The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-03 00:00:00

MARLBOROITGII-STREET.

NICE RELATIONS.—Patrick Hoskin and Ann Harding,
brother and sister, wore charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with assaulting George Harding, the husband of the last-
named person.
The complainant, who had two bad black eyes, and ap-
peared to have been ill-used, said that on Sunday night
last he was standing at his door in Phoenix-street,St. Giles,
having a few words with his wife, and not being quite
sober at the time, when the male prisoner, his wife's
brother, knocked him down, and kicked him about the
law, and while on the ground, the female prisoner, his
wife, said "kick the --," and struck him several times
with her brother's hat. He subsequently applied at that
court, and was granted a warrant against the prisoners.
Two witnesses gave similar evidence.
The male prisoner said that the complainant was going
to strike his sister, and he prevented him doing so, and
they then had a struggle and fell together and struck one
another, and a young man then came up and struck the
complainant, and disfigured him as he then appeared.
Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the prisoners to find one bail in
£lO each.

A PECULIAR WEAXNESS.—Agnos Holding, a young
woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing
some money belonging to John Ottway, decorator, of No.
23, 'Wilton-terrace, Pimlico.
The prosecutor said he went into a public-house in Nut-
ford-place, Edgware-road, last night to have a glass of
stout, when ho saw the prisoner there, and got into con-
versation with her. After remaining there a short time he
left with her, and having a weakness for treating females
took her to six or seven other public-houses and treated
her with rum and stout. Finding he had spent all his
money ho went to a friend and borrowed five shillings,
and then went into the Dolphin public-house in Oxford-
street, and there the prisoner took 4s. id. out of his hand
and ran away. He asked the waiter which way the pri-
soner had run, and he said he thought towards the Regent-
circus. lie went in that direction, but seeing nothing of
the prisoner returned, and found that she had only popped
out of one compartment into another, and he then gave her
into custody.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said the pro-
secutor had been drinking.
The prisoner said the money was given to her for a cer-
tain purpose.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded her.

THAMES.
AN UNGRATEFUL THIEF.—A boy named William Palmer
was charged with stealing 2s. Gd., the money of Richard
Porcher, a hair dresser in Cable-street, Whitechapel.
The evidence of the prosecutor went to show that the
boy was his nephew by marriage and an orphan, and
that he took pity on him, and lodged and boarded him
with a view of making him "an ornament to society," but
he had become a disgrace to it, and was too lazy to put on
his best clothes on a Sunday.
The Magistrate—Why, it is no more trouble to put on
a now suit of clothes than an old suit.
The boy stole a half-crown on Monday last and ab-
sconded, and when his own mother was alive stole 2s
from her. He wanted the boy to be sent to some Refor-
matory Institution.
The Magistrate—Perhaps you will continue your kind-
ness and pay something weekly for his maintenance at
Feltham.
The prosecutor said he could not afford to do that, and
the boy was remanded for a week, when he will be sent to
Felthaua Industrial school if there is room for him there.
ASSAULTS ON WOMEN.—Patrick Cumming, an Irish la-
bourer, was charged with assaulting his wife, Sarah, on
the 23d of October. He quarrelled with her, struck her,
and knocked her down. She was suffering greatly when
she applied for the warrant against her husband.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said his wife
annoyed him, and she would aggravate a saint. She had
charged a woman named Squires, his sister, with an as-
sault, and she was to be brought up that day on remand.
Mr. Paget—Yes, and a very disorderly woman your
sister is. You are remanded until Friday next, the sth of
November.
Edward Nairbrass was charged with assaulting Eliza
Freeman, The parties are related, and quarrelled on the
27th of September last. The complainant stated that the
prisoner struck her twice, and then knocked down her
brother-in-law, and that he had been convicted three
times. This statement was confirmed by Virginia Hawley.
The prisoner-1 was drunk.
Mr. Paget—You did not appear to the summons
granted on the 28th of September, the day after the
outrage.
The prisoner—No; 1 should have lost two days' work
if I had done so.
Mr. Paget—My warrant has reached you, and you will

lose more than two days. You are sontenced to 21 days'
imprisonment and hard labour.
The prisoner—Will you take a fine, sir ?
ML. Paget—Certainly not. I never inflict fine for
brutal and unprovoked assaults on women.