The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 17.

BOW-STREET—Edward Mortimer was charged
with a violent assault upon Dunbar John Cother,
barrister-at-law.

The prisoner is already well known to the public
as one of the defendants in a prosecution, which at
the time excited an extraordinary interest, with
respect to the illegal sale of commissions in the
army. He is a stalwart, powerfill looking man,
though somewhat advanced in years. He is com-
monly called Captain Mortimer, and it is stated
that he is entitled to that appellation, having for-
merly been a captain in the army. He certainly
has a military appearance. The prosecutor also has
the build and aspect of a powerful man, much
younger than the prisoner, but appeared to be
reduced to a condition of extreme debility, probably
from loss of blood. His head was swathed in ban-

dages and in giving his evidence he leaned upon the
front of the witness box, as if unable to stand un-

supported. His features are prominent, and rather
handsome, and his beard, which was unshaven, was
thick, strong, and black.
Mr. Cother being sworn, gave his evidence in so
low a tone of voice as to be scarcely inaudible. When
asked by the magistrate (Mr. Henry) to speak
louder, he replied that he was " not strong enough."
He deposed—l am a barrister, and reside at 27,
Sloane-street. I know the defendant. A few days
since I met him on the steps of the General Post-
office. I asked him for his address, and he refused
to give it to me, at the same time flourishing his
stick.

Mr. Henry—Did he say anything ?
The witness—He said, " I will see you -- be-
fore I will give it you." This morning I met him
on Hungerford-bridge near the entrance to the
market, as I was coming up from the pier. I ad-
dressed him, saying," Now Mr. Mortimer, I insist
on knowing your address." He pushed me away
from him. I went up to him again to repeat the
request. He stepped backward, raised his walking-
stick in the air, swung it round, and struck me a
violent blow with the butt end of it on the side of
the head. It was an ordinary oak walking-stick.
I believe it was afterwards taken to the hospital.
I think the blow cut through my hat.
Mr. Henry—Was the effect of the blow to knock
you down ?
The witness—No ; I did not fall, but I lost a
great deal of blood. I gave the prisoner into cus-
tody. They took me to Charing-cross Hospital,
where my wound was dressed.
The prisoner being asked if he wished to put any
questions to the witness replied in the negative.
The stick was produced. It was a common-

walking-stick of a Medium size, rather slight than
otherwise. The handle, described by Mr. Cother as
the " butt end," was formed by the extremity
being bent into a hook. Mr. Cother's hat was also
produced. It was a white hat and had been very
much stained with blood both internally and exter-
nally, but not cut or broken.
Stephen Worthy, a youth of about 18 or 19 years
of age, deposed that he was on the bridge at the
time and heard the prosecutor ask for the address of
the prisoner. Upon the latter refusing to give it,
Mr. Cother said, " I will not let you go till you give
me your address." The prisoner then stepped back
about three feet, and holding the stick by the lower
end struck the prosecutor on the head with the
handle or " crooked end." It was a very severe
blow. The blow was not struck through the hat.
It came upon the side of the head, just below the
brim of the hat. The hat was knocked aside,—up
on the side where the blow was struck, so that it
was pushed a little down on the other side. Wit-

mess was passing close to the prosecutor, and the
blood spurted over his clothes and over his hands.
(The witness here held up his hands, which were
smeared all over with blood.) Witness handed his
pocket handkerchief to the prosecutor to stanch the
blood, and in a few minutes the handkerchief was
" filled full of it." (The witness produced the hand.
kerchief, which was saturated with blood.) It was
about 12 o'clock in the day when this occurred. The
constable on duty 'on the bridge took the prisoner
into custody, and witness accompanied the prosecu-
tor to the hospital.
Policeman 179 L deposed to the fact that the
prosecutor gave the prisoner in custody to him.
The prosecutor was bleeding profusely.
Mr. Short, acting house-surgeon at Charing-cross
Hospital, deposed that prosecutor came there a little
after 12 o'clock. He had a contused scalp wound
about an inch and a half long. It must have bled
profusely. Some small arteries were severed.
Mr. Mottimer, who had declined to cross-examine
the witnesses, was now asked by the worthy magis-
trate if he wished to make any statement. He re-
plied, in a tremulous voice, and apparently with
much emotion—Yes. I met Mr. Cother on the

bridge. I was just going over. He stopped
me and asked my address, which I refused to
give. He put up his hands and caught hold of
me to stop me and prevent my passing. I
tried to get by, but he would not let me. I
admit that I forgot myself, and I certainly
struck him. But I did not do it intentionally with
malice. It occurred instantaneously. I did not
think of such a thing. I would be the last man to
do it. I would wish to make any arrangement with
Mr. Cother—any arrangement in my power.
Mr. Cother, whose voice was very faint, was un-
derstood to say that he would make no arrangement.
He would leave the matter in the magistrate's hands,
and do whatever the magistrate thought right. He
had no vindictive feeling, though he had suffered a
severe injury, which might have killed him.
Mr. Henry said the powers which the law gave
him were not sufficient to enable him to deal with
so violent an assault. He could not commit defen-
dant to prison wi►hout the option of a fine, not
exceeding £5, and then only for two months. He
should therefore hold the prisoner for bail to answer
an indictment.
The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial,
notwithstanding his protest that it would nearly
ruin him.

THAMES.—A CURIOUS CASE.—Wm. Barnes, a
beerseiler, in the Mile-end-road, appeared before
Mr. Woolrych on a summons, charged with assault-
ing Mary Ann Lomas, a young married woman.
Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. Chas. Young,
solicitor, stated that this case was one of a very re-
markable nature. The complainant had formerly
led a very gay life, and had been acquainted with
the defendant for some time. Ultimately she re-
pented of her folly, was admired and courted by a
respectable man, and married him. After the mar-
riage the defendant importuned Mrs. Lomas to re-
new the connection between them. She rejected
his offers, and entreated him to leave her alone.
The defendant, however, coatinned to importune
her, threatening to inform her husband of the con-
nection which formerly existed between them. The
persecution of the unfortunate woman existed for
"some time, and she at last gave way and submitted
to his wishes, but only once, and she firmly resolved
never to converse with the defendant, or to meet
him again on any pretence whatever. The
defendant, however, continued to pester the com-
plainant with his attentions, and threatened to ruin
her if she did not cohabit with him, and dishonour
herself and her husband. The complainant was
firm, and Barnes, with a mind full of evil, then
threatened to make her husband acquainted with all
that had taken place. This diabolical threat failed,
and the defendant then wrote an anonymous letter
to the complainant's husband, describing her former
course of life, his (the defendant's) intimacy with
her before and after her marriage, and stating that
she was carrying on a criminal intercourse wtih a
Mr. Oliver. This incident was in some respects like
the one which ended so disastrously in Northumber-
land-street a short time ago. The letter was fortu-
nately intercepted by Mrs. Lomas., and he f should
de_
produce it to show the deep-laid.villa ny othe
fendant. Barnes, failingmeeting
commenced a new system of annoyance, by
in his wicked designs,
Mrs. Lomas in the street, calling after her and
walking along the. Mile-
threatening her; applying to her the most foul and
offensive names, and at last descending to personal
w, when the de-
violence. Mrs. Lomas was
in-law,
uttered the
end-road a few days einc.e, in. company with Mrs.
.ob,s,cene language, and said " I'll
and
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with him and shed tears. Her relative said, " Come
away from that low blackguard," on which he said,
"Never mind, 11l catch you by yourself, and then
I will mark your face." The opportunity arrived
too soon for the complainant, who returned by the
same route alone, when the defendant met her ['pilaf

abused her, and struck her on the mouth. On a
former occcasion he knocked her down and gave
her two black eyes.
The complainant, her sister-in-law, and a young
lady named Julia Walford, unknown to either party,
were called in confirmation of Mr. Gomm's state-
ment.
Miss Walford heard the defendant make use of
foul language, and saw him strike the complainant
on the mouth with his fist.
Mr, Woolrych inquired where the complainant's
husband was, and why he did not interfere on be-
half of his wife.

Mr. Gomm—The husband is at sea, and the de-
fendant takes advantage of that to annoy, insult,
and ill-use the complainant.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he
bad never written the anonymous letter to the hus-
band, and never saw it until that day. He co-
habited with the complainant three years before her
marriage, and for two months afterwards. Since
they had quarrelled the complainant had been in
the practice of calling at his house and using taunt-
ing language, and she said to him on the day in
question, "I've got your master in Mr. Oliver.'
The complainant gave a most emphatic denial to
the defendant's statement. •

Mr. Woolrych said he had listened to this case
with deep attention, and was satisfied, with the
plain, straightforward, consistent statement of the
complainant, confirmed as it was in all the material
particulars by two respectable witnesses. He ut-
terly disbelieved the defendant's statement. There
was no direct or positive evidence that the defen-
dant wrote the anonymous letter, but that Barnes
was the author of it there was most cogent proof.
There were two singular coincidences between the
letter and the cross-examination of the complainant
by the defendant. The letter stated, " Mr. Oliver
has one or two kept women ;" and again, " I have
frequently seen your wife, Mrs. Lomas, go by my
house with Mr. Oliver in a chaise ;" and it was
most singular that the defendant asked the com-
plainant if she did not ride out in a chaise with Mr.
Oliver, and often pass his (the defendant's) beer-
house in Mr. Oliver's company. The defendant also
asked Mrs Lomas " Does not Oliver keep two
women ?" To write to a woman's husband the most
atrocious lies to excite his jealousy, was an assassin-
like and contemptible proceeding. The whole con-
duct of the prisoner to Mrs. Lomas was most un-
manly, brutal, and cowardly. A more degraded
fellow he had never met with. He fined the de-
fendant 40s. and costs, and impounded the anony-
mous letter.
Mrs. Lomas afterwards applied for and obtained
another summons against Barnes for abusing and
threatening her in the police-court.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NORWICII—Auct. 17.

The attendance of factors and farmers to-day was small,
and wheat was in fair supply. Trade slow, and best sorts
at the prices of last week. Malting barley was nearly 110-
minal ; grinding in short supply. Little doing in oats,
beans, or peas. Flour Gd cheaper.
White wheat. 54s to 56s I Red wheat 48s to 503
Malting barley.— 46s to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 449
Distilling do .. ....31s to 34s 1 Oats. 26s to 30s
Flour, 37s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller.

LEICESTER--Auct. 17.
A good supply of wheat to. day. Trade fah, and late price°
declined 2s on old wheat. White wheat, 65s to 705 per qr.
—red, 55s to 60s per 36 stone; a very middling supply of
barley, grinding, 30s to 33s ; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.,
oats, 29s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans at late prices--olds
48s to as ; new, 36s to 46s per 38 stone.
Fine flour, 44s I Seconds, 40s I Thirds, 36s per 20 stone•

YORK- AUG. 17.

in
At this market to-day wheat was large supply, with
a dull sale, at is to 2s under late rates. Grinding barley
met a moderate sale, and late rates supported. Oats were
freely supplied, at last week's prices. Beans were stead)"
in demand and prices fully supported.
Wheat, red 42s to 54s Oats.... 27s to 308
White do .56s to 64s Beans —46. to 48e
Barley .32s to 34s Peas ....--s to ---8
Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr ; flour, 419
to 435. per sack.

CAMBRIDGE—Atm. 17.
A fair supply of wheat, including several samples of the
new crop. With a dull trade, the prices for old
were as last week—white, from 54s to 58s ; red, 46s to 52;1'
Barley in small supply, malting —s to —s, grinding 2°
to 325. Oats variea from 26s to 30s. Beans were a slog*
sale, from 40s to 46s per qr.
NORTII4MPTON—Aua. 17.
At this corn-market the supply of wheat was improved?
but the' demand was slow—prices ranging 54s to 60s for
old, and 35s to 50s for new. A small trade in barley!
malting 37s to 40s, grinding 33s to 35s per qr. Oats in
,
moderate show, and prices as before—quoted at 26s to 350
per 24 stone. Beans, old, 34s to 555; peas, 44s to 450.
Rye,
37s to 425; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 42s to --a per
sack. qualities

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