The Sun. — 1849-08-15 (London, England)

WORSHIP-STREET. Two powerful Irishmen, named Thomas Mansfield and Nicholas Quick, were brought up before Mr. Arnold, charged with being concerned with.others not in custody in the following brutal attack upon two labouring men oe mporfee etweredhien shockingly Regent'seovcekni ninggl Cy: idanni asd-1 aboats,u havingred rcalled at a public-house in the City-road to prosure some refreshment, they were standing at the door in conversation, when they heard a loud laughing and uproar behind them, and on turning round saw a body of Irishmen advancing towards thetn, in company with two women, one of the latter of Whom, upon coming up to 'Batson, pushed intentionally against him Batson took the annoyance in good part, and, wishing the woman " good night," was about to re-enter the house, when Quick rushed at him, accused him of insulting the woman, and felled- him by a blow in the face. On endeavouring to regain his feet be was instantly struck to the ground again, and then the whole of the party, seven in number, closed upon him, forced him into the gutter, and, whilst some of them held him down, the others beat him with their fists and kicked him furiously about the body and face. On witnessing this brutality the second complainant (Burton) ran to Betson's assist,,nee, and tried to rescue him from the hands of his asssilants, but he was also hurled to the ground in the same manner, and beaten and kicked with such ferocity that one of his eyes was terribly bruised and swollen, the flesh of his nose laid open, and some parts of his face seemed almost reduced to a jelly. Their cries of " Murder " at length attracted the attention of the pulice, and the prisoners, after a determined resistance from Mansfield, were both secured and lodged in the station. The prisoners generally denied the greater part of what Ras alleged against them, and d chased that the injuries the complainants had sustained had resulted from an iesult offered to the woman referred to, which they felt justified in resenting, and called a man and woman named Scott to prove that such was the fact; but the evidence of the first failed to support this assertion, and the man himself candidly acknowledged that he was so drunk at the time us to be totally unconscious of all that had taken place. Two constables, named Murray and Welch, were then called, the former of whom deposed to seeing Mansfield fell Burton to the ground, and savagely the uict kick otherdhdimed ot that ihrace tee r tt ihnmeo et instants onlyin t the corroborated heface rohba odbrea,mrtt naeaiidensaeedndtv toti Barton eeatinstretttuyao pbtenetlioinfwreaoiniimntd the ground, and whilst the witness was holding him, Qihtelitc.akeer,anwuhplethohhniomekafildd hsitrarudckowhni attempting to secure Quick. the prisoner Mansfield, whom he had hnd the greatest difficulty in dragging away from the complainants, resumed the attack upon Burton and beat him severely. Mr. AREOLD commented upon the grossness of such an outrageous and wanton attack, and sentenced Quick, whose conduct was the least culpable, and who appeared to have acted upon a bevy and mistaken notion of avenging an insult which had been offered to his female companion, to pay a penalty of 205., or in default to un dergo a fortnight's imprisonment in the House of Correcta n; and Mansfield, whose violence was wholly without justification, to pay the lull penalty of 5/. or in default to stand committed for two months to the House of Correction. The prisoners were both unable to pay the fines, and were therefore removed in the van.