The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-09 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MARL BOROUGHAMIZT._

Sarah Ann Field, Trisieerid;liellreeeed female, was
charged before Mr. Mansfield with attempting to commit
suicide in the police cella. It appeared that on the previous
afternoon the prisoner went to Sergeant Brown, of the T
division, and maid she wanted to give herself up for having
abe. onded from the Whetstone Institution, and for stealing
several articles of clothing. She referred to a gentleman
who knew her, and Sergeant Brown took her to the
gentleman's house, and she suddenly became almost inien-
tibia. She was taken to the Middlesex Hospital, it
being supposed she might have taken some poison, but the
surgeon stating that she was suffering from the effects of
drink, she was taken to the Marlborough•mewa station, and
some time after she wee locked up. Breach, 199 C, on
going to the cell. found she had tied a pocket handkerchief
so tightly round her neck as nearly to destroy herself. Ser-
geant Glass, the acting inspector, then placed a constable
to watch her, to see that she made no other attempt on
her life.

Mr. ijanatield asked what place the Whetstone Institution
wee

.
Sergeant Brown said be believed it was an institution for
unfortunate females. _ . .

Prisoner said she was a servant out of place, and left the
institution on Saturday.
Mr. Mansfield remanded the prisoner for a week.
Viryinic Garet, a young French dressmaker, was charged
before Mr. Mansfield with attempting to commit suicide by
drowning herself in the Serpentine.
Stephen Greaves, a labouring man. deposed to seeing the
young woman in the Serpentine the previous afternoon, and
with assistance he suoceeded in geaing her out.
In answer to the charge the young woman said she was in
distress, and that induced her to do it.

1671dansfield remanded her for a week.
It appears that the young woman hie only been in
this country two months, and that she has been eogr 3ed •
part of that time at two West-end dressmakers' ; but, bar-
mg no work, and being in grert distress, she was induced to
make the ruh attempt.
THANE.

James Gerd, a labourer in the employ of the Victoria
London Docks Company, was Lone.. before Mr. Wooltych,
charged with stealing 2lbs. of cochineal, value 6s.
The prisoner was a labourer at the bonded warehouses of
the company, in Goodman's-yard, fdinorie• He was leaving
the warehouses at six o'clock, when he was stopped by
Thomas Pagram, one of the dock company's officers, who
searched him, and found on his person 2lbs. of cochineal.
It was concealed in his pockets, his stockings, and his
shoes, and the value of it was 6s. The prisoner's carves were
represented to be false ones— that is, be bad cabin& ones
over his real calves. The prisoner bad been at work among
cochineal in the bonded warehouses in the course of the day.
The prisoner, is defence, said that a poor man whom be
knew, and who bad a child laid down with the small-
pox, asked him to procure a little cochineal to cure the
, diseaee. (A laugh.)
Mr. Woolrych—What cochineal a cure for the small-
pox?
The Prisoner—l believe so. (Laughter.)
Mr. Woolrych said it was not likely any sane man or
woman would be credible enough to believe cochineal was •
specific for the smallpox. It was not • medicine at all.
Cochineal was a valuable dye, and used by dyers. The pri-
soner had stolen 2lbe. of it, and filled his pockets and his
stockings with it.
The Prisoner—l am very sorry. I have been seven or
eight years in the employ of the company.
Mr. Woolrych—You are fiord 40s. for the unlawful pos-
session of the oochinerl, or one mon th'•imprisonment.