The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-03 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULT ON A MEMBER OF THEJITNIOR UNITED SER-
VICE CLUB.-Mr. William Barnes; a gentlemanly-looking
person, and whose residence is in de country, was charged
before Mr. Bingham with assaulting Captain Robert Gor-
don, of the Junior United Service Club, Charles-street,
Haymarket.

The defendant, who was labouring under great excite-
ment, said he wished for an opportunity to send for his
counsel, Mre Mills.

Mr. Bingham said he would hear what the nature of the
case was, and, if necessary, he coud afterwards send for
his legal adviser.

Captain Gordon said he was leasing the Junior United
Service Club on the previous night, about 12, to proceed
home, and when he got to the botton of the steps he found
the defendant, who was a total stringer to him, standing
there. The defendant was obstructing his way, and looked
at him in an insulting and menacing way. He asked
what he meant by obstructing hin, when the defendant
commenced abusing him, saying, " Tou -, I'll knock you
down." Not wishing an altercation with him, he walked
away, with the view of getting a caastable, when the de-
fendant followed him, and snealcin; behind him knocked

off his hat and smashed it. He Lot a constable, and on
taking him back to the club he fount the defendant in front
of it, and he gave him into custody.

Charles Lawrence, cab driver, badge 10,226, confirmed a
portion of Captain Gordon's cvidefre, and said the defend-
ant, on his return from following tie captain, said to him
that ho had knocked off the genthman's hat and kicked
him.

Inspector Holden, of the C divisbn, said that from the
time the defendant was taken into ctstody he had continued
in the same state of excitement as in then appeared.
Mr. Bingham said now he had heard the case hs should
not require the witnesses to again aitentl, but he should cer-
tainly require good security for hiF. future conduct, before
ho should allow him to go, and he nust be detained.

THAMEE.

EJEOTING A BAD TENANT.-Mr. W. H. Cable, an ex-
tensive house proprietor, of 28, 011 Church.road, Stepney,
applied for an ejectment warrant to expel from one of his
houses a tenant named John Field, an attorney's clerk,
who had not paid him any rent for 13 weeks, and had barri-
caded his house. The complainant was accompanied by
Mr. H. Robins, a broker and appraiser, and it appeared
that Field rented a house, 34, Old Church-road, Stepney,
at a rental of 4s. 6d. per week, and that no rent had been
paid for 13 weeks. All attempts to levy for the rent had
bean fruitless, for the house was constantly closed, except
on Sundays, when no distress could be levied. An attempt
was made to serve a notice to quit on the tenant or some
member of his family, and that had also failed. The notices
to quit, and notices of ejectment were then affixed to the
front of the house, and the period having expired when
possession of the house ought to be given to the landlord,
he applied for a warrant to enter into possession and eject
the tenant. Mr. Cable added that ho had repeatedly ap-
plied for his rent and been treated with derision.
Service of the notices having been proved, the Magistrate
issued a warrant of ejectment, and intrusted it to Piller, an
officer of the court, to execute. He returned shortly after-
wards and said that he found the house empty and all the
furniture gone. The inmates were missing, and had fled
after sunset yesterday.

Tho magistrate said that Mr. Cable must put up with
the loss of his rent, unless he could trace his tenant.
The Police Act gives a very cheap and easy method of
ejectment to the landlords of small tenements, and proceed-
ings which would have occupied several months at an enor •
mous expense under the old law can now be determined in
a few days at an expense of about ss. only.

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