The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-24 00:00:00

THAMES.

DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.--James Daglish, aged 45
years, Fanny Daglish, his wife, 43, and William
Beattie, 49, were brought before Mr. Benson, on
warrants, charged With violently assaulting and
wounding Edwin Thomas Blackburn.
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, conducted the prosecu-
tion; Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended
James Daglish only.
Mr. Stoddart, in stating the case for the prosecu-
tion, said he had t:) complain of a murderous outrage
committed by James Daglish, with the aid and con-
nivance of the other prisoners.
The complainant was foreman painter to Messrs.
Dudgeon and Co., shipbuilders, Isle of Dogs, Pop-
lar. James Daglish had been in the employ of the
same firm, and had lodged in the house of the
complainant. The job on which Daglish had been
employed >was finished on Saturday night, and
there was no further occasion for his services. A
few weeks ago a robbery was committed on board
a Portuguese corvette in Messrs. Dudgeon's ship-
building yard. Some ladies' shawls were stolen
out of a cabin where Daglish and two
others were employed painting. An inquiry was in-
stituted by an inspector of police, and the com-
plainant brought forward Daglish before the in-
spector as one of the men who had been in the
cabin. Daglish was very spiteful after this, an-
noyed Blackburn, and threatened to serve him out
before he and his wife sailed for Canada, which
was to have taken place on Wednesday. On
Tuesday 'night, soon after eight o'clock, the corn-
.plainant left off work, and went into the
Builders Arms' public-house, Stebondale_etreet,
Cubitt-town, Poplar, and was standing in front
of the bar when the prisoners came in, and
some words passed • between the complainant and
James Daglish, and Blackburn certainly told the
prisciner lie was a shabby fellow. Daglish made
some reply, and then commenced a murderous at-
tack on Thackburn, whom he beat in a terrible man-
ner over the head, face, eyes, and body, got him
down, trode upon him, and jumped on his body.
Mr. Daglish hit the complainant on the corner of
the eye with a key, and Beattie held him down
while James Daglish was pummelling him. The
complainant was most dreadfully maltreated, both
eyes were blackened and swollen, his mouth cut, his
head bruised, and his body covered with contusions.
The complainant had been under medical treatment
ever since he had been so dreadfully beaten, and he
could not reach the court in time on Wednesday
morning to prefer the charge against the defendant,
who, upon a representation to Mr. Young that
there had only been a fair fight between them, the
parties were liberated on bail. He (Mr. Stoddart)
afterwards applied for warrants against the three
prisoners, and the magistrate granted them.

The complainant, who was tolerably punished,
and several other witnesses, made out the case as
stated by Mr. Stoddart.

Mr. Carline, the landlord of the Builders' Arms,
who wituessed the assault, said that he interfered
and dragged the complainant into the bar, or he
would have been murdered. Daglish held the com-
plainant by the hair of the head while he struck
him.

Mr. Charles Young, in defence, and after a long
cross-examination of the witness, said that Black-
burn gave the first offence, and fought with James
Daglish, and although he was not engaged for the
other prisoners, it did appear to him that all they
did was to endeavour to separate the combatants.
Blackburn found James Daglish too heavy for him,
and kid so when the -fight was over; complained