The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-07 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

BEIITAL ASSAIILT.—JO7;;P.7I/oTlan was charged with
the following outrage upon Dr. John Godfrey, a medical
gentleman, residing in Mount-place. Whitechapel.
Mr. Godfrey stated that while returning haste in hie pig
at a quarter put 1 that morning, be heard screams of " M ur.
der," and "Mercy," in a woman's voice, and on driving
rapidly to the corner of Baker's-row, from which direction
they proceeded, he saw the prisoner grasping a woman by
the area, and twisting it round from the shoulder in suck a
brutal manner as must have occasioned her the most acute
pain. The woman was still shrieking when he drove up,
and the prisoner, stung that her cries were drawing atten-
tion upon him, then asksu her by the throat le stop them ;
upon which several peptises, *ho bed collected round them,
metered their indignagen at the mares brutality, and
called loudly to him to release her. The prisoner, however,
kept his hold ; and, as the woman appeared to be choking,
witness caught him by the collar, upon which the prisoner
give him such a furious kick In the stomach, that he drorped
upon the pavement, and the instant he recovered his feet he
dealt him a second kick upon the leg and in a very short
time his boot was filled with blood. Witness mild continue
the contest no longer, and the prisoner was about to escape
when several other persons who bad been drawn to the spot
by the woman's cries, held him till the arrival of &constable,
when he was given into custody.
The prisoner boldly denied almost everything that was
stated against him, and called Martha Holmes, the young
woman upon whom the alleged violence had been indicted ;
' but, upon being placed in the witeees-box, she expressed a
wish not to prefer any. charge against the accused, declared
' it was ell " a lark, ' in which, though the prisoner had cer-
tainly twisted her arm as before described, she didnot think
he had any real intention to hurt her. It was evident, how-
, ever, that the girl had been shamefully treated, notwith-
standing her anxious denial, and Dr. Garlfrey stated that
when the struggle between her and the prisoner ended, the
young woman was completely exhausted, and was manifestly
materiel very seriously.
Mackintosh, &constable of the H division, who took the
prisoner into custody, described the condition of the girl in
similar terms.

Mr. Remindll raid, a more brutal and unprovoked outrage
had seldom come under his notice, and as his powers were
wholly inadequate to deal commensurately with snob savage
conduct, he should at ices send it for the decision of a jury.
The prosecutor, however, interposed and requested that the
magistrate would adjudicate summarily in the matter. Upon
this Mr. Hammill expressed his regret that he was not able
to impose a heavier amount of punishment, and sentenced
the primer to pay the full penalty of 61., or in default to
stand committed for two months to the House of Correc-
tion.

The prisoner was unable to pay the penalty, end was
therefore carried off in the van.
SOUTHWARK.

ALLEGED EMBIZZLIIIIIZNT BT A WABBANT OFPICIR
Robert John Beeroor, in the employ of the high bailiff of
Sow hwark, was charged with embezzling the sum of
lot. 16s. 5.1. _ _

It appeared that the prisoner was employed to serve wer-
rants of execution from the Southwark County Court, and
to receive money, which it was his duty to account for to
one of the clerks of the establishment as soon as it was paid
over to him. On a recent occasion it wan ascertained that
the prisoner had received the sum of 101. 15s. 6d. for and on
account of one of the suitors of the above court, and on
being questioned on the subject he admitted that the money
was paid to him under protest, and when called upon to ac-
count for it his answer was that he was not in a condition to
pay it now, and he was therefore given into custody. One
of the clerks attended, and said that if the prisoner was re-
manded he had no doubt other cases would arise where he
hrd received various sums of money under similar circum-
stances, and converted the whole to his own purposes. The
prisoner was accordingly remanded.