The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

NEW COURT.—YErrnomr.
WO= rig. C 0.3111001. sap sprr.

This court was occupied whole daitrying prisoners
for palming bad 'money, of whom there were 14. Two of the
prisoners convicted being old offenders, were sentenced to
four years' penal servitude. It appeared from one of the
cases that • new game is being carried on. A woman with
apparently a sick infant in her arms, had, in several
instances, pane into • chemist's shop end succeeded in
passing some W silver in payment for a trifling article of
medicine fordo relief of the child.
Sarah •re, who was convicted last session of endea-
vouring to wral the birth of her child by burning the
body, wee bassibt up fee judgment.
The Comma Sarjanat said that from circumstances which
had come to the knowledge of the court, he should order
her new to be further imprisoned for seven days in Newgate.
George gyp, Presort polisher, case indicted for
felonies., waseding MeshatlitHaianell.
It appeared that upon Mentlay, the 19th of last month,
the primmer, at about one in the day, was at the Spanish
Patriot, in the New Cat, and the woman had foliowed him
there, and asked his for @sees money to get the children
some food, and be gave bee a shilling, out of which she
spent with Idea three halflesse. She then wanted him to
go bems, but he refused, and she said she would not go
been whitest his. He then asked her to give him back
the dons, ant of the shilling, and upon bar saying she
weed& ape he with an oath said that he would have her
life, and immediately kicked her very violently from be-
hind, whirl caused the blood to flow copiously from her
privets parts, which were much injured, sad for flee days
she was in the hospital, and her life was despaired of.
The prisoner after the occurrence appeared sorry for what
bad taken place.
The wife, as appeared from her own statement, had been
out from home the whole of the previous night. She bad
only been six weeks out of her confinement.
The jury found him Guilty.
Sentence—Six months' imprisonment and hard labour.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YErrEmiy.
suo“ Yt SIRIZAMT ADAM, ANINTAJIT JVDDIL
Thomas Powdi, 42, was indietad for unlawfully assault-
int. Mary Aon Davis, with intent.
the defendant in this ease lived at 69, Windsor-street,

Islington, and stood in the relation of step father to the
prosecutriz, a girl 13 years of age. The offence imputed to
him was committed on the 21st inst., and the evidence of
the girl clearly showed that though he was not guilty on
the first count, he hal been guilty of most scandalous con-
duct towards her.
The jury found him Guilty of a common assault, and
The Assistant Judge sentenced him to four months'
limprisoament.

FICIIIIWC Driscoll, a young man attired Si a sailor, was
indicted for committing an assault on Emma Gooding, with
a falosious intent.

The }noosed=, who said that she had been a waitress
at a tavern In Doctors' Commons, stated that she was now
keeping house !se her brother, who bad loot his wife, in
Lam-street, St George's. On the 13th inst., at about
three in the morning, she was returning home from No. 2,
Caroline-street, where she had been to a party, when she
was accosted by the defendant. He threw his arm round
her neck and tried to kite her, upon which she told him to
let her alone, or she should ell out for protection. She
succeeded in getting away from him and ran away, but he
followed her, and committed an assault upon her, the nature
of which she described, and which was set forth in the first
count of the indictment. She tried to push him away, but
could not, through exhaustion. He held her about two
minutes, and, attracted by her cries, a policeman came up
and took him away from her.
Ia mose-ozamination she stated that she went with her
sweetheart to the party at No. 2, Caroline-street. She did
not know the name of the person who gave the party. It
took plies in the first floor. Her sweetheart went away
between one and two o'clock, leaving her there, although
he lodged ia the house. She did not know the names of the
persona she wee left with, she had never seen them before.
The jury found the defessoleat Guilty. of a common assault.
The Assistant Judge after sonferring with the magis-
trates on the bench, said he was not at all satisfied with the
account the proseestrix gave as to the reason of her being
out. It was very strange that a young woman should go
with her sweetheart to a party where he lodged, and the
giving it quits unknown to her, her sweetheart
leavingtse" her there for two hours' and allowing her to go
home at three in the morning by herself.
Mr. Parry said that the proeecutrix, even admitting that
she had been gutty of imprudent conduct, was entitled to
protection from each an outrage as the defendant had been
guilty of.
The policeman said he had ascertained that the prooecu-
trix lived with her brother, a master shoemaker, at a most
respectable house in Lucas-street, but he had not inquired
about the house in Caroline-street referred to. The prose-
cynic was keeping company with • young man (a black-
smith) with whom she went to the house in question on the
nig_ht of this tracsaction.
The Assistant-Judge said the prosecntrix must be pro-
tected from such conduct as had been proved against the
defendant. Under the circumstances the sentence was
that he be imprisoned for one mouth.