The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1851.

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.

✓ohw IVi hinnt 315114;m, Ciliul7sWarles Chadwick, alias
Dr. James William alias IVilliant Williams, was
charged with obtaining the Puna of 81. le. frurn Thomas
Hartrop, by false and fraudulent pretences.
Mr. Vann, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the prosecu-
tion, and in stating the ciao said, that the charge he pro-
posed to prefer against the prisoner was one of a very great
number which would hereafter be brought forward against
him.

Mr. Thomas Hartrop, of 96, Upper-street, Islington,
stated that in August last, in consequence of en advertise-
ment he saw in the Times, he went to 28, Broad-etrect-
buildings, where, in an office on the door of which was the
name of " Chadwick and C 0.," he saw the prisoner, who
stated that he was an architect and civil engineer, and that
his partner's name was Millsom, who was an unsuccessful
candidate at the last election tor St. Albans, and that he
himself was a quaker and a preacher of the Society of
Friends. In consequence of his representations witness
placed his son, a lad of 15, with the prisoner as • pupil,
and paid him a sam of 61., and 11. Is. for
the expense of the indenture. There was to be
no "premium" paid, but the sum of 301. was to
be advanced to be laid out in books and instruments. The
prisoner signed a receipt for the 6/., and the signatu re to some
articles of indenture now produced was the name, the name
being Charles Chadwick. On the 9th of November his son
told him he could not get into the offices in Broad-street-
buildings, and on his going there he found them empty.
During the time his son was with the prisoner as a pupil,
he was only employed in wilting out advertisements.
When he went to Broad street•huildings, on the 9th Nov.,
the name of Chadwick was erased from the office door,
and " Williams, solicitor," painted on it.
Mr. William T. Austin, of 33, Shapperton-oottages,
New North-road, Islington, stated that in conse-
quence of information he received from Doctor Young, a
surgeon at Islington, he went on the Ist of September to
Murray street, New North-road, when he saw the pri-
soner, and, on his telling him he wished to see Dr. Harris,
the prisoner replied, " I am Dr. Harris, what is your busi-
ness?" He then inquired if the prisoner had sanctioned
Mr. Bellaire, assistant to Dr. Young, in attending cases.
The prisoner said he knew Mr. Bellaire, who was • very ra-
spectable man; and, on being told that a child had
died under Mr. Bellairs's treatment, he added, " I
will bring him through all that, for 1 am at the
top of my profession." The witness then warned
the police to have an eye on the prisoner. On Sunday
morning the witness called at • house in Merrion-
square, Hackney-road, where he saw the prisoner and
a person named Wilson, and, addressing the former by the
name of Dr. Harris, requested him to go to the police sta-
tion to give some explanation about some matters which
were about to be investigated. Tho prisoner refused to go,
and wished to send Wilson, who, he said, was his clerk, and
could explain anything that was wonted. On the witness's
insisting that he should go, he said to him, " If you are a
father, I hope, as a gentleman, you will have compassion on
me. I have been driven to the commission of many acts
from which I should otherwise have shrunk from, but
having offered myself for the representation of the borough
of St. Alban', it his reduced me to great distress." He
then offered the witness 121. if he would let him go, and
say nothing more about it. The witness then showed him
an advertisement which appeared in the Belfast Cerossiee
of October 22, 1851, and which was u follows: " Money on
Mortgage.—A physician is desirous of lending the sum
of 6,1001., to be lent in one sum or in smaller
ones, at 5 per cent. interest. Persons requiring
the above may forward all particulars to Alpha,
care of Dr. Harris, surgeon and aecoucheur, Murray-street,
New North-road, London." He acknowledged that the
advertisement was his, but that he had left off all that sort
of work, and intended is pursue a different course. The
witness then took him into custody and conveyed him to
the police station.
Mr. W. T. Osborne, landlord of 68, Murray-street, said
the prisoner took the house of him, in which he lived six
months, in the name of James William Millsom, stating
that he had lately been a candidate fur St. Albans. Soon
after the name of Dr. Harris was placed on the door and on
• lamp. A short time after last quarter day the prisoner
removed all his goods, except his medicine bottles, but re-
maimed in the house till the 2nd inst. When the goods
were removed the witness went to demand his rent, and an
altercation ensued between them, but at last the prisoner
escaped from the house. He returned and said that he
would bring an action against the witness for slander. A
paper, purporting to be a writ in action for slander, was
afterwards served upon witness.
The writ was produced and purported to he issued by
William Williams, solicitor, of 28, Broad-st.-buildings, on
behalf of W. .1. Millsom. It was issued in the Court of
Queen's Bench, but tested in the name of Sir J. Jervis,
who happens to he chief justice of the Common Pleas.
Mr. Samuel Kidwell, bookbinder, of Bridport-place,
Islington, stated that the prisoner visited a child of his
that was ill of the scarlet fever. lie was introduced by Mr.
Bellaire, who had been previously in attendance, as Dr.Herris,
and ordered • mustard poultice to be placed on the back of
the child's neck. Mr. Bellaire sent in a bill of 31. Is., of
which 21. 4s. was fur medicine, and 11. ls as a fee paid to
Dr. Harris.

Dr. David Young, surgeon, of Past-road, Islington,
stated that he knew the prisoner, who had told him th.it he
was a physician, and t' " of Lincoln, and a son of
the late Commissioner Harris, of the Insolvent Court. He
had an assistant named &Hairs, who attended a child of
one of his patients without his authority.
A great num. er of letters, which had been found at
Broad.street-buildings and Murray-street, were stated to
be in the hands of the policu.otkeera, many of them from
Dublin, and containing bank notes and the halves of bank
notes.

The prisoner, who assumed an air of injured innocence,
and frequently interrupted the examination of the wit-
nesses by denials of their atatementa, and who asserted
several tones that ho had on.y acted for Dr. Harris, and
that he had attended lectures at a school bf medicine, was
remanded for a week.

MARYLEBONE.
Thomas Bare, who stands charged with the murder of
Louisa his wife, was again placed at the bar for eau-
minatisn.

Upon the present °erasion, Inspector Jackson said that a
witness who had been unable to attend on the previous
examination, was ready to give evidence of importance.
Selina Beckett, the witness alluded to, said, I live at 33,
North-street. My husband is a printer. I lodge in the
first-floor front room. I knew a woman (the prisoner's
wife) who went by the name of Nett. She lodged in the
back room, nest to mine. She was in the habit of going
out to work about eight in the morning, and came home
very regularly between eight and nine.
Mr. Broughton—Do you know the prisoner?
Witness—Yes ; he is there (pointinr to the bar). He is the
man who committed the murder. I fiat saw him on the
Sa-
turday) night the murder took place, a few minutes after nine.
The deceased came in at about nine, and I heard her go up
stairs. I also heard the footsteps of a man following her.
The man who followed her went into the room, and I heard
the dour shut ; and presently there was some loud talking,
as if the parties were quarrelling. Deceased said to Me
man who had gone up stairs with her, " Don't make an
noise to disturb the other lodgers ;" and after that I heard
him (prisoner) say, " You know that you and the woman
who ives with you are nothing latter than COMMOU prosti-
tutes." He accused his wife of having been drinking on
the previous Saturday at a low public-home with some
more bad women ; and she made answer, " So help me
God I was not there, but if you'll sit down I'll explain
everything to you ;" upon winch he exclaimed, with an
imprecation, " I know enough of you already, I don't want
you to explain anything more." After that he said " I
want nothing of you but my boxes, and so help me God I
won't leave-this Is use without them." He called her by a
foul name, and as soon as I heard that I nue down
and spoke to the lanilady, telling her that there
was a dreadful quarrelling up stairs. She (the
landlady) was at that period looking out at the door for the
pollee. I went up into my own room, and pulled-to the

deer, ..a directly afterwards I beard a female scream
" Murder !.7 lra. oat, and on looking into the room, the

door of which was open I saw him strike the deceased,
with all his might, near thei window, with his right hand.
Mr. Broughton—Could you see whether he had any in-
strument in his hand or nut?

Witness—l could not.
Mr. Broughton—Did you go into the apartment?
Witness—l did, sir. While deceased was still screaming
out "Murder," I heard her say to the prisoner, " Don't
murder me." These were the last words she spoke. I
saw the prisoner hit her several blows after he had thrown
her down with great force ; and when she fell upon the
fender, with her head resting, and while apparently quite
insensible, he gave her three or four more blows as hard
as he could. He then passed by me, and walked out of
Idle room, and went down stairs.
By Mr. Broughton—After she fell upon the fender she
never spoke or moved.
Witness, in continuation, said—When the prisoner passed
me he went out at the front door. While he was striking
her in the room I said to him, " Oh, pray take away your
I .
things, but do not hurt the poor creature.' After he had
quitted I saw a quantity of blood streaming from the de-
ceased's forehead, and there was a great deal of blood also
by the fireplace. Deceased's eyes were fixed, and I was
sure she was dead. I hastened down to the landlady, who
instantly repaired to the room ; and on my entering it in
10 minutes afterwards I found the poor creature lying upon
the floor, life being quite extinct. Witness further said, in
reply to questions irons prisoner—A man used to come
almost every evening to see the deceased between a quarter
and half-put eight o'clock; he sometimes left at 10, but
never later than 12. A woman named Hands lived with her
and slept with her. They worked at the same shop, and
generally came home together.
Mr. Yell (the chief clerk)—Was Hands generally in the
room when the man you speak of came?
Witness—Yes, always; except when she went for a short
time to get some refreshment.
Mr. Fell—Was she there on the night of the murder ?
Witness—Yes; but she did not come in till 12 o'clock.
Mr. Broughton (to Inspector Jackson)—ls Mrs. Hands
here ? . _

Inspector—She is not, sir; and it will, perhaps, be some
time before she will be able to leave the infirmary.
Mr. Broughton (to the witness, Mrs. Beckett)—Did
you ever see anything irregular in the conduct of the de-
ceased?

Witnesa—Never, sir, quite the contrary.
Inspector Jackson here said—" I find, from the inquiries
which I have instituted respecting tier, that she has been
for a long time a most hard working sod industrious
woman, and that the prisoner has been jealous of her for
some years past."
The prisoner cross-questioned the witness Beckett, who,
in reply to him, said there was no one in the room but
you and your wife ; the boy was outside with a box, and
you had opened the door for him to take it out; alter the
box was taken away I heard no words, but I did hear loud
screams. I never heard that either of the women was a
fortune teller.

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It appearing that the witness Hands would not be able
for some time to leave the infirmary, Mr. Broughton told
prisoner that he would not be committed to take his trial at
the present, but at the next session of the Central Criminal
Court.

linwas accordingly remanded.
WESTMINSTER.

A respectable-looking middle-aged woman, in widow's
weeds, applied to Mr. Arnold for his assistance under the
following circumstances:
Applicant said she was the widow of a bricklayer, who
had lost his life six months ago by an accident at some
buildings in Gnseechurch-street. His body was upon that
occasion given over to witness for interment, but the whole
of the property he possessed was withheld from her by his
cousin, a young woman who had been fifteen months ago
received into complainant's house from charitable motives,
and for whose exclusive society the deceased after-
wards turned his wife and family out of doors. At
the time of her husband's death, continued witness, the
young woman was still living as his wife, and in that cha-
racter claimed and received his wages, and she now in-
sisted upon retaining his furniture and goods, which ap-
plicant had assisted to purchase with her earnings. As the
young woman referred to had but lately been confined, ap-
piicant would not press her claim to the furniture, but
there were a few articles, such as models of ships, &c.,
which her husband had cut with his own hands in his lei-
sure hours, and these she should very much like to have
and keep for his sake.
Mr. Arnold thought it remarkable that applicant should
be so anxious to cherish the memory of one who when
living showed himself so indifferent to her.
The applicant replied that with all his faults he was her
husband, and she did not wish to forget him.
Mr. Arnold said that it was possible that the person
spoken of might claim the goods in virtue of an alleged
gift made in his lifetime. He would, however, send an
officer of the court to inquire into the case.

RICHMOND.
Henry Jennings, aged :PJ, described as a writing master,
was charged before Sir T. N. Reeve, under the Vagrant
Act, with imposing upon Elizabeth Jukes and others by
.pretending to predict fortunes.
The defeudiuit had lately settled at Richmond, where he
had taken a respectable house, and commenced operations
by sending round circulars announcing his arrival, and pro-
claiming his great skill in astronomical calculations. A
number of these were found in his house by the police, and a
young woman, whose future destiny he had written down
for her, proved the charge against him.
The magistrate committed him to prison fur a month with
hard labour.