The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Ntiii Fair —Beene Lord Denman and Special belied.
THE Qt El:a r. HARILISON.—ASSAULT.—far. Hunsfrey,
Q.('., and Mr. !loggias, were counsel for the piosec tie* •
and Sir F. Thcsiger, with whom was Mr. Lush, appeared
for the clef:rodent. —Mr. Husafrey stated the ease, which is
fully developed in the evidence. An indictment had been
preferred against defendant at the Central Criminal Court,
which was removed by certiorari into this court. The fol.
lowin* witnesses were then called:
Mmor Dundee examined by Mr. Humfrey : I am • major
is the army, and a member of the Junior United Service
Club. I have • bedroom is Penton-square. I remember
the defendant calling on me on the morning of the 20th of
July, 1846. He came up into my bedroom, where I was in
bed. I hail never seen him before in my life. The de-
fendant said 1 bad been traducing the character of s
ome
young ladies, and that if I would not sign a paper stang
that on my honour as an officer and a gentleman I withdrew
the remarks about the young ladies in question, he would
flog said if he would call upon me at the club about
half-past eleven I would then give him any explanation he
might require. He asked me if I was agentleman. I add
I considered myself ess, as I held her Miumny's commission.
Upon his saying that he would flog me if I did not sign the
paper he required, I remarked I was not to be bullied in
that way, and the defendant then struck me a violent blow in
the eye with this stick. (The witness, who held the stick in
queetion in his hand, here exhibited it to the court.)
Upon being struck by the defendant I jumped out of
bed
and succeeded in wrenching the weapon from him. Subse-
quently a policeman was sent for, end the defendant was
given into custody.—Cross examined by Sir F. Thedger : I
am now on half pay. I expect to be a lientenant-colonel the
next brevet. I was first in the Enniskillen Dragoons. They
were stationed is Ireland. I had the highest character from
the colonel of that regiment. I did not exchange from that
regiment on account of en action that was brought against
me respecting a young lady. There as any such ac-
t:on. There never was any action brought against me for
seduction while 1 was in Ireland, for I em not in the habit
of ledsctng women. There was no action against me in
which the ages were issosod ; and if there had been, I
don't know where they would have got them from, as at that
time say father wee alive, and I only had what he allowed me.
The reason I left the Enniskillen Dragoons was to get promo-
lion, which I soon afterwards obtained. I then entered the 6th
Fusiliers, but I left that regiment because I did not get on
well with the colonel; hems ns all too much drill. I then
entered the 65th regiment of Foot. The ladies on wham
account the defendant said that he had called on me were
ladies with whom I was acquainted. It certainly had been
suggested that I had made observations about these young
h&c.. I received • letter from their father concerning the
observations which he presumed I had made about his
daughters. Ido not remember that I was ever called upon
to retract these alleged observations. When the defendant
called upon me he did not say that he
ladies had come atthe truth
the re-
quest of the mother of the young to am
of certain observations which it was reported I bed made.
Defendant told see if I would not sign • paper denying these
observations on the honour of en officer and a gentleman, he
would Hog me. I said I would not sign the paper, and he
then struck me with the stick in the eye. When I wrenched
the stick out of his hands I hit him a "whack " with it.
The defendant had no black eyes after the conflict, but I had
one. There appeared to be some blood coining out of his
mouth. When the defendant was at the station-house he
called me a " great scoundrel," but said nothing when he
was at the Marylebone police-court. I was christened
" Rickard Leslie Dundee," but ever since I was 14 years
old I have borne the name of Richard Leslie Bence Dundee.
lam • member of the " Bruce " family. Mr. Bruce is in
court, and he will tell you so: but I only had my names of
Richard Leslie put in the indictment because those were my
actual names.
Bullock, the policemen,was then called, and proved taking
the defendant into custody on the morning of the assault.
When at the station-house and police-court, the defendant
never charged Major Dundee with an assault also.
Sir F. Thesiger, on behalf of the defendant, briefly ad-
dressed the jury. remarking that he should leave the case in
their hands with this observation, that it was a question for
them wheth. r they thought the assault was proved.
Lord Denman said he thought they could not entertain
any doubt upon that point.—The jury at once returned a
verdict of Guilty.
Lord. Denman then proceeded to pus sentence, °burying
that this wee • very serious case. Walking into a room
where a man was asleep, and assaulting him, was a very
aggravated offence. The sentence of the court wee, that the
defendant should be imprisoned for six calendar months,
and that, at the expiration of that time, he should enter into
his owe recognisance, in 2001., and two eureties in 501. each,
to keep the peace towards the prosecutor anti all her
Majesty's subjects for 12 months; end that the defendant
should be kept in
.prison till such recognisances vete en-
tered into.

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT.
Before D. C. Moylan, Eaq n

ITEROE v. Bacon.—" NUMBER THILEE."—This was an
aeion brought by Lydia Verge, a servant, against Mr.
Thomas Bacon, the proprietor of the Freemasons' Tavern, i
to recover the sum of 31. 17s. 6d., the balance of wages due
to her.—Mr. Bacon pleaded that she had been guilty of gross
immorality, and that ha was justified in discharging bee
without notice.—The plaintiff, in reply to Mr. Bisgood, said
she knew Mr. Thomas Prudio, the apprentice, but denied
positively that any improper coaduct took place between her
and him on the 22nd, the day she wan discharged in the
bakehouse.—For the defence, Caroline Walsh said that
ab.,ut tlitre weeks ago last Saturday, about half.put ten
o'clock in the evening, she went into the china scullery, and
saw Prudie, the apprentice, and " No. 3" (the plaintiff, who
was third housemaid) in a very improper position on the
table. She called out, and the apprentice ran after her, but
" No. 3" did not come out for half an hour after. She
thought ft was her duty to inform Mrs. Bacon of what she
saw. In 'steer to the plaintiff, the witness said the gas was
oar, but she could see they were lying upon the
table b " Tom's white jacket." fLaughter.)—The plaintiff
said rhey had not been out of the tenants' hall five minutes.
She was sitting at the table, but Mr. Prudie wee not ; he had
but that instant come into the scullery.-11annali Browing,
"copper maid," said that she was passing through the silver
scullery when she saw "No. 3" and Tom sitting on the
table together; one of bis arms was round her waist.—The
Judge : That shows Mr. Prudie to be a very rude young
man, at all events. What did you see wrong on her pert ?
Witness • I did not see anything wrong as far as she was
concerned.--After much discussion, the learned Judge told
the plaintiff that she was certainly to blame in allowing the
familiarity of the young man on the occasion spoken of by
Browing, as it was her duty to have complained to Mr.
Bacon. He thought, however, there was n.t sufficient mis.
condect shown to &pries her of the money due to her for
her month's service, and the portion of " ladies' money"
due to bee. —An order was then made for the payment of
11. 6s. Bd., the Judge remarking that he did not think there
was soy very great impropriety of conduct proved against
her, but for the future ha would advise her not to submit
patently to the familiarity of a fellow-servant.