The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-18 00:00:00

MARYLEB ONE.

John Jones, whose head was bound round with a
handkerchief, and with all the marks of violence upon
him, was tharged with stabbing his father, Charles
Jones, in his cheek, and inflicting other injuries upon him.
Police-constable 45 S said that about half-past six
o'clock on Friday evening, he heard loud cries of mur-
der from No. 21, Brewers-place, Somers'-town. He
tient into the house and saw a man bleeding profusely
from his face. This man said his name was Charles
Jones, and that his son John Jones had done it, at the
same time pointing to prisoner, who was in the room.
He then inquired of the wounded man what the wound
bad been inflicted with, who informed him that it was
with a dinner knife, and that it had been carried below
stairs and concealed. He (witness) then searched, and
found the knife (which he produced in Court, stained
with blood) in a table-drawer in an adjoining room. He
took the knife (which was a coarse blunt table one) and
showed it to the wounded man, who said that the stab
had been inflicted therewith. After this he was not
able to speak, and had not that morning regained the
power of utterance. He (the constable) then took the
prisoner, who all this time sat sullen and still, into ens-
ioly, and returning, saw the wounded man to the Uni-
versity Hospital.
(A certificate was at this stage of the prosecution
read, signed by the surgeon of the University College
Hospital, stating that Charles Jones (the sufferer al-
luded to above) had been admitted in consequence of a
stab in the cheek and other wounds inflicted with great
force, and which rendered his attendance impossible.
He had never spoken since his admission so as to be
understood, and his attendance, therefore, would be
useless.

Mr. HAnDwicK—Well, prisoner, what have you to
say ? Prisoner—Please your worship, I had been
drinking all day with my father, and we were a little
overcome with liquor. I went home to his house, and
we were grumbling and jawing together.

llAnowicK—But how cause you to stab him ?
Prisoner—Why, sir, I was sitting before the fire with
seine bread and cheese, and eating it quietly with a
knife, the knife which has been produced, when sud-
denly, in consequence of come word, he jumped up, and
took hold of tne and struck me on the head with the
ranker. We then strugglid and roiled oa the bed, and
by this means the wounds were inflicted.

Mr. HARDWICK—How came you to stab your own
father with a knife in the cheek ? Prisoner—Why,
Sir, I had no intention of doing it ; it was quite an ac-
cident ; I had no intention whatever of injuring the old
man.—Remanded for a week.

UNION-HALL,
Stephen Berry, a powerful man, with a severe cut
over the forehead, was charged with an assault on Mary
Lacy, whereby her life is pronounced in danger. From
the evidence of a woman named 'Weaver, it appeared
that she was a lodger in the same house with the de-
fendant and Mary Lacy, who cohabited together as man
and wife. On the preceding evening the defendant and
the woman, both of whom had been quarrelling with
each other the whole of the afternoon, went out and
returned between twelve and one o'clock in the morn
ing, at which hour they .began to fight. They were
both under the influence of liquor, and the witness
(Weaver) hearing a noise, proceeded to the defen-
dant's room, and saw hie) knock down the woman
L4ey with a desperate blow of his clenched fist between
the two eyes. While she was on the ground the de-
fendant, who was in a state of phrenzy from drink, in-
flicted two severe kicks on the head of the unfortunate
woman, who was subsequently lifted off the floor in a
state of insensibility, covered with blood. She was in
such a dreadful state that the police were compelled to
send for 111 r. Hawes, a medical man, who, on examining
the extent of the injuries she received, pronounced an
opinion that she was in a very dangerous condition, and
quite incapable of attending to give evidence before the
Magistrate. A quart pewter pot, nearly doubled up,
was produced, which it was stated was used as a weapon
in the hands of the defendant during the outrage.
Mr. TRAILL said that the medical certificate produced
described that the woman was in great danger, and he
should therefore remand the defendant until her ultimate
condition was pronounced.