The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1852.

tised. She replied that it had ; when In. asked her whither
he had baptised it. Wittiest replied "N..; Mr. Armstrong
baptised it at a protestant church, which she belonged to."
The defendant then said she bad sold her soal to the devil,
and he snuck her three times near the left ear with his
umbrella. He appeared very angry, end asked her wht-
they soy ladies bad been there. Mrs. Lieetien told him
there had, when he asked whether they brought anything,
end on being told they bad sent Nees Dread and coals he
said it was nut for her good. Witness was badly off at
the time, and required nourishment. The delendant
said if any one gave her anything she was to receive it,
and thank them for it, but she was not to play as
regard to them as they were bad people. He struck
her three times, and cursed her In Irish. Ile
hurt her v much at the time, and she cried out
for mercy. Witness was weak at the time, having only
been recently confined. After he struck her he told Mrs.
Harrington, the landlady, to turn the devils out. Her bed
was taken away from her, and she and her child were com-
pelled to sleep on the hare floor that night.
Mr. kohineon—Did the defendant leave you anything ?
Couiplainant—He left me a shilling and a good beating.
(Laughter.) Mr. Donovan, when he called upon me, re-
buked me because I had changed my religion. I wee •
catholic before I was married, but now I am a protestant,
and Mr. Donovan knows it.

Mr. Robinson—Did Dr. Armstrong over call on you ?
Complainant—No, he did not. My husband called him
in. Mr. Donovan struck me hard with his umbrella, and
told me to go to the seventeen devils.
Mr. Woollett addressed the jury at some length, and
milled Mrs. Harrington, Mn. Winter, and Mrs. Geehan
who lived in the house, and were present ; but their evi-
dence confirmed complainant's as to the assault, and her
being turned out of bed at the defendant's direction.
The jury, after consulting a few moments, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Robinson said that his clients had no wish to press for
any severe punishment.
The chairman (Mr. Puckle) said it gove him great pain
to pan sentence on a person like the defendant, but the
court, as well as the jury, were satisfied that an aggravated
usault had been committed on a poor and weak woman. It
was, in fact, an act of religious persecution and domin, er-
ing which could not be tolerated in this country, and had it
not been fur the recommendation of the learned counsel for

the prosecution, he should have committed him to prison
with hard labour; but, under all circumstances, he should
line him 61. for the assault.

THE POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL.
Wellitinghl, a tobacconist, of 58, Fore-street, Crip-
pleg►te, appeared on bail to answer a charge of feel lying
'bolt GO bundles of cigars, value 801.; knowing them to
bare been stolen.

Richard Edwards sworn—l am 14 years of age, and wu
in the employ of Mr. Matthews, a merchant, of 2:d,
Crutchedfnars, op to four or live menthe ago. la March
lest, %bile carrying out some cigars, I met the prisoner's
boy, who asked me if I could get any cigars, end, if so, to
bring them to Mr. Wainwright, and his master would buy
them of me. I afterwards took a bundle to the shop of the
prisoner, who bought them, and directed his boy to give
me ls. lid., the price he war to pay fur the cigars. The
prisoner then asked me to bring him a lot more. There
was nearly 11b. in each bundle, which were worth 28s. per
lb. Between the month of March and the following June
I took between 60 and 60 bundles of cigars to the prisoner's
shop, some of which were purchased and paid for by
the prisoner, some by his wife, and others by the boy. Some
were bought in the shop, but these purchased by the pri-
soner's wife were generally taken up stairs t the kitchen.
I generally received from Is. to Is. 61 per bundle. On last
Friday week I received a bundle from my muter, with in-
structions
to °impose of them in the same manner that I had
done with the GO bundles which I have spoken of. I took
it to the shop belonging to the prisoner, but not finding him
in I went up stairs, and found his wife in the kitchen. I
delivered the cigars to her, and she gave me 21. When I
came down I met my father and Mr. Matthews outside the
sh p, and gave the latter the money I had just received. We
all returned to the shop, and proceeded up stairs, where we
found the cigars, and Mr. Matthews having marked
the paper they were in, they were folded up and
paled, and we marked the paper again with our
signatures. Mr. Matthews then marked the 2s. I
had received of the prisoner's wife. At the station-
house, on Friday night, the prisoner denied having re-
ceived the 60 bundles of cigars, but admitted he had had
the bundle now produced. There are about 100 cigars in
every bundle. My master, on discovering that the cig►rs
were gone, accused me, and said he would not prosecute me
if 1 would tell him how I had disposed of the cigars, and to
whom I had sold them.

Mr. Emanuel Matthews, a foreigner, errrving on busi•
ness as a merchant at Crutchedfriats, said— I did not miss
the cigars till a few days ago, and, suspecting the last wit.
nose, I tent for him, but he denied it, until I promised to
forgive him if he would tell the truth. He then told me he
had taken them to Mr. Wainwright's shop, and, in order to
test the accuracy of the lad's statement, I marked a pled
of cigars, and directed him to take them, in the same manner
he had done the others, to the prisoner's shop. Ile did so,
and I afterwards saw them in the kitchen of the prisoner's
house. _ _

Mr. Sydney, for the prisoner, contended that the case of
alleged stealing had broken down, as it was satisfactorily
shown that the cigars produced had been given to the boy
by the prosecutor.
Mr. Alderman Copeland reminded Mr. Sydney that it
was the mining 60 bundles that the prisoner was charged
with receiving, and there was no evidence of their having
been given to the boy. He said he felt it his duty to re-
mend this case. The fast of the prisoner having given 2s.
for • bundle of cigars worth 12 times that sum way sufficient
to induce him to put thisicase into a course for further in-
vestigation. He looked upon the case in a very carious
light, and he could not part with the prisoner without
receiving bail of a must substantial character. If the
prisoner had lived 25 years in the same neighbourhood, he
could have no difficulty in procuring two sureties of 601.
each, which, with his own recognisance of 1001., would be
sufficient.

In default of procuring bail, the prisoner wee eommitto
te Newgate.
110 W-STREET.

The charge against William Aria, for falsely registering
the death oC Maus Tees, whom be bad represcated u his
wife, was appointed for further bearing at 11 o'clock,
having been remanded from the previous S..turtlay. His
worship was informed, however, that owing to the sugges-
tions made by the court at the last examination, and the
conduct of Tees (the husband) throughout the matter, the
Attorney General had advised the withdrawal of the prose-
cution.
The summons was accordingly dismissed.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Charles Wilson and Catherine Pictford were brought
before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing a quantity of
wine and spirits, the property of Mr. Rowland Houle,
proprietor of Morland's Hotel, 23, Dettn.street, Soho.
Mr. Moule said the female prisoner had been in his ser-
vice about four 'months, and the male prisoner only a week.
At 7 o'clock the previous evening witness went into a vault
adjoining the kitchen, which led to his wine-cellar. There
was a box in the vault, which witness happened to look
into, and finding a bottle of brandy stowed away among
the Mop in it, he made a further search, and found
a quantity of cheroots and tobacco hidden in the same
plane. He called the two prisoners, and, on being ques-
tioned, both of them denied all knowledge of the property.
Witness told them he should wish to search their boxes.
They did not object, and witness went with them into
their rooms, and looked Ent into the male prisoner's box and
found nothing. While examining Wilson's box, the
female prisoner passed into her room, and he distinctly saw
her take a bottle from her box and place it beneath her
bed. Witness took the bottle from its hiding place, and
found it contained port wine. Witness also found a bottle
of sherry, and then sent for a policgconstable. At the
station•house the female prisoner said she ought not to be
blamed for other people's faults, for the male prisoner had a
false key, and could get into tl.e bar whenever he pleased.
Witness then caused the male prisoner to be taken into cue-
tody. At first the prisoner said he knew nothing about
the false key ; afterwards he admitted having had such a
key, bat that he had thrown it away. The prisoner also
admitted having taken the things found in the metal box
out of the bar ; he said it was has first offence, and hoped
he should be forgiven. A search for the key was made in
Wardour.street, and it was found, when tried, it opened
the lock of the bar.
Police-constable Shipman corroborated the above evi-
dence,
The prisoner Wilson said he knew nothing about the
wine.
Pickford said she found the wine in the dust-hole.
Both were fully committed.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Tomas Elliott,a.awii,;4.;:liZrier, living in Old
Niched street, Bethnal-green, wee brought up on remand,
charged with a murderous assault upon his wife, whereby
she hod sustained such serious injuries that she had been
ever since an inmate of the London Hospital.
The prisoner was given into custody by one of his lodgers,
a man named John llama, who maid that at a late hour on
Friday
.se'nnight he was roused from sleep by a violent
uprur in the
,prisoner's room, accompanied by toad scream
of Murder ' from his wife, which were succeeded by the
sound of heavy blows, and the moat savage threats and
insprecittions on the par. of the prisoner. Witness in-
stantly hastened down stairs, end, on entering their room,
observed the prisoner in the act col dragging hie wife across
the floor, and beating her in an unmerciful manner about
the bead end face. The poor woman, who appeared
completely exhausted, presented a shocking appearance,
being covered with blood, which wee streaming copiously
from her nose, mouth, and ears ; and, before witness had
time to interfere, the prisoner finally struck her a terrible
blow on the face, which stretched her senseless on the floor.
With the assistance of several of the neighbeun, who had
been attracted by the disturbance, witness succeeded, after
a violent resistance, in securing the prisoner until they. oh.
tabled the usistamm of a pollinates', when he was given
into custody.
A married woman named Fount% residing next door to
the prisoner, and who bad also been alarmed by the ago-
nised exclamations of his wife, fully corroborated the fore-
going evidence, and added that but for the timely interposi-
tion of the last witness, she felt satisfied that he would have
carried oat his threats, and murdered her on the spot.
On being closely pressed by the magistrate, the poor
woman admitted that the sole reason for his attack upon
her was in consequence of her inability to supply him with
money which he demanded from her, and added, in a de•
pin eatery manner, that although he was in the (request
habit of ill-using her, when he happened to he intoxicated,
ke was • good husband in his sober moments, and mho did
amt wish him to be punished.