The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-04 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday Mr. John Wilcox, a butcher, in an
extensive way of business in Kent-place, Old Kent-
road, appeared to answer a charge of assault pre-
ferred against him by a Miss Sadler, a young person
of considerable personal attractions.
The complainant stated that the defendant be-
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the family had every reason to imagine that he in-
tended to marry her. He was in the habit of pay-
ing daily visits at the house of her parents, and
escorting complainant's sister to church every Sun-
lay since their acquaintance had commenced.
Upon a recent occasion, however, complainant's
family heard that the defendant had married about
a month ago, and yet he kept it a profound secret,
and still persevered in his visits and attentions to
complainant's sister, without giving her the most
remote intimation that he had formed a matrimonial
alliance with another ! When the circumstances
of his marriage bocame known, complainant, ac-
companied by her mother, went to the defendant's
shop for the purpose of ascertaining the truth of
the report of his marriage, and expostulating with
him on the baseness of his conduct. They found
him in the shop, and although his looks betrayed
him, yet he affected to be happy at seeing
them, and inquired particularly for Miss
Sadler, to whom • he had been paying his
addresses. Complainant's mother now interrogated
him, and with evident confusion he admitted the
fact. Complainant then expressed her indignation
of his conduct, and he ordered her and her mother
to quit the shop, threatening to call in the aid of a
policeman if they did not obey the mandate. Com-
plainant and her mother still remained there, and
she candidly admitted that they both gave vent to
their feelings in strong language. Finding that they
were not disposed to leave the place so soon as he
anticipated, the defendant seized the complainant's
mother roughly by the arms, and endeavoured to
eject her from the shop ; on seeing which the daugh-
ter ran to her assistance, and endeavoured to
prevent him from carrying it into effect. He then
turned on complainant, and in attempting to put
her out of the house, struck her a blow on the side,
from which she still felt considerable pain. Com-
plainant and her mother afterwards left the shop,
but before this took place, a policeman was called
in by the defendant.
The complainant, in her cross-examination by
Mr. Warner, admitted that she saw " a tall pock-
marked woman" in the defendant's parlour, but that
she did not call her a " cribbage-faced creature.
Complainant did retaliate on the defendant when he
struck her and attempted to put her mother out of
the shop, by giving him a slap on the face.
The deFendant, in reply, said that the complainant
and her daughter called at his shop on the day in
question, and in the presence of his wife, abused
him for alleged misconduct on his part to one of the
Miss Sadlers. He endeavoured to explain matters,
but it was of no use, for they refused to listen to arly
explanation, called him " a faithless man," and de-
signated his newly-married wife " a cribbage-faced
creature," because she happened to be marked with
the small-pox. They went on in such a style, and.

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Sadler denied that he had ever given her
the slightest hint of such being the case to any Ineni-
ber of her family.
The defendant called a policeman to prove that
he was the aggrieved party, but this witness's con'
duct on the occasion was of such a nature as to CO
forth the censure of the Magistrate.
After the examination of another witness, 10/b°s,it:
evidence was not material, the Magistrates aninle`;',
verted on the conduct of the 'defendant, and so
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that alth courtship.
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the assault, as it was admitted that he had been as'
saulted himself,
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for his con would induct
towards the parties.