The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

stood by a gentleman, and put his hand into the gentle-
man's pocket and drew his handkerchief nearly out. Wit-
ness went forward and took the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner protested his innocence. He had only come
from Scotland with his father, who was a baker, about a
week ago. He was looking at the articles in the Exhibition
when lie saw a gentleman's handkerchief partly hanging
out of his rocket, and he touched the gentleman for the
purpose of drawing his attention to the circumstance, when
the constable came to him and took him into custody.
The constable was positive he saw the prisoner attempt to
steal the handkerchief. He had seen the prisoner about the
Exhibition on the outride a day or two previously.
Mr. Hardwick sent him to prison for three mouths.
In the course of the day prisoner made two attempts at
self-destruction in his cell. He was again brought before
Mr. Hardwick, who sent for his father in order to inquire
into the previous character of the boy, who was remanded
for that purpose.
The following sums were melted for Ann Hicks :—From
" Another Victim," 10s. ; " Lord 8.," 11. ; " Capt. H. E.
Napier," It.
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Sally Turner Winter, wife of William Winter, formerly
a porter in the employ of the South Western Railway, and
residing at 80, York-street, Kingsland-road, was charged
with having in her possession 200 sovereigns, two gold rings,
a gold watch. a guard-chain, 15 silk handkerchiefs, and a
quatity of black sewing silk, of which she could give no
satisfactory account—The company prosecuted.
The prisoner had been apprehended in the K division and
taken before Mr. Seeker at the Southwark police-court,
who, finding that the prisoner was connected with a rob-
bery that wall under investigation at Wandsworth police-
court, sent the prisoner there.
Police-constable Benton, 381 N. division, stated that on
Monday morning he received information that 2001. had
been left at No. 9, Buxton-terrace, Leighton-road, in the
parish of West Ham, together with a large bundle of silk
handkerchiefs, and ascertained that it belonged to the pri-
soner. He went to Mr. Winter's residence and saw the
prisoner, who admitted she was Mrs. Winter, and asked
her if her husband was in, and she said he was not. lie
then told her he was an officer, and he had been informed
that the prisoner had left 200 sovereigns, a quantity of
silver, and a quantity of other property at Burton-terrace.
She said she had left it at her brother-in-law's; as her hus-
band was in trouble, and being afraid somebody would come
and search and find the property, she took it for safety to
her brother-in-law's at Stratford.
Rebecca Sergeant stated that she lived at No. 9. Buxton-
terrace, Leighton-road, Stistford, and the prisoner's bro-
ther, who was a single man, and whose name was
Benjamin Lawrence, lived with them, and was a
fireman on the Eastern Counties Railway. On Sun-
day morning, about half past nine o'clock, the pri-
soner came and asked if her brother was at home, and
she told her he was not, he bad left home at six o'clock
that morning. Witness asked prisoner to stop the day, but
she declined doing that, and she then asked her to go up
stairs and take her things off and stop dinner. The pri-
soner asked if her brother's room was locked and witness
told her he never locked it. She was then carrying a basket
and a bundle, which she took up stairs. The prisoner came
down afterwards into the kitchen and began crying, and as
she was looking very ill she asked her what the matter was,
and she said she was in trouble about het husband, and took
from her pocket a little gold watch, in a ease, which her
husband had sent to her brother. A friend of her husband's,
named Whitcher, had been taken into custody on
Saturday night last, and she wished the witness
to send her brother to her husband as soon as
he came home at night. She also said her hus-
band had seen her off by the train, and he was gone
, down into the country. She had left some things in her
brother's box under the bed, but did not say what they
were. She said that she brought them there that they
might be safe, and if any one came to inquire after her,
, she was to say she hail not been there.
Mr. T. Bent, a detective officer, exclusively employed by
the South Western Company, proved that in July, 1850, a
box of plate was sent from Winchester by the railway, to
be forwarded to London for repair, and on the arrival of
the train by which it should have come it was reported
missing. The prisoner's husband was at that time em-
ployed as a " ticker " at the goods station, that was to
compare the bills with the goods, and see that all were safe.
On this occasion the box of plate being missing, the pri-
soner's husband was suspected, and he went to search their
house in Neptune-street, Spring-place, Wandsworth-Toad,
het as nothing was found the company did not prosecute.
The witness further stated, that about Christmas last a
bale of goods, consisting of cottons, handkerchiefs (silk and
cotton), and a large quantity of sewing silk, altogether
weighing 2 cwt., was forwarded by the South Western
Railway, and addressed, " Mr. Cook, Draper, Walton,"
bat mice reached its destination.
Sergeant Manning of the K division produced a quantity
of sewing silk which he had found in the bundle that the
prisoner had left at Stratford.—Remanded till Monday.