The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-26 00:00:00

Mr. Binns—Then I will call my witneeses, and go to
the sessions.
Mary Maria Kelly, a plain, meagre-looking, middle-
aged woman, Whose appearance excited a great deal of
curiosity in a crowded court, here stepped into the wit-
ness-bor. On being sworn, she said—l am the wife of
Samuel Rosser Kelly, and I live at No. 29, Gravel-lane,
Southwark, under Mr. Gibson's protection. I have
no other roof to be under, as I am locked and barred
from my husband.

Mr. aombe—That is no justification for your commit-
ting adultery. What is this Mr. Gibson
Mr. Robinson—He keeps a chandler's shop, but he
formerly was a minister of the Gospel at Bethnal-green,
and Airs. Kelly was one of his congregation.
Mrs. Kelly, in continuation, said—About 7 in the
evening of Thursday, the 18th, I was sitting with my
child in Mr. Gibson's parlour. The child was near the
fire looking at her letters. I saw some one rush into
the shop, and en looking through the blind I per-
ceived it was Mr. Kelly, my two sons, and Mr.
Stuttle, my son-in-law. I got up and closed the
door, when my husband broke a window and struck
me on my hand with a stick. It was a hard blow,
and I let go the door. The child ran upstairs, and
I followed into an empty room and bolted the 'door.
That, however, was immediately afterwards burst
open, and all the defendants, except Mr. Morgan and
Mr. Bennett, entered the room. I held my child up in
my arms by the window, when my husband struck me
on the shoulders with a stick. My two sons and Mr.
Stuttle forced me down and took the child from me, and
ran away with it. My husband tried to get down
stairs, but I clung to his knees, and in my effort to pre-
vent his getting away one of his feet kicked me, and I fell
down stairs. I cannot say how many times he kicked
me. Blood came from my mouth when at the bottom:of
the stairs ; my arms and body were also bruised. Mor-
gan and Bennett were not in the house. That is all I
have to say.
Mr. Combe—Then there is no charge against them ;
they are discharged.
Mr. J. Borne, surgeon, 4, Albert-place, Rotherhithe,
said :—On Friday morning I saw Mrs. Kelly, and exa-
mined her. I found ecchynose contusions on each shoul-
der and army. There were scratches on the fore-arms
which had bled slightly. Her health appeared bad and
debilitated.

Phillip Lane, a lad residing near Mr. Gibson's, said--
I heard a scuffle in the shop, and saw Mr. Kelly strike
Mr•. Kelly with a thick stick.

Daniel Muliens, another lad (a costermenger)—l saw
Ur. Kelly strike his wife i❑ the shop ; the two sons
were present.

Mr: Robinson said he should neither eross-examine
the witnesses nor make any remarks on the evidence, as
the case was going to the sessions.
Mr. Combo then ordered the depositions to be read,
and bound the parties over to prosecute the defendants
at the next Surrey Sessions. He at the same time libe•
rated them •on their own recognisanees.

WORSIIIP-STREET.—Trillians Smith, a shrewd-
looking, decently-dressed man, was charged with frau-
dulently obtaining 10/, by gambling with cards in a rail-
way carriage.
Mr. Rd Ward Lizaaan4 A UBtlll mid—l am an undergra-
duate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and came to town
kom the uni►ersity this morning by the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway. On the train reaching the Bishop's Stort•
ford station, ac; I think-
_

Prisoner (coolly correcting him)—Broxbourne, it was.
Witness—Yes. On reaching Broxbourne the prisoner
entered the same carriage, and took a seat nearly oppo-
site me. After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour,
he opened a kind of travelling-case he had with him,
and, selecting some articles of cutlery—pocket-knives—
he offered them for sale. No one offered to purchase
them, and het therefore closed the case, and, producing
from his pocket a pack of cards, selected three of them,
which he placed upon the case, and began playirg with
them. He next said he would venture a sovereign that
no one could tell him a particular eard—a knave, I be-

[eve-

Prisener—l may as well mention it was th• Jack of
clubs.

Witness—Yes; he said no one could name that card
—the other two were not court cards—aud the bas
began with a few shillings. I was induced to join in
the bets, which shortly got to 1/., and I ultimately
found that I had lost 10/. I thought the gams seemed
very fair ; he moved the cards about, and exchanged
their places in this way. (Witness here described the
method.) I knew it was a sleight-of-hand trick, of course,
and don't think that he had a confederate.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—You knew, then, that you were
betting against sleight-of-hand, or, in other words,
gambling !
Witness--Will, if gambling can be fair, this aet cer-
tainly was fair. lihad seen before in the newspapers
several accounts of similar practices, and I thought it
'night be of some benefit to the public if I brought the
case before them. That was my only motive, and I there-
fore gave hits in charge upon reaching the Shoreditch
terminus, whence we went to the police station, and
thence came here.
Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the prisoner)—What are you,
and where do you reside !
Prisoner—l reside in Leicester, in High Cross-street.
lam a groom. For four seasons I was under Lord
Gardner as groom, and with others as groom, but this
year I have been out of employment, and lodge at dif-
ferent coffee-houses while in London.
Witness—ln the carriage he told us that he was the
brother of the well-known betting man.
Prisoner—Oh, that was only in joke, sir. (Hesitating
and addressing the magistrate smilingly.) I should
really very much like to explain this game to your wor-
ship, if you would let me, sir !
Officer—We found 121. 108. in gold upon the prisoner,
your worship.
Mr. Austin—Another person lost 5/. to the pri-
soner, and a third also lost 31., I believe. I won once,
and so did the others, but the prisoner generally had
the best of it.

Mr. D'Eyncourt—Are they fair cards
Prisoner (indifferently)-014 yes, sir, you will find
the duty-paid aco of spades among them.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—What did ho call the game I—Mr.
Austin—Well, I think he mentioned some French name
for it, which I forget, but only three cards were used.
Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the prosecutor)—lt is quite clear
ths,t yon can recover your money back again, but there
is come nicety required in dealing with this kind of case.
With regard t. you (the prisoner), I will accept your
own recogniaances in 20/. to appear again in answer to
the charge on this day week.
Prisoner—And may I have the money delivered to
rue!

Air. D'Eyncourt—No ; that must remain in the cue.
tody of an officer,
Mr. Austin—l hope, sir, I shall not be obliged to
attend here again. I must be in Cambridge on Satur-
day next, where I have very particular matters to attend
to, and, indeed, I am now only away for three days.
Mr. D'Eyncourt finally arranged that the gentleman
should be communicated with when his attendance was
required, and the prosecutor left the court, shortly after
succeeded by the prisoner, wko at once entered into the
necessary Securities.

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FIRE AND LOSE OF LIFE AT GRBENNVICIL—Yesterday
morning a fire broke out on the premises tenanted isy
Mr. East, coffee shop keeper, No. 6, Silver-street,
Greenwich, So rapid was the progress of the fire that
on the residents being aroused they found the flames
rushing up the staircase, and Mrs. East, aged 50 years,
while attempting with a son and a servant to escape by
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by that husband, ad she had better protection in Mr.
Gibson's habitation and acted perfectly right in living
with him. Howwer, the present case arose out of
her female child, fur or five years old, which had
been forced from her tender care by her husband. Some
weeks prior the child was brought to her, and was
as happy as could be until the 18th of this month,
when all the defenfants rushed into Mr. Gibson's
house, in Gravel-lane and having grossly assaulted her,
forced it from her, and carried it away. He !considered
it a serious charge, ind that it carne under the Ag-
gravated Assaults Act, which gave his worship power
to punish the parties by a sentence of six months' im-
prisonment, and bas for a further six months. There
was another act of P.:rliameit to meet the charge, giving
power to punish par ies for taking away a child under
14 years age froze its mother or father. She being
a girl, the mother was the proper guardian.
Mr. Combs —Will you give any one in charge for
that !

Mr. Binns—The mother will, I have no doubt. The
child has been forciby abducted from her by the father.
She had tho lawful ctstody of it.
Mr. Combe—Them is not the slightest shadow or
pretence of such a proceeding. By common law the
father has right to the custody of ell children under 21.
You may go to Chancery if you like, but you can do no-
thing here.
Mr. Binns—Well, all I want is justice for this poor
injured woman. (Laughter.) She has been grossly
assaulted.
Mr. Combo—lf you can prove that, you can go to the
sessions for trial.
Mr. Binns—Let us go to Newgate, then ; we &hall
have a judge and an honest trial by jury.
Mr. Combe.—l cannot oblige you. If the case does
go to the sessions, it must go in the regular way to the
Surrey Sessions.
Mr. Binns—l am willing to go there providing Mr.
Kelly gives up the inflnt to its mother.
Mr. Robinson—Certainly not.
Mr. Corabe—What ! The father of a child give it over
to a mother living in open adultery with another man !
That's preposterous.
Mr. Binne—Then I ask your worship to hear the
evidence and decide it.
Mr. Combe—From what I see in the case, it is rather
a disgraceful one, and I shall send it to the session.. If
it is so serious as you say to this poor injured woman,
the jsstices can pass a sentence of two years. I cannot
do that.