The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-14 00:00:00

CRIM. CON.

Yesterday a rather pretty looking woman, named Ann Homan
together with a labouring man named Thomas Wilda, were put to
the bar at Union Hall, duetted by the husband of the female de.
fendant with having assaulted him, under the following circun

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John Norman stated that be is a labouring man, resident at
Brixton, and having been some time out of employment, lie lett
bowie the middle of last week in order to seek work elsewhere, tell.
ing his wife not to make herself uneasy, If be stopped away f a
fortnight, but, at all events, he should be absent at least fare week.
He did go from home, but returned rather unexpectedly on Sun.
day evening to Brixton, and on entering the village he observed a
man, accompanied by a female, who very much resell:Wed his
wife in her gait. They were walking together in an unfrequented
place ; he, however, did not interrupt them, being determined to
have ocular demonstration, " for," added he, " 1 hued thatan
was not right soon after leaving home." He aechriiiiglv followed
the couple, and saw them enter his dwelling. " Noe,: „td he,
" I was convinced of the truth of the repotts of the infidelity of my
wife, aid made up my mind not to be ton rash and hasty in the
sirens of surprising them together." He walked off to an adniaire
hedge, and cut a good thick stick, for the purpose of giving his
wife, and whoever might be with her, a sound drubbing, gild re.
turned to the house, the outer door of which was on the latch. He
entered, and on trying his own room door, found it fast; be Jew,
some noise with the bolt, and presently he hewed a confusion
within, and whisperings. Ha called out, "Open the door!" bus
no voice answered ;—" Anne, I say, open the door !" gal all was
silent. " I then," said the complainant, " put my shoulder to
the door, burst it open, and the-e I saw my wik and dlr. Tons
Wilds stark-naked, just having risen from the bed. I ran at Wilds
with the stick, but my wife closed with me, and held me so
tightly, that she prevented me from using the stick, and gave the
defendant an opportunity of running out into the road, naked as ha
was." He added, that he received a blow from Wilds just as he
was quitting the room, and he (complainant) had his faithless wife
and her man brought before his IVorsliip, to have them dealt with
according to their deserts.
The wife, in her defence, declared, that Wilds had not ism to
bed with her; the feet was, her husband was of that jealous turn,
that any little civility exercised towards her by any other nian than
himself, was sure to excite in his mind the usual symptoms of
that passion. "In short," said she, "your Worship, I cannot,
nor will nut, lice with him any longer; he not only leaves me for
a week, and sometimes for a fortnight at a stretch, but what is
worse, he does not leave a shilling for my support in his absence."
The complainant denied this, and declared that he worked like,
horse when he could get it to do for her support. With nand tj
what she had said about his being a jealous man, and all that, he
believed he was like the generality of men in that respect, and if he
had not good and substantial reasons for being so, " then," added
he, " I have done, for surely seeing is believing."
The Wife—He tells a falsehood when he asserts Mr. Wilds
took his place in bed ; Mr. Wilds, I say again, is a very deeet.t
man, and would not be guilty of any thing Improper; he only
came to the house that night to ask me how I did.
Wilds here endeavoured to confirm what shestated, and added,
that as he knew the complainant often left his wile destitute for a
length of time, he went there to render her a little assistance. The
tale related by Mr. Norman was all nonsense.
Blithmisn, one of the turnkeys of Brixton, said, that he heard
the noise as he was passing the complainant's house on the night
mentioned, and presently afterward. saw Wilds run out of the
passage naked into the street. It was notorious in the neighboors
hood, that in the absence of the complainant, Wilds always did
the family duties, for he was to be seen going into her house every
night, and coming out in the morning
The Magistrate observed, that all he had to do was with the
wealth, and there was not the shadow of proof that any had been
annmitted on either side. " If." said the Slagistrate to the eau.
plainant, " you had beaten him, he certainly richly (I:laved it ;
but all I can do for you is to advise a separation, and your legal
adviser will give you every information as to the mode of proceed-
ing to obtain it."
The parties then left the Office.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.