The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-01 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Eliza Taylor, :15 years of age, residing at 31, Bryanstone-
street, was charged with attempting to put an end to her
existence by placing her head in front of a cart wheel whilst
in motion.

Henry Parker' a cabman, said, about 20 minutes peat
twelve that day he was in the Edgware-road, when he saw
the prisoner deliberately come from the pavement, throw
herself down in the road, and place her head in the imme-
diate track of the wheels of a cart coming towards her.
He jumped into the road, and pulling her away, asked her
the cause of such conduct, when she said she wished to
die and was determined to destroy herself. She was not
under the influence of liquor. She also maid something about
killing her husband.
Prisoner here exclaimed, " Yes I will do it. lam deter.
mined to do it." She left her husband, she said, to live
with another man, and be now lived with another woman.

Since she had been 'in custody in the charge room she
bad made a desperate attempt to strangle herself with her
handkerchief.

Prisoner said it was no wilt telling a lie. She felt she wu
not right and she meant to do it, and would do it.
Remanded, and ordered to be osrefully.watched.
LA M BETH.
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Sanwa Brown, a navis.tortsnisciarged with committing
a savage assault upon Edward Knowles, a greengrocer, at
Norwood, and biting off a large piece of his nose. On the
night of Saturday week prosecutor was driving along the
Lancaster-road in his cart, when the Prisoner jumped up
and commenced a violent attack upon him, declaring at the
same time that he would kill him. Prosecutor defended
himself, and they had a scuffle, in which the prisoner bit off
the end of his acre, and otherwise injured him. lie had
never had any quarrel with the man, and did not know why
lie had been attacked.
Committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.
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James Bickerton, Bethnal-green, and
John Curtis, of Tyssen-street, in the same parish, were
summoned by the emcee authorities for having exercised the
trade of a pawnbroker without taking out a proper license.
Proof was given of the defendants not being licensed to deal
as pawnbrokers, and of their having taken articles in pledge,
and having charged more than pawnbrokers are allowed to
receive.

The charges were admitted, but the defendants pressed
for a diminution of the penalty, which is 50/. for each
offence.

Mr. Cook said that, u this was the first prosecution of the
kind, he should flue the defeedants in the mitigated penalty
of 12!. 10a., but, as he looked upon this species of trading u
most detrimental to the interests of the poor, he should in
future inflict the full penalty.
THAMES.

Ann Jane Webb, lit years of ege, was charged with steal-
ing three blankets, seven pillow cases, a shawl, and various
articles of wearing apparel, together with one sovereign and
7s. in silver, from her mistress.
Mrs. Ellen Donovan, a young with's; lady, residing in
Archer-terrace, Limehouse,ste,ed that the prioaaer was in
her service for &fortnight only, at the end of which time she
decamped, taking with her the various articles mentioned.
She bad hut the prisoner from a reformatory, where she had
been for five yearn. This was the third servant shahs,' had
from the reformatory, and they had all robbed her. When
the prisoner was taken into custody some of the stolen
articles were found upon her.
In defence, she said her mistress had reprimanded her for
neglect, and, being in one of her bad tempers, she could
not do her work, and so she absconded with the money and
goods.
Committed for trial.
GREEN WIC H
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Thomas Shires'', aged 55, a ii,ec,iiiendant in the employ
of the Commercial Dock Company, was charge], on remand,
before Mr. Tmal, with c►usiog the death of Louisa Oliver,
a woman with whom he had cohabited, by throwing a shell
at her and striking ber on the head.
Mr. Cockle, solicitor, of Deptford, appeared for the pri-
soner.

Louisa Shirtliff, a girl about 14 years of age and daughter
of the prisoner by the deceased, said that on Sunday morn-
ing week she was awoke by hearing her mother screaming
"Murder." Her father and mother were both up and
dressed, and quarrelling about money he bad lost. She saw
her mother was bleeding from a wound in the head, and
she held in her hand a large shell, used as a
chimney ornament, which had blood on it, and
which she said her father had thrown at her.
Her mother then took up a knife and threatened violence
to her father, and he used similar threats to her mother.
Witness became frightened and ran out to get a person to
come and prevent them fighting, but the person would not
do so. Being afraid to go back again, witness remained
outside until her father left home to go to his employment,
and then went in and helped to dress her mother's head and
to put her to bed.
In cross-examination the witness said her mother was net
sober when she put her to bed, but "not much out of the way."
Her father bad been accusing the deceased of baying taken
his money out of his pocket, when her mother aggravated
him by talking to a bird and saying to the bird, " You
did not get drunk last night and lose your money, did your
Her father also threw the water in which he was washing
himself over her mother. Did not know whether her mother
went from home that afternoon, as she (witness) went out.
Knew that her mother had tumours on the side of her head,
and that she went out on the two following days, after which
she kept her bed until she died.
Ellen Murphy, a neighbour, said that on the Sunday
morning spoken to by the last witness she mat the prisoner,
who told her that be and the deceased had been quarrelling
about money matters, and that having thrown ► shell at
her and struck her on the head with it, which he did not
intend doing, he thought "he bad does for her," but that
be believed then she was all right. Witness afterwards
went and saw her in bed, and the name afternoon the de-
ceased came to witness and they had some beer together,
and afterwards tea. - - -

Eliza Hammersley, another neighbour, also gave evidence
of the prisoner telling her he had thrown the shell at and
struck the deceased with it, and that she (witness) had
suggested to the prisoner that it would be better fur them
to separate, and for him to allow the deceased a mainte-
nance rather than lead the quarrelsome life they were
doing.
Mr. Cmgeen, surgeon, of Rotherhithe, deposed that be
was called to attend the deceased on the Monday week
following the injury being received, ►nd found her in a dying
state. She expired the same day. Witness had since made
a poet mortem examination of the body, and on raising the
scalp found a depressed piece of skull, as if punched
in, on a part of the head oorrespooding with a tumour.
There was slight inflammation of the dare meter, and the
other membranes of the brain had a deposit on them of in-
cipient inflammation. The injury to the skull might have
been ocaulioned by the shell produced.
Polioe-constable Cheeseman, 168 R, in answer to the ma•
gistrate, said the coroner's jury had returned a verdict of
manslaughter against the prisoner.
Mr. Train said he should commit the prisoner for trial,
but accepted bail for his appearance for the completion of
the depositions.

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