The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MARLBOR01:0 11-STREET.

Thomas nji;eTt:lle7tisiir manager, and .Imes Douglas,
clerk to the Patent Silvering Lilacs Company, in Deniers-
street, were brought up on a second charge of conspiring
together to defraud the company. The previous charge
against the prisoners on which they stand committed was
for forgery, and uttering certain receipts for money with
intent to defraud the company. The case yesterday task
the form of a charge of conspiracy against both prisoners, it
being alleged that they had for a length of tune acted in
concert in charging it higher amount of wages to the com-
pany than the actual amounts received weekly by the work-
men. Mellish, as manager, had the hiring of the work-
men, and the settling of the rate of wages they were to re.
ceive. Douglas, as Mellish's clerk, had the paying of the
workmen, the money being given to him by the cashier on
production of the wages book. Mellish had constant
access to this book, and us it was subsequently
discovered that the rate of wages to the work-
men was entered in the book at a higher figure than
the sums actually received by them, a charge of conspiracy
was made against both, in cunsegutnee of the largeness of
tho amount fraudulently abstracted from the company, ex-
ceeding 3,000 f., it being inferred that Mellish, from his
position as manager, must have been cognizant ut what was
going on, notwithstanding Douglas having declared liim,elf
to be the only guilty party.
Charles Case, silver mounter, in the employ of the com-
pany, said he was engaged at ie wages of 221. a week. Ile
was ill fir seven weeks this year, during which period he
was away from work receiving no Wages. In the wages
book a sum amounting to it. was entered as if paid to hint
during the time of his Wins's. had not received any such
sum.

Benjamin Dean, the cashier, proved that he paid the pri-
soner Douglas the amount entered on the wages book as
having been received by the last witness.
Samuel Perry, another workman, had been hired by
Mellish at 2tas. a week. Afterwards got a rise to 22a. On
the Vito of August lust saw the wages book open, and no-
ticed that he was down as receiving 21s. a week. Gave in-
formation to his employers, which led to an investigation,
and the subsequent apprehension of the prisoners.
Mr. Dean proved he paid Douglas at the rate of 2ls. a
week to, the last witness.

The prisoners reserved their defence, and were fully com-
mitted on this charge.

lIAMMERSMITII„

Yesterday, Mary Jastph, a nun, residing at the Asylum
of the Good Shepherd, at Hamm( rNinitli (a charitable insti-
tution establishial fur the penitence and reformation of
females), was summoned before Mr. l'aynter for assaulting
a young woman named Angelina Adams, by cutting off her
hair against her will.
. . • . .

CoMplainant been brought to the court by the pariah
authorities a few dap ago, and in consequence of her state-
ment the summons was issued.
The complainant now stated that she went into the Asy-
lum of the Good Shepherd in July last, and that about a
fortnight after two nuns held her while a third (defendant)
cut off her hair against her will. She had often asked to
be allowed to leave, but they would not permit her, and at
last she effected her escape by getting over a wall and
into the road She hail formerly lived in service at Liver-
pool, in a catholic family, where she occasionally savr
priest, whose name .she did not recollect, who persuaded
her to go to Lon.ion to a situation he bad for her, and that
he took her to town and to the asylum in question, where
he left her, and she had not seen him since. She also
stated positively that she was a protestant, and had always
professed to be one, and had lived in Liverpool all her lite
till now.
In

by the Rev. Mr. Mullin; chaplain
of the asylum, the witaess, in a saucy and sullen manner,
without looking at him, said she did not know the Rev.
Mr. Connelly, of Mourtields. That he had never sent her
to the convent with a letter of admission. That he had
never relieved her, and that she had never been to Moor-
fields, or had gone by any other name. Sho did not know
the Orphan Asylum at Hampstead.
Witnesses were then called on the part of the defendant,
who, iu a most clear manner, contradicted the complainant
in every part oilier statement, showing that she had been
at the asylum three years before, but was dismissed for mis-
conduct, and that she had fallen in with the Rev. Mr.
Connelly, and by a piteous tale of her living in a bad house,
and wishing to amend her life, induced hint to relieve her
and to send her to this asylum, front which they discharged
her the next day, on finding who she was. That she had
always professed to be a catholic, and she was identified as
Mary Anne Burke, formerly an inmate of the asylum at
Hampstead for sit years, in which name she was admitted
into this asy:um on the previous occasion. It was also
proved that it was a rule at this establishment not to cut the
hair of an inmate until after four years' residence, and that
she was living in London at the time she stated she was in
Liverpool.
The chaplain of the asylum said it was unnecessary to re-
mark on the case or the evidence, and it was not their wish
to proceed against the girl for perjury. He thought her
exposure and her conscience would punish her enough.
Mr. l'aynter said he had never heard so shocking a case
of deliberate perjury, apparently without motive. The
character of the asylum was fully vindicated, and it was
only just to the ladies who conducted it, solely from pure
charitable mons es as it appeared to him, that perjury
should be punished. Mr. hipster then ordered the pri-
soner to be put in the dock on a charge of perjury, which
was done, and she was remanded for a week that she might
be indicted at the sessions.

Thu summons against defendant was of course dismissed.

SOUTH WARN.
Joseph Nye was charged with wilfully administering
poison to Ann Gadding.
Sergeant Wright, I'd division, stated that the woman
Gadding was so seriously ill from the effects of the poison
alleged to have been administered to her, that she • as ren-
dered incapable of attending the examination, and was at
present under medical treatment. The sergeant then pro-
ceeded to state that, from information he received on the
lrevious day respecting the affair, he went to the prisoner's
odgings, and found that he was absent. He (the sergeant),
however, waited about the neighbourhood, and succeeded
in taking him into custody late on the previous night,
when he operised the prisoner of the nature of the charge
against him, and said that it was for administering poison
I to Ann Gadding. His answer was, "Oh, it was only done
in a lark—there where others in the room when it occurred,
and no harm was intended." The circumstances attending
the offence with which the prisoner is charged occurred on
Monday, on which day, about 2 o'clock, the prisoner called
at the woman Gadding's lodging in Delf-street, Kent-street.
On entering the room where she was he took a raspberry
tart out of his pocket, and, offering it to her, invited her
to take it. She at first refused, but after his pressing her,
she was at length induced to comply and in his presence
partook of the greater part of it. The prisoner remained
there, and in about half an hour after she had eaten the
tart he asked her how she felt. She replied tkat she felt
a nausea or sickness at the stomach, and a nasty taste in
her mouth. His remark to that was, "You will feel a
' good deal worse before you are better," and then
'added, " I have only given you a Spanish fly
and a half." Soon afterwards she became so
thoroughly ill that the people in the house were
compelled to send fur a medical gentleman, who pronounced
that she was labouring under the effects of cantharadis
and if immediate steps had not been taken to neutralise the
effects of the poison, there was no doubt but it would have
proved fatal. As it was, the poor woman was much debili-
tated from the quantity she had taken, but was ceaddered

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EMBANKMENT OF TUE THAMEs.—Yesterday the
Chelsea Improvement Commi-sionirs commenced their
operations for the construction of an embankment on the
north side of the Thames, extending from Battersea-bridge
to Cremorne-gardens. This improvement will be a great
public boon, and attend a delightful promenade and car-
riage drive to this popular resort in the summer season.
The embankment of the river front of Battersea-pans is
making considerable progress, as also that on the Middle-
sex side of Vauxhall-bridge.
TUNBRIDGE. CHAPEL SCNDAT SCHOOLS AND
EVENING RAGGED Seitoot.—The annual meeting of the
friends and supporters of these schools took place last even-
ing, and was numerously attended. The Rev. J. Wood-
wark, the minister of the chapel, presided. Mr. Puckett,
the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that
this ragged school had been established as a supplement to
the Agartown School, in connexion with the Ragged School
Union. It was conducted entirely by voluntary teachers ;
and the committee had to regret that a larger number did
not tender their services. Many children were anxious to
attend on these long evenings; but the committee were
obliged to limit the attendance according to the number of
teachers. The present number of scholars in the Sunday
school was 453-21.5 boys and 238 girls; of teachers 38,-
14 male and 23 female. In the branch school the number
on the books was 301, of teachers 14. The average attend-
ance at the Sunday evening ragged school was 40 girls and
10 boys ; making a total of 1101 who were under instruction.
A valuable auxiliary to the schools was a circulating
library, which was much prized by the children, and was
also beneficial to their parents; but it was crippled in its
usefulness through want of the necessary funds to procure
new books. The treasurer's account showed a balance of
21. due to that officer, which the meeting were asked to aid
in liquidating, as well as to provide the necessary expenses
of the management of the schools for the next half-year.
The report was adopted, and the meeting was addressed by
the Rev. J. C. Harrison, of Camden-town, Dr. Hewlett,
and other gentlemen.

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