The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-07 00:00:00

POLICE.

IVTANstox-I-lousn.—A -person of the name of
Smith was brought up, charged by the
o;ers(rs of the Parish of St. BotAph, Bishopsgate,
running. away and deserting. his wife and two
.ehl.di-tqi, having them burdenS on-the Parish. •
In his defence, the Prisoner said, that he bad not
rrn • y from his witc-, but that she had run away
from him. That he had never clapt eyes upon her,
nor knew where she was, for the last six 01 seven
years,- and, of course, ,that neither of the children,
one of whom was stated to be three years of agd,
. and the other only eleven months old, could be his.
He understood that the woman had married another
husband, and that she, during the greafer.part of
that had resided at Ipswich, while the Prisoner
was never out of-London, a faet which he was ready
to substantiate by a Witness in Court, who had been
accustomed to see the Prisoner three or four days

every week.
The Overseers of the Parish contended, that it
was necaisary foi the Prisoner to prove non-access
to 1-is wife, and, 'in support .of this propoSition, they.
adduced the .opinion of Mr. CONST, on a case sub-
rnitted,to stptin, the fats as far as known at
the r.rliev.Subnitted that the Prisoner had
1)t stated any mean., Of proof on this :subjea
,suf-
ficient to preclude fUrther inquiry,, and therefore that
he shon-Rl.stand committed till some. further proof,
,
either of access or non-access, could be brought
forward.
The, Lottp .MAYOII said he should. feel great reluc-
tance; in a case so clear as thapresent seemed to him
to be, to corm i the. Prisoner. He did not see that
there could be any impropriety in bearing what the
woman had to on the subject.,
The -woman was accordingly examined, who so
far agreed with her first husband, as to admit that.
Le had not had any access: to
,her for upwards of
siren years last past. That one of the children had
been born at Ipswich, where the Prisoner hadnoti
to .her knowledge, been for the last nine years ; and
that John Smith, her second husband, was the father
of bo)•it the children. He, it would 'seem, had also
aoandoned her.
_ The Oversers of the Parish still insisting that the
proof of non-access was -not clear, the Lord Mayor
allowed them to, have the examinations of the Pri-
soner and of the woman taken, but immediately aff•
terwards discharged the-Prisoner. •
Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson, who has for upwards of
a fortnight attended at the Mansion House, almost
every day, having on her person, even at this mo.'
rent, external marks of a,very violent assaultxharged
to have been committed on her by a .young man of
the name of William Conk, a Jew, the investigation
into which had been repeatedly delayed at the request
of the Complainaurherself, this day stated her rea-
diness to proceed in the inquiry.
The evidence of the Prosecutrix exhibited a scene
of the most barbaroui and atrocious brutality which
can well be figured—being somewhat in a state of
pregnancy, the Froseeutrix went into Sparrow-corner,
Rag-fair, to purchase some linen. Here, while view-
ing the articles, she felt-something' prick her on the
showda-. 03 turning about hastily she observed a man..
drawing Ircitt his arm as if from the position in which
she stood. She made up to hitni and tapping him

gently on the shoulder, pointed out the impropriety
of passing joke's on a person in her situation. This
person to whom she spoke seemed- to take in
good part ;• but the Prisoner immediately came up,
and addressing her in such language as a low-bred-
and irritated Jew may be supfoised to use to a
Christian, declared, if she had treated him in the
' manner she had the person she had just been address-
, ing, he would have bathed Kr. in her own blood.--.
This he followed by knocking the Complainant
•doWn, and beating and kicking her afterwards in a
shocking manner, till she was carried away quite in-

semi
The:Prisoner appeared from the beginning at-
tehded;by two women of his own nation, who ae-
dared their readiness to swear that so far from mal-
treating the woman, she, had knocke'd him down,
and had behaved to him in a most unbecoming

manner:
This day,-for the first time, the Prosecutrix was
able to procure the attendance of her witnesses,
which she even now did only by warrant. They
consisted of two Jews, both of wlibrii denied all
knowledge 4)f the transaction. Mr. Tipper, the
Officer,, however, declared, that he had heard one.
of the witnesses, Isaac Lions, 'declare, :that the Pro-
seeutrix‘had been extremely ill treated' - •
The LORD Maymt desired the Prosecutrix to look
on the Defendant (which she did) and to say if she
was positive that he was the person ivho committed
the assault on her.
The Prosecutrix most emphatically declared that.
she had not the shadow of doubt on that fat.
The LORD MAYOR said,. that taking into:his con-
sideration the decided manner in which the :Prose-.
cutrix, swore to the Defendant; as being the. person
'who had committed the assault. on her, while at-the
same time one of witnesses by whom she ex-
peCted to have- been able to prove .the assault, but
who now chose to deny all knowledge of it, was
met by the evidence of Mr. Tipper, a very accurate
and discreet Officer, who swore that he had heard
the witness declare that the • Prosecntrix had been
extremely ill used by the Defendant, he had no hesi-
tatioa in'thinking that undue-, influence had been
used with the witnesses' for- the Prosecutrix. He,
therefore, ordered the Defendant to find sureties to
stand his trial for the assault.

,
Atusoßouott-STREET.---Yestertiaya 'enarge of
a very singular and ambiguous nature occupied the
attention of the Magistrates at this. Office fig some.
hours. A person, who resides in the vicinity of
Qolden-square, %%as charged with unlawfully impri-.
Eqning a -young female ; and the circumstances were
as follow 'an early hour on Sunday morning
the neighbourhood. was alarmed by the shrieks of
murder, and the watchman repaired to st. James's
watchhoui.e to get' assistance to force a way' into
the houSe, which was closely fastened. Gregory,
the Constable, went •to-the house, and, as fisted by
the watchman, forced his way into the kitchen, and
proceeded upstairs to the front room on the second
)r, from I,s'ficn;:e the cries issued. The door was
Estened, and, On bursting it open, a female, about

.18 years of age, flew to .the window, and attempt-
ed to throw herself into the street,, which
.attempt
Gregory prevented just in time; she appeared in
a - truly deje&ed state ; two. slices of bread were
placed on the chair, by the bed Side; she was the only
person in the house. It appeared, that the young
female, a lunatic, had beep confined in the house
for a length of time, and site -had often before
alarmed the neighbourhood. She is entitled to con-
iderable property when of age, and her name
is Elizabeth. Davis, from Stackwell-court, Pem-
brokeshire, South Wales. The Defendant, who
also has a residence at Knightsbridge, refused •to
account in what
.mannex, and by what authority,
he governed and confined the utihapyy girl, stating,
for his reason, that he had no right
,to criminate
himself. The Magistrate wished to know if he
was her guardian, to which he replied in the nega-
tive, and said, she first came to him for his protec-
-tion. On
_another question being put to him, he.
said, be would answer no more impertinent ques,
tiOns. The Magistrate ordered the Defendant, who
is a money-lender, to be loCkedup until he should
find bail to answer the charge against _him ; himself
in 4001. and two sureties in 2001. each. The unfor-
tunate girl was ordered to be taken care of._

GUILDHALL: -After a number of petty complain
were disposed of, a very carious charge for .Assault
and Crinz. Cm was exhibited by a very respeetablo
looking young, couple, against a Gent/ohm; who,
lodges in the first-floor of the same house with thern,,
and whom the Lady (a handsome, comely, tall young
ivoman, about three-and-twenty) charged with com-
ing into her room, where she was at work at her
business, at noon-day, pulling her away from her
work, into her bed-room, backwards, and effeaing
certain wicked purposes of lawless'passion : in con-
sequence of which she desired A summons to bring
him forward to answer for his -misdeeds.

The Magistrate, astonisheJ at such a charge, asked
the lady, was she quite sure the person had ventured
to proceed to such liberties with her as a married
woman, at noon day, and in her own apartMents,
when she might have raised an alarm, and called for
assistance ? She answered, that it was but too true,
and that he had, ben. wicked enough to serve her
so three different days iu the last week. .
This averment was supported ,by the evidence of
her: husband, a strapping young fellow six feet
high ; who assured his Worship, that. indeed his
wife would not tell a,lie, and he advised her to com-
plain to his Worship.
The Magistrate asked him how-it happened that
Ix did not proteca his wife against such treatment ?
To this he answered, that he could not heie it ; it
was done while he was out, and he-never heard of it
until it was all over.
The Magistrate granted the summons ; but at the
same time warned the parties to consider well whe=
ther some fads might not be disclosed upon
,a
they examination which might rather tend to expo-
sure than redress.