The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-03 00:00:00

Mr Arnold—Has this sort of conduct continued long ?

Complainant—For something like five years, during
which she has been the causo of great pain and trouble to
me. She has been in the workhouse, where she broke the
windows, and has also been twict, in prison. Nothing can
exceed her violence of disposition.

Mr Arnold (to defendant)—What do you say to the
charge ?
Defendant—l wanted something and she would not give
it me. I hadn't had anything all the day.
Mr Arnold--You are charged with breaking the
windows.

D3fendant —That's true. I broke them—l don't deny
it, Why did not she give me something when I asked
her ?

Mr Arnold ordered her to find bail to keep the peace for
:he next three months.
Committed in default.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A MAN CHARGED WITH SEVERAL VIOLENT ASSAULTS
—John Cunningham, a rough fellow, who has several times
been convicted for violent assaults, was charged before Mr
Tyrwhitt with the following violent assaults :
Mrs Emerton, wife of Mr Robert Emerton, of the Two
Brewers, Little St. Andrew's-street, said that on the pre-
vious afternoon the prisoner entered the house and began
abusing her husband, who was ill, in the vilest manner.
She requested him to leave the house, and put her hand on
his arm, when he turned round and seized her by the throat,
and, but for the interference of her brother, she believed the
prisoner would have strangled her. Her husband then gave
the prisoner into custody.
In answer to Mr Tyrwhitt, Mrs Emerton said the pri-
soner had been drinking in the house.
Mr Henry Stephens, of .venue-terrace, Lewisham,
brother of Mrs Emerton, proved seeing the prisoner seize
his sister by the throat, and said that on releasing her he
knocked him about a good deal, and made a great disturb-
ance.

A female servant at the house said she had been with a
boy to a place to get some sand and lime, and prisoner had
been employed by the person where the articles were pur-
chased to load the truck, and therefore came to her master,
thinking he had a claim upon him for doing so. The prisoner
caught hold of her (wituess) by the throat and threw her
down because she would not leave the truck.

Police-constable Wright, 131 F, was called to the Two
Brewers, where the prisoner was given into his charge for
smutting several persons. The prisoner became very
violent, and struck and kicked him, and swore he would
have his life. The prisoner had been several times in cus-
tody far violent assaults.
Rogers, 89 F, went to the assistance of the last witness,
and was thrown down by the prisoner several times. The
prisoner tried to bite him several times, and all the way to
the station behaved in the most violent manner.

There were the names of other persons who had been
assaulted by the prisoner on the charge-sheet, but they
were not called.

The prisoner said he had some drink and it did him no
good.
Mr Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner lOs or 14 days for the
assault on Mrs Emerton and the servant, and 5s or seven
days for each of the other assaults.
John Lamb, a labourer, was charged with assaulting
Police-constable Reimers, 593 A.
Reimers having been informed that the prisoner had been
assaulting his wile in Waterloo-place went there, and saw
the wife's face smothered in blood. He asked the wife
whether she would charge her husband, but she &alined to
do so. Prisoner then struck his wife again, and Reimers
seeing the assault took him into custody, when the prisoner
struck Reimers and became very violent.
Mr Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for a month for
each assault.

The prisoner and his wife (the latter having been charged
with disorderly conduct and discharged) were surprised at
the result, the wife stating that she had not charged her
husband with assaulting her.