The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

THAMES.

SANGUINARY AFFAIR.—VERY NEARLY A MURDER.—
John Tuson, a strong, pOwerful, middle-aged man, was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently as-
saulting and attempting to strangle Joseph Winslow, a
young man.

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution,
and said a murder had been nearly committed, and that it
was a case for a jury to determine. The complainant had
not recovered from the effects of the outrage committed
upon him.
The complainant said he was now living at No. 6,
Edwin-terrace, Burdett-road, and was a plasterer. The
prisoner was also a plasterer. He was indebted to the de-
fendant about Li 10s., and Tuson held a suit of clothes
and a ring valued at £5 a. a security. On Saturday after-
noon last they met at the White Horse public-house in
Bow-common-lane. The prisoner, without any provoca-
tion, struck him and knocked him down, and then fell upon
him, twisted his scarf for nearly a minute, and almost
strangled him. Several iaen pulled the prisoner off him or
he must have been killed. He got up and ran out of the
house. The prisoner followed, seized him by the scarf
again, got him down, put his knees on his chest, and again
twisted his scarf very tightly. He became insensible, and
should have been murdered if a young man had not cut
the scarf. The witness then produced the cut scarf.
Several witnesses, including the landlord of the White
Horse, confirmed the statement of Onslow, and said if his
scarf had not been cut he would have been a dead man.
The complainant was quite insensible, all but strangled,
and was "as black as ink in the face" for some time after
the scarf was cut.

Daniel Smith, 415 K, a police-constable attached to the
court, was directed by the magistrate to look at the com-
plainant's neck, and he said there is a dark mark round it.
There is no doubt he has been much hurt.
Mr. Partridge said this was too serious a case for him to
dispose of summarily, and Le should commit the prison( r
for trial.

Mr. Gorum, clerk to Mr. Hodson, a solicitor, who ap-
peared for the prisoner, said the assault was committed
under circumstances of gross provocation, and called
William Burns, from whose evidence it appeared that the
prisoner addressed the complainant very offensively, and
his wife camp in directly afterwards. Onslow then said
that while he was ill in bed the prisoner's wife brought
some gruel to him, put he: arm round his neck, cuddled
him, and called him my dear. The two men then fought,
and he saw them both on the ground.
The prisoner was then committed, and bail was refused.

MARKETS.--This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

Only short supplies of fruit and vegetables were on sale.
There was a steady demand for most descriptions of pro-
duce at hill prices.
FRUIT—Pine apples, BsTo 10s; hot house grapes, 12s to
15s ; foreign do, is Od to 3s Od ; filberts, is Gd to 2s Od per lb ;
apples, 2s 6d to 4s Od per, half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ;
lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100.
VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do.,
Od to is 3d; Savoys, 6d to 1s Od ; celery, Od to Os Od ;
horseradish, 9d to 2s Od per doz. heads ; greens, 3s Od to 4s
Od; turnips, 2s Od to 2s Gd; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ' • onions,
Os Od to Os Od per doz bunches ; brocoli, Gd to 8.1; forced
rhubarb, Os 9d to is 3d per bundle ; seakale, is Od to 2s Od ;
mushrooms, 9d to 1s 3d per punnet; Brussels spouts, is
Od to 2s Gd per half sieve.