The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-17 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. Johnson.)

Apses Boyd 19, a respectable young woman, a
Sunday teacher and governeme at the Infant National School
at Stepney, was indicted for stealing 11 silk mantles, the
property of Thomas Riches, her employer, at St. George-
the-Martyr, Southwark ; one cloak, the property of Mary
Ann Soudan • and one mantle, the property of John Ray-
nay, at Lambeth. There were also charges of stealing
watches and other property belonging to • portion of her
family. When placed in the dock she pleaded guilty.
Berjeant Shepherd, of the L division, • very active detec-
tive officer, said that the prisoner td for sonic time
carried on artful and extensive robberies. She had not
only plundered her master to a serious extent, but she had
stolen property belonging to a young man she kept corn-
pithy with and her own father. Not the slightest sus-
picion, however, attached to her until the present time,
owing to her position as Sunday-school teacher, and her
apparent religious habits. It was solely her recent extra-
ordinary extravagance and fondueu of dress that had ex-
posed her delinquencies. For two years she was confidential
assistant to Mr. Riches, 4, Upper Stamford-street, who
carried on the business of • wholesale mantle manufacturer,
and such wee the extent to which she carried on her plunder
while with that gentleman, that he was losing large sums of
money instead of making fair profits. In consequence of
that be relinquished busmen in favour of his son, who re-
moved the manufactory into the City. While in Mr. Riches'
employ the prisoner not only supplied her friends with
mantles at a quarter of their price, but carried away •
vast number. In June last she returned to her lodgings
while her landlady was oat and no other person was there.
When the landlady came home the prisoner told her that
thieves had entered her apartment and plundered it of
several valuable articles. The landlady accordingly ex-
amined her room, and found her watch and various other
articles gone, but she never in the least suspected the
prisoner of being the thief. Three weeks ago the prisoner
called at the residence of Mrs. Sanders, • friend of the
family, and while there that lady left the room for a minute
to procure her • glass of water which she had asked for.
The prisoner then managed to secrete under her crinoline,
it was supposed, a new mantle belonging to Mrs. Sanders.
Information was given to witness, and on making inquiries
he at once suspected the prisoner. He accordingly
charged her with the robbery, and, after a little hesita-
tion, she acknowledged stealing the mantle, and handed
him the pawnbroker's duplicate relative to it. He
then searched her box and found 35 pawn tickets, all
relating to property she bad stolen, and amongst them
duplicates for the watches of her father and sweetheart.
Witness found a large quantity of Mr. Riches' mantles at
various pawnbrokers, where they bad been pledged by the
prisoner, also the mantle she had stolen from Mr. Bayney.
During the time the prisoner was in the dock she
covered her face with her hands, and begged for mercy.
The Chairman asked if there was any former conviction
of felony against her.
Sergeant Shepherd replied in the negative. She had,
however, been convicted of unlawful possession.
The Chairman, in passing sentence, told the prisoner that
the offences to which she bad pleaded guilty were of a very
serious nature, end tommitted ander the cloak of sanctity
and religion. The court would mark its opinion of her con-
duct by sentencing her to 12 mouths' hard labour at Waodm-
worth.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSL

John Boyd was brought up on remand before the
Lord Mayor, charged with having in his possession a 5/.
Bank of England note, which was stolen a short time back
from Mr. Haywood, button-manufacturer, of Long-acre.
Mr. Wootoer appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
The facts of the 0110 were these. The prmxutor was
standing in Lothbury on Saturday week, and feeling a touch
at his pocket, he put his band down, and missed his pocket-
book. He turned round and saw the prisoner and another
man, apparently coming towards him. He suspected them,
however, and caught bold of them, and at the
same time be notioed another man walking hastily
away from them. He accused the prisoner and
his companion with taking his pocket-book, but they denied
having it, and mid it was most probably the man who had
run away. The pocket-book contained • 5/. note, and •
cheque for 8/. Bs. He let the prisoner and his companion
go, but the other man had got oat of sight, and he imma
diately went to the Bank to stop the note. On Monday,
the Bth instant, the prisoner went into the shop of Mr.
Davis, a bullion dealer, in Corobill, and asked for 450 francs
in gold or Notes, in exchange for Bank of England notes.
While the money was being given to the prisoner, one of the
clerks went over to the Bank, took the notes he had pre.
meted, and • 51. note was stopped as stoles. The prisoner
was taken into custody, and said he was a lodging- hoer*
keeper, and he took it of one of his lodgers, but he could
not say where be could be found. The note was identified
by Mr. Haywood as the one he lost. Two other H. notes
were found on the prisoner, and be was remanded to ascer-
tain if they had been stolen or not, but no additional evi.
deuce was adduced yesterday.
The prisoner was oommitted for trial
WESTMINSTER.

Claude Nicholas Laurent was finally examined, charged
with stabbing Victor Julien.
On the previous bearing it was proved that the prisoner was
the servant at the house where M. Julien resides, and
having been for months past making "indecent proposals"
to him. Julien had told him on the morning of the Ath
inst. that he would " denounce" him, and at three o'clock
on the same afternoon, when corning down 'tides,
on his way out, prisoner darted upon him mad
made a stab at his stomach with a long knife
rased for surgical purposes. Prosecutor wheeling round
prisoner's murderous intention was frustrated, but the
knife entering M. Julien's left aide, above the hip, in-
flicted a skin wound between five and six inches in length.
Notwithstanding this fact, however, complainant, who
covered the wound with some plaster, performed that
evening at the Alhambra, and did not see a surgeon till
twelve hours after he had been stabbed.

Prisoner, when placed before Mr. Arnold, did not deny
the charge, stating that he intended to stab himself and
not the prosecutor, and a strong fact against him was that
be had washed all signs of blood from M. Julien's clothes,
which had been left off shortly after the occurrence.
Mr. Stanley now encoded on behalf of the prosecutor, and
said that be wished to correct a misinterpretation of
that portion of M. Julien's evidence as to the
" indecent proposals," which no doubt had made a strong
impression upon Mr. Arnold's mind.
M. Julien then stated, through the interpreter, in answer
to Mr. Stanley's questions, that by the term "indecent
proposals" he did not intend to convey the meaning usually
attached to such words. He had simply rresat to say that
the prisoner was constantly asking him to introduce him to
women for an immoral purpose.
In answer to Mr. Arnold 'a inquiries, prosecutor said he
had felt irritated and annoyed at the prisoner asking him to
perform such as office, and had told him he would "de-
nounce" him. By that term he meant he would tell his
(Julien's) father. At the time prisoner stabbed him he
seemed very much excited. Did not know whether he was
sober or not. As did not give any orders for his clothes to
be washed.

Hr, it:ploy intimated that before the cue proceeded
any farther he wished to make a few remarks. It was the
desire of M. Julien to retire from the prosecution. He had
known the prisoner 12 yens, be having been a servant in
• French gemnasium in which prosecutor's hither had been
• profaner for 10 years. It was in consequence of his good
behaviour that be bad brought him to England as bis ser-
vant, and his impression was that the prisoner committed
this offence in the heat of passion, and not with any desire
to injure the prosecutor. Of course be (Mr. Stanley) left
the affair sails* is his wceship's bands, bat seder the

circumstances of the case the Messieurs Julien were most
anxious to withdraw the charge.
Mr. Arnold mid be could not entertain any such
tion ; the use of a knife, end of ouch a knife as the or=r-
ble weapon with which M. Julien bad been wounded, was a
most serious affair, and ogle that could not be alightJy palmed
over, and the case having been brought before him he cer-
tainly did not think it was one of those cases in which be
should be justifies' in allowing a withdrawal from the pro-
secution.

This having been explained to M. Julien,
Prisoner, who said he did not mean to hurt the prose-
cutor, was committed to take his trial at the Clerkenwell
Sessions.

LABfBETH

A bevy of paupers of bad character were placed at the
bar before Mr. Elliott, charged with moot violent and out.
ragelus conduct at the Lambeth Workhouse.
The first in the batch was an old virago, named Rachel
Muldowny, who was proved by Mr. Cole, the storekeeper of
the workhouse, to have come there about four o'clock on the
preceding afternoon in a state of complete intoxication,
forced her way into the ball, and demanded a night's
lodging. When expostulated with she beicame still more
violent, caused a great mob to assemble, and finally she
smashed with her fist a pane of glass in the hall door. It
further appeared that she bad been frequently au inmate
of the house, and discharged herseU for the purpose of in-
dulging in her drunken habits.
ILr. Elliott remarked that inch conduct could not be
tolerated, and convicted the prisoner in a penalty of 10a.,
or 14 days' hard labour.
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Ulla Meuse, a young girl of the same class, was also
charged with a like offence, and fined ss. and 9a., the vales
of the broken glass. On this sentence being announced, she
commenced using the most violent and disgusting language,
and was with difficulty removed from the dock.
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•
Charles Evans and William Doris, two powerful young
men, and Mary Bell and Ann Smith, two juvenile prosti-
tutes, were neat charged for a similar offence.
It was proved that the four prisoners created a great die.
turbance in front of the workhouse, the females screaming
at the top of their voices and hammering at the door, while
their male companion* assailed the windows with repeated
volleys of flint stones, and the onslaught was only terminated
by the interference of the police.
The prisoners, who behaved with the utmost insolence
while in the dock, ware severally fined 7s. or ten days' im-
prisonment.