The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-30 00:00:00

WORSHIP STREET.

John Stoker, an elderly man of respectable exterior,
was charged with having violently assaulted Mr. Wood-
hatch, a grocer and cheesemonger, in South-side,
Finsbury.
The complainant stated that he was formerly on
mate terms with the prisoner, who was a frequent visitor
at his house, but the latter availed himself of the oppor-
tunities thereby afforded him to engage the affections of
his wife, on discovering which he broke off the acquaint-
ance. It having come to his knowledge, however, that
a clandestine intercourse was still carried on between
the parties, he sent his wife home to her friends, but con-
sented to allow her a separate maintenance on condition
that she discontinued the disgraceful correspondence.
Apartments were taken for her in Brunswick-
street, Hackney-road, which were furnished at
the expense of witness, and on Sunday evening
he proceeded thither with a friend, in order to
restore to her a necklace which she had left behind, but
he was informed that she had gone out to spend the
evening. Suspecting that she had an assignation with
the prisoner, he resolved -to remain in the street till she
returned, and after waiting some time he saw her
approach in company with the prisoner, who entered the
house with her. Witness followed them, accompanied
by his friend, and finding the prisoner seated in the
parlour he began to reproach him for his perfidious con-
duct, upon which the prisoner got up and immediately
knocked him down. He then wrested his umbrella from
his hand, and beat him with it till it broke. The land-
lady of the house, on hearing the disturbance, called in a
policeman, who took the prisoner into custody.
Police constable N 173 stated that on entering the
apartment he found the complainant standing passively
in a corner whilst the prisoner was striking at him right
and left with his fists. The complainant's nose was
bleeding, and he appeared to have suffered severe
ill-treatment. His wife was, in the meantime, engaged
in a struggle with her husband's friend, whom she had
grasped so tightly by the throat, that he was almost
strangled. Upon being dragged away she said she did
not care a d—n for her husband, but she addressed seve-
ral endearing expressions to the prisoner, and she was
about to give him a parting salute in the street, but wit-
nets prevented it.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that the prisoner had been
guilty of a very violent and unjustifiable outrage, which
was greatly aggravated by his previous conduct, as de-
tailed by the complainant. He should order him to pay
a fine of 305., or be committed for one month to the
House of Correction.

The fine was paid.
UNION-HALL.
Yesterday the case of Jane Graham, who claimed a
man named Beevor as her husband, and under that sup-
position had assailed that person and his wife in the
public streets, came on for rehearing before Mr. Cot-
tingham, the woman Graham having on the last exami-
nation undertaken to produce evidence of his identity.
When the case was called on Mr. COTTINGHAM, ad-
dressing Jane Graham, asked her if she had any addi-
tional evidence to prove that Beevor was her husband.
She replied in the affirmative.
Several witnesses were called, all of whom expressed
their belief that the prisoner was not Graham. They said
Graham had marks of small-pox.
Mrs. Graham said that a good deal of stress had been
laid on the fact of Graham being a little pock-marked;
how easy it was for a man to - conceal it, and she
believed that he had recourse to some expedient
to do it, and she now wished to put him to the
test. She here pulled a small stone bottle out of her
pocket, and also a clean towel, and requested that the
Magistrate would give her permission to wash .Terry
Graham's face. She they► proceeded to pour water out
of the bottle on the towel, rubbing the latter over with
soap. " Now," said she, " come forward, Jerry, my dar-
ling, and let me wash your sweet face, and let me see if
I won't get out some of those pock-marks, as you.calls
them."

While she was making these preparations there was
great laughter in Court, which was even increased when
the advanced towards Beevor, who shrunk back, exclaim-
" I'm if you shall touch my face with that towel;
how do I know but that the bottle contains vitriol, and
that she wants to scald the eyes out of my head,"—
(Laughter.)
)Ir„ COTTINoHA3i—•J dare say you would have no ob-

jection to stand the test she proposes, when it is ascer-
tained that there is nothing of a deletrious nature in the
bottle, and that it is merely " aqua pura." " Try what
it is," added the Magistrate to a policeman who was
standing by.
The policeman took the towel from Mrs. Graham, and,
having applied it to his nose, smelt it, and said that it
was nothing but water and soap, and that he would not
be afraid to apply it. He then rubbed over his face with
the towel.

" Now, Jerry," exclaimed Mrs. Graham, " are you
satisfied that I intended you no harm. Now will you
let me wash your face?"
Beevor declared that he would not permit her to
touch him, but that he had no objection to any
other person using the towel. Upon which the police-
man went up to him and commenced rubbing his
face all over, Mrs. Graham during the time desiring that
he would rub his nose well, for it was on that prominent
part of the face that the witness said Jerry Graham had
marks of the small-pox. When this operation was over,
the Magistrate desired Mrs. Graham to examine Bee-
vor's face to convince herself that there were no marks
of the description alluded to there, and it was highly
amusing to witness the manner in which he stretched
out his neck for the purpose, while she was staring in
his visage to detect 4the imposition, as she termed it.
Beevor—l have no marks of the small-pox about me,
" and surely," said he to Mrs. Graham, " you will be
satisfied now, and let me alone from henceforth."

Mrs. Graham—lndeed, Jerry, I'm not a bit satisfied
after all.

Mr. COTTINCRAM said that he thought the inquiry had
been carried quite far enough ; that Beevor's face had
been well rubbed, and he was willing to undergo any
other ordeal to convince the woman that he was not the
man for whom she took him. It was quite evident that
Mrs. Graham was labouring under the delusion that
Beevor was her husband, notwithstanding the evidence
that was produced to negative such a supposition. How-
ever that man and his wife must be protected from such
a system of annoyance as had bezn pursued towards
them, and he (the Magistrate) should, therefore, have
some security that Mrs. Graham would not persevere
in such conduct and that the sooner she disabused her
mind on the subject the better, for it would be an ex-
ceedingly awkward dilemma for her if her husband re-
turned one of those days from Swan River, and found
that she was perpetually annoying another man, and
claiming him as her husband. The Magistrate then ad-
judged Mrs. Graham to enter into her own recognizance
in the cum of 20/., and find two sureties of 101. each to
keep the peace.