The Statesman. — 1823-05-06 (London, England)

POLACK.  lßow•oratxr—Yestetday GiormeniLosibard. an !talon. was brought in by Sharpe, a patrol, charred with threateeInv to murder his wife, to whom he had been married about oft • month.  lupe stated that he was passing through Broad-court, Lia.ig-acre, when he heard loud screams and cries of " murder !" In a female voice ; he ran Into the house. and found the prisoner with a penknife open in his hand, but he and his wife were then separated. The wife, an Englishwoman, was in attendance, with Mr. Rigby, a wine merchant, in tioutt.ampton-street, her hrother-ia-law. She was so much agitated OP to he scarcely able to speak, but Mr. Rigby stated that she was very respectably connected ; some time abo he procured an engagement fur her to go to Ireland, to superintend the fitting up of the interior of a Nobleman's residence, as far as the drapery and other ornamental portions of•it were concerns I. She returned a few days ago, and, to the astonishment of di her friends, was accompanied by the prisoner in the character of her husband. She had, it seemed, formed a sudden and violent attachment to him, and they were married about a month ago. His situation was that of a butler.. From the second day of their union, he had pursues towards her a course of treatment of the most brutal kind; the principal cause of it appeared to be her refusal to supply him with money to enable him to go to Paris, where be pretended to have urgent business to transact.— He placed lib. penknife to her throat, swearing diet be would murder her if she did not act as he desired. The prisoner had also come several times to his (11r. house, and made use of threatening and abusive lan Plage. The prisoner, who denied the charge altogether, was ordered to be locked up until he could find good bail. Ile had been some hours in cues )dy, when, at the intercession of Lila wife, lie was liberated on his ou n recognizance of 100/. to keep the peace, and on an understanding that he would set out for Paris, and not again molest her.  Ilsvios-Gsenew.—Yesterday, &churl Hancock, the femme-teller, of Theohihrs-road, was brought up tar final examination. Previous to the prisoner being brought in, a large pile of letters, written by different ladies to the prisoner on the 'abject of having their for. tunes told, were laid open in a pile before the Magistrates by William Read, jun. theollicer, who found them iu the prisoner's lodging. A lady, the wite of a respectable professional gentleman, and mother of a large family, was privately examined. It appeared from her statement that she hail been fora length of time the dupe of the prisoner, haring paid her frequent visits fur a length of time, fur the purpose of having her fortune told, and by the heavy contributions levied on her by the prisoner, she had nearly brought her husband to ruin. Sophia. the wife of William Winterburn, 4, Tenniscourt, gave evidence to the 1111111 e effect as at the last examination. William Read, the Officer produced a hand-basket full of small phials, pill boxes, gallipots. and packets of powders, likewise a hawker's license, all of which he found in the prisoner's apartment ; he stated that she had taken out a license to hawk and expose fur sale such medicines as reqaired the seamp duty to be paid, and under the pretence of vending her medicine, she visited families, and was waited upon by persons at her lodging. Ths prisoner declared her innocence of the sharge. and called Goo to witness that she bad never told a fortune in her life; olio was very sorry that she caul 1 nut tell her owls.  ;.,: a~ . ~ •.