The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-23 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-S TREE T.

OUTRAGE BY A SOLDlER.—Roderick Fraser, a private
of the Scots Fusiliers, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with being drunk and assaulting Mrs. Mary Ann Martin,
wife of a beotniaker, residing at No. 4, Great Crown-court,
P ulteney-s tre et.

Mrs. Martin said that on the previous night she was
standing at her door when the prisoner came up to hor and
gave hor a fearful blow on the head knocking her down.
Her husband, who heard her screams, then came up and
gave the prisoner into custody. She hoped the magistrate,
however, would be lenient to the prisoner, as ho had been
drinking, and perhaps some one had offended him.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said the
prisoner was an entire stranger to him, and that he had
not given him any offence.
Mr. Martin, husband of the complainant, said that while
going up Great Crown-court, the previous night, he
heard the prisoner say, at the same time taking off his
belt, that he would do for any one. The prisoner then
deliberately knocked his wife down, upon which he gave
him into usto dy.
Sergeant Ward, 290 A, proved seeing the prisoner in
Crown-court with his belt off. The last witness gave him
into custody for assaulting his wife. There was a large
crowd collected, and some of the bystanders said the pri-
soner had also knocked dcwn a drunken man and broken
his leg. A constable had been to the man in the hospital
that morning. The man said that he was drunk at the
time, and might have injured himself. He did not wish
to say anything against the soldier. There was another
soldier with the prisoner, and ho also had his belt off, and
from what he could learn they had both been knocking
people about.
ln answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sergeant said the pri-
soner had been drinking.
The only defence the prisoner made to the charge was
that he did not think ho had done it.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was sorry to see a man with a
good conduct stripe charged with such an offence. He
should fine the prisoner 20s or 14 days.

THAMES.

SINGMAIL CASE OP FRAUD.—John Ellis, a man of re-
spectable appearance and address, about forty years of age,
described as a clerk to an attorney, was brought before
Mr. Paget charged with unlawfully obtaining £5 by false
and fraudulent pretences of Mr. James Hawkes, of 24,
Regent's-road, Canal-road, Stepney.

Mr. Hawkes said that several persons named Holmes and
others were committed for trial from the Thames Police-
court for unlawfully pulling down a house in Poplar.
They were found guilty at the sessions, and sentence was
postponed. On Thursday week the prisoner, who was re-
commended to him by two friends, named Gall and Pear-
man, called upon him and represented himself as clerk and
accountant to Mr. Chipperfield, a solicitor in Southwark.
The prisoner bad done some business for his friends
Gall and Pearman before. The prisoner offered to get up
a memorial for the convicted prisoners, and to retain coun-
sel on their behalf. Tho prisoner also pencilled down on
a table £24 I3s. 6d., as the sum he should require to draw
up a memorial to the judge and to employ counsel. He gave
the prisoner £5 in the belief that he was Mr. Chipperfield's
clerk. He had since seen Mr. Chipperfield, who disowned
him, and said lock him up whenever you can find him.
The prisoner also represented that he had retained Mr.
Cooper, the barrister. He had seen Mr. Cooper, who said ho
had not seen the prisoner and bad received no brief
or fee from him on account of Holmes and others.

The Prisoner—How long have I been engaged in this
matter ?
Witness—l do not know.

Providence-place,
Henry Holmes, a dairyman, of No. 5,
Canal-road, Mile-end, who was tried and acquitted at the
last Middlesex Sossions, stated that he saw the last wit-
ness give the prisoner £5.

The Prisoner—Did you not know mo before?
Witness-1 had seen you about the Common (Bow
Common).
The Prisoner—Not on the previous Friday.
Witness— No, certainly not. I did not thick much of
you to employ you.

The Prisoner—l had been engaged three weeks pre-
vious to my suing you in the case.
Mr. Paget said that Mr. Chipperfield must be produced.
Inspector Beare, of tho S division, said 0.133 Mr. chip-