The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-14 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a decent-looking man, named Edwards, was
brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged with breaking
into another man's house, in search after his wife.

The complainant, a tall athletic man, six feet in height,
stated, that on Sunday the defendant called at his house,
and having particular reasons for not admitting him, be
commenced battering away at the door until he knocked
the panels in, and by those violent means accomplished his
object. When he got into the house, his actions were
like those of a madman, and complainant was under the
necessity of having him " put under lock and key," to pre-
vent him from doing mischief to himself or to any of his
Majesty's subjects, such being the irritation under which
he laboured at the time that it was dangerous to permit
him to go at large.
Mr. CHAMBERS asked the defendant, who was then
perfectly composed, the reason of his having conducted
himself with the violence of conduct ascribed to him ?
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The defendant said, that the man who gave hii into
custody had seduced the affections of his wife, and they
were then living in adultery with each other. He had
heard where they were residing together, and having a
mind to call there for the purpose of upbraiding her for
abandoning her children, and absconding with a man,
when he knocked at the door he was refused admittance,
and then certainly he broke the door to get into the house.
In reply to the magistrate's question, the complainant
admitted that the defendant's wife was living under the
same roof with him since she had left her husband, but
that indeed the intimacy that subsisted between them was
of the most harmless nature. " The fact was," added
the complainant, emphatically, " the lady sleeps in one
bed and I sleep in another, so that there can be no harm
in that." The complainant then beckoned to a little
woman who was standing some distance from him, and
desiring her to come forward, lie appealed to her as to the
truth of his declaration respecting the separate beds, &c.
The moment the defendant saw her, he exclaimed,
" That is the very woman : she is my wife, gentlemen,
and she left me and my family to go with the man who now
complains against me."

The complainant said that he was ready to give up all
claim to her ; he was anxious to get her out of his house,
for her temper was not of the most sociable kind.

Mr. CHAMBERS.-Now you have got her, keep her.
You can't expect this poor man will take her back, after
you have seduced her away from him.
Defendant.--I won't have her at any price now. Sbe
may stop now as long as she likes with Mr. Tibbs : for
she shall never darken my door again.
The defendant's wife attributed her straying from the
paths of virtue to the misconduct of ber husband, whom
she accused of beating her on several occasions.
The defendant contradicted the charge of ill-usage, and
said that gin was the downfall of his wife : to that beve-
rage she was a slave, and adored it so much, that a day
scarcely ever passed she was not labouring under its bane,:
ful influence.

The MAGISTRATE said that he had heard quite enough
of the case to justify him in discharging the defendant, for
whose conduct ma the occasion every allowance must be
made when labouring under such excited feelings.
The complainant asked what was to become of the de-
fendant's wife.

The defendant, on leaving the slip, and overhearing tl-;‘,
question, exclaimed " Keep her, and weleern?., now you
have got her."

The wife, takinv 1.44 4 the complainant's arm, which
she had E,,onle, difAcUlty in reaching up to, said, " I'll stick
to you, Mr. Tibbs, wherever you go."
Mr. Tibbs, however, said that he tvould rather be, e-4-
cused, and endeavoured to push forward, but the little
woman stuck so fast to his skirts that he had no chance of
escape, and they walked off together, cheek by jowly—he
to make the best use of a bad bargain.