The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-01 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

One of those labourers called navigators, of the
name of .7 olzn Randall, a powerftl-looking man, eras
yesterday brought up handcuffed before the sitting
314gi'-4nttel RoGEtts and Mr. I.,usG, and ordered
to be places at the bar, to prevent his committing
violence arid outrage even im presence of the Magis-
trate!, on a charge of assaulting his wife, and a
young man, a baker, of the name of John Jame..
It appeared, that on Thursday afternoon, between
three and four o'clock, the defendant, who for a con-
siderable time past has been labouring under the
strong influence of a rooted jealousy, and sedulously
vigilant to detect the object of his suspicion in her
dishonourable intrigues, came home to his lodgings,
in Cow-cross-street, Smithfield, and finding his wife
within in the company of the complainant James,
and another young man, he immediately struck her,

' and knocked her down several times, and also at-
tempted to strike at James, the principal object of
his vengeful fury ; but a constable having been called
in, he was seemed and taken to the watch-house,
where, however, James, having accompanied him to
give charge of him, in spite of all restraint he tore
at, and made a desperate assault upon him, and
knocked him down three or four times. The .same
night he was brought up before the sitting Magis-
trate, Mr. Laing, and both the complainants appeared
to prefer their complaints against him ; but under a
recent regulation of the police, it being necessary
that two Magistrates should hear and decide in all
cases of assault, Mr. Laing ordered him to be taken
back to the watch-house, and detained there till one
o'clock the following day (yesterday), when himself
and Mr. Rogers would be sitting together. The de-
fendant was accordingly removed from the Justice-
room ; but as soon as he entered the outer office,
coming again in contact with his wife, he wrested
himself eat of the constable's hands, and with all
the unbridled rage of a madman, struck her two
violent blows on the face, and stretched her almost
breathless on the floor; and Was then about to make
a similar attack upon his fancied rival, till he was
seized by the officers, whose most strenuous efforts
it required to drag him again before the Magistrate,
who ordered him to be handcuffed behind his back,
and in that situation taken to the watch-house.

The wife complained of the groundless mistrust
with which he watched all her actions; of Nis habi-
tual ill-treatment of her ; and that she was constantly
in terror of her life from his violence, and, she had no
doubt, his murderous intent.

James protested against any dishonourable con-
nexion or illicit intercourse with the woman ; and
said that on the evening in question, she being his
washer-woman, he called at her room in the company
of another person for his linen.
The defendant insisted, that if this were the case,
it was somewhat strange that every time he went
home he should find him (James) with his wife; and
that at different periods for some months back he had
received several letters from him, insulting him with
instances of his wife's infidelity, and threatening, if he
took the slightest angry notice of it, to give him a
good sound thrashing.

Mr. ROGERS—'Tis not for the magistrates to in-
quire into the unfaithfulness of your wife. She must
be protected from violence by the law. You are, I
believe, a dangerous fellow; and you have given
manifest proof of your violence even in the pre-
sence of that justice by which you arc sure to be
punished. 1 shall, therefore, fine you in the penalty
of .si.

Defendant—Your worship, I shall never offend
in a like way for the fUture ; and this very night I
was going to Manchester, were it notfor this un-
fortunate job.
Mr. ROGRRS—Take him oat, and let him be
locked up.
It is no more than eight or ten days ago since the
defendant and James were mutually bound over, at
this office, in their own recognizances to keep the
peace towards each other.