The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

Mory Hall, • fasii;•••l;:alizeiioung woman, was
charged with picking_ pockets in omnibuses.
The prooecutris, Mrs. Penguin, of 91, St. Swithin's-
lineal"' km a Chelsea and Pimlico omnibus at the Man-
siesi•Brees. Her purse, containing two sovereigns and
some beltriarq was safe at Charuiperovs; shortly after-
mods the primmer got into the omnibus and sat on her
right side; end directly afterwards a man and woman
seated themedookopposite to her, and began to take • deal
of notice of two ohildren she had with See. On arriving
at the Wills. seal the primmer sad the mast opposite to
her both left the omnibus, sad before the former had
lie Mrs. Patterson missed her purse
gaited
peabt Oho was about to leave the omnibus, but
theorems who hod Mem *dog with the MS opposite re-
smommetil her to lossp has oat, ommiriag her that her
barbed bed pee edit lbe ImiftooMd map* and would
bring hoe look. The Mimi* ea being apprised of
what bed sum* wet Aar the prisoner, whom he
overtook mils doer et a ailloismes I. Ohs ftesbury-ter-
niee. She kW/ilk/MI iseseslsi to go back with him,
sod Ahead to le mareand. Om their mop bask the us-
doctor waft man whe leg beim mad mei* to Mn.
Patten, oat be inquired yobs**, the pone hod been
found. The oesductor Mai be she motive, and told
Um Miro
_mid NO whetherAireer had secreted it behind
the eaftmolmmso door. N was been by either
tbessminseer se Mm.Pallsossaof the man, but about the
mow times two ass nth* We the doorway of the coffee-
hoses, sad liftiog op the mat tea from under it a purse
like lin. Patterns% mad darted of with it.

Peisomare whose Maass was rameysd, was committed for
trial.

A second charge was established against her by Mice
Adams, of Balkin-street, Be nee-square. She stated that
she wes in an omnibus is Piccadilly, eta the 13th inst.,
sitting so near the end as hardly to leave room for another
person beyond her, when the prisoner entered, and rudely
throwing ireseelf woes her, although there was abundance
of room on both sides of the carriage, squeezed into the
place beyond her. At that time Miss Adams had her hand
upon her purse in her pocket, but shortly took her hand
away. In a few minutes prisms, scrambled over her again
and got out, 'immediately after which Miss Adams found
her purse, containing& sovereign and some silver, was gone.
Prisoner was also committed upon this charge.
LAMBETH.
Ennio Agnes Bedell, a person of about 36 years of age,
sad Albert William Cramer, a youth of Ili, were charged,
the former with plundering her muter and the latter with
having received a portion of the stolen property with a
guilty knowledge.
Owing to the respectable connexions of the younger
prisoner, the proceedings excited great interest, sad the
court was crowded.
It will be remembered that the elder prisoner, who was
in the service of Mr. Sbepheard, of the Telegraph,' Brixton,
es nursemaid, bad stolen down stairs in her night-dress
and wee in the act of filling a large bottle with gar in the
bar, when she was pounced upon by a policeman named
Tapping, Planed there by Kr. fihepheard, who had been
robbed daily for some time pest, to watch. Some marked
many was also found in her hand. She told the police-
man that she had take* the spirits for a young
man who kept her company. Accordingly, on
seerchng her boxes the Whose found • number of "
letters' written to her by the mule prisoner, and also a
qmatity of primmer', some quite untouched, bearing the
Mbar ef Powell, his signs.. The officer thirifves
treat to Kn. Powell's shop in Park-road, and seeing the
male prisoner, told kiss he shsuld take hint into custody
fee rezoning
_spirits. TM primes at oace admitted
that Bedell ball bens in the halt of Winging spirits there,
but he was not at all aware rat she bed come improperly
by then; el the seatreey, be thee& OM had purcha,ed
it meg hem& le Oro he Me ova leemeelmeet as well as
M. Oa esesehig his hem We basin agars re
head ia thewmt thee Comm eskaserleiliel we
al he lied
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that the Made gulls.,lM pan must Wish Is her en-