The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.
Matthew Thyme, • young man of respectable appear.
anise, was brought before the Lord Mayor, under the
following remarkable circumstances.
A cabman said—l well called at about 10 minutes past 12
o'clock, on &turd .y oiyht, to take • young wcmao, who
was in • state of ititentibni.y on the pavement is Chitapside,
to Casomomile.street, Bien: Taws. She was, after 'owe
delay, got into the cab by the, prisoner and another person,
i and the "Monet got in after she was placed there. Mine is
a Hansom cab, and in consequeoca of what was said to me
by somebody in the crowd around her, I raised the trap, by,
which I could sae what was going on Koski:, and I observed
the rrisoner acting in each a manner es indue,:d me to ask
dim what ho was about with the young woman. He then
app'ared to delis., and when we got on somc way
(nether, I again raised the trap, sod I saw him rad
peat the 'Menet to wbith I had objected, au/41 again
I tow to k m. He thin said, " All right, cabby." 1
said it was not vi right, sod having heard that the youns'
woman who accoettanied him was • virtuous person, I
jumped down, polled open the doors of the cab, and lensed
and the prisoner in such a
the female quite usconse4on
gub as convinced ms thg,' hie intentions towards her wire
by as mans delicate or bone :WWI, I wu informed by,

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semebody that the prienter was her brother-90'w, 1
end '
said," If that's the care, he is a perfect wvandrel," and
called a policansue and the owner of the house in CIWIDO.
mile tn whit 1 took her, cao really it her brasher
in-law, uttAt hearing my account of the matter, charged him
at the ef•atiosaehouie with the mimic.
'the Lora Ilayor—lu what state was the 'tritons( whit
Vet took klm into custody:
Witniro.-110 was iniolictled.
The Prisoner—l was so drunk that I know nothing at all
about It. I have no meolleotion at all about what took place.
I net enrol could have done no harm to anybody.
Sarah Williams said—l am 21 ystars of age, and single. 1'
live with my sister and hrot-.evinelaw, a respectable trades-
man. Ido not know the prisoner. I was in Channel& on
Saturday night, perhaps between 9 and 10 o'clock—(The
witness had no accurate recollection of the time any more
than of the occurrence which had token place)—with a
female cousin of mine, who cams from Sheerness. We
walked on through struts, the names of which I am unac-
quainted with, and my cousin went into a shop to inquire
about shirmaking. I wee waiting t.r her outsile, and the
mismer came up and said to me. " Whtt are you waiting
for I" I said I was waiting fur my friend. He then sai4,
" I wish you would COMO and take a glue of wine with me."
I said "No; lam not in the habit of tiling so." I refused
Oils at first, but with great persuasion 1 consented. My
iriend, whom I left in the shop, misled me. I don't kno
where I went with the primmer, but it was to same public
house. I drank a glom of wine—port, I think it was—and
when I came out I felt immediately 'Gamlen.
The prisoner—When I met her she was intoxicated,
The Lord Mayor (to the witness)—Had you been
risking ?
Witness—Not at al. I bad taken nothing but what I
‘" with him.

The Lord Mayor—Do you recoiled getting into the cab?
Witneee—l recollect nothing more. I did not come to
my scum till about 8 o'clock on Sunday morning.
The Lord Mayor—Have you been visited since this occur-
rence by a medical man ?
Witness--No. There is no occasion whatever, I have
sustained no personal injury.
The Lord Mayor—Did you take more than one glass of
wine with his
Witness—l cannot say that I had more to drink than one
glue. I was at no other public-honse, and I was at no other
house of any kind ?
The Lord Mayor—Did be give you any money ?
Wititess—No.
The Lord Mayor—And you were not at all intoxicated ?
Witnees—No more than I am now.

The Lord Mayor—Could you find out the house at which
you had the glass of wine, or the shop in which you left your
friend ? _ _ _

Witness—l could not.
Ann Smith said—l accompanied the promentrix along
Cheapside and beyond St. Penis towards the west end of
the town. We Lad neither of us had anything to drink nor
had we spoken to any one. I went into a shop to i►quire
on the subject of making shirts, leaving her outside. When
I ease out she wu gene. I looked about for her, but could
not find her, and I calculated that she was gone home. See-
ing, however, a grist crowd in Cheapside, I went over, and
I saw her there suite senseless, end the prisoner standing
by the side of her. Se appeared to be almost as bad as
Ike. I asked him if he had given her anything to drink,
and he walked away without answering me.
The Lord Mayor—Why did you address his ? Did you
know kiss ?

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Witsess—Not at all. I had never sun him before, bet
I supposed she had been In his company as I observed her
hand epos his shudder. A cab was then called and she
was pet into it.
The Lord Mayor—And why did not you go into the cab
with her instead of letting the prisoner go with her ?
Witness—l did not know that the prisoner had got into
the cab until I arrived at home. There was a great deal of
confutes endue the cab was called and as I had no money
I asked the prisoner whether ha could pay the driver, to
which he replied be had no money. A gentlemen who Was
in the crowd then paid the cabman sizpenee, and the prose•
cutriz wu pat in, and the reason I did not follow wet
because I thought I had to pay for myself before I could go,
as is the sue at Sheerness: _ .

—flhoLord i•ior—iWoonsider•d you had to pay a die•
thlotlare ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Witness—Exactly so. I then told the cabman where to
drive to, and I ran home, and the prisoner must hove got
in after I left her. When I got home the cab was these,
and she was lying oath@ pavement. The prisoner was there
too, but I was not aware that he had been with her. I told
her brother-in-law I thought she had been drugged, but I
did not know who had done it. I assisted my aunt in un-
dressing her, and we put her to bed. She was completely
nneoasedousall the time. I know that she has received no
personal harm. lam convinced that she is a young person
of good moral character.
The Lord Mayor—What period int ed between the
time at which you left her to go into the shop, and the time
you saw her insensible on the pavement ?
W itoess—l should think not a quarter of an holm
The Lord Mayor said it appeared to him that there was a
long interval wholly unaccounted for, and about which some
be explanation would expected to be made upon the next
easmination.

A policeman said it was balf.past 12 on Saturday night,
when his attention was rolled by the cabman, and he saw
the prosecutria lying senseless at the bottom of the cab. Ile
afterwards saw the prisoner, who was very drun indeed.
The brother•in-law of the proeecutriz said that upon hear-
ing of the conduct of the prisoner, he at once gave the
brutal fellow in chugs. It was, he added, most satisfactory
to know that the injury which might have been intended
had not at all been inflicted.

A respectable person here stepped forward and said the
prisoner moat have been in suck a condition as nobody had
ever seen him placed in before, when such a charge wee
►rought against him, and begged to be allowed to bail him.
The prisoner—l know nothing at all about it, I can swear,
any more than the young women, and I am sure I
meant bee any harm.
The Lord Mayor—The charge is a very serious one, and I
hope you will take a lesson from your present sufferings. I
shell consent to take two good securities in WI. escti, and
the prisoner's own security in 1001., to answer the charge.