Common Assault, 28 April 1894
A Family Quarrel.—William Bennett, finisher, Desborough, was
summoned for a common assault at Desborough on April 28.—Defendant
pleaded not guilty.
—Mr. P. L. Rawlins appeared for the Complainant.
—The complainant,
Thomas A. Bindley, said he was a packer living at
Desborough, and defendant married his
sister. On the evening of the
offence defendant met him and struck him a violent blow in the eye,
knocking him to the ground, and when he was getting up defendant
repeated the blow.
—Defendant contended that the complainant first put himself into a
fighting attitude.
—Charles Humphrey, shoe finisher, said he was with Bindley on the
evening of the 28th, and deposed to the defendant assaulting
complainant.
—Charles Joiner, railway employé, deposed to seeing a scuffle
between the men, and seeing defendant strike at Bindley.
—Defendant was fined in all £1.
Northampton Mercury,
Friday 11 May 1894