The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH .STREET, THIS DAY.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY AN APPRENTICE.—George
Hall, of No. 6, Queen-street, apprentice to Mr. Myrthell
Brunswick, manufacturer of inlaid furniture, 126, Newman-
street, was charged with assaulting his master by striking
him on the head with a hammer.

Mr. Brunswick, who had a bandage over his eye, said
that the prisoner, his apprentice, was complained of to him
by his foreman that morning on account of not working
properly for somo days. He spoke to the prisoner, who be-
came very impertinent, and he (Mr. Brunswick) gave him
a slight slap on the ear. Upon this the prisoner drew up
a hammer and struck him a severe blow with it in the eye.
He gave the prisoner in charge, and then went and had his
eye examined and dressed by a surgeon, who said had the
blow taken effect a quarter of an inch higher he would have
lost his eye, and the wound have been dangerous.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the prosecutor said the lad was
in the third year of his apprenticeship. Ho had not
worked properly, and he had stopped some of his pocket-
money, and prisoner said he would not work.

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Mr. Knox said he feared if he sent the prisoner to prison
as an ordinary offender, and he got among the vagabonds
in the House of Correction, he would be ruined for life. He
would send him to the House of Detention for a week, and
at the end of that time he would come to some decision on
the case.

A CASE FOR THE DIVORCE COURT.—AN UNHAPPY
PAIR.—Mrs. Caroline Byrne, of 7, Leicester-place, was
cnarged with threatening the life of her husband, Mr. Ed-
win Byrne, mantle-maker.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-srreet, ap-
peared for Mr. Byrne, and said that the defendant had been
summoned, but on the summons being presented to her she
tore it up, and repeated the threats against her husband,
and, therefore, a warrant had been applied for. The com-
plainant was a mantle-maker. The defendant had for some
time given way to habits of intemperance, and she had
threatened to run a knife through her husband, and to
smash out his brains. She had assaulted her husband, and
dragged him about the house by the hair of his head,
thrown a large pair of scissors at him, nearly stripped him,
and then turned him out of the house. He would call Mr.
Byrne, and also one of the officers of the court, who would
speak of the defendant's violence.
Mr. Byrne then deposed that his wife had threatened
to stab him, and tried to throw a saucepan of hot broth
over him, dragged him all over the kitchen by the hair of
his head, and tore off his clothes, so that he was obliged
to wrap a cloak round him. She had also broken some
of the panels of a door. He applied for a summons,
and on the officer serving her with it, she
again threatened him, and also said that she
would set fire to the house. On many occasions she had
taken up a knife, and once she had bitten his arm severely,
and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, but he
interceded for her and got her off.

Mr. Byrne denied part of her husband's statement, and
said her husband had frequently struck her.
Henry Barns, the gaoler, said he served the summons on
the defendant. Ho had known the parties for some years.
He persuaded her to make peace, but she rushed out of the
ro)m, and said she would do for her husband before night.
Finding that he could not make peace, and that she conti-
nued very violent, he left.

It was told to the magistrate (Mr. Knox) that there had
been frequent summonses between the parties, and upon
this he remanded the defendant for a week.

A VERY FORWARD YOUNG MAN.—At the Dub-
lin Police Court James Tynan, a young man of respectable
appearance, was charged by police-constable 130 D with
having rudely snatched a kiss from a young lady on Tues-
day evening, at Arran-quay, against her will, and despite
her resistance. The young lady at first charged Mr. Tynan
on the police, but having declined to appear and prosecute
yesterday, the charge was sustained ex officio by 130 D.
The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 55.,
alternative of going to prison for seven days.—Dobbn
Freeman. with the