The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

THh SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1864.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Thin Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—Dr. Thomas
Napper, of the Bridge HOMO Hotel, London-bridge, for-
merly in practice at Dorking, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. Ferdinand Philip Fisher
Stronsberg, gentleman, of 126, Jermyn-street.
Mr. Lawis, of Ely-place, appeared for the prosecution;
and Mr. Smyth, of Rochester terrace, for the defence.
Mr. Lewis having opened the case at some length, said
that if he satisfied his worship that the defendant had been
guilty of a violent assault with a weapon like that pro-
duced (a thick stick), he should ask that the defend: at be
committed to a higher tribunal, as bail would not be suf-
ficient, the defendant having been waiting about the street
in which the complainant resided for several days for the
purpose of assaulting him.
Mr Ferdinand Philip Fisher Stronsberg said—l reside
at No. 126, Jermyn-street. Yesterday I went to the Vine-
street station, as I have been in the habit of doing daily, for
the assistance of a constable, as the defendant has been
daily waiting for me till 9 o'clock at night to take my lite,
I found the defendant waiting at my door when I walked
up, the constable following me. Directly he saw me he
struck at me with the thick stick produced, saying, " Now
I will kill you." He was going to strike me again, when
the constable pounced upon him, and took him into custody.
I was struck on the arm. I then accompanied the defendant
and the constable to the station. At the station there was
great difficulty in keeping the defendant quiet, as he swore
he would have my life, that he would shoot me if I did not
make private terms with him. The inspector told the de-
fendant not to use such language. I knew the defendant
had been waiting for me, and I avoided him. It has been
going on for five or six days, and during that time I have
deemed it necessary to have the'assistance of the police.
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By Mr, Smyth—l live at 126, Jermyn-street. I slept
there last night. I decline say whether I am living with
the defendant's flaughter—l refuse to say so. Am I
obliged to do so.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—You know what refusing to answer the
question leads one to infer—that you are doing so, and are
ashamed to answer. You do not seem to perceive that, but
I do.

Cross-examination continued—l get my living by busi-
ness—by introductions—railways, At present I am a
bankrupt. The defendant's wife did not keep me out of her
income, and never did. His daughters have not both had
children by me—nor one of them either. I cannot answer
that the defendant has been endeavouring to trace his wife.
He tries to get money of me. I will swear he used the
words " private terms." I kno.v nothing of the defendant's
inquiries. I shall not say whether I have been
tried and convicted. I have not been as many
as three times tried and convicted for fraud.
I was indicted for obtaining a lease by fraud, and sentenced
to six months' imprisonment. I was never indicted for
keeping a brothel. I have kept a house in the Waterloo-
road, The blow I received was not a severe one, My arm
was bruised. lam not aware the landlady of the house,
Mrs. Snow, promised to give the defendant his wife's ad-
dress. I did not touch the defendant and say to the con-
stable " This is the man."
By Mr. Lewis—l believe the defendant intends to kill me.
Mr. Smyth—A warrant was issued against Dr. Napper,
and the complainant never appeared.
Mr. Lewis—And then a warrant was taken out against
Mr. Stronsberg for abduction, and after the matter had
been investigated by Mr. Selfe he discharged Mr. Strons-
berg.
John Tippett, 96 C, after corroborating the complainant
in some particulars said, "I heard the defendant make use
of threatening language towards the complainant, both in
the street and at the station, and as the defendant
threatened to shoot the complainant and was violent, I
searched him, thinking he might have a pistol secreted about
him.
By Mr Smyth—Complainant did not touch the defend-
ant. He said, "This is the man." When the defendant
struck the complainant he said, " This is the villain, and
I'll be hung for him,"
Defendant said the complainant had taken his two
daughters away and seduced them, but did not say they
had had children by him, He said his daughters and wife

lived with the complainant.
Mr. Snow, butcher, of 126, Jermyn•sfreet, landlord of
the house, also spoke of defendant's violence at different
times at his house, and said—On one occasion the defendant
said, "I wilt sacrifice my own life and murder the others,"
meaning the complainant for one of them.
By Mr. Smyth—Complainant has been with me for
years and sleeps in the house when he likes. lam not
aware that my wife has told Dr. Napper that she would get
him his wife's address.

Mr. Smyth said there could be no doubt an assault in
law had been committed, but the question was under what
provocation. The complainant, when asked whether the
defendant's wife and daughter were with him, declined to
answer the question. The complainant had been charged
with abduction, and on legal grounds dismissed. The
defendant, his client, was formerly in practice at Dorking,
and had had his peace of mind destroyed by the com-
plainant taking away his two daughters, and not only had
they left their father, but by some kind of infatuation
their mother had gone away too. The defendant had done
all he could to obtain legal possession of his daughters, and
to find out where they were residing. As far as Mrs.
Mapper was concerned, he (Mr. Smyth) did not impute
anything wrong. Although he (Mr. Smyth) could not
deny that an assault had been committed, still there had
been great provocation given for it.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have no doubt the defense set up is
pretty true, and that the defendant has received deep and
bitter injuries from the complainant. It is not a case for
the sessions, but one in which I shall require the defendant
to enter into two sureties of ZOO each for six months; and
in requiring the defendant to find sureties, I do so for his
own sake, as much as for that of the complainant.

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