The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

CLERK EN WELL.
,POSING OF THE BODY OF A CHILD Di THE STREETS.
Cooling, of 14, James-street, St. Pancras, and
..de Lunn, of 2, James-street, Somers-town, both
•.r :Ord as married women, were charged before Mr.
-.y °court with unlawfully disposing of the dead body of a
la'e child in Cumming-street, Pentonville.
from the evidence of Police-constable Lucas, 542 N, it
I:peared that his attention was called by a man to •
oket that had been deposited by the prisoners just inside
t‘Le railings of the burial-ground in Cumming-attest, Penton-
On looking inside of it be found the body of a
:ale child, and he then went after the prisoners and asked
ten to come back and take the basket and the contents to
tie workhouse, or to a proper burial place. The at first
lenied any knowledge of the transaction, but a
s
mid that they had been given some money by a woman who
tal miscarried to take the basket and the contents to the
workhouse, hatchet they bad preferred leaving it where it
was found to taking any further trouble about it. The child
Sal formed, but had never breathed. As a mob collected,
lel neither of the prisoners would remove the nuisance, he
au compelled to take them to the police-station.
Mr. L'Eyncourt asked if there was any reason to doubt
correctness of the prisoners' statement ?
Police-constable Lucas replied in the negative. The
tuket and its contents were a nuisance.
The prisoners said that what the constable had stated
was trite. If they were now allowed to go they would at
ce complete their part of the contract by taking the
taiket to the SR Pancras Workhouse.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, in discharging the prisoners, would not
say whether they had committed an offence nodes the
1:orial or the Nuisances Act. What they had better do
their own sakes was at once to remove the basket and
in ,• moats to the dead-house of the workhouse.
The women said they would at once do that, and quickly
left the court.

TIOLINT ASSAULT.
Arai Barton, egad 21, of 17, Russell-street, who described
herself as a laundress, but who has figured at this roars on
charges of drunkenness, &c., was charged with committing
s goes and unprovoked assault on Mrs. Elisabeth Smith, of
Comptonatreet, St. Pancras.
Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate Insti-
tute for Improving and Enforcing the laws for the Protec-
tion of Women, attended to watch the case.
The evidence went to show that the complainant was out
Talking with her husband when the defendant, wbo was
rte worse for liquor, went up behind her, and without the
hart provocation beat her severely in the tack, and was
tracers:ling to further acts of violence until the huaband in-
terfered. She was very violent and her language was dread-
f::. As the complainant suffered from heart disease the
,Lock to the system had been bad, sad she now felt great
pair, and had done so all sight from the prieomer's violence.
Mr. D'Eyncourt asked the complainant if she knew the
Friona.

The complainant replied that she bad Inver sem the
misuser until else wu assaulted by her, and could not in
the least account (or her acting in the manner the had.
The prisoner said she was drunk, and really did not
Lao, what she was about. She was sorry for what
the bad done, and would beg the complainant's pardon if
ihewiehed it.

Mr. D'Eymmurt said that this was a greet outrage, which
v.e Mould not pass unuoticed. He would not give the
primer the opportunity of paying a flue, bat should
semen*, her to two mouths' hard labour in the House of
rrectlan.

The prisoner asked that a fine might be inflicted, but the
application was refused.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY or CHILDRITS.—COMMITTAL.
Er yital, Satith, about 18 yeses of age, was charged be-
t. re Mr. Tyrwhitt with robbing several childreo between
ite ages of six Lod nine years of their clothing, &a.
A number of children who had been robbed were in at.
t,ndsoce.

In the first case the prisoner stopped a child named Elisa
who with her parents resided at No. 8, Berwick.
street, St. James's, and asked her to hold a puree for her
'elle she fastened her dress. The child did aa requested,
and then the prisoner asked her what she had in her hand.
The child showed the prisoner 16e. 3d. which she was on the
'ay home with to her father ; and the prisoner, under the
lir:eine of wrapping the money in paper for the child, took
money from her, and she handed the packet back to the
who after the prisoner had left her, opened it, and
1...nd it to contain only three penny pieces The child entr-
y .nently seeing the prisoner in the streets, spoke to a parson
al.o detained the prisoner till she was takes into custody.
la the second case the prisoner moostad a little girl
rv.,el Elizabeth Ives, residing with her parents at No. 3,
( '"Ballb-mewa. telling her that she would drop a bundle
i sousng some sheets and other articles, if the wee not care-
The prisoner then offered to carry the underor the
which offer was accepted and the prisoner u some
retenee got away with the bundle.
lu the third case a little girl named Elisabeth Goldby, re-
in Peter- street,St James's, was stopped by the prisoner
leaving a grocer's with some tea and eugar. The
pr.,,uer took the tea and sugar and some change front the
4.: I Idol then told her that if she weed let her takeoff her
i. J's and jacket she would go and buy her a pair of white
i• v.,. The prisoner then took the child into a pawnbroker's,
iLI into left her, premising to return, which of coulee she
d.. 1 tot.

,Ice.cosstable Castle, 69 C, said there were several
charges against the prieoaer.
• Torwhitt said he considered the three eharges already
tr-ttrred sofficieat, sod, after cautioolog the prisoner, asked
L..r whether she wished to say aaythiug is answer to the

prieotier meld abe bed robbed cue of the children, bat
:i, otter,.
r. 'Pcrwbitt committed the prisoner for trial.
LAMBETH.
.IAR.,E or SELLING ism:cc:yr PaClTS.—Anratrfro

SUICIDE Or THE ACCUSED.
Pu7m described sa • waiter living at No. 4,
1:.411 ltrt.et. Holton, wu charged before it,. Elliott, with
iu bia possession and offering for sal* indecent
• vi--.le.ri,ites, at the Crystal Palace, also with having a
t3ty of oroperty supposed to have been stolen, is well
.• .•temotine to commit suicide in the police cell.
William Shepherd stated that be wu in the Palace
pr,sious day, when the prisoner came up to him and
:•c a ••:arte-de-visite to him offered i:, for sale. Upon
' •-••og at it he found it to be of a moat indecent nature,
afterwards gave the prisoner into custody.
• .isoe.coestable 477 A proved taking the prisoner at the
• stati,ni. and neer where be bad stood • number
..ole-de•voiitee of a similar description were found.
ti,el.lgiage of the prisoner being searched, upgrade
• ' 4UlToll and forks were found, and about the same
• • ,4 mimeos, which it was believed from their de-
had been taken from some dining-rooms.
• . the Prisoner Mimi visited in the coll of
• ,t,tioo, be cent found io a stooping posture with ahead-
-, : ief tied tightly round his neck, which wee instaetly
IS
• few momenta no doubt life would have been
. lo a bag in his possession was also found a pin,
• croscopic top containing an indecent picture, me well
.7ne hooks of a disgusting nature.
%,,e ,risoaer eadeavoured to show that he was not guilty,
a as remanded for farther investigation.

SOUTHWARK.
(A,TION To SLEEPING RAILWAY TRANI:LIM&
hry 414 n. a farm labourer, was placed at the bat
.ae llr. Mood. charged with travelling in a third class
'raze on the North Kest Railway from inroad to London
plying his fare.
k.;ltaro statford, a ticket collector in the employ of the
Eastern Railway Company, said that on the arrival

et the 8 o'clock train from Strood and Maidstone
at the ticket collecting station be am the primmer coiled
up in a corner of a third Hass carrier fast asleep. He
roused him up and asked for his ticket, and afters maiden-
Me time he pulled out a ticket from Maidstone to Strood.
Witmer' told him that would not do, and demanded twoond-
eirpeuce, the difference of the two. The prisoner became
very abusive and, on his refusing to pay a farthing or give
any account of himself, he was banded over to the custody
of a constable.

Mr. Mande mked the prisoner what he had to may for
himself.

He replied that he got into the train at Maidstone
to go to Strood to look out for work, and on the journey be
unfortunately fell asleep and knew nothing about the train
stopping until kat witness roused him up.
The ticket collector informed his worship that the pri-
soner said it wu not his intention to get out at Strood, but
to come up to London. The train stopped some time at
Strood, and he could not have been asleep there without
being roused up by some of the company's minute.
Mr. Maeda mired the prisoner whether he was prepared
to pay the difference in the fine
He replied that he was not, as he had not a farthing. If
he had be should not have paid it u he wondered it wu
not his fault being brought up to London. He did not went
to come.

Mr. kande told him be had infringed the regulation, of
the oesepany and moot abide by the law. He ordered him
Npay the half-orown and floe of la, or go to prison for
seven days.
Prisoner—Than I moat go to prison, as I have not a
farthing in the world.

SHARE LISTS.--(TRIS DAY.)

Two o'Cioox.
The railway market isuiet to-day, and, with
I the exception of a decline of per cent. in Lancashire
and Yorkshire, the principal stocks exhibit no change,
compared with the last quotations of yesterday.
London and North Western stock is now quoted
1081 to 1091; Great Western, 674 to I;
Midland, 127 to }, ; Lancashire and Yorlc-
shire, 112 to ; South Eastern, 814 to e;
Metropolitan, 104 to 105 • London and South
Western, 92 to 93 ; Great Eastern, 44 to ; Cale-
donian, 123 to 124 ; and Great Northern, 126 to
127.

Belgian Eastern Junction and Imperial Mexican
railway shares are firm, and Lombardo-Venetian
dull. Grand Trunk of Canada securities show a
drooping tendency. Indian lines are inactive.

lam to-ay
to 1 p.m.