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

THAMEd.

Catherine Herrington, a mantillas, bleated, and &ad•
pated woman, apparutly about 60 yews of age, who owned
to being 40 onb,, wu charged with Outing a. pair of boots
sad a waistcoat ken a Nader named Stephan.

Jimmy Wells. police-constable 495 A, said the prisoner
had been in custody a great many times—he could not say
bow often—and had been summarily convicted eight or
nine times, and sentenced to short periods./ imprisonment.
She was oroe coovicted at the Clarkenweil &Moos for
robbing a sailor of his watch sod money, and stripping him
of his clothes at the fame time, and was sentenced to
eighteen, months' imprisonment and herd labors. She
had very recently been released from prison. Ia
February lest she wu brought before Mr. Belle charged
with a serious highway robbery. She knocked down and
pi-need a seaman In Ratcliffe-highway, end robbed him c:
his watch, and Mr. Self* would have committed bee to the
Central Criminal Court for trial, but was prover:ad from
doing so owing to the prosecutor leaving England in 101
ship for Indiana the very day she was brought before the
magistrate. Mr. Self* then said no me deserved meal
eel vitae for life more than the prisoner, and that be wu
compelled to decide the case summarily, under the Cri-
minal Justice Act, because the prosecutor was going to
see, end he sentenced her to six months' imprisonment
and hard labour. The prisoner had been in the practice
of stopping drunken sailors, and she was not over scrupu-
lous about ill-using or knocking down any man who made
any resistance.
The prosecutor in this cue said that he was intoxicated,
and that he was robbed of his waistcoat end tarts..

Apoliesconatable named Pye, 87 K, stated that be saw
the primate and a man corns oat of a publiohouse in Shad-
well. She warn carrying a pair of meal's boots. He fol-
lowed the primmer and took her into custody, ea which her
companies struck hint a violent blow oe the ride of the
head. He secured the prisoner, and her bully ran away.
The wittier time produced the boots, which were identified
by fitepfseee, who was without any on his feet.
The countable said that he foetid a duplicate relating to •
waistcoat co the prisoner.
Louisa Brown stated that she saw the seller asleep on a
beech in • public-house. The priseowr sod • man with her
were " muddling " the sailor. Catherine Harrington felt
fa his pockets and could not find any mousy in them. The
primmer then "muddled" the tailor, end took off his boots.
The prisoner was remanded to ascertain whether the
ticket of the waistcoat found on her related to the one stolen
from the sailor, and also to bring a proper record and proof
of her former conviction at the seedoes.
HIGHGATE

Three drovers, °tome Wheeler, Russell Monday, and
Alfred Smith, were brereght up in euntody warizate by
Webb and Pinder, of the division of police, and charged
before Messrs. Mus/ins, Marshall, Miles, and Feltner, with
cruelly illtreatiog and besting a heifer on the 12th of July
last, in • Geld in the parish of Hcessey.
Summer led been loaned against the defendants for
the offence, bat they absconded, end were apprehended at
Burnet Fair.

Josephdisiwood. bailiff at Farness-farm, Hammy,
stated that on the 12th of July, at about four in tie
morning, his attention was caned to defendants in com-
pany with three others, who had broken large shrubs
from the hedge, and having driven a baiter that was grazing
in the Bail into the ditch, beat Na. animal in a most na-
-1 merciful manner about the bead, and left her apperentiv
unable to move. Witness pursued the defendants, but they
escaped into Highgate-wood.
Other wireless@ deposed to the cruelty of the defendants,
and identified them.

The prise en, who treated the charge very lightly, said
they were certainly premed at the time, but the animal was
not very muck hurt.
It was proved that Wheeler had been twice previously
convicted of cruelty and Monday ones.
The magistrate, addressing the prisoners, sail a groom
case of wanton cruelty he had never before heard, and
sentenced Wheeler to three months' awl the others to two
mootha'imprisoonieot each, with hard labour, without the
option of paying a fine.

SELLING AN ADFOWSON.-SINOULAR CHARGE
OF FRAUD.

At the Westminster Police-court yesterday, Mr.
George Turner, a fashionably dressed mae, about 45 years
of age, who had been brought by Tuby, the warrant
offloer, from Bath, where he was passing as Sir Herbert
Seymour. was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged
with fraudulently obtaining 3001. from the Rev. J. Con, of
Hood Church. near Birkenhead.

Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. al-
to* for the defence.

Mr. Dubois, who conducted the early part of the ease, in
the absence of Mr. Metcalfe, opened by stating that in order
to pet the matter clearly before his worship be must travel
beak to September. 1862, when Messrs. Craddock and Shel-
ley, solicitors, of Nuneaton, advertised to sell the advow-
soe of Hardwick, near Wellingborough. Northamptonshire.
The prisoner answered the advertisemeot, sod a loom; corm-
impedance ensued between himself and Messrs. Craddock
and Shelley, until the latter, not being satisgod, broke off
all negotiations with the prisoner. The next stage in the
transaction was that on the 20th of November the prose-
cutor saw the following advertisement in the Trines :—" Ad-
roitness for sale, with immediate legal possession ; one 300 f.
a year, with • small population ; the other 6001. a year,
and • very large population—pricc 2,6001. sad
6,0001. Principals only may direct, ' Zeta, Red-
ford's. 8, Sloane-street, S.W.' " He answered it ;
and tee result was • correspondence between himself
and the prisoner, and on the 3rd of December he met
Torner by agreement at Wellingborough, aad be then
took bins to the village of Hardwick, sad showed him the
advowson in question. taking him over the church and be.
having in every respect as though be had every right to
dispose of the property, which he told Mr. Cox belonged to
a friend of hie. Prosecutor feeling satiated at caw in-
structed his solicitors, 110100.. Simpson and Taylor, of
Derby, to treat with the prisoner, who on the 9th of
December seat them as agreement containing the DAM of
Mr. James Wilson. of Chiphani-oommon, in the county of
Surrey, as tae vendor, and the cootract eau sutesquently
drawn up between "Janie Wilson, of Clapham-ammo°,
in the county of Surrey, Esquire, on the one part, aad Mr.
John Cox, of Darby. clerk in holy orders, on the other
part, by which the mkt James Wilson agreed to sell Mr.
the advomm for 2,6251., 3001. to be paid as • de-
posit to Mr. Geo. Tamer, as agent for the vendor, and the
resides to be paid to Tenter as the agent for Wilson,
in March." This agreement hem date the 15th December,
and • few days afterwards the clerk to Ileum Rickards
and Walker, agents for Masers. &mum, and Taylor, Plid
the prisoner 30W. as deposit, and received a receipt (pro-
duced). On the 2od January Messrs. Simpeoa and Tay-
fee wrote saying their managing clerk would be is town
reedy to take the necessary steps to trasafar the living to
Mr. Cox in • few days ; to which the primmer replied be
should ha glad to proud* them with the abstract in • few
dam. gad trent that time until the 18th of March he oosi-
suagy pal them off, having bees at me time very 111, at
/MUM brim busy, and at another called away to the con-
tusion to ass a dying friend, until at length Simpson sad
Taylor thought it wee time to take legal stem is the matter,
and placed tits matter in the heads of Kr. Lerch, Olaf
tetra meat. The result was that • warrant was greeted at
this court toe the apprehension of the primmer on the 28th
of Match, sad after a bog time eluding the vigilance*/ the
}elk., he was taken the other day passing under mother
ra• at Bath. _

Evitio;as7a Vise thsa gives, detailing the segotiations the
yriamer bed had with Maws. Craddock and Shelley, by
unease/ whicii, it was sniveled, he had obtained his ksow•
letet 1110 14,0./900.
debase eat up was that the senaead was really
t~aa same me, sad that ba had a livisg to diva.* ;
bat the No Irving compied sow bon" Mr. &sold pp