The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-22 00:00:00

THAMES OFFICE.

Yesterday William Hayhow, the proprietor of three boot
and shoe warehouses in High-street, Shadwell, and Rat-
cliffe-highway, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE and
Mr. CLARKSON, charged with threatening to murder his
wife, and assaulting her in a most brutal manner. The
parties, whose connections are highly respectable, were at-
tended by several friends.
Mrs. Anna Hayhow, who appeared in a very weak state
of health, and was overpowered with grief, was almost un-
able to give any evidence. She stated that her life was in
the most imminent peril, and she had been repeatedly threat-
ened by her husband. On Sunday night Mr. Hayhow had
been drinking to excess, and, without any provocation, he
struck her several times with his clenched fists on the head,
face, and back. He knocked her down and cut her face,
and while she was down he kicked her. She tried to jump
out of window, but hung by the leads overhanging the shop
until she was rescued by a policeman and two seamen.
Mr. Hayhow, a tall powerful man, here struck his fist on
the rail before him with great vehemence, and exclaimed,
" ll—n me, its as false as God's true."
Mr. BALLANTINE desired the defendant to be quiet, and
asked Mrs. Hayhow if her husband had ever ill-used her
before.
Mrs. Hayhow said he had repeatedly knocked her down,
and declared he would be her butcher. It was with great
reluctance she appeared as the prosecutrix of her husband,
whose health had been for some time in a very bad state.

Policeman, No. 247 K, on Sunday night was directed to
the house of Mr. Hayhow, No. 143, Ratcliffe-highway,
whence he heard the screams of a female and cries of mur-
der. On arriving at the house he saw Mrs. Hayhow hang-
ing to a swing sign with her body partly on the leads. She
was in a most dangerous situation, and the blood was flow-
ing copiously from her mouth, where she had been struck.
He knocked loudly at the door, which was opened by Mr.
Hayhow, who, after ho had rescued Mrs. Hayhow, at-
tempted to strike her, and he had great difficulty in keep-
ingr, him away from her.
Mr. Hayhow—She is labouring under a delusion, Sir.
I have lived 23 years out of 40 in this parish, and I have
got plenty of property. I beg to deny having struck her.
If I was to lift my hand against that woman it would in-

stantly perish.
Mr. CLARKSON—Your wife, Sir, swears that you struck
her ? Mr. Hayhow—lts false—as false as hell itself.
Mrs. Hayhow here burst into tears, and said, " Oh,
Sir, I don't think he knows what he says; he has lately
commenced drinking to excess."
Mr. CLARKSON ordered him to find bail, himself in 2001.
and two good and sufficient sureties in the sum of 1001.
each, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour towards
all his Majesty's subjects, and especially to his wife, for the
next twelve months, and to give 24 hours' notice of bail.
He was then removed to the lock-up.

On Sunday night Mrs. Burder, of Moulton, dis-
covered two men, named Ashton and Paulett, stealing coals
out of a yard adjoining her house ; she instantly gave in-
formation to Smith, the constable, who obtained assistance,
anal went to the house of the thieves. One of them pre-
sented a loaded pistol and the other a blunderbuss at the
officers, who undauntedly threw themselves upon the ruffiao,
and secured them. They were taken before the Magis-
trates at eight o'clock on Monday morning, fully committed
for trial, a bill of indictment was prepared and presented
before the Lincolnshire Grand Jury then sitting, a true bill
found, the prisoners tried, and sentence of six months' im-
prisonment, with hard labour, pronounced in the short
space of fifteen hours from the commission of the offence.—
Lincoln Gazeitc,