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London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

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she passed him had something bulky under her cloak. He
turned bark, awl asked her what it war. the replied that was
her huainesa. Winless, noticing some heaitatiou in her mower,
renewed his question, and finall% took her to the statiowlimise,
%%here, on opening her cloak, the cash•box wax discovered, and,
(wing examined, war found to contain a large sown of looney
in blink note*. money, awl securities. The prisoner, when quer•
tinned as to the way in 11$ 64.11111.• p.sw•ssed of the Luc,
MOW she plated it lip in Itioncelloepuire. Witness proceeded to
Mak.• inquiries, and succeeded hi discovering theta burglar v had
been committed the previous night in Percy-street, liedhird.
square, viol that the box was part of the proceeds of the robbery.
r. I 'hark it I.stwast.•r. registrar, Pereyodreet, wax tinderiihsal,
to have identified the cash-box as his priqwrty.
The prix offer, who was is...ogler"! by Welsh, the gaoler of the
court, as conneensi with n notorious gang of swell ue.bstueu, in
evplatiation said she kieked her foot against wonwilinic in
sell-square, she stooped, ated picked up the boa, which the con.
stable fonnil in her possession.
She was remanded.
A CASE OF li.rrnEvrair.xr inflicted on a wife was
pearl before the Thames Police Court, in which the
misconduct appears to be more evenly divided between
the panics than is commonly the case. The defendant
Was a respectable looking man named Crawley, a
working cooper, and his wife was an Irishwoman.
The proceedings gave a curious and distressing
insight into the poor man's menage :

l'olice•Scriteant Armstrong stated that about four o'clock on
Sunday morning he W 41,1 )1441r001v lit the prisoner's house, v.
he heard serrates and cnes of " Murder '." Ile kola kell at the
door, and it was opened by a little hey, who ilireeusl his anvil-
his mother, who was Iv ing on the floor in the middle of
a ;limn, iu a state of nudity, in It need lamentable ronditiau.
tier hands, legs, and feet, were made fast by hanalkereitiers and
4•41111%, the blase! wait 11.11111 g (11.111 leer eyed, teen., ntel mouth,
and 'lsere were extensive bruises and contusiona to. her face,
buck. and abdomen. Ile immediately 11411111 A her, 1111 d covered
her over with his greeiwoat. In answer to lain qtiestions, she said
her husband had inmost her, anti that she bad latest laid tip for
tier weeks. 11e, thereilire, (amok the turn' into cilstody.
The prisoner said he had been almost driven to a state of mad-
ness by the alniiiken and dissipated habits of his wife, who haul
broken sup his home set end times. lanai was ail habitual drunkard.
earnings averaged if. is, per week, 41011,11. in lu etti.pert.luit
and children in reattaytelaility, lam owing to her alnulken and
dist arilerly habit. he had been e pletely ruined, his children
were innnotly neglected, anal lie lied no platee fit to eel! a I
she had repeatedly stripped her (ladder's, and Kohl ar pawned
their wearing apparel in order to procure liquor. She heal been
drunk almost daily for three years, a 11111S1111Ce and a terror to
the people bi the eitightsnirliasel ha which she lived, a rites.. tip
her children and himself, and devoid tat all feeling or shame. tni
Satimlay night she wan mad drunk, anti, after creating a great
disturbance, took up a knife end attempted to stab hini, and,
when that was taken front her, took up a poker and threatened
to dash his brains out with that. She then set to and wildly de-
stivivist nearly everything in the 'dace, and then stripped herself
er iht•eliithing she had ion. She was ahotat to rim into the
rime, 111 a state .1.1 tastily, when 14111* was 1111411011 hark by a
11111111 HUM in his employ anal by a police constable, who advised
that her bagels and feet mht.itld le• Sled, Which Wls done, wool she
re 111111114•11 111 that stale till the toollee sergeant took her away. The
prisoner handed hi the magistrate a quantity oh pawnbrokers'
thiplieate% relating to every descriptlon of property whirl' Ida
wife had quelled.
'Their her quite astounded Mr. YAIIIII.Er, What asked : Was
passible the Btttttt heti pawned so malty things to indulge in
her ...motel gratifications ?
The Prisoner: The whole of them, air; anal lies expended the
whole of the money in drink. and oieghs•teil her children.
Mr. i‘ititi.Ev said if ever a turn wits Justified in tying up his
wlfr alai leaving her in that state, 111h4 Wlll4 one. lie was sorry
the woman was not brought before him for tieing drunk and 111/1-
onkrly. The restraint plaeed on the w 1111 l an—the tying her up
and leaving her on the cold floor of her risan—was an extreme
but e‘tretne offences required extreme mishmehis,
anal he gild not see the husband could have done otmherwise Mier
the repeated site:mate made upon his life. The prisoner Was
011.4e11a1'0141, and if lie had a complaint to make against his wife
ha' would hear it.
Mr. Crawley then got into the witness•hos, end requested a
warrant for the proteet ion of himself and his children.
After mime further evidence, she was ordered to
Mid bail for good behaviour for three months. This
deeision is tantamount to three months' confine-
ment.