The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-24 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Jacob Turner, a robust middle-aged man, described as a
marine-store dealer in Wentworth-street, Whitechape:, was
charg,d with having brutally ill-treated and threatened
the life of his wife.
The complainant, a pal.: careworn looking woman, stated
that she bad been married 18 years to the prisoner, by
whom she bad a family of eight children, and he had been
' in the habit for a long time past of subjecting her to such
systematic ill-usage that she had been repeatedly compelled
to obtain warrants against him, but had always hitherto
abstained from prosecuting them to a conviction, in conse-
quence of his threats, that if she ventured to do so, he would
certainly blow her brains out with • pistol which he had in
his possession. On the preceding night, she was seated in
her back parlour, in conversation with a female friend,
when th. po Owner suoldeuly 'wend in a state of intoxica-
tion, and after assailing her with the coarsest vituperation,
and declaring that he would not sager her to remain another
moment in the place, instantly seised hold of her,
and after dragging her to the street door, dung her
out into the street. On remonstrating with him I
upon his hearties conduct, the prisoner made
rush at her, and dealt her two terrible kicks on the lower'
part of her penis'', which inflicted the most excruciating
pain, and caused her to fall heavily on the pavement. Be-
fore she cool 1 recover her feet he again kicked her severely,
and after striking her • violent blow is the face, he grasped
her by the throat and forcibly dragged her along for at least
twenty yards, to the coil of the street. In the course of
her strurgles to extricate herself from him the prisoner
contrived to fasten his teeth in the fleshy part of her hand,
in wh:ch he inflicted the ioiary she then exhibited. Wit-
ness was ultimately rescued from further ill-treatment by
some of the bystanders, and instantly sought refuge in the
house of one of her neighhoors, but was quickly followed b
the prisoner, who pulled off one of his heavy boots, with
which he made a blow at her head, declaring that he would
have her life, but he was prevented from carrying out
his threats by the persons in the house, under whose pro-
teetioa she had since remained. The grimes, added that at
the time he was dragging her along the street, two police.
men were present, to whom she loudly appealed for Waist.
ante, but neither of them took the slightest notice of her
application.
Mr. Hammill immediately gave directions for the officers
in question to be rout tor, and in the course of the afternoon,
one of the inculpated constables., H 108, arrived in court,
and in auswer to gee-otiose from the magistrate admitted
that at the time in question Lis attention was attracted by
an altercation between the complainant and her husband,
who refused to admit her into the horse, but he did nut see
any assault committed on the occasion.
Mr. Maintaill—Were skier of the parties intoxicated ?
Polieeman—Wky the defendant nad certainly been drink-
ing, and the wife was sober as it happened, although she
is • sery intemperate women nu is frequently Hawai-
i cited.

Mn. Glibienv, the wife of Ct.! office-keeper, who had
becu direct.d ta temente the person of the cotwolainant, was
Vara cal d, awl rated .ha: the poor woman bad sustained
a urea that brumes on her right hip, which was perfectly
black. mad had ev.dently been OCC4Nitolieli by a heavy kick
of very recent occurrence. She was also suffering Irons a
severe itjury on the !rm.'s, which was very much swollen,
and in such a wad. r state chat she was unable to endure
the slightem, pressu,e
The w tnaves wre P. verally ma..-examined by Mr.
Burrell, wh • atm...area t r d-tewlant, but without eli
chill any hung at all at s :fiance with their testinv•ny.
Mr. Manned .aid toat was perfectly manifest that the
emnpl aura 'vas SAE riot float the effects of entwine vie-
lure,, bat as the t volance involved a charge of neglect of
day stair,: two e mist:ones of a very erview• d.-scription,
he cesistitcred that the C4x rrywrest a m rind inves,iga-
tern, en•l *anon tit:reface order ft to h • ii•ijournad far a
week, wit Or dill is the mv.atime accept sunstrittial haul
far the defendant's an,eassanee.
The requiwe sureues wive elvirtly liter cards tendered
and emoted, mat the defendant was relented front custody.