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A JUDGE tore into a boot-closer who had launched a ferocious attack on his partner after threatening to smash her brains. Frail Mary Morris was found slumped against railings with two black eyes and blood streaming from a vicious cut on her forehead that dripped down her face and onto her shoulders. Mr Justice Bowen condemned her heartless attacker William Jewell for treating her worse than the vilest animal on earth. She was in pain, weak and miserable, and in a state I cannot doubt you knew perfectly well, and because she was not able for a moment to follow you, you fell about her, beat her about the head, ears and eyes, and defaced her.
It was late summer and farmer William Troke rode into a field to check on the harvesting. But Troke, who was unwell, was not pleased with what he saw and complained to labourer Anthony Harris, who was having his breakfast, the oats had not been cut. I don t think the field is that large, Harris protested. Troke, unimpressed, directed him to drive away some birds but the two men began arguing, Harris denouncing his employer as a rogue. What do you mean by that? the boss demanded. The labourer stormed off, throwing down his tools and grabbing a scythe with which he had been mowing, swung it viciously. Troke, armed with a stick, parried the first blow but then his horse suddenly reared as the second came in and he fell heavily to the ground.