The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday Ann Lyons was pracedai---the bar before Mr.
Witham, charged by police constable G 24 with being drunk
and disorderly.
The constable, yesterday morning, about half-past three
o'clock, found the prisoner, with several other individuals,
creating a disturbance, and knocking- at the doors of the inha-
bitants in the neighbourhood of White Horse-alley, St. Se-
pulchre's, when he remonstrated with them, and the prisoner
becam violent and abusive, and, being drunk, he took her into
custody._ _ _

Mr.WITHAM asked her what she had to say ? Prisoner—
I was not drunk. I heard that Lady Holland's mob was going
to proclaim Bartlemy fair; so I went out at eleven o'clock to
see them ; but I made no noise, and had nothing to drink.
Mr. WITHAm inquired what she meant by " Lady Holland's
mob?" It was stated that on the rtiorninrr of the first day of
the fair, a gang of drovers and blackguards,' who styled them-
selves " Lady Holland's mob," proceeded around Smithfield
and its neighbourhood, knocking at doors, and performing a
certain ceremony, which they called " proclaiming the fair,"
and caused the greatest disturbance. The practice was adopted
every year.
Mr. WITHAM admonished the prisoner, and discharged her
on paying one shilling.
Dennis Carroll, an athletic hist.= in, was placed at the bar,
charged with having committed a brutal assault upon Margaret
Carroll, his wife.

The policeman stated that on Saturday night last he was in
Saffron-hill, when his attention was attracted by the screams
of a female, and cries of murder, and on entering the place
he found the prisoner belabouring his wife in an unmerciful
manner, she lying en the floor insensible, and saturated with
blood. The prisoner was taken to the station-house, where
his wife attended, and charged him with the assault, and stated
that he had beaten her head about with a candlestick. He
added that his wife was outside the office, but would not ap-
pear to prosecute him.
Mr. WITUAM said that such savage conduct ought not to be
sanctioned, and ordered the constaVe to go and fetch her in
which he did, and the wife, a well-dressed Irishwoman, was
sworn, but she reluctantly took the oath.
Mr. WITHAM—Pray, how did the prisoner assault you ?
Wife--Sure he came home afther he had been taking a dhrop,
and becase I hadn't his supper immediately ready for him, he
knocked me down and bate me; but sure I was as much in
fault as himself, and I don't want to nun him.
Inspector Dewing, of the G division—l never saw a wo-
man's head in so shocking a state ; it was cut and bleeding.
She was completely saturated with blood.
Mr. WrrnAxt—With what did he beat you? Wife—Only
wid his fisht.
Inspector—She said it was with a candlestick.
Wife—l never did. Sure he has always been a good
husband to be, and will be again ; I wouldn't wish for a
better.

Mr. WITHAM—Such brutal conduct ought to be punished.
Wife—No, I hope not, Sir. I forgive him, and would not
have him punished at all.
Mr. WITHANI—I shall order him to find bail.

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Wife—Och I den if you do he will lose his work, and den
what shall Ido ? Sure he only bate rne, and I desarved it.
—( Laughter.)
Mr. WITHAM (to the prisoner)—You must find bail.
Wife—Och, den, I hopes not. Let him come home wid
me. The prisoner was taken from the bar.
Wife—What bail do you want, masther ?—She was in-
formed two housekeepers in 201. each. She then spoke to
the prisoner, and ran off for the purpose of procuring the
requisite bail.