclaiming against the prisoner. The learned judge said the prisoner had been guilty of a misdemeanour, under very aggravated circumstances. After remarking upon the wholesale and disgusting manner in which the prisoner had carried on his detestable business he sentenced him to pay: a fine of £lO and also .to be committed for six months to the House of Correction With hard labour. Sophia Jackson pleaded guilty to a similar indictment, but the parish authorities did not press for a severe punishment, because " she had frequently assisted the Scripture Readers when they visited her locality, and had shut up her house." She was ordered to enter into her own recognizances to come up for judgment when called upon.