The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-10 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 10,

MIDDLESEX SESSION&

(Before Mr. Nyne.)

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Michael Murray, 18, a regimental tailor, wu placed at
the bar upon an indictment charging him with maliciously
wounding genre Jenkins with intent to commit some
grievous bodily ham. There was also a eount in the indict.
went for a common wank,

The prosecutor whose bead was covered with bruises,
and who seemed wbe very weak, was called. He said,—
I live at No. 7, Deere-street, Westminster, and am •
hurter. On the evening of the 18th August I was going
up-stairs to my room. I had just come home when 1
sow the prisoner, who lodged at the top of the house.
The prisoner stopped me, end said, " How dare you open
that door ?" and struck me two violent blows on the
head wish this poker. (The poker wee produced, a formidable
weapon, an inch sod • half in thickness, and about 20 inches
long.) I •
had only put out my hands to push the prisoner
'sae to go upstairs before he struck me. The prisoner has
quarrelled with me before, and was always the offending
party. He was not sober, and seldom was. I was taken
to the hospital, and was laid up for a long time.
In crces-examioation the witnees said —1 had not the
poker (produced) in my hand. I was not lying in wait for
the prisoner, nor did I roll him • tailor.
JameeJoyce, poliorconstable Hi B, whose breut was
covered with medals, said ha will called into the house and
saw the prosecutor with his faoe covered with blood. He
went upstairs and took the prisoner, who was biding, into
custody. He took the prosecutor, who was in • fainting
cooditioo' to Westminster HospitaL
limns Jenkins, the prosecutor's wife, was then called, and
she corroborated the prosecutor's evidence. She said to her
husband, " Look out, George, he has got • poker ;" and
the prisooer immediately struck her husband. She was so
frightened that she went into • room and locked herself in.
Charlie Si. Aubyn Hawker said—l am house surgeon at
Westminster Hospital. I attended the prosecutor when he
was brought in, who had received • dangerous wound on
the forehead from some blunt instrument. It might have
proved fatal, as he had a slight attack of erysipelas.
The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said—
I never had a poker in my hand at all, and never struck
the prosecutor.
Mr. Payee said he did not think it worth while to sum up
the evidence.

The jury said they did not require it, as they had already
made up their minds, and found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Payne asked if anything was known of the prisoner.
A constable said he bad had six months for beating a
woman he lived with. and was quite a brute to every one
when he had bad a little drink. The prilooer bad severely
ill-treated the woman he was now living with, sod upon one
occasion two policemen were called io, sod although the
woman had been screaming "Murder," and had been vin.
lently kicked by prisoner, when the policemen came she
would sever give him in charge. She stuck to hurt like a
spaniel dog
•

Mr. Pijne said be thought the woman would be better
without such a worthless fellow. It was unaccountable how
these persons clung to their paramours.
A juryman said it was always so.
Mr. Pays*, is paring iseateoce, said this was an unpro-
voked assault. The prisoner had, without any provocatioo,
assaulted the prosecutor, and be might have had to answer
a more serious eherge—that of murder. The sentence of the
court upon him war that he be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for 12 calendar months.
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Peter Welsh. who .0 convicted on Thund►y with another
man named M'Cormack for assaulting Albert Hammett, a
constsble, in the execution of bin duty, was brought up for
judgment.

Yr. Payne ordered him to enter into his recognizance',
and tied bad to come up for judgment when called upon.