The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

BREAKTNG ♦ VALUABLE PANE op GLASS.—EIIen
Kay was charged before Mr Arnold with breaking a pane
of plate glass, the property of Mr James Waterfield,
licensed victualler, and landlord of the Old Rose and
Crown, Medway-street.
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Mrs Elizabeth Waterfield, wife of the prosecutor, stated
that about nine o'clock the previous night the prisoner and
her husband came to the bar, when the former asked for
a pint of beer. Prisoner said, "If you fill the pint I will
smash the window." Witness drew the beer, when the
prisoner immediately flung a heavy stone at a pane of
glass, which was smashed to pieces.

Mr Arnold—Where did she get the stone from ?

Witness—She took it out of her pocket.

The prisoner said that she told Mr Waterfield that she
would break the window if he continued to serve her hus-
band, who was in the habit of spending the most of his
money at the house, and who in consequence left her and
her children without food.

Mrs Waterfield observed that the prisoner's husband did
not spend half-a-crown a week at her house,
Mr Arnold—Was he sober ?
Witness—He was, sir.
Prisoner stated that he was not sober.

A witness for the prosecutor corroborated the evidence,
and said that the prisoner's husband seemed sober.
Mr Arnold—What was the value of the glass ?
Mr Waterfield—£s.

Mr Arnold—Nothing would justify you in going delibe.
rately to do damage to this amount. You have got yoursel
into a deal of trouble by it.

The prisoner was remanded in her own security of £5 to
appear there on Thursday,

TtiAMES.
SINGULAR FAMILY
QUARREL.—John Higgs, a rope
maker, of Westover-street, Stepney, and Harriet Higgs,
his wife, appeared before Mr Partridge to answer a charge
of assaulting Mrs Sarah Lawrence, the wife of a coach-
bud ilder, dwelling in Nicholas-street, St. Peter's-road, Mile-
en.

soli •
street
Mr Charles Young,
and Mr Joseph Smith,
pasTshinegcoamlopnlgainiaz
Mrs Jane Higgs anda.mvsit:c.aor, conducted the prosecution,
solicitor was for the defence.
of the defendant. On Wednesday
woman, is a cousin
night last she was
I Stepney, in company with a
met the defendants, who assailed
Riggs, her daughter, when they
assailed Mrs Lawrence with a
good deal of foul abuse and
called her a long black-
finishing the sentence w
musical to the ears ith a name very un-
°f
Complainant asked the a married woman. The
in
defendant immediately struck
they meant. The male
t:nek Mrs Lawrence a violent
blow on the shoulder and
who had more fighting au away. Mrs Harriet Higgs,
about her, kept up the contest and
used most offensive epithets towards Mrs Lawrence and
tried to pull her bonnet
the female defendant sever off.
She was also struck by
A mob of disorderly raffia al times, and kicked on the knee.
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and boys collected, and Mrs.
Harriet Higgs, who was fearfully excited, instigated them
at
Mrs Lawrence and her two
companions. Mrs Harriet Riggs called out, " one, two,
three ; hip, hip, hoor-ay 1
did give a loud shout, followedhollea, boys I" and the boys
and put them in great peril. T complainant and her friends,
in Bromley. street. Harriet Riggs missed them and raised
George Higgs, brother of
thepaired to the house of Mr.
carries on the business of a ate male
meson, and seeing the
male defendant, and who
complainant and her friends approach
repeated her bad language, raised a shout and
Higgs called out, "Let her come
out, I'll tear her liver
mob collected, and Harriet
out." Richard Baker,
a po.,
ico constable, No. 215 K, said
it occupied him 15 minutes to
disperse
great excitement prevailed, Mrs Jane
the crowd, and that
sister of Harriet Higgs, confirmed the statement of Mrs
Higgs, who is the
Lawrence, whose person was at the
present time marked
with bruises inlicted by Harriet Riggs. Miss Higgs, a
young lady, was called to give
ovidencouncle and aunt, but Mr Partridgesaid there
Was no occasion to hear her. arriet Higgs called
out while Mrs. Lawrence was • •
"Oh you wretch !" and shook his her evidence
Charles Young called attention to this-e fist at her. Mr
parsecs, which Mr Partridge said had
nxhibition of intern •
saidot escaped him.
In cross-examination, Mrs Lawrence
had insulted her several times. She
did
the defendants
Higgs a rogue. She did say, "This is dbecause I won't
conceal property stolen from Mr Gray,"
Mr Joseph Smith said Mrs Lawrence had
revived a very
old affair, the destruction of Mr Gray's
rope
robbery of his property 13 years ago near
ground and
the court, and
had made accusations against Messrs T.
and
rope makers, who were the brothers of mrs.Harriett Higgs,
the defendant, and Mrs. Jane Higgs, Witness for Mrs.
Lawrence. The Bishops had made a
charge
against Mr.
Gray in that court, and NI.. Gray had, through his friend,
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, commenced actions fe
T. and R. Bishop. Mr. John Higgs and Mr. r libel against
George Higgs,
who was present, had married two sisters, and
the whole
family were disunited' lie was instructed that Mrs Law-
rano° commenced the affray, and that John Higgs did not
strike her at all.
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who did not materially
lrSmith called two
case,witnesses,
alteri the omp
believed one of them altogether.
After a long investigation Mr Partridge said it was very
clainant,s
an d the
mag
iatrate said he die-
likely Mrs. Lawrence might have smashed something
against the defendants, but it was plain they had assaulted
her, used most disgraceful language, and caused mobs to
collect. Their conduct was quite unjustifiable and he
fined them 20s. each and 4s. costs. The money was paid.

KENNY MEADOWS' PENSION !—Her Majesty, on
the recommendation of Lord Palmerston, has been
graciously pleased to confer upon Mr. Kenny Meadows,
the artist, a pension of £BO a year, in consideration of the
merit displayed in his " Illustrated Shakspere" and other
well-known works. [Why upon earth could they not
make it £2O more, so as to have given the square sum of
an hundred per annum, They have taken their time about
it, as it is—twenty years at the very least having elapsed
since the publication of Tyas's Illustrated Shakspere I
And now they spoil the dole by deducting from it a paltry
score of pounds sterliogl--ED, SvN.]