Mexborough and Swinton Times June 25.
A Unhappy Married Couple at Denaby.
Isaac Collins, Collier, of Denaby, was charged with committing aggravated assault upon his wife, Mary, on the 17th inst.
Mr Hall appeared on behalf of the defendant.
The complainant stated that on the day named she got up and prepared breakfast, but when it was ready her husband would not come to it, but laid himself on the sofa so she got it by herself.
He commenced to talk aggravatingly to her, and she told him to hold his noise, for she didn’t want to hear anything of what he was saying. He then called her a whore, and she replied that he had only got to look at his own parents.
He immediately jumped up, knocked over the table and all on it, and threw her across the room, knocking her head on the window. He then threw her out and punched her stomach, and afterwards ragged her outside and threw her upon the ground, saying, “Now, you old b – – – lay there, and you can go to hell if you like.”
She got up and went to one of the neighbours. While she was away, the defendant took all the furniture out of the house to his sisters. This was the fifth time she had taken out summonses against him. He always said he would treat her better, but he soon forgot the promise.
She then handed up a sealed note to the magistrates, purporting to be written by Dr Sykes, of Mexborough, whom, she said, and attended her for some time, but as the Doctor was not present, the note was returned.
Cross-examined: I am his second wife. He had one child by the first wife. The child was sent to Mr Wilson’s, a relative, to live. She was not taken there because I assaulted her. I never did ill treat the child. I didn’t go and assault Mrs Wilson when the child was there. I did not alter the clock on the morning referred to, so that my husband could not go to his work.
Harriet Coop, a married woman, gave evidence for the complainant, as did also Inspector Beevers, who stated that when the woman went to him she appeared to have been seriously assaulted and could scarcely walk.
For the defence, it was contended that the defendant was a respectable man, but he and his wife could seldom agree owing to their being very hot tempered.
The defendant said his wife at so tantalising at night that he had had get out of bed from her to get into another (laughter.)
The magistrates ordered the defendant to pay eight shillings a week towards the maintenance of his wife, and granted a judicial separation.