The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

to keep him when he was out of work, and because I
could not do it he went away to his brother's house.
Mr. Paynter—Has he ever beaten you before ?—The
complainant--Yes, sir ; this is not the first time he has
ill used me.

Margaret Roach next stated that she was the wife of
the prisoner's brother. The assault took place in her
house. The prisoner and his wife had some words to-
gether, and before he beat her witness got up and ran
out of the room to call for assistance, as she expected he
was going to beat his wife. Witness had previously heard
the prisoner accuse his wife with following him about.
Mr. Paynter—Did you see the prisoner strike his
wife ?—The witness—When I ran out Ilooked back, and
saw him kick her. I only want to tell what I saw.
Alfred Crittle, police constable, No. 239, D division,
said the complainant came up to him with her face
covered with blood, and said her husband had been
beating her, and that her life was in danger from his
violence, and she wished to give him into custody. He
went in search of the prisoner, and ultimately found
him in the Victoria beer-shop. He told him that he
must go to the station for beating his wife, and he said
very well, and at once admitted that he had ill-used
her. On the way to the station, the prisoner said with
an oath, that if he were sent to prison for it, he would
do for her when he came out. He gave no reason or ex-
cuse for his violent conduct. The complainant was a
very sober woman, and he had seen her mistress that
morning, and she stated that she was an honest and
industrious woman. The complainant had only been
married three months to the prisoner.

Mr. what have you to say to this ?
The prisoner—A week ago she blackguarded me, and
called me all the names she could think of; and said I
might go. Last night she came to my brother's, and
again abused me. I could not stand her temper.
Mr. Paynter—You, and all other husbands, must put
up with your wive's temper, for if you do not, you will
find the law too strong for you. You cannot be allowed
to go on as you have hitherto.
The complainant was then recalled, and she said, in
answer to questions put to her by the magistrate, that
some words of course passed between them when she
saw her husband, but she was positive that she did not
call him by any bad names.
Mr. Paynter said, any person in conrt that had seen
the dreadful state the complainant was in, would at
once think the prisoner justly deserved to be committed
to prison for six months, and he should have no hesita-
tion in putting that in force, but for one reason, which
was, that he thought the punishment too lenient for
such a brutal and cowardly assault upon the complain-
ant. He should withhold his decision for a few days, as
he should like to know if the surgeon apprehended any
danger to the complainant from the injuries she had sus-
tained. His worship also remarked that when he pro-
nounced his judgment upon the case he should order
the prisoner to find two good sureties to keep the peace,
as he bad held out a threat towards his wife while in the
presence of the officer.

WANDSWORTH.—Ebenezer Wedgwood, aged 18,
living at Castelnau-villas, Hammersmith-bridge•road,
Barnes, surrendered to his bail before Mr. Paynter, to
answer a charge of committing a rape upon Mary Ann
Hammerton.

Mr. Jennings Hamilton, a surgeon, living at West
Drayton, stated that his attention was called to the
young woman between eight and nine o'clock on Satur-
day evening, the Ist of October, by the direction of a
county magistrate, who told him the whole of the cir-
cumstances ; but he could not discover anything which
would indicate violence. A week having elapsed would
account for this fact. The witness then entered into
details which are not fit for publication.
The next witness was Harriet Palmer, who lives near
West Drayton. She stated that she was the half-sister
to the complainant. She received a letter from the
complainant after the first liberties had been taken by
the prisoner. Her sister stated that the cook laughed
at her, and told her to take no notice of it. Five or
six weeks afterwards she received a second letter, in
answer to which she advised her sister to acquaint her
mistress of what had taken place. The prosecutrix then
came home to her mother, who took her to Mr. Daniels,
a magistrate.

The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Watson, a
solicitor, who attended for the prisoner, and he subjected
her to such a severe and even humiliating cross-exami-
nation, that she could not answer him for sobbing.
Sergeant Underhill, 6 V, now gave evidence to the
effect that he had received instructions, since the last
examination, to make an examination of the premises.
There was a door at the end of the landing, and when
closed he could only hear a faint noise in the room where
the father and the other son were making the manifold
writing-paper machines. His attention was also called
to two marks on the paint, where the prosecutrix fell.
Mr. Wedgwood, the father, interrupted him, and called
him " Mr. Cunning ;" and he told him it was impos-
sible for him to conduct the examination whilst he was
in an excited state.

The prosecutrix was recalled by the magistrate, and
she distinctly denied that she had ever addressed the
prisoner as her "dear Ebenezer " when he came home.
It was the cook that advised her not to stop to see her
mistress. The witness further said, in answer to the
magistrate, that she would be eighteen early in No-
vember.

Mr. Paynter next asked the prosecutrix whether she
halloed when on the floor, and she answered that she
could not, as he had his hand on her neck, and pressed
his tace close to hers.

Mr. Paynter then observed that he took bail after the
first hearing, but he thought he could not do that now,
as the evidence had been very much strengthened, unless
the bail was doubled in amount.

Mr. Watson asked if the same gentlemen would be
taken, and Mr. Paynter replied in the affirmative ; and
two sureties in 4001. each were bound to produce the
prisoner at the Central Criminal Court Sessions.