TOM SAYERS, THE EX-CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 57, 26 May 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

TOM SAVERS, THE EX- CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.

At the Clcrkenwcll Police Court, Charlotte Sayers, aged thirty, residing at No. 10, Belivue Cottages, Camdenstreet, Camden Town, described as of no occupation, was charged before Mr 'Eyncourtwith wilfully breaking twenty panes of glass, value 1(K, the property of Thomas Sayers, ex-champion of England, and circus proprietor. When the char-e was called on it was found that the sheet wa.s not signed with the name of the complainant, but only with a cross ; and upon Sayers being nsked if that was his, he answered in tho affirmative. Mr D'Eyncourt: Do you wish to proceed against your wife for the damage? Tom Sa}ers: Oh, yeg. The defendant, who was showily attired, and had on a hat. said. " Let him. lam covered with bruises where he ha* knocked me about, and my arms are black and bfue from his ill usage, and he has repeatedly knocked me about." Tom Seyers then proceeded, and said that the defendant had been away from home for two nights, and on her return she ill-used him. On Thursday, at about 12 o'clock, she went to his house and made a great disturbance, and went outside and threw stones through the window. She broke 20 windows, and the damage amounted to about 10s. He wanted the defendant to keep away, and not annoy him and the neighbors! The defendant said that her husband left her eight years ago, and that lhe complainant and his children came to live with her, and she looked after them. She complained that the complainant on Wednesday returned home under the iufltwnce of liquor, broke up her furniture, and threw it into the street, ;ind thon kicked her out. He told her after she had taken some of the goods to a little room she had engaged, that if she came on the following day she could have the rest, and when she went quietly for them he refused to give them to her. He had now got a watch chain,'some brooches, and other articles belonging to her in his possession. Mr D'Eyncom-t inquired if that was true, and remarked that if it was so, the complainant had better give them up and avoid disputes of this kind Tom Sayers said there was nothing of the sort in the house ; hut if thevo was anything belonging to her there she was at liberty to have if, and more if she required it, as he did not wish to have anything more to do with her. Mr P'Eyncourt asked if the complainant wanted the amount oi the damage, or would lie be .satisfied if the defendant promised not to go to his house again or molest him in any way. Tom Sayers replied that he- did not care much about the amount of the damage. He wanted her to keep away from him. Mr D'Kyncourt (to the defendant) will you promise me to keep away from tho complainant, and not to annoy him? It is not because he has cohabited with you that you are to annoy him, although there is not much to say on cither bide. The defendant said she would, if the Magistrate compelled him to give up her goods, and also grant her a summons for the assault. On one occasion he had nearly killed her, and although he was taken to the police ! station, she would not attend to press the charge. She now had bruises on her body and arms from his violence. Mr D'Eyncourt s.iid there must be no "ifs" in the question. He then ordered her to be bound over in the sum of LIO to keep the peace towards Tom Sayers and all Her Majesty's subjects for six calendar months. When Tom Sayers left, the court he was followed by a troop of boys. — Leeds Mercury.