The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,; MAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1862.

CROWN COURT.

Asia 8011, 42, a post-office tettereartier; pleaded-guilty
to en indictment which charged hint with feloniously steal-
ing a letter containing two half-sovereigns and two postage
stamps, the property of the Postmaster-General.
Mr. Hume!! and Mr. C. Pollock conducted the prose-
cution.
. The prisoner was employed u a lettercarrier and sorter
et the Epsom post-office ; and while employed to three capa-
cities, it appeared that he committed the offence imputed
'to him. _ _

He was sentenced to four yeah' penal servitude.
Charles Rawson, 50, described as a tutor, wee charged
with feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, the pro-
perty of Thomue Leonard, at Kingston.
Mr. Kingston prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by
Mr. Oppenbeim.
This prisoner was committed for trial at these mixes in
1860, but upon that occasion it appeared that he made •
desperate attempt to destroy himself, and there was no doubt
i that he was insane, and the jury found that he was not in a
St state of mind to plead, and upon this he was sent to
' Bedlam as a criminal lunatic, and aims that time, as hie
mind has become restored, be was, by order of the Secre-
tary of State, sent hack to take his trial The midmost
went to show that the prosecutor WY a farmer, living near
Kingston, and that in the beginning of the year 1880 the
stack in question was discovered to be on fire. The pnaorter
was met by • police-constable coming from the spot, and it
appeared that he admitted that he dad set fire to the stack,
an conduct was such as to leave very little doubt that
he was at this time in • state of insanity.
Mr. Oppenheim having addressed the juryfor the prisoner,
they returned • verdict of Not Guilty on the pound at
insanity, and the prisoner was ordered to be detained during
her Majesty's pleasure.
Robert Randall, V, printer, was charged with feloniously
cutting and wounding Aerie Hills with intent to murder
and to do her grievous bodily harm.
The prisoner was Ida charged with bigamy, in having
feloniously intermarried with the same prusecutrix, he
having, wife alive at the lima

The Mon. G. Demuth and Mr. Sharps coaduoted the pro-
secution on behalf of the Treasury.
The prosecutrix in this cam was • woman ahead the same
egs as the prisoner; and it appeared that they were married
at Croydon in September, 1880, and lived together in that
town, and about a year after the marriage had Mks* piths
the prisoner admitted that he had • wife living. Oa the
SZth July the prisoner's real wife cams to the house when
the prisoner and prosecutrix were living, and expressed her
intention to give the prisoner in charge, and he asked the
prosecutrix whether she would appear against him. She
told him that she would, and he then polled her upon hie
.knee and wanted to carols her. She requested that be
would let her go, and got away from him, and went to
another room, and the prisoner's wife told bee to put on her
bonnet and shawl, and go with her to the policeetation,
and they went out together. The prisoner followed
them, and they mot a policeman, and the wife wanted to
give him into custody for bigamy. The polise-coastsh*
however, refused to take the charge without a warrant, and
the two women and the prisoner walked cc towards tits polies-
statics. When they had gone a short distance. the prisoner
addressed the prow/atria, and said, " ABM, doyen mesa to
pram the charge against me r and she replied that she did.
The prisoner then mid that she had better say "no and
if she did he would go right away, and, at the isms time,
pat his arm round her neck and agile noted her not to press
the charge. She told him that the would, and the primmer
instantly made • desperate attempt to cut her throat with •
razor, and wounded her in two places in the neck. The in-
juries, however, were not of • very serious character, and
this probably arose from the fact that she had on at the
time a thick woollen shawl, which was cut completely
through. After the act had been committed the prisoner
went into a shop, where he was seen to Mom the raaor, and
he then went to his own house, where he was taken into
custody. It was stated in the course of the case that the
prisoner had been at one time insane, and was confined in •
lunatic asylum, but that he was discharged cured.
The prisoner cross examined the prosecutrix at toms
length in • rambling incoherent Dimmer, his object appa-
rently being to show that the prosecotrix had conducted
herself in an immoral manner. She denied that this was
true, but she admitted that she lived with the prisoner some
tame after she was aware that he had been married before
and that his wife was living.
When he was examined before the magistrate, it appeared
that the prisoner said, " I am not going to condemn myself
much. My lint marriage was a very unhappy cos, and I
walked the streets of London all night, and was eventually
sent to • lunatic asylum ; but, thank Clod, I am now cured,
and am perfectly sure."
The primmer, when called upon for his defence, addressed
jury in an ;zoned manner, and declared that be loved
the proseentrix most dearly, that be Wad the ground she
walked on ; but she had acted most cruelly towards hint,
and she and her cianions had assaulted him, and he was
driven beside himself
.
Baron Bramwell having summed up, the jury found the
prisoner Guilty of wounding the prosecutrix with intent to
do her grievous bodily harm.
Evidence was then gam into upon the charge of bigamy,
and it was clearly made out that he had married his find
wife sixteen years ago, and that ohs was still alive.
He was found Guilty, and Mr. Haase, the governor of
Horsemonger-lane Gaol, stated that the prisoner had been
convicted a great many times of violent assaults.
Baron Bramwell, in poring sentence, said that the pri-
soner bad been convicted of every serious offence, and thaws
was no doubt that be was • very violent man, and it was
absolutelyJ necessary to protect the public from him for a
very enosideeable period. Something had been said about
his mind being affected, and if it should turn out that this
was the oath, it was possible, if he was cured, that there
might be some mitigation of the sentence, but at present he
felt it bin duty to order him to be kept in penal servitude
for fifteen yam.
When the meteor:* was pronounced the prisoner became
very violent, and Its made use of most foul language to the
prosecutrix, and it was with considerable difficulty that he
was removed from the dock.

THE POLICE COURTS.

YANSION•BOUSE.

Charles Bat, who described himself r a batter, residing
at No.lo, WcempM, York, was pieced at the baryeiter-
day, before Mr. 3ldermaa Humpleery, who was sitting
.for
the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing a diamond ring
value 81., from the shop of Mr. U0C1017111.1, jeweller, Ib4,
Penchurch-street, under the followiog circumstances :

The prisoner went into the chop at' the prosecutor, and
wished to look at some gem rings which were in a tray in
the window. They were shown to him by Alfred Collins,
the assistant, and after taking some out of the compartments
and looking at them, he said he wanted one for his sister,
and he would call again. The assistant examined the tray
and mimed • diamond ring, and in its place be maw one
something similar, bat It was " Brummagem," tieing only
mate. lie went rated the counter before the primmer had
time to Imre the shop, and called the porter hoes next
door, and on his return to the couatat be saw the ring
which be had missed lying ea the tray, eat a • compart-
ment, and the one which had been substituted in its place
was gone. The prisoner was given into custody and
marched, and only lid. was found upon him. The spurious
nag was not found.
The prisaror said be was looking at a pearl nag In the
window, and the witness being at the shop door he asked
him the price of it ; be told him the price, and asked to
be allowed to show ft him. He went In and looked at it,
and took • card of tie shop, for the purpose of taking it to
• lady who wanted a ring of the description.
The prisoner was remanded.
William Callahan, well known to the police, was brought
up au charge of stealing a gold watch, value 74 Ms., from
the poison of Carlo GiumtlL
The prosecutor was en Italian, and at the requeet of the
oourt Mr. Pollakeyorlio happened to be present, interpreted
the evidence.

It appeared the prosecutor was standing in Abigate, ad-
miring a riffs volooteer ompii, which was passing at the
time, and listening to the music, wilts he suddenly felt a
tug at his guard chain, and missed his watch. The prisoner,
who was close at hit side, immediately ran off ; and was
followed by the prosecutor, who caught him and gave him
into custody. The watch was not found.
The prisoner was remanded.
Captain and Adjutant Ewen., of the Leaden Bide
Volunteer Brigade, attended to take out saoiniestme
against is of the members of that corps, for the isto-pay-
moot of their sokecriptions under the 44 Geo. 3, cap. 84,
see. 11. Under that section, volunteers summoned for tbe
son•payment of their subsriptiorn are liable, to he med.
to pay double the mound for which they are surnmostd,
the order of the ssmittrate before whom the cots-
plaint is heard.
BOW-EiTIUUST. . .
. A sturdy-looking man, mined Wrench, dressed u a sailer,
was charged with assaulting Br. 1111111111 Wyatt, solicitor,
With latent to rob him.

Mr. WyMt etatd that M shout two o'clock that morning
he went to the Opera Hebei to ask for a had. He fmael
that they had not • bed to let. As be tuned away from
the door, the prisoner, who was standing near mid had evi-
dently overheard his conversation with the porter, offend
to show him when he meld get a lodging. He si=
'" don't want to have anything tom, toying; sag
away, bailie primmer, mod to his umooyeass, ponigal
kalowiegg biasut about. Atter walking through rougraligrosts,
to try to rid of the primer, be arrived at IA&
whet the primmer again blared hie Wyk., Sikh*
he agile daelined. The primmer. than said, " you
Uwe taken ma wok al wod, eve nm
Mm
.1,1061r.'‘ Heflin We, tW,
gam the pcitgour wow Ho Om
ass mpg*rr a vety sin
lot sours tuerw." -drew *Ova Acrd hje
packet, and gam the primmer mother per* ammo
aver in his brad, whisk Ilse mdleser meat have aesa. The

over struck him a violeet blow on the eh Net and knocked
down. die ind no doubt the primmer's intention was
' to rob him, and that he would have done so, but that a
policernab came np at the nislusent and took him in custody.
Yaliewaso E 40 eorrabaniteL
tr Tho primes; who offered as dolonoa, was committed for

TOE CASE OP artrziarza POISONING.

- - -
' Yesterday Constane Wilson alias Catharine
Tager wan again brought up at lembeth pollee-office for
father examinstiou on the distinct sod separate charges of
having caused, by the administration of poison, the deaths
al Mrs. Awn. Atkinson and of Mre. Samos. The court, as
on Use forma amigos:o, was dowdy crowded, and the lA.
most interest prevailed during the whole of an unusually
pretreated inquiry. That interest was greatly increased
whaq in the course of the proceedings a third charge was
venWated, in relatibn to the death by poison -of a young
peal.* named James ith whom it was proved
the prisoesr had cohabited, and Dixon,'who died two months before
She late Mrs. Soarnes.
clitipperflekl, as before, appeared for the prosecution,
and iltr:Xeale was again in attendance to watch the pro.
**Nap on behalf of the prisoner, who, notwithstanding her
late attack of innate, seemed to have regained her ac-
customed health.

Mr. Chimerfield said that he proposed to give further
evidence relating to the death of Mrs. &times, and that
widow. would be of an important character, as it tended
to show a motive for the commission of the offence with
which the prisoner stood charged. In cases of this kind,
when it milii:tbe somewhat deoubtful as to the immediate
came of death, motive weal the highest impatience. He
should show as early as December 10,1856, within six
week' atm the prisoner had guns to reside at Mn.
floames'e she commenced borrowing money from the
deceased lady. He should prove that she bad pledged
almost everything, and on Christmas-day she had alleged
that she bad been robbed in the street of between 601. and
701., and sent to Mrs. Semmes a person whom he should
call to borrow from her • sovereign. This she
and in the January followiag she was still more=
for mousy, and having induced the deceased to join her in
a security, she applied to • loan society, and is April ob.
tamed a loan of 201. There could be no doubt that the pri-
mmer had obtained from the deemed up to the 11th of
October so is.. • rum than VOL, and the V/. which the de.
ceased had that day obtained from her hrether, Mr. Hamm,
had got into the hands of the wiener, for after the death
only a few shillings were found in the house. There-
fore, if he showed that the prisoner was living extrava-
'Airily, having an income that be should prove was ooly
al. per annum, which she derived under the will of the
late (knish) Memo, of Boston, who died under her care,
them was more than an inference that the mousy she was
Ong was instalarly and improperly obtained. About
ihe comMenommut of 1886 she was cohabiting with a per-
son named Dixon, who used to be visited by • friend named
Snuff, rritb, wheal the prisoner opened • correspoodence,
sad be should put in six letters addressed by her to Scott,
if which she stated that she was expending a large amount
al many on this Dixon' and declared that expenditure to
ham amounted from the preceding Michaelmas to 901. every
farthing of it. In another rib* spoke of an expenditure of
M. on Dixon, while his own earnings were only twenty.
five shillings a week. Dixon died in 1858, precisely two
months before the late Kra. &awes, and the prisoner de-
elared in one of her letters to Scott that the came of his
death was rapid consumption. The learned gentlenme here
read extracts from a correspondence, commencing Marsh,
1866, and continued down to the 18th of July in the name
year, to corroborate the statement he had made, and a/se to
show that the spellieg was similar to that in the remarkable
Me received by the family of Mrs. Seamen subsequent to
her death, and the mutants of Which were • mere
That letter, the court would recollect, purported to emanate
from • man with whom the deceased lady had formed a coo-
tie:ion, and was, as the prisoner alleged, on the point of
marriage. The letter was couched in the following !anemia :
' Dear Maria, —I hope you was not very hurt at my not
being at home on Friday. I was surprised to bare • lady in
black wanted me. I cant let you have the 80 pounds now,
but if yen will let me have 101. more i will by Dent Monday
come to the corner, and dont say any of what you are going
to do to anybody. Send me woad if you was not well after
you got home on Wenaday, as you was unhappy in the
afternoon. direct the letter as the first used to be, for the
old postman found fault in the street. be chareful and
come on Wenaday. i will be there. write by return.—
Yours."

In comparing this latter with those he (Mr. Chipperfleld)
had quoted from it would be found that is no lees than
twelve particulars were they identical in many leading fea-
tures. He should now call the daughters of Mrs. Samos,
who would state all that bad passed from the Wednesday
when their mother had visited their uncle, and obtained
from him the loan of 9f. up to the time of her diestl, and
this would negative the story the prisoner hadestup, that
the deceased lady formed some conuesion with this un-
known and nameless man, which had been kept back from
her daughters; that she had gone to her brother, sad ob-
tained the loan of ten pounds ; that she had afterwards
seen this man, and that he had made some disclosures
which troubled the mind of deceased, and thereupon she
bad oonte.lionte and committed suicide.

Mrs. Neacke wee then called and deposed that she was the
wife of Mr. Heiman Neecks, who was • watchmaker resid-
ing at Brunswiek, in Germany. She wee the daughter of
the late Mrs. Souse. and was living with
her mother in Alfred-street, Rusell-square, when
the prisoner came to lodge there, in November
18b.S. The prisoner had the first floor unfurnished, and
became very intimate with her :mother, almost Mame.
diately after she came there. Witness did not know of any
pecumary transactions between them, and her mother had
never told her of any. Up to the night of Wednesday, the
155th October, 18.36, the night she had been taken M, her
bother had enjoyed extraordinarily good health, suffering
only from a bilious attack every sow and then, which gave
way at the end of a day. On the day just mentioned she re-
coßsated mother visiting her untie at Holloway, sod re-
turning about four in the afternoon, when they had tea to-
gether; and she was then in her usual health and spirits. After
tea the prisoner came down-stairs, and, asked the deceased
to up.stairs to her room, sayiog site
she
to speak to her. The deceased went up-stairs, and she saw
no more of her until six o'clock on the following morning,
when she came down-stain to call whams and her sister.
The deceued said at the time that she had got one of her
bilious attack —a very bad one—that she was very ill, and
that she must go to bed again. Witmer, did _not sea her
again until a little before dinner time, when she found her
very ill and very sick. She complained of peke in her
chest ma well. The prisoner was in attendance on the
deceased, emptying the basins and talking to her. The
attacks of vomiting came on very frequently—she
should think every ten minutes. Witness wished her
to have a doctor, bet her mother said, " No, I'm ewe I'll
get better soon." At nine o'clock the same evening the
vomiting was still continuing, and her mother was if any-
thing wave. The retching was as violent as in the day-
time. Until witness went to bed on that night she was
frequently in the room, and always found the prisoner with
her mother, attending her solely as her nurse. Her
mother complained,: besides sickness, of pains in the chest
earl great weakness. The doctor, Mr. Wbidborne, was
sent for on the Friday 111110111( Witness was not present
at his interview with her mother, but the prisoner was.
Medicine was sent soon after the doctor left, and witness
saw it administered several times, and always by the pri-
soner, who took it down-staire.with her after every adminis-
tration. In the course of Friday, after having taken medi-
cine, it did not seem to relieve the deceased in the least.
Witness eat up with her mother on that Friday eight, and
when the red of the family left, at about twelve o'clock,
the demand said she felt easier, upon which the prisoner,
who was pyeseat, maid, " Yon must take acme more medi-
eine—it is time." She then went downstairs, fetched
• bottle sf medicine, from which she poured a
portion into • glass, and gave it to the deceased, who very
WOO after she had taken it became very much worse, com-
a chat, violent pains in her ch and said, "she was sure
ribted the medicine, and that she should not take any more
at it.'

Mr. Nortoo —Did you ever her your mother say anything
about the medicine being hot and burning to the mouth?
Witoms—No, sir : I can't say I did.
By M. Olepperfleld —The mlour of the medicine was a
light brown or darkish yellow. W hen the deceased said she
weak' take no more of the medicine, the 'nevem said to
her, "Oh, it is sent to do you good. Her mother
became much worse. and she sent for the doctor
and returned in half an hoar. On her return
she found her mother dill wave, and the permer•
told her that the deemed had been so eutremely ill while
she wee away that she dad not think she would live till she
came back. Her mother rimmed in great &gassy, and to be
suffering dreadful pains in her chest, and she died in hall
an hour atter Witness's ream The prisoner did not say
anything to witness as to the came of death. After the in-
quest, or, rather, very sooe after her mother was buried, the
prisoner told Mimes that her mother hid borrowed 104
from her. Witness said she did not know anything about
that before, upon which the prisonerrepaid she could pro-
duce a receipt, and mho gam hex • piece of paper oo which
was written, " I promise to pay the bearer or bolder the
sum of 101. on demand." That paper was lost or destroyed,
but it was signed in hermothara handwriting, and witnem
samba. the IW. After her mother'sdeath witless, dimovered
that Mare wan only. few shillielp I. the home, and she was
timpetere obliged at once to barrow a sem of merry !rem
be...thpity the useesemy express'. Her melba' Ind
that bar property, which consistedbf harm
hot try worrying to her. She however paid beg wily
d=dmiLlip if:, within the last sir or seven weeks of
hetwarl . The hedonism's account. which Med to be
paid weakly wise thin kept back. Her mother's . prepay
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lettieg thsh.expeediture el not
thirty a lee& L Mesi-eureshatien the.witases
and that she sitinads4 the Inquest oe her "tether with
prisoner,fine
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to And fault with the psissuer's ettentiocs to her mother,
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