The Sun. — 1828-10-07 (London, England)

UNION-HALL.—Yesterday John Priestley,the mote( and owner of a fishing-smack, was brought up in custody from Newington, in the watch-house of which parish be had been confined during the night on a charge of havi4 violently assaulted his wife Rebecca. The complainant's eyes bore ample proof of the usages" had received, in addition to which she produced one of be, side-teeth, which had been knocked out during the conflie'; Snow, the beadle of Newington, proceeded to state, the on Sunday evening the inhabitants of South-street, Esst; lane, Walworth, were extremely alarmed in consequence' a riot and cries of " murder !" pnieeeding from a holei in the street, occupied by a man named Davison.. 'SeVet, persons endeavoured. to gain admittance, but could 07 until he (Snow) and some of the watchmen under 13'5 controul forced their way into the .premises, where tbeY say a woman lying on the floor bleeding very much frets the nose and mouth. The defendant was in the roesl' as also a man named Davison, who appeared to 111_,'e been very much .beaten. Ott inquiring into the cs 7, of the. disturbance the defendant, who seemed kil;11 exasperated at the time, described that his wife 114 abandoned her home and six children, and eloped Davison, a carpenter, residing in South-street,. took her home with him. Priestley having sours his wife in vain for some time without weer* length ascertained that she was.living with Davison,-sn having met that man on ,Sunday, at. Deptford, he went C to him, and having upbraided him for seducing The age°. tions of Mrs. 'Priestley. declared that he was detetiniited knowing her place of concealment, and threatened tai every tooth Davison had in his head .down his throat 011 refused to take hint that instant to where hia(PriestleP) wife was living. Davison, terribly alarmed'at the 60'1 held out by Priestley, who was preparing te'avenge on the seducer, at length reluctantly consented to becOr his guide to the habitation he had taken for the unfortunate A woman.. The moment Priestley entered the room and ea f his wife, his feelings, as Snow described, got the bete f:I his judgment, and he commenced an attack bog) upon hrs wife and the man who was the chief cause of her b°l. ing abandoned her family. Priestley being a very pot', ful man, soon tliuntplied over Davison, and laid sprawling along the floor, from which he was unable 1'; rise fur none time. The wife of Priestley shared a SiMils4 fate, and her cries fur assistance brought the beadle s°, his assistants to the house as above described. Snow sal ed, that lie had every reason to believe the above staten3e° to be correct. Defendant.—l am exceedingly sorry for having lifted i°, hand to my wife, but your worship, my passion got better of me. he has treated me with great cruelty, hi ing eloped with the same man about six months ago. afterwards forgave her, and consented to take her hoo.ie' notwithstanding what had happened. She conduete' herself with propriety from that period until the Pre:, sent occasion. Her having now abandoned her child 0131 j six weeks old, irritated me so dreadfully, that upon ing her, I certainly struck her, which I am 'no* heartil sorry for. , Sonic affectionate glances here took pla'ee between 10; Priestley and her husband, when the former exclaial " I forgive him, if he forgives me. lam not afraid egos he will heat me again, and I shall faithfully promise Pe to deserve it." Mr. CirAstenns then added that the case was discharged'