The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTS.

BOW.STAEET.

Two aisle, both wider 16, slimed Emily Florence Drayton
and Anne Wmdawnrth, were charged with having in their
possession two gold rings of considerable valise, and not
being able to give a satisfactory amount of them.
It appeared that the feistiest Drayton tendered the rings
in pledge to Mr. Boast, pawnbroker, Loag-acre, and oa his
inquiring where she got them, she replied from a friend."
He detained the rings while she went to fetch her Weed,
and in a few minutes she returned with the other prisoner,
who said she picked op the rings near Bpring-gardeos. He
seat for a mutable and gave them in charge. The prisoner
Wordsworth adhered to her story, that she had found the
rings in the street; and the other prisoner said that she was
with her at the time, and though she did not see the rings
till is the possession of her companion, she had no doubt
that the latter Flaked them up at that time. When en-
asaMed before the magistrate the prisoners would give no
information as to who were their friends, but it bad since
bees ascertained that Wordsworth bad bow a servant in the
family of Lord Lisburne, and bad been &wham. d for an
alleged theft of a sovereign. No laicisation had been
obtained as to the ownership of the rings.
Mr. O'Brien (clerk to the court) observed that advertise-
ments were frequently seen in the papers announcing that
property of small value wee is the hands of the police, sup-
posed to have been stolen, and inviting the owners to some
forward and claim it. Wes it not Mange that such a course
had not bee taken in this caws, where the property wee
worth more than 601. ? . .

Mr. Jardine thought that this coarse ought to have been
adopted.
The soother of the prisoner Wordsworth here came for-
ward ard asked whether the magistrate amid in any way
sadist her in controlling her daughter, who had been a very I
good and well-behaved girl sisal lately, when she had
fallen tato bad company, and had been led astray.
Mr. Jardine could only hope that the imprisonment she
had already undergone would be a warning to her, and that
she would go home with her mother, sad be careful la her
conduct fur the faints. Tile Hoge mat revisit in the care
of the pollee, and the priethers, though they mast now be
discharged, might be ag►in apprehended if any farther
evidence against them should arise.

Ito li-STREIT.

Joists Waddeir. ;1;;;;;;7•;;;;;47;itsilikat , residing at
N 0.4, Dudley-coact, was charged with violently sasaulting
his wife, Asia Waddell.
The prosemstris, whose head and face presented a dread-
ful appearaarle being covered with adhesive plaster. stated
that she had been married to the prisoner about seven years,
and lived with him in an apartment at No 4, Dedley-court
Oa Tuaday night she was to bed with her child, a little girl
about seven years of age, and at one o'clock the defendant
came home rather the wore, for liquor, and odd the little
girl for sew gin. While the child was gone the prisoner
polled whims out of bed and threw her down on the floor.
He then knelt upon her stomach, and with his flits beat her
about the head and face with all his force. He
afterwards laid bold of her hair and pulled her
across the room, and tore a portion of her hair
from her head. Ton cruel treatment he followed
up by attempting to strangle, bee. She screamed out
" Murder!" as loud as she w s able, and he then seined
a hammer, sad struck her several times on the but of lur
head, and, as a finish to his brutality, kicked her about
the body with his heavy boots until he had rendered her
insensible. Some neighbours subsequently fetched a
constable, and prisoner was given into custody. She was
afterwards taken to the hospital, where her wounds were
drooped. Witness added that be had repeatedly anon her
before, bat she had always kept it quiet.
Charlotte Howard corroborated the principal part of pro-
sodden's statement.
The tanner did sot attempt to deny the charge.
Mr. Hardwick committed the prisoner tsr trial under the
Aggravated Assaults Act, which renders his liable to three
years' imprisonment.
LAI% BEI H.

Emily Pritchard. a middle-aged temele, was finally exa-
mined before Mr. Elliott, on • charge of dropping her infant
child in Rosemary Branch fields, Peckham, os the Bth of
last swath, and leaving it exposed to the cold air, so that it
died on the 25th of the same month.
Mrs. Emily Hudson deputed that on the taming of the
Bth of last month, at about halt past eight o'clock, she heard
the cries of ma infant at some dinette*, sod on going to the
spot ski found a female child at about 100 yards from her
own house, is • lonely place. The infest was lying on its
back by the aide of a shed, and was wrapped up in a black
shawl, and she took it to the hoses of Mr. Cliff ird, the
relit 'Meer. It screamed dreadfully ill the way, and
by the desire of Mr. Clifford site took it to Camberwell
workbeves.
Mr. Jobs Besithere, the master of Camberwell workhouse,
ma, that on the Bth of last month the child brought by the
last wittiest was admitted into the workhouse, sod on the
26th it died. It was a sickly child, sad was under medical
treatment from the time of its admission into the workhouse
until its death. Atheist 8 o'clock on the morals, of Sunday
fortnight the prisoner was brought to the workhouse by •
polio:ems, who informed him that she bad given her.ell
feet kis eastody for dropping a child sear the Romney
Bauch. He (lir. Basithers) asked her if that was the ease,
and the mriseser repaid that it was—that somebody bad
"split" spas her, sad that she had gives Wad up to pre-
vent that pewees getting the reward offered by the parish
far her approbestkm. He deseribed to her the child takes
to Mr. Clifford's, and its &setae, and she. said It was the
some. Ho then told her the child was dead, end she appeared
very meth but, sad scatty faisud, tad could net speak for
some time-
Jells Cards der sed that the prbeser had lodged with her
at bee hods la Orthard-street, last-lass, 11•Iworth. sleet
Christmas last. like wee attained is Nswisgtos wet k-
hoses in Aortae last, and same oat es the 6th of Benum-
b/sr, with her infest. The prisoner bad sever provided may
thing for her child, exempt one shirt, whisk she made oat of
a pocket-bandkarchlist, and which was then produced as the
cue wets by the infant that bad died at the workhouse.
Os the semis" of the Bth of September mitame was ost,
and es her return the primer told her that the father of
bar AIM had takes it away with if. foe the purpose of
placing It to nano with his sister, who retitled at Waisted.
The Omer having declined saying 'arid% I. demos,
• Mr. mums was attest to tomtit het foe trial, bat lading
that &houseroom who had atteaded the latest easel sodden
that the eapeenre of the Johns bad set asellsesisd Me
Math or bees the same et it, be took the esmi steer the
Aggravated Await La, sad committed the lands to two
sesetbs' hard 'abed.

BALI 01 LONDON NZWBPAPIIII.—Tbe itaartarly
Ml. a taiga is at ea* Hanlapial. Lttarary 'sedum
*SI Mid as Friday. Mr. W. Hall ellslatlair M •• BAWL"
Tbe Loam dailka sold as follows :—Tuttae. ida.r;eaDeily
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ld.; Skipping GANN, Id.—asailoriand