The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-20 00:00:00

LAMBETH- STREET.

On Tuesday Henry Wilkinson, a dirty, greasy-looking fel.
low, with only one eye, was brought before Messrs. Walker
and Hardwick on the following charge :
Charlotte Hills, a young-looking female, with an infant in
her arms and another by her side, stated that on the after-
noon of the preceding day her husband struck her a violent
blow over the eye with. a quart pot, and went out to walk
in the evening without taking her with him. During his
absence the prisoner called to see her, and had taken some-
what improper liberties with her, but nothing criminal
happened.
A young man named Maddocks lodged in the, house of
the last witness. On the evening before, about seven o'clock,
his wife told him she suspected that something improper was
going forward in the parlour between the prisoner and Mrs.
Hills. He in consequence went to the parlour door, which
was locked, and on peeping through the key-hole he ob-
served the parties in a criminal act. Feeling indignant at
their conduct, he burst open the door, and dragged the
prisoner into the street, so as to expose him to the neigh-
bourhood.

Mrs. Hills—l can assure your Worships that nothing
improper had occurred, but I don't know what might have
been the case had not the lodgers come when I called out.
Mr. WALKER inquired what the charge entered in the
station-house against the prisoner was? and was handed.
the charge-sheet, by which it appeared it was for assaulting
Mrs. Hills with intent, &c.

Mr. WALKER (to the witness Maddocks)—Are you
positive you saw the parties in the commission of the
criminal act ? Witness—Quite positive, Sir.
Mr. WALKER—Did the female call out as she states, or
make any resistance ? Witness—She never called or re-
sisted, that I saw ; on the contrary, she was evidently a
consenting party. _ _ _

Mrs. %ddo:ks confirmed the testimony of her husband
in seve;-:d particulars, and denied positively that Mrs. Hills
had called oat for assistance. _ _

The prisoner, ;yhen asked what he had to say to the
charge, replied that I\i:4. Hills had sent for him to go to
her house, which he did, a,;:1 that she had sent her child
out of the way on purpose.
Mr. WALKER—What are you ? Witness—A gun-
smith, sir.
Mr. WALKER—Your conduct is most disgraceful ; but
so far as this charge goes I must discharge you.
Hills, the husband of the woman, who appeared a very
decent man, here stepped forward and asked the Magis-
trate's advice as to how lie was to get rid of his wife ; for,
after what had happened, it was quite impossible he could
think of living with her again. He had every reason to
suspect that her improper intercourse with Wilkinson, who
had just been discharged, had been going on for some time ;
and besides the profligacy of her character, she injured
him in another way, by pledging everything belonging to
him for drink. _ -

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Mr. WALKER said they, the Magistrates, could not afford
him any assistance in separating him from his wife, who was
evidently a most profligate and abandoned woman. He
(the applicant) was bound to support his children, and be
should, therefore, get them from her, and get rid of her in
the best way he could.