The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-23 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1864.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day,

Mr Commissioner Fane was the Commissioner of the day
and sat in Chambers, and disposed of a few applications of
no public interest.
Mr Registrar Hazlitt was the registrar of the day, and
the only point of interest was an adjudication in bankruptcy
against Mr Paul Bedford, the well-known comedian.
The petition was presented by the bankrupt, who surrendered
and obtained protection. The next meeting is appointed
for the 13th September, at 11. No accounts have yet been
filed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A WIFE DANGEROUSLY ASSAULTED BY lIER HUS •
BAND.—John Bain, of 39, Itathbone place, plasterer, was
charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his
wife Harriet Bain.

On the former being placed in the dock, the following
certificate was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt:—
" AliddlEsex Hospital.

"I hereby certify that Harriet Bain was brought to this
hospital last evening, having received severe injuries, and
she is unable to attend the court.
" Signed—Wm. Curgewin, House Surgeon."

Thomas Pa.ttison, an intelligent boy, son of the prisoner
and the injured woman, said—My father and my mother
quarrelled yesterday at home, and about nine o'clock last
night my father struck and kicked my mother, and she was
taken to the Middlesex Hospital, and is now very ill.
Mr Tyrwhitt—Was your father sober?
The boy—He was ; but my mother was a little elevated.
Prisoner—l am very sorry I atm in such a position. Was
not your mother so tipsy that she could not stand against
the drawers ?
Ths boy—She was.
Prisoner—She was so tipsy that she broke all the plates
and dishes. Instead of getting my tea she went out with
another woman and came back about nine o'clock, when
she abused me in the most rascally manner.

Mr Tyrwhitt—l shall remand you till to-morrow.
Robert Pitt, 71 E—l believe the woman is in danger;
—she was kicked in the abdomen.

Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded till to-
morrow, and the woman's state can be reported to me at two
in necessary to examine ber
the presence of the prisoner.
o'clock to-day in case it may be
The prisoner was then, remanded.
_ .

ANOTHER VIOLENT ASSAULT.--Alfred Maidment, a
baker, was charged with violently assaulting a man named
Domenic Murty, living at Peter-street, St. James's.
The complainant (who had received a frightful wound on
his head, presented a ghastly sight, the blood oozing through
the bandages in which his head was enveloped) said he was
in the Crown Tavern Court yesterday, when the prisoner
came in with two females and behaved in a very unruly
manner, pulling one of the young women about. He placed
himself between the prisoner and the young woman to stop
the prisoner's conduct, when the prisoner knocked him
down and kicked him on the side, and on getting up he
found his head was frightfully cut. He could not swear
the prisoner hurt his heal, although he had felt it kicked
while he was lying on the ground. There was, however,
no other man present at the time ha was knocked down.
Prisoner denied assaulting the complainant.

Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, and the complainant,
who seemed in a very weak state, was sent back to the
Charing-cross Hospital in a cab.