The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-26 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN-(THIS DAY

MURDEROUS ASSUALT OF A HUSBAND ON A WIFE.
—Wilhani Beazley was charged with assaulting Jane
Beazley, his wife, with a poker.
Jane Beazley stated that she was the wife of the pri-
soner, who was at present out of work, and that she
maintained the family by her labour. That on her re-
turn from work last evening, in consequence of the pri-
soner wishing her to take her infant with her to her
place of employment, she remonstrated with him,
when he seized the poker and struck her a blow
on the head which rendered her senseless ; that
on recovering her senses she found the prisoner had
twisted her hair round his hand, and was beating her
severely with his fists. She here showed the mark of a
tremendous blow on the side of the head, apparently
inflicted by a poker, and the hair had been pulled out
in great quantities, so as to give her the appearance of
being partially bald. He then hit her a blow on the
mouth with an earthenware cover, which cut her, and
caused her to bleed profusely. Her mother, and other
persons who were in the room, in vain endeavoured to
extricate her, and he held her firmly by her hair until a
barber was sent for to cut her hair to release her.
Her mother and several other witnesses corroborated
her testimony in every particular.
The policeman who took the prisoner into custody
produced the poker, which appeared considerably bent
in several places, and stated that he found the woman
covered with blood ; and that at the time he saw her
she was perfectly sober.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied having struck her
with the poker, but admitted beating her with his fists.
Mr. BRODERIP said that the case was far too serious
to be decided summarily, as the utmost punishment he
could inflict would be a fine of 51., or two months' im-
prisonment, a term utterly inadequate to the punish-
ment of such an atrocious assault. He should, there-
fore, order him to find bail to appear at the Sessions,
himself in 601., and two sureties in 301. each.—The
prisoner, who commenced a torrent of abuse, was then
removed, and locked up for want of bail.
TYPHUS FEVER IN THE UNION OF ST. ANDREW'S,
HoLaoax.—One of the guardians of the poor of the
Union of St. Andrew's, Holborn, applied to the Magis-
trate for his advice and assistance under the following
circumstances :

It appeared that there is a house in that district inha-
bited by several persons in such a state of extreme filth,
as already to have generated typhus fever, of which
disease two of the inhabitants hove died. The guar-
dians offered to have the house cleansed, and to remove
the inmates to the Union Workhouse, but they refused
to accept either offer. He wished to know what he was
to do.

Mr. BRODEP.IP said by the law he was empowered,
if the Guardian made an Rffidavit of the fact, and pro-
duced a medical certificate, to cause a notice to be
affixed on the house, ordering the occupier to cleanse it,
and in default of his so doing then the Guardians were
empowered to cause it to be cleansed at the expense of
the owner.
The Guardian having thanked the Magistrate retired
for the purpose of preparing the necessary documents.