The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-28 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Caroline Harr's, a neatly dressed child, who was stated
to be only e: ght years of age, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Hammill, charged with having uttered two counterfeit
shillings.
The child offered the base coin to a tradesman it pay.
went fiir brandy. When the fr►ud was discovered the
prosecutor hastened after the prisoner and found her at the
corner of the street in conversation with a well dressed
woman, who started off as soon as he made his appearance.
The prisoner also darted away with the rapidity of a deer in
an opposite direction, but alter a sharp chase extending
over at least half a mile, be at length overtook her and gave
her into custody.
On being questioned by the magistrate, the prisooer,
with an appearance of truthful simplicity, repeated her
form, r statement that she had received both the shillings
from her mither, who •was the wife of a hair dresser in
comfortable circumstances, residing in Caroline•street,
Hackney-road.
The constable who took the girl into custody was directed
by the magistrate to proceed with her to the above address
to request the immediate attendance of her parents, but lie
reported on his return that no such persons were known in
the street, and that ho had been unable to obtain any in-
formation whatever respecting the prisoner.
Mr. !lemma! said it was perfectly obvious that the pri-
, lamer had fallen into the hands of designing persons, who
had employed her as a tool for their criminal purposes, and
notwithstanding his reluctance to commit a child of such
tender years •o prison, he felt it his duty to remand her to
afford en opportunity for the detection and,apprehension,of
her more wily contederates.
SOUTHWARK.

Charles Thomson, a respectable looking young man, was
charged with intirmarrying with Constance Mary Nolin,
his first wife being then and now alive.
The second wife, a young woman with en infant in her
arms, stated that in the early part of 18.19 she became ac-
quainted with the prisoner in the city of Norwich, and they
kept up a continual correspondence until October, when
they were married at the Superintendent Registrar's-office in
Norwich. She afterwards came up to London with the
prisoner, and they lived very comfortable together until
lately,when he took it into his head to beat her and treat her
in • cruel warner. She could not live with him any longer,
and she was induced to give him into custody on the pre-
vious day, being aware that his first wife was living. When
she married him he told her that he was married, and that
hs wu net comfortable.

Mr. A'Beckett—Then you married him with your eyes
open, well knowing that your marriage could not be legal?
Prosecutor—He told me his first wife was nothing to him,
and he wanted me to elope with him. I thought it was alt
right, therefore I consented to be his wife, end we were
married in a room at Norwich shortly afterwards.
Prisoner—l acknowledge having a wife when I married
the prosecutris. She and my first wife were in the room
at the time with some friends, and a mutual agreement
took place between us, and we were married by the Super-
intendent Registrar.—The prisoner was remanded.