The Evening News (Portsmouth)
Monday, June 16 1890
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ASSAULT ON A SOUTHSEA BUILDER
A BROTHER SENT TO GAOL
At the Portsmouth Police-court to-day, before Captain McCoy, E. M. Wells, and G. S. Lancaster, Esq., Henry Saxey, 27 years of age, residing at the Rose of England, Spring-street, a painter by trade, was charged on a warrant with not appearing to a summons charging him with assaulting Wm. James Littlefield on the 15 August 1889, and also with assaulting his brother Samuel Saxey, on the same day.
Mr. G. Hall King appeared to prosecute, and stated that prisoner was brother to prosecutor, and Littlefield was brother-in-law to Samuel Saxey. Some months before, Mr. King said, they had had occasion to proceed against prisoner for an assault on prosecutors wife, and at the suggestion of the Magistrates did not press the case, and prisoner was leniently dealt with, on the condition that he would keep away from the prosecutors house. A few months afterwards he went to Saxe Weimar road and asked his brother for a job, and then assaulted him.
Samuel Saxey, builder and house decorator, of 180, Somers-road, said he was at some buildings in Saxe Weimar-road on the 15 August when his brother came up and asked for a job. He refused to give him one, telling him that when he did give him work he would not do it. He then begged for some money, and he gave him a 2s piece. Prisoner took it up and flung it at him and said "you -------, I'll knock your brains out with these stones," at the same time picking them up and throwing them. One just missed his head and the other hit the back of the trap. Prosecutor went home and put up the trap and could not leave the house again until five o'clock in the afternoon, as prisoner was hanging about the doors. At that time a couple of engagements to keep came out, and was followed to the Golden Fleece Hotel where he went with his brother-in-law (Littlefield). Prisoner came in, ordered a drink, and told prosecutor to pay for it. He refused, and the prisoner then attacked Littlefield violently, knocking four of his teeth out.--By the prisoner: He struck at prisoner with his stick in self-defence. He gave him 6s., not to keep him quiet but to help him. He refused to give him money to leave the town when prisoner came to him and asked him for it.
This statement was corroborated, and prisoner in defence said he went out of the town at the instigation of hid brother, who said they would not appear against him. He had been to sea, and he been discharged with good characters, and would go away and not return to the town for years.
The Magistrates ordered him to pay a fine of 40s., including costs, for the assault on his brother, or fourteen days imprisonment in default; and for the assault on Littlefield ordered him to be imprisoned for one month without the option of a fine, the sentences to run concurrently.
THE EVENING NEWS SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1916
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IN MEMORIAM
SAXEY--In loving memory of our dear dad, Samuel Saxey, who entered into rest, May 20th., 1915.
