The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-29 00:00:00

11,111LBOROUGII-STREET.

COWARDLY ASSAULT BY A MEDICAL STUDENT—COM-
MITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—John Lindsey Lackey, a medical
student, residing at No. 20a, Vincent-square, Westminster,
was charged before Mr. Knox ,with assaulting Henry G.
Howland, of 39, Kensington-place, Kensington.
The complainant said that about five minutes past 12
o'clock last night he was standing in the Regent-circus
waiting for a Bayswater omnibus to take him home. While
leaning against some shop shutters the prisoner and two
or three companions came along and pushed against him.
He asked them why they had done so, when the prisoner
gave him a violent blow on the nose. He wont after the
prisoner, and while holding him to give him in charge one
of the prisoner's companion's also struck him, and the pri-
soner also struck him a second time. After giving the
prisoner in charge he (complainant) went to the Middlesex
Hospital and bad his nose dressed, and was told by the
surgeon that he could not tell whether his nose was broken
or uot.

In answer to the prisoner, the complainant said he would
swear that it was the prisoner who gave him the blow on
the nose.

The prisoner said he did not strike the complainant the
first time. It was some one else.

The complainant said he merely asked why ho was
pushed against when the prisoner struck him most unman-
fully.

Barnes, 83 0, said that, hearing cries of " Police" in the
Regent's-circus, and going to the complainant, he found
him bleeding very much from the nose. The prisoner, on
being charged with the assault, denied it. Ho took the
prisoner, who had been drinking, to the station. The
complainant was quite sober.
The prisoner said he had been out to a dinner party,
and was going along the Regent-circus with his brother
and friends, when an altercation took place between one
of them and the complainant, and he (prisoner) tried to
interfere to prevent a disturbance, and because the com-
plainant was struck he wa locked up. He had only left
Harley-street at 10 minutes to 12, and could not have done
much in such a short time. It was strange the com-
plainant had no witness. Ho denied striking the com-
plainant.

Mr. Knox asked the prisoner if he had any witness.
The prisoner said he had not.

Mr. Knox said, then it was not more remarkable the
complainant had no witness than that he (prisoner) had
not got any. As the prisoner asserted that he did not
strike the complainant, and as he believed no man would
behave so dastardly as to let another suffer for his act, he
would give the person who did it au opportunity of coming
forward, and would remand the prisoner for that purpose.
The prisoner now said he was not aware that he did it.
lie did not think he struck the complainant.
Mr. Knox said, after the last observations of the pri-
soner, he had no doubt whatever that he did strike the
complainant.
The prisoner said he was very sorry.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner would be committed for a
month with hard labour.

The prisoner asked to be let off, stating that he had an
Important engagement that day, and it would be a great
injury to him.
Mr. Knox declined to alter his decision, telling the pri-
soner that it would also be a great injury to the com-
plainant if his nose was broken.