The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-27 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Mr. James Worthington Lavasey, residing i❑
Union-place, New-road, was brought before the sitting
magistrate, Mr. Long, charged with the following
shameful assault upon Catherine Hollis, a married
woman, and who lives in David-street, York-place,
Portman-square.
Mr. Davies, solicitor, of Dorset-street, attended for
the defendant, who was described as a law-student of
the Inner Temple.
Complainant, whose upper lip was swollen, gave
evidence to the effect that on the previous night, about
ten o'clock, as she was proceeding along East-street,
Manchester-square, she was followed by defendant,
who at length accosted her, and asked her whither
she was going; to which she replied that she was
going home. He requested to be permitted to ac-
company her, and on her telling him that she could
not permit anything of the sort, he exclaimed, " Then
take that," at the same time giving her a blow on the
mouth. He then ran away, and on her crying out,
" Stop him I" he was taken into custody. It further
appeared, that when captured by Church, 129 D, be
had fled for refuge into a cook's shop in Paddington-
street. On the way to the station, and also when
first laid hold of by the officer, he denied having
struck the ccmplainant.
Mr. Davies said that after all that had been stated
he would not attempt tor a moment to show that the
charge was an unfounded one, and he thought under
all the circumstances that the best course for him to
take was that of an expression of regret on the part of
the defendant for his conduct; the defendant was
truly sorry for what had occurred, and he hoped that
the magistrate would deal with the case as leniently as
possible.
Mr. LONG inflicted a penalty of 50s. for the assault,
which he looked upon as being one of a serious and
unprovoked nature.
Mr. Davies requested that defendant, ins'ead of
being compelled to pay the sum alluded to, might be
permitted to arrange with the complainant; but the
magistrate would not comply with the wish.
Two youths, named Walter Blake and Jeremiah
Stansham, were placed at the bar for re-examination
on the charge of having stolen a quantity of silver
plate to a considerable extent, the property of Mr.
Edward Broughton, of St. James's-terrace, St. Jilin's-
wood.

The prisoners were fully committed for trial.
CLERKENWELL.

Thomas Thomond, a sullen-looking fellow, 20
years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr-
whitt, charged by Mr. Joseph Toomond, his oAn
father, a master baker residing in William-street,
Caledonian-road, Islington, with having stolen two
silver table-spoons and other articles of plate, and also
with having threatened his life, by which he went in
bodily fear.
The father, who was evidently much affected,
said that the prisoner was a drunken, profligate fel-
low, who might do well were it not fur his depraved
inclinations. He had endeavoured in his youth to
instil moral principles in his mind, but to no pur-
pose. On the whole of Wednesday last he was
drunk, and continued annoying witness by driving
backwards and forwards before his door in a cabriolet.
He received information that the prisoner had boasted
to a neighbour that he had taken two silver
spoons, &c. Subsequently he called on witness and
asked him for money, which he declined giving him,
on which he threatened to have his life, and, taking
several half-crowns from his pocket, exhibited them,
and said he did not want money, and he threw a
pawnbroker's duplicate on the counter for the pro-
perty, which had been pledged at Mr. Neade's, in
Penton-street, Pentonville. He consulted with a
policeman, and gave the prisoner into custody. Wit-
ness added, with a flood of tears, that the prisoner
had frequently alarmed them out of their sleep in the
dead of the night to demand money ; his mother
sometimes got out of bed and remonstrated with him,
when he threatened, with dreadful language, that he
would never be satisfied until he could put a bullet
through her heart. He had used a similar threat to-
wards witness.

Mr. TYRWHITT inquired what course he wished
to be adopted towards the prisoner ? Mr. Thomond—
I wish to be protected. My property and life are
not safe. Something must be done.
Mr. TYRWHITT said there was abundance of evi-
dence as to the unlawfully pawning the property.
Prisoner (sullenly)—Can't I have a solicitor ?
The evidence of the pawnbroker was taken down as
to the pledging the articles Er 11. 2s.
The prisoner in his di-fence said he had been drink-
ing for two or three days, and the only excuse he
could make for himself was that he was under the in-
fluence of liquor at the time.
Mr. TYRWHITT, addrkssing the prisoner, said his
conduct was most disgraceful. There ought to be
some limit placed on the conduct of bad and violent
sons towards their parents, and he could hardly con-

ceiv,t it to be possible for a son, drunk or sober, to be
ciipable of lnAing, such horrible threats towards his
c.-so nvicted the prisoner, and ordered'
him to pay 40'. v: rJ•lty, and the amount of the value
c.f the prop,2ry, ur iu dzfault of payment one montlato
imprisonini,nt.

Prisoner could not pay, and was conveyed to prison.

SOVTH IV ARK.
In the course of the morning an application was
made for the Magistrate's advice relative to a quantity
of woman's wearing apparel, principally consisting of
theatrical dresses, alleged to have been surreptitiously
taken by Madame Ponisi, one of the Surrey Theatre
company, from the abode of her husband.
The applicant, a young man who described himself
as the husband of Madame Ponisi, addressing the ma-
gistrate (Mr. Beadon), said that on Friday last his
wife, Vi ithout giving him any intimation of what ehe
was about to do, left home, taking with her property
in dress to the amount of nearly 1001. He had since
discovered that she was accompanied in her flight by
member of the same establishment, and he had
strong grounds for suspecting that she was now re-
siding in a house at that side of the water. The ap-
plicant had obtained the address of her presumed
abode, and the object of his application was to be in-
formed whether he would be justified in taking for-
cible possession of the property, and whether the ms"
gistrate could render him any assistance.
Mr. BEADON told the applicant if he could prove
that his wife had been assisted in the removal of the
property by the man with whom she had been alleged
to elope he could aid him. If, however, the lady had
voluntarily removed the clothes, which were their
joint property, she was not amenable for any offence
which would subject her to proceedings in that
court, and he (the magistrate) had no control over
the matter.

The applicant said that he had no evidence to prove
that his wife had been assisted in the removal of the
property in question, and having thanked the inagie°
trate for his advice, he then withdrew.