The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-19 00:00:00

LONDON POLICK.

At the Lonitiet'.. Polies-siert, on Weitnooky. Urr
Eliza Harriet Mary Felthain, the lady whowas
on Monday last, cm charge of dealing as
toilet and • pair of mittens from the stall of Lady Emily
Peel, at the bazaar, or "fancy kit " as the CrystA
Palaesoni the 9tii inst., surrted to her hail.
Mr. Wootner, on behalf of the shanty foe theiheseit
of whisk the '• fancy fair" wee held, atriandad to pro-
secute, and Mr. Jame* Lewis appeared forth. primer.
Mr. Wontner, addre sing the magistrate, said it was
, but right be should date that he appeared o.' behalf of
the society for the beholds of whisk the "fancy lair" had
been held, and he begged t. es, that the gimtlemes
forming the committee had no held, in the eass beyond
that of justice. He found that de_, po diens in the case
had been carefully takea, and if, attar bearing the
additional evidence to be given by Imdy Panay Peel.
his Worship thought it was such &ease is in the exercise
of his judgment he could dispose of "Atheist sending it
elsewhere, and gave the accused lady the benefit of any
doubt, the gentlemen whom hit (Mr. Woother) repro-
pentad would be perfectly satisfied. His clients, in fist,
had no wish to press the ode, but, at the same time,
would place therniolvos in the hands of the magistrates.
Lady Emily Peel was here sworn and examined by
Mr. Wontner. She said Charon Saturday last she had
charge of • stall at • bazaar, or" fancy fair," held in the
Crystal Palace, for the benefit of the schools belonging
to the Clerks and Warelionamea'a Society. The via-
broidered washbandstand doily produced was part of the
thing" on her stall which had been for sale, add Ass bad
not mimed it, or the gloves or mittens, when they were
brorght to her by Bell, the officer.
Mr. Elliott.—Can you bay when they were an the
stall, or when you last saw them
Lady Emily.—l observed the doily in the forenoos.
The doily was pinned to the stall, and hang down, and
the gloves, though I don't wish to swear to the.., were
on the stall.

Mr. Elliott —You had such gloves or mittens as your
table?

Lady Peel.—Oh, yes ; but yet I do not like to swear
to them.

Mr. Elliott.—The articles on the stall were your own!
Lady Peel.— Yes; they were all supplied by rm.
Mr. Elliott.—Do you recollect the price of the toilet!
Lady Peel.—l cannot it this moment recollect.
Mr. Elliott.—l understand it was labelled 1.
Lady Peel.—Wall, that was the price at which It
should be sold.
Mr. Elliott here recalled Sergeant Bell, and asked him
to describe as exactly as he could the particular part ot
the stall to which the doily was attached Wore being
taken by the prisoner, and he replied " lb. left-hand
corner." and added that be first saw the prisoner nn-pin
the piece of embroidery, and pin it &pin. and, unpinning
it a second time, she put it into her dress.
The prisoner, on hearing this, clapped her hands to-
gether in perfect wonderment, and shaking her heed
and laughing, softly exclaimed " Good Godl " It may
be stated that she has in the most solemn manner de-
nied to her husband, her solicitor, and friends taking
the doily off the Mall, and persists in declaring that she
picked it up, and it was when she held it balers her to
look alit that the officer Bell took he llite meted/.
In cromaxamination by Mr. Lewis, Lady Emily ad-
milted that there was a considerable crowd throughout
the day about her, and that there arm a possibility ie
the article getting brushed off by the re of the
people. Her ladyship added that thought it bad
been in danger of dropping off, and she ted turn.
ing it up on the stall, but the pin by whichitwuorigia.
ally held still held it ettachad to the stalL
This being all the evidence, Mr. Lewis observed that
it was clear that Bell had given three different venioss
of the same transaction. His first vision Ina that be
saw the lady at the bar take the article from the stall
and conceal it in bar dress : his metaled, that be saw her
take the pin out before taking the property ; and has
third and last, that she unpinned and pinned it again,
and, unpinning it • second time, took it; and the quos-
tion for his Worship's consideration was whether the
testimony of such a witnem could be relied on. lie
hoped that as there was no disposition on the other side
to press the charge, and taking into consideration the
high respectability and position of the accused, and the
improbability of her committing inch 11111 act as that
chrrged, his Worship would take a lenient view of the
Cage.

Mr. Elliott observed that, however respectable ths
person, it was his draty to stwt justice earned out, and he
must, therefore, send the case before a jury.
The prisoner was then committed for trial to this
Surrey Sessions, but was admitted to bail in two sure-
ties of 1500 each.

Sir Robert was bound over for the attendance of Lady
Emily Peel.