The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Mr. Joseph Bowers Gray, a surgeon, of St. James's-
street, and recently carrying on business in Holborn,
was charged with forging a signature to a post-office
order for 14
Mr. Peacock prosecuted on behalf of the Post-office,
and Mr. Ballantine appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Davis, a clerk in the money-order-office, produced
the order, the advice respecting which he described as
having been received from the post-office, Newark, on
the 29th of August last, the amount being issuable from
the Rev. A. Tatham, of Southwell, and payable to Mr.
G. L. Hillas.
George E. Hall, a clerk in the money-order- office, de-
posed that the money-order produced, granted by the
post-office at Newark, was paid by him on Sept. 2 last,
to the person who presented it, but of whom he had no
recollection. It was signed according to the book, which
he had examined before paying the money. The usual
entry had been made by him in the paying-book.
Mr. George L. Hillas, of No. 12, Sidney-place, Bromp-
ton, a surgeon, deposed that he lately carried on
business in Holborn, where he had been in practice
for many years prior to October, 1844. At about
that time he disposed of his business to the prisoner,
to whom he gave up the possession of his
house, No. 114, High Holborn. When in , practice
there he had a patient, the Rev. A. Tatham, who, he
believed, at present resided in Southwell, Newark. In
consequence of a communication recently received from
him, relative to a small sum still owing to witness, he
applied to the General Post-office, where the money
order produced was shown to him. He believed that
the order was intended for him. The signature was not
in his handwriting, and he never authorised any person
to sign it in his name. He bad frequently seen the pri-
soner write, and had corresponded with the prisoner in
writing, and was of opinion, from his kaowledge of the
prisoner's style, that the receipt was in his handwriting.
Thomas Hillas, the son of the last witness, who had
frequently seen the prisoner write, deposed that the
signature to the order was in his handwriting. In
September last he had some conversation with the pri-
soner, in the course of which he (witness) remarked, that
a post-office order had been presented and a forgery
committed; upon which he said, "it was very easy to
commit a forgery of that kind, for a person had only to
mention the name of the party sending the money."
Cross-examined—Had no recollection of the prisoner's
saying, "You had better go and have the matter investi-
gated at the Post-office." Could not tell whether this
took place in September or October. Mr. Drew, the
assistant, was in the shop at the time.
Mr. G. Garnett, of the Isle of Wight, stated that he
was an assistant to a chemist and druggist, and knew
the prisoner at the bar, by whom he was formerly em-
ployed, at 114, High Holborn, having entered his ser-
vice in March last, and remained till July. Knew the
prisoner's writing, and identified the signature to the
order as his.
Mr. Peacock here applied to his Worship for a remand.
Mr. Ballantine briefly alluded tia. the serious import-
ance of the case, and claimed for his client the fullest
investigation. He spoke of the prisoner's high
character,respect-
habimilityo•fanBdso.forthe business
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the paymelobol
since then, for a business in St. James's, proving that he
was above temptation. Under these circumstances, he
trusted his Worship would allow bail.
Mr. JARDINE declined to accept bail, and remanded
the prisoner to Tuesday next.
SOUTHWARK.
Mrs. Ellen Taylor, the wife of a snuff and tobacco
manufacturer, in Tooley-street, was placed at the bar
befoon her h
before Mr. C otutisibigahnd.
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am , charged with committing an
assault

The complainant, who exhibited a wound on the side
of his nose, near his left eye, stated that on the pre-
ceding night when he went home, he found his wife up
stairs preparing to go to bed. On his entrance into the
room where she was she commenced abusing him, and
he endeavoured to appease her, and to prevail on her to
go to bed, but she refused, and continued to make use of
opprobrious language towards him. As he was desirous
of tranquillising his wife, he permitted her to go on
without answering her, but this seemed to increase her
passion, until she at length flew at him like a tigress, got
him down on the floor, and began to jump on his body
until his cries brought their daughter to the room, and
she perceiving what was going forward, called for a
policeman, who rescued him from further violence. The
complainant declared that his body, from his neck down-
wards, was bruised in a frightful manner, owing to the
violence of his wife; that in the presence of the police-
man she snatched up a pair of scissors off the table, and
in the height of her passion made a thrust with it at his
(complainant's) face, the point of it penetrating the side
of his nose in such a manner, that had it been a quarter
of an inch higher it must have entered his eye. He
added that upon a former occasion he was compelled to
have his wife taken into custody for acts of violence to-
ward 3 him.
Policeman 156 M stated that when he was called into
the house on the preceding night, on his entrance into
the room where the parties were, he saw the complainant
lying on the floor, and his wife in the act of jumping
upon his body. He (the policeman) immediately pro-
ceeded to his rescue, and with much difficulty dragged
the prisoner away, she at the time being in a frantic
state with passion. The complainant appeared to be
very sererely hurt, and complained of being bruised all
over the body from the violence exercised towards him
by his wife before he was rescued, but nevertheless he
did net seem anxious to give her into custody at first.
They all went down stairs into the parlour together,
and while there, the complainant having merely uttered
the words that he was cruelly treated by his wife, she
snatched up a pair of scissors, and before he (the police-
man) had time to prevent it, she ran at her husband, and
thrust them at his face, the point of which entered the
side of his nose, as already described. The witness
added that he then secured Mrs. Taylor, and conveyed
her to the station-house.
Mr. COTTINGRAM having expressed his surprise at the
violence displayed by the prisoner on the occasion, in-
quired the cause of her having displayed such ferocity,
as it might be termed, towards her husband, whom she
might hare killed on the spot, or at all events have in-