The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banco, bef,,re Lord Campbell, Justices
Coleridge, Wigbtman, and Erie.)
MARTIN V. HODOISON.

Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., moved for a rule to show
cause wby the verdict should not be set aside, and a new
trial granted, on the ground of the verdict being against
evidence. The learned counsel said the acticn was tried
at York before Mr. Baron Watson, when a verdict was
returned for the defendant. It appeared that the de-
fendant was an elector of Beverley, and the plaintiff a
member of the English and Irish bar. At the last
election the defendant espoused the cause of
Mr. Glover, who was returned, and the defend-
ant, who went down specially, addressed tho electors
in opposition to him. Mr. Glover was returned, but
ultimately unseated mainly through the information
possessed by Mr. Martin relative to him. In the course
of a speech made by Mr. Hodgson after the election, he
attaeked Mr. Martin and amongst other tbings said,
that the plaintiff was a mate of a forbidding countenance,
that he bore the stamp of a felon on his face, and that
he deserved to be sent beyond the seas.
After a short discussion between the Benoh and the
learned counsel the rule was refused. _

The Court was occupied the remainder of the day
hearing cases in the special paper set down for argu-
ment.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron,
Barons Martin, Watson, and Channel)
Cant. CON.—FISHEE V. WEBB.

Mr. Skinner, Q.C., moved for a rule to show cause
why a new trial should not be had on the ground that
evidence was read which was isadmiseible, and also the
►erdict found for the defendant was against evidence.
The case was tried before Mr. Baron Martin at the last
aisizes at Staff)rd. The plaintiff was a locksmith, and
the defendant the owner of a small house at Wolver•
hampton. Before the marriage of the plaintiff with his
wife whom it was alleged the act of adultery was com-
mitted with the defendant, she had, while a superinten-
dent of a school, had been delivered of an illegitimate
child, and, subsequently to her marriage, evidence was
given on the part of the defendant of repeated acts of
adultery by Mr. Webb, and after the alleged adultery
with the defendant, and that in fact she was a most
abandoned woman, going about the streets of Wolver-
hampton, where she resided, is men's clothes, and
one particilar act of adultery was with a per-
son named Bainbridge, an attorney's clerk.
The learned counsel now read an affidavit of Bainbridge,
who was in fact the clerk to the plaintiff's attorney,
denying in the most positive terms the alleged adultery
between himself and Mrs. Webb, and stating that the
evidence of two witnesses, named Swinborn and Rogers
was wholly untrue, and that he intended tcrindict them
for perjury. In addition to that, the learned counsel
contended that the evidence of the subsequent act of
adultery to that for which the action was brought was
inadmissible,
Rule refused.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

WESTMINSTER.

VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A WOMAN BY HEE HUSBAND.—
This day a man named Hancock, living in George-
street, Chelsea, was charged before Mr. Arnold with the
following most violent assault upon Caroline Hancock
his wife.
It appeared from the evidence that the previous night,
between 11 and 12 o'clock, the prisoner returned home,
being in a state of intoxication. He remained a short
time and went out again. He returned about one o'clock,
when he found his wife in bed. Some altercation took
place, in the course of which the prisoner took up a
poker, with which he aimed a blow at her. She got out
of bed, when, in order to defend herself from his attack
upon her, she raised her hand to defend herself, which
was severely cut by the poker. She rushed into the
street, where she was protected by some passengers, and
he was taken into custody.
Mr. Arnold (to the Complainant)—Has he ever as-
saulted you before!
Complainant—Yes, sir. About 2 years ago, after
which I separated from him, he was brought to this
court. He is only violent when he is intoxicated.
Police-constable B 63 stated that he was on duty in
George-street, and heard the cries of "Police and mur-
der." He found the complainant there. She had a
poker in her hand, and some men were protecting her
from the prisoner, who was standing by. Her hand
was bleeding very much. Complainant took witness
into her room and showed him a large qtantity of blood
which was *a the floor.

The prisoner said it was only when he WAS drunk that
he assaulted his wife.
Prisoner was sent for two months, and held to bail
in two sureties of 101. to keep the peace for 6 months.
OVTRAGZOITS AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS NT Two
PRIVATES OP TEM 2D LIFE GUARDS.-Dunoan Fraser
and Edmund Chinnock, privates of the 2d Life Guards,
were charged with a most outrageous assault on Mr. G.
Mouchet, artist and teacher of languages, residing at
No. 4, Church-row, Battersea.
The complainant stated that about twelve o'clock at
night he was walking along by the dead wall attached
to Chelsea Hospital, when he saw the prioners coming
towards him. On meeting him he was suddenly struck
by Chinnock with his fist upon the right side of his
head, and was knocked down. Complainant thought
a robbery was intended, and called out " police." As
this occurred a female came up behind him, when she
was struck by the other prisoner, and forced against a
shop wi❑dow. When he (complaisant) got up, he ob-
served that the female was bleeding from a cut on her
face. She screamed out " murder, police." Complain-
ant was a second time knocked down by Fraser, who
made use of dreadful language. The prisoners, after
that, ran away, but some policemen came up, when they
were taken to the station-house.

The female corroborated the statement of the cozn-
plainant, and added that she was kicked by one of the
prisoner,.
Mr. Arnold stated that he should send the case to the
sessions.
The prisoners were then remanded.