The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-03 00:00:00

MAI?YLEBONE.

Yesterday, Mr. John Goodwin Bamby, residing at
No. 4, Seymour-place North, Euston -square, and
c‘ho described himself as an " author," was charged
before Mr. liawlinson on a warrant, with having
indecently assaulted Hannah Snelgrove, a pretty-
looking girl, his servant.
The appearance of defendant was singular in the
extreme. His hair was of extraordinary length, and
from his chin a sandy-coloured beard shot forth,
which reached nearly as low as the top button of his
waistcoat. He wore a white hat, and a shirt collar
a-la Byron. His wife was present during the " deli-
cate investigation."
Complainant stated that she entered upon her situa-
tion on the 12th of September, and that on the fol-
lowing day defendant laid hold of her, and asked her
to go up stairs with him. She refused, and threat-
ened to tell her mistress. In about a week afterwards,
as she was coning down stairs, he took liberties with
he.n, and in consequence of his behaviour she had
quitted the house.

➢lr. RIWLIZISO-N—What is your master? Comp•
plainant—He is what they eall a Socialist, sir.
Defendant, in a written statement which he read,
denied the truth of what had been alleged against
him, and dwelt strongly upon the fact of complainant
not having mentioned a single: syllable to his wife
with regard to any impropriety of conduct on
his part.
Neither of the parties had any witness to praduce,
and,
Mr. RAWLIII9O, ordered the defendant to, enter
into his own recognisance in 201. to appear at the
sessions, in the event of complainant thinkiri; fit to
indict him.

LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday William Sefton, a powerful seal man, was
brought before Mr. henry, upon his QWP gp, niessl°l3)

of being a deserter from the 66th Regiment of Foot
twenty years ago.
The prisoner, it appeared, had given himself up to
the sentry on duty in front of the Royal Mint,Tower-
hill, as a deserter, at an early hour on Tuesday ,
morning, and was locked up. When brought before
Mr. Henry, the prisoner, who appeared perfectly col-
lected in his manner, acknowledged that what was
said was perfectly true ; that he had enlisted in the
66th Regiment at Hull about twenty years ago, and
after remaining three weeks with the regiment, had
deserted. In reply to Mr. Henry's questions, he said
that immediately after his desertion he went to sea,
and from that time up to the present, had been
serving in her Majesty's and the merchant service.
He also said his reason for giving himself up was that
he had acknowledged being a deserter to the crew he
had last sailed with, and being on unfriendly terms
with many of them, he strongly suspected that one
or the other of them would give him into custody as
a deserter, and he therefore thought his best course
was to give himself up.
Mr. HursaT said he thought the case a very un-
usual one, but still he felt bound to detain the prisoner
and report him as a deserter. He added that from
his age (forty years) and the nature of his occupa-
tion for twenty years, he thought him of little use to
the army, particularly as he must have entirely for-
gotten the slight exercise he acquired in three weeks
drill.

The prisoner was here about to be removed from
the Court, when the sergeant, in reply to the latter
remark of Mr. Henry, observed that while in military
custody, the prisoner talked a good deal about
marching and countermarching, and endeavoured as
well as he was able to keep the step with the soldiers.
This circumstance struck Mr. Henry as indicative
of mental aberration, and he in consequence again
questioned the prisoner very closely. His replies to
many of the questions were perfectly rational, but,
upon being pressed about his difference with his late
shipmates, he said he was in dread of their waylaying
him, in company with persons they had employed for
the purpose, and giving him a desperate thrashing.
Mr. 111001 Y, satisfied from this that his mind was
wandering, directed that he might be taken to the
station-house for the night, and that the person at
whose house he lodged, as well as anybody else know-
ing anything about him, should be in attendance on
the following day.
'Yesterday Mra. Conne, the Itisoner's landlady, at-
tended, and said she had known the prisoner for
many years, and that he had been in the habit while
in London of lodging at her house. lie had always
been. an exceedingly well conducted and sober man,
and she had never observed any peculiarity in his
manner until Saturday night last. On that night lie
had 'eery much alarmed herself, husband, and family,
by his extraordinary conduct, and they were com-
pelled to sit up with him all night. He kept scream-
ing out that a steam-frigate was coming over the
houses for him, that in every moment he expected
the Horse Guards, and was in the act of throwing
himself out of the window, when her husband
caught him.
Mr. MINRY, on hearing this, felt quite satisfied as
to the state of the poor man's mind, and ordered his
immediate removal to the parish workhouse, prepara-
tory to his being sent to a place of proper security.