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aha pd. him no answer, but looking steadfastly at fin!, itati,,
into the water. He then caught hold of Ler clothes, ,rd
struggled desperately ; and were It not for the immediate assiararr.
of Mitchell and his companion, she would have been taeritab' drowned, as he was PO exhausted in endeavouring to pre,e,o
from sinking, 'that he should have been obliged to have let her
Ile further stated, that after he had assisted to put licr
Alkehell's boat, he went to Of-aliegs and Inquired for pork
was not at home. Ile there mentioned what had happen. d,
understood that the prisoner had been living with I k
three years past, but that, i consequence of some jealous fit, e 1.,.
wore separated this fortnight back. Mitchell stated that she wa
married woman, but that she had been separated from her ht.ihe•
those seven years. He is a respectable watermsn, and Fee!,
public-house in %Vestinirmer ; he saw him oldng, and
him of the situation in which his wife was. He said he wau,'
nothing to do with her ; she left him seven years aro,
going away had robbed him of 801. Which at that time had
reduced him to beggary.

Captain R ICHHELL endeavoured to impress on her the en,
of the sin she had,becit about to commit, and otwerreilwhat her
conduct had brought her to. She, apparently agitated,
having robbed het litoband ; but accused him or haring treat.
badly. bile said she bad had neither food nor abetter for three
back, and We was a burtheia to her.

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i'ithguaihnirdallilltedhe'ir little diWergares had been made tin.

-4;spiain IZICHBF.I.L said he could not contn,l Mr conduct,*
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FEROCIOUS ASSAULT.
UNION-HALL.—Or Saturday a ruffisnlyfellow named Gard-
who. described himself as a `• dog-tannier,, ' was brought up
others on suspicion of having committed a highway robbery.
charge, however, was not proved against him to the satisfaeti(ro
the Magistrate, the individual robbed having been unable poagiv,.•
to swear to his person. He was therefore about to lie discharge,
when Harris, the Officer, said that he held a warrant agsinuit.
for committing a very desperate assault on the person of ;Of
Howard Rice.

The plaint& in this ease having been called, on presenting his.
self exhibited one side of his face to the view of the 3lasistratr,
it was very much mutilated, in consequence of a blow given byif,
primmer with such force as to fracture the cheek-bone in two Ow
He proceeded to state, that on Tuesday last, so he was sitting
his brother's house at Bermondaey, he heard the noise of two din.
fighting In the street. On going out and perceiving that 'visit.,
was engaged in a contest with that of the defendant, a large ms,'.
tiff, he -(the witness) proceeded to separate them, and while in the
act, the owner of the strange dog ran tip, and without saying ant
word, struck him a blow with Fitch violence under the lett eve. to
to fracture the check.hnne in two places, and render his face et.
formed for the rest or his days. The force with whits the blots
was given completely took his senses away, and his life was con.
sidtred in a precarious state for some time, on account of the
hamorrhage . from his nose and mouth. The complainant added.
that oil committing the feroriouv assault the prisoner made let
escape, and was not heard of again in the neighbourhood of Bet.
mondst y until his apprehension on suspicion of highway rabbet,.
The prisoner, who has frequently been brought up to this offec
on charges of felony, declared that he was struck in the first instance
by the complainant, and that he should bring forward ellderraw.
Wood, who was an eye-witness to the ciremnatances, to speak to
that fact.

The Magistrate observed that be should now hold the price tr
to bail for the assault, and strongly urged the complainant to phut.
cute him at the Sessions, where the former might have anoppn•.
tunity of producii g the worthy Alderman in his behalf, to tarsi:
to his declaration of having been struck in the first instacce.