The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-30 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ALLEGED VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POST-OFFICE LETTER-
CARRIER.—George Pank, a French polisher, was charged
as follows :—James Sayers, a Post-office letter-carrier, re-
siding in George-street, Langham-place, said that a few
minutes before one on Saturday morning he was passing
along Ople-street with a friend when they met six men,
including the prisoner. One of them said something to
his friend, and then knocked him down. The men then
came up to him and attacked him, all of them either strik-
ing him or assisting in doing so. As soon as he could get
a chance he ran away, but one of them pursued him and
held him, and searched his pockets three times over and
took his money, a knife, and his pin from his breast. They
then made off and he pursued them, keeping his eye on
the prisoner, and on coining up with him gave him into
custody.
In answer to Mr. Knox the prosecutor said he was
sober.

The prisoner said- that prosecutor came along with -a
companion, and words took place between them and his
(prisoner's) companions. Ho afterwards picked up a pin,
and as one of his companions ran away ke followed him.
Mr. Knox—Did you take the pin with you ?
Prisoner—l did.

Cooke, 96 E, said that, on taking the prisoner into cus-
tody, and on his being asked why he ran away, he rejoined
4, Would not you do sa too ?"
In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the prosecu-
tor had been drinking.
Burgess, 73 E, said that, on stopping the prisoner, he
found a pin in his hand, and he said that he had picked it
up. Prosecutor stated that he had been robbed of some
money, and 6s. was found on the prisoner when he was
searched.

Thomas Moore, 7, George-street, Langham-place, one of
the persons with the prosecutor, said that a friend not pre-
sent was insulted and struck by the prisoner's companions,
and he (witness) went for a constable, and did not see
what afterwards occurred. The prisoner's father said he
did not believe his son could be giilty of such an act, and
he would rather have him remanded for further inquiries
than have him disgraced.
Mr. Knox —The prisoner admits that he picked up the
pin, though his thought might have been far from commit-
ting a felony.

The father said he was a respectable man, had never had
any of his family disgraced before, and that he had lived in
Savile-street many years.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner had certainly been guilty of
imprudence. lie would remand him for a week, and take
his father's bail, and next week the father had better have
witnesses to speak to the lad's character. He did not think
much of the charge, and had no doubt it arose out of a
drunken squabble,
being sober. • the prosecutor, it being shown, not

MATRIMONIAL BRA lvlTs II
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e.l Joyce, engineer, was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting his
wife, a spare, pale-faced
The parties reside woman.
had been in Grove-street, St. George-in-the-
East, married 10 years, and had several children,
but had led a very nail
with great unhappy life. The prisoner had acted
brutality towards his wife : he cut her head
open 12 months ago, and was brought to this court. The
magistrate ordered him to enter into sureties to keep the
months.
peace for twelveOn Saturday night she had
no food for herself
little boy to a and children, and sent a
beer-house where he was drink-
ing and called him out: A quarrel took place, and he
beat her about the head and
face, and she struck him in re-
turn. A constable named Samuel Fuller, No. 153 K, saw
them struggling together and)a rted them. The prisoner
then followed his wife, called her very bad names, and
knocked her down in the presence Of the constable, who
forthwith took the prisoner into custody. He was sober.
The prisoner, in defence,.accu sed
his wife of infidelity.
and
She once stopped out nine nights days, and gave no ac-
count of herself when she returned. He found her once in
bed with a young man. Her relatives
had illused him, and
encouraged her in her adultery and other irregularities.
The woman gave a general denial to the charges against
her, and alleged that her husband Once destroyed all the
furniture they had with a choper.
Mr. Partridge said the prisoner ought to have put away
his wife and refused to maintain her if
she had committed
adultery, but he had no right to beat her, He sentenced
the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour.

It is reported that a marked change in the Horse
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rock have given way m the centre of the shoe, giving the
fall now more of a triangular appearance, which is said to
add to its beauty. It has been demonstrated that the falls
recede 10 or 12 inches a year.
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THE NOTTINGHAM CHILD MURDER.—Jane Revill,
who was sentenced to death for the wilful murder of her
child at the last Nottingham Assizes, is now confined in
the borough gaol. At the borough police-court on Friday,
'olf the sentence,memorial to the Home Office, praying for a commutation
was presented, and the signature of the
magistrates requested. The justices on the bench appended
their signatures to the memorial, which has been forwarded
to Mr. Walpole. It is 30 years since there was an execution
at the borough gaol in Nottingham.
ETON COLLEGE AND REGATTA.—On Friday the
examination of candidates for election to the foundation of
Eton College was concluded in the upper school. There
were about 70 candidates, the examiners being the Rev.
W. R. Churton, fellow of King's College,
and Mr. Bosan-
quet. The result will be made known within the next few
days. Next Friday, the 3d of August, the school will close
for the autumn vacation.