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The Sun. — 1845-11-12 (London, England)

HAMMERSMITH.  Monday John Leyden, a man having the appearance of an engineer, who has been in custody since the 12th of October last, was brought up before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magistrate, for final examination, on a charge of having attempted to murder Frances Wheeler, a woman with whom he had been cohabiting. Frances Wheeler, who was not a voluntary witness, but attended on a summons, deposed that she was the wife of George Wheeler, and lived at No. 2, Oakum-street, Chelsea. She had been parted from her husband for eight years, and had been living with the prisoner for nearly the last seven years. Eight or nine weeks back they had a quarrel, and witness left the prisoner, but used to go to him for money to support the three children she had had by him. On the night of Saturday, the 11th of October last, after witness had received some money from the prisoner, she went home with a man of the name of Langston, and while talking to him in the presence of his (Langston's) daughter and son-inlaw, the prisoner came in and ordered witness out of the house. Witness refused to go, and the prisoner left the house. Soon after Langston's daughter and her husband left the house, witness remaining. Langston was drunk and went to bed. Witness's child, eight months old, that witness had with her, she put into the same bed. Witness then sat herself on the bed, and about two o'clock on the Sunday morning the prisoner came to the window, and asked witness again to come out. Witness again refused, and the prisoner said, " If you don't come out I'll make you." Witness locked and prevented hint coming in at the door, and he then broke in and forced himself through the window and struck witness a violent blow with his fist in the face. Witness endeavoured to get away from him and fell over a chair. Directly witness got up the prisoner struck her three or four blows, and she then fell against a carpenter's bench and• hurt herribs. The prisoner then went away. Witnessfound that she was unable to walk, and a police-constable afterwards came and took witness to St. George's Hospital, where she remained until Wednesday. the 29th ult. Witness is still an out-patient of St. George's Hospital. Mr. Nichols (the clerk) informed the Magistrate that the 'witness could have told a great deal more had she chosen, but she was a most unwilling witness. George Langston deposed, that he lived in a cottage in Holtnes's bricktield, Gloucester-road, Kensington. On the ;night of Saturday, the 11th of October, the witness Frances Wheeler went to witness's cottage to spend a few hours with -witness's daughter and her husband. Between one and two .o'clock in the morning witness was tired and a little the worse tfor liquor, and went to bed, leaving Mrs. Wheeler and witness's daughter and her husband in the next room. Shortly _afterwards witners was awoke by hearing the prisonerrs • an.l titua all cut of the house. When they appeared quiet witness went to bed . again. Some time after that witness heard another voice, and, on raising himself up in bed, saw the prisoner upon ',Ream Wheeler, who 1735 upon theground, and In thou
The Sun. — 1845-08-18 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY MURDER.  AND  On Saturday, .rt person who gave his name Edward Long, and who represented himself as the son of a laundress in Bayswater, was examined before the sitting magistrates at Uxbridge, on a charge of attempted robbery and murder. Mrs. Harris, who appeared to be still suffering severely from tha injuries the prisoner had inflicted on her, deposed, that on Friday the Bth instant, between eleven and twelve o'clock, she observed from an upper window a man, who afterwards proved to be the prisoner, in the back yard of the premises. He seemed to be begging, but she did not take much notice of him at the time. About ten minutes afterwards she went into the front parlour, when she was thunderstruck at seeing the same man standing in the room, into which he must have got through oue of the windows. That man was the prisoner. She immediately demanded what he did there, when the prisoner passed her, and directly -shut the room door, and told her that his object was plunder or even murder. Witness being dreadfully alarmed, begad screaming violently, upon which the prisoner instantly pulled out a large bludgeon and commenced beating her over the head, arms, and neck. Witness's screams brought one of her women servants into the room, and she had very little recollection of what afterwards took place. Maria Luckit deposed that she was servant to the last witness. On the forenoon in question, hearing her mistress's screams, she ran into the front parlour. On entering, she saw the prisoner standing by the centre table, with a large stick brandishing in his right hand over her mistress, who was lying on the floor between two chairs. Witness assisted Mrs. Harris upon her feet, who then jumped out of the window into the forecourt, although witness tried to prevent her. The screams of another female servant, who had run into the garden, where Mr. Harris and the manservant were at work, brought them and some of the neighbours to their assistance, when Samuel Powell, a journeyman tailor, got into the window and seized the prisoner, who, seeing others coming in, said, " Don't hurt me, though lam a housebreaker. I will surrender myself." Sergeant Richard Roadnight, T 11, deposed that on the day in question, in consequence of information he received, he went to Mr. Harris's house, and received the prisoner from Samuel Powell and others who had secured him. The prisoner was without his shoes, and as witness was taking him to the station-house at Hillingdon end, he pulled the silver fork and the ornament now produced out of his pocket, which witness took, and he said, " There, that is enough for you." The prisoner also said he was not sorry he was taken. He had wanted money, and finding the window open, he took off his shoes and got in. The stick produced (a tremendous bludgeon) witness found in the parlour. It further appeared, from the admission of the prisoner himself, that he had gone out on the evening in question with the stick, with the full determination to rob some one or be transported for the attempt. The prisoner, whose appearance is most ferocious, was committed to Newgate for trial.
The Sun. — 1845-07-25 (London, England)

WAY ROBBERY.—John Johnson, alias lack 3/aiton, aged 23, was indicted for assaulting Thomas Harrison on the 9th of January, and stealing three sovereigns and other money, in all amounting to 71. 155., and a silver watch, at the parish of Leek. Mr. Greases and Mr. Yardley conducted the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Meteyard and Mr. Huddleston. The prosecutor, a butcher, residing at Brotherton, had been attending at Leek market, and had left the Crown Inn there at a little after twelve on the night of the robbery. As he turned off the Osburne-road, on his way home, into Douselane, he noticed three men, two of whom passed him without making any observation. Soon after, however, one of the men stopped the horse, while the other two stood by the cart in which the prosecutor was. Presently one of them, by whose voice the prosecutor stated he knew him to be a man named Mirfin, who, however, was acquitted of this very crime at th last assizes, cried out " Suri ender." " What shall I surrene der?" inquired the prosecutor. " Your money, or you're a dead man in a moment," said the thief ; to which the intrepid butcher replied, " I think I won't surrender." Exasperated by this refusal, the men threw stones at him, and hurt him ; whereupon he armed himself with his axe, jumped out of his cart, and putting a bold front on, prepared for action. His dog Rover he appealed to in strong langusge, urging him to bite his assailants; but Rover, from some cause or other, positively declined interfering. The three men were too strong to be intimidated, and, rushing on the prosecutor, took the axe from him; in the struggle he fell, and they immediately put their hands- on his throat and endeavoured to close his mouth ; still he managed to cry " Oh, don't murder me, or you'll certainly be found out and hanged." The robbers used very violent language, and rifled the prosecutor's pockets, who persisted in declaring that his money and watch were taken by Mirfin and the prisoner ; but it appeared that on the very night he stated to a Mr. Underhill that it was Mirfin and a man named Plant who had robbed him. Both of the latter were tried and acquitted at the last Spring Assiies. An accomplice, ene Joseph Candy, stated that he was drinking with the prisoner and Joseph Johnson at a public-house at Leek on the evening of the robbery, and that afterwards, as they went through the Bradford toll-gate, the prosecutor came up and passed through the gate. The witness declared himself to be the man who stood at the horse's head, and detailed the circumstances of the robbery much as the prosecutor himself had done. Most of the material portions of Candy's evidence were corroborated by the testimony of other witnesses. An alibi, most satisfactorily proved as far as regarded Mirfin and Johnson, c'early showed that the prosecutor was quite miss takes. Ss to their identity. Mr. METEVARD addressed the jury for the prisoner. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and the jury soon found the prisoner—Not Guilty. In the Nisi Prius Court no case was tried which calls for a report.
The Sun. — 1845-04-07 (London, England)

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. FRIDAY, APRIL 4. Ditto, Quarter Shares Kendal & Windermere -- 25 0 0 110 0 23 as " Irish Biddy." I know the prisoner, and saw him at lower part of the cheek, reaching to the centre of the neck. the prisoner here this morning at half-past nine, that eseed, got into the cab, and took the wateh with him; and Direct Northern Railway (No. i ),-Committee on peti- Lancaster and Carlisle - Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :-Best Steers and Ileifert 50 0 0 15 0 0 39% 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; Middling Hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; 1nfen.....0' i half-past nine o'clock on Monday night last. I have been It was a superficial incision. The second wound was five I might go on with the investigation. A policeman was clis_ I went with Mr. Dent's man to the banking-house of tion, postponed from Monday 7th till Wednesday, April 9. Leeds and Bradford. - dmi tat rok, e4t s 2cda tilt); 4 s6s6 16 d Sthoe esps a. n di, oCoagl f_ in the habit of seeinghim once a week, and I saw him on the inches and a half deep--a penetrating wound passing patched with this letter to Mr. Mayne, and last night at 12 llerries, Farquhar, and Coe where I was required to Wells and Dereham Railway,-Committee on petition, 50 005 0 0 21% Liverpool& Manchestr 10/. per ct. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto, Half Shaees. - 10/. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Saturday night before that in George-street. I asked him over the edge of the first rib near the spine, o'clock, I received the fullowing reply :- i endorse the cheque. I did endorse it "T. H. te; imams," adjourned till Friday, April 4. Ditto, Quarter Shares 10/. per et. 25 0025 0 0 how he was, and be said, "I'm a good deal better." He said wounding the bone, and extending downwards between the " Eleven o'Clock. and the money was then paid. I believe they paid it Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches,-Committee on peti- eiendon & Birmingbarn 10/. per ct. - Stock. 237 and Shearlings, 6d to 8d each. wSok io lal ea el' 5s 6d ; Short ditto, 3s to 4s 6'd; Lamb Skins, Is to Is 4d; tion, adjourned till Tuesday, April 8. Ditto, New Thirds- 10/. per ct. 32 002 0 0 45% 15EE.11.70. ast hpeeerp,Ski4ns •to : he did not wish his father or any of his friends to know ribs and shoulder blade. There was no important part "My Dear Sir-I have received your note relating because I said I had seen the Major %rite his name Dublin and Belfast Junctien Railway,-Committee on Ditto, New n Shares 10/. per at. 25 0 0 20 0 311 to it. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are Win ' that there was anything the matter with him. divided there. The third was a penetrating wound, to the party in custody on suspicion of murdering etition adjourned till Tuesday April 8. London and Blackwall - 16 13 4 - 8 7,1 it. 71..1; of Il qisehold ditto, 5d to 60 per 4lbs leaf. Mr. JaneexE-Well, there is nothing particular in that. one inch and a half long, on the left side Mary Brothers; and I beg to say, in reply, that .. The
The Sun. — 1845-04-07 (London, England)

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.  BOW-STREET.-(SATURDAY.) EX AMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER.  (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Michael Connor—l live in Belton-street, now called Endell-street. The prisoner is my son. He lodged with me up to:Wednesday morning, since which time I have not seen him till now. He slept with me on Monday night from about eleven o'clock till the next morning. He went out on the Monday night at from nine till half-past nine. I saw him on Tuesday morning in bed at half-past six, and left him there. I did not again see him till night, when I returned home about half-past eight o'clock. I saw him on the Tuesday night at a relation's, who lives at No. 4, Stonecutters'-alley. He came home at two o'clock on the Wednesday morning. Mr. Lennard, his relation, saw him home. 1 left him in bed at half-past six o'clock as usual, and he was still in bed at nine o'clock, when I came to breakfast. I was informed by his mother that he was unwell, and I did not in consequence urge him to go to his work then. From that hour I did not see him until I came to this Court and found him in custody. He has worked in the same employment as myself since June last. When he went out on Monday night, he had on the coat he had worked in all day, and a hat on his head. His work was to turn the wheel to the silver polisher. I assisted to stamp the metal. We work at Panton-street, Haymarket.  William Pocock examined—l am a constable, No. 81 of the F division. After receiving information of the murder I proceeded to George-street ; and, from inquiries made, I ascertains 1 that the prisoner lived in Endell-street, and I went there to the two-pair front room, where I saw the prisoner's mother. I searched the room, and in doing so found a velveteen coat hanging behind the door. That coat I produce now. There are stains of blood on both cuffs. Prisoner—There are no stains of blood. That is where it has been worn.  Witness continued—l found in the pockets six hospital tickets for King's College and other places. The prisoner bad no question to ask, but he requested to look himself if there was any blood upon the coat. Michael Connor was recalled, and said that the clothes produced were his son's. A cloth cap produced he had never seen.  Nicholas Pearce, Superintendent of the F division, sworn —I was induced to go yesterday, about five o'clock, to No. 4, Stonecutter's-alley, Gate-street, Lincoln Inn-fields. I went to the door of the first door front room, and I found it fastened in the inside. I knocked at the door, and the person inside said " Who is there?" I made no answer, and the door was opened by a female. I went into the room, and saw the prisoner sitting on a chair. There were four females in the room. I asked the prisoner what his name was, and he said Joseph Connor. I told him I was an officer, and had a communication to make to him. The prisoner made no answer. I fastened the door, went to the window, and called up the constable. The constable came up and took the prisoner into the yard of the house. I said to him there, " Connor, I have told you lam an Oka and I ow take you
The Sun. — 1845-08-15 (London, England)

BOU.LOGNE.-- A young sailor of this town, named Fournier, left as cabin-boy some fur years back. He was found on the quay of Liverpool with his tongue cut out, and his arms twisted out of their sockets, and in this condition was sent home to his family. It is said that he witnessed a murder on board, and was tbus served in consequence. Neither being able to write nor speak, it is difficult to extract the truth from him.— Annotateur de 119V/5M*  few or none will believe) by parties, whose " business is falling cff," whether for their amusement or their profit. The law which admits of such vexatious proceedings on grounds so trumpery as those which were solemnly valued by a jury, empanelled upon oath, at "one-eighth of a penny"---(the amount assessed in compensation for the ravages alleged to have been committed by the mistake of the Brighton Guardian on a business estimated at 1,500 L or 1,600/. a-year) ; such a law must surely have been devised by, and can only be retained for the benefit of such plaintiffs and attorneys as are sometimes heard of—as derive a subsistence from invoking its latent capacities for the infliction of the most annoying and intolerable exactions on the purses of more respectable and honest individuals than themselves. Mr. COREN may reasonably consider the daa.ages against him as a verdict of honourable acquittal ; but why should the law subject him to incur heavy costs in defending himself against such an actin n, brought under such circumstances ?  In the sitting of the Diet, on the Bth instant, Berne, Argau, Basle country, and Soleure, paid to Lucerne between 500,000 f. and 600,000 f. for the ransom of the members of their free corps, taken prisoners. These sums were applied in indemnifying the citizens of Lucerne for the losses they had sustained from the expedition. Lucerne then demanded indemnification for the expenses of the war. This demand was supported by the our small Catholic cantons who would each be benefited by it, and they further demanded that the expenses should be borne by the offending parties ; this latter demand was resisted by the Radical Cantons, and it was ultimately arranged that the indemnity should be limited! to 130,000 francs, that Lucerne should, before receiving it, prove that so much at least had b: en expended, and that it should be paid, out of the Federal treasury.  A letter from Soleure states that M. Lovrzcnu, a gunmaker of that town, has invented a new musket of such power that, although no larger nor heavier than an ordinary musket, and requiring no greater charge, will carry a ball through an oak plank four filches thick, at the distance of 500 feet. Another ball, fired at a distance of 2,000 feet, pierced a board two inches thick, struck a rock behind it, and rebounded a considerable distance. M. LOETZCHLI keeps his invention a secret, and affirms that he is able to make guns of the same size having a much greater range.
The Sun. — 1845-03-06 (London, England)

THE REV. DR. WOLFF. The following letter has just been received by Captain Grover :  vna—How shall I thank you for Erzroom, Jan. 17, 1845. yoMurYgrDeaSti, EgrGealltc.kindness—but I confess that when I heard you were gone to St. Petersburg, I trembled, for I was afraid that you would have gone to Bokhara with letters from the Emperor. God be praised that the Emperor did not grant you the letters, and that you did not proceed. As long as that horrid-fellow Abd-00l Samet Khan is at Bokhara, nothing will be of any use. Every Englishman's fate is sealed—he must die. The following persons have been murdered at Bukhara :1. Lieut. Wyburd, of the Indian Navy. 2. Lieut.-Col. Stoddart. 3. Captain Conolly. 4. One whom they call Freshaw. 5. Il Lavaliere Naselli. 6. A German. 7. Five Englishmen, outside Icharr-Joo. inquiries about Captain Conolly. 8. A Toorcoman who came to Bokhara to attempt the escape of Colonel Stoddart. 9. Ephraim, a Jew from Mesked, who was Fent to Bolkoh.arAa toT God be praised that you did not proceed to Bokhara. aunmrdka,,fkirseohmi n officer.ehra Tehran to Tabris, 380 miles. At I made the whole journey from Bokhara to Meshed on horseback with a rupture got at Bokhara, and without a bandage, and also from Meshed to Tehran, other present of a Tuctrawan (litter) 600 miles, Tabris I was taken ill with a bilious fever, which detained me there fifteen days. The Russian Consul at Tabris made me a which conveyed me to Awajick, 160 miles, but from this place to Erzroom, the mountains covered with snow, and the horrid precipices, prevent the passage of a Tuctrawan, and I was obliged to travel 300 miles under continued agonies, and at night eaten up by lice and fleas. At Hassan Kaleh, great was my joy at finding a Tuctrawan, belonging to the Pacha of Erzroom, which was sent on through the kindness of our good, benevolent, excellent, kind-hearted, and  dear Colonel Williams, whose equal is scarcely to be found in this world. At nine miles from Erzroom Colonel Williams came himself to meet me. I was in such a distressed state, that I was taken at once to a Turkish bath awd was supplied with fresh clothing, and I was obliged to use mercury five days before I could get rid of the troublesome parasites, and was then so debilitated that I could not stand upon my legs. Thanks be to God for his loving kindness, in sending me such friends as Colonel Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Redhouse, who have taken such tender care of me that I am now able to record to my friends in England the kindness of those excellent friends. Mr. Brant, the Consul, also comes every other day to see me, and Dr. Dixon is exceedingly kind. God be praised ! But there is not such a man in the British army as Colonel Williams! It was my intention, to have brought with me to England Moolah Mehdee, the kind Jew of Meshed, but Colonel Williams and Colonel Farrant persuaded me to send him back to Meshed. Yours affectionately,