The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

AITIMILIPTID 1117IDEZ XIMI

The neighbourhood of Cult lase, Smithfield, was this
meeslag thrown into the greatest alarm in aossequence of
see et the most diabolical attempts upon llama life baying
bun perpetrated by a mots of the same of George Mulky,
aged 116, • potter of Newpte Market, spot the person
of a young wanes about 26 years of age, with who.
be had seliabited he emu time poet. It appeared
that Me uafertuaste claim of the prlsoser's vindictive
eielerce bed fee many years kept a frail stall is frost of
the old Ontepar-etreet Camper. She was • very pretty
and tataresting penes, but latterly she was gives mash to
habits of intordeadon, and ezpaclessed very had treatment
hest the prisoner, whoa she was at length Wand by her
mothar to give up. She was aueediagly •heat to leave the
prisseer ahegether this morning at a quarter post 7, whoa
he Jumped out of bed. red mists. • large sleep knife, he
halide& several severe weasels apes different ports
of boo body, sad sae tortilla gash •rote the
threat from ear to ear, whisk deprived her of
all power of sublime, sad sew jeopardises her
Ile. Blood flowed la streams front Me weenie and
quite saturated all her deaths and famed a pool on the
tread where she was standing. Ree OHM of murder wen
bought peruse to bet essietanee, and police-ooastable
Ridges, w►o happened to be on duty, at tees sa-
tin& the house and seamed the piecaer. who audited
the horrible attempt be had made spas the yew woman's
life. The worms was this conveyed to the hospital, whets
the sow lies In es usurious a state es to almost preclude
ay hopes of her reonety. It is supposed that the mum of
this attempt weejselossy, as he had bees observed foe many
siesthe watching bar while pandas her occupation of
mills, trait is Giltepur•strest.
Jain Ridges, 260, aid—About • quarter-past 7 this moos-
leg I beard • cry of " Murder !" at 10, Cook-court, Coch-
leae. I went up the °out, and saw a woman rush out,
covered with blood. I took hold of her, and she was
conveyed to the hospital by Sergeant Pearson, No. 10.
I than retuned, and went into the room occupied
by the prisoner, on the pound-floor, and saw him
dtting on the bed undreesed. There were three, children
belonging to him, of the ages of niu, seven, and four
yam. I asked him who had oomeritted the attempt upon
the woman', life, and he said "I did it." I desired him to
dress himself, and then took him to the statics-bees. I
searched him, and found nothing on him. I sperehed
the house with Sergeant Pearson directly after taking him
to the station, but I found no knife or weapon
with which the injuries had been inflicted. I have known
the woman for some time. The children were by • hems
wife.

Alderman Humphery—Now, Holley, what you to say to
this? Have you arty question t) ask the °Seer ?
The primmer, who wrs amommodated with a obi& in the
dock, and appeared greatly &premed mad 4i:heated, shook
his head is the negative.
&meat Pismo said—About twenty minutes pest ems

Ibis Morals( I bawd t►e sties el ",M•rder." Imeit towards
Coek•coart, and there met • woman bleeding from • wound
1‘ the neck ••d mural other puts of her perms.
I could see what liras the matter, as the
Monads appeared to have been done with • knife.
I asked her who hid den, that, and she uid .. My husband."
I asked who was her huband, and she said " George
Malley." I task her to the hospital and seameed the
house with the last withers, b•t could NS lad aoy
sharp i•strwnt. Where the prisoner mas sitting,
there was • hole in the door, and I tenni • phial
labelled " Landansun—poison." There was Mile 11111111111
phial, and similarly labelled, found in the priennigtplabld
when searched at the station. He bads monad In hk Maio
and be was taken to the hospital to hare it dressed.
Ridges mid It was while prisoner was being take SO
Bt. Bartholomew's Hospital, that the phial was takes Me
him.

fiergesat Nance said—When the prism's was to the
doek in the 'Canoe, he said, " I did it with a pocket knife."
The inspector cautioned his sad asked ilia for the knife,
sad be said he did sot knew when it woe. I went back to
the tease sad researched it, bat weld not find the knife.

Alderatea Haspliery-11 the surgeon of the halite',
here ?

Witsies—No, sir.

Aldarzaaa lisophowy mind it the witness had ems Mr
thk MOlraiair, a as to jades of Mr appeusace
Wirers—l Mn asst, dr. TM wpm will wet let as
am Mr.

Aldanaaa Hamphm)—ls she fa immediate danger ?
Whams—The eargeos sap she le mot, but that she may
live fee same time yea.
The priamer's Watt daughter, a ehild of 9 years of age,
was thea sail.d, sad laterrogeted ea to the Wagonette, she
'limbed to tellies the truth. lin answers were very mile-
&Mary, elm varies bees la the West Leatioa flohool at
Norwood.

Alderman llamplery said he would hear her stateliest,
bet he would met have her sworn.
Malley meld—l am alas years old. I west to bed lest
sight sad was whop whoa my father mate home. I awoke
t►is morales aid saw my father sad mother is bed. They
wets 'shin. I wm getting up sad dregiug myself,
sad my mother was goiai away. My father
thea get up, sad out her throat with some half..
I did eat sou the half., sad I dea't knew where my father
teak It tree. My amber ma late a eerier. I saw um*
blood ea the doer, bat did not me my mother'. face. My
mother bad moth*, la her bead, sad wires she its oat he
west ad sat is the hod. There was a. one la the racial
haddes my father mad met/ter sad my misters.
Alderman Hamphery—De yea often am your father sad
mother quarrelling ?

sir; bit I never saw them fight

was on alb menials, sad die let gas loess am
the busby skis is geniis& without lb lawwisdis
was always wry qui" veil sesdissesd sweat.
Kr. Nabs irked wkstlist ,say se My birds Irby Is
soon

Impede( Lewis replied that they wen sot.STlte pelmet.
however, attssapted twice to await suicide is the hospital.
One she sit bee threat, sad on the woad missies she
stabbed Wallis het left side. fibs is sow is a bed Mate
fees the eases el the fall against the abetment of the
bridge. sad the ether monads she had billeted ea herself.

Mr. Caste maid he had ..nand two !then reepeating
her ; s. fres the sedkel goalless who Steads her, and
the ether fres tbe Sepias it the bsegital. After sensing
tees, h. wee of snake that she had WSW remota in the
hospital wadi she had suflinemtly reeovered. la the swa-
ths, her Mewls would hi eausaleated with, 03 that
something 'maid be done te prevent bar making another
attempts her ilh.

The' iallxtasete young mew woe thee *tempi :beck I fit.
to the bespital by the muse mad the hospeetee. F)

BLUING SIOTWAT 103111 MY.

ANA hien, aged 14, &fag at No. 24, Coburg- row,
Westminster, was 'barged beim Mr. Parkin with steal-
ing' watch tram t►e pensa et Mr. Hamilton Davis. No.
14, Upper Eatowstreei, Plasliee, a retied meal *Seer.
There are three other lade alas clanged with the male a
tease, bat who are set la custody.

It appeared from the mines that es Wednesday ma-
in, about 7 o'clock, as the complainast was pesetas a court
is York-streel, be was soddenly wised bold of by two men,
ens et wham grasped his throat with both his heads, while
another seised hold et him round his waist, and a third
anateleed his watch skein. They soseesded in taking his
watch sad made their orsepe. A person named
midis fa York-street, saw the esennenes, sad observed
the pitman rennin, down the amt. Whisks was ruining
ease glees was beard to tall. This was piked op, and was
found to be a watch glam. The witness could not say that
the prisoner dropped the ems.
Polisemen Beckley, B 131, said, that is mesequesto of
some infamies he took the prisoner into mistedy that morn-
Wog. When he teak the primer into wady, he acid, "Yon
wait me about the wattle." WHIMS replied that was the
charge. He remarked, " I am net seiner to suffer tor others ;
time were three ethers eansenied ;" sad he meatimed their
amass. Tee safer them/Mks should be able to apprehend
the ether partite la a few days. They had sold the watch.
The prisoner was then ressaaded.
THAMES.

DARING HIGHWAY 1011111 T
Miry Sullivan, Ilraiert .72*es, and Mary Mavis, were
charged with assaaltiag Thomas: Grahams on the Queed's
highway, patting him la tsar, sad stealing treat his person
a dim watch.

The prosecutor stated that he was a seaman, sad belonged
to the brig Asa, ying la the St. Katherine's dad. This
Beer** between the hours of two and three o'clock, he was
passing slang New Gravel-luau, Bhadwell, when he was
surroundekby the prism:ken sad another woman, who asked
him to treat them with liquor, and cm his refusal they de-
manded money. He declined to give them any, ea which
they beetled him and broke the guard of hie watch, sad
took his watch from his fob. He celled the polies and gam
them into custody. The watch wee fossil mar the
spot.
Mr. Yardley committed the prisoners for trial.