The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1853.

I heard a noise of tremendous blows, as if they were
given with a stick upon the naked drab. I heard the pri-
soner say, "If ycn nolioa out I'll dam.* your guts out." I
then broke open the door. The woman was naked is
the bed, and the prisoner had his elkirt 'heves tucked up
and was in the posit.on of a person who had been indicting
blows. I inunediattly ',sized and dragged Dim away. Ile
was perfectly sober at the time.
Policeman (612)—1 saw weals upon the woman's arms
and neck, as Drool as my two fingers, and corresponding
with this Wok, which she said her husband had been beat
Mg her with.
The Lord Mayor asked the complainant to what she
ascribed this horrible treatment ?

The complainant said, she had made un observation upon
her husband taking a young woman, w'.o had bean working
with them, to drink, to a public house, and be was enraged
at the liberty she took In doing so, but he was is the habit
of knocking her about without the least provocation.
The prisoner said his wife was the pent most in fault.
The Lord Mayor said the prisoner was accuse! of a vt ry
serious offence, and appeared to be • very likely person to
carry his threat to his wife one day into elf-ct, and thus to
add to the deplorable exhibitions, one of which had token
place that morning. It would, under all the circumstances
of the case, be au act of charity in his lordship's opinion to
put the act of parliament in force to its fullest extent, as
during the long confinement of the prisoner cc opportunity
would be afforded for reflection and repentance.
The prisoner was than sentenced to bard labour in Hol-
loway prison, for six calendar months.
James Wrsplet, tailor, of No. 20, Goodman's-yard, Good-
man's Fields, was elk charged with having severely
beaten his wife, and with having threatened to murder
her.

Ann Wright (the complainent)—Yesterday be said he
would be hung for murdering me, as the man that was
sentenced to be hang this morning would be hung. He
kit me twice en the bead with the sleeve board, and cat
open my skull in two places. I bled very much. He also
struck me with his fist in the face, and continued to knock
me about for three or four minutes. I called out for as-
sistance and people came, and I went to a doctor to hare
my head dressed. I have been married to the prisoner
three years, and he has beaten me every month since
married him.

The Lord Mayor—ls there any cause for thi. conduct ?
Complainant—Drink is the cause, my lord. I believe be
married me in a wrong name, and I have asked him to
marry me in his right name. I left him a month ago on ac-
count of it. and he said he had already murdered one woman,
and that I should be the next ; and I have no doubt of the
effect of his future •iolenee, if I hare no protection from
your lordship.
The policemen who took the prisoner into custody said,
" The prisoner when going to the station•bouse said be woe
a fool fur letting me apprehend him, and swore that u soon
as he should get over this be would smash his wife's brains
out."

The Lord Mayor sentenced the prisoner to hard labour
in Holloway prison for 6 calendar months.
A person in the 6euman's Register•office was charged by
Mr. Coleman, the principal clerk in the establishment,
upon suspicion of having stolen two silver watches and 4i
rupees from the office. He was remanded till 6sturday
next, in order that opportunity might be taken f,..r a rigid
inquiry, but the Lord Mayor said he would take bail.
His lordship acknowledged the receipt of 61. from a lady
through "J. C.," for the poor box.

GUILDHALL.
Charles Clark was charged before Alderman Humphery
with steeling a watth from the person of the prosecutor
yesterday morning, in the Old Bailey.
Robert Pollerd said—l was present yesterday morning at
the execution of the man Nobles. I was in front of the
scaffold, when I fell something at my pocket, and then
missed my watch.
Alderman Humphery—l suppose you were there to see
the man hong. Were there many persona there ?
Witness—Yee, sir, a great many.
Alderman Humphery—Did you miss your watch before
the execution or afterwards?
Witness—The condemned man was just coming on the
scaffold, and before he was hung I law the prisoner moving
front my side. I followed him; but perceiving me behind
him, he ran up Clement's Inn-yard, in the Old Bailey, and
threw himself on some matting. The watch produced by
the Aker is mine. It is engraved with my own name.
Prisoner—l did not throw myself down, I fell down.
Alderman Humphery—There is one thing very clear. The
awful sight of a man being hung has no fear for you.
William Gardiner saw the prisoner, on reaching the top
of Clement's-inn-yard, throw himself on some sacks and
drop something down the iron grating. Witness went
below and found the watch produced.
Prisoner—l never took the watch.

Alderman Humphery—You came mit to witness the
•recution of a fellow etiolate, but it does not appear to
have dons you any good, for your intention in being than
was to pick pockets evidently. It is quite clear that you
committed • highway robbery, and that too under the
gallows, an offence that was punished at one tans with
death. It is too serious • ease for me to deal with sum.
manly, and I shall therefore commit you for trial.

Janet Toomey, a s ass dressed u a labourer, was
charged with bemire ariMa4 several robberies, sad also
with a murderous aunal use James Abrahams, a police
officer, 298 Division. _

th.t ne Raturasi_ night. at haltosat 8
o'clock, he wee palling through Weston-street, Somers.
town, when be saw the prisoner carrying a couple of baskets
containing carpenters' tools. He stopped him and asked
what he bad got? Primmer replied, " What's that to
you " and, throwing down the articles, said, " You may
carry them yourself." He then seised witness by the throat
and held him against the wall. They had e severe straggle,
but the prisoner ultimately threw him down on the ground,
knelt on his chest, and kicked him severely on the head
and body. Witasse called on some ceetermongen to assist
him, saying he was • police-41w, but they refused,
and said, " It is only man to man, let them fight
it out." The primmer continued to resist violently,
end at length he gave him two deperate kicks
which rendered witness nearly insensible, and in endea-
vouriag to ward off the ticks, hie arm was very much
injured. Purse, 149 8, came to his assistance, and he
was also thrown down and maltreated by the prisoner, who
after consioerable difficulty was secured in the station-
holm, it requiring live or six officers to take him there.
Witness was disabled from duty, and had ever since been
under the care of • surgeon. He was now suffering great
pain from the injuries he had received. He produced the
property, which he had trued to have been stolen from
Benjamin Holt, carpenter, of William street North, Cale-
donian-street, Islington, id another carpenter in the SUll3
locality, who identified the articles.
Mr. James &Whey, surgeon, of Judd-place, Eastetreet,
Bt. Pancras, said that the kicks Abrahams had received
might caw injury to him for life. An dam of the same
division had some thus ago received similar iaj and
his suffering was so great, end preyed upon his mind to
such • degree, that he became deranged, and was placed in
• lunatic asylum.
Sergeants Aylett and Hill identified the prisoner as
biting a convicted thief, and bad only been liberated from
prison on Friday last.
Mr. Corti, said he understood the Commissioners of Po-
nos would not promote their officers on private application.
Hs had noticed on other occasions the meritorious conduct
of Abrahams, and he had written a letter to the Commis-
sioner on that subject, in answer to which he received a
very polite note ,• but it would appear that his note had
had no effect. He must say that, in • case of this sort,
where the officer had received such severe injuries whilst
in the execution of his ditties, if they did not promote the
officer, something ought to be done for him in the shape
of reward.

.
Mr. Come fully committed the prisoner on the dune of
robbery, bat remanded him for the await on Abrahams.
" 0. M. R." has forwarded two guineas for the poor-box.

James Cropley, aged id, a Lancashire collier, was charged
with committing a violent ausult on his wife Eliza, who,
however, had refused to appear against her husband.
Two respectable women, named Sarah Valentine and
Harriet Gouty, deposed that on Saturday evening, about
half-past siz o'clock, they saw the prisoner and his wife in
Cottage-street, Poplar. Thewife was oarrying a young child
and could not move so fast as her husband, who commenced
swearing at her and struck her with his fist. He then relied
a heavy stick and dealt her a tremendous blow on the nose
with it. She fell as if shot, and the blood gushed from the
wound over the foot-path. The woman was insensible for
some time afterwards, and her nose was completely flat-
tened by the blow. The witnesses raised the prisoner's
wife, and gave the prisoner into co•tody.
The prisoner in his defence said his wife aggravated him
to strike her. He only knocked her down.
Mr. Yardley sentenced him to sit months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

WANDSWORTH.
Charles Twilly, aged 26 yeah, a cattle dealer, living in
Wandsworth, appeared again to answer a charge of being
drunk and assaulting police constable George Hume, No.
363 V division, while in the execution of hie duty.
The case was Hest heard or, Tuesday lut, when Hume
deposed upon oath, that about twenty minutes to 3 o'clock,
in the morning of that day, he was on duty near Merton
Rush, when he saw the prisoner, who was very drunk,
making a disturbance in front of the Leather Bottle beer-
shop. There were several other persons there, and upon
remonstrating with the prisoner, who had been knocking
off some of the persons' hats, he immediately knocked
off his hat, and while he was in the act of picking it up,
the prisoner struck him in the face, and he then took him
into custody.
Police constable S. Howe, No. 242 V, corroborated this
statement.

The prisoner, in defence, denied the charge, and then
made a statement, to the effect that there were flee con-
stables, including Hume and Howe, is front of the beer-
shop, and that they had two pots of ale served them from
the house, for which he paid his share, and that ha drank
with them all.

This, however, Hume end Howe meet positively denied.
Yesterday, Mr. Superintendent Bicknell, of the V divi-
sion, informed his worship that since the last examination
be had received two letters from the cuust-bles Hume and
Howe, showing that they had comultted ptrjury in a most
shameful manner. Ile then laid the letters before the
worthy magistrate, and also the reports of the three other
ronstables—Holmes, To. 150 V ; Higgs, 139, and Hunt,
N0._347r-in_the same division.

11 Mr. Beadon said it wu a most disgraceful transaction
altogether, and the constables deserved to be severely
punished. Be should refer the matter to the commis-
sioners and discharge the prisoner.
Mr. Bicknell stated that the whole of the facts would at
owe be laid before the commissioners, and that in the mesa-
thee the gm would be suspended.