The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1851.

THE POLICE COURT'S.

CLE ILK EN W F.LL.
Eli:o and Ilehrg Greco were charged wit:i ill-treating
their children. 'the prosecution was at the instAuce of the
°filet rs of St. Luke's.
It appeared that Mr. Legge, the relieving officer, received
information that two of the children belonging to the pri•
Goners were cruelly beaten and neglected by them. This
led to inquiry, and a boy and girl, one five and the other
seven years old, were discovered in a wretched apartment
nearly naked, with lacerations on their bodies, which were
in an emaciated condition—so much so, indeed, that they
were unable to stand.
Mr. Albany mentioned that the female prisoner bad re-
in 7 G ceired relief, consisting of is. and six loaves a week, fur
AM it 7 more

than two years.
inc woman hem exclaimed that she had sometimes been
kept without food for more than eighteen hours, and it at
any time she touched or corrected her children it was to en-
deavour to keep them quiet when they were crying for
food. Her husband squandered his means.
TN, caw was adjourned for a future examination.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Louis Ihrehene was charged with having committed as
assault on Armand Fouquet, another Frenchma
It appeared that the defendant lived at No. 58, Rupert-
street, where, as was alleged last week in the case of an
Irishwoman named Churchill, who complained that her
daughter was detained in the house for purposes of prosti-
tution, English girl. were exported and French girls im-
ported for immoral purposes. The complainant, a hair-
dresser, was at the house when the Irishwoman came and
made a disturbance on account of her daughter, and in
consequence of the disturbance he gave the woman into
custody. After the matter was disposed of at this court
complainant went to Havre, where the Irishwoman's
daughter had been taken, fur the purpose of advising the
defendant to bring the girl back. The defendant returned
to London on Thursday last without bringing back the girl.
The defendant having ascertained that the character of the
house had been exposed in the newspapers, and that the
parish was about to indict the km pert, laid the blame on
the complainant for having given the Irishwoman into cus-
tody. The defendant induced the complainant to call
upon him in Itupert-street, and then he assaulted and beat
him severely.
'two witnesses proved the assault on the part of the de-
fendant.
Mr. Bingham considered that neither complainant nor
defendant cut a verry, creditable appearance in the matter.
Ile thought the justice 01 the case would be met by both
parties being bound over to keep the peace.
The parish authorities, who were in attendance, intimated
that it was intended to indict the house immediately.
LAMBETH.
William Wardell, a middle-aged man, of respectable
appearance, who had been apprehended on Friday after-
noon, at the residence of Joseph Itaydon, Esq., banker, nt
Guildford, was placed at the bar an a charge of attempting
to obtain 201. from the South Western Railway by fraud
and false pretences.
Mr. Stovin was the first witness examined, and stated
that on the 23.1 of last month he received a letter from Mr.
napkin, at Guildford, complaining of the lots of a port-
manteau, which letter he handed to Mr. Goodson, fur the
purpose of having the necessary inquiries made respecting
the missing article.
Mr. William Frederick Goodson deposed that on the 23.1
of September he received a letter from Mr. Hayden to Mr.
Stavin, and, in consequence, set on foot all the necessary
inquiries respecting the alleged missing property, but with-
out being able to herr anything about it.
On the 26th the prisoner came to the Waterloo station,
and said he was the bearer of a letter from his master to
Mr. Harding, the secretary. la reply to his (Mr. Good-
son's) questions, the prisoner, on this occasion, said that he
had been a passenger on therefilwayonthel9th ult., and that
he had given his luggage (two carpet bags and a portman-
teau) to a porter at the 1%1%1111311 station, when be got into
the train, bur on reaching Guildford the portmanteau was
not forthcoming, and finding the pi issuer in the service of
Mr. Bastion, the banker, he gave him into custody.
Joseph Hayden, Esq., deposed that he was a banker and
magistrate at Guildford, in Surrey, and that on Friday, the
19th of last mouth, the prisoner, whom he had engaged as
an in-door servant, came down by train to take charge of
his situation. lu a few days alter he learned from the
prinnur that he had lost a portmanteau, containing his
wearing apparel and other property, on the railway,
and that, though he had been frequently to the
Guildford station about it, he could get no tidings
of it. Believing his representations to be true, Mr.
W. Ilaytlon wrote a letter to Mr. Stovin, requesting that
attention should be paid to it, but finding that nothing had
been heard by the prisoner on the subject, he wrote a second
letter addressed to Mr. Harding, the secretary, on the 211th,
and sent the prisoner to town with it. Some days after lie
received a letter from Mr. Goodsou, stating that as the mis-
sing property had not been found, it was necessary to have
a description of it, sod an estimate of its value, and request-
in;; that this might be done by the owner. Mr. W. Ilavdon
took the note to the prisoner, in his pantry, and requi:shod
him to make out a list of the articles, with their value, on the
fly leaf. The prisoner said there were two 5/. notes, num-
bers unknown, and two sovereigns in the portmanteau,
besides two seals, and other property, and commenced
writing them down, Witness told him he had better not
overvalue the gestalt, and asked him if he thought 20/. would
compensate him for the loss ? The primmer replied ho
thought it would, and sigma a statement to that effect.
This statement the prisouer handed to him, and he (Mr.
'lepton) gave it to the officer.
Mrs. Ann Steen, of 20, Gregory-street, Pimlico, deposed
that the prisoner had lodged at bee house from the 30th of
July to the 19th of September, when he left to go, as he
told her, to a situation at Mr. Ilesdon's, the banker, at
Guildford. lie told her he should go by the five o'clock
train on the evening of the 19th, and be took with him his
luggage, consisting of two carpet bugs, a small basket, and
a hat buns.
Mr. Norton—Can you take it on yourself to state Nei-
tively that he had not a portmanteau ?
Witness—Certainly, sir. I.nerer saw such an article
in his possession, and am sure he had not such a thing on
that day,
Mr. Norton—Had you received a letter from the prisoner
a few tlays after he left your house ?
Witness—Yee, sir; that is it.
Mr. Norton-1n that letter I find the following: "They
say one mistbrtune seldom comes alone, for coming here in
portmanteau got misplaced, and I have not gut it yet. I
told you that I had sent it to the station-house, and I found
it quite safe there, but I suppose it was put into the wrong
carriage. 1 think Mr. Hayden may be in town to-morrow,
and if so, perhaps, he will make Inquiries about it at the
station, and may call upon you; if so, please to say that I
had a cab from your house, for I have charged him 2s. Gd.
fur it, and I should no* like for him to find me out in a
falsehood. If you should be asked what luggage I had, I
haul two bags and a portmanteau." Now, in the first place,
I wish to ask you, Mrs. Steers, whether you are certain
that this letter is in the prisoner's handwriting?
Mra. Steers-1 am certain of it, air.
Mr. Norton—Well, the next question u, was it true that
the prisoner had a portmanteau as well as two bags?
Mrs. Steers—lt is not true. lie had no portmanteau.
On this evidence the prisoner was remanded, and Mr.
Norton having refused to accept hail for his future attend-
mice, he was sent to prison.

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Richard Meat, aged 23 years, and Was. Stcrenson,
aged 16 years, were charged with having assaulted and
rubbed a young lady named Augusta Keep, residing with
her parents, at No. 7, Lindsey-road, Chelsea.
Mi's Keep suited that about half-past eleven o'clock that
morning she was walking slowly along Walnut-tree-walk,
in Brampton, by herself, when the prisoners approached
her, end before she was aware of their intentions Stevenson
suddenly darted upon her, and tare her brooch, which was
of some value, from her breast, with considerable violence,
and then ran off. The prisoner, in the attempt to steal
the brooch, tore her bonnet strings, veil, and shawl, and
severely scratched her neck with his fingers. She was ter-
ribly alarmed, so there were no persons in sight to render
any assistance. The other prisoner stood by at the time
Stevenson stole the brooch, and made no offer to prevent
him from committing the violence. After Stevenson had
decamped, the elder prisoner said he would run alter him
and take him into custody, but he made no effort to capture
him. Witness was surprised her watch was not stolen, as
her chain was inside. .

Sergeant Eastland said the prisoners were brought to the
station by a gentleman and • labourer, who had stopped
Stevenson with the brooch iu his possession. After Ste-
venson had ban taken into custody, the other prisoner
came up, and wanted to know if he had been taken. He
was then charmil, and denied all knowledge of Stevenson.
Mr. Poynter übwrred that a number of charges had been
brought to that court from Walnut-tree-walk of serious de-
scriptions, and he should advise Miss Keep in future not to
walk there alone.

Bradshaw, the summoning officer, said the Walnut-tree-
walk was a short cat from Brompton to Kensington. It
was a very narrow thoroughfare, there being no carriage
way, and exceedingly dam:, rous to pedestrians after dark.
l'aynter remanded the prisoners for a week.

TUE PREMIER AT RITTL-DEFUTATIOSi FROM
RHTL AND ST. AIAPII.—A large and influential public
meeting was held at Ithyl on Wednesday morning, the
Right Hon. Lord Mostyn in the chair, to take into con-
sideration the propriety of presenting an address of welcome
to Lord John Russell. Several able speeches were made
by gentlemen resident in the locality, and resolutions
warmly expressive of the sense the meeting entertained of
his lurdihip's long and consistent public career and his 1
many private virtues were unanimously adopted. A vote
of thanks was then pa,seil to the noble chairman, at the
close of which J. Al illiams, Esq., M.P., announced that
he had pr, sided over a meeting the previous day at St.
1 Asaph, convened with the same view as that at Rhyd,
and as he was about to bead a deputation from the
former fur the purpose of presenting an address of congra-
tulation to his lordship, doubtless Lord John would receive
both deputations at the same time. The meeting then se-
parated. On Thursday morniii;, at eleven o'clock, the de- 1
putations from Rbyl and St. Asaph waited upon the Premier
at the Belvoir llotel, respectively preceded by Lord Mostyn
and J. Williams, Esq. The Rev. W. H. Owen, on behalf
of the inhabitants of St. Asaph, read an address to the
effect thst, although differences of political opinion might
prevail amongst them, they were agreed in one sentiment—
that of unfeigned respect for the motives which hail actuated
is lordship's political career. A similar address having
been read by the Rev. J. It. Owen, on behalf of the inha-
bitants of 1011. the noble Premier replied in suitable and
courteous term•, and the deputations withdrew. Lady
Russell and her children were present during the interview.