The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-21 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SERIOUS ASSAULT ON A BOL—Samuel Reynolds, a tin-
plate worker, residing at No. 30, Greek-street, Soho, was
residing at No. 44, Upper Charlotte-street,
charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting a boy named
Fitzroy-square, by striking him on the head with a solder-
ing iron.

The complainant, whose head was bandaged, said ho
was going along Cleveland-street yesterday evening with
two dogs, when the prisoner, he could not say whether by
accident, kicked one of the dogs. He said to the prisoner,
" Why don't you mind where you are going to you fool,"
and the prisoner knocked him down and kicked him. lie
wont after the prisoner so as to tell his (complainant's)
brother. While going along he told a boy that ho had
called prisoner a fool, and that he had struck him, when
the prisoner said, " What do you say ?" and then came
up to him and struck him with the soldering-iron produced.
He afterwards went to the University Hospital and had his
head dressed.

In answer to Mr. Knox the complainant said that about
five minutes elapsed between the two assaults.
In reply to Mr. Doughty, the complainant said his head
was not injured by falling against the railings. All ho had
done was to call the prisoner a fool when ha kicked the
dog.

Vincent George, the boy spoken of by the complainant,
said the complainant was telling him that he had called the
prisoner a fool, and that ho was going to toll his (com-

plainant's) brother, whon tho prisoner said, " What did you

say 2" and then struck the complainant on tho head with
the iron, He fell, and then got up and ran to a man, and
then fell again. As the complainant's head was bleeding
he gave him his pocket handkerchief. A man held the
sonar till a constable came up.

Alfred Pike, brother of the complainant, said that hear.
ing a noise he went into the stroot ond oow *l.o too. pro
&teed hold by the prisoner in the air as if in the act of
striking. Ho seized the prisoner, who said he had not
used the iron.

Police-constable Young, 162 E, said he found the boy
bleeding from the head. The prisoner said he did not
strike the boy with the iron, but that he struck the boy
and he fell against the railings, the boy having called him
silly fool. He took the prisoner to the station and the boy
to the hospital, where the surgeon dressed the wound, and
said that he did not apprehend any serious consequences.
He found a soldering iron on tho prisoner, who had been
drinking.

Mr. Doughty, having addressed the magistrate on the
prisoner's behalf, called a female named Morgan, residiug
in Cleveland-street, who said that she saw prisoner strike
the boy, who was following him, but she did not see any-
thing in his hand, and also the prisoner's employer, who
gave him a good character.
Mr. Knox, after going over the evidence, said he be-
lieved the complainant and his witnesses. It was a serious
case, and one upon which he should take the opinion of a
jury. 'rho surgeon at the hospital could be subpo3naed to
state the nature of the wound. He should commit the pH-
sonar for trial ; but, as he had heard a
good character of
him, he would take one bail in £5O for his appearance at
the trial.
Bail was tendered and accepted.