The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-01 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

COMMITTAL FOR THE FULL TERM FOR AN AGGRA-
VATED ASSAULT ON A W IRE.—Frederick George, a
young man, was charged with an aggravated assault on
his wife, Mary Ann George.
Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the prosecution, which was instituted by the
Society for the Protection of Women and Children, Duke-
street, St• James's.
Mary Ann George said—l live at No. 6, Red Lion-court,
Seven Dials, and the prisoner is my husband. I am 21
years of age, and have been married 18 months. On the
21st March, between 5 and 6 in the evening, my husband
met me where we live, and told me to come upstairs. He
asked me what I had been speaking to the landlord about,
and I said, "About the rent." He then took hold of me
by the ears and bumped my head against the wall, and
kicked me and struck me in the face, blacking both my
eyes. He said, "You shall not go out of the b— room
alive. I will have your b— head off your shoulders."
I asked him to let me go, for the sake of my
child which I held in my arms. He told me
to put the child down, and, having a knife in his hand, he
said, " I'll have your life. Make up your mind not to
go out of the room alive." As I would not put the child
down, he threw it out of my arms, and on my stooping to
pick it up he caught hold of my leg, and in so doing cut it.
I screamed for assistance, and some persons came and burst
the door open and liberated me, and then my husband tried
to g, _t over the balusters after me. He has often beaten
me before, and the things I get together to make a home
he breaks up.
Mr. Lewis—He has been in prison, has he not ?
Complainant—Yes, sir ; once for an assault, and once for

thieving.
Ellen Welsh, living is the same house, proved hearing
cries of "murder" proceeding from the room occupied by
the prisoner and his wife,
Mr. Lewis—How long have you known the complainant,
and what s ,rt of character does she bear ?
Witness—l have known her nine years, and she is a
steady, hardworking woman.
Mr. Charles Dowd, of Poland-street, surgeon—l saw the
complainant some days alter the 21st, and her face was
much contused. She had bad black eyes. I saw a wound
on her leg, an incised wound, but in consequence of its being
nearly healed cannot say positively now it was caused. A
knife like the one produced would cause such a wound.
Prisoner—My wife mixes up with the people in " the
Dials," and because I have brought some of them to justice
she has an ill feeling towards me. 1 wish to call Sergeant
Cole to speak to my character.
Sergeant Cole was called, but his evidence was far from
favourable to the prisoner, inasmuch as he said he knew
the prisoner as a thief, and believed he had robbed him
(the sergeant).
Prisoner—My wife aggravates me and calls me a " cod."
She was very violent. I did strike her, but it was because
she dropped the child.
The prisoner was committed for six months with hard
labour, and ordered at the expiration of the sentence to find
one bail in £2O for another six months to keep the peace
towards his wife.

There is little doubt that, but for the exertions of the
society's agent, Mr. C. Albert, the prisoner would not have
been brought before the magistrate.

THAMES.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Frederick Granger, a tall sea- 1
man, with a long beard and moustauch, having the appear-
ance of a foreigner, was brought before Mr. Paget charged
with assaulting Mr. Thomas Matthews, a packer, of No. 36,
Ann-street, Commercial-road.
Last night the complainant and another man were pass-
ing along a street in the neighbourhood of Wellclose-
square, when the prisoner rushed from a court, and, with-
out any provocation or insult, struck the prosecutor with
his fist and knocked him down, and when he was on the
ground kicked him four times. The prisoner was almost
immediately seized, and it WAS observed to him that he had
made a mistake, and another asked him what he meant.
He made no reply, and was taken to the station-house. The
complainant, who is a respectable steady man, was much
hurt by the blow and kicks he received.
Several witnesses proved the case against the prisoner,
who made no defence, and Mr. Paget severely commented
on his brutal conduct. The assault was most wanton,
cruel, and violent. He sentenced the prisoner to two
months' imprisonment with hard labour.
A BULLY.— Thomas Marshall, a rough, dissipated
looking fellow, 32 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Paget charged with assaulting Mary Driscoll.
The complainant, whose face was bruised and her mouth
severely cut, said she was an unfortunate woman and had
cohabited with the prisoner. She left him some time ago.
He continued to follow her about and annoy her. Last
night she was in company with another man in a public-
house and saw the prisoner there. She left the house with
the strange man. This morning at six o'clock she met the
prisoner at the end of Anne-street, Limehouse Church, and
he asked her where she went to last night, to which she
replied with whom she wished to go and where she liked.
He then struck her on the face with his fists, and caused
her mouth to bleed profusely.
George Wise, a pclice-constable, No. 354 K, heard the
woman screaming and endeavouring to shield her face by
the side of a wall. The prisoner was striking at her with
man, and he took him into
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Mr, Paget said the prisoner was one of *Lose fellows who
thought he could beat a prostitute with impunity, but he
would teach him his mistake. He sentenced the prisoner
to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour.