The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

WESTMINSTER.
CHARGE or 111,RDZILINk. s CRILD.

A middle aged women. having the appearance of a
domestic servant or charwoman, who gave the name of
Elizabeth Thompson, was this morning placed at the bar
under the following cirsuunstanore :
Mrs. Ellen Jooes, of 24, Keppel.street, Chelsea, asid—l
have known the prisoner twelve months. She was lodging
with use. lam the landlady of the home. I thought
prisoner was in the family way. I thought so several times
of late and spoke to her about it, bat she denied it. I spoke
to heron Saturday week. I asked her if she was sot in the
family way - she mid she was not ; bat she was.
Mr. Arnold—What induoed you to think so!
Wittier—Her Mae. and this I felt oselldent she must
have been so afterwards.
Mr. Arnold—From what meson _

Witness—Because she grew much less in size. Other
people observed it brides me. The neighbours asked
me what had become of the child, and said
I must know, although I told them I really
had no more opportunity of knowing than them-
selves. My next door neighbour, MIL Cox, SUM In
yesterday and had a conversation with me, and I also saw a
Mood of the primmer's, and, in consequence of what I heard
from them, I asked the prisoner yesterday afternoon about
the child. I said, " What has !meows, of your baby." She
at Sent again denied it. She said abe had not had one. I
"You must have bad one ;" then she admitted that
she had.

Aroold7Did!be may what had become of ft?

Witmer—She raid she put it in a word aad gave it to a
boy to dispose of, sad he took it away. I inquired what
boy, and she rid abe did sot know.
Arnold—Was anything further soul about her con-
lhownent

Wither—l said if she had told me how she yea situated
I should have been very willing at such a time to have
afforded her all the help in my power, and her answer to
that was, she did not like to let rem know.
Sergeant Smith, B division—lt ie arcs/nary that I should
at this stage of the proceedings acquaint your worship with
an important matter commend with the case. On the 24th
of last month the body of a child was foiled, wrapped in a
cloth, near Benaington.gardenn Information wan given to
the police of the circumstance on the '2sth, and an inquest
was held en the body of the child on the 28th, whoa a ver-
dict of " Wilful murder" was Maned.

Mr. Arnold—How do you connect the prisoner with the
child so foxed ?

—fiergeaUgo2lll:l—Whers found it mu wrapped in thia piece
of stuff (exhibitiog some ,oloured rag), sod the ccereepoed-
ing piece wu found in prisoner's box.
Yr. dread—Do you know soythiag of this wrapper,
Mrs. Joss!

Mrs. Joem—Ope piece wu in my room.
Sergeant Smith—rap prisoner has bee. so recently appre-
hended that I have not bed time to collect the necemary
evidence, and mast therefore uk your worship to pant me
a remand. _ _ _

Mr. Arnold rerimeded the primmer tore week to give the
required tame.
WORSHIPMTREET.

Jane Lore, • pretti-feath7eirl,Waring • whits draw
bat, black fall. sad • cloak with • red hood, was charged
with attempting self-destruction by drowni
It appeared from the evideoce that ou 9atutday sight lost,
at 11 °clock. • Mr. Davis, tobacconist, of Deletoalthe, was
paring the Quessieecad bridge, whoa he wee Wormed by
• lad that • wools. hal thrown herself from it into the
water. Mr. Davis instantly plunged in after her, and sue-
ceded is moor* a hold upon the prisooer, whom be
onstrived to get close to the embankment but ao4 up it. At
that moment • men formerly in the police force and knows
by the some of Professor Looney, fortunately maid the
spot and dragged Mr. Davis, with the girl, who was quite
umessible, on to the pathway. At the statkaa-bouse every
attendee was shows to both, but the girl became so ill that
she was subsequesUy removed to the workhouse, sad until
now had bees unable to bear removal ; her preserver, Con-
tent with the know eof having effected • rescue from
death, quietly returned. bowie to change his clothes, and was
attends
From • io
From the primaries statement to Serpent Bathe, N
division, she and an elder deter bad been left orphans about
a twelvemonth slam, sad for • time subsisted upon the
produce of some roachiee work, torether with • little
money their parents bequeathed them. This upset, sad
falling by some untold means into temptation they became
" unfortunates." While so the prisoner formed • strong
dtachmeet to • young ems with whom she subsequently
quarrelled from the fading of jealousy, which, together
with remorse, Wooed her to seek destruction as described.

Tba raegisiste having decided ors remanding the girl, she
caused a complete esematioa is the court by her repeated
sr alias of positeace far the part lied a better life for the
future; at the mare time imploring to be liberated at oars,
bat the reread vas persisted is.

*ANDSWORTH.