The Sun. — 1858-07-06 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—John Lloyd Lannon, a respewable looking man, was charged under the following eingular circumstances :  Ann Brightman, servant to Mrs. King, widow, of 32, Half-Moen•street, said the prisoner came to the house about seven o'clock on the previous evening, and asked what apartmens were to let. She showed him them and told him the price was two guineas a week. Ile gai,l ha could not give more than it. 15s. She said she could not tabu that as i s !-_-.i:i`recs was cro• ITH than asked for water to wash his bands, and after wards asked for some mutton chops and tea, and she supplied him with some tea and eggs and ham. He said he wanted to stop at once as he had just come from Scotland. When her mistress came home she asked her to go up to the prisoner, and soon after she heard a loud noise, and the prisoner say, " You'll murder use for Gd." The prisoner asked the witness if she knew the obligation of an oatb, and as the witness said she did, but could not clearly explain, the prisoner said he should not ask her any more questions, but put at least.fifty to her, most of them being totally irrelevant, and many of an impertinent nature.  Mrs. King was then called and, said that on entering the room by request of her servant, the prisoner said his name was Lanslett, and gave as a reference the name of Sir Thos. Forbes, Clapham Common. A gentleman who had been out with her for a walk bearing an altercation, owing to her being dissatisfied with prisoner, came up, and the prisoner then began abusing him, and using the most insulting language. He went to the window, opened it and began addressing the people, and created a mob round the door. Witness went for the assistance of a neighbour, and there heard he was turned out of .No. 3, Cottage-street. She sent for a policeman and gave him into custody. The prisoner here subjected this witness to a similar cross-examination, he having taken notes while she was giving her evidence, till at last he was nearly exhausted, and then desisted, the witness having barne with much patience the innumerable and rediculcus questions put to her.  The gentleman was called and corroborated the lad witneEs.  The prisoner then entered into a long rambling de• fence, at the conclusion of which Mr. Baadon said no one would ba surprised that had heard the case when they knew the prisoner had had six monthsfor swindling and that ho had also been charged with insulting females in the streets. He should order him to find 2 respectable householders to become bail for him in 501. each, and himself in 1001.  The case lasted nearly two hours and excited great interest.  THAMES  INGENIOUS SIIIIGaLING.—Stephen Staup,bton, a young gentleman, living at Buda Lodge, Roupell-park, Brixton Hill, Surrey, waq brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with smuggling three pounds and two ounces of foreign manufactured tobacco, the duty on which bad not been fiat paid, and with intent to defraud her Majesty the Queen.  It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Joseph Hicks, a tide surveyor, that on the arrival of the Dolphin steamer from Antwerp, at the St. Katherine's Wharf, the ptisoner who was a passenger on board was asked if he had anything about him liable to duty, and replied by taking from his chest 25 cigars which he banded to the officer, and said that was all he had. The officer searched his cheat, and finding the interior not so deep as the exterior, succeeded in removing a false bottom, under which he discovered upwards of 300 cigars, weighing 3 2 ounce'. The false bottom was ingeniously. constructed, and if the officer had not measured the inside and outside of the chest, the cigars would not have been discovered.  Mr. Yardley—What is the duty upon the cigars ? Hicks—The duty is a prohibitory one, 9s. 6d. per pound. That is the duty on all foreign manufactured tobacco.  The defendant said what the officer had stated was quite true. He intended the cigars for his own use. Mr. Yardley—No doubt of it, Mr. Haughton, but you ought not to have concealed them. You should have paid the duty upon them. I fine you 4/. The penalty was immediately paid.