The Sun. — 1862-06-09 (London, England)

MARYLEBONE.—A tall, respectable-looking man, who gave the name of Robert Law, aged 31, cattle-salesman, residing at Elm-villas, Upper Clapton, was placed in the dock before Mr. Mansfield, charged under the following extraordinary circumstances :  William Shorts, butler to Mr. Samuel Gregson, of 32 Upper-Harley-street, said—A little after two o'clock this morning I heard a noise in the kitchen, and went to see what it was, and found a man there. I locked him in the room while I went to ring the alarm bell. Whilst I was doing this he broke open the door and came into the passage. I attacked him and struck him a blow on the face with my fist. He returned the blow and followed me into the pantry, and as we got in there I seized the poker and struck him over the head with it several times. He grappled with me, and got me down, and said he would cut my throat if I did not allow him to carry away the property. At this time two female servants, who had heard the alarm, came duwn, and seeing me struggling with the prisoner, went to the street door, and called " Police !" and " Murder !" The man still struggled with me, and after throwing me Yhe rushed out at the door. I was so smothered in blood that I could not identify the man, but the prisoner is very much like him. Cross-examined—The man seemed quite sober, and fought very hard. When I struck him the blood flew out from his nose. When I struck him with the poker we were bath in the dark. The house was entered from the skylight about 20 feet high, from which they had taken the top off. It is over the kitchen. I cannot say how the man was dressed. I will not swear that the prisoner is the man I attacked.  Mr. Mansfield—Will you swear that the prisoner is not the man ?  Witness—l will not swear that he is not the man. Fanny Hussey, cook in the same service, said—l heard the alarm, and on going down the kitchen stairs saw a man struggling with the butler. Shorts said, in the midst of the struggle, that there were thieves in the house, and the man whom he was contesting with said, " I am not a thief ; he has insulted me, and will not let me go." I ran to the street door and called " Police," and, whilst doing so, the man ran out of the door and through the gates into the Marylebone-road. The prisoner is very much like the man, and when the police brought him to the house the bruises on his face appeared quite fresh and bleeding. The contents of the cupboard had been turned over. Cross-examined—l had the candle in my hand when I came down after the alarm.  Elizabeth Edmonds, housemaid, said—l went down with a candle in my hand, and saw a struggling in the passage. The butler's face and shirt were covered with blood. I asked him what was the matter, and he said there were thieves. I ran to the door and called " Police." The man ran out at the time.  Felix Sims, 349 D—A little after two o'clock this morning I heard " Murder" called. I ran as far as Cleveland-street, and saw the prisoner, and asked him where he had come from; in reply to which he said from Portland-place. His face was bleeding, and I told him he must come with me to the Harley-street. When we got there, the mone,n The cook saw him she said, " That is the naaylsergeant asked the butler if he (prisowner) was the man, when he said he was positive he as. drunk, but not Cross-examined—Prisoner was beastly drunk. you inflict many Mr. Mansfield (to butler)—Did blows upon the man ? Txtre. Lewisb utl e r addressedS his ev era l , andonew clincher." worship for the prisoneras a " and calied 1 o'clock that morning sitting intoxication. He woke hies up 216 D, who swore positively to having seen He then had the bruises on his asleepthe state aboutof move on. He from them. (The bruises face, and thoughg done asfrom appeared fresh a person falling do;m in a state of intoxication, and the face coming made hieiblood was in contact with gravel.) Mr. Mansfield discharged the prisoner, and said that whatever expense or inconvenience he might have been put to he had brought it upon himself through his drunkenness. It may be stated that on the police-sergeant looking over the house, he found several housebreaking implements, including the skylight hook and line, jemmy, and chisel.