The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-11 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

A Wl7ll MULLED BY HER HUSBAND.
Knott Williams, a licensed victualler, of Aston New
Town, near Birmingham, was brought up before Alderman
klumpherv, on the charge of manslaughter.
inspector Leonard said the prisoner had been apprehended
upon information received from Birmingham, to the effect
that the coroner's warrant had been issued for his arrest
upon the charge of klling and slaying hie wife ; and, u the
prisoner answered the description given of him in the Ga-
ulte, and had also been identified by a witness present, he
was at once taken into custody.
Jeremiah Beach, a licensed victualler, of Wolverhampton,
said be bad cause to know the prisoner, aa he had come to
London with his (witness's) wife. The prisoner had kept
her while his wife was alive in Birmingham, and was living
with her now. He (witness) was present at the inquest,
and never saw such an awful sight as the body of the
prisoner's wife presented, it being one mans of
bruises from head to foot, where he had kicked
her, and in addition to two black eyes she had three of her
ribs broken. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter
against the prisoner, who had absconded.
The prisoner said it was not true that he was keeping
witness's wife in private apartments in Birmingham. She
had left her husband, and he found her in a common
brothel.

said he met the prisoner in Fetter-lane, and gave
him into custody.
Alderman ilumphery said the prisoner might make the
witness some reparation by telling him where his wife
was.

Prisoner declined to do so.
The officer said be found on the prisoner an instrument
called a "knuckle duster."

Alderman Humphery remarked that it was a very
formidable weapon for any man to carry.
Prisoner said one need carry a weapon now-a-daya. It
was only a day or two ago that he was stopped in White-
hall-gardens.
Mr. Bluaham, the deputy chief constable of Warwick
comity, produced the warrant of the coroner for the pri-
soner's apprehension, and the prisoner was aceordingly
banded over to his custody to be taken before the Warwick-
shire magistrates to mower the charge of manslaughter.

C LERK EN WELL.
A TRADENMAN AOSAULTING THE POLICE.
John Eaton, aged 30, a silversmith carrying on business
at 3, CLikley-road Islington, was charged with being drunk
and disorderly ;nd assaulting Police-constables Taylor,
336 N, and Miles, 414 N, in the elocution of their duty, at
Islington.
The defendant, who has before figured at this court on
charges of disorder and tumult, behaved in a very rude
manner to the magistrate, called him and the officers bad
names, and interrupted the proceedings by dreadful oaths.
The prisoner it appeared, was drunk the night before, and
got into a cab which was alreedy engaged. When ordered
to get out be refused, and the police were then called, on
which the prisoner gut out and struck and kicked the con-
stables, and behaved in every violent manner. He made a
great disturbance, and it was with much difficulty that the
primeer could be got to the station.
The prisoner said he was not going to deny that be had
struck the polioe, and he would do so again, "or any other
nun"—(a laugh)—if they interfered with him. He was a
respectable man, and could pay any amount of fine the ma-
gistrate chose to inflict.
The magistrate said he should send the prisoner to the
House of Correction for twenty-one days, with hard labour,
without the optioo of a fine.
An application was afterwards made to remit the impri-
sonment on payment of a fine, but the magistrate declined
to alter his decision.

LAMBETH.
ALLEGED JEALOUSY AND SERIOUS ASSAULT.
Horns, a pugilist, who is better known as
Looney Harris, end B myna Harris, • female about 40
years of age, but dressed in a youthful style, who described
herself to be the wife of her male companion, were charged
before the Hoc. G. C. Norton, with assaulting Sarah Ann
• woman of the town, in so savage a manner as to
endanger her life.
A barman at the Rockingham Arms gin palace, close to
the Elephant ar.d Castle, deposed that at about halt-
ing ll o'clock last night the female prisoner
rushed into the house and made • furious attack
on the woman Saville, who stood before the
bar, and who resisted her. The male prisoner
inn' separate them, and witness, with assistance, pet all
three out of the house. Harris still endeavoured to part the women, and, in doing so, gave Saville • push, which
made her fall on her beck on the pavement,
causing a se-
vere injury on the back of her heed.
Police-coustable 128 1, said that, Boding Saville to be
seriously injured, and bleeding freely from an eateneive

wound on the hack part of the heed, he took her W the st,
Thomas's temporary hospital in the Surrey.gardens, where
her wounds were dressed; and he afterwards apprehended
the prisoners.
Sergeant Hull, 32 P, said he saw the young woman Saville
this morning in bed, and in a very bad state indeed, and
ascertained that she was delirious during the night ; that
she was obliged to be held down by two or three people.
She told him that the woman Harris, as she called herself,
made a savage attack on her without the slightest cause ;
that she lost all sense of consciousness after falling on the
pavement ; and that she had been robbed of 21.
Mr. Norton—Does she appear in a dangerous state?
Hull—She really does, your worship.
Harris, in his defence, said that Saville had taken inde-
cent liberties with him, and his " misses" seeing it pitched
into her.

The female prisoner made a similar defence, and both
were remanded, without bail, to a future day.

WESTMLN'STEIL