The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

♦ VERY PAINFUL INVISTIGATION.

A very respectable looking men, namedgayworm Churn,
presenting the appeusnos of a man suffering from the
ravages of consumption, was placed at the bar, charged
with feloniously aerating his wile and seriously wounding
her.

The police informed the magistrate that the wife, who
in far advanced in pregnancy, was iu so bad a elate that
she was unable to attend.

Sergeant Brett,B, said that at half-peat 8 last
night 29
was called to 9, Elisabeth-street South, Pimlico,
and there raw, in the back parlour, a woman bleeding
Tarr much from the head. She mid that her husband bad
inflicted the injury
upon her with • stick, and wee in
the backyard. Witness immediately sent for a doctor,
and then went to a cottage at the bottom of the yard,
where he found the prisoner, and told him be was chargid
with assaulting ha wife. He replied that be had
struck her twice with a stick, that he had
been in St. George's Hospital, and bad just
come out, and finding he owed Za rent be
went to his bon to get • suit of clothes to pledge, in order
to pay it, when ha found they were gone, and subsequently
dime:mewed pawnbrokers' duplicates to the amount of nearly
Si. Finding his wife had done this, he was much agitated,
and struck her.

Prisoner said that his wife had pawned his clothes, his
children's, and the furniture, till there was hardly bed or
bedding left. If it had been done through Doorway, he of
rune should have thought nothing about it ; but it was
not, for be allowed her plenty of money and provided for
her wall while he was in the hospital ; and
when be came out, is his deplorable stab of
health, it wee hard to tad his children in such • condition
and all his property disprod of. When he spoke to his
wife she mach irritated him by her manner and reply, telling
him that it was no brumes of his, when he unhappily ranch
her with the stick, and now deeply regretted it.
Mr. Arnold—What do you think is the cause of this!
What dose she do with the way?
Prisoner—Spends it in drink.
Mr. Arnold—lt is • sad pity you lost yourself ea* streak
these blows.

PriecTemjl LIU truly sorry.
Mr. Are*ld—The oertilieste mays the wounds an anion ;
erysipelas is very likely to set is with a person in the habit
of &taking, sod she may die Should say fatal result isoeur
you will be placed in a very serious position. You are re-
manded tillter you. this day week. but I will take one surety in
401.
Locked up is default.
SOUTHWARK.
ISOPZICLIIT AID 101111111 T.

Thomas White:Thiehiosali; dressed young man, and
Margaret Broom a woman attired in the tint style
of fashion, were brought ore Mr. Woolrych for Linal ex-
amination, charged with 'tooling a large quantity of furni-
ture, worth upwards of 30/., the property of Richard Tondo.
Maria Sopping, a married woman, residing at 54, Yolk-
road, said elm let her apartments to the female primmer sod
the prosecutor on the Monday before Christmas. The pro-
secutor seat new furniture, and they lived very comfortably
together apparently as man and wife. In the middle of the
day of the 9th she recollected the furnitere belet removed
by the female and two men, but she oould not swear
that the male prisoner WU one. The female, however, pad
her a week's rent for the week's notice, nod mid Mr. Tour!.
wri compelled to remove nearer his business. Wither re-
collected a gentleman calling on the female prisoner several
times during the absence of the prosecutor.
Catharine Howley, of 18, Theobald's-road, seid,thelemale
took apartments in her house, and removed the
grupture in qmstiou oe the 9th instant. They did not take
pompanos of the rooms, but the goads were retained by
order of the prosecutor, who traced them there.
The male prisoner said he knew nothing about the furni-
ture ; end the female said she considered she had a right to
it, as she had partly kept the prosecutor by her prostitation.
Mr. Woolrych fully committed them for trial.