The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-09 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Inspector Bowles, of the C division, mentioned
to the Court this morning that an Italian, named
John Girotti, who was taken into custody last night
by O'Shaughnessy, one of the warrant officers,
charged with violently assaulting a female, was
unable to appear, in consequence of having since he
was taken into custody seriously injured himself.
It appears that the man was frequently visited
during the night, and nothing was noticed to be the
matter with him. However, on being visited at
half-past eight this morning, he was found lying on
the floor of his cell in a state of insensibility, the
back of his head being seriously injured. He was
immediately removed to the Middlesex Hospital,
the magistrate giving it as his opinion that the man
must have received his injury either by falling
against the wall or the door post while in a fit.
The man remains at the hospital in a dangerous
state.

THE TAILORS' STRlKE.—Edward WDermott, a
tailor, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with as-
saulting John Murphy, another tailor, and who is
also lame.

The complainant said that on Saturday night he
went into a fish shop in Carnsby-street to have
some fish, and the prisoner and four or five others
came in. He (prisoner) asked him if he was work-
ing on strike, upon which he told him that the strike
was lost, and that the work he was engaged upon
was not strike work, as there was plenty of work
to be had. The prisoner then called him ,4 a
dung" (a term applied to persons who work for
houses whose men are on strike), and said he would
drive a knifo through his - heart. The prisoner
at the time had a knife in his hand, as he was
eating his fish. The prisoner then struck him three
or four times in the faco with his closed hand,
causing him to bleed profusely, and when the con-
stable came in and took the prisoner into custody
he saw him bleeding.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said
all the men with the prisoner were tailors.
The prisoner said that the complainant spoke to
him, and he told him not to do so, and then he
(complainant) took up a knife and hit him.
Police-constable William Lobb, 73 C, said that
on taking the prisoner into custody he found that
his face was smothered with blood, and there was a
good deal of blood on the table. IN hen the pri-
soner was charged he made no reply.
The prisoner said there had been a difference
between him and the complainant in the place where
they had lodged, and that the complainant wanted
to speak to him, and because he would not com-
plainant took up a knife, and, as he thought com-
plainant was going to strike him, he thought it was
time to strike him.

Complainant denied attempting to strike the
prisoner.

The prisoner called a witness, but he did not
benefit him.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought the story told by
the complainant much more likely to be true than
the prisoner's, the more especially as there were
five against one—men who chose to bo idle while
the complainant chose to woe:. It was the worst
of tyranny, and such acts as the prisoner's would
always be punished at that court. It was pos-
sible, although the prisoner spoke of the knife,
that he never intended to use it ; but he
had assaulted the complainant, and for that he
would be committed for six weeks with hard labour
The poor fellow was assaulted because he was work-
ing for his own support.