The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
A desperate looking character, named Kavanagh, was
brought before the presiding Alderman, charged by Mr.
Kiss, of Plough-court, Fetter-lane, with breaking the doors
of his house, and committing a most brutal assault on the
complainant.

The prisoner was ordered• to find bail, and on being re-
moved from the dock he gave utterance to a ferocious threat
of vengeance against the complainant.

QUEEN- S QUARE.
A boy of about thirteen years of age, named Thomas
James, appeared before Messrs. WHITE and GRAHAM, to
answer a charge preferred against him by his elder brother,
George James, for having attempted to stab him with a fork.
The Magistrates, after giving him a severe lecture, or-
dered him to be discharged.
Yesterday a tradesman named Watling, residing in Pim-
lico, was summoned under the 68th clause of the Grave..
nor Local Act, by Southerwood, one of the consta.bles of
the district, to answer a charge of keeping thirty-two pigs
within forty yards of the public road, by which be became
subject to a penalty of 405., in addition tQ the confiscation
of the whole of the animals.

Mr. WHITE—You must pay the full penalty. It was
immediately paid.

MAR YLEBONE.
Yesterday Mr. Charles Loy Cox, a young man of very
gentlemanly appearance, residing in Lambeth-walk, was
brought before the sitting Magistrates on two warrants, the
former obtained against him by the parish of St. Maryle-
bone for desertion, and the latter by his wife, for a violent
assault.

Mrs. Harriet Cox, a woman about 26 years of age, and
of lady-like manners and address, between a year and a half
and two years ago, married the defendant, who on Wed-
nesday week last returned home, after spending the even-
ing out, and entering the parlour where she was sitting on a
sofa awaiting his arrival, suddenly exclaimed that he would
do for her, and had no sooner uttered the words than he
seized her by the hair of her head and dragged her down
on the floor, at the same time abusing her for not going to
bed ; he then began beating and kicking her with all his
his might, and continued doing so until her face and body
were covered with bruises ; having punished her in this
way he quitted the place, when not knowing whither he was
gone, and being without the means of support, she was ne-
cessitated to apply to the overseers of Marylebone (which
was her parish), and had beer. by them relieved. At the
period of her unfortunate union with the defendant she was
possessed of a considerable deal of money together with a
quantity of valuable jewellery and plate, but the cash had
all been squandered away by him, and nearly the whole of
the plate, &e., pledged.
In reply to the charge, the defendant said that on the
night of the alleged assault he stayed out late from fear of
being arrested, and on returning home, he found. his wife
lying drunk upon the sofa. He remonstrated. with her
upon the impropriety of her conduct, when, without any
ceremony, she took up a large pan and threw it at his head.
He then seized her by the hands, and gave her a push, but
neither struck nor kicked her.

The parish warrant was discharged on the defendant
agreeing to allow his wife ten shillings per week ; and the
other, granted for the assault, was ordered to stand over
for the present,