The Sun. — 1868-03-17 (London, England)

LEG.—Michael Neal, a powerful man, living at No. 24, Little Coram-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt on a warrant with assaulting Charles Bond, a spar-maker, living in Lloyd's-court, Crown-street, Soho, and also with assaulting Police-constable Joseph Jacobi, 72 F, and he was further charged with assaulting and breaking the leg of Mrs. Mary Ann Boni. Charles Bond (who has a wooden leg) said—On the 28th Feb., 1867, I went home to No. 4, Lloyd's Court, and had not been home more than five minutes when my wife told me that a Jemale, who lived with prisoner in the same house, had a day or two before thrown a pail of filthy water over her. I told the woman that I would not put up with it, and the prisoner came downstairs, and, without saying a word to me, gave me a violent blow in the eye, and then another, and as I was falling he gave a violent kick at my wooden leg and broke it, and also kicked me on the hand so as to prevent me working for six weeks. My wife, who was lying ill in bed from the effects of previous illusage she had received, got up and asked the prisoner if he was going to murder me, and the woman then gave my wife several violent blows and the prisoner gave her such a kick that it broke her leg, and she was in Charing-cross Hospital for several months in consequence. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then he broke two legs? Witness—Yes, but one was a wooden one. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was the prisoner taken then ? Witness—No, sir. Although there were five persons in the house at the time, not one of them would go for a policeman, and so the prisoner escaped. I applied for a warrant, and seeing the prisoner yesterday caused him to be taken into custody. By the Prisouer-1 never spoke a word of anger or friendship to you. T never struck you with a bed-post.  Mary Ann Bond said—On the 28th February,  1867, I was in my room. The woman the prisoner had with him had tried to throw a pail of filthy water over me, and had illused me. told my husband what had occurred, and he said he would speak to the prisoner in the morning, thinking he was not then at home. The woman seeing my husband, said, " Go down and give it to him ;" and the prisoner then came down and knocked my husband down. I went to the protection of my husband, when the woman caught hold of me and struck me, and the prisoner gave me a violent kick on the leg and 1 fell, and on my trying to get up I found that my leg was broken ; and while 1 was lying on the floor and unable to get up, and my leg bleeding, the woman threw a pail of water over me. I was taken to Charing-cross Hozpital, having received a compound fracture of the leg, and there was a piece of bone yet to come out. Mr. Tyrwhitt—When did you leave the hospital ?  Witness—On the 17th of October. Police-constable Joseph Jacobi, 72 F, said-1 was called yesterday by Mr. Bond to take prisoner, who was in a public-house, into custody. I told the prisoner the circumstances of the case, and that there was a warrant out for him. He asked to see the warrant, and I told him that he could see it at the station. The prisoner refused to go, and struck me a violent blow in the mouth, cutting it, and it bled a great deal. With the assistance of Dowdell, 173 F, after a good deal of trouble I got the prisoner to the station, and he was then charged on the warrant. The prisoner said he was assaulted first, but that was denied. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Has the prisoner shoes on? Mr. Bond—Yes, with iron plates on them. Mr. 'fyrwhitt (to the prisoner)—You are one of those bad and violent fellows who haunt London unhappily. You broke the woman's leg, and you will go for three months with hard labour for that, and ono month for the assault on the man.