Star. — 1831-05-07 (London, England)

UPON A POLICE %N.  Yesterday, at Hetton-garden, Jolly Cronie, an Irishmen, was brought up for re-examination, chargcd with having feloniou►ly stabbed end wounded Thomas Fuller, a new police-constable of division F. No 155, with intent to murder him.  111 r. Flower, solicitor to the metropolitan new police establishment, attended to conduct the prosecution. George Scott deposed—l live with my father in Red Lion street, Holborn. On Friday evening, the 22d of April, I was standing at my door at about seven o'clock. I taw the policeman (Fuller) coming down the street towards Holborn. He stopped at a library to look at tonic books, when the prisoner came round from Holborn, and began to swear at him, and call hint names. The policeman, who was on the op. posite side of the way, walked over to the prisoner, and he went a little way on, still abusing Fuller, and using irritating language, and, on arriving at some distance from the spot, the prisoner jumped into the road exclaiming, " Now catch me if you can,^ and he, at the instant, pulled a knife from his pocket, which he flourished about. Fuller pulled out his staff from his pocket,' and advanced towards the ptisoner, who made a stab at him with the knife, on which Fuller seized him by the collar, and hit him over the hat with his staff; they wrestled together, and the prisoner having his left arm round Fuller's body, he kept stabbing him in the ribs with the knife whio he held in his right hand ; they scuffled and fought together, and Fuller several times called out " tlurder." Fuller got away at last, and ran down the street, and the prisoner followed him with the knife in his hand, and on coming close to him lie stabbed huti in the back. The policeman ran through Featherstone-built:lngo, and on (rooming the road he tell down from exhaustion and loss of blood. I followed the pri. loner as fat as &ownlow.street, where he was taken into custody, when Mr. Taylor, an inhabitant, struck the prisoner with a piece of iron, and he dropped: the knife. The knife has the appearance of those used by shoemakers. George Riley, a police constable, division F. No. 2U, deposed—On Friday evening, the 22d ult. I was passing by Red Lion Street, Holborn, when I saw a great crowd, and a gentleman told me a policeman had Leen stabbed. I saw the prisoner running away, and I followed hint. On being taken into custody, lie said, ' hope the —is dead. went home and sharpened the knife on purpose to do for him ; and if lam convicted, and should die for him, I shall die happy. He called me an old cuckold.' Other witnesses corroborated this evidence.  Air. Flower produced a certificate from Mr. Wood, the house surgeon of Si. Bartholomew's Hospital, which stated, that Fuller was doing very well at present, aced if nu relapse or inflammation takes place, there is every reason to expect that be would be won discharged from the hospitaL The witnesses already examined were all bound over to prosecute, at the next Sessions, Old Bailey ; but the prisoner will be brought up again on Wednesday next, when it is hoped that Fuller will be enabled to attend and give his evidence against him. The office was crowded to excess during the examination, which occnpied the Magistrates nearly the whole of the office hours.