The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-10 00:00:00

THE FATE OF AN AIMILTIMINB.

A respactablyatirrea, ladylike looking young woman,
who gave the luau) of Emily Hobson, wee charged before
Mr. Barker with nolawfally assaulting and beating Mrs.
Mary Ann Morgan at Islington.
The complainant stated that she, along with her son and
some other (mods, were proceeding along the Lower-mad,
Islington, when the defendant, who had formerly
been a lodger of hers, pushed up against her in a very
rode sad violent manner, sad nearly pushed her into
the road. She bad given the defendant not the
lost provocation, and could not in any way account for
such conduct. The defendant followed her for some dis-
tance, pushing against her, and to avoid the annoyance and
the crowd that was assembling she bad to get into a cola
Mr. Barker said such coeduct was very singular, and felt
certain that the complainant moat know what it was does
for. _ _

The complainant savored the magistrate that she did not
know, and was minted at its being dose.
The defendant mid she was sorry that she should have to
publish her own shame, sad she regretted that the eomplein-
nt, who professed to be a Christian woman, should after
taking aa oath to speak the ire*, nand there and say she
did not know what all this sneant. She had formerly
loned in the aomplainant's boas*, and is was there that
the first west from the paths of virtue. The complainant's
sou, a Wes/eyes Sunday-echool teacher. had bees
hairline with her. and his mother (the present Gen-
plairant) had found him and her in bed together. In
coesequence of that her Instead had left her, and she
and her poor dear innooset Andrei' had barn nearly
stirred, sad had had to go into the workhouse. The
child she was minium is her sans at the time she met the
complainant and her eon was his, sod he knew it, for he
had owned it. She wee also near her confinement, and that
child was the complainant's eon. Scouted by her husband,
neglected and forsakes by all her former friends and moo-
dates, without • home, and nearly starring, she did
think it hard that when she met the man who had
been thereon of all her disgrace sad ruin, she should not
be allowed to speak to him. All she did was to endeavour
to speak to him, sad the complaisant was accideatelly
pushed by getting to between them. Hen was • sad, sad
case, and she hoped that it would be • warning to others.
The complainant said that the defendant pushed against
her purposely. She was • very bad woman to may that it
was done accidentally. the would call her ems, who would
confirm her in every partienlar.
Mr. Barker—What! call your son? Tom out do so if
you please.
The complainant said he was present in court, sad she
would do so. _ _

The defeadsat—He is • disgrace to his oar, sad has
treated me is th• most shameful manner. lem sorry fog
him. _ _

fiomia Judaea Morph, a young fellow el Moat 23 yean
of age, said that be raided at 193, New North•reed, and
that the complahtut wu his mother. On the night in
question the defendant pushed against in mother in e
•erg •iolent meaner.
Kr. Backer—Wee it dose when the was attempting to
gin to yen?
Witnese—l don't know
•.. . . .

Thedeisiadantlita; Jon not intimate with me in your
mother's house, and did she not hod you in my room?
Wits= (addrisanag Mr. Barimr)—l most claim your pro-
tectioo. Am I bound to mower that qusetiou
Mr. Barker—You ma phew yourself as to that. II you
do not I shall know what to think.
Witness—Thew Imo! decline to mower it.

The defoodeat--Are you nos the father of my youngest
el‘ild, sod of the one that will shortly be been, sad have
you not been intimate with me up to within a very short
pieta ?
Witome-1 decline to answer the qualities. (He then
elm* out of the box.)
The defendant—That ii a Wseleyaa teacher.
Mr. Beater bound over the defend►nt in her own rover
Minnow to keep the peace towards the complaiaant.

DIIIIPZILII2 RIOT IN GOLD*. UM
(kora. Gandy, Jaws Moriarty, Baca Harvey, Asa
Justice, sad las&Mt Prim
oddwon diarpsd, Gandy with as-
muting Mousey, 102 G. T, 11400, amid Hills, 428 of ths
city yam ; Moriarty, with gal ling Godless, 418 A, and
the °than wits &gimpingr mese, sad tsar* part is a
riot at Galilee-lama Yokaday therooon the si-
nner Gandy was exposit( his person in Golden
lace. He was taken boo custody and then a general
riot took plan. A mob at between 1,50) and 2,032
Demons smasabiad round the paha Nation, and actin in-
spect« Biisismarway. 19 0, had to march out a body of Assn
to clear the streets A goners' riot took plane, stools,
brickbats, and mod were thrown about, and soma of the
shopkeepers bad to skis their shops. The mionlis com-
mitted by tdo two male prisoosis were of a very despoil',
nature.

Mr. Barker fined Gaudy 51., or In default of payinest two
months' bard labour ; Moriarty V. or nix weeks, and the
women 11., or in default one moath's imorisooment.
The defendants were locked up in default.
WANDSWORTH.
DISORACUTL PROCILISDINGAL-LTYCH LAW FOR SW.

Ro'Art Beismood and William Poster appeared to answer
a summons on being comet nod with • number of other men
in hanging a fellow-workman, named William Hooker, in-
side Tooting Church.
The complainant stated that be had bees workiag with
the defendants sod others in Tooting Church. • young
chap from Yorkshire injured a plans he bad baerowed, and
he offered to replace it, hut the owner ob'eeted, and wanted
him to pay a faii of 2n. dd. for beer. 1 la refund,
the men dial his kap, pineal a cord Rader his mum sad ha-
teem his lisp, sad this pulled him up by a_ paw to a
height of betimes 12 sad lb feet, sad allowed him to hag
WI he cried oat " beer." Witmer said it was a dignee.
ha proseediag, as the man had offered to buy
a new phew Foster came up to him, sad said the
ohms yahoo was tantamount to permeating the mu to break
the law. Oa the followios day, the 2ind inst., wawa was
'astounded by the meo, his arms were tied behind him, his
legs were tied, sad a rope wag plant round his body. sad be
was slung ap till be cried " beer," as he had refused to pay
any matey. He did not hang long, as the cord, which was
very tight, shred, took away his breath, sad he woe am-
polled to meant out "beer." He said Fester held him
while his heads were tied behind Wm, sad that
lionwood palled him up sod down by the rope
two or three times. The witness added that Hensfooi
holt the half-crown out of his hand, and then when the can
said that be intended to take out summonses they all
etrace spinet himaad N wee hooted auditioned front the
Place.
Thaddeus wee that it was a time honoured custom la the
trade, which had descended from their forefathers sad was
likely to datesed to thew &Odom, and that the oomplaissat
arm the one who called far • meal at war ea the oast
ease, mad held up him bud for him to lambing op
Mr. thymus geld the law reccgaised customs that IMO
reasonable. This wax sot a reasonable custom as it was
Nicely to be attended with da reaults,sed he would re-
commead them to silos= rules as far as this mode of
punishment err eencersed. Ha andentood that no
harm was nisant. of
that it wen oely steeled as a Wk.
arid he fined ea ch of the defeedsote te. and
• summons bad been served soon 'wear rya amid
Martin, but he did sot appear, mad the complainant mid he
would not takes warrant foe his appreltessioa, as he foaled
that the outhiaatioa was too smug far him.