The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-24 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL
Anthony Detleiw, who recently absoonded from the sir
vice of Alderman Wilson, taking with him • valuable set
of scientific instruments, anew suit of clothes, and 121.10 e.
in money, received on his maater's account, was brought up
for final examination, relative to charges of embezzling
121. 10s. and 51., and a third charged forging Alderman
Wilson's name to a reoeipt for 51.
Mr. Beard now called evidence to show that the prisoner
received the two sums in question, and had not accounted
for them, and that he wrote a receipt in Alderman Wilsou'e
name for • sum of 51., which amount he appropriated to his
own use. The receipt was produced, end proved to be •
very clever imitation of the alderman's hand-writing.
The prisoner pleaded to all the charges, and was
then committed for .
Louisa Wood, evidently an obstinate and turbulent
woman, aged 49, was charged with annoying and assaulting
Mr. Hobert Summers, a solicitor, of 5, New Bridge-street,
under the following circumstances
Mr. Summers said, about 18 months ago the prisoner met
with an accident on the premises of the Commercial Dock
Company, and instructed him tobring an action agaiesttbem
for negligence. There were three actions in the Superior
Court at Guildhall, and the jury ultimately awarded the
prisoner 2801. damages, subject to the decision of the
full court upon a point of law, which was re-
served. The full court gave their decision against
the prisoner, but they thought, as she bad been put to great
expense in the three actions, and the company hasinot given
her earlier information of their plea of non-liability, the di-
rectors ought to allow her something towards her oasts. The
company accordingly granted her 1001. which was paid
over to him pair. Summers), and after deducting a ram of
821., that being much below what the taxing-master would
have allowed, he offered the prisoner the balance of 181.,
but she mid she would have all or none, and instructed a
solicitor to recover the whole of the 1001. for her. He
made out his bill of costs and sent it to the solicitor and
heard no more from him ; but in the meantime the doctor
who attended the prisoner for the injuries she received
through the accident, not having been paid, sued out an
attachment in the Loa Mayor's Court, and the 181. balance
was in consequence paid over, so that he had
nothing now belonging to the prisoner. She, how-
ever, persisted in annoying him by frequent demands for
the 1001., aorneti.nee resnaioing in the office font or
five boors at a time, and telling every client that he would
be swindled as she had been, and at others yelling and
screaming at the clerk in • most fearful manner' 'was to
obstruct the whole business of the office. On Saturday
morning she came with the old story, and, on being re-
moved she assaulted Mr. Summers, and broke his specta-
cle. The prisoner produced the newspaper report to show
that " the 1001. was knocked down to the plaintiff," and
mid that Mr. Summers had never offered her a farthing.
Sir Y. G. Moon required the prisoner to find two niceties
in 101. each to keep the pesos for six months, and in de-
fault committed her to prison.
THAMES.
Elizabeth Milford, • woman about 23 years of age, ap-
peared before
erMr.j Belie on • summons, charged with wilful
and corrupt pury.
Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, appeared for the prosecu-
tion • Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, for the defence.
Oi the 3rd of January last the defendant affiliated a
bastard child on Mr. John Edwards, an omnibus proprietor,
of Waterloo-yard, Georgiana-street, Camdenetown : and
she then swore that she was living at No. 3, New York-
street, Philpot-street, Mile-end Old-town • that she had
bad no intercourse with any man except W. Edwards, for
twelve months prior to the bath of the child, and that he
was the father of it. The corroborative evidence was
by woman who gave the name of Webb, and her
They deposed to frequent meetings between
Illabetl; Milford and Mr. Edwards, and to his
ebbing • house of accommodation with her. The perjury
new swiped was, that the defendant. Elizabeth Milford,
pus Ulm address on the 3rd of January ; and secondly,
that she had been cohabiting with • man named May, who,
if not her hmeband, heel passed as her husband, and lived
with her until within • few days of her affiliating the child
on Mr. Edwards. Mr. Beard denounced the whole affair as
a conspiracy to extort mousey from Mr. Edwards, who had
suffered in reputation, and been put to great expense in
defending himself from the charge brought against him by
Elizabeth Milford. He should prove that Mrs. Webb and
her daughter were the mother and dater of Milford,
who had extorted 50i. from • gentleman on whom
she had affiliated a child three years ago, and that knowing
Mr. Edwards was • wealthy man had expected to
obtain 601. more from him to avoid exposure. A summons
was originally taken out by Milford against Mr. Ed-
emas, which was beard before Mr. Knox at the Warship-
street police-court, and dismissed for want of corroborative
proof. She then took out • second summons at the Thames
Police-court, produced corroborative evidence, and obtained
au order for,
the payment of 2s. 6d. per week and expenses.
Ile would be able to prove that the woman was living in the
Thames Police-court district when she said she was living in
the Worship-street district, and that she was dwelling in
the Worship-street district when she took out the second
summons and swore she was living in the Thames Police-
court district.
Mr. Edwards was then called, and gave evidence at great
length, denying that any intercourse had ever taken place
between him and the woman Milford, and said that the
story she bad told about her &accompanying him to her
dwelling in Charlesetreet, Horton, and passing the night
with him on several occasions, war • falsehood. In the
course of his examination by Mr. Beard he disclosed a
rather singular fact. He was robbed of a large sum of
(5W.) two years ago, and gave • notorious thief into
y, who was d' An In action for false impri-
sonment was brought him. The verdict was in his
favour. The plainti • solicitor May, and he
also appeared in the affiliation case at the Worship-street
Police-court and the Thames Police-eourt.
Esther Mann, the landlady of the house No. 3, New
York-street, near the London Hospital, Stepney, laid the
defendant hired • room of her in the month of January,
1861, and said she was msrried, and that her name was May,
and introduced a man to her as Mr. Mae. She also filled
up the census paper as Ms y, and described her husband as •
clerk in the India-house. Mr. May, her pretended husband,
ain the practice of calling at the house almost daily. The
child affiliated by defendant on Edwards was born on the
12th of March. On the 3rd of May last the defendant
said May was not her husband. The defendant left her
houasand gave up the key on the 26th of December, and
was not living vrith her on the 3rd of January, when she
affiliated the ch naffse prosecutor.
In crose-examy Mr. Young, the witness said that
Mr. May, the pretended husband, never slept in the house,
but be wes time every day, except for one fortnight. He
bad sees them kireelag each other.
W. Self@ remarked on the extraordinary coincidence that
Mr. May, the solicitor, conducted the action for false impri:
oonment two years ago and was the solicitor who attended
for billiard at the Wanhip•street Police-court, and also at
the Thames Police-court. The woman had been cohabiting
with a MU whom the coned Mare and whom she eskd
u Ler cued L. It vie thereforeraeccaudy that fir. May,
the solicitor, about whom the public ought to suspend their
judgment, should appear before his case was decided.
W. Beard and Mr. Young said the case had now assumed
• new plum, and that it was indispensable Mr. May, the
solicitor, should be called as • witness.
The further hearing was then postponed until Saturday
afternoon, and a summons for Mr. May's attendance was
Limed.

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on Saturday, tiro 12th of April, on which occasion the two
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