The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STBEET.
A boy named Henry Ebbaye, shout 16 yesre ofd , was
charged with steeling •
t7=4 containing 34, MIL
Love, of A:medal-stress,
The prosecutrix is the wife ;if Mr. Love, the eminent
ventrlloquist, whose professional labours wellrli soddenly
brought to • clam two or three years ago, by an afffirtice
which has disabled him for life, and reduced his family to
comparative poverty. Mn. Love stated that she was walk-
ing along the Strand on the morning in quart:ins, when the
prisoner rushed up against her, fumbled at her pocket, and
took out her purse, which she saw in his head. He MISS
:an scram the road. Wham penned him, calling " Stop
thief," and unfortunately fell in the effort to overtake him,
sustaining a severe injury in consequence; but the prisoner
was stopped and secured, although sot until he bad con-
trived to dispose of the purse. The puree contained 31.,
which unhappilT, witness said, wee every faithful' she pos-
sessed. The primmer, en bung taken into custody, said be
would restore the purrs and money, " if the lady would IstP
troonstable F 109 corroborated this evidence, awl
rid that the prisoner bad been owe or twice before con-
rioted of felony, and had lately undergoes two mouths' im-
prisonment.
The prisoner deigned to say anything to the thugs. end
Mr. Vaughan committed him for trial.
Although Mrs. Love made so application to the court
upon the subject, it was obvious that sbe was in great
trouble. and Mr. Vaughan kindly directed that a sovereign
&online offered to her out of the poor-box, se • ouetributioe
towards the amount of her loss.
THAMES.
James Merchant, a marine storodesibr, of Salmon-lane,
Limehouse, wee brought before Mr. Paget, charged with
furious driving.
The case was proved by
bun.
Mr. Paget inflicted a floe of 400.
The penalty was pied.
John Rodger and Francis Cobb, mamma were brought
before Mr. Paget charged with bang drank 'and disorderly,
and assaulting John Pales, 99 H, Samuel Skirer, 136 H,
and John Turner. 104 B, in the execution of their duty.
The prisoners had acted in • very oatrageons manner, and
Mr. Paget sentenced them to be imprisoned and kept
to bard labour for one month, without the option of paying
a fine.
A poor woman, named Priscilla Camas, • native of From-
lingham, in Suffolk, wee introdused to Mr. Paget, the pre-
siding magistrate, by Policemervent Prior el the H
division, who said her case was a way pitiable otin his
was on her way from Bevesaski, is Kest, to Biehops Mort-
ford, in Hertfordshire, with her baby in her arms sod •
little girl, seed 4 y by her side, when she set down an a
their outside an • shop, opposite Whiteobrigai
Church, to rest herself, to obtain WWII alight refrothasenti.
sod to suckle her infant. Oa rising she missed her girl, and
had not seen her sines. Her lamentations brought • great
number of people about her ; her child was inquired after
and sought for-la ell direction, but weld not be found. A
gentleman gave her a ahilliag, with which she procured •
lodging for the:46k and next mowing elm proweded to the
stationhows is Lemamtreet, Whine:hope], where she was
provided with a breakfast at the expanse of the officers in
the pleas. During the whole of Toesday orbs sought for her
lost child in vein. and was sheltered in the workhouse of
the Whitechwel Union for the night. She was tamed out
that morning without a breakfast.
Mr. Paget said that wee very strange.
Poliweergent Prior—Tes, sir, it seems very odd to me.
She OWN to the station-hones this morning, and I pee her
• breakfast.
Mr. Paget--Hu anything been done to newer this poor
woman's :had t
Sergeant Pitor—As far an the police are immersed every-
thing. We hare seat to every division an amount of the
is. of the little girl, and • description of her ; and oar men
in the H divide° have made inquiries in all directness. We
are satisfied of the among of this poor woman's story.
Mr. Paget put some quartiles to the woman, who said
that bees husband was employed as a railway war Bishops
Stortford. She had not written to him about the loss of
child. She dared not make him acquainted with their and
loss. It would break his bout.
A gentleman in court said the poor woman bad mw-
tioned the names of eat Intrellaghael, i
Mr. Clubb, • respectable sollgthr, and the latesirdb4
lisp, of that town, whom he knew well. The magistrates
c 4 that court bed often said the fends ib the poor-be: 4=
to he specially applied to welikeown, sweat, and
owes of dintrow. This we we of them. Nothing weld
be expected from the authorities c 4 the Winnebago'
Union after the treatment the woman had received.
Mr. Port laid this wee a very distresebrg ewe
and be deeply sympathised with the peer woman wed
lost her chod. Be gone &whew to Mr. the
ebbe saber of the wort sod socadsry tf Or
to provide fee the pear wens% sod te the eine to
Mr. Payertige, his solleiree, lobe Italie be en the
bee& the bob threeg der ilberablis preen
bed dens inewoon eed in miesed this Med ;
seed if Me browele swath Ole ink be VW gore it
would be poefinitive dew*

George Gifting-