The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-23 00:00:00

POLlCE.—sArown.

GUILDHALL —ALLIOSD PEW u ST.-APOS Maria Mal-
pas, ails Nolan% was charged with perjury. In July,
1846, the prisoner appeared before Sir C. Marshall and Al-
derman Farebrother &tibia court, and swore that S. Williams
wee the father of her child, she being a single woman. WS-
lime did not deny his Intimacy with her, but contended
that he was not legally bound to maintain the infant. The
magisinite made aa order upon him to pay a weekly suns
towards its support. It appears that she afterwards lived
with a etas of the name of Barron, and in winos of
what she whispered about that he wail manisel to her, Bur-
ma was chafed at the Lambeth Police-court en Friday
with bigamy, IL first wife being then living, when Iha
prisoner weal up, and in the mon solemn manner
mama the court that he (Barron) was not mar-
ried to her. It then turned out that the prisoner was a mar
ritd woman, 'behaving been united to one Richard Malpas, at
Sodgle7, near Dudley, in 1836. Williams, on kerning this
news, us/tacitly caused her to he taken Into custody for en-
acting of him 2s. 6d. for the support of her child, slue then
having a husband, who is still livinu near Dudley. The
ehild,lowever, is dead.—Prisoner said Williams well knew
that she was married.—Mr. Alderman Gibbs remanded her
in order that come parties who were present at her marriage
=hat be brought up front the country to give evident*.
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Fosonay.-41. M. Goldscloosidi, a German, respectahly
aranseted, was finally examined, dowsed with begmy.—The
went into the shop of Mr. Oration, jeweller, of
aFls , and selected a watch and chain, sad tendered •
forged cheque for 211. 10s. in payment for them. It was on
the Loudest Joint Stock Bank, and the bleak form of the
cheque bad evidently boon got boas the erstatdialunnt of
Mr. Straker, the lithographer, but how was • matter of con-
siderable doubt.—The forgery Wag proved, it was stated
that the prisoner had succeeded in palming off other forged
cheeses at taverns and other plum in the metropolis, bat
the cases not tying ready tots gone into, the alderman do-
aided se sending him for trial.
OLEBHBNWBLL. —Caries or Meanaa.—torah
Disky and her sister, Ann May, ware charged, on sus.
=lwith osesingthe'death of Harriet, the daughter of the
..—Seissnat Harris said that be had seen the body
if ll* issirsi, who appeared to be three yews old. The
=An of Meths= ea its body had inducedhim to have it
esealuel by • medical man—Mr. A. MIMI, of 1, Argyll.
plan, St Preens, devoted that the primers had lodged in
his house for the last 20 weeks. He had hem time to time
heard dreadful cries from the children of Mrs. May. Oa
Wednesday last In particular he heard the feeble groans of a
shild. Mrs. May had seven childrea. Saw the deceased
last about three weeks ago. The door of the mom occupied
by the prisoners and their family had boon sines kept fast-
end. The were very distressed, and he supposed that the
tries came bum hanger. Two months ego he applied to
lin. May for rent, and they wars is absolute want of food,
which he instantly supplied them. Her husband was kg,
mealy a respectable tradesman in Little Ceram-street. but
had deserted them and was, he believed, is America.—
Other witnesses cor;ohorsted the svidaaes.—Mr. Popham,
surgeon, said that he bad made a post mortens examination
of the deceased, who had died from the effects of violence.
There were several marks of blows on its bead. Both culler
bones had been fractured. That injury must have
occurred some considerable time back. The lams-
dist* cause of death was a rupture of one of the
large blood-vsesels on the brain. Blows on the head
would cause sack injuy without fracturing the skull.
Found the prisoners and children in a state of starvation,
sad without a vestige of furniture. Death could not have re-
sulted from the effects of a fall. Deceased had probably
died within two hours after ohs had received the injury he
had deuribed.—Tha prisoner May, in her defence, stated
that on Wednesday last her sister. Mrs. Bishop, came to her
while she was working at Mrs. Tamer's 8, Weston-place,
and informed her that her child Harriet hid had a fit, and
at eight o'clock in the evening of the saute day she cams to
her again, and told her that it was dead. She knew no
wee about the unhappy oecorrenee.—The prisoner Bishop,
by the advice of the magistrate, ask as debase, and they
were both remanded until after the thwart,
LAMBETH.—Tess Lew or Wu.rtra Denies.— T.Do.
novas was charged with breaking two squares of plate glass,
valued at Si., the propert of Mr. Fox, Cbassisotrest, Cam-
berwell.—Thes reply to the elms% add he had
committed the offence ;hat he se light be seat le prim —Mr.
Norton ; I consider your mast as siesislses that I shell
eoeuait you for trial.—On rig to the law ea the sub-
ject, his worship found that whet the peepthy destroyed was
represented to exceed the value of arms was no power to
commit for trial.—Mr. Fez dated the property to be of the
nominal value of 61., though be slid It wadi soot him twice
that amount to replace the gleas.—Mr. Neel= seateaced the
;wispier to pay W., or in default to dead seauttled for two
racetha—Mr. Pea *aired tram Mr. Meet= V there were
no MGM by It he sushi be reinaereial ter his timers
lam ?—Mr. Norton said That he haw of mese tempt by •
public sabswipdca. These we ter thing, however, which
he wheal to itemise= le Ida (Mr. Fen) and other respect-
able undlamme la the theorist who were sufferers by the
sane of in breathing, sad that was to est die=
MWsisg ash ea altered= is the law es would peas=
whale property of this deseripties, era is ambled these
L to a trial sad severe panidoestd.
the the as=
tlss= Portland Vass being Sestreyed et the Whisk
M.esm, the law was bead to be a &feed= far the prat=
Os of valuable property that It was at that 11s e sesesied,
but the eassitheat tudertuately ealy ateithith le works
of seta • ham siliesdia was Is salsa to the
pretedka et thimble property
le ga like Mr. F phis
iresdl le seem-
sh this neennsail IE di ether sufferers
to wait ups the =whew be the less* ofldeebeth, who,
be bed on dabs, MIEN amid dim alabing the procee-
ded se useserwy be the prawsedes eters= property.—Mr.
Fes said he dwell essele set apes the suggesdea.