The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-04 00:00:00

LONDON POLICE.

ABDUCTION.

At the Thames Police Office, on the 25th ultimo,
Jacob Tieneitie, aged 27, • boilermaker, and dwelling
at the time of his apprehension at No. 6, Father-
stone-buildings, Limehouse, was charged with the
unlawful abduction of Anne Butler, under the age
of 16 year*.
Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. Charles Young,
solicitor, who conducted the prosecution, said that this
was • proceeding under the 21Mb section of the 9th of
George IV., cap. 31, whirl. enacted, "that if any person
shall unlawfully take or muse to be taken any unmarried
girl, being under the alp of 16 Jean, out of the posses.
non and against the wid of her father or mother, or of
;my other person having the lawful care or charge of her,
every such offender shall he guilty of a misdemeanour,
and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable to suffer
such pound •nt by fine or imprisonment, or by both,
44 the Court shall award." The prisoner was a married
man with four children, and lie took the girl away from
her home, and seduced her at a coffeinhop iti the West
India-road, on Easter Tuesday last.
Mr. &Ile said he must commit the prisoner for trial at
the Central Criminal Court.

ATEALING A CHILD.
WEicrxteterr.u. Fairrie Johnstone and Sarah
the latter a vulgar-looking, but well-dressed and
welhipoken woman, with a nervous affection of the
eyes and • large sear on the left hand, were further
examined, charged with stealing a child.
The child, Jane Smith, a pretty, precocious little
girl, of five years of age, is very intelligent, and although
an young draws large audiences by singing at various
concert sauna. Three weeks ago the female prisoner
called upon the child's mother, and under pretence of
buying a new sash for her, as eh.) was going to sing at
the Spread Eagle, Wandsworth, that evening, absconded
with Johnstone, with whom she cohabits, taking the
child to Southampton, and the prisoners were appre-
hended at Portaea by Inspector Street, of the Ports-
mouth police, with the child in their possession.
Mr. Finnan, invector of the A reserve, who has had
charge of the Case, paid that since tilt laat hearing the
mother of the female prisoner had given money to the
child's mother not to press the charge any further, and
be had stopped the mother in the act of leaving the
court. Apart from this he bad some very important

facts to communicate to his worship. The female pri-
soner had passed by the names of Arnold, Randall,
Elliott, lispgood, Johnstone, Parrsr, Lady Fortesciiii,
and other aliases: and after making diligent inquiry he
found that there were inure than '2O cases of fraud
against the prisoners at Southampton, and lie hail
several people preaent who had been duped by the
woman, in consequence of her making various false re-
presentation. to them. The prisoners had visited almost
every lodging-house keeper in Southampton, absconding
without paying, and had on one occasion represented
that they had olitained the child for the purpose of
taking her to sing before Lord Palmerston. The
mother of the woman, too, had come to London, and,
representing herself as the aunt, had, he believed, ob.
tained some of the property the prisoners had become
possessed of by fraud.
Several cases of fraud were gone into, and at the close
of the inquiry,
Mr. Poynter sant in the first ease it was merely a
matter of debt, and he could not interfere for Mrs.
Dawson, as her case was insufficient to convict upon.
He then remanded the accused, and intimated that un•
less the various charges were taken up by some solicitor
they must utterly fail.

Mr. Edward William Symo—ns, who for 47 years dis-
charged the dutie, of chief clerk of the T 1141111,1 Police
Court, and resigned his post about seven yearn ago, died
on Saturday, after a short illness, in the 76th year of
his age. He was 1•140 for 20 years clerk to the magis-
trates of the Tower Divi6lon, which situation be retained
till his death.