The Sun. — 1857-06-09 (London, England)

WORSHIP-STREET. —James Shadrach, a middle.aged man, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with the following brutality : The prisoner's wife, a dean but wretched-looking woman, with an infant three months old in her arms, said,—This man is my husband, and a carpenter by trade. On Saturday night, as he did not come !home, I went out to look for him, but could not find him, and after I had returned lorae a short time, between nine and ten o'clock, he came in drunk. I said it was a shame, or very wrong of him, not to come home earlier, to which he made no reply whatever, but coolly got up, 19cked the door, struck me a 'violent blow upon the eye with kis fist, then another on the mouth, cutting my lip, then knocked me down, and struck me on the head after I had fallen ; I have the bruises upon my ha id now. I called out for help, and he threatened me if I did not be quiet, saying he would be hung for me, and also said I was drunk, but I was not. By Mr. D'Eyncourt.--I had my infant in my arms all the time he did this. We have been married nine years, and I have had three children by him. He earns from 30s: to 2/. a-week, but he only gives me sometimes ss. and sometimes 7s. a-week, and spends all the rest on himself. He knocked three of my teeth out on Saturday night —one of them thr•iugh my upper lip, and he also jumped upon me while I was in the familyway: (The woman here exhibited her upper lip, which was much swollen, very sore, and seemingly cut through, and there was blood on the clothes_ of the infant she held in her arm.. )_ _ . _  Au elderly woman named Mary Anne Ford, said. —.4 don't know anything of this w.man or her husband, except from being a neighbour, but I do know that she is a very good woman, and nearly starves herself to feed the family, which and her pl ce she keeps very clean. 1 have often heard him beat her before this, and now I did not see it, but 1 heard her scream for help that it would have softened a st.,ne. She said, " Oh, don't kill my baby 1 Oh, do somebody come and take my poor baby 1" Her screams and cries of " Murder" were dreadful:  King, 2211.—=1 was feteled to the house, and found the prisoner drunk. The wife was perfectly' sober, but bleeding a gre it deal from the mouth, and one of her teeth bad been forced through her upper lip. Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the prisoner)—And what have you to say to all this T • Prisoner—Well, I t ,id her not to aggravate me so, as I was in liquor ; but she would do it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Every one who has heard the evidence agAinst you must feel thoroughly shocked at the brutality of which you have been guilty. The Legislature is endeavouring by every possible n-wao; to put a check upon those cruel acts of violence, and the whole country is indignant at the constant repetition of such outrages, and well it may be, for they do not cease. I shall mark my sense of your conduct by sentencing you to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour, and at the expiration of that you must find bail for your good behaviour for three montLis longer. The wife askei what she was to do ; the prisoner had brought her home no money at all on Saturday night, and she had nothing to support her and the children.  Mr. D'Eyncourt directed SR. to be given her, and ordered inquiries to b 3 made as wh%t could be done for her.