The Sun. — 1864-07-06 (London, England)

THAMES.  SAVAGE ASSAULT.—John Luvell, better known as the Gipsy, a morose looking fellow, who called himself a boiler maker, of 2, Dunstan's-place, Ratcliff, was brought betore Mr Partridge charg, d with violently assaulting Mr John Hall, the landlord of the Silver Trumpet, ale and wine hou-e, at the corner of Stepney Uauseway, Commercialroad Ra, cliff.  Mr Stoddart, solicitor, conducted the prosecution. The prisoner has given much trouble to the complainant, who is an influential man in the beer trade, and is the landlord of two respectable houses. Tho prisoner was turned out of the Silver Trumpet three years ago, in cmscquence of his violent and bad conduct. Since then he had often disturb,- d Mr Hall, and was held to bail to keep the peace towards him Last night the prisoner came t., the Silver Trumpet again, and Mr Hall said he did not wsnt his company, and turned him out, The prisoner came again a few minutes afterwards and grossly insulted Mr Hall. He was turned out a second time, and as he was leaving be turned round on the complainant and struck him several times on the face with his flit-. The cowardly fellow then ran away. He was pursued and overtaken. Mr Hall's face was marked and his eye contused.  • Mr Partridge said the prisoner had committed a vary brutal assault, and sentenced hint to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one Inotit  Determined Suicide of a Detective Police.  Sergeant.  CORONER'S INQUEST (THIS DAY).  This morning at 11 o'clock Mr Langhera, depu y -coroner for the city of Westminster, held en iuques6 at the Portman .9,rms, Millbank-street, Westminster, touching the death of Mr Creasy Robinson, for many ye,rs one of the most active and effective constables belonging to the chief Detective Force, Scotland-yard, who committed a most dotermincd suicide by cutting his throat, on Monday morning, sh,crtly before 10 o'cloc'k, at his residence, No. 61, MilibAnksticet.  The jury having been sworn, and viewed the body, Mr It. Gowing, b 7, Millbank-street, builder, identified the body of the deceased, who was 42 years of age, and said about 12 months back the deceased had a very severe attack of rheumatic gout, and latterly he bad become very much depressed in spirits from an an apprehension of a return of the complaint. He had a wife and two c ildren  living with him. On Monday morning about hall- past nine, Mrs Robinson called to witness in a state of great excitement and said there was something the matter with her husLand, and asked him :o break open the door of the back parlour, which ha did, and then found the deceased lying on his bed with his head to the partition. Mrs Robinson called out, " Oh, he has cut his head, whatever shall I do." They turned his head over and called in two police-constables, and sent tor Dr Whitney, of Collegestreet, who promptly attended. The deceased was partly dressed, and appeared to have been in the act of snaving previous to committing the rash act. The deceased had locked himself into the room.  lice• constable Stenson, 227 B, proved being called in and finding the deceased lying on the bed with his throat cut. He ran for Dr Whitney, who returned with him, but his servicee wore of no avail. On the drawers he found the razor produced, which was covered with blood.  Mr Richard Tanner, Inspector of the Deteciive Force, deposed that the deceased bad been in the Police Force 20 years. Re was acting sergeant of the detectives. The last iitne he saw him was on Sunday night, in Westminster Abbey. Witness asked him why he was there, as the place was so draughty. Ile replied that he had such pains in his limbs and all over his body that he could not stop at home. Iu 1863 the deceased had a very severe attack of rheumatic fever, awl was absent from illness 133 days. The deceased bad latterly been unfit for service, and only last week Mr Inepector Williamson, his brother officer, had laid the matter before Sir Richard Mayne,. and he wi;s to have gone before the chief surgeon of the force with a view to his being superannuated, as he was found to be from continuous illness unfit for the service, as his memory failed him. Betore his illness in 1863, which was not continuous. he was a strong hearty man. Dr. Whitney, of 38, College-street, M.R. C. S., stated that when he was called in he found the deceased in the act of expiring. There was a large incised wound separating all the main arteries and vessets of the throat, causing death, 'ho wound having been inflicted by the right hand. The disease under which the deceased laboured alight have lire} td on his mini.  The Corouer having summed up, The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself while in a etatß of temporary insanity.