Charged with assault, 13th April 1868
John Jarvis, of Desborough, shoemaker, was charged with assaulting
James Coe, of the same place, on the 13th of April.—Complainant stated
that on the evening of Easter Monday, he, like many others, went to Mr.
Turner's dancing room to get a tot of beer, and before he had been there
three minutes, the defendant came up and struck him a violent blow in
the right eye, and afterwards knocked him down three times without the
slightest provocation. He did not try to defend himself, but got away as
soon as he could.—Complainant's master,
Mr. James Payne,
of Desborough Mill, and his apprentice, Henry Marlow, confirmed this
statement.—The defendant produced no witnesses, but said he was
irritated at the complainant on a previous occasion threatening to throw
him in the mill dam on his complaining of having received two stones
short of a grist of flour.—The magistrates thought this a most
unjustifiable and shameful assault, and fined defendant £1 and costs £1
10d., and in default of payment the defendant was committed to the House
of Correction for one month.
Northampton Mercury,
Saturday 25 April 1868