The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-20 00:00:00

TILE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY ifNENING, OCTOBER 20, 1847.

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fendant wee toeveyed to the station house. The defendant
had thrown several snort pots at Mrs. Bird, but they had
fortunately missed ler, and had struck some bottles on the
shelves and had broken them. The damage done amounted
to 10L—The police-constable who was called to take the pri-
soner into custody said the prisoner kicked him severely.—
Mr. Hardwick asked if the defendant was in the same un-
clothed condition when he entered the publichouse.—The
constable said the defendant was dressed, but while in the
station-house he had torn all his clothes into pieces.—gent to
hard labour for one month.

RYLEBON E. HUAI/EBBE* 00TRAGE. - Henry
Argelly, living at No. 62, Little Albany-street North, Re-
gent's•park, was charged with having brutally autaulted
Anne, his wife.—The poor woman, whose face was shock-
ingly bruited and discoloured, gave evidence to the effect
that she was married two years ago to the prisoner, who
almost ever since had given way to habits of intoxication.
He had upon many occasions ill-treated her in a most brutal
manner. On the previous day, she went into a beer-house
for change for a shilling, and found him drunk at the
counter; when he, without any provocation, grossly abused
her, end beat her, and in all probability she would
have been killed by him, had not two or three
persons dragged her forcibly away. lie followed
her home, when he knocked her down, and held her by the
throat until she was nearly strangled. All that she required
of him was that he would leave her, and she would willingly
support herself and children by her own t settions.—The
above statement was corroborated by other witnesses, two of
whom added that when complainant, efhr being so in-
humanly assaulted, threatened to call for the police, he (pri-
soner) swore he would settle her, and save her the trouble of
doing so; this was when he grasped her by the throat.—The
prisoner, who had no witnesses present, alleged that his wife
was in the habit of provoking him incessantly by orderirg
him home wk she met with him at the beer shop. He
was, after a severe lecture from the worthy mogistrste (Mr.
Broughton), fined in the full penalty of 61., m default of
payment, two months' imprisonment.
LAMBETH.—AMIAULT OP A WIER RY HER HUSBAND.
—Mr. T. Jones was charged with brutally assaulting his
wife.—Mrs. Jones, whose countenance was shockingly dis-
figured, said that fora length of time she had been subjected
to the most cruel ill-treatment from her husband, who was
of very dissipated habits and kept very irregular ►oors.
Having ascertained that he bad carried on a correspondence
with • young lady, and having also discovered where the
young lady lived, she, witness, called on her on the evening
before to inform her that she was the lawful wife of the mart
who had paid her such attention, and who, she suspected,
had represented himself as a single man ; and the conse-
quence of her doing this was that at a late hour of the night
her husband came home, armed himself with a knife
and a poker, and declared with the most dreadful
imprecations thet he would do for her. She avoided
his brutality for come time by locking herself into
her bed-room, but he ultimately sexed and at-
tacked her in a furious manner, and kicked her almost
as Ring as he was able. A policeman was ultimately
called to, and she gave the prisoner into custody.—Mr.
Monekles, a gentleman who occupies the first floor at the
house of the prisoner, 42, Belvidere-road, Lambeth, said
that from three until five o'clock that morning he had been
disturbed and kept awake by the noise and awful impreca-
tions of the prisoner, and at length, bearing a violent
screaming, he ran down stairs, when he saw Mrs. Jones
lying on her back on the floor, with the prisoner kneeling
upon her, and striking her about the head and face with
both his clinched fists as hard as he was able. The witness
strongly remonstrated with Dim on his unmanly brutality,
upon which he commenced abusing him in the most dis-
graceful language. Mrs. Janes at this time was bleeding
profusely about the head.—Mr. Elliott commented in severe
terms upon the brutal and improper conduct of the prisoner,
and sentenced him to pay a penalty of dl , or in default to be
imprisoned for two months ; and also to find two sureties in
1001. each to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for
six months.

THAMES,—THE ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.—III the
case of Henry Crane, charged on Saturday with the man-
slaughter of a little girl, a solicitor attended on his behalf,
and stated that an inquest had that day been held on the
body, and a verdict of accidental death returned.—Mr.
Yardley ordered the prisoner to be discharged.
BETTAL ASSAI:LT.—J. Shepe, a powerfully-built seaman,
was charged with assaulting Alexander Jackson, a gun-stock
maker, and also with severely injuring Jane Jackson, his
wife.—The complainant stated that on Monday night,
shortly before 12 o'clock, be was returning home, accompa-
nied by his wife and mother-in-law, a Mrs. Horton, when,
near Wentloecsquare, Uppt r East Smithfield, they. met
the prisoner and several of his comrades. The prisoner
accused witness of jostling him, to which he replied that
if he had done so he begged pardon, as it was
unintentional. The prisoner immediately swore at him,
and knocked him down. Some of his companions
held his arms, and the prisoner dashed his bead
against the kerbstone, end at last, from loss of blood, he be-
came insensible.—This evidence was corroborated by Mrs.
Horton, who added that the prisoner also behaved in a most
brutal manner to Mrs. Jackson. He knocked her down, and
whether her jaw was broken or not she did not know, hut
in the morning she could scarcely speak.—Police-constable
H 200 said that he found the prosecutor completely covered
with blood. The prisoner did not then, or at the station-
house, complain of having been struck first. He produced
Mrs. Jackson's bonnet, which was torn all to shreds.—ln de-
fence the prisoner did riot deny the assault, but said that the
complainant was the aggressor.—Mr. Yardley fined him 405.,
or 14 days' imprisonment.—The fine was.paid.
SitIOTS CHARGE AGAINST A CHIEF OTTICEIL—T. Gill,
chief officer of the barque Cumberland, now lying in the
West India Import Dock, was charged with stealing 6 bags
of rice, the property of the owners of the vessel. Mr. Pel-
ham said, the Cumberland had recently arrived from the
East Indies. At Calcutta they had taken en 6,420 bags of rice,
and on their arrival at Port Louis, in the Mauritius, where
the rice was to be discharged, it was prisoner's duty to have
seen the cargo duly aad properly delivered, whereas he had
employed some of the crew to cut open the begs, and he ab-
stracted from various bags the quantity above mentioned.
This rice he sold to a custom-house officer in Port Louie ;
and in consequence of that officer attempting to smuggle
some rum on shore at the same time, the whole thing got
discovered. The neat day, expecting a hurricane, the captain
wascompelled to get under weigh,which was the reason the
matter was not laid before the authorities at Port Louis. Mr.
Pelham concluded by handing in a certificate to that effect,
' Signed "George Vickere, Inspector of Police, Mauritius."--
Captain Thomas Andrew Carr, master of the Cumberland,
deposed that on the 12th of March, 1847, his ship was lying
at St. Louis, which is an open roadstead. On that day he
went ashore about seven o'clock in the evening, when the
, custom-house officer came up to him and said, " I have got
'into trouble about that bottle of rum you told your steward
to give me." Witness said "I will ge and see if I an get
you out of it,"—when he added, "and there's that rice, too,
your mate sold me." Witness,' was completely astonished
at this, and the more so when he saw the six bags of rice,
two of which were whole, the same as they were delivered at
Calcutta, with the cargo mark and all on. When he 'went
on board he taxed the prisoner with the robbery,
and he ultimately confessed he had sold it for Bs.—Mr.
Vesey said he was instructed his client had a perfect answer
to the charge, but be wished it postponed for the production
of important witnesses, and he trusted the magistrate would
accept his own bail.—Mr. Yardley: I certainly shall not. A
grave charge of felony has been brought forward, and I must
say a primil facie case made out. I shall remand him till
Thursday, and shall require two good sureties for his appear-
ance in the sum of 301, each, and himself in 1001.—The bail
was put in.
AN oithaieraret THIEL—Mary Campbell, a rather
good-looking young woman, was charged with robbing
Ellen Anderson, her own sister, of a 'sovereign, and also •
Mrs. Iffehnny of sovereigns and four half-crowna.—Ars.
Anderson said she lived at Robin Heed-lans, Poplar. Her
sister (the prisoner) came to her asses ibis lase and repre-
sented that she was in • starving seniNns, end, nOtwithstand-
ing that ena and he:husband Wes week bard for their living,
they took bet le, fad and 'asthma her. On Wednesday last
witness west out issobi the primer in charge of the house,
and on her lowa as alma a einereign which she had left
in her beams& Ps was eativiled to pat up with the loss,
but it was sabeetently gisurversi that she had also robbed
Mrs. Mahesy, _ dim wee estosseagly given into custody.
—Mrs. Mary Massy dowel thst obi was in the habit of
keeping bet sow is a box is Xis. Anderson's bedroom,
with mow ageism dad jewellery, die. On the Wednesday
above sisatlissi bar nosey was quite safe, but on the fol.
lowing Ifaseg She leased two new sovereigns and four
kLik2wwww,ream Joley, servant to Ms.. Audience!, proved
that on Wednesday the prisoner was up in the bedroom by
herself for upwards of an hour, and Mrs. Mary Cornwell,
whose husband keep' a public-house in High-street, Poplar,
said that on the morning after the robbery the prisoner
wished her to take charge of some mousy foe her, and
handed her two new sovereigns and some hall's:rowan She
had since received the money back again. Police-constable
293 said that when he took the prisoner into custody, she
only laughed and said, " I know what you have oame about,
but my sister has other lodgers, and I told her she would be
robbed of her money."—She was fully committed for trial.