The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-06 00:00:00

defendant, whom he had net previously seen that evening,
woo behind him, end 11•4611$ him by the nose, gave it •
.more twist. The defendant then said, " nab, I have
;s4 you now," and then struck him in the face with his
Iniocked him down, rendered him insensible, and
mat be was in that state kicked him severely in the 4
He also swore that if the police constable had not
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.0 op he would have killed hini.
In answer to Mr. Barker, the complainant stated that
bs now felt very ill, and could hardly turn in bed, his
ode was so bed. He was not aware that he had given the
he"t provocation for him to commit so unmanly an
smolt on him.
Jo. Ricketts said he should be very soon able to show,
and that out of the complainant's own mouth, that the de-
fendant had received great provocation, and that what the
eamplainant had received from the defendant he had
most richly deserved. He then asked the complainant if
he bad not worked for the defendant and been discharged,
sad if he had not been in the habit of visiting the defendant's
wife. The complainant replied that he had been employed
by the defendant and had been discharged, and that he
bad seen the defendant's wife.
Mr. Ricketts—And have you not been in the habit of
carrying on a clandestine correspondence with her!
Witness (Isughing)—Oh, ye., and I have received
wend letters from her—one so late as last week.
Mr. Ricketts—You have been in the constanthiliii.
visiting the defendant's house to see his wife, when the
defendant has been away from home.
The complainant—Yes, and when he has come borne I
have gone into the lodgers' rooms so that he should not see
me.
Mr. Ricketts—Perhaps you will tell the court why you
went to see the defendant's wife when you know you were
forbidden by the defendant to go near his house.
The complainant—Well,l shan'ttell you,but I will leave
you to guess. It was only out of a little piece of friend.

;The complainant, in answer to further questions by Mr.
Ricketts, said that he had got over the area railings of the
defendant's house,and that once the defendant caught him
there and turned him out. He had received letters from the
defendant's wife oouched in the most endearing terms and
be could produce them. He was no relation either to the
defendant or his wife.
Mr. Ricketts said that he could not, of course, justify
the defendant taking the law into his own hands, but
still after what he had elicited from the complainant, he
felt sure that the magistrate would only inflict a nominal

r. Barker said the complainant's conduct was dis-
graoeful, and fined the defendant 2s. 6d.
The fine was at once paid ; and as the complainant was
leaving the court he was hooted and hissed.
WESTMINSTER.
SINGULAR APPLICATION.— AN AWKWARD PREDICAMINT.
A very respectable-looking man, having the appearance
of an artisan, came to this court and requested the magis-
trate to *gist him out of the following awkward predica-
ment :
Ile said he had a child in his possession which he was
unable to dispose of. It had been deserted by its mother,
and the pariah refused to offer any assistance.
Mr. Arnold—Who is the father of it?
Applicant—l don't know.
Mr. Arnold—Who is the mother?
Applicant—l don't know except by eight.
Mr. Arnold—Then what have you got to do with the
child ?
Applicant—l don't want to have anything to do with
the child ; I want to get rid of it but I can't ; that's what I
come here for. It's very hard to be obliged to keep an-
other person's child. I have three of my own, and my
wife's just ready to go to bed with the fourth.
Mr. Arnold—You don't know the father of the child,
end only know the mother by sight. How came you with
the child?
Applicant—l got it entirely by accident. A friend of
mine and my wife's had the child from the mother to
nurse. She was suddenly taken with a paralytic fit, and
being unable to attend to the child sent it round to my
wife for the moment. The mother of the child is a
stranger to us, and asked us if we would be good enough
to keep it until the following Saturday, but that's nine
weeks ago, and I have never seen or heard of her since.
Mr. Arnold—Don't you think it was very foolish to take
this child without making some inquiries about it or the
mother?
Applicant —We naturally thought that the woman
would come to look after her own child.
Mr. Arnold—lt was very imprudent not to make some
inquiries.
Applicant—We did not intend to keep the child. The
friend from whom we took it did not recover, but died,
and so we are left with the child. What am Ito do, your
worship ?
Mr. Arnold—lnquire of the relieving officer of your
pariah where the board of guardians ait, and go before
them and state the circumstance.

MARYLEBONE.
STABBING DILLON, THE PUGILIST.

Edward Pritchard, aged ill, of 59, Hampstead-road,
greengrocer, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with felo-
niously assaulting James Dillon by stabbing him with a
knife with intent to do him grevious bodily harm.
Mr. Ricketts attended for the prisoner.
Henry Hoare, police-sergeant 710 A, said, about 1 this morn-
ing he heard loud cries of "murder" and "police" in Drum-
mond-street, and on going there he found Dillon, the pugi-
list, ouvered in blood. He said the prisonerhad stabbed him.
He seemed very weak from loss of blood, and was at
once removed to the hospital where he now is. The pri-
soner was taken into custody and on the way to the
station-house be said Dillon struck him first. The
prisoner. was drunk. The following certificate was handed
in by the witness :
" This is to certify that James Dillon is an inmate of this
hospital suffering from a stab in the arm, and is unable to
leave. " MARCUS BECK, M.R.C.S., House-surgeon.
" University College Hospital, June 6."
Mr. Mansfield remanded the prisoner for seven days.
Mr. Ricketts applied that bail be taken for the prisoner.
Mr. Mansfield said ho could not accede to that till he
knew whether Dillon was out of danger.

WANDSWORTH.