The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-04 00:00:00

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.) ,

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Judie. Williams.)
THE ACTON MURDER.

Mr. fatal applied to the must for the postponement of
the trial of the prisoners charged with the murder of the
police-coostable et Acton, to the next session.
Mr. Clerk, who sou instructed to prosecute on behalf of
the Treasury, consented to the application, sod the case
ocasequently steads postponed.
. _

A similar application was made by Serjeant Ballsntine
(who was specially retained) m behalf of John Edwards and
William Lester, who are charged with manslaughter by
reason of an accident that occurred at one of the stations of
the Metropolitan Railway a Mai time back.
This trial was also postponed.
Caroline Burns, 13, a diminntive.looking girl, was
=ed with the wilful murder of her male illegitimate

Mr. Ribtoe prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by

It appeared that the prisoner wu living at the time
as a mastic servant with a lady named Hill, in
Beaumont-street, On Sunday, the Ist of
February list, the prisoner complained to her mistress that
she was unwell, and As advised her to go to bed,
which she did. The next day her mintier!, had
oocasion to go to a cupboard in the room in
which the prisoner slept, and on turning over some clothes
which were in the cupboard, she took up a skirt, out of
which rolled the body of a male child. A cord was tied
round the nook of the child, and it warn quite dead. Medical
assistance was sent for, and upon the body being examined,
the appearances which it presented led the medical gen-
tlemen to come to an opinion that the child bad been
born alive. A post aortae examination was made
and it was ascertained that death was caused by Ntrangula-
tioe. The cords which was round the neck was not
tied very tightly. There was a livid mark round the neck,
which was very much more vivid on one aide than the other,
and the mark was not complete, and the medical
gentlemen expressed their opinion that the child had
breathed. They stated, however, that the prisoner
might have made use of the tape in the agonies
of her confinement without any intention of causing
the death of the child, and that the child might have been
suffocated by lying on its face.
[The trial was proceeding when our report left.]

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Bina Bramwell.)

William' °tiedland, 22, tailor, William Crane, 21,
shoemaker, Charles Lawrence, 21, labourer, and George
Wright, 20, sweep, were indicted for attempting to break
and enter the dwelling-bouts of Jonethan 841, and for
musing grievous bodily harm to William Thome, a police-
constable, with intent to resist their lawful apprehension.
Mr. Clerk and Mr. (bridge prosecuted. and Mr. F. H.
Lewis, Mr. M. Williams, and Mr. Pater defended.
The facts of the ewe were these. The prosecutor is a
polies-constable, and upon the morning of the 30th of
December, shortly after 6 o'clock, be was on ditty in
Churchetreet, Bethnal-green, when he saw the three pri-
soners standing near the Bell beer-shop, and after watching
for some time, he saw the prisons, Goodland and the others
=ag to effect an entrance there. He went up and
to take Gooiland into custody, and in ,
order to do so he struck at him with his truncheon,
when Goodland struck him a violent blow on the
head with a crow-bar, which rendered him insensible sod
he has since been unable to attend to his duties, and all
the prisoners, more or less, took part in the amendt on the
coostable. They all got away at the time but were subse-
quently taken in custody, Lawrence at Parham, upon
another charge.
The case for the prosecution haying closed, the jury,
under the direction of his lordship, Acquitted Wright ; area
in the case of the other prisoners were locked up to consider
their verdict.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

ATTINFT MINDEN OF TWO cumnuat AND ATTEMPT=

IMICIDI OP TEC NOME&

Caroline Rathurn, aged 23, a roc ectably-attired woman,
who described herself as of no occupation, and refused her
address, was charged before Mr. Barker with attempting to
commit suicide by throwing. herself into the water of the
Regmlfs-ausal, under the following peculiar circumrtanoss :
It from the evidence that th defendant is
nursedworms but is separated from her husband,
it is stated through her loose and unfortunate beha-
viour. On more than one co:anima has she been separated
from her husband. Last week she had some word, with
him, and then she alleged that he ill-used her, and celled
her bad names. The prisoner wee seen on the towing path
of the Regent's-canal walking up and down in a
very excited stale, and as it appeared that the was
about to throw herself into the water. as well as two
children who were with her, eons men went op to her and
gave her into custody. It was then found that she bed a
rope round both her children, which wee attached to her
waist, and As stated that it was her intention to throw
herself into the water and kill both her children and her.
self. She also said that she was tired of her life, sad Bomar
than pat up with an more difficulties, she would put an
end to her and bar • atisteoce.

Yr. Barker asked the prisoner what she had to my in
lamer to the charge.
The prisoner, who had two black eyes, and who treated
the metier with the greatest indifferenos, mid it was all
tree, and that she did it because her husband had left her.
Some ass in court called out, " Yes, became dyour
giog too mach to drink.*
Yr. Barker mid it was e very salons charge, and remanded
her to the Home of Detention.