The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 11.

CLERKENWELL.—BRUTAL CASE OF WIFE
BEATING.—IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT FINE.—A
rough, brutal-looking fellow, described as a brick-
layer, who gave the name of George Ellars, but
whose proper name is James Joseph Styles, re-
siding at 5, Mount Zion, Islington, was placed at
the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with com-
mitting a violent assault on his wife, Emma Styles,
under the following circumstances :

The complainant, a poor, weakly-looking woman,
who appeared in the witness-box with her face
bruised and cut, said that she had been married to
the defendant about eight years, and during that
period he had been in the constant habit of
using her. On Friday night, between the hours
of eight and nine, the defendant went home the
worse for liquor, made a great disturbance, knocked
her down, and when she got up and was run-
ning down stairs, the defendant pursued her,
and kicked her in the face and under the ear.
He then left the house, and having had some more
drink, returned, and again knocked his wife about
with his fists, and then took a chisel and cut her on
the back of her head. Notwithstanding the poor
woman's cries for help, the defendant continued to
ill-use her, knocked her down, and bruised her
about the body. When the landlord interfered the
prisoner endeavoured to strike him, and at the po-
lice station he said, that whatever punishment he
might receive, when he came out of prison he would
be revenged. The wife is a very hard-working
woman, but the prisoner did little towards support-
ing either his wife or his child. Both the landlord
and the wife said that the prisoner had only been
sober once or twice since Christmas, and it was
mentioned that the prisoner had been sentenced
from this court to one month's imprisonment for
an assault on his wife. In conclusion the wife
stated that she now felt very unwell, and in great
pain from the prisoner's violence.
The prisoner, in defence, said, that he was sorry,
and trusted the magistrate would look over it.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said the prisoner had been sent
to gaol for one month,lut that did not seem to haVe
done him any good; in fact, he was now more vio-
lent. He would now be sent to the House of Cor-
rection for six calendar months under the Aggra-
vated Assaults Act, and would there be kept sober
against his will, and he hoped that when he came
out he would be a reformed,:steady, and respectable
man. •

The prisoner said he should not have taken to
drink had it not been for his wife's infidelity, for
she had left him and cohabited with another man.
The complainant denied this, and said there was
no foundation for the statement.
The prisoner, on being removed, said, " Well,
that's a pretty hot dose I've got for this, I'm sure ;
but when I come out, I will have my revenge, and
do for you both."
Mr. D'Eyncourt called the prisoner back and
ordered him to find bail in two respectable sureties
in the sum of £lO each to keep the peace for four
months after the expiration of his previous sentence.
The prisoner said he could find no bail, so he will
be confined for ten calendar months—six months
in the House of C3rrection, and four months in the
House of Detention;

SINGULAR CASE OF AFFILIATION.—Frederick
Suter, of the Prince of Wales public-house, Charles-
place, Prince of Wales-road, Camden Town, ap-
peared to a summons, charged with being the pu
tative father of a male child, the complainant being
a diminutive female named Louisa Dawson, re-
siding at 59, Bayham-street, Camden Town.
The complainant, who was exposed to the fire of
a solicitor, said that she had been in the service of
defendant's father as general servant, and attended
in the bar of an evening. In July, 1859, before
she had been in her situation three weeks, the de-
fendant commenced his attentions to her, and
visited her bedroom, and this continued up to
September in the same year. The result was that
she subsequently informed him that she was en-
ciente, when he acknowledged that he was the
father, and begged her not to let the " old people"
know of the affair. He gave her several sums of
money, and when she was confined, on the 2d of
June in this year, at Hampstead, he paid ss. a
week for ten weeks, and also defrayed the doctor's
expenses. He wanted to get the child into the
Foundling. She knew the time, as it occurred two
days before the Cricket Fete on the Claremont
Ground.
The latter facts were proved by the landlady at
Hampstead, who said the defendant had nursed the
child, and had never said it was not his. The child
was like him. (A laugh.)
The solicitor, with much determination, cross-
examined the complainant, and endeavoured to
prove she was of loose habits with the brother of
the defendant, as also a man named Westbrook,
the latter being represented as the father of the
child. Besides, she had been to Chalk Farm with
a soldier. •
Mr. D'Eyncourt wished to know where West-
brook was. He did not think it very likely that a
man would come forward and own a child. (Re.
newed laughter.)
Solicitor—Well, Sir, the fact is he will not come
without a summons, and we were too late to obtain
it. That is the truth. (A laugh.) I will now ap-
ply for a summons.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Oh, you are too late now.
Solicitor—That is unfortunate. But I know the
difficulty in these cases. You see the young man
has never been put to anything—(laughter)—that
is summoned for anything of this sort before.
The father of the defendant was next examined.
He said the complainant sought for the society of
the opposite sex. He had the painters in the house,
and frequently caught her with them. He dis-
charged her in consequence.
Mr. D'Eyrcourt thought the] complainant might
not be so reserved as necessary, but the case was
proved, and he must make an order for 2s. 6d. per
week and costs.
The defendant evidently did not like the decision.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET—CHARGE AGAINST
A MOTHER AND HER SON FOR ROBBERY AND RE-
CEIVING.—James Willis, porter, in the employ of
Mr. Hughes, draper and silk mercer, 149, Oxford-
street, charged in the first instance with robbing an
assistant in the same employ, and subsequently
with stealing a quantity of silk and other goods
above the value of £5, the property of his employer,
and Ann Mary Willis, of Woodford, in Essex, his
mother, with receivinT the last-mentioned pro-
perty, with a guilty knowledge, were brought be-
fore Mr. Beadon, for re-examination.
Mr. E. Lewis, of Marlborough-street, as before,
appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Wontner,
on the present hearing, for the defence.
There was no additional evidence, and Mr. Wont-
ner having made a long, powerful, and feeling ap-
peal on behalf of the mother—a widow, who, he
saia, had always borne an irreproachable character,
in testimony of which he put in a memorial, signed
by the clergyman, a Wesleyan minister, and other
gentlemen of the parish, who had known her long,
and was not at all aware that the goods had been
dishonestly come by.
Mr. Beadon, cautioning the male prisoner in the
usual terms, left it to him to elect whether he would
have his case tried before a jury or summarily by
him.

The prisoner said he was guilty of the whole
offence.

Mr. Beadon asked his age.
Prisoner said under 18.
Mr. Beadon said he had. begun a bad career very
young, and expressing an earnest hope that he
would reform, told him there was no doubt what-
ever of the fact of his guilt as pleaded, and that he
had placed tis mother in great jeopardy in giving
into
her possession the property pillaged from his
mr)..ster. The sentence was that he be sent for hard
labour to the House of Correction for six months.
As regarded the female prisoner he would say that
she had acted with extreme indiscretion, and ought
to have known that goods in quantity, in which
the employer dealt, brought home to her house by
her son, could hardly have been honestly obtained,
and ought to have excited her suspicion. With the
advice that she be more cautious in future he would
venture to discharge her.

MARYLEBONE. —EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY
A SERVANT.—PameIa Jones, a well-dressed young
woman, aged 19, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Seeker, charged with having stolen a gold watch
and other articles, the property of Mr. Coles Fuller,
a gentleman residing at Wickham Cottage, Ken-
tish Town.

Prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had lived
with him as servant between three and four months,
and that on the night of Monday last, or early on
Tuesday morning, before the family were up, she
absconded. It was soon afterwards ascertained that
she had carried off a gold watch, a gold ring, a
braeelet, a cloth jacket, a silk umbrella, and a purse,
containing The greater portion of her own
clothing she left behind. He (prosecutor) had since
seen her at the Brighton Police Station, when she
' burst into tears, and said that she had beer, very
foolish in acting as she had done, and hoped that
she might be forgiven.
Matthison, 4 A, of the Brighton constabulary,
and by whom she was brought to London, stated
that on the day of the discovery of the robbery he
took the prisoner into custody in the town alluded
to, in consequence of information which he had re-
celyed, that she (prisoner) had offered for sale at
the shop of Mr. Tairy, silversmith, 4-c., a gold
watch, which he suspected had not come honestly
into her possession. Witness questioned her re-
specting it, when she alleged that her mother had
made her a present of it, and that she had had it at
least two years. He conveyed her to the station-