The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-23 00:00:00

THE CHARGE OP CRUELTY IX A BILE HILL.

Yesterday, William Tabner, orerlooker in the silk
isill of Masora. Lees and Booth, at Pabieroft, was brought
before Kr. H. Trafford and other county magistrates, at Sal-
ford, charged with beating a young married woman, in •
state of pregnancy, whilst working in the mil. The case
had been partly heard on Tuesday, and was described in yes-
terday's 'sprat.

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When the came came on yesterday, for further hearing, the
defendant was represented by Mr. Fernley, barrister. The
police-tame said he apprehended the prisoner on Sunday,
upon a leanest, and told him the charge wax for assaulting a
young woman. The prisoner mid at the time, " Well, I will
allow that I did hit her with a strap, but not so aa to make
any mart; it wu a very easy blow."

Alice Mullaney, • young norried Triabwornan, was then
called, and sista that she we employed in the silk mill of
Meows. Lem and Booth, as a milk cleaner. The •
was ore...looker. On the Ifith January, at fire o'clock in the
showed', be came behind her, and without aaying a word,
sad without Use slightest provocation, struck her on the neck •
hard blow with • strap. She turned round, thinking he oust
hare struck her in =deka, and asked him if the blow was in—
tended for her P Be said it was, and that he would do it
again. She told him that he should nut, and he then
pushed her so that her stomach rano to violent contact
with a bench. She was more than sin mouths advaneed in
pregnancy, and believed that elle had sustained serious
injury.
In reply to a question from Mr. Trafford, witneed mid she
had frequently awn the prisoner strike young children with
the Onto.
Mr. Fernley, for the planner, objected to any evidence
being taken that did not apply to the specific charge Ixfors
the court.
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two ...vot t.
Mr. Trawl said etriathee bed been Riven on the previous
day which nevalel a ebb of things that ought to be in-
gulled into, but whet the homed counsel urged was the
strictly legal es/e sal tt the wish wire to suppress investi-
gation, he (the rs. MOO mot acquietee, although the em-
ployers of Her Ming is court, he thought, for their
sake., they Omit aim It te go on.
The neat wt wee Margaret Woodeock, • young
woman work*" ht the mill, who corroborated the statement
of the compb,theat ea to the theault.
Yr. Teamed asked her what the strap wee generally tool
het
wafer Ireplied—To strike little children awl young
women vet& 7Lnem used it for anything else, and the had
MN Ws lid sliblas with it thainefell
Mr. ratalsy spin sitacad that theyy.
woe travelling out
of the ass.
Mr. Teellhel geld his lest question was strictly in order.
Jess Omen tonekeneted the evidence of the lain eitne.s.
Mr. Pal, add he reserved his defence if the cam were
to go Mare ejsmbileving that there was an amount of
preierliee sad* hie sling co the part of the court.
Mr. Iheeght It would Le best to wild the cow to
, the sensicea, sal camlasi the prisoner for trial accordingly.
Meafterentrea onethatei te lake bail in two sureties of M.
11110 k the the pthethe's eppethethee at the notion.
nessrager at dr mill, with the manager of another
islo, IsAft inielios ix the prisoner, and he was
liberate&
Itss solseissi identiou, since an expos.' of the
whol thee what Os primer could not be gone into, owing
le the sbja mind by omelet, to take the evidence, of six
sr eight star perms who have been greatly areaulted by
Tamar, sad bad es them other indictments at the seesions.

The Royal Mail Coimpany'a oteamer Tamar, on her
to Brazil, boo put into-Vigo with moms damage to
C'gemachinery. The injury will bo regairoel immediately, and
she woe expected to rooted to Broad on the /Stk.