The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

TILE POLICE CO URTS.

CLERKENWELL

John CahiU, of No. 20, Tyndalls-buildings, Gray's-inn-
lane, was charged with having wilfully and maliciously
stabbed William Mullins, by which his life was placed in
danger.
It appeared that legal proceedings bad been instituted
under the Lodging-house Act against a party named Su:-
liven, residing in Tyndall's-buildings, for not having duly
registered, and in defiance of the decision of the magistrate
and the original landlord, they persisted in keeping posses.
lion, although every means were adopted fur the purism* of
ejecting them. On Sunday night last John Bryan, the
landlord's agent, renewed his aorta to get the Sullivans
out., which led to great excitement, and ended in Mrs. Sul-
livan making a lase charge of robbery against Bryan, who
was on Monday brought to this court, and discharged by
Mr. Tyrwhitt, free from imputation. This led to further
eacitentent and ire, and the prieoner Cahill was heard to say
that he would "skiver" Bryan or any of his party.
On Monday evening, a formidable gang of the lower order
of Irish assembled in • public-house in Gray's-inn-
lane, where a row ensued, in which the prisoner
and Mullins were concerned,' and the latter was said to
have been stabbed by Cahill with a knife. He bled pro-
handy and was taken to the Royal Free Hospital, Gr►y's-
laa-read, where his wounds were drifted, and where he
now lies in danger.
♦ surgeon's certificate to that effect was produced.
The primer paitively denied the charge, saying that

ue bad not a knife in his pmsession, sad it was a person I
named Waugh, wt., stabbed Mullins. He called stalest
witnesses in support of this defence.
Mr. Tyratitt, however, under the circumstances, re-
manded the prisoner, as from the present condition of
Mullins, and the nature of the evidence, it would be
necessary for him to attend at the hospital to receive his
deposition, and
The prisoner was accordingly remanded.

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MARLBOROCOH-STREET.
Mary Ann &dry, • well-known thief, was brought be-
fore Mr. Bingham charged with having in her T osiession •
cash-Cox containing notes and gold and valuable securi-
ties, amounting to nearly one thousand pounds, supposed
to be stolen property.
Police-constable Langharn, E 168, said, at half-past 2
o'clock that morning he was in Russell-square, when he
noticed that the prisoner as she passed him had something
bulky under her cloak Witness turned back and asked
her what she had under her cloak. The prisoner replied
that what she had was her business. Witness asked her
what made her hesitate to say what she had got. The
prisoner answered she had brought the property from home,
and was going to take it home again. The prisoner said
she lived in Ogle-street, and was going to Red Lion-square
first. Witness then took her to the station-house, and on
removing her cloak a cask-box was found. The box,
on being examined, was found to contain a large sum
of money in Bank notes, money, and securities. The
. prisoner when questioned as to the way in which she be-
I came possessed of the box, said she picked it up in Russell-
square. Witness, after securing the prisoner, proceeded to
make inquiries, and succeeded in discovering that a bur-
glary bad been committed the previous night in Percy-
street, Bedford-square, and that the box was part of the
proceeds of the robbery.
Mr. Charles Lancaster, registrar, Percy-street, was un-
derstood to have identified the cash boo as his property.
The prisoner, who was not known to the police in the
Holborn district, but who was immediately recognised by
Webb, the gaoler of this court, as connected with a noto-
rious gang of swell mobsmea, is explanation, said she
kicked her foot against something in Russell-square ; she
stooped, and picked up the box which the constable found
in her possession.
The prisoner was remanded till Monday.
LAMBETH.

Ann Bull, a well-dressed, middle-aged female, who is the
keeper of a low house in Granby-street, Waterloo-road,
was charged with grossly ill-treating Eliza Bull, a little
girl of eleven years of age.
The complainant, an intelligent child, said she hail been
living with her aunt, the prisoner, for about three years,
and during the whole of that time had been trevted with
great harshness. On Saturdey last, the prisoner having
found fault with her about her pinafore being wet,
although it was not so, ordered her to strip her clothes off.
Bhe did so, and, while perfectly naked, she set her to scrub
the stairs down, which she was obliged to do in that state.
A week ago she said her aunt struck her on the bead
with a saucepan, and inflicted a wound which bled a good
deal.

Police-constable Kitchen, 109 L, deposed that about two
o'clock on Saturday last be was sent for by a neighbour of
the prisoner's, and on looking throush a window saw the
last witness in the act of scrubbing down the stairs
without a vestige of clothing on. lie spoke to the prisoner
on the subject, and her reply was that the girl was very
bad and unruly, and she had done it to check and improve
her. On questioning the girl he found that she had been
subjected to so much cruelty that he felt it to be his duty
Ito take her to complain to his worship.
Two young women spoke of a series of ill-treatment to
which the poor child had been subjected by the prisoner.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said the complain-
ant, her niece, was so obstinate and bad that she was com-
pelled to be a little strict with her, and called two common
girls who lived in her house to swear that she had treated
the unfortunate child most kindly. These witnesses an-
swered the questions put to them by tthe magistrate so
glibly and carelessly that Mr. Elliott threatened to commit
them to prison for perjury.
The magistrate, after commenting in severe terms on the
gross conduct of the prisoner, sentenced her to sin weeks'
imprisonment and hard labour, and directed that the child
should be at ones taken to the workhouse, so that she
might be sent to the country to her parent'.

SOUTHWARK.
A esbdriver, 6,236, was summoned by a gentleman
named Willoughby for demanding more than his fare.
The complainant was driven from the Russell-square end
of Gordon-square to the South Eastern Railway terminus,
London-bridge, eid Little Britain, Newgate-street being
stopped up. At the end of his ride two shillings was de-
manded, which.eomplainant alleged was 6d. too much.
The ground was measured, when It was found that the
distance was 3 miles and 272 yards. Complainant bad
therefore to loos the mounting fa, and pay the cabman for
loss of time.