The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF PERJURY

AGAINST A GIRL.

A girl, aged apparently about 15 or 16 years, and
who gave her name as Ellen Condron, was on yesterday
brought up at the head office of police in Dublin, having
been arrested under the following novel and extraordinary
circumstances : For some years back she had been in the
habit of framing with the most reckless hardihood and con-
tempt of all consequences charges of robbery against inno-
cent individuals, whom she prosecuted, in same instances
with success, for the purpose of extorting mon from them.
It appeared that between 9 and 10 p.m. on 3rd February,
the prisoner, in company with two other girls, entered the
shop of Edward Reilly, publican, at 50, Meath-street, and
sat down in the taproom, and, having called fur some drink,
proceeded atter a short time to pay for it. The prisoner
stated that she had 4W. in her possession, of which she
would give 101. to have the remainder changed; and on
two or three occasions put her hand to where she stated she
had the money, as if for the purpose of producing it ; after
some delay she at length produced a small parcel, which
she gave to Matthew Reilly, brother of the proprietor of
the premises, stating " there is the money." On opening
, it, however, he discovered that it contained nothing but
some old rags tied up ; and, on telling the prisoner this,
she again begun searching her dress, as if she had the
money concealed therein. One of her companions however
exclaimed, " I see you have no money, I will pay for the
drink," and accordingly did so. 'they all loft the shop,
but on the same night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the pri-
soner returned in company with one of the girls, and de-
manded either " her money or her change." He
immediately requested to be informed what change
she wanted, and she replied, " the money I
gave you before to keep—the 3.51." He of course
denied having received any such sum, and, on asking her
where she get the money, she replied that she had stolen
401. from her uncle, John Conuron, of Sheep-hill, and
' that the 351. in question/was a portion of that sum. Reilly
was of course much annoyed at her importunities, and called
in police-constable 140 A, who happened to be passing at the
time, for the purpose of giving her inti custody. The pri-
soner however persisted so vehemently in her assertions,
and having particularised the sum stolen as consisting of
three 101. notes and one 51. one, and added that the loss
thereof had been published in the Gazette, and that the
notes had been stopped, succeeded in convincing the con-
stable that it was his duty to remove Mr. Reilly to the
station-house, where he remained all night. The brother
of Mr. Reilly, however, instantly took his departure to
Sheep Hill, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
portioc of the girl Condron's statement relative to the felony
of the 401. was true, and on arriving there found that
although a John Condron did live there, he had neither lost
any money nor bad the misfortune to be in any way ac-
quainted with the prisoner. Mr. Hamilton, 11.1'. for the
county of Dublin, in whose employment Condron was, in-
formed him that about eight weeks previous to that the
police bad been engaged in investigating charges of robbery
brought against different persons by this very Condron,
whom he (Mr. H.) believed to have been imprisoned in the
gaol of Naas. Mr. E. Reilly then went to the Constabulary
Station, and ascertained that the police had been greatly
annoyed by the charges and false statements put forward
by the prisoner Ellen Condron, who made a livelihood in
that manner. In consequence of these facts having trans-
pized and been duly authenticated the magistrate decided
upon dismissing the complaint against Mr. M. Reilly, and
upon placing the prisoner Ellen Cundron in the dock.
Whilst the above matters were in progress of investiga-
tion and elucidation, intelligence reached the authorities
that the prisoner had been practising the very same tricks
in Liverpool, and that there were then no less than three
persons in custody upon charges preferred by her, and to
substantiate which she had mixed up the names of several
parties actually residing in different parts of Dublin, and
had described the localities in which their respective resi-
dences were situated with the utmost minuteness ; awl she
had also spoken of several Rowan catholic clergymen by
name, and the reverend lady principal of the Baggot-street
Convent, as being able to give her a good character. These,
however, all turned out, after careful and patient investi-
gation by the Dublin police force, to be mere fictions, and
the references to be adroit but downright untruths. On
reference to the calendar of crimes kept in Kilmainham
Gaol, it appeared that the prisoner, youthful as she was,
had twice undergone the sentence of the County Sessions
Court, once for four, and on the second occasion for twelve
months, and the presiding barrister had only refrained from
transporting her in the hope that she might one day reform.
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Evidence to substantiate the foregoing facts having been
given,
The magistrate committed the prisoner for trial at the
ensuing commission as a vagrant, without any possible
means of earning her bread honestly.

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE AT A WEDDING.—A
strange circumstance occurred on Sunday night in the

QuerLer Bonne-Nouvelle. A young man who had been
married the day before, had invited some Of his friends to
come and celebrate the wedding. An excellent dinner was
prepared, and done ample justice to ; and in the sours of
the evening, it was proposed t i extemporise a dance.
Whilst in the midst of • grand galop, one of the gentle-
men suddenly sent his foot through the flooring, and got •
sharp fall in consequence. In endeavouring to extricate
himself, he broke part of the ceiling of the room below, is
that a hole was made between the two storeys. Immo&
ately so dreadful an odour rasa up from the room Imam.'
neath that the guests were not able to endure it ; lei
at last it was resolved to go and knock at the deer
of the apartment below. This was done, but es no
answer was given, enquiries were made of the porter, who
said that the apartment was occupied by • wealthy nstsr-
*hand° de comestibles at the Halley, who had some
days before gone to see her friends in the sestaUy,
and bad not since returned. It was thought, whim Se
circumstances, best to send for the commissary of
and on his arrival the door was broken open. The eatill:#l
the dreadful odour was then discovered. The body of OD
marcAosade was found on the bed in an advanced stabs at
decomposition, death having, to all appearance, been pew
dated by the fumes of lighted charcoal. It seems that bee
husband had last year put an end to his existence in a
similar manner, and that ever since she had been some-
what affected in her mind. In place of going to the coun-
try, as the porter thought, she must have returned quietly
Dome, and put an end to her existence.—Galignani.

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THE MURDER :ILO, CHADWELL-lIELTII, ESSEX.—
On Tuesday morning, within three hours after the murder
of Mr. Toiler was committed, information of the tragical
event was forwarded to Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner for
Essex, who immediately directed a jury to be empannelkd,
and on the same afternoon they assembled at the Greyhound
public-house, on Chadwell-heath, near the residence of the
deceased. The jury having heard the extremely direct and
positive evidence, embodied in our yesterday's report, had
no hesitation in finding a verdict of wilful murder against
Charles Saunders, the person in custody, and the coroner
issued his warrant accordingly for the prisoner's committal
to the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court, and
bound over the witnesses to appear and give evidence
against him. It appears from inquiries made by the police
th.t the prisoner Saunders is one of those ill-conditioned
tramping mendicants who infest the country, and had been
long in the habit of extorting money front timid and ner-
vous people, partly by threats and partly by whining ap-
peals for relief ; and there is no doubt, from the observa-
tion he made to the constable who held him in custody,
toat the deceased had prevented him obtaining some
money, and that revenge prompted him to the commission
of the horrible deed.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CORPORAL OF THE 6TB
LIGHT DILIOOOI4B.—On Tuesday an inquest was held at
the Barracks Inn, Newcastle-on-Tyne, before blr. J. 0.
Stoker, coroner, on Matthew Ferris, aged 21, a corporal in
the 6th Light Dragoons, stationed at Neweistle Barracks,
why was killed by a tall from his horse whilst returning
from the Post-office with the letter bog on Monday morn-
ing. It appears that about half-past eleven o'clock Ferris
was observed on horseback galloping up Pilgrim-street,
from the Post-office, when he appeared to be intoxicated,
and the horse threw him. Ile remounted and turned into
Blackett-street. On reaching the further end of the street
the horse got upon the llsg stones, slipped its foot and fell,
and deceased was thrown with great violence upon his
back, his head coming in contact with the paving stones.
Ile was conveyed to the barracks in a state of insensibility,
and died about an hour afterwards, his skull being dread-
fully fractured. Ferris had always been a remarkably
steady man ; but he had lately come into possession of a
sum of money. 13e had two five pound notes that morning,'
and after his death 9/. 10a. were found in his pockets. It is
supposed that he had fallen in with some acquaintance and
indulged too freely in liquor during his brief absence from
the barracks that morning. The horse is said to be a very
mischievous one, having injured several persons before.

WEDNIESDAT EVENING.
The railway market opened "good" this morning,
strength being imparted by the purchase of 1,200
Great Western shares, which carried the price of
that stock up to 89. Subsequently, the market sym-
pathised with tho fall in Consols, the decline being
in some cases considerable, but later in the afternoon
there was a partial rally. Prices, however, although
the feeling at the close was firmer, left off 10s. to 11.
per cent. lower than yesterday.
French shares opened steadily, but declined
rapidly with Console. Later in the day a rally took
place, consequent on the receipt of to-day's prices
from Paris. Northerns, being scarce in this market,
were better supported than Lyons and Strasbourg'.