The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-05 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mr. Hatnes,(T7, .15;vi.:1:tiresi,iiTuTeisy..qa., was
summoned before Hr. Knox for en &moult on Admiral
Shepherd.
Mr. Edward Lewis was for the defendant

Admiral Shepherd said—l took lodgiogs at the defendant's
house, in Davies-street. On the day of the assault Davies-street. I got up
at S o'clock, and went to Grove'. and ordered a turbot and
lobster. I got back to breakfast, and as my month for the
lodgings was up, the defendant mentioned the circumstance
to me. I told him I would get my cheque-book to draw
• cheque for trifles that were owing. The defendant
mid be hoped I would pay him what I owed him. I
said, " That is about • guinea." He replied, I owed him
81. I said, "Don't you remember I gave you • 51. note
and some silver ?" Be raid, " No." " Very well," I said,
" then this is my room for the time ; he so good as to quit
it." The defendant went out, and I afterwards called on
two ladies, old friends, and said to them, "You have pkoty
of time to spare, would you like to look at my lodginp
They said they would, sod we went so Daviesstreet. When
the door was opened, the defendant promoted himself sod
"No women shall come in here." I asked the ladies
to walk into the shop, and then I said to the defendant,
" What do you mean, you reseal?" or words to that effect.
The defendant came behind me—not in front—he dared not
do that, and he struck me—behind, n.ind you—three blows,
which knocked me down. It is the first time I hate been
amaulted by a blackguard. I west immediately to the Water-
loo Hotel, and afterwards got • summons. The defendant'
found out when I was, and said to me, " Do you intend to
pay the 12/. 22. you owe r I said, "I do not owe you any.
thing." He said, " You du, and 11l give you in charge for
exposing—tes, that's the word -for exposing your person
iodeceutly.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Before the blows were
struck I mid& few words to the defendant. I was drawing
an inference. The words had reference to the defendant's
wife. The ladies I had with me were emphatically
ladliiillowis—The day before you brought home a lady.
Was she respectable!
Admiral Shepherd—ho.
Mr. Lewis—Was she Dot • prostitute?
Admiral Shepherd—Yes ; I believe so. I have only seen
her once, but I hope to wee her spin.
Mr. Lewis—Now, Admiral Shepherd, I ask you, did you
not say in reference to the defendant's wife, " that woman
wanted me to sleep with her."
Admiral Shepherd (loudly)—No.
Mr. Lewis—What did you mean by saying that io using
certain words you were drawing an inference?
Admiral Shepherd—l meant that they wanted to lead
me ioto a trap ; that the wife wanted meth commit adultery
with her, and the husband to catch me. I never said the
defendant's wife solicited ate improperly. I was struck from
behind without provocation.

Jobe Cushicio.cabenatt, proved that oa the day of the
assault he drove Admiral Shepherd to twenty different
places. He brought Admiral Shepherd and two ladies, who
appeared to be respectable, to No. 7, Devies.street. The
defeudaut and his wife came to the door. Mr. Haloes said
to Admiral Shepherd he would have oo more of that, for
the Arboind hail bad somebod, there yesterday. Admiral
Shepherd made some remark, and the &geode's "Amok the
adminda blow. . _

Mr. Kona -Try to recollect the *suet words he used.
Witness—They were, that if Mrs. Haines could be in
the way instead of the two ladies there would he no objec-
tion to his doing as be liked, or words to that effect.
Mr. linux=Was the blow instantaneous on the words?

Cabman—He knocked him hate the shop, andtie;a;;,...l
went sprawling among the boots and shoe..
Cross examined by Mr. E. Lewis—Should say that Admiral
Shepherd wan not sober. Did sot see the admiral drink,
but bs (the cabman) wan to lake anything he liked. C.dled
io at Owen Swift's. at Jemmy Shaw's, the Admiralty, and
other ham.. Could not nay what the admiral took ioside
the homes he celled at. The admiral appeared middling
s tead y.
Mr. Lewis, for the deleodaat, mid it was singular that
Admiral Shepherd should feel so desirous of making it ap-
pear that he meociated with none but ladies of respectabi-
lity, when he badadmitted that on the prrvious day be had
takes a woman of loose character to the house, and had
opealy expensed a hope that he should see her again. The

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defendant was naturally Indignant when the complaisant
brought two ladies the next day. In the excitement of the
moment he mid, "You pat my house to an improper par
pose yesterday and you sbarl not do so again." Upon this
Admiral Shepherd made nee of scandalous imputations
regarding the defendant's wife, and the defendant imme-
diately struck him. Taking the words u stated by the
' cabman, there was but one inference to be placed on
them, and the defendant, on bearing them, only did
what every Englishman would do—he knocked the speaker
down.
Kr. Knox said the case was a painful one ; for it cer-
tainly was painful to see a person in the complainant's
position, bolding high rank in the Queen's service, giving I
such evidence in a court of justice. Be must believe the
cabman's statement. He must believe that Admiral Shep-
herd said something improper in allusion to the
feadant's wife, whereupon the defendant knocked !dm I
down. The question to decide was this—was Admiral
Shepherd's statement untrue, or the statement of the cab-
man? He believed the statement of the cabman was true.
He believed that Admiral Shepherd, labouring under ex-
citement at the time, did nee expressions from which the
defendant was justified in drawing the inference that some-
thing insulting was intended. Although the law would not
permit personal assaults. it allowed mega/trate, to take Cir-
cumstances of justification into consideration. There could
be no stronger justification alleged than what bad been
dated ; and he would put it to Admiral Shepherd to say
what would.have been his feelings and his acts bad his wife
or sister been the subject of the remark he bad himself
addressed to the defendant. He would not glue a farthing
damages, becausethat would complicate the police ihodoupti_ ;
but he would put on the fine of id., which he thought would
meet the justice of the case.
Admiral Shepherd then took his place as defendant on a
summons for refusing to pay the legal fare of a cabman.
Frederick Baldwin, cabman, mid be took the defendant
on the 29th of December to a number of plane. One was
to a coffeashop, where the defendant called the waiters a
set of white•aproned —. When be wan discharged, he
bad been two hours and a half engaged, and he asked ifs. for
time. The defendant pulled aside the skirts of his coat
and told him to take it out of that.

Mr. ICtios could only assume that the defendant was
labouring under some kind of hallucination, for a mon dlr
creditable case be bad never beard since be had been a
magistrate. He bad beard thousands of cases in which the
dregs of society were concerned, but nose worse than this.
The conduct of the defendant was disgraceful to the ser-
vice to which be belonged, and he should at once order him
to psy the full demand and costa.
Admiral Shepherd—l don't think I have deserved this
admonition, and I shall--
1 If!' }.(°?x7ll.l° c!" is ended..

Admiral Shepherd—Recollect thee* is such ► person as the
Rom* Secretary.
Mr. Knox—The defendant mast leave the °out ; if not
the officers must remove him.

Mary Wood, a ferule about 50 years of are, wee charged
before Yr. Knox arab the following robbery at the shop of
Mr. Robert James Winter, draper, of 30, Goedge-etreet,
Totteaham-eoerbrced.

The primmer was seen by Georg* Henry Stokley, mini&
door porter to the prosecutor, to go up to a piece of mohair
consisting of about 45 yards, and take out two pies. She
. then crowd over to a publiohoom, and shortly after rm
turned and took up the pace of stuff, and having placed it
under her shawl, walked off with it. The lad then west
after her and secured her, and brought her back to the
prosecutor's, when she was given into custody. The value of
the stuff waa 15s.

In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prisoner was
quite sober.
Clink, 47 E, said, on taking the prisoner into custody, she
stated that she oily took up the mohair to look at the
quality. She had given a false address.
Mr. Knox remanded her for further inquiries to be made.