The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-10 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Elizalea Gray, a woman far advanced in years, was
placed at the bar, before Ir. Burnham, charged with steal.
mg a quantity of bed linen and infant's wearing apparel, the
property of Elizabeth Laagridge.
It med from the evidence of the prosecutrix that
out charity she had employed the primmer to stteed beer
during her confinement sod shortly after the birth of the
child. on the 24th ult., the prisoner absconded, taking with
her the property in question, and nothing more was seen of
her until the previous day, when she was met accidestaby
the prosectitrix, who at once wither into the custody tithe
Bret policeman she met, and on being searched the pawn-
broker's duplicates relating to the stolen articles were found
upon her. . _ .

'The prisoner, with great effrontery, stated that she had
taken the articles to raise money for a cup of tea and other
refreshments, ter while she was is atteodaace noon the
prateentrix she was half starred, uo provision being made
for her.

---Tieprosecutrix emphatically denied this auertion, and
repeated that she had taken the prisoner out of charity,
and that, though her fare was homely, it wu good and
abundant.

Mr. Burcham told the prisoner that she had been guilty
of a most nograteful robbery, but taking into consideration
her sdnocsd years the sentence would be limited to la
day,' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Cor-
rection.

THAMES.

A withered old Trish woman, named Eleanor M'Corstark.
was charged with stealiog • pound and a half of bacon
from the shop of Kr. John Crew. a cheemenooger, Com-
mercial•rced East.
It &neared from the evidence ci Henry Pbippe, the pro-
secutor's shopman, that he now the primmer loitering about
his master's shop ad watched bee. She mugged. however,
usperceived to switch a piece of keen from the shopbeard,
sod put it under her shawl. A few monde afterwards Mr.
Phipre missed the hams, and west after the primmer. He
took the piece of meat from her mad weber into custody
of Polloncoastable Chandler, 117 H, to whom she mid that
she took the boom for a lark ; but the proprietor
of the shop sad his servants were mot at all damped to
treat the matter as a joke, because they bed lost pieces of
cheese and lump of bacon when Eleanor bed visited them
before, sod insisted oa bees being looked np. Chandler said
the primmer bad been i■ etudody fifty times for pilfering
from the shops, and that head, meat, vegetables, or any
that came in her war bed bees Maim by her. She bad
bees repeatedly punished for theft.
The primmer who groaned incessantly. called epos all the
Wage is the esiamisr to bear Wiser she "was a lose widely

women, and itlist she was ss innocent ad the bleated bablis
that were Diver born.°
Mr. Woolrych—Yott make a business of this. You go
from shop to shop pilfering. I sentence yoe to three
months' imprieooment end hard labour.
Eleanor anathematised Chandler as she was leaving the
dock, and said, " Ye zonnbering villain, ye would transport
me if ye dared—ontily three months, ye villain. This is
my victory, and be hanged to you."
Margaret Gibbons, a wretched and dhaipated woman, who
has been repeatedly in custody, was cheesed with being
drunk and disorder y, and attempting self-destruction.
The prisoner bas mode repeated uosnccessful attempts to
commit suicide. She has plunged into the docks on several
occasions and been rescued. She has Lung herself in the
polio. cells, and io the cells attached to the Thames Police
Court, being cut down before life was extinct. Mr. Wool.
rych has in the kindest manner endeavoured to reclaim
her, sod spoke to her on the folly and wretchedness of her
course of life when she was last remanded to the House of
Detention for a week, that .he might receive the spiritual
advice and exhortations of the chaplain.
The previous night the prisoner was in Kies David-lane,
Shadwell, making a disturbance in front of the station-
house there. She was intoxicated and very much excited.
She ,was tams into the station and locked op. A few ou.
iota afterwards Charles Witt, a police-constable, went Into
the cell where the prisoner was walked, and, although ano-
ther woman was alongside of her, she had contrived to fasten
a piece of tape round her neck, and her face was swollen and
discoloured. The constable said, " What do you mean by
this r and cut the tape. He sprinkled water on her face
revived her, and left her. Half an-hour after this a second
alarm was given. She had twisted a handkerchief round her
neck and was black in the face. A surgeon was called in,
who revived her. Next morning, at haihput eight o'clock,
although closely watched, she twisted her apron round her
throat. Charles Wbiseon, 396 K, with difficulty saved her,
and took away her apron.
William Bloom, 458 K, said the prisoner was before Mr.
Partridge five weeks ago for attempting to commit suicide,
and she was then sent to prison for a month in default of
boding a surety.
Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner bad made so many
attempts on her life that he was now under the painful
necessity of committing her for trial.