The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-06 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday Mr. Charles Dalrymple Mason, a middle-
aged man, of respectable appearance, who holds a lucrative
situation in the East India Company's warehouses, was
brought before the Hon. G. C. NORTON and a county
Magistrate, on a warrant, charging him with assaulting and
continually annoying Mrs. Charlotte Lovell, a young
married female.

The complainant, an exceedingly modest and genteel
young woman, for upwards of twelve months past had been
continually annoyed by the defendant's importunities. On
the night of Wednesday last she was standing at her door
after getting some beer for her supper, when he came up to
her, and because she refused to admit him into her apart-
ments, or to listen to his professions of love, he tore her cap
off her head, struck at her violently with his umbrella, and
endeavoured to force his way into the house. On observ-
ing his violence, the female at whose house she lodged said
she would go and tell his wife, upon which he followed her,
and knocked her down in the street.
Mr. NORTON—Are you a married or a single woinao ?
Complainant—l am married, Sir, but the conduct of Mr.
Mason has been the means of separating my hu.,"band from
me, and leaving me without a means of suppo,ft.
Mr. NORTON—Nyhat is yourhusband? Uomplainant—
A seafaring man, Sir, and he is gone away tvithant making
the slightest provision for me, owing to
the defendant's
conduct.
MAGISTRATE—Did the defendant erintinue his importu-
nities while you were under the protection of your husband ?
Complainant—He did, Sir. My husband said his mind
was so tortured by the conduct of Mr. IVlAason that it was
i
impossible he could remain n the country.,
MAGISTRATE—And I suppose
defen(la nt takes advan-
tage of his absence
I, to annoy you ? The ,complainant here
handed to the MagistratFs a letter,
w-ich. she had received
from the defendant while her husband was at home, in
which he entreated her in the most affectionate terms, as
she valued his peace of mind and exisie nee, to meet him at
a time and place appointed.

. The MAGISTRATES, after perusing the loving epistle,
which covered a whole sheet of foolsc; ip, asked the com-
plainant if she bad at any time encoura zed the addresses of
the defendant, or returned answers to h is letters ?
She replied, that she had never cue ')uraged him in the

slightest degree, and that she had known him merely as a
friend or acquaintance of her family, and so far from her
answering his letters, the instant she received them she
handed them to her husband.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, had known Mrs.
Lovell (the complainant) and her family for some years, and
his sole reason for calling oh her was to caution her against
the associates she had formed, and to take her away from
the house where she at present resided.
Mrs. Lovell—Yes, and place me where you could come
and see me when you thought proper, unknown to my husband.
Defendant—No ; but where I could go and give you
good advice.
MAGISTRATE --- Advice, indeed ! It is quite evident
from your letter to this female for what purposes you wanted
to take her, and it is most disgraceful in you, who have a
wife of your own.
Two females with whom the complainant lodged deposed
to the annoyance which they all experienced through the
defendant's conduct.
The complainant here remarked that the defendant, while
in the outer office, offered her 501. to make up the matter,
and not take him before the Magistrates.
The defendant again declared that his interference was
from pure motives of friendship, and called a sergeant of
police who deposed to his respectability, and who alleged
that the complainant and one of the females who lived in
the house with her were common street-walkers, which they
denied.
Mr. NORTON said that if even this was the fact it did
not lessen in the slightest degree the disgraceful and un-
manly conduct of the defendant. He then convicted the
defendant in the penalty of 40s. for the assault, or one
month's imprisonment, and also ordered him to find two
sureties in 201. each for his good behaviour for six months,
and to give 24 hours' notice of bail.