The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-07 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

The Epiphany Quarter Serious for the county of Surrey
commenced yesterday morning at the Court-house, New-
ington-esuseway, before J. E. Johnson, Esq., chairman, J.
11, Esq., deputy chairman, and a full back of magis-
trates. The calendar contained the names of 30 prisoners
for trial-21 for felony and 9 for misdemeanour. The state
of education wan es follows —6 can neither read nor write,
3 run only read, and 21 can read and write imperfectly.
After some remarks by the chairman on the ticket-of-leave
system, the jury proceeded to find a number of true bills.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MARLBOROUGH-STRESS?.

Mr. Hawley, of the firm of Hawley and Co., jewellers,
Regent-street, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt to ask his ad-
vice under the following circumstances :
Mr. Hawley said that a foreigner called upon him and
selected a quantity of goods, and ordered some of the arti-
cles to be engraved. and asked for a bill. He made out a
bill and gave it to the person, and he left. The goods were
sent home to the address given, but the person refused to
pay for them, wanting to make a debt of it, and he (Mr.
Hawley) bad since ascertained that on presenting his bill
to a tradesman in Piccadilly the person had believing that
the foreigner bad made a large purchase at his house,
allowed him to h►ve a large quantity of goods. The goods
be (Mr. Hawley) had prepared, having been engraved, were
rendered unsaleable.

irTiirwhitt .aid he could do nothing in the matter.
It was a adulate thing that the goods had not been left,
and be (Mr. Tyrwhitt) hoped the pram would take notice of
the oceurrenee as a caution to other members of the trade.

—dais Newman was charged with stealing a 51. note and
10s. at 54, New Bond.street, as follows :
iris. Emily Aylmer said that she lodged with her husband
at 54, New Bond-street, and about three weeks ago gave
the prisoner, who was servant to the landlady, a 5/. note to
change. The prisoner went out and returned, stating that
she could not get change unless she purchased something.
She thou gave her a half-sovereign, telling her to buy la.
worth of brandy, and to keep the change of the 51. note
entire. The prisoner then went out again, but never re-
turned. On Monday night the prisoner, however, called for
her clothes, saying when asked about the money that she had
given it to the landlady, and she was then given into
custody.
Mrs. Margaret Dunlop, landlady of the house, said the
prisoner came to her house and said that she had just come
from Devonshire, and that her boxes were at the railway
station. She asked her (Mrs. Dunlop) to let her have some
money to get them ; but she told her that she could stop
that night, and that the next day she would make inquiries
into her character. In the afternoon of the following day
the money was given to her by Mrs. Aylmer, and she went
out without her bonnet and shawl and turned. The
prisoner gave her the money. She (Mrs. Dunlop) bad
also miesed a ring from a box in the MOM in which prisoner
slept during the night she passed with her.
Mr. Twhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, stating
that he had no doubt that something more would be found
out concerning her.
SOUTHWARK.

Eliza Russell, a respectable-looking young woman with
an Want in her arms, was brought up for final examination,
charged with attempting to drown herself and child is the
Hive: Thames, near London-bridge.
It appeared horn the evidence of Police.constable 257 X
that on Sunday morning week, about half-pest viz o'clock,
be was on duty in Wellington-street, London-bridge, when
the prisoner pared him in a hurried manner with a
child in her arms, and rushed down the steps of London-
bridge. Suspecting her intention, he quickly followed
her, caught hold of her near the bottom, and asked
her what she was about. She commenced crying, and said if
be would let her go she would not attempt anything rash.
He accompanied her up the steps, and a abort distance
on his heat, when she left him, promising to go home. A
few minute. afterwards, however, he returned to the bridge,
radium her rush down the steps again. He followed her,
and fortunately seized hold of her just as she was about to
plunge into the water. lie then took her to the station-
house, and on the way there she told him that she in-
tended to have destroyed herself and child, as the father of
the latter had basely deceived her. The constable informed
his worship that since the last examination he had commu-
nicated with her friends, who were highly respectable hard.
worlds* people, and her mother was in court.
The latter said that she had seen the prisoner several
times in gaol in the presence of the chaplain, and she was
now fully aware of the wickedness of her intention, and she
had promised never to repeat such an act, if his worship
would discharge her. She (the mother) would take care
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the chief clerk, asked her if she knew
whore to find the putative father of her child.
The prisoner replied that she did not, and did not like
to summer him, as he had promised her marriage, but now
she believed he had married another. That so preyed on
her mind at the time that she foolishly made the wicked
attempt on the life of herself and infant.
The magistrate seriously admonished her as to the wicked
eel she had contemplated, and ordered her to be ghee ap
to her mother. She immediately obtained a summons
against her seducer.

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