The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

I:IOW-STREET.
William and Robert Hale, the defendants in the late
government prosecutions, were brought up from Horse-
onouger•lane Gaol, to be admitted to bail, two of their
neighbours, respectable householders of liotherhithe, offer•
. ing the required sureties of 401. each, for the attendance of
the defendants to answer the charge at the Surrey Sessions.
Mr. W. Sheen, the solicitor to the defendants, requested
his worship, if possible, to extend the interval of time which
was permitted for giving notice of appeal against the judg-
ment pronounced in the first case, relative to the possession
of gunpowder.
Mr. Henry said he should have been very willing to do
so, but the act was imperative on the point, and left him no
discretion in the matter. Notice of appeal must be given
either at the time, or within forty-eight hours of the deci-
sion of the magistrate, so that the period of time allowed
for the notice bad already expired.
Mr. Sheen inquired what were the obligations incurred
by a defendant in giving notice of appeal ?
Mr. Henry—He is bound to enter into recognisanees to
prosecute the appeal at the sessions, and to And sureties for
the due payment of the costs of the proceeding.
Mr. Sheen—They are not heavy, I presume ?
Mr. Henry—ln a recent case, which came under my
observation, they amounted to about 601.
Mr. Sheen said he feared there might be some difficulty
about the matter, because Mr. Hale, in his present position
—with his property in the hands of the police—was abso-
lutely a ruined man. He would confer with his client,
however, upon the subject.
The above conversation took place after the liberation of
the Messrs. Hale on bail.
. .

At a later period of the day, Mr. Sheen called and paid
the amount of the penalty in the gunpoweer case (dl. 145.),
and intimated that the appeal was abandoned.

MARYLEBONE,

Mary Hall, a decently dressed female, was charged with
having robbed Mr. Walter, a pawnbroker, residing in High-
street, near this court.
John Keep, salesman to Mr. Walter, deposed that in
consequence of information communicated through Mr.
Lawley, pawnbroker, carrying on business in South-street,
he went to Lawley's house on the 23rd, and there
found a bedtick, sheet, and some other things, which had
been pawned there by the prisoner, and which articles had
been stolen from outside the premises of Mr. Walter, one of
whose tickets was found attached to the bedtick.
William Fordham, assistant to Mr. Lawley, said that on
the 22nd prisoner pawned the tick, sheet, and other
things. Mr. Walter's ticket having been subsequently
found on the bedtick, it led to an inquiry, which eventually
conduced to the apprehension of the prisoner.
Other evidence was pas into, from which it appeared
that on the previous afternoon the prisoner offered to sell
the duplicate of the bedtick to Mr. Smith, of East-street.
He (Mr. Smith) having heard of the robbery, told her to
call again, and when she did so, she was given into custody
of Constable 107 D.
That officer assured the magistrate that on telling the
prisoner the nature of the charge on which be captured her,
she turned away from him and swallowed a bedtick, a pair
of stays, two brass candlesticks, a smoothing iron, and a
bellow,.
Magistrate—Nonsense. Pray, constable, have you lost
your senses ?
Constable—Your worship, 'tis the tickets of them, I
mean, she swallowed.
Magistrate—Oh that, indeed. Pray, prisoner, what have
you to say to this accusation ?
The prisoner, not having a word to say in her defence
was fully committed to take her trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Edward Backland, • brushmeker, was charged with
having attempted the life of his wife.
The praecutrix was assisted into the justice-room and
placed in a chair. She said she had been the wife of the
prisoner nearly 20 years, and had been subjected to the
most brutal treatment at his hands nearly, the whole of
that time. At 11 o'clock, en the previous night, he came
home, and, after abusing her, he beat her on the head and
other parts of the body with • hammer, and, also, with a
pair of shears, and finally broke her arm. She escaped from
him, and meeting with a policeman sheplaced herself under
his protection, and was removed to the University Hospital.
Sergeant Wilkes said he took the prisoner into custody.
He had known him fire years as a regular savage to his
wife, whom, from time to time, he had beaten almost to
pima. Witness had him in custody many times for his
atrocities towards her. On the first two occasions, his
'teem, although half-killed, mercifully refused to appear
=him. On the third charge she was compelled to
tiate it, and he was held to bail to keep the peace
firg the term of six months, and on his fourth appearance in
that court he was sent for trial, convicted, and imprisoned
in the House of Correction for 12 months.
Mr. Lawrence, house surgeon of the University Hospital,
stated that the prosecutrix was brought under his care by
Sergeant Wilkes, and he found her most frightfully man-
gled ,• her right arm was broken just above the wrist, and
she had several severe contusions on her head and other
parts of her body.
The shears were produced, and, in reply to the learned
magistrate, the officers said they weighed more than three
pounds.
Mr. Tyrwbitt indignantly asked the prisoner if he wished
to put any question to either of the witnesses, or to make
any answer to the charge ?
The accused, who had concealed his face with his hands
and arms while in the dock, muttered that he had no epee,-
vatioa whatever to make. _ .

Mr. Tyrwhitt remarked that he was tired of wasting
words on such heartless ruffians, with whom the legislature
were about to deal in a manner which would be more be-
neficial and satisfactory to the public mind. He was most
heartily glad that a more stringent law would be vested in
the power of magistrates in a few weeks; and he, for one,
would assuredly exercise it with an extremity the necessity
of such atrocities demanded. Ile should remand him for
the present, and ultimately send him before a jury for trial.
The ruffian was then removed by Waddington, the
gaoler. His victim was taken back to the hospital.

Mr. George Thomas, a chemist and druggist, carrying
on business in Leather-lane, Holborn, was charged with
being concerned with Mears. Cunningham and Currie, ex-
amined on Friday, is feloniously causing abortion by the
see of an instrument. The prisoner, when he was appre-
hended at his shop, said he recollected the young lady
coming to him, and he gave her a letter to Dr. Smith. He
denied any knowledge of the crime imputed to him, and
said he had only supplied her with such medicines as were
recommended by the medical men.
The prisoner was remanded.
In the report of this affair given in the Sunday Tiesee,it
is said, " Neither during the present examination, nor that
which had taken place the day before, had anything been
allowed to transpire (though the name had been mentioned)
touching the principal actor in this disgusting affair;
namely, the reputed father of the infant prematurely de-
stroyed, and who had up to the present eluded the vigilance
of the officers. Ia the statement made by Miss Morale
to Mr. Lund, and also in her admissions to Mr.
Greenwood, she made no secret of the name of
her seducer, and it is much to be regretted, on the grounds
of public decency, morals, and religion, 'that he is no
less a person than a clergyman, and a popular preacher at
one of the most extensive parishes in the city of London.
That this clerical delinquent was aware of what had been
going on there can be no doubt, as it appears he was in-
strumental in procuring the lodging for the young lady at
which the operation had been performed, and had repeat-
edly visited her there. It is also stated that after Mr.
Greenwood had been called in, and be became aware of
the fact, be waited on that gentleman and entreated he
would keep the matter secret, begged of him to corridor
the unfortunate position in which the eae would place
hint and the young lady, and unequivocally hinted that he
might name his own price for his secrecy. Dlr. Greenwood
indignantly refused compliance to the entreaties of both the
clerical delinquent and his solicitor, and finding all means
to hush up the matter futile, the reverend seducer ex-
claimed, ' Then 1 shall be like a fallen star from the firma-
ment of h He left his residence immediately eller,
but on Sunday last ho again ascended the pulpit and
preached a sermon to a crowded congregation. To conceal
his name is hardly just, but there is very little doubt that
before many days are over it will be sufficiently public."

DAILY WEATHER TAME.
FRIDAY. MAY 2, 1863.
The state of the weather at each of the following places
at Niae o'clock on Saturday mormag. The statioas are
imaged is order of latitude.
; Strong Breeze ; Overcast.
Muu.lxosa—S.E.; Strong Breeze • Partially Cloudy.
Harnstoe—S. ; Light Airs ; Partially Cloudy.
PoLassroxa—N.B.; Oentle Breeze; Overcast.
Tualtainon—N.W. ; Gentle Broeu ; Overcast

Onasmencit—Cahn; Overcast.
SWINDON—S. ; Gentle Breese ; Partially Cloudy.
Catenation—Calm ; Partially Cloudy.
; Cahn ; Partially Cloudy.
The returns from the following places did not roach this
silos in time for publication on Saturday; they therefore
indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at
nine o'clock :
Hitarittos—N.E.; Gentle Breese ; Rain.
; Fresh Breese ; Rain.
Totrazinos--N.B. ; Strong Breese; Scud—Rain.
; Strong Breeze ; Heavy Rain.
Srnoon—E.; Strong Breese; Heavy Rain.
BWINDON-3.E. ; Fresh Breese ; Rain.
CANBILIDON--E. ; Gentle Breese; Cloudy.
YAnnotrus—E.; Hard Wind ; Partially Cloudy.

THIS DAY, Noow.
Corr rd WtM. Strewth et WWI. lithe et the Weather.
Node Beene. Mae.

TILE IRIRII BOARD OF EDUCATION.—We are au-
thorised to state (says the Observer), that •here is no truth
in the report that the Archbishop of Dublin and Mr. Black-
burn. Lave withdrawn from the National Board of Educa-
tion in Ireland.

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