The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-06 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

A VIOLIN? SCENE LK COURT.
Catherine df•CarMp, aged 20, but who looked much
younger, an unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Barker
with being drunk and assaulting police-constable William
Taye, 44$ ti, in the execution of his duty, in the City-
road.

The prisoner, who hu on several occasions figured at
this cant on charges of disorder, and who has only been
out of the House of Correction a few days, was making a
great disturbance and using coarse language in the City-
road. Faye asked her to go away, bat she refused and
struck him a violent blow in the face. On the way to
the policelitation the prixoner behaved in a very indecent
manner.

The prisoner, when asked to make her defence, abased
the magistrate, and made use of the most filthy, disgusting
language, sad behaved in a very violent manner.
Mr. Barker said it was lamentable to see arming girl like
the prisoner behaving in such a way as she had done in
court. He then aeatenced the prisoner to one month's bard
labour in the House of Correction.
The prisoner, who still kept calling the magistrate most
filthy names, no sooner beard the sentence than she struck
right and left at the officers of the court and the policemen
around her. Police-constable Taylor, 919 N, received •
dreadful blow in the face. For this offence Mr. Barker
ordered her to be further imprisoned for another month,
making in all two months' bard labour. The language that
the prisoner now made use of was most fearful. Such a
scene has not occurred in this court for years.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ATTLMPTED SWUM -A CRUD. MOTHER.
Mary Sullirax, a your woman, was charged with
attempting to commit suicide in the Serpentine.
The young woman was seen by a constable named
Lloyd yesterday afternoon to rush into the Serpentine.)
He lost no time in rescuing her, and took her to the receiv•
mg-house and then to Mount-street Workhouse. She told
the constable that it was her mother's fault, and that she
ill-used her sod beat her. lie went to the mother's, 17,
Jenning's•buildings, Kensington, and the mother said she
bad beaten the girl end would du so again. On inquiry of
the neighbours he found the girl had a good character, and
was very hanlwoiklig.
inspector Draper said her mother was charged with being
drunk that morning.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the girl for a few days.

SOUTHWARK.
ILTTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASsAULT ON ♦ GIRL.
. . .

Robert Armstrong, a decent-looking young man, who
appeared in his Shirtsleeves, was brought before Mr.
Barcham, charged with committing an assault upon Hannah
Ford, under the following extraordinary circumstances ;
The complainant, an intelligent irl. fifteen years of age,
but very poorly clad, said she lived with her father and
mother, hard-working people, at 10, Yorketreet, London.
road. She slept on the floor, with her sister, in the same
room with her father and mother. About 5 o'clock that morn-
ing the two latter went out to IPOlk, leaving the door open.
Shortly afterwards she was roused out of her ',lumbers by
some one assaulting her in bed, and she saw it was the pri-
soner, undressed. She called out to her sister, when the
prisoner desisted from his violence and dressed himself,
when her sister called in a constable and gave him into
custody.
The sister, a married women, just out of her confinement,
said that in consequence of her husband being in the
country she lived with her father and mother. she was
roused ap this morning, and seeing the prisoner in bed as-
saulting her sister she was much alarmed and screamed out.
The prisoner said, "Its all right; have some gin." She,
however, caught hold of him, and gave into custody.
Sergeant Gardner, the acting inspector at Stones-sad
statioo said he called in the divisional surgeon to examine
the girl, and it was his opinion she had sustained no serious
itury.
The prisoner very coolly said he knew nothing about it,
until lie found himself in the statMn.house. All he knew
was that he bad been drinking with a lot of girls who bad
robbed him of his money and mat.
Mr. Burnham sentenced him to three months' hard labour
under the Aggravated Assaults Act.

ANOTHER DEATH IN THE REGENT'S CANAL.—
(Tins DAT.)—This morning, at an early hour, as a barge-
man was navigating a veered through the Regent's.eanal, at
Cambridge•henth-gate, Hackney. he saw a bonnet lying on
the towing-path near the bridge. He raised an alarm,
when one of the lock-keepers procured the drags, and after
a few minutes the body of a female about 60 yeses oleo was
brought to the surface. She had only been is the waters
few hours and was very poorly clad. Her pocket was
empty. At ten o'clock to-day the deceased was identified '
as Ann Turner, the wife of aeordwainer raiding at Bothnia-I
pm's. An inquest will be bald os the body to-morrow.
The cause of the e 4 is supposed to be destitution.
FATAL ACCIDENT DT DROWNING.—A correspon-
dent writes to us :—" Walking along the beaks of the Lea river '
this morning, between half-past 10 and 11, I saw a son of
Mr. senillworth, employed at Mr. Adams', silversmith.
Hoeier•lane, playing. Soddenly the ehild saw some wild
forget-me-nots, and leaned over to pick them, when unfortu-
nately he fell in. He was in the water fully 15 minutes
before his body was recovered. Dr. Summers, of Homerton,
attended ; and, during his &bermes his body was rubbed
with hot flannels and brandy. The remedies proved unavail-
ing."