The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

A well-deemed micleirti7siTsclithe,;;Aised George Moors,
was .barged with an unprovoked and violist assault sport
Mary Anne Wade, a deacate-looking married woman, in an
advanced state of pregnancy.
The complainant, who appeared greatly agitated, and
ethibited signs of acute personal suffering, stated that her
husband was a person in comfortable circumstances, but for
a considerable period they had unfortunately lived upon
very unhappy terms, and he had recently abandoned her
altogether, leaving her with four childron of tender age,
without the slightest means of subsistence. After 'edam,
the severest prtvatioas and distress, she at tenth resolved
information that her husband bad formed • connindea with
aaother woman, with whom he had taken up hie madam
at a house occupied by the prisoner, in Everts's-build-
ings, Eiborediteh, to which ohs proceeded to seek en
interview with him on eatheday evening, sad, not
wishing to subject him to needless exposers, she
=gently upon the shutters of the parlour
, in the hope of attracting his attention.
Slt• had ao sooner done so, than the street door was hastily
opened, and the prisoner =shed oat, sad, without uttering
• word, seized her by the throat, and forced her beck to the
end of the street with sash noires% that ale eoald scarcely
preserve her footing. Oa appealing to NNW of the by-
standers for protection, the prisoner conunemeed kicking her
in an unmerciful manner, and ultimately dealt her such
a savage kick on the stomach, that she fell back in • state
of partial insensibility, and was supported In the arms of
some persons in the crowd, until a cab was pururd , in
which she was conveyed to her reeidease. She bad been
ever since confined to -her bed, and still remained In aunt-
Mating pain, from the effects of the ill-treatment she bad
sustained, and which was calculated to lead to results of a
more serious nature, as she was on the eve of her confine-
ment. _

Sarah Bette, a young married woman, fully corroborated
the complainant's evidence, and stated, that on commencing
the attack upon her, the prisoner deliberately protruded his
foot below the lower part of her dress, and kicked her
underneath her clothes.

Police-constable fr 28 stated that, having been attracted
by cries of murder, he hastened to the spot, where he found
the complainant in such a helpplless and *Whoring condition
thecae was unable to stad witat assistance, and the pri-
soner haying besa pointed out as her assailant, he at one.
took him into custody.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner distend that his
conduct on the °cession had been greatly exaggerated by
the witnesses, u he had merely endeavoured to drive the
woman from his door, where she was creating a disturb-
ance, and without heels' kicked or maltreated her in the
manner they had described.

Mr. Hammill said that the prisoner had committed •
met brutal outrage, and it was only in consideration for
the delicate state of the complainant's health, and the pro-
bability that her husband would exercise his influence to
Mdw her to relinquish the prosecution, that he abstained
how sending the case for trial. He should order the pri-
soner, however, to pay the full penalty of of., or to be com-
mitted in default for two months to the House of CUM-
lion.