The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-02 00:00:00

3884.

nurse lie Chad, mai I.lassequme el his motbsPholaw,
late lima with him, having mimed some property, be thei
mends, marked • Mama, and is order to " trap " her he
put it in his mother's pocket. Ho thee told her (prisoner)
toga down and water the plants, whisk ice did, sod idler
she bad came up-etain be looked thumb the keyhole el
the nom in which the said dress was placed, and obeened
the prisoner palling the garment about. The eoie allsdsd
to soon afterwards was found to have been abstracted, and
the prisoner was given into custody. The marked lames
was found on her.

Inspector Sheehy, B division, remarked that a song of a
moat obscene description was also taken from the accused.
(It was accordingly headed itp to his weeship.)
In reply to the magistrate, the prisoner said a young girl
she knew gave it to her.
Mr. Yardley—l cannot possibly conceive anything more
calculated to deprave and ruin the youth of both sexes than
such a shocking publication as this. I had • case before me
a few days age when I was sitting at another ooart, where a
man was charged with distributing obscene bills- They,
however, related to an anatomical exhibition, and I did
not consider, however objectionable the wording of the
bills might have been, that I should be justified in convict-
ing, and therefore discharged the man.
Prisons--Gectlemen go about, sir, and give these songs
to young girls. They are done up in envelopes.
Mr. Yardley (to the inspector, to whom he heeded the
Wampum soft) —1 hand this back to you, in ceder that you
may use your beet exertions to fiad out front whom it
emanated. The system is • most abominable one, and I
hope you will do all in your power to sift out the really
guilty parties, who richly deserve an severe • punishment
as tan be given to them.
The prisoner was removed to the House of Detention for
• week.

Alice Jacloon, a respect;bly-a;;;Zif MAUL WWI broaght
before the magistrate charged with being drunk and greedy
miecooduatior herself at the shop of Mr. Edward Jones,
grocer, 87, Fulham-road.
Mr. Joies said that ou Saturday night the defendant
came to his shop and made a trifling purchase. Shortly
after this, ohs said that she bad dropped sixpence, when,
although his shop was fall of customers, be directed the
floor to be swept and diligsat march to be node for it. It
was not however found, and complainant then told the
defendant that whoa business was over sad the shop wee
clear he would have a thorough search made for the six-
peace, and if it were found she should have it if she called
spin on Monday. This did not satisfy the defendant, who,
sitting down on a chair, declared that she would remain
there until she rotted, sakes she got her sixpence. This
created a great cootusiou and hindrance on a Saturday
night's business, and a policeman was called, who used his
beet exertions to get rid of the defendant, who was drill*,
and wasted Mr.. *Your to give her iftothet sixpence, which
she of worse declined to do, as tricks of that sort were
often tried upon tradespeople. Defendant went away for a
few minutes, and upon complainant going to his shop door
before he eloped it, she came towards him and struck hiss
a violist blow near the ear. He thought from the seve-
rity of the blow that she must have had something in her
lased, for be shortly after had a swelling as large as a wal-
nut. The constable, who saw defendant commit the
assault, took bar into custody.
Defendant denied that she was coder the inflame of
liquor, and said that she wasted her eixpeooe, which she
had dropped. She denied that she had struck him with
anything.
A policeman proved that the defendant was drunk, and
that be saw her commit the assault. The inspector also
proved that she was drunk. She still druid it, sad a man
who taw her an hour ohm she was looked up said she was
sober then. She was a very respeetable woman, an uphol-
slaws, seeductieg the business of a Mr. Evans.
Mr. Belie (to defendant)--Whetber drank or set, you
streak ALr. Jonas a revere blow after he bad done all be
could to appease you. Yea are fined ISs., or committed for
7 days for the assault.