The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Williams ifarksoniniiii;j4i‘iitiTessiody of Knight
the officer, before the Lord Mayor, noon the charge of hav-
ing committed wilful and corrupt perjury in his evidence
taken in the presence of the Cm's/sebum of the Judicial
Court of her Majesty's Excise.
Mr. W. Riddle registrar of the Summoning Court of
Excise in Broad .street, said—On the prooeedtop be-
fore the three commissioners on the 20th of November,
18d0, Benjamin Jacobs and Mary Ana Jacobs appeared
as defendants charged with having deposited spirits,
with intent to defraud her Majesty of the ex-
cise duty, at No. 3, Lucas-street, Bethnal-green. Upon
that occasion a person named William Jackson was exa-
mined as a witness for the defendants. I have some idea
that the prisorer was the person, but I cannot swear to his
identity. The oath was administered to William Jackson,
who swore that he had lived with Miss Jacobs (one of the
defendants), at No. 3, Lucas-street, Bethnal-green, and
that he had purchased the spirits found deposited
there, not thinking of tho consequence, or that he
I should get into any kind of trouble about it;
that Mass Jacobs had met him the week before, and
said he could come up. and that he accordingly went to the
house on the same night the defendants were apprehended
upon the charge of having intended to commit the fraud.
William Jackass also swore that he had lived in the house
specified In the information live or six months pre-
viously, and that be occupied two rooms below stairs, which
were partly furnished by him, and had been let to Ithn by
Mies Jacobs.
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The perjury was contained, it was stated, in the deposi-
tions made by William Jackson, who never had lodged in
the haute, and never was acquainted with the parties whom
he appeared to defend.
The Lord Mayor—Are the depositions which were taken
before the commisidoners signed by the prisoner ?
Witness—No ; it is not our f entice to take the signatures
of defendants, but the depositions are read over to them.
The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, do you wish to ask this wit-
ness any questions ?
The Prisoner—No. Whet could I ask him? I never
saw him before, and I know nothing at all about what he
is talking of.
B. J. Ebony, an °Meer of excise, said—l was present on
the 20th of November, 800, at the hearing of the infor-
mation at the Judicial Court, against Benjamin Jacobs and
Mary Ann Jacobs. I recollect that the prisoner was exa-
mined as a witness on the part of the defendants. I have
not the least doubt as to his identity.
The Prisoner—My lord, I know nothing at all of these
persons. I ant not the man they take me for.
The prisoner was remanded.

Jane Brennan was charged with cruelly beating her I,
daughter, a child 6 vein of ego
Witnesses living in the house deposed to the daily ches-
tisoments administered to the child by her mother with •
stick or strop, and her body was a mass of bruises. The
prisoner—a woman of some attainments—was nervously
anxious to teach her child every science at once. The
little girl repeated some of her lemmas in court, and though
so young could write (as well as speak) French, knew a
good deal of geoFraphy, and now began to learn Italian ;
but not progressing so fut as her mother desired, she was
subjected to the treatment charged.
Mr. Yardley having informed the prisoner of his view of
the case while stating that he would look rather to the
future dun the pot, intimated that he must have some
security for the humane treatment of the child before she
(the accused) could bo discharged.
The pri.oner was remanded until bail could be procured,
the child being taken to the workhouse.

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