The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

Mr. Frederick Robert (Medlin, a schoolmaster, residing
at No. 5, Albert-terrace, Cited' -town. wu summoned
before Mr. Tyrwhit., charged with unlawfully beating and
reaultir g a little boy named Uttar] Watford, nine pare
of age, flailing at No. 4, Grad Randolph stun, Caindaa-
tow,.

It appeared that tha boating complained of hod been in-
ilkted for some breach of the rules of the school.
Mr. Tyrwhltt said there scald be no doubt that the bey
was bosun a great deal more than there wolf hi any just-
&alio. foe. He was of opinion that oh. <awe of reel
dissipline was Wined by • man losing his temper. He
should doe the defendant 20,. and coots . .

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At the suggestion of the onaplaiasai, the Ike was miti-
gated to 6.. and soots.
L 01111311TH.

Thomas Loekyear,one of the anammosieg of6c is beloogleg
to the mart, reminded the Mon. 0. C Not n of the spplf-
ostion made to his on flatorday lest by twu young men,
named Ward, respecieg the mysterious disappearance of
their sister for several dep. In eoesequence of instructions
then given by hie worship, he (Leokyese) bad sprat a good
deal of time in endeavouring to obtain some lister. of bor.
but without succor. The young woman. Realm Ward,
seas slime 20. She was soonest to Mr. Black, of No. 4,
Oetaviats.temee, Lorrimort-road, Welwortb. The last time
she had bee. seen or beard of was on the night of the 18th
ult., when, as was her practice every might, she left her
master's house for the purpose of getting the supper beer, at
the Giraffe publMboase, Penton-plase, Wslwortb. Not
' returning when the supper was over, Mr. Block preemie t to
the Oiraffe.end there learned timidity had been fat the beer as
usual, received Is. 10d. in change, ud carrisd the beer away
is a moue bottle. From that time to the present she bad sot
bees sem by a single penes who knew bar. At that time
elm was dirtied in her ordinary clothes—namely, a
coloured cotton dress with red.spo.s, balf-mouroing plaid
shawl, end a whits straw bonnet ti immed wah green r.b-
Dem heed boots, and waterproof goloshes. The Giraffe
public-house was some diatoms from the residence of her
master. The barmaid bad net noticed =phial/ different in
the appearance or manner efts young 'rowan on the night
of her disappeainace. Wsr4'e box had been exeminsti,
Lad @obtained the whole of Istr elctber, with the Gimp
ties of these she hod on, sad also shoat 30e. in
money, to that all the money she could have
bad when she dkappmred was the 1.. 10d. The it,..
bottle in whisk she carried the beer hai act been found,
MR based of. Witness could not leers that she bad say
wale followers. Her mistress said that the only person she
bad ever been sass to speak with wee a young • omen, a
Nernst in the neishbandoed, bet the law r knew soiling
se to what had happened to her. Ward:was described au
lull fated, fresh coast lesion, robot figure, and moistly
koking but not handionv. Hrr mists, so gave her ao ex-
cellent chi:aster, and boa cave observed anything wrong
in her mind. Her friends had no suspicion of her cos -
miming suicide. Her matter, Mr. Black, Imo' done every-
thing that he cold M the matter.
Mr. No roa ohter•rd Viet the dkaprear ante of the youtg
women was certainly very mysterious, sod lived Loehr's:
would panne his inistairies.