The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-01 00:00:00

POLICE

GENCE

GUILDHALL._

Yesterday liyacinWioswinski, a Polish refugee, was
charged with having severely assaulted Edward Davey, a
cab-driver, with a stick, the head of which was loaded with
iron.
Davey stated that on Saturday evening Dr. Ryan and
another gentleman got into his cab at Bloomsbury, and
ordered him to drive towards Hatton-garden. On reach-
ing Brook-street, in Holborn, they ordered him to drive up
there, and as he was entering the street two or three ladies
persisted in crossing before the horse, and compelled him to
pull up short. As soon as he had started again the pri-
soner endeavoured to cross also, and rushed against the
horse's head. He did not get by, and retreating a few
steps he struck the horse a violent blow with the stick be-
hind the ear. The blow was given with the iron nob at
one end of the stick, and the horse would have fallen down
if witness had not held him up very hard. Witness cried
out, " You brute, what are you doing there," and gave him
a lash with the whip, which so enraged the prisoner that he
foamed and stamped, and, running towards him, struck at
him with the stick five or six times. The first blow cut
witness's hand ; the next he thought had broken his arm.
He was obliged to go to the hospital to get it dressed, and
should be unable to follow his calling for some time to come.
He put in a letter from Dr. Ryan, testifying that no
blame was attachable to the cabman in this affair ; that he
was going at a slow rate, and called out to the persons who
were about to cross.
W. Rait, a patrol, also spoke of the furious manner in
which the prisones attacked the cabman.
The prisoner explained that he was a Pole, living on
the bounty of the country. His pension was 2/. per month.
The complainant had aggravated him by hitting him like

a horse.
Mr. Alderman JOHNSON and Mr. Alderman HARMER
baying consulted together agreed to imprison the defen-
dant one month, unless be paid a fine of 50s.
The prisoner paid the fine and was discharged.

HATTON-GARDEN.
Yesterday Patrick Flanigan, a raw-boned Irishman, was
brought from the station-house, in the custody of Ser-
geant Dodd, No. 9, E division, charged with having at-
tempted to murder Mary Flanigan, his wife.
It appeared from the evidence of Dodd that yesterday
morning, about half-past two o'clock, he eras in George-
street, St. Giles's, when his attention was attracted by a
noise in the house of the prisoner, who keeps a chandler's
shop. On proceeding thither he heard the prisoner making
use of horrid imprecations, and threatening to-have his wife's
life. On peeping through into the shop he perceived him
flourishing a stick over her head, and beating the place. The
noise and confusion continued for some time, when witness
heard the cries of " Murder" from a female voice, on which
he entered the house, and on proceeding to the yard he disco-
vered the prisoner's wife in a water butt, containing 25 pails
full of water. She was completely immersed, with the ex-
ception of her legs above her knees. Oa questioning the
prisoner, he exclaimed, " Oh, by —, let her be there—it
will do her good." Witness got her out of the water and
laid her on her back, she being quite insensible. The priso-
ner then said, " Let her lie there and drain," or words to
that effect ; and witness was about to take him to the sta-
tion-house, when he resisted him violently, but he suc-
ceeded in taking him to the station-house, and after his wife
was properly attended to, and being restored to her senses,
she refused to appear against him, and he was liberated,
' when the prisoner returned home. At about half-past four
o'clock witness was passing by the house of the prisoner,
when his attention was again arrested by faint cries of mur-
der, when he again entered the place, and found him and
his wife in bed, and he was pressing her on the throat, as
if to suffocate her, when he took him to the station-house,
and his wife attended, and charged him with " assaulting
her so as to endanger her life," and he was detained and
lacked up till the morning. At the station-house the wife
and another female stated that the prisoner put his wife
into the water-butt, and the latter said that she saw the act
performed by him, but they were not now in attendance to
give evidence. Whilst in the station-house, he swore re-
peatedly that he would have her life.
Mr. LAING asked him what he had to say to the charge ?
The prisoner, whose face was scratched, said that his wife
and him had a quarrel and they fought, when she fell into
the butt in trying to avoid him. He did not mean to do
her any harm.
Mr. LAING—Do you mean to say there is no harm in
attempting to strangle her and drown her. It is lucky for
you that you are not standing there on a charge of mur-
der. As it is, I shall order you to put in heavy bail for
your future appearance, and you must give 24 hours no-

tice of it.
Sergeant Dodd assured Mr. Laing that the wife and wo•
man alluded to stated positively that the prisoner forced
her into the water, and it was strange that they had not
appeared against him.
The prisoner appeared very agitated, and begged hard
for forgiveness, saying he meant no harm.
Mr. LAING would not part with him so easily, and said
that the wife and the woman alluded to should be brought
forward to give evidence, and summonses were issued and
placed in the hands of the officer to compel their attendance,
and the prisoner was detained and locked up until they
could be brought forward.