The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-19 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

SIX WEEKS AFTER MARRlAGE.—Yesterday James
Milner was brought before Mr. Elliott, charged with
ntly assaulting and threatening the life of Mary, hip

wife.

The complainant deposed that about six weeks ago,
and while carrying on a good business in a beer- shop in
Alfred place, Old Kent-road, she unfortunately, and
contrary to the wish of all her friends, married the de •
fendant. At the time he had scarcely a shoe to his feet.
but he had no sooner become master of the place, than
he began to ill-treat herself and her children in the most

brutal manner. On the second day after their marriage•
he gave her two black eyes; had frequently since beaten
her violently, and threatened her life ; and on that
morning had brought a man to the door to carry away
all her goods.
The complainant spoke to various acts of personal
violence by her husband; and was fully corroborated by
a respectable witness, when the defendant was convicted
in a penalty of 51. for the assault, or one month's im-
prisonment ; and also ordered to find bail for his good
behaviour for two months more.

WORSHIP-STREET.
FLAGRANT OUTRAGE..—Thomas Byrne, a well-dresseci
middle-aged man, was charged before Mr. Broughton
with having committed an amgravated assault upon a
married woman named Caroline Spitler, residing in
Charles-street, Mile-end-road.

To elucidate the extraordinary features of the case it
is necessary to premise that the prosecutrix attended
on Tuesday last at this court, and complained to the
magistrate of a long-continued series of ill-usage she
had sustained at the hands of her husband, who had
beaten her in a most cruel manner on the preceding
evening, and ultimately flung her out into the street,
where he kicked her about the lower part of her person
until she became insensible. The magistrate imme-
diately ordered a warrant to be issued, and appointed
the following Friday for the investigation.
The prosecutrix now stated that since she made her
application at this court she had lived on the most un-
happy terms with her husband, who got up at four
o'clock that morning, and proc'eeded hastily down stairs,
soon after which she again fell asleep. About five
o'clock, however, she Was awoke by some one grasping
hold of her, and observed the prisoner, who was an en-
tire stranger to her, lying at her side, whilst her hus-
band was stretched across the foot of the bed, apparently
asleep. She appealed to her husband for protecti 1/,
but instead of affording her assistance, he addressed a
slang expression to the prisoner, calling him a fool, and
urging his immediate escape. Finding that her legal
protector was himself a party to the infamous outrage,
she instantly ran to the window and implored the as-
sistance of a constable who happened to be passing, and
having admitted him into the house, gave the prisoner
into custody.
Police-constable it 217 stated that while the last wit-
ness was relating to him the particulars of the transac-
tion, the prisoner, who was accompanied by herhusband,
came down stairs ; and on asking him if he had been
invited there by the latter, he answered in the negative,
and said he had been admitted by another man. Witness
then asked the husband if he wished to give the prisoner
into custody for being found on his premises, to which
he replied carelessly that he knew nothing shout the
matter, arid had no charge to Dref..r. The wife, howev•r,
who appeared excessively shoeked and agitated at the
indignity she had suffered, insisted upon pressing she