The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-08 00:00:00

!MERRY 828810N8.-BATORIAY,

FOSTiI ;711:17; Ai;11111111011SAND'S
FKIBISD.—a Hymn, foreman to Helen. Harrison, hatters
la the Borough, was indicted for assaulting Hannah Foster,
the wife of a master tin-plate worker. The one appeared to
have arisen from a summons which wee taken out against
the prosecutriz's husband by the defendant, for an aileged
assault upon him by throwing him down stain, and
him, on the evening of the 10th of October last The @sea-
sons was dismissed on the recoud hearing, and at the last
adjourned sessions the plaintiff preferred a bill of indictment
against the defendant for the assault, which on being found,
a bench warrant was obtained, and Hynes bound over to
the present chugs. The plaintiff, rather a good
looking female, said that she had bees married some years,
and had known the defendant and his wife during that
time. They were on the moat intimate terms tnetether,
and visited each other's house. On the 10th of October
last the defendant left his tobacco-box in the warehouse up
stairs ; and a little before eight in the same evening he
came for it, and, at her request, he proceeded to the room is
question to fetch it. As he did not !nuts for some minute.,
she went up to the room to ascertain the cause ; and, after
her,
some coals on the fire, the defendant seized hold of
her, and pulled her on hi. knee, when he behaved in a still
more improper manner. Her husband rushed into the room
at the time ; and, before she could acquaint him of the
assault, he threw the defendant down stairs, and drove him
out of the house. In nose-examination, witness said that
she had never allowed the defendant nor any other man to
take liberties with her. She had an illegitimate child before
her present marriage, and her husband was perfectly ac-
quainted with the whole of the circumstances. She was not
aware thee her husband suspected her, although be was hid
in the cupboard when he found out the defendant. She
knew the defendant wan married, and the father of three
children, and that his wile was in her confinement when the
assent was committed.—William Foster, the husband, was
called, and said that he bad been on intimate terms
with defesdant for six years, but latterly he had some
suspicion of his conduct, said, expecting him to call
on the evening in querion, he secreted himself in
a cupboard at the bottom of the attars. A few
minutes law the defendant entered he heard a rattling
notes up-stain, when he came tram his hiding-place, and
met his wife running downstairs with a ca, dl- in her hand.
Feeling satisfied that she had been ill-used, he seized the de-
fendant by the neck, and pushed him out of the house. In
noes examination by Mr. CLarnock, witness said he had
been concealed in the cupboard nearly two hours. He got
there for the pupae of catching them. (Laughter.) Was
sansmoned at the police-court by defendant for the assault.—
Caroline Moon, mother-la law to the defendant, said that on
the 9th of October Mn. Fester came te his house. The di-
thadan wife was ia the room with them when the cons-
t sat upon his lap In a very Indecent way. The
told her het to p home to her husband, wins she
jumped off his lap and ran away.—Mr. Charnock observed
that he had produced evidence enough to show that if even
an assault had been committed, it bad been with the coin-
piainanes tionsent—The Chairman said the evidence was of
a very coutradictory nature, and the jury without the least
heaientlon, returned a vasdict of Acquittal.