The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-04 00:00:00

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. (Kim the
Great Seeta.tion has beelt
lby a charge of assault, whi
Court on Thursday 'aftern,
Rowley Plritt,tvee. the de(
John' Lwrence, sue
pears• to have originated i._ ,t on the- inlaid,
of the prisoner n that tlO character of-erte!ady',:to whoritl
he . has, been reeentl.y united,
,hae 'been to•t4ne:Ottiiit
a4isiked by- tla. complainant. 'lf we mistake not, ihetaarneil
of. the lady. in ciu2stion is disclosed' in the folleeving notice,
of riliirri,a.re,w. o.cti appeared in the Times of May, 16
"On' thn 11.9 th Ult., at the Epi,;cop' eThapel of Thomas,
!New .17,r1c,. lyeßeV: N`s teller, Capt.
Charles Rowley Pi.ett, or H. S. IX tit •;qegilyi4;tp ?di* LouiSa. Howard lielliar." The- risene"ol- Louisa
Howard will he familiar to eurraders It that Of a very ,
charming:and fascinating actress, wheertir .a considerable
pried, sustairied the principal' -fcrtiale .rotes at the
Brighton Theatre, and who Rubsequentiyaleparted for-
Amerie.a. • •
,J Lawrence, surgeon, 74, Grans .parade,
depoed t,One o'clock this day- I was on -a visit to a
patient in Maribereugh-place, when I received a rues-
sage from my coaebman, who yeas with the
.carriage
the doer, coneequent upon which I went heme and found
the prisoner in my parlour. He made an zpology to me,
as not wi-ling to cceupy any time, and for lniegiug me
nwey from nay professional avoeal ione, 'or words to that
effect. Iln gee,i hint to be seated. He then said to me
" I believe Sou are iatimately aecoeinted with- Judge
Platt—l helieve partieularly so ?" I renlied " Yes, for 7
the last 25 years." 'lle then said, " Yon -are .aware
that there has been a wedding in the Platt family ?" I
said, "Yes, I am, end that Judge Patteand family were
very much annoyed at it---especially as it appeared in the •
Times, intimating-that it was judge Platt's son, and not-
Mr. Samuel Platt's." I then said to him, " I think
you are a Platt by your face ?" I forget what reply he
made ; afterwards he said, "Did you Fay any-
thine t'.Lady Pratt about the lady, who was mar-
ried?" I said, "'No, not to my recollection ; hut, in
conversation v ith her perhaps, .1, might have said
eoutething with reference to the on die of the
town of Brighton ; , tut I know nothing wrong
of my own knowledge."' prisoner said, " What
do you think of that lady ?" •I. replied, " From hear-
say, I believe.she is not the most immaculate person."
lie thcn "That's ray wife," and became excited,
and insest ei on my giving him satisfaction. I said, "I
-hail do .no such thing." We walked out of the house
together, he in a very excited state. My carriage was
at the door, and I put my hand upon it to get in, when
prisoner said, "You're a scoundrel, and I insi t
yourjziving'ml satistactiotei He then struck rue
win tee thin end of the whip across the shoulier, turned -
the whip round, and with the but end struck ma two or
•three times o'er t(ait left hand and hat. Neither of the
blows did me harm, except that aerons the hand, the
fore finger and middle finger of which were injured, as
now to be seen. lam fearful that I shall lose the use
of my little finger. I desired my coachman to get down
end seize the prisoner. He did so, and wac about to
strike the prisoner, but I desired him not ; and a passer-
by went for a policeman, to whom I gave the prisoner
cbaree.

Mr. Platt, on being asked if he desired to make any
statement, replied, "In consecoence of remarks which
I had heard, that Mr. Lawrenca had reason to believe
that the lady was not immaculate, and his declining to
eive nie satisfaction, I felt nothing else was left but to
take the law in my own hands, irritated as I was at
such scandal. Mr. Lawrence must have known that
die lady war my wife, as I told him so from the first,
and before I demanded satisfaction, and from my having
been so much about Brighton I heard a great deal of
scandal and lies, which I believed Mr. Lawrence had a
great deal to do with. That was the reason which made
me come to Brighton. I mean, lies in reference to me
and my wife."
Captain Platt was required to find two sureties in 501.
each for his appearance at the sessions.

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