The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-06 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW4IISZEL

A German of gentlemaaly appearance was charged with
attempting to commit so outrage on the person of a little
girl named Anne Patterson.
The prosecutrix, a dirty, ragged, and repulsive looking
girl of about 12 Teen of age, having a defect in her speech,
which created extreme difficulty in andeistaildiog her evi-
demos, deposed that about 7 o'clock the previous night she
was sweeping a crossing in Bloomsbury-square, when the
prisoner came along, and she asked him for a halfpenny.
He said if she would come along with him be would give
her ss. He took her up in his arms and carried her to
Rusell-egnare. The gate opposite Bernard-street being
open he took her into the enclosure, and laid her down as
the gram, holding his band over her month to prevent her
from crying out. She then described the edam se being
fully committed. He offered to give her a glass of brandy.
After he left her she saw a policeman, to whom she men-
,' honed what had occurred. They went after the prisoner,
and the policeman took him in custody.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Aß this occupied about
ten minutes from first to last, from the time she first sew
the prisoner in Bloomsbury-ignore till she gave him in
charge. He said be was not the man. Witness and the
policeman went with him to the home he had last left.
The gram was quite dry, although it had been miming in the
at Mimeos.
In answer to further questions the promentrix mid
that she identified the prisoner chiefly by his beard, mous-
tache, and umbrella.
The Magistrate thought these were very weak testa of
identity. Beards and motif ohes were comma enough at
peassot, sad there was certainly nothing populist is the
umbrella.
Whom continued—He carried ber slow Bedfordplacie
and about halfway round Rueraequare.
Poliememestable Shand, E 67, said he was on duty at the
corner of Barnard-street at about 10 minutes past 7 o'ilook,
when the chili came to him sad complained that she
had been meaulted by a gentleman. She pointed in
the direction of Be&ordphoe, Montague-street. He
went with her, and overtook the phooey near Woburn-
equate. He told her to be eery careful not to make say
mistake, as it would be a serous this( to mow the wrong
man, sad made her go in front of the primmer and look at
his face before giving him in custody. She perairted that
he was the men, mid wham took him is onetedy. He in-
dignantly &Wed the charge, and said he had only Just left
the house of a friend in Bernard-street. Witness west
there with the primer and the girl, and smartaised that
the prisoner bad only left a few misates before. After
taking him to the station witness went back to examine the
look at the gate. It was shut sod feedeneeL It was usually
kept so, but with a little force it weld be opened from
outside.
Mr. Gay, of Bernard-street, said the primmer had only
left his hones a few minutes—meta/sly not long enough to
walk to Russell-egnere and back.
Mr. Paul, the dividing surgeon, who bad examined the
girl, said he found slight marks of VialllON bat the higher
offence had act hese emaphsted.
Sergeant Davis, 11 1, who took the Marge, mid the girl at
Ant told him Mal she had beim at Nicol ell ar. NA was
retaining from eves's. subsea when eke met the primer is
Itemelimqrsare. She mid wilds, Meat loin male& from
Bloomsbury-square. He thee seat for bar wafter, who
lima in Pioneer's*, Leather-lane, and wbo told bint the
girl had net bees at niicol, bat mein a erg. She
. oho said the gid was a eel Bar, and ft would be • good
thiegialeikTt her into a refetesatery.
The being recalled, mid die was only Jain whoa
she the earossat eke bad been to wheel.
The Jinkihniho said it wee net a Aiwa matter.
The this said she bill the wheat else hod been at
Me eremleg, het be minadoesteed bee, owiag to the ha-
ailmthi h bee We&

The mother, bolsi aldt admitted that the girl told
'twice, aid acknowledged tellies the policeman she would
be beet in a reformatory, but pendeled in declaring her
axed WWI that tie primmer was the am
The llegiehate rid it am steam' its he, to be ee peiSee
about a matter el VbiGil die eon* have se basatedge.
From the evidence d lilt. Clay it was gabs ohm that vitali-
sm edema might ►are beet committed by somebody, the
primer mold set be that person. He mast be dhehergeoL
As the girl wee evidently a child ewer when her pampa
bed not proper wastrel, be should emesalt ter, mew the
hat Industrial Schools Act, to the Gale Indestlial Hems et
Chaim, for three years.