Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-13 00:00:00

WIFE BEATING IN HIGH LIFE•

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On Tuesday, at the Marylebone' police courtiujohiP
Mr. Thomas Winston, of 17, Grove-terrace, ,
letter
wood, was charged with a violent assault upon 0,8";,a-latl°'
his wife. Mr. Cooper, from the office of Mr. tir'.a""d in
Lincoln's-inn-fields, appeared for the complainant, °.;di to
opening the case said that complainant was Mar„r,:nss
defendant in 1833, but in consequence of his s`,,;ta is
treatment, she was compelled to separate from
1847, when a deed of separation was executed, by °sive
defendant had agreed to allow her .i'so a year* and
then he came into possession of considerable proper, tiiger,
complainant, who was suffering from acute 03 tlist
produced by the brutality of defendant, and fiedlogeces.
her means were insufficient to supply her with the %di,
saries she required, she, by the advice of her frl', ift
determined to return to her former home. Aeeerdler,
on the 29th ult., she went to the defendant's resideaed
and, though refused admittance at first, suceeedeat
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entered the room where defendant at the time and
Before she uttered a word he knocked her downa' igat,
dragged her towards the stairs, threw her down elle7aer
then took her up in his arms, flung her down t°l"
flight, and thrust her into the street. 100
Complainant was examined, and her evidence
accordance with the preceding statement. and
Complainant was cross-examined by defendant' att.
stated that he is possessed of £BOO per annum'
nothing bearing upon the charge was elicited.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pethick stated that she aceoosrn
waledooo,
complainant to 17, Grove-terrace, ou the day c 1 woe
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and went up to defendant's apartment with her- r 0
here entered into a detail corroborative of the lorto
deposed to by Mrs. Winston, the complainattt,:%oo
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course of which she said that complainant had D°
the slightest provocation, and that she (complaineolimot
hurled down the stairs. She added that con3Pl4-01),
appeared to be severely injured. She put her into a,,,ero
and had her conveyed home, after which restoratives ost
administered to her, as she was in a weak and al
fainting condition. r atiti
In reply to defendant, witness said that the se-viefll
in the house exclaimed on the stairs, "Pray don't, I"
kill her," in allusion to defendant's conduct. ;fa sseti
Caroline Elizabeth Carr deposed to having vy---Llto
some bruises on the person of complainant suusequ'-
the alleged assault. •aaot4
Defendant's answer to the charge was that corapito-t to
by the terms of the deed of separation, was bound n°oo
molest him, and that he used no more force than
neceesary to expel her from the place. He called
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Harriet Chapman, a servant in the house, nod
testimony was to the effect that defendant had conic:l'oos
no undue violence in ejecting complainant. She Was She
present during the interview in defendant's r0c113., 0P
was quite satisfied that complainant "slid," and ye.
not ‘.hurled" down the stairs as had been stated• spe
i
eudant merely pushed her ouc of the front door bat°
street.
The case was ultimately disposed of by defend
being fined 205., and costs.

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MR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE ON HOD-, ' L.

STREET PROSECUTIONS.

At the Court of Queen's Bench, on Toesbc;arge4
Justice Coleridge, as the Senior Puisne Judge' ° to the
the Middlesex Grand Jury, impanclled accordion to 03e,
usual custom. In doing so, he said—lt occurs rill
however, to say a word with regard to an offence et
thit 0
, public interest has been recently drawn. I rnesn„icture°'
the publication of oscene books, or prints, or eiyon"
which tend much tolle corruption of the minds °we
persons. In the course of last session the 11%
learned lord who presides in this court, introduee.a
and
' into the House of Lords fur the facility of Pollishl-qt 01
putting down, if possible, that wicked and roe-,,sitloa
chievous trade. The bill, which met with °Pi/voter;
afterwards, happily passed into a law, giving° Et
power to the magistrates and the police 0012-
down their sale by the preventive Aeostre"
of the power of search, seizure, and the '4, ace"
tion of the articles. Why I mention the sulaiselogou
when it dues not appear to have a direct hetrogor,
your duties, is, that sometimes persons who are "O
in trade of this kind are disposed, by the o% table
mischievous kind of ingenuity, to think to turn ode'
on the public by prosecuting works and publicatioo'l4,Del
the colour that they are of the objectionable 1°);
in fact, there is no foundation for it ; and it rea
uncommonly said that this or that picture of l
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artist, or this or that status, or this or that poem'' sche
subject to be prosecuted, and ought properly to ras $O.
well as the loose pernicious and voluptuous Priiiior
pictures I am referring to. It is very easy
ingenious person so to deceive himself, and P serPt
others, with arguments of that kind; but coinal°at
always gave an answer to it, for no one could. (Wei, tfil,
e
a picture, print, or poem fully treated et;00
rational course required by the subject, in conneeradee'i'r
high art has not Lett mischievous and improPereto bheitt
complained of: No doubt a corrupt mind brought
on such works might perhaps be made worse hi' tflerts
an honest and chaste mind drew nothing bad fretTroti 5
but ou the contrary, received high, pure, and in'tatieen;
pleasure from their contemplation. Take for iTsgllt°",.s
an example, what every one must have reau',.soa apvir
playful description of Eve contemplating her Pc; bastl3o
fountain, and which one of our modern scalpt°r(rotn ced
deavoured to realise in a statue familiar to all'
redo st
number of prints and cuts that have been pat tbe
from it. Who can suppose for a single nitirl'ailf,thel
either the author of " Paradise Lost," or;'-ed, ral
sculptor, believed that, in what they pro°°e-ffecoso
were producing anything to leave a bail a bets rtt
morals, and to prosecute " Paradise Lost' f nre
it contained the beautiful lines descriptive, fo Dorf be
the fountain would be as absurd as Bally, „1-,1 0,1/„V,e,
presented Eve in the statue dressed, and it vf°;orlt 1'; OP
an aouse ot the laws of the country and an iri:ocht-areg:
common sense of the grand jury, to present "pie',oo"A
before them. On the other hand, such books' 00 " 110,"
es those found in Holywell-street, ceo:sioos: ss
pointed out as objects to excite depraved PPAloo'bee';
which ought to be prohibited. Such prosea,"ool4 and
have alluded to, have taken place, and the ;‘,-11 ambers,
insulted insulted by trials of this kind in respect ot h":ble," such
high literature, and may occur again. It is posVere, tio •
fore, that taking advantage of your sitting sider3oo,
tters may be presented to you for your ht
ocr
mattersfore, anything of that kind be brough,t Doi°ooll
instead of looking at isolated passages lathiog ,i0e11"
a picture, I recommend you to look at the ';odie',, pot
and see if its general object is such that an .11, as
should be returned, and if not, throw out the,bistio. ed.
suffer such a thing to come into a court of Pod pro
learned judge then desired the jury to retire 3
with their duties.
The jury accordingly withdrew.

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