The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

SOUTHWARK.
George Leekein, 19, was brought up for final examination
charged with maliciously *mg Henry Marks with in-
tent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutor, • leather dresser, residing In Bermooday,
said that about 6 o'clock on Tuesday morale( he was pass-
ing Star•oorner when the primmer came up sad commenced
abusing him. He turned toned and irked bins what be
wanted, when he called witness very bad named end elides-
vouredto pick • quaneL Witness, however, left him, and
ed towards home, but be had not gone above a
proceeded towards home, but he hod ot gone above a
hundred yards before he was soddenly knocked down,
and he received a stab in the cheek. He thee found
That the prisoner was the party who bad so cowardly
attacked him, and he tried to seize hold of him, but he was
too weak from loss of blood, and the prisoner got away.
Fortunately a police-constable overtook him, and captured
him. Witness wee taken to the police-station at Bet-
mooday, where his wooed was decreed by a surgeon.
In answer to the chants the prisoner raid that the prose-
cutor insulted him, and be pushed him down. He denied
using the knife, and contended that the prosecutor had bean
fighting with soother man and mast have been cut in the
melee
The prosecutor denied that, and the magistrate oommitted
the prisoner for triaL
Harriet Jones, a spiteful-looking young woman, was
finally examined, charged with cutting sad wounding Julia
Gahm in • very serious manner.
The prosecute: said she wan partaking of some safes
at a stall in the London-road. about 1 o'clock on the
morning of the 12th instant, when the prisoner came up
to her and asked her to trees her. Witness told her
*be Ind no mosey to spate, when the prisoner threw a
cup at her. Witness oast some coffee at her in self-
defence. when the prisoner rushed on her like a tigress,
threw her down, and cot her on the bead with a stone.
Witness became issensibla, and when she recovered she
foiled herself in the surgery of Dr. O'lloonell, under whose
care she had since remained. Witness said she was still
very weak from the istjuries inflicted.
Two witnesses were called proving the attack, and carry-
fag the prosecutor to the doctor's.
Mr. Henry James O'Doenell, M.R.0.13., said heralded
at No. 1, Albert-road, Londereroad, and about half-past
one on the morning of the 12th the proweutrix was brought
to his house insensible from lass of blood. He adminis-
tered restoratives and examined her, when he toned the
temporal artery over the right eye ruptured. He stopped
the bremorrhege, and sent her home about three o'clock.
He attended her at twelve, and apprehended erysipelas.
Fortunately all danger had passed, and the was in a fair
way of speedy reoovery. The wound appeared to have been
done with estop*.
In answer to the charge the prisoner said the prosecatrix
attacked bee first, and what the did was in self-defence.
The megietrate told her she bad conducted herself more
like a fury Ores anything sloe, and her violence might have
been attended with more serious consequences. He me-
traced her to six months' bard labour in the House of Coe-
, motion at Wadsworth.
THAMES.

Mr. Putrid,e alluded to the cue of • young woman
mimed Ellen Williams, who awe to this court a few mays
L
aed said she was induced to leave a good eitawiloa is
Llsrtheria, Clarnervoashire, by a woman who premised her
• better plus in London, and after taking her to Liverpsol,
and borrowing all the mosey also had in hoe pcweemies.
breuglt her to Loudon and introduced bee to a meet lab►
mow bowie in the vicinity of SWIM', and fee
the wont of . She souped frees the beau Were
ler rota was affected, slept one sight on logs of timber
is the Leoden4ocks, and nut afternoon seated
herself on a door-step in tee Whiteelsapel-road,
where the was found, apparently in much grief, by • watch-
man named J•121110S, who took her to the bowie of a poor
woman waned Navy, by whom she was very kindly treated.
Mr. Flown, •Ot naluithway of. ethierntreet, Steyesay,
to whom the ease of the rung woman was left by the

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