The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

P OLICE-YISTBRD AY .

WORSHIP-STREET.
LINCH LAW IN BITHNAL-0111111.—Mary Loon and
Norala Sheen, two wild, truculent-looking Irishwomen, were
charged with having been concerned, with others not in cus-
tody, in the following daring outrage at the house of Mr.
Orme, a general clothier, in Club-row, Bethnal-green.
It appeared that Mr. Orme supported in his how the
child ea man who had been in his employ for • long period.
The mother of the child died a abort time ago, ands her
last momenta she repeated Mr. Orme to protect her infant.
He willingly undertook to do so, bat the child had not been
low under kis root before an unfounded rumour was urged
that he did not treat it properly. Oa Monday afternoon he
had scud m to leave home, and he had scarcely gone out
when the two prisoners clamorously nude th, it way into the
how, sad is menacing terms demanded of the shopwoman
that the child shoald be immediately delivered up to them.
Bentsen, the shopwoman refused ephatic. with this
request, nukes she had the m
sanction of the little father •
and after attempting to force an entrance into an inner apart-
ment where the child was playing,. the prisoners made a
retrut, vowing wpm* upon Bodeen and the prosecutor.
In the oourse of an hour they returned to the house with
nearly a score of other Irishwomen, and followed by a
mob of between 200 and 300 of the lowest and most disorderly
characters in the distriotaboating and making • terrible distur-
bance and having forced their way into the shop, commenced
deliberatelyi sacking it of nearly all its contents, consisting of
women's gown pieces, stockings, and other articles of hither.
dasher', a gust portion of which they redacted to fragments
in the shop, and the remainder they dung through the door-
way amongst the mob. They then commenced • violent
attack upon the shopwomen, and whilst this outrage was
being committed the woman Loney and two or three others
made their way wad to • back window of the house, which
they Wad open, sad, having thus obtained entrance to the
room where the child was, carried her forcibly off. The
whole of them then quitted the house in a body, but sent
the child beck the same evening, and she now continued
under the are of the prosecutor.
Both the prisoners were positively identified as having
taken as active part in the outrage ; atm the man Taylor,
the child's father, and the little gild herself, who wen also
examined, both deposed that the child had experienced the
most kind and affectionate treatment from Mr. Orme, and
that there were not the slightest groan& for the imputation
which had given rise to this e attack.
When ailed upon for their the prisoners main-
tained that they had gaol reason for believing that the little
girl had been W-treated, and that, as the child was mother-
less, they felt themselves perfectly justified in acting as they
had done fur her protection.
Bingham mid that no one could have believed that
such a monstrous and lawless proceeding could have taken
place amongst a civilised community, and even had it been
the fact that the child had really suffered (ram ill-usage, the
were wholly unwarranted en taking the Isw into their own
'mos. He felt that he should not be doing his ditty If h-
did not inflict upoo them the highest amount of penalty it
was in his power to impose, namely, 51., and in default they