The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

FEARFUL ASSAULT.—John Walker, aged 21, who
was d. scribed as a shoemaker, of No. 56, Cable-
street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought before
Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and disor-
derly, using bad language, and assaulting John
Gallafeul, beerhouse keeper, at No. 200, White-
chapel-road, and Mrs. Mary Ann Gallafeul, Lis
wife. He was further charged with breaking a
large pane of embossed glass, the property of Mr.
Gallafeul.

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the pri-
soner. _ _

Mr. George Sheffield, house-surgeon of the Lon-
don Hospital, was the first witness called, and he
said Mrs. Gallafeul was brought there last night
with her eye fearfully lacerated. She would lose
the sight of it, and he believed it would be neces-
sary to remove the eye..
Mr. Benson—ls the ball of the eye lacerated?
Mr. Sheffield—Yes, sir. It was such an accident
as might be produced by glass.
Mr. Gallafeuil said that a few minutes before 11
last night he was called upon by his pottnan to re-
move the prisoner, who was making use of coarse
language, and grossly insulting Mrs. Gallafeul. lie
told the prisoner to leave the house, which he re-
fused to do, and with the assistance of Mrs. Galla-
feul he proceeded to remove him, and after much
trouble ejected him from the house and closed the
door upon him. The prisoner had no sooner
reached the street than he sent his fist through a
large pane of glass and smashed it. Its doing so some
of the broken glass struck Mrs. Gallafeul on the
eye, and divided the ball of it. His wife was im-
mediately taken into the neighbouring hospital.
In answer to Mr. Charles Young,

The witness said the prisoner did not get drunk
in his house. He deliberately struck the glass with
his fist. The value of the glass was £3.
Mr. Benson—The prisoner has inflicted a fearful
injury, which I hope he did not intend.

After some further evidence the case was ad-
journed for a fortnight on the prisoner giving good
bail. His mother, a shopkeeper, offered herself as
a surety, and said she paid rates. Her bail was
accepted.
ASSAULT ON TUE RlVER.—James Kelly, a board-
ing-house keeper in Shadwell, appeared before Mr.
Benson on a summons charging him with assaulting
Walter Scott, a police constable of the Thames
division.

Mr. Cumberland, a barrister, appeared for the
Board of Trade, who ordered this prosecution.
The complainant was stationed on board the ship
Somerset as she was coming up the river on the
27th of last month, and his orders were to prevent
all strangers coining on board until the ship was
moored iu the East India Dock. The defendant
came alongside 'in a boat on the river, off the
dock buoy at Blackwall, before the ship en-
tered the dock, and went up the fore chains
until he reached the deck. The defendant
then jumped on the ship's rails. lle was
ordered to retire or come aft and see the captain of
the ship. lie refused to do either, and made use
of some rough language, and made two blows at the
constable, which the latter avoided. The defendant
then got into his boat, and took up one of the
sculls, with which he made a blow at Scott, who
was standing on a spare spar looking over the bul-
warks of the ship. The end of the scull hit the
constable on the chest. In cross-examination the
complainant said—l did not say to you, " I will have
you before the devil will have you."
Captain William Hicks, the master of the
Somerset, said he gave the order that no strangers
should be allowed on board until the ship was
within the dock gates.

William Sedgwick, an officer of customs, saw the
defendant strike at the officer three times.
For the defence, Kelley called Samuel Jones,
ordinary seaman on board the Somerset, who said
the constable pulled the defendant by the coat and
said, "I'll have you before the devil has yon," and
then took up a belaying pin and said, " I'll have
you before the devil has you," and threatened to
beat his skull in.

Luke Burke said he rowed the defendant along-
side the Somerset. ➢ir. Kelly went up the fore
chains and came down again almost immediately.
The boat shoved off, and the defendant did not
strike at the complainant with one of the sculls.
Sedgwick was recalled, and said that the com-
plainant did not take up a belaying pin.
Mr. Benson said an assault was wade out. The

defendant had no right on board the Somerset be-
fore the ship was moored, and was attempting to
break the law. No injury was done to the com-
plainant, and he should therefore inflict a miti-
gated penalty of 40s. and 28. costs. The fine was
immediately paid.