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London, England, 1845-12-03 00:00:00

N, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y MORNING, DECEMBER

MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.
THAMES POLICE COURT.
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Yesterday the adjourned examination of George John-
stone, the captain of the ship Tory, on the charge of
murdering William Rambert, chief mate, William Mars
second mate, and Thomas Reason, seaman, took place
before Mr. Broderip, the sitting magistrate.
The prisonef was to have been brought up last Tues•
day, but on account of a note from his medical attend-
ant, intimating that he was labouring under erysipelas,
and could not be present in Court, the further hearing
was put off till to-day. The front of the Court-
house, as on the previous occasion, was besieged
with parties anxious to be admitted, and loud
and general were the feelings of execration and
disgust expressed by the crowd against the prisoner, a
great number expressing sorrow that they were not per-
mitted to exercise summary vengeance on him, accord-
ing to the American backwoods process—Lynch law.
The night charges having been disposed of by about
half-past twelve o'clock, the examination was proceeded
with.

Mr. Humphries appeared for the prisoner.
Julian Cardiavallo, an Italian, was first examined, and
deposed as follows:—I will state what I know of the
death of William Reason. I do not know exactly the
day on which he died, but I was in the cabin at the time.
At the time I was in the cabin Thomas Reason was
called, and he came in and sat down on the sofa. The
captain then seized him by the collar of the shirt, and
asked him some questions about the mutiny. Before
this time Reason had been hurt, and was taking physic
to cure the cuts which the captain had given him. The
captain having shook Reason a great deal, put him into
a corner on the larboard side, and said to the boy,
" Bring the bayonet, the sword is not good for
anything." The boy gave the captain the bayonet.
At this time Reason was very quiet. The captain
struck in the way which occasioned his death. I saw
the way in which it was done. The captain lifted hil
arm and struck Reason with the bayonet. I think the
blow was on the breast. I called the cook directly ; I
then cut the flannel on Reason to see if there was a hole,
and to stop the blood which was flowing. While I was
doing so the captain said to Reason, "Do for God's
sake speak a couple of words." The captain then threw
the bayonet on the floor. Reason died, as far as I can
think, about a quarter or half an hour after, but Icannot
exactly say. The body was taken on deck, but I could
not see exactly whether he was dead or not at that
moment.
William Dunn was next examined—l was cook on
board the Tory. I was down in the cabin one day when
Thomas Reason was called, but I do not recollect the
date. It was about a quarter past twelve. I saw the
captain with a bayonet in his hand over Reason. I saw
as if the captain was striking the bayonet constantly into
Reason's head. Reason called for mercy. The captain
said he should have none from him. The boy Glover
came to me in the pantry, and told me that the captain
had killed Reason. I got some water, and saw Reason
lying as if deed. The captain had his hand on Reason's
left breast. The captain then told me that Reason was
dead. The captain took his hand off Reason's left
breast, on which I saw two wounds of the bayonet just
below the middle. I told the captain he had better get
some lint to stop the wounds, on which he called the
boy Glover, and told him to fetch some cotton. The
boy did so, and it was placed on the wounds.
Reason was then taken and laid on the pantry-door,
and five men were called to take him on deck. He
had sent for Mars before he had sent for the men. The
body was taken on the top-gallant forecastle. He was
there covered over with blankets, and in the morning
about ten o'clock David Johnson sewed him in some
canvass. At half-past eleven he was brought to the
gangway, Mr. Spencer read prayers over him, and he
was then buried.
Franklin Tucker, said—All I know of the death of
Thomas Reason, is, that I saw him go into the cabin alive,
and saw him shortly after brought up dead. The period
of time that intervened was about three-quarters of an
hour. When Reason went into the cabin he was in a
dreadful statE, bleeding from the head. Reason told me
that he had been down in the cabin the early part of
the evening, and that the cuts had been occasioned by
the captain. I saw no one injure him at this time.
David Johnson examined—l was one of the crew of
the Tory during the late voyage. On the evening that
Reason went down into the cabin, he came forward to
me at the forecastle. He said to me the captain had
called on him to go down again into the cabin. Reason
had a cut across his brow at the time. Julian came for-
ward and called Reason by name to go down. Julian said
he must go to the captain in the cabin. Reason left me
and went down. When next I saw Reason, he was car-
ried along the deck by five of the men. He was then
dead.

Barry Yelverton was next called, and said--I was one
of the crew of the Tory, and an apprentice on board to
the owner, Mr. Gibb. I will state all I know of the
death of Mars. I was in the cabin when the captain sent
for him. I saw the captain cut at him a good deal; this
was the last day, when he died. He had been
down several times before. I saw him on the previous
occasions cut at, and once saw a piece cut off his head
by the captain. I cannot say how long it was before
Reason's death ; but I think it was about a day
before. It was done during the night time.
The last day he was called into the cabin he was cut
at a good deal with a cutlass or sword. Mars, at this
time, was all over blood, especially his face, which was
so coagulated his features could scarcely be seen. Mars
had been in irons before, and at the time he was called
down, he seemed to be handcuffed. By the order of
the captain, one of the boys and Julian tied
Reason's hands up to the beam, while the
captain cut at him. I gave Julian a wink to take the
man down at the time, as be was so weak he could net
hold his head up. He was taken down and placed on
the floors where he lay gasping, when the captain told
them to take him on deck. The captain looked at him
while he lay on the floor, and said, " Does he not look
like a murderer?" or words to that effect. I heard the
captain say, when he gave the order to take him on
deck, " Squeeze him, or I'll squeeze you." They took
him on deck, and shortly after some one came down to
the cabin and said, " Mars is dead." The captain told
me to go on deck, and hee if it was a fact that he was
dead. I went and saw him lying dead abreast of the
main hatch on the larboard side.
James Glover deposed--I was the steward on board
the ship. While there I heard Reason often called
below. I saw him cut two or three times with a sword ;
this was the same day that he died. He was cut several
places about the head. At one time when the captain
called Reason into his cabin he was at liberty, having no
irons on ; on the other occasions he had irons on his
hands. This is all I know about Mars.
Julian Cordiavel'o re-called and examined regarding
Mars.—l was severi.l times in the cabin when Mars was
ordered down. The captain struck and pricked him
with the sword repeatedly. I was in the cabin on the
last occasion, which was about the time the captain was
taking his dinner. The captain sent for Mars by the
boy or some one else ; he could not exactly recollect.
Mars came down below. The captain, the carpenter,
Mr. Spence, and Harry Slack were in the cabin. The
captain used him very bad. He struck him with the
sword and blackguarded him. He was bleeding very
much at the time, and almost dead. His hands
were in irons. He was cut on the face, the breast,
and other parts of the body. The flesh was in
many places torn from his bones. I called him Mr.
Mars on account of his being an officer, but the captain
ordered me and the other not to call him Mr. Mars, but
only Mars. The captain told me and the boy not to
lift him with the hand, but only to prick him with the
bayonet, and make him stand up. The captain then
said to me and Harry Slack, " Are you not able to make
him stand? if not, mak3 fast somewhere or other, and
pull him up." There was a click that run into the
deck, so the captain told us to make fast to it. We
hesitated, when the captain threatened that if we
did not do so we should be punished. We
pulled Reason up, when the captain began cutting
at him as if he was a porpoise. He used a cutlass, and
sometimes cut at Reason, at other times threw it at him,
ordering me and the boy to bring it hack to him each
time as it fell on the floor. After a little the captain
said, " Take that brute on deck." At this time Reason
was in a very bad state, being nearly dead. He was not
able to come up himself on deck, so the captain ordered
us to take a rope's-end and raise him up on deck. The
captain said to me, " Why don't you arm yourself ;
go and call all hands on deck to squeeze that
brute rascal, or else I shall squeeze somebody else."
The captain said further, " Tell the man to squeeze him,
but do not touch him yourself." I had the bayonet in
my hand at the time, but did not touch him. After
Mars was raised on deck I was called back to the cabin,
and asked by the captain "If the man had sqneezed
him ?" Answered, "I do not know, sir." Barry
Yelverton was standing by with a pistol in his hand.
He went on deck, and immediately after he came back
and said to the captain, " Mars is dead." The captain
said "Single twine is enough for him, don't waste it." I un-
derstood the twine was to sew him tap. When Mars was
on deck he asked the men for a drink of water before they
began to squeeze him. This is all I know.
William Dun examined respecting Mars—Before the
death of Mars I was down in the cabin several times
after the captain called him. I was in the cabin the
first night after the ship left Fayal. Mars was called
down, but Ido not recollect the words said to him. The
captain struck him with a cutlass and cut his face. He
then told him to jump out of the cabin window. Mars said
he could not. He was then sent out of the cabin. He
was sent for shortly after, and the captain again cut
him severely with the cutlass. The first cut was on the
face, right across the whiskers. He was then sent into
the forecastle, and the captain came on deck with his
cutlass in his hand. He shortly after came down again
and went to bed. He sent for Mars again next morn-
ing, before breakfast. In the afternoon I went down
again, and saw Mars in handcuffs. The captain called
him several times that evening and cut him. Ido not
recollect whether or not the captain went to bed that
night. The captain sent for him the next afternoon,
when he asked for the handcuffs to be taken off. The
captain told the carpenter to take them off. The cap-
tain then took him into his own cabin. I heard a
great noise in the captain's cabin, and heard Mars
breathing strongly, as if he were strangling. I heard
a great noise in the cabin again, and beard the captain
tell him to jump out of the window. Mars said, "He
could not ; he wished to be tried by the laws of his own
country." The captain said, " They would have board
of ship law." The captain then brought him out of his
cabin. Mars was then covered with blood, and could
scarcely speak. The handcuffs were then put on him
again, and he was placed in the main hatch in double
irons. In about half or three-quarters of an hour he
was again called down, and the captain cut him with
the cutlass. He was then sent en deck again. He was
called on several times that evening, and was cut at by
the captain whilst in handcuffs. His hands were cut in
pieces. I saw the joints hanging down, and the
bones of the small finger sticking out. In the middle
watch that night I was sent by the captain to the car-
penter to tell him to put the best bower anchor shackle

round his neck. The carpenter put it on, and Mars
complained that his neck was so sore he could not bear
it. Mars was called down several times that morning,
and I saw the captain continually heaving a sword at
him. Whilst the captain was at dinner I came down
into the cabin, and heard Mars groaning in it. I heard
the captain tell Julian Cordiavello to prick him
and make him stand up, and I heard a sword
come darting against the cabin door. I heard
the captain say "He would cut him up in inches." The
cabin door was then open, and I saw Mars lying as if
dead. The captain sent for some of the crew to get a
rope's- end, and haul him up out of the cabin, and told
them to squeeze him; that if they did not he would have
their lives. Mars was taken to the main hatchway. A
strand of the rope was put round his body, but whether
the men hove on it or not I cannot say. He asked for a
drink of water, and he was given one, when a worm
came out of his throat. I went down to the cabin again.
Shortly after one of the men came and told the captain
that Mars was dead. He was then sewn up in canvass,
and taken to the gangway. I read the prayers over him.
Franklin Tucker deposed as follows respecting the
death of Mars :—I was called down into the cabin along
with James Blackden, when the captain, pointing at
Mars, who was lying on the floor, said, " Look at the
brute; see what he has brought on himself ; take him
up on deck out of my sight." I went to take hold of
him with my hands, when the captain said, " Don't
touch him with your hands; go and get a rope and haul
him up on deck." We did so, when he said, " Take
him up and squeeze him well. If you don't
squeeze him I'll squeeze you." He sent Julian
Curdiavello to see that we did it. We took
the strand, and put it round his loins. We hove upon
it, and called on James Blackden to do the same. He

did so. I then went and put my hand upon his face,
and found that he was dead. I covered his face over

with a piece of canvass, and went below and told the
captain that Mr. Mars was dead. He said " Did you
squeeze him well ? " I answered, " Yes, sir." I said
to the captain, " Shall I take his irons off? " He said,
"Yes." I went on deck, and took the irons off; then
Dunn went and brought some canvas and shot, when
David Johnson and James Blackden sewed him up. We
then buried him. I examined his body, and discovered
several wounds. I cannot say how many wounds he had,
for his body was cut all to pieces.—(A general thrill of
horror ran through the Court at this announcement.)
There was hardly an inch but what had a wound
upon it.

David Johnson next examined regarding Mars—On
leaving Fayal I was called down into the cabin. Thos.
Reason, Mr. Mars, and I were down together. I was
cat up in such a manner by the captain, that I had to
keep my bed. I had wounds on my head, hands, and
shoulders. They told me that Mars was taken a prisoner
and to be placed in irons. I saw him in irons on
deck next day. I was afterwards in the cabin when
the captain called for a strand and heaver, to put
it round my neck. He got it, and put it
round my neck, heaving it till I was almost dead. He
then ordered me to be put in irons, saying I was im-
plicated in this matter about Mars. The latter was
present, sitting on an empty spirit cask. French then
asked the captain to give him his sword. He took the
sword and went on deck to the grindstone to straighten
the point, it being bent. French, when he fetched the
sword back again, said, " This was the sword with the
straight point on it." The captain took the sword and
struck Mars over the head, when the blood began to
flow very freely. I was then ordered to
go on deck and mind my duty. Mars after
this was so disabled he could not walk. Next
day he was carried down. I was on the top-gallant-
forecastle when I saw the body hauled along by four or
five of the crew, and the clothes he had on were a com-
plete clot of blood. I could not tell what colour they
were of. Julian called me to come aft, and we took the
body and placed it in the main hatchway. He told me
it was the captain's orders to have him there. The
bones of the fingers were sticking out, and several of
the fingers were hanging by the skin. A finger could
not have been laid on his head or breast for
wounds. Julian again came, and said the captain's
orders were that if we did not pull the strand tight
round Mars, we should all be killed. Jullien Slack, a
Frenchman, was armed when they gave the message.
The strand was then pulled tight round the waist of
Mars, who was to all appearance dead, though there was
breath still in him.

Stephen Cone, deposed—The► last time I was in the
cabin before the death of Mars, I saw the captain strike
Mars several times with a sword, and cut otra piece of
flesh of about the size of my heed up to the middle
finger. I saw also the captain stab him in several places
about the body with his cutlass. Mars had handcuffs on
him at the time.

Thomas Gair examined—l saw on several occasions
the captain strike at Mars with a cutlass. I saw him
do so the night previous to his death.
James Christopher Evans said—l am inspector of the
Thames police. I went on board the ship Tory the 11th
November. I saw Captain Johnstone in the cabin. I
told him I was inspector of police, and that I understood
ho had some men confined that he wished to give in
charge for mutiny. He said, " Yes, I have." I inquired,
", How many have you got ?" He replied, "Take the
whole of them." I said I understood there were
only nine or ten. His answer was, " They are
all more or less concerned; take the whole of them." I
went on deck, and went into the half-deck. Saw thirteen
men lying about. I went to the forecastle and found
fgur men. I had them all brought on deck, and called
Captain Johnstone up. I asked if he gave in charge all
these men, and he said " I do." I asked him what he
charged them with, and he replied, " Piracy and mur-
der.' We took them to the station, and Captain John-
stone came and signed the sheet charging them with
piracy and murder on the high seas. I found the men
in a very bad condition. Several of them were cut about the
head, bad clots of blood on them, and appeared to have
had gunpowder burnt upon their faces. One man had
his ear cut in two. I examined the cabin and found a
great number of deep cuts in the partitions and beams.
They were such cuts as would be produced by a cutlass.
On the 17th I took Captain Johnstone, the prisoner, into
custody, and at the station I said, "Captain Johnstone, it
is my duty to tell you you are charged with the murder of
Mars and Reason." He said, " I deny it." I continued,
" You may say what you like, but what you say I shall
have to give in evidence against you." Ile said, " I did
not kill Mars; I struck him, but I did not murder him.
The last words Mars said to me going out of the cabin
were, Let me be taken home and tried and hung by
the laws of my country.' This is all I know."
Cross-examined by Mr. Humphries—l went to Black-
wall to take the men at the instance of Messrs. Clarkson
and Maynard. The men were examined next day after
being taken. After that examination they were re-
manded till the 17th, I took Capt. Johnstone into cm,
tody on the 18th. The men were discharged on the
17th, without Capt. Johnstone being present or any fur-
ther evidence being taken.

The depositions taken were then read ovor, and
severally signed by the witnesses.
Mr. Humphries then asked for the depositions of the
men which had been taken on the voyage home, and re-
ferred to in the previous examination.

The depositions were then read, and set forth in sub-
stance that William Rambert had been detected in a
mutinous conspiracy—that he used endeavours to gain
the deponents over to his side, but failing in that he had
thrown himself overboard. The object of Rambert was
stated to be to throw the captain overboard, and take
the ship to the West Indies. William Mars was re-
presented to be inculpated in the attempt to mutiny.
Mr. Humphries then applied for access to the log-
book and other documents, which had been placed in the
possession of the Court, for the sake of the prisoner's
defence. _ _

M;:BRODERIP said he apprehended there would be
no objection to that course.
Mr. Simmons, the clerk, said if Mr. Humphries ap-
plied to him he should have what he required, only he
could not allow the documents to go out of his possession,.
Mr. Humphries said he was satisfied.
As there are other charges to be preferred against the
prisoner, Mr. BRoDERIP adjourned the further examina-
tion till to-morrow.

inserted an account of the robbery and a description of
the- offender, on narrowly observing the prisoner sus-
pected he was the man, and accordingly took him into
custody, and, as previously described, acquainted the
prosecutor, who proceeded to Farnham and identified
the prisoner, as well as his horse and chaise.
Mr. CHARNOCK, who defended the prisoner, accounted
for the circumstance of the young man not giving his
name was not with a view as to concealment of his
name, for he had not been in custody before ; but was
done solely for the purpose of sparing the feelings of
his family, which was highly respectable, the disgrace
such an occurrence was calculated to inflict on them.
That he (the Learned Counsel) was instructed the pri-
soner had no intention of stealing the horse and gig, and
that the conversion of the property had not been proved,
He was, therefore, entitled to an acquittal. He then
cited cases to prove the accuracy of his position.
The CHAIRMAN, on summing up the evidence, re-
marked upon the facts of the prisoner having offered the
gig and harness for sale to Newell, which was pretty
confirmatory of what his intention was when he hired
them of prosecutor.
The jury having consulted for a short time, returned
a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence deferred.
No other cases tried in the course of the day were pos.
sessed of interest.

POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE.
GUILDHALL.

Philip Marley, a cab-driver, was charged with gross
misbehaviour.
Mrs. Brown, of Upper Thames-street, stated that she
hired a cab in Aldersgate-street, to drive her home, as
it was raining fast. On reaching Newgate-street, he
turned into it and said she must get out. She perceived
he was tipsy, and when she was in the position of one
leg in the cab and one out, he started off and threw her
down. Her umbrella and market basket remained
in the cab. She gave an alarm, and he was pursued.
He galloped on till he overturned the cab, and smashed
it to pieces, at the bottom of Skinner-street. She re-
covered her basket, but lost her umbrella.
James Hull, n City policeman, who secured the pri-
soner, deposed to the furious pace at which he dashed
along Newgate-street.
The master of the cab estimated his damage at 13/.
The prisoner, who was at first supposed to be seriously
hurt, was removed to the hospital, and from thence to
the gaol.
Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE said he could not impose
any adequate fine, and he therefore adjudged him to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET_

William John Gi ever, of 12, Crown-street, who de-
scribed himself as an assistant to a civil engineer, was
brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having
violently assaulted and resisted police-constable Frisby,
C 166, in the execution of his duty.
The constable, who had his hand bound up, said about
twelve o'clock the previous night he was in Crown-street,
when he heard the prisoner, who was walking along,
apply, without the slightest provocation, scandalous
names to a man and woman who were standing on the
kerb in oonversation together. The conduct of the de-
fendant led to an altercation, upon which he (com-
plainant) went up and told the defendant he had better
go away quietly. The defendant said, " Who the
are you ?" Complainant told him he must know, pointing
to his uniform ; upon which the defendant made use of an
offensive expression, and then striking him a blow on the
body ran off. Complainant pursued and overtook the de-
fendant as he was about to knock at the door of a house
in Crown-street, and then laying hold of him, he told
him he was his prisoner. The defendant resisted being
taken into custody, and when the door was opened, he
turned round and struck him a violent blow on the
mouth, which produced blood. The defendant then got
into the passage, and complainant in his struggle was
drawn into the shop, where he was thrown down and
kicked at the side of the neck. Complainant, however,
kept his hold of the defendant, and the defendant, find-
ing he was unable to release himself, got one of com-
plainant's fingers into his mouth and bit it severely.
Complainant, after a hard struggle, secured the defend-
ant and lodged him in the station-house.
The defendant said he would prove that the charge
was unfounded. The facts were these:—He was en-
gaged in the service of a railway company, and on Sun-
day night had gone with the plans, &c., and had suc-
ceeded in lodging them at the office of the Board of
Trade, at Whitehall, a few minutes before twelve, and
when on his way home to Crown-street, he passed a
public-house, before the door of which some persons and
the complainant were drinking. He was hustled as be
attempted to pass, and on turning to remonstrate he was
told to go on by the constable. He immediately
replied that he should have to serve complainant
as he had served many other constables before—namely,
report him, upon which the complainant, saying he
would have the first "pull," caught hold of him with
the intention of taking him into custody. He ran away
towards his own house followed by the constable. When
at the door the constable seized him by the throat, and
held him in that way throughout the whole time of the
struggle, which lasted some minutes. The constable
threw him down and nearly strangled him, and con-
trived to break furniture and glass, by which his hand
had become wounded. He believed the constable had a
spite against him, because he had made it his business
to report to the Commissioners several instances of mis-
conduct on the part of constables.
A female, who opened the door for Coo defendant, said
the defendant did not resist at all—the constable alone
was violent.
The constable declared that the whole of the defence
was untrue. He had been struck merely because he in-
terfered to prevent a breach of the peace, provoked by
the defendant's wanton abuse of two strangers in the
street. He was determined to do his duty, and he had
sustained the injuries he had described in consequence.
The inspector said the constable's fingers had ugly
wounds on them, as if done by some person's teeth. The
constable had been obliged to have surgical assistance.
Mr. HARDWICK said the constable's story appeared
consistent, and there was nothing in the evidence of the
witness for the defendant that contradicted it. If con-
stables in the exercise of their duty, and in their at-
tempts to preserve the public peace, were not protected
by the law, the result would be that they would be dis-
inclined to act in cases where they might be exposed to
ill-treatment. For the assault on the constable the de-
fendant must be imprisoned twenty-one days.
The defendant begged the Magistrate to inflict a fine,
but he declined to alter his decision.
MA IIYL E B ONE.

SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE ON A LADY AND HER HUSBAND.
—Mr. George Whitley, who described himself as a
" gentleman," residing at No. 40, Handress-street,
Ramsgate, was charged before Mr. Rawlinson with
assault and other misconduct, preferred against him by
Mr. John Anthony and Mrs. Elizabeth Anthony, his
wife, the former a merchant, living at No. 19, Hannett's-
' crescent, Islington.
Mr. Anthony stated that on the previous night, about
eleven o'clock, he called a cab, near Albany-street, to
convey him and Mrs. Anthony home ; but as he deemed
the fare which was demanded, viz., 3s. 6a., to be very
exorbitant, he objected to engage with the driver, and
desired his wife to remain at the corner of the street
while he went for another cab. On returning towards
the spot where he had left Mrs. Anthony, she ran
up to him exclaiming, " Oh, I am glad you are
come, for I have been infamously insulted by a gen-
tleman, who had another person with him at the time."
Mr. Anthony added that he and his wife walked on
with the intention of going as far as Tottenham-
court- road, where they would be sure of meeting with a
conveyance, and as they were passing along the New-
road, Mrs. Anthony observed the defendant, of whom
she complained, and another, smoking cigars in a to-
bacco-shop. Mr. Anthony went into the shop, and said
to the defendant—" You have insulted my wife very
grossly, and I wish to know what you mean by such
behaviour ?" when he told me he was a great fighter,
that he had been engaged in many duels, and signified
that he should like to fight a duel with me. As I was
standing on the pavement near to the kerb, he rushed
out to me, and laying hold of my cloak, dragged me into
the shop, when he put himself into a fighting attitude,
and struck me.

Mr. RAWLINSON—IS Mrs. Anthony here ? Mr. An-
thony—She is, Sir.
Mrs. Anthony stated that while her husband was
gone to look for a cab, leaving her for a few moments
by herself, defendant all of a sudden caught her round
the waist, and on her repulsing him he called her
abusive names. She mentioned his conduct to her hus-
band, and pointed him out in the cigar shop, as Mr. An-
thony had stated.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Did the companion of defendant
do or say anything offensive to you ? Mrs. Anthony—
No, Sir.

Mr. Thomas Bradley, 13, Lloyd's-row, Clerkenwell,
deposed to his having witnessed the assault upon Mr.
Anthony ; it was a deliberate blow, and he was struck.
upon the cheek. Witness further said that the defendant
did all in his power to provoke Mr. Anthony to strike
him, and that a number of persons who had collected
together cried out, " Shame !" upon seeing the assault.
Defendant talked about duelling, and insisted upon
having Mr. Anthony's card. The latter acted with a
great deal of forbearance throughout.
Church, 326 S, also proved the assault ; all that he
heard Mr. Anthony say to defendant was, that he ought
if he was a gentleman to have known better.
Defendant, when called upon to answer the charge,
entered into a long statement, setting forth that he was an
Irish gentleman educated for the bar, and that next month
he was going to bring out a magazine, which would advo-
cate the rights of the people. He was arm-in-arm with his
friend, when he (the latter), on a female passing along, said
" What a very tall lady." He (defendant) then said,
" Yes ; she is tall enough for one of the pillars of the
new Houses of Parliament." He denied having seen her
face or laid hands on her at all, and asserted that while
he was quietly smoking a cigar Mr. Anthony flew at
him in the shop and called him a -- blackguard, a
rascal, and a scoundrel, for insulting his (Mr. Anthony's)
wife. Defendant told hina he was under a mistake, when
he became very violent, and threatened to knock him
down, at the same time putting his hand up to his (de-
fendant's) face. He (defendant) admitted having asked
Mr. Anthony for his card, and also.to laying hold of his
cloak, and demanding an apology.
Mr. Joseph Conway (the companion of. the accused)
corroborated the above statement, and said that he saw
Mr. Anthony hold his fist to defendant, who then,
of course, retaliated, but merely hit his (Mr. Anthony's)

lip.
Mr. RAWLINSON defendant)—The charges against
you, which I consider proved, call for the severest
.pu-
nishment which I can inflict upon you. You behave in a
most gross manner to stn unprotected woman in the
street, and because her husband feels it very properly
his duty to resent it in terms that you don't approve of,
you give him a blow. For each of these two assaults
you are find 5!.
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- Mr. Bradley here stated that defendant, at the station-
house, said, " I shall meet you about town, in one of my
and ru mark you 4.9 r Oa"