The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-21 00:00:00

7HB POLICE COUB2B.

MANSION-ROUSE.
John Francis Grasemith, licensed victualler, of the Three
Tons, Jewry-street, Aldgate, appeared in discharge of his
recognlsances, for further examination on a charge of having
violently emzulted the Rev. Edward J. May, heed master of
the Brewers' Company's School, Trinity-square, Tower-hill.
Mr.Tindal Atkinson appeared for the prorecution, and Mr.
Sleigh for the defendant.

Oa the previous occaaion Mr. May wise too ill to attend,
owing to the injuries he bad received, and the evidence taken
was confined to medical testimony regarding the nature •nd
extent of those injuries.
Mr. Atkinson in opening his oue, now said that the form
into which the charge would ultimately peoples itself might
be either that of • dozy, or a misdemeanour under Lord
Campbell's act, according to the character of the evi-
dence which be should bring forward; but the assault of
which the Rev. Mr. May complained wee one of the most
savage attacks it was possible for the malice of man to con-
ceive or for his revenge to execute. The learned gentleman
then Mated the character of the maul', and called
The Rev. B. J. May, who said, I am bead muter of the
Brewers' &hoot, Trinity-square, and live there. I remember
Monday, the 7th of June. About twenty minutes to twelve
at night some one knocked at my door. lam a bachelor, and
have • housekeeper in my house, that is all. At the time of
the knocking at the door she was in bed, the house being all
looked up and the key taken upstairs, and I was on my
bay to bed when I heard the knocking. I called out,
"Who is there r and a voice said, " I want to see the
Rev. Mr. May immediately." I went to the door, and
without *peeing it anawerod, "You cannot see the Rev. Mr.
May now. He is going to bed, and you must come in the
daytime." The voice again replied, " I want to see the
Rye. Mr. May pardettlarly." After some little farther
parleying I the key and opened the door, which ap-
=to be pushed from the outaide, as it flew open end-
The dtheaat immediately rushed past me, and
went bite a room at the end of the passage. I did not say
anything to him se be passed ms, but followed to gee what
be wanted. When I entered the room he got between me
and the door, and said to me, " Yon caned my boy some
months ego. He le ill now, but lam • man as well as
you are ; end se saying he showed me in • rather sig.
!decent manner a elltit in his hand. The stick
now produced Is the stick, which he left behind
him. (The Wok referred to was • knotty walking-
' stick, rather heavy, end about an inch In diameter
at the butt-end, and tapering to half that thickness at the
bottom) I wiebsd to get rid of Mr. Orossmith, and replied
to him, " It is too late to enter into such particulate to-night. I
If you wishtosayanything about It ooms the day-time, and
I shall be happy to hear what you have to say. It is pest 12
o'clock, and I was actually going up to bed." Mr. Oros-
smith replied, raising the stick to his shoulder In a threaten-
ing manner "D— yes; suppose 1 take it oat of yam" I
believe I said, bat lam not care, "I would advise yen not."
I made to go to the street door, with the intention of getting
a policeman's aid, saying, as I passed him, "Mr. Orossinith,
I mom request you to leave my house." As soon ea I said
that Mr. Orosemith exclaimed, " D— you, you brute, I'll
murder you," at the tame time striking me on the head
with the stick. The first blow knocked the candlestick out
of my hand and extinguished the light, end he repeated the
blow several these on my head with the stick, exclsiming
" murder you-I'll do for you." I felt that my safest
piss ersa to keep within tangs of his stick, and I hit at his
eecsi and left, as well as I could in the dark, and at last
wrenched
the stick out of his hand. I heard some water
run down the wall from the flower-note which had been
upset and thought It was blood running from my heed,
which was bleeding very mach. I believed that I was dying,
and with all the strength I could muster I struck • down-
right blow at him with the stick and he went down on the
muted. He immediately caught bold of my feet and
jerked them forward, throwing me on my back on the
staircase. He then eprang nra se, kneeling on my
chest, end with his left band seized my throat, continuisg
to hit EN with his right hand. I called for help ss load as I
could, smite, "Mason, Malloll, Police Police " (Mason
beiag my humbugs). When I mink the cry for the
police delliedaut =claimed, " le— you, I'll stop your arks.
I'll maker yea Ware any help can come to you. I came on
wpm to =order
_yen, sad I'll do it." We continued to
st led= ray bet hand endeavouring to wrest
his eft lap threat, and in the struggle we got
near tie deer, the struggle having continued at least
ten tmnYa leek= we did so. I immediately made a plunge
termed se the iseklneowleg exactly where to find it, and
opened the deer. He, at the same moment, relaxed his hold
on nitright_athreetdandt struck me
oat me reeinleglowthrwtoele chesttiviitol; his
the
pop. ethem tem el whg " You d— ruscal, murder
yaw yea." Hie ha ids hat and stick behind him.
I west hemellebb to ibe station-home in Seething-lane,
and tram theme =let *ere ofecere to Mr. Orommith's house,
but we did met em kik than. I the went back to the
unds dressed. Mo-
have
tion-house, and kohdessee to Mr. Moore's, the surgeos, to
my wo
Cress-examined by Mr. Heigh—l have been head tarter
of the school abseil ik yema I was summoned le this sort
upon • thermii Mr. Oreennith's little boy, and
upon thee the Lord Mayor hid met, bail to take my
trial, but the was ignored by the grand jury. I have I
also, sad Inc. that time, been summed on another occa-
sloe on a charge of excessively besting the son of the Rev.
Mr. lichens, who was a pupil in the echoed, and who has
sines been removed from the oohed. That summons was
withdrawn, and the charge, thwarts, was not publicly in-
:ltOa the night when Mr. firosamith came to me
tell me his name before I opened the door. If be
had, I should not have opened the door. When I opened
the dear, I do sot recollect his eying, "My poor child ta
dying," bat only that his child was ill. I did not hem him I
say I have been forced to carry_ him uptake to bed to-
ist, se he is too ill to walk." When he got in he did not
voar to talk about the eats of his child.

By Kr. Alidasee—The son of the Rev. Mr. Roberta has
been dhanlssed hum say school for bad behaviour and for
meshy to the other boys.
By Mr. Bleigh—The bey Roberts wee dimased after the
emus' was taken one, but he had been Ind home Olaf
Warr when he wee brought back by his seethe.
Mr. F. G. Moore, surgeon, deposed Wean the sight of the
assault he found some wounds on the head et Mr. May, owe
of which divided the *alp, but without Waring the bone,
sad also some wounds on the arms. The womb wen met
of a dangevone characer , but they rendered Mr. May milk
to attend to his duty, as it was necemary for him to pare
perfect quiet. Witness had been attending Mr. May up to
the present time.
After some oorroborative evidence as to the state of Mr.
Mey after the meanie,
Mr. Atkinson said his case was ocooladad.
Mr. May was that recalled, at the desire of Mr. Sleigh,
mad in reply to questions put by the learned gentleman,
through the Lord May said—l cannot tell whether Mr.
Gramesith, when he left my house, was bleeding likewise.
On the occasion when I was summoned here for moulting
hie sou, Mr. Grommith offered to forego all proceedings
against me if I would pay a own of more), to the poor-boz,
but I deelinfd to do so.

Kr. Sleigh said be only wished that Mr. May had acted in
the ems spirit now that bed animated the defendant en
that ocesslon, and be Doped that be (Mr. Sleigh) should not
now appal to his Chided= feeling in vein. it would lase
been better, under all the circumstances, if the case had not
been beraglit to that court at all ; but being there, be hoped
it would be Capes* of in a mammary manner. He had
been onerlied to ask Mr. May about the matter which gave
rise to th unfortunate teas, as it was in ooneequence of the
weak and suffering state of hie poor child, a delicate boy, who
had teen gradually getting worse Flocs that time, and whole
day. perhaps were numbered, that Mr. Grusseeith sought
Mr. May toe explanation. He did not mean to say that the
shad's cendttka bed been predated entirely by the violence