The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COVETS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Jane Madden was brought bete,. Lord Mayor,
charged with having robbed Mr. Thomas; Nolan, with 'Jo-
lenes, in the public streets, of a torte-monsate, oontainiog •
soVereign and eight shillings, and of certain papers, &c.
D. T. Evans (City Police)—Yesterday, in consequence
of information I apprehended the prisoner upon a charge
of highway robbery, and took her to the station house,
where, atter some hesitation, she gave her name and
address. I afterwards went to her lodgings, and found the
articles and property I produce.
Here the witness produced the property alluded to, two
silver watches, a purse containing two sovereigns, and
17s. 6d. in silver, three silk handkerchiefs, and three
peeket-books, in one of which, marked G. G., Jamaica
Coles-boom, was a bill of exchange for 411., and in another
was some religious publications.
The prosecutor, a mercantile clerk, said, on Sunday
night, between 11 and 12 o'c;ock, I met the prisoner at
the top of the Minories. She asked me to go home with
ber, and she pevailed upon me to treat her, as the night
was cold. We went into a publio.houss, and I gave her
brandy and rum to drink, and I also pave her some brandy
in • bottle, which she took home with her. After drinking in
the public-home for some, time she asked me to see her home,
and took se into 14, " ' " -
where I

was knocked down I titiak;i7risa man
I
with i
stiA. I believe the liquor had bees kine was drug-
ged. I was then robbed of everything I had in my poAets
except my handkerchief. My pockets were turned inside
out. I ot) when I could and went home at Am, and
I was obliged, on amount of the blow and the fall, to lie in
bed till ate on Monday. On Tuesday evening, I was
coming down the Minoties, and, having met the prisoner,
I caused her to be taken into custody. I swear I n went
iato any k. home with her, except the public-home in which
we dran

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Oa cress-ezamination by the prisoner, witness said
she offered him N. to drop the proceedings.
The prisoner, in answer to the Lord Mayor, who parti-
cularly cautioned her as to the answer she appeared to be
ready to give to the charge, said, 1 saran you, my Lord
Mayor, that the gentleman last night promised for two
sovereigns to drop the charge. We went about together,
sad the fact is we both got drunk, and did not know what
we wire about ; but he came home to my home in Back-
chareh-laae. where I entertained him, and he accidentally
pulled out the things, some of which were found at my
apartments, and left them there. As to the knocking down
in the striet, the genUenua is quite in error. He
fell.

The prisoner was committed for trial.
The Lord Mar& acknowledged the receipt of a cheque for
lOL from the Fiehniongen' Company, for the Poor Box.

GUILDHALL.

Jas. Barran was charged with the following savage es
unit upon a young women of the name of Tubbs :
Margaret Tubbs, who app •ared with a frightful black-eye
sad the whole of one side other face contused and swollen,
sald, I lodge in the same house as the prisoner, and oa
Saturday night I went to the prisoner's room to call out
my husband who was drinking with him and several of his
companions. The prisoner, with a filthy expression, said
" Meehan not come. I've known you walking the streets
more than once, and I'll make your husband leave you
altogether." My husband then tried to get me away and
pushed me out ; but the prisoner Immediately rushed to-
wards me sad dragged me by the hair of my head into the
roost. He then struck me on the eye, knocked me down
and kicked me with his heavy boots repeatedly about the
face and body, while I was lying on the ground. I screamed
for assistance, sad had it not been for Mrs. Finnigan. who
rescued me from the prisoner's violence, I believe he
would have murdered me. lam so dreadfully braised all
over my body, that I can neither stand nor sit without ex-
periencing great pain in all my limbs.
Sir R. W. Carden—Who gave you that black-eye ?
Complainant—(pointing to the prisoner). That gentleman,

Sir R. W. Carden—That gentleman ! Don't all hit even
a man ; oall him a brute ; a man who would be gailty of
such conduct to a woman deserves no better title.

Taw, witnesses corroborated the complainant's statement.
Prisoner—lt's all false, your worship. 1 never struck
her at all, I only pushed her out of my room. It was her
husband gave her that black eye.
Sir R. W. Carden (to complainant). Did you husband
strike you at all on that occasion ?
Complainant—He did not, sir. He only pushed me once
or twice in trying to get me out of the room.
The prisoner then called his father and mother, bat their
evidence tended to oontlnal the complainant's story.
A young man, of the name of John Carr, then got into
the witness-box, and his testimony was so palpably false,
that Sir R. Carden ordered him instantly to gait the court.
Sprangate (the gaoler) stated that the primer was •
journeyman tailor, and for the last twelve Jeans he had
continually been in and oat of prison for smelts, and
dnuaken and disorderly conduct. The last time he was is
the Compter be had six weeks for assaulting his wife.
Sir R. W. Carden regretted that the proposed enactment
to empower magistrates t t unish such as the tigsrir by
tdogging had not received the sanction of the tau.
Had he had the power, he would certainly kayo ordered
him to be tied to a cart's tail and dogged through the
town, and he would have placed the scourge in the hands
of the prisoner's victim, so that he might have known how
she felt when suffering from has brutal sage. Imprison_
meat was not sufficient punishment ; and lth (Sir R.
Carden) trusted it would not be long before the rejected
mode of punishment was adopted. He then sentenced the
fallow to six months' imprisonment with bud labour.

BOW-STREET.
Hwy &wee, a carpenter, who has bees repeatedly
fined at this court for ill-treating his wife, was charged
with assaulting her in a ferocious manner, in Drury-bum.
The complainant, whom face was sadly disfigured, stated
tkst she had not lived with the prisoner sines her last Oliel.
waist against him, bat had contrived to mum a living for
I herself and her two little children without his assistance.
Yesterday morning (Wednesday) she met him accidentelly
in Drory-lane, sad, having her face tied up at the Ullllll.
he asked her what was the matter / She said that she bad
:he faci-acke, and paved on to avoid him, not wields' t•
have anything further to say to him. Re followed her up,
I however, *ems, with a SOW'S expression, " I'll make
your cheeks ache a little mere," and struck her •
blow in the face which knocked her down. Re then raised
her head from the ground, aid struck her a succession of
blows on both sides of the head with his clenched fist. She
m to crawl into a shop and was there pnteoted Ins
the p '1 further Oakum

The wife's statement was fully corroborated by the shop-
keeper, Mr. Billirgton, of Wilson-street, Drury-lane, who
saw the prisoner striking her, while on the ground, with
degree of brut dity vltuost incredible.
The plisaner said it was all tier Own fault.
Mr. Henry said this was the seventh time within a short
Valet of time that the prisoner had been cbsr,ted whh
assaulting Ma wife, and, even now that she had separated
herself from him, she was not safe (ruin his inhuman
treatment. Since he was last at die court power had been
given to the magistrates to inflict a punishment more ade-
quate to the nature of the offence ; ►ut, in addition to this
even, some guarantee must be given for his future good
behaviour. His worship then committed the prisoner to
six mmtbs' hard labour, and, at the expiration of that term,
directed that he should find two sureties to keep the peace
for a further period of six months, or be committed in
default. _ _

The prisoner, on leaving the dock, directed a savage leer
towards his wiie, and swore that he would settle the matter
yet by murdering her outright as soon as be got out of
prison.
CLERRENWELL. _ _ _

Mr. Robert Tubb,, of Harley-street, Cavendish-
square, a county magistrate, Mr. Richard Frankurn, 4,
Burlington-gardens, Sir John Villien Shelley, Bart.,
M.l'., the trustees ; and R. C. Soper, manager of the
' Working Man's Emigration Society, were summoned to
appear before Mr. Corrie, to answer the complaint of
William James Launder, for unlawfully neglecting to pay
him 161. 19s. 6d., the amount of his subscriptions, he having
duly given to the said society a notice in writing of his in-
ability to continue his subscriptions, &c.
A solicitor appeared on the part of the complainant, and
it appeared from his opening address, that his client had
joined the society, which was held at No. 18, Bedford-
street, Red Lion.square, and he had paid is his subscrip-
tions until they amounted to 161. 19s. 6d.; but he had
afterwards become unable to continue his payments. lie
had, therefore, pursuant to the 16th rule, which stated
that "any member being unable to continue his subscrip-
tions, might, on giving one month's notice in writing to the
secretary, receive back his subscriptions, subject to such
deductions as the board might deem reasonable for the
working expenses of the society," given a written notice
to the secretary, but the officers of the society bad declined
to pay him.
Mr. Tubbs, on the part of the trustees, said in explana-
tion that the complainant had ballotted no less then six
times to be sent out to Australia with his family, but he
was unsuccessful. Besides, there were deductions for hoes
and law expenses, amounting to from 61. to 61 , to be made
from the amount claimed. A threat of exposure had been
used, but Sir John Shelley and he (Mr. Tubbs) treated that
with contempt, as everything fair and proper had been
done. After a lengthened discussion it was decided that
the account and the dedu4tians should be arranged with
complainant, and Mr. Soper handed him one sovereign as
part until the matter wu satislactorily settled.

LAMBETH.
Henry Laurence, cab-driver, appeared to a summons
charging him with having made use of abusive and offen-
sive language, and refining to take a fare after being
duly hired.
Mr. George Marshall, solicitor, of 21, Princess-street,
Hanover-square, deposed that on the night of the 9th inst.
he arrived by the 10 o'clock train at the Waterloo station,
and having occasion to remain in the neighbourhood until
past 12 he at that time sought a cab to take him home.
Seeing the defendant drive along the Waterloo-road he en-
him. On reaching the railway station the prisoner
began to grumble, and ultimately became intolerably
abusive, upon which he (witness) asked for his ticket.
This he at first refused, but ultimately gave it to him. At
this time the railway guard had placed his trunk in the
vehicle, and the defendant continuing to grumble, he, ad-
dressing him, said, " Well, cabby, don't ne so cross; I shall
treat you to a glass of ale at the first public-house you
come to that you fluid open." The defendant then drove
away from the station, and while proceeding along the
York-road he (Mr. Marshall), observing a public-house open,
called out to the defendant to stop, for the purpose of hav-
ing the ale. The defendant stopped, but on doing so de-
clared he should not drive him (Mr. Marshall) any further,
and so saying he took his trunk and Hung it on the pave-
ment, and then drove off; taking away with him in his cab
his (witness's) walking stick. In consequence of this con-
duct witness was put to some considerable inconvenience,
and it cost him at least ten shillings to get home.
Mr. Elliott—Had you made any arrangement with the
defendant about your fare ?
Mr. Marshall—Oh, yes; I had agreed with him about
the fare.

Mr. Elliott, to the defendant—Well, you have heard the
charge against you. What have yeti to say to it ?
Defendant, in a gruff and surly tone—Well, your wor-
ship, this here gent kept a saying, Cabby, drive here, and
Cabby, drive there, so that I thought I'd have no more to
do with him, and so I left him.
Mr. Elliott—And your conduct has been most scandalous,
and for this offence you pay a penalty of 201. and expenses,
or be imprisoned for 21 days.
The penalty was paid.