The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-01 00:00:00

WORSHIP- STREET.

A powerful young man, named Ricitar. d Boutfire, was
placed before Mr. Hammill, charged with the following
brutal and aggravated assault upon Mrs. Mary Anne
Tyler, an elderly widow residing at Kingsland.
The complainant, whose face was greatly swollen and
contused, stated that her daughter, a girl under 16 years
of age, had unfortunately formed a connexion with
the prisoner, who was in the habit, against the remon-
strances of her family, of enticing her from home nearly
every evening, and keeping her out the greater part of
the night. Tnis occasioned the witness much grief and
annoyance, and on the preceding evening she was ad-
monishing the girl upon the disgraceful conduct she
was pursuing, when the prisoner, who had come to en-
tice her out again, and had evidently heard their con-
versation in the passage, suddenly burst in the room
door, and after loading witness with the foulest abuse,
began beating her with such brutality that both her eyes
were bruised, and one of her teeth knocked out, and
finally struck her such a violent blow in the side that
her body was dashed through the wainscot partition of
the room, one of the panels of which was shattered to
pieces, and she fell heavily into the adjoining apartment.
On hearing the crash the landlord of the house and other
inmates hastened in to ascertain the cause of it, and
having obtained the assistance of a policeman, the pri•
soner was carried off to the station.

The complainant's landlord corroborated the latter
part of her evidence, and added, that besides destroying
the partition in the manner she had described by his
outrageous conduct, the prisoner had also destroyed the
lock of the door, and done other serious mischief, which
it would cause considerable expense to repair.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that he had
merely interposed to protect the young woman from her
mother's violence, and that during the struggle between
them she had accidentally fallen against the wall, which
broke down with her weight.
Mr. liessmlLL, however, told him that he had seldom
heard a more dastardly outrage than that of which he
had been guilty, as it was proved that he was not only
in the constant habit of seducing the girl away from her
home at improper hours, but that when her mother en-
deavoured to protect her daughter's morality he had at-
tacked her in a most brutal manner. He did not think
he should be doing his duty if he did not inflict upon
him the highest amount of penalty it was in his power
to impose—namely, SL, or in default he must stand com-
mitted for two months to the House of Correction.
The prisoner was unable to pay the penalty, and was
therefore removed in the van.

Mr. Isaacs, a stationer in Old-street-road, waited upon
the magistrate, accompanied by an elderly man named
Smith, to request his assistance under the following dis-
tressing circumstances:—
The applicant stated, that between twelve and one
o'clock at night on the preceding Saturday a very
destructive fire broke out in a place called Iloxton-
market, at the back of his premises, and almost entirely
occupied by persons in the most impoverished circum-
stances, spread with such extreme rapidity that in little
less than an hour the house in which it originated,
tenanted by a journeyman chairmaker, named Laidler,
was entirely gutted and three others adjoining reduced
to very nearly the same state. In two of these houses
were tour or five families, comprising each about as
many children, and from the flames breaking out in the
middle of the night, when they were all in bed and
asleep, the poor creatures were paralysed with fear, and
it was the greatest mercy imaginable that they had
been enabled to escape with their lives. The man
who was with him, a shoemaker, who had lived
twenty years there, had been forced by the fire
to the top of his house, where he saw him for a
long time making vain calls for assistance, without any
being rendered him, and the instant ho at last cou-
rageously rushed through the flames into the street, the
whole house was enveloped in fire, and shortly after fell
to the ground. One of the families had sought refuge in
his house, and had been fed and partially clothed by
him; while, upon going round to the ruins the next
morning he found five little children, all huddled toge-
ther in a corner of an empty room, with nothing but
rags on their backs, and a sheet rolled round the whole
of them. All of the families had lost everything they
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Mr. HAMMILL said, that he sincerely sympathised
with the unfortunate victims of such a calamity, but the
funds at his disposal were so limited he could not render
such assistance as he should wish ; he would, however,
contribute 20s. from the poor-box, and it was to be
hoped that the press would take notice of the case, when
there could be no doubt such wretchedness would be met
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Mr. Trnwrarr said, there is a summary mode of
punishment under the Act of Parliament, but I shall let
the case stand by for a time in order to consider whether
or not I shall order you to find heavy bail to keep the
peace for three months.
The prisoner was then locked up ; and
William Franklin, a well-dressed youth, respectably
connected, was charged by the police with inciting the
mob to attempt the rescue of the prisoner, and pelting
the officers with stones.
Cobbett, 208 G, deposed that he was assisting the
police to take Flower, when he saw the prisoner pick
up several stones and fling at them. Ho exclaimed,
" Don't see a man taken in this way, if you are English-
men ; don't see the man locked up, ho has done no-
thing." He called out several times to the police,
" You vagabonds !" " You butchers !" Witness took
him into custody, and he went quietly to the station-
house.
Hammond, a special constable, confirmed this evi-
dence, and added that the prisoner exclaimed, " If you
have got English blood or English pluck in you, don't
see the man ill-used or taken."
The prisoner denied the charge, saying he could bring
forward gentlemen of the greatest respectability to give
him a character.
Mr. TYRWIIITT said he should be perfectly wanting in
his duty if he did not mark the prisoner's conduct with
some punishment. He sentenced him to fifteen days'
imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection.

IL was conveyed to prison.
In the course of the day the prisoner Flower was
again brought up for judgment, when
Mr. TYRWHITT addressing him said—l consider yours
to be an exceedingly bad ease. You are evidently a man
of some thought and talent ; you were exciting an igno-
rant mob against the police ; you resisted the officers ;
and I sentence you to fifteen days' imprisonment, and at
the expiration of that term to put in bail, yourself in 401.
and two sureties in 201. each, to keep the peace for three
months. _ _

Mr. Goodyear, the prisoner's employer,
of Aldersgate-
street, in company with his principal clerk, attended to
give the prisoner the highest character. lie had been
many years in his employ ;
industrious ; and far from entertaining any political
opinions, he felt confident that the bench was misguided
by decided misrepresentations, as he was quite a different
man altogether.
Mr. TynwEurr—He is not to be punished for political
opinions.