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London, England, 1825-07-21 00:00:00

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POLICE IYOLLIVENCEi
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Mark 4460 sof op r, was tharga.tidi a of Alidt
trait under the 4th Clow IV. cap 54. She bad bees bested by ad
agreement, be the same of an Womtare, fee three rano° learn
winding, at es eminent Amery in the City, but was takes away ha,
bar maker after a feentigbda service only, on the ground that titill
other girls, above W in member, employed there, were so Meek+
ingly' donated that nothing bet rags could follow her Meg
associated with theft. It was also said, that the girl was ail&
made, and that coniinement in a artery would ruin her
She had ally bees three dos en liking before she was
The worthy Nagle:ate (J. J. Mori) called in the Coq Whiter
to take bbfliploies to owns palate, which be thought invalidated
the isetrumest, but hilly la this be was obliged to coma* the
girl, hr tier Wails/ bee contrail, fee fourteen days to hard hbouri
with a prootimthat he might beaded on to renew that paniehntent
to hug as she sulidnued obdurate..

130W-STRILET.
Mr. Joseph Chilton, a brewer, was charged by his wife witS
assaulting and beating her. lir. Olken Wes a rough, homespun;
farmer-lift looking, middle.aged man ; his wife I delicately fdtinhe;
well-dressed woman, wearing an eye•glasl, and having a good deal
the appearance of a Lady of some fashion. The contrast was aida
remarkable in the mannersoa well as the appearance of the couple.
Mrs. Chilton began her tomplaint in these weeds—" I ha,e id
complain, Sir, of much harshness of conduct on the part of Mr.
Chilton—esteems karshness--excessive harshness, I assure you;
Sir;' and here the Lady paused, and shed tesh.
Mr. HALL% begged her to state the nature of the excessive harsh:
ness of which she complained.—Mrs. Chilton—Ok, Sic! he curses
me, and calls me such horrible nanwo—names which I cannot, of
course, repeat; and I assure you that my sufferings are be.
you(' endurance.
Mr. Hau.s.—AU that may be very true; but of mere words I
cannot take cognisance. You charge him in this Warrant with as-
saulting and heating you, and you must state some specific act of
that kind to enable me to interfere. _ _

Mrs. Chilton, with some hesitation, stated, that a short time ago
her husband compelled her to get into his gig, in order, as be said
to take her to her mother's, at Edmonton, and when be got her in,
he kept her for some time in a position which exposed her in a way
that was truly shocking to her feelings.—( Here Mrs. Chilton suited
the action to the word, by drawing her petticoats neatly to bee
knees, in order to describe the manner in which she was exposed).—
Instead of taking her to her mother's, he drove thirteen or
fourteen miles down the St. Alban's road, and there, when eight
bad come on, and they were in a lone spot, he forced her to get
out of the gig, and then drove away and left her, in spite of her
cries and entreaties to him, not to be guilty of such enmity as
'to leave her, a poor defenceless WOMAN to the mercy of my
ruffian who might pass that way. It was then guise dark, and
when he had got out of hearing, not knowing which way to go, or
what to do, she knelt down, and prayed to Gob to direct her foot-
steps. When she arose from her knees, she looked about, and saw
a light, apparently issuing from the window of a cottage at sutse
distance. She approached, and found it.to be the porter's lodge of
a Gentleman's mansion. She made ber situation known to the
inhabitants of the mansion, and was entertained for the night with
great hospitality. She went the next day to her mother's.
at Edmonton.

The defence of Mr. Chilton to this charge consisted of a relation
of circumstances in palliation of his conduct, rather than a denial of
the facts alleged. She was, he said, so extremelligh in her no.
dons, and talked and acted in a way that he, who as only a plain
I dealing, straight forward, industrious sort of a nyin, did not under-
stand nor like. Nothing was good enough for her, and she was
always ridiculing and abusing him. lie-Was willing to have her
hack with him, and wrote to her to that effect, and offered to treat
her kindly. He actually started to go to her mother's to fetch her,
but on the way be met a stage.coach, the driver of which gave hint
two letters from his wife, one addressed to himself, and the other
to a Mrs. Sedgwkk, a friend of her's. He took the liberty, how-
ever, of opening them both ; his own contained plenty of abuse, and
in that to Mrs. Sedgwick he was ridiculed most unmercitlily ; and
to mend the matter, it contained a request to )frs. Sedgwick to be
sure and let Captain Laroche know where she (Mrs. Chikon) was?
as he would be ern anxious to know. Mr. Chilton read a copy
of Mrs. Sedgwick s letter, and its contents, and his manner of
reading h, were too muck for the gravity even of the Beach itself.
in reply to this defence, it was stated by Mrs. Chilton and her
friends, that the defendant was an idle man, and much given to the
bode, and that he bad spent all her money.
Mr. Haus said, he had heard quite enough to convince him
that the complainant and defendant would never live happily toge-
ther, and therefore they were much better apart. As it was not
likely that Mr. Chilton would soon have an opportunity of again
assaulting his wife, he would not put him to the trouble :ad !woo-
verdant* of sending to a distance fey bail, but would suspend the
warrant, so that if he bre*e the peace in any way, be would be agaia
arrested upon it.—The warrant was then banded back to the Offt-
cer, a be held'' in tertorent" ever the bead of Mr. Chilton.