The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-29 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Alfred King, a tall, respectably-droned man, but of
somewhat dissipated mmeentece, was charged before Mr.
Leigh with the following assault on his wife, Jessie Kin.
The complainant, a middle•aged person' whose eyes sod
noes were swollen and contused, said she had been married
to defendant 20 years, and bad a family of eight children ;
that be had so frequently anted her that she now felt it
imperative to bring him before a magistrate, but had never
dome so before.

The assault in gnostic° wee this—On the previous night
be returned home the worse for liquor and demanded a
supply of mosey. She told him all she possessed was Is.,
and that if he allowed her to leave the house for change be
should have a fair part of it. Upon this be replied
you, you shall catch it!" and before she eoold avoid his
raised arm he struck her • violent blow cm the some with
his fist. The blood flowed profusely from the nostrils ; she
became almost a 0011eleil, and sufferediaterltn. Subs*.
quently she was oompolled to go to tho Hospital.
On her return, although willing to look over his miscon-
duct, be terms so violent that as a moans of safety to her
person ohs preferred this charge maim° him.
In reply to the magietat•, the woman said her husband
was a journeyman cooper, and lived in Willow-walk, Globe-
lane, Mile-end. _ _ _

Defendant *aprons& his belief that he had not struck his
wife, and that the disfigurement she exhibited resulted
from her having fallen against the wall of the room, which
statement wu disbelieved by Mr. Leigh, who ordered an
imprisonment of 21 days with hard labour.

THAMES.
MyMel Lima, alias O'Brime, who wu stated to be a re-
turned ao•vict, was charged ,h committing an assault
on Joseph Cummings, who bas been in the Loud= Hospital
for the last fortnight, and is now under medical tuatreest
and in a very premien@ condition.
It appeared that the injured man was quarreling with
• woman named Margaret White at the center of Doak-
street, Whitechaul. The prisoner interfered, and struck
and kicked Cummins several UMW, and at last tripped
him up mad brake his leg. The man was taken to the
hospital, sad it was stated it would be at least three weeks
before be would be in a fit °audition to appear and give
evidence.

Th;piisower, is defence, said that a dog bit Ca
leg aixtem months ago, aud he was obliged to gomtObee
hospital.
Mr. Woolrich—A bite from a dog would not break a
man's leg sixteen months afterwards.
The prisoner said one of the women engaged in the quarrel
bit him on the cheek.

VicToiiicil;;cd he would adjourn the came for three
week' if the Knauer could find bail, but if he could not do
so he would remand him for • week.
SOUTHWARK.
A highly reepectable-looking man, who gave the name of
James Murray, and was stated to be connected with an
eminent commercial arm in the City, was charged before
Kr. Burcham with stealing haltacirewn and one
from the person of Elias Rock, a young prostitute.
The story told by the proseentrix wee to the effect that
yesterday morning about 2 o'clock she met the prisoner in
King Williametreet, City, and he invited her to accompany
him home. She comiented, and for that rune's got into •
cab with him, and they rode together to Thornton-street,
Dockhead, Bermondsey, where the prisoner told the driver
to stop. As he was getting out of the cab she swore moat
positively that she felt his hand in her pocket, and while be
was paying the cabman she demanded restitution of her
money. The prisoner denied having taken it, and alter
paying the cabman attempted to run away, till her cries
attracting the attention of the police he wee stopped, and
she charged him with the robbery.
In reply to interrogatorice put by the magistrate, the pro-
ascutris. stated that she lived in Oebornctreet, Whitschapel,
and that the money she bad about her were the half-crown
end shilling in the pocket of her dress, which wee nearest
to the prisoner when they were in the cab together, and
three shillings in another pocket.
The prisoner declared that the statement made by the
Clukir was a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end.
set was be was returning home after spending the
evening with a commercial friend, with whom be parted in
King Williametreek and was in the sot et getting into •
cab when the petulant:ix accosted him and asked him to let
her ride, as she was tired. He foolishly told her that if
Thornton-street was on her way she might come with
him, on which she entered the vehicle. On reach-
leg the end of the journey he got out of the
cab and gave the driver half-a-crown to ten his
fare, but the man wad not give him change, nor
could either of the two policemen, who were standing by.
He then searched his pocket and found that he had •
shilling, with which he paid the driver and discharged
him. 'l%i prosecutriz' , who had made no complaint to
the policemen, then turned npon him and charged him
with baring taken liberties with her in the cab, for which
she demanded compensation in money. To avoid has im-
portunities he certainly ran away, which was the only
suspicious circumstance in the case. He awned the ma-
gistrate that the charge was altogether false, that he was •
respectable man, and had never been in a polies court
before. _ . _

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Mr.— Burnham, after hearing the evidence of Savieant
Capon, 24 M who took the primer, mid he believed the
pritoner'e to be the true version at the traaaectioo, and
ordered him to be at coos discharged.