The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

WANDEIWORTII.

Eliza Warren, a woman, was re-examined on
a charge of robbing two aged and infirm females.
It appeared from the evidence that the almshouses in
Wendsworth.lana, Putney, are being rebuilt. and daring
the progress of the works the aged intrlaiell bane bees re-
moved to other parts of the parish. Two of the inmates,
Martha Case, aged 82 years, sad Plicebe Biggs, aged 78,
occupied • house at Putney Lowernomsnoe ; the latter
who was very infirm, lived is the lower room, and the
former, who was also infirm, but sot so bad as the other. In
the upstairs room Is consomme* of the great infirmity
of Biggs, the parochial authorities employed the primmer
from the Wandsworth Union to attend upon her, paying
her at the rate of ha. weekly. She entered on her duties
on Saturday, the Bth instant, and during the following
week Mrs. Case mimed a halfoovereign from her drawer,
and at the commencement of the second week she missed
soother half-sovereign, being all the money she possessed.
The prisoner was in the baba of taking water upstairs for
Mrs. Case, and bad the opportunity of going into her room
during her temporary absence. Mrs. Case mentioned her
Ices to her son en-law, Mr. Thomas Came, a leather-cutter,
in Putney, and he gave the prisoner into custody, as be forsod
that she had recently changed • halfoovereign at a chair.
dler's shop in the neighbourhood. It also appeared that on
Mocday, the 17th instant, the prisons! went out, as she
.fated, to Clapham, and she returned intoxicated. Three
duplicates were afterwards picked up, and one of them
related to • silver spoon sod • flannel petticoat blous-
ing to Mrs. Nap, mid which were pledged as the rams
day at the shop of Mr. Clark, at Clapham. The prisoner
was very drunk on the Saturday before, sad one of the
witessees stated that aloe had not been to say sober since she
had been armies Mrs. Biggs.
The two aged females were brought to the court in • cab,
and in oonsequeoce of their infirmities and being unable to
ascend a flight of. stairs the Nee was beard am of the
lower rooms. Beggs wee very deaf, and bad to be carried
into the room. Mrs. Cue, who was four years the senior
of the other, bad • very strong voice, sad looked consider-
ably younger than her Mead. She was, however, misted
into the room.

The prisoner, who at first protested her innooenos, now
pleaded guilty, and she was sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.

BEDFORD AND CAMBRIDOS RAILWAT.—The half-
=megrim at this eoropesy was held yesterday at the
station; Mr. H. H. Whitbread ie the their. The
secretary read the report, which stated that the receipts to
the 30th of June bad been 319,9761. 16s. Id., and the total
outlay. 343,7911. 19a. 6d. The total east of the ends/a -
in& as tar as at present could be ascertained, would be
about 370,0001. The directors regret that the cod of the
line has so tar exceeded the original estimate, but this bee
bees amused by the isereamd east ot the red. and the se-
curity for laving down hearer rails, chain, Weepers. ha,
than wee at 6ret breaded. The receipts frees tralfie during
the past belt-yeer have been 11,007/. 3e. 9d. The working
express have amounted to 3.6131. lie. 3d., end the interest
on loans to 2,2361. Os. 10d.. learns; se available balms of
5,2034 7.. Id., from which the directors recommend the
payment ot a divider, of 3• 9d. per share, amounting to
4,500 i., leer* a balsam of 7031. 7s. Id. for the next ac-
°oust. The coutreetee's year ad maintenance having ex-
pired the Use bee tees headed over to the Loudon shad
Nadi-Waters Oempany, se agreed upon. The Chairman
bray moved the adoproe of the report, which wits secoeded
by Colour' Higgins, and after some discussion was agreed to.
Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
clueing Hornimma's Me Tee very theirs at es. id. and nt
High standard ' at M. 6d. Norserty ta is the strongest
sod most &IRAN. Impaled. Agents is every town suppq Lc
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