Thomas Fawn

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Old Bailey: THOMAS FAWN, Breaking Peace > wounding, 14th December 1857. THOMAS FAWN (33) , Feloniously cutting and wounding Hannah Fawn, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. MR. RIBTON. conducted the Prosecution. HANNAH FAWN . I was married to the prisoner on 16th June last; I was then residing at Reading, and was a widow. I lived at Reading about five weeks after the marriage, and then came to London, and lived at No. 1, Purton Street, Ledbury Road—my husband did not continue to reside with me—he was away from me five weeks, and the last time seven weeks—he was at home on 19th Nov.—he only came home the previous night—we were about to move into the country, and were packing up our things—on the 19th, after dinner, we were packing up the bed clothes, and as I was reaching the sheet I received a very severe blow on the right side of my head from behind—it quite stunned me; I did not know where I was for a time—there was no one else in the room but myself and my husband—he was standing behind me at the time I received the blow—when I recovered myself, I found myself lying on a pillow before the fire—the pillow was in my mouth, and my mouth was full of blood—I cannot tell at all how long I had been insensible—I got to the top of the stairs, and called the landlady, Mrs. Fisher—she came to my assistance—a policeman was called in, and a medical man attended me—I had had no quarrel with my husband that day—I never had any quarrel with him at all—I did not see him again till he was in custody. Cross-examined by MR. METCALFF. Q. What part of the country were you going to move to? A. To Chichester—my husband is a dealer, I believe—he is a plumber by trade—he travels about with articles to sell—we have been married about five months—I knew him between three and four months before that—he told me he had a brother living at Horsham. On the Sunday night previously he had come to the house in a very excited state, that he asked for a bed, and said, "Have you heard anything of my wife?"—on the road from the station I saw a woman whom I thought was his first wife, from what I had heard; and it was represented to me there were three children—I said to him, "Have you anything to tell me respecting the three children?"—he said, "I will tell you all about that directly; they are not the children of my wife, they are the children of the woman I have been living with." Cross-examined Q. Have you ever said anything about this until this-day? A. I have not-—I did not instruct the attorney for the prosecution—I do not know who did. GUILTY .— Ten Years Penal Servitude. Thomas was 40 years old on arrival, and was 5’8 ½” tall, brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, middling stout, literate, protestant. Thomas was also married with 3 children, they were not the children of his 2nd wife Hannah. 14/3/1863: TOL 29/6/1865: CP 5/2/1868: Certified Freedom date. Comments: Carpenter, worked for self in 1864, alive in 1885. 26/3/1885 The West Australian: THE day before yesterday, a charge o fpetty larceny was reported at the centra lpolice station against one Thomas Fawn, and the police were sent to the Victoria hotel where he was said to be, to take him into custody. Upon arriving there, they found that Fawn and several others hadbeen quarrelling, and that during the scuffle he had fallen heavily upon the ground, and, being an old man, the fall broke his leg. He was conveyed to the ''station and later on to the Colonial hospital, where he now lies under treatment. 1886: Thomas died aged 67. No other marriages or children found in WA. Thomas died intestate with his estate worth £4.16.03.