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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER
_6, 1857.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banc.), bef)re Lord Campb6ll, Justices
Coleridge, Wightman, and Erle.)
MARTIN V. HODGSON.

Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., moved for a role to show
cause why 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 action 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 aed 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 the electors
in opposition to him. Mr. Glover was returned, but
ultimately unseated mainly through the information
possessed by Mr. Mai tin relative to him. In the course
of a speech made by Mr. llodgson after the election, be
attacked Mr. Martin and amongst other things said,
that the plaintiff was a man 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 disousmion between the Bench 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 Channell )
CRIM. CON.-FISHER 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 inadmissible, and also the
verdict found for the defendant was against evidence.
The case was tried before Mr. Baron Martin at the last
assizes at Stafford. 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, in men's clothes, and
one particular 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 to indict them
for perjury. In addition to that, the learned counsel
contended that the evidence of the subsequent act of
adultery to that for which tie action was brought was
inadmissible,
Rule refused.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

WESTMINSTER.

VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A WONAN BY HEN HUSBAND.—
This day a man named Hancock, tiring in George-
street, Chelsea, was charged before Mr. Arnold with the
following moat 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 bloc► at her. She got out
of bed, when, in order to defend herself from his attack
upon her, she raised her hand to defend heretic which
was severely eat 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 Complamant)—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 hoard 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 quantity of blood
which was •i the floor.

The prisoner said it was only when he was drunk that
he assaulted his wife.

Prisoner was sent fur two months, and held to bail
in two sureties of 101, to keep the peace for 6 months.

OUTRAGEOUS ♦ND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS la Two
PRIVATES Or TUB 2D LIFE GUARDS.—Duncan 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'olook at
night he was walking along by the (lead 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 window. 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 com-
plainant, and added that iiLe was kicked by one of the
prisoners.

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Mr. Arnold stated that he should send the case to the
sessions.

The priaonera were then remanded.

THAMES.

CONFESSION OF MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
—A young Woman, who gave the name of Emma
Middleton, which is believed to be a fictitious one, was
brought up on remand, charged en her own canfession,
with the wilful murder of a newly-burn child, at
Brighton, seven months ago.
There is considerable mystery hanging about this
case, The prisoner has been in custody three weeks,
and at the time she confessed that she had assisted in
strangling a child to which her fellow•servant gave birth
she was the inmate of an asylum for fallen women in
Mount-terrace, Whitechapel.
Inspector Griffin,
of the K division, after reading the
prisoner's eonfessien at length, said that he had frequently
communicated with the b superintendent of police at
Brighton, who informed him that every posssible inquiry
had been made, and no confirmation of the prisoner's
story could be ascertained, nor was it proven that any
cook in a gentleman's family had absconded suddenly, as
described by the prisoner. He had obtained possession
of an original letter, written by the prisoner, from which
it appeared that her real name was Anna Brown. It
was probable, as suggested by Mr. Selfe, that the pri-
soner had adopted the name of Emma Middleton, in
consequence of reading a novel of that name. The
prisoner had attempted suicide in prison, and he was
afraid her mind was affected—one of her brothers had
died in the Crimea, and another was murdered by the
sepoys in India.
Mr. Yardley—Then she is very much to be pitied.
Inspector Griffin said the prisoner had written
a letter to a friend since she bad been in prison, and it
was in his possession. She there stated that she was
not in custody for any theft but for something very
appalling.
Mr. Yardley said that his colleague, Mr. Selfe, bad
requested him to remand the prisoner until some day
when he (Mr. Selfe) would preside, and he would comply
with the request by again remanding the prisoner till
Wednesday, at which time he hoped the inspector would
complete his inquiries. He asked the prisoner if she
had anything to say.
The prisoner in a very petulant manner turned round,
left the dock, and exclaimed, " I have said too much
already. I have nothing at all to say:,
Mr. Yardley gave directions to Roche, the gaoler, to
look after the prisoner very carefully,

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