The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

WORSHIP-StREET.

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—Mr. S. Joseph Coe, described
as a person in independent circumstances, was charged
beeire Air. Hammitt with having, crus Ily maltreated his
wife, who was so seriously injured that some doutes are
entertained of her recoln ry.
Police-constable 315 K stated that at three o'clock
that morning his attention was attracted by an uproar
in front of one of the houses in New Somerford-stet et,
Cambridge-road, upon reaching which he found a lady
lying in a state of insensibility in the gutter, with no-
thing on but her night dress, and surrounded by several
persons, one of whom pointed out her husband as hav-
ing reduced her to such a condition. Having secured
the prisoner, who was standing a few paces off, he as-
sisted the others in conveying the lady to her bed-room,
and the family surgeon was at once sent for, who pro-
nounced her to have been so dreadfully injured about
the head and al &men that it was impossible at presmt
to form an opinion as to her recovery.
Airs. Maria Reynolds, landlady of the house where
the occurrer:ce took place, stated that the prisoner and
his wife had for some time occupied }ter furnished draw-
ing room and other apartments, and that at a late hour
On the preceding night the former returned home in a
state of partial in oxication. the first intimation they had
of his arrival being his hurling a stone through his
wi'n's chamber window. The door was opened as
quickly as possible, and the prisoner proceeded to
the bed-room, but be had only been there a few minutes
when witness was alarmed by the sound of blows
and loud screams from the wife, which were almost
immediately succeeded by a heavy fall upon the floor.
Witness instantly hastened into the room, where she
found his wife lying upon the ground, and the prisoner
standing over her, with one of his hands entangled in
her hair. Witness succeeded with some difficulty in
extricating her from his grasp, and was supporting her
to a chair when the prisoner made a violent attack upon
his wife, and after striking her repeatedly in the face,
knocked her back into the chair, when she became
stupified, and whilst witness was attending her, he struck
her three or four other blows with such force that she
was reduced to a state of complete insensibility. The
prisoner then retreated down stairs and went out, and
after the lapse of a considerable interval she succeeded
in restoring the injured woman to consciousness, and
supported her down stairs with the intention of protect-
ihg her in her own bedroom for the rest of the night;
but upon reaching the passage the prisoner returns d to
the house, and immediately commenced a third attack
upon his wife, striking her repeatedly till she again tell
in a nearly senseless state in the passage, when he kicked
her violently on the lower part of her person. She was
raised from the ground by the witness, and sta4gered
out into the street, but upon reaching there instantly fell
down in the kennel, and remained there till the arrival
of the constable.

A certificate was handed up to the bench from Mr. B.
Shaw, surgeon, of the Cambridge-road, which described
the lady as suffering from serious injuries inflicted upon
the head and abdomen, and declared her to be in a state
which pi ccluded the possibility of her removal.
When called upon for his defence, the prisoner said he
had been out for some hours, and that on his return his
wife, who was of a very jealous disposition, accused him
of passing the evening with some other woman, which so
greatly exasperated him that, after some words between
teem,
and he being in a state of intoxication at the time,
he certainly struck her, but had no recollection
what-
ever of having (idler beaten or kicked her in the exag-
gexag-
geratedmanner described by the landlady on the second
occasion.
Mr. EIAI43IILL said it was a most serious case,
and
after the evidence he had heard as to the condition in
which the lady then was, he felt it his duty to remand
the prisoner upon the charge; but would consent to
ao
cept substantial bail for his future appearance—the
,ner himself in 801. and two sureties in 401. each, with
48 hours' notice to inquire into their sufficiency.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.

H. Sidebotham and T. Lewis, fiaughton, Lancashire,
and Manchester, cotton manufacturers, July 25, at
twelve. at the Court, Manchester—J. W. Burt ,n and
W. Smith, Manchester and Leeds, manufacturers, July
26, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—M. Norman,
jun., Richmond, Yorkshire, cabinetmaker, Aug. 7, at
eleven, at the Court, Leeds—E. Ruisheck, Dewsbury,
Yorkshire, ironmaster, July 24, at twelve, at the Court,
Leeds—J. Ptckteore, L verpool, baker, July 24, sit
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Tweddle, Liver-
pool, soap manufacturer, July 25, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—R. Rimwer, Liverpool, tailor ar,d draper,
July 25, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—C. Hall,
Liverrol, orn factor, July 26, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—R. D. Wilmot, Liverpool, merchant; July 26.
at eleven, at the Cour , Liverpool.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

J. W. Burt,m, G. C-twan, and W. Smith, Manchester
and Leeds, manufacturers and warehousemen, ss. 7-ad.,
on Tuesday, July 3, and every following Tuesday, be.