The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-07 00:00:00

THAMES.

SAVAGE ASSAULT ON AN Acitn
, OMAN.—Eliza
Vincent, a (Aver, drunken, and turbulent woman, of No,

7, Lower Chapman-street, St. George-in-the-East, was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently
assaulting Catherine Kelly, and breaking her leg.
The victim of the prisoner's brutality is 77 years of age.
She is in the London Hospital, and a certificate from Mr.
Hubert Spencer, the house surgeon, was delivered to the
magistrate, stating that she was in danger, and could not
be removed, and the femur thigh bone was fractured.
Edward Dillon, a police-sergeant, No. 19 K, stated that
at ten o'clock last night he was called upon to attend at the
house, No. 9, Ann-street, St. George, whew he found an
aged and infirm woman, named Catherine Kelly, 77 years
old, lying in the passage, and moaning fearfully. She
was in great pain. On asking her what was the
matter, she said she was standing at the door, and Mrs.
Vincent, without any provocation, fastened a quarrel upon
her, struck her a violent blow on the side of the head, and
knocked her down. When she got up she could not stand,
and believed her leg was broken. He went in pursuit of
the prisoner, a married woman, and took her out of bed.
011 making her acquainted with the charge, the prisoner
said, " Oh, my God I I never spoke to the old woman,"
He conveyed the injured woman to the London Hospital,
and, from her age and infirmities, was afraid she would not
recover.

Mr. Herbert Spencer, on examining Mrs. Kelly, dis-
covered her right thigh bone was broken. The poor woman
was a quiet, well-disposed widow, living with her daughter,
Mrs. Raine, of No. 22, Ann-street, stated that she saw
prisoner beat Mrs-. Kelly in a violent manner. The old lady
was in the open street opposite her own door, and the pri-
soner attacked her and knocked her down in the gutter. It
was a cowardly and wanton outrage.
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The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Partridge re-
manded her Wednesday
shouldnxt remand the prisoner and said if Mrs. Kelly
couldnot until
attend, he thou
again.
ILLEGAL SUNDAY TRADING.--DOINEI IT WHOLESALE.
—John Henry Fulling, a German, and landlord of the
White Hart public-house, in Hosper-square, Chamber-
street, Whitechapel, appeared before Air. Partridge to
answer a summons taken out by Inspector Holloway, of
the K division, which charged him with having his shop
open for the sale of beer and spirits on Sunday, the 27th ult.,
not for the refreshment of travellers, contrary to the statute,
On the morning of the Sunday in question a detective ()facer
named Dunaway, No. 129 H, was passing the defendant's
house in plain clothes, and saw him letting people out and
others in, and telling them to make haste. Dunaway looked
on, and the defendant, supposing he wished to be a cus-
tomer, said " I cannot let you in, my house is so full." In
consequence of a communication from Dunaway, police-
constable, Patrick Geraghty, No. 20 H, went to the White
Hart, and knocked at the door. " Who ish dat knocking
at mine door," asked the defendant within. " The police
answered Geraghty, "I know your house is full of people,
open the door." There was a rush of people into the cellar
and up-stairs rooms immediately, pots of beer, gin and rum
were hastily poured into the sink under the beer machine,
and after a delay of two minutes Geraghty was admitted,
and found the defendant " Missing" the people down the
cellar stairs. Geraghty said, " That won't do ; you are
doing it by wholesale ;" and went into the cellar, in which
he round 19 men—English, Irish, and German, and two
pots of beer among them. There was another pot of beer
on the cellar stairs. There were other persons in the house,
and indications of business having been transacted by the
appearance of the bar cou.nter,which was covered with beer.
Geraghty was afterwards informed that several of the de-
fendant's customers jumped from the first floor window into
the street when he entered the house, and two or three,
of ihem were severely injured and taken to the hospital.
Mr, Partridge—What time was this ?

Geraghty—At 12 o'clock at noon, on the 27th of Sep-
tember.

The defendant admitted the offence, and said it should
not happen again.
_ _ _

Mr. Partridge—This is really too bad. An open defianea
of the law.

Inspector Holloway, in answer to the Magistrate, said
the defendant had only kept the White Hart three weeks,
but his predecessors had been fined often for similar offences.
Mr. Partridge said he intended to have fined the defen-
dant £5. The inspector's statement only saved the de-
fendant from the full penalty. He inflicted a penalty ot
40s.
The money was instantly paid.