The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
THE LOST DLUduND.
Isabella Lennox, cook to Mr. Gideon of Gower•street,
was brought up on remand on the charge of steeling a
diamond ring.
Mr. Montagu. Williams, instructed by Mr. Abrams,
appeared for the defence.
Sergeant Palmer, of the detective force, the officer in
charge of the case, stated that the riog had not been found.
The evidence given on the former occaaion wan repeated.
In creesexamination by Mr. Montagu.
Williams, Mrs.
Gideon said there were two other servants—the housemaid
and the nurse. All three had been seven weeks In the The subscribers to
lottohe memorial of the late Sir
famlly, having been engaged at the same time. Received Peter Fairbairn met ight, at the Towe.ball, flys the 4.
a pommel character with the housemaid, and a written one Leeds Mercury, and resolved to accept the offer of Mr. se
with the cook. Witness had left her rings, earrings, and
watch in a silver butter-boat on the dining.room table, turd had 2O
Noble to execute a bronze statue for 1,0001. The statue
st.
dried the housemaid to bring the boat up stairs but she will be the name height as that of the late Sir Robert Peel, R.,
only brought up the contents, leaving the boat on the near the Poet-office. Mr. Noble was the sculptor of the
table. At that time, she believed, the prisoner was in bed. strum of the Queen and the late Prince Consort, in the
On Wednesday afternoon witness went out, and, therefore, vestibule of the Leeds Town-hall.
did not put on her rings as she could not wear them
with her gloves. Oo Sunday, when the prisoner asked to The Lancet Commissioner on the Bermondsey
yak to witness, she began the conversation by saying— Union, in speaking of the reports of the visiting committee
" Oh, I never can wait till master comes home." It had of that workhouse, animadverts on the extraordinary
been agreed after a fruitless search, that the question of
the missing ring should stand over till the return ignorance of spelling exhibited by the guardians who con.
of Mr. Gideon, from Paris. This understandlog applied stitute the committee. One signs his name to a statement
equally to all three servants. She went on ' Oh, that the condition of the house is " verey good ;" another
you will never find it." Witness replied, " You said up to pranounese it to be " verry good'" a third testifies
Wit night that it was cure to be found. If you know say-
that
thing about it, you ought to tell, for the sake of the other
all "emperors quiet:" and • fourth, in reply to the printed
two sereants." question, " Are the lunatics quiet!" writes, " Yea, they
Mr. Williams—Did you may, "If you tell me the truth, hat."
you shall not be punished"? A party of forgers of Russian paper money are i
Witness—Yes ; I maid openly in the house that nobody stated to have been detected through the arrest at Berlin of 4
should be punished if they told the truth.
Mr. Williams—Yon were vexed at the loss of your ring ?an agent on his return from Russia, en routs for Rotterdam,
Whores—Not so much am many would be. I wanted where the band are supposed to have esteblished their s
more to clear the innocent. All the servants had promised egad quarters.
60,
to wait till Mr. Gideon came home. The prisoner after The Freemasons, friends of Froudhon, have ilt,
min that she had picked up the ring, and that whim it
was missed she threw it down the kitchen water-closet, offered him widow 25,00011. far her daughters ; but this sum 13'
'red " May I go!" Witness, thinkg she meant to ask if will ultimately be increased to 60,000 fr. or 70.0001 r., it is ;a:
she might leave the room, replied "Yes." Did mot then know mid, in consequence of a resolution adopted in a recent M.
that the prisoner bad her bones packed. Should not have
meeting of the Freemasons.
given her in custody if the ring bad been found. At the
time witness fully believed her statement that she had A strange accident happened in New York on ro.,
thrown the ring down the closet, and quite expected it
would be found. The plumber thoroughly interbred the November 5. Some time before a guar at one of the re.''
pipe, bet could not find the ring. From the way in which hotels left a box as security for his board, saying he would 10,.
the prisoner had left witness suspected that she had taken woo return and redeem it. On the morning of November ror
the ring with her. 5 smoke was seen issuing from the box, and two men carried er.:
To Mr. Vaughan— Did not mean to say that if she told it out into the street. Scarcely had they placed it on the 14
le,
the truth, even though the ring should not be found, she flagstones when it exploded with tremeudous force, shatter- go.
should not be punished. Mg the ennouoding buildings and injuring 22 persons. M
Mr. Williams observed that it was not a queation of
what she meant. but of what she said. Sourly a fragment was left of the torpedo, for such it II":
Elizab Gosling, the housemaid, and Jalia Rowley, the proved to be. The police rushing to the spot, arrested au I
nurse, were
ere then examined at some length, but beyoed • the occupants of the hotel, and the matter is now being I
general corroboration of Mn. Gideon's steamiest, nothing intosigaud. /
material was elicited from them.
Gosling mid ales heard her mistress say eomethiug about A New York couple, anxious to be married, but
the boat, but did not distinctly understand it. diegusted with the old style of doing things, intended on
Mr. Williams said it was impossible to over-estimate the the Bth, should the day prove auspicious, t r ascend in bal.
importance of the case to the rrisoner, who had hitherto
borne an irreproachable character. Mr. Bannister, solicitor, loon and have the ceremony performed in the cloud'. With
of Bedford-row, with she had lived as .xook for two the clergyman and attendants the party will number nine.
yearn and a half, aidseveral other gentlemen of high re- THE Spam'. SERVICES sT ST. PAC is. —T he
'tractability, were in attendance for the purpose of testifying Serial Sunday evening service* under , the dome of St.
to her nnimpeach,ble integrity, and the vicar of her pariah Paul's will be commenced on Advent Sunday, the 3rd of
had written to Mr. Abram., speaking of her in the highest December. The Bishop of London will be the preacher,
terms. and amongst these who will follow him are several prelates
Mr. Vaughan said evidence to character could not weigh and eminent divines of the church. The services will con.
is the least degree with him, but zniest very properly tier until Easter. Mr. Henry Buckland will as before
weigh with a jury. It was not • case in which he should lead the choir, and Mr. John Gone will preside at the organ.
decide. It must go for trial. He should take the game bail DESTRUCTION OF THE ALEXANDRA STARCH WORKS,
as before. CROTDON.The extensive starch works of Messrs. Baines
Mr. Williams hoped it would be sent to the Central 1 rid Co., "irate at the earner of Sumeer.road and Mitcham-
Crimioal Court. road, were totally destroyed by fire at Saturday evening.
Mr. Vaughan sew no reason for departing from the ordi- , Fro the peculiar mature of the building and its contorts.
nary nouns. The whole queries wee one of fact. There 1 them"larks of fire were sent high up into
the
air, and
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, Fortunately the wind was in •• direction to blow the sprits
Mr. Vaughan—You will raise what you can, of course. , from thesurronedieg buildings into theopenoonntry.=
Committed to the Middleeez Soria)* on the same ball. '. *aerograms*, the fire aheartreeding wane was being
WORSHIP-STREET.
A SAD CARL
Robert Border, an extremely genteel, wellefreesed youth 11:ooti000searth,ean1 the inmates
described as a clerk, was charged before Mr. Partridge,
with stealing a parse containing • brooch and mosey from '
sight was miensely dark, save for the fire that was raging
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reserries they poem:red. Some of the things were
a reticule bag Ineloogiog to Mrs. Elizabeth Cooke, of 22. pitched tato a deli opposite, sod °them ware Plied oP OD
Highbury.grove. the pavement in frost of • earner shop. There was no time
The charge was preferred a week since when it willbe re- ' for ellootMor, gad the foreitorar bedding. Ste., of fear or
membered that the lady stated that while/stubs a carriage Ire eettages WOW thrOWD tOgett., inateerreliellelT le 000
at the D0.t0...t.m...4 the now railway ou the previews large both- After the fire was subdaund, far into the nights
evening, she was robbed of her pis
se by the prisoner these unfortunate people were eng ged in the almost vain
who stood by the door of the carriage, and remarked to her, delta recoverbig thew brads wad dirt,' forldtw.—Sorret,
"There is room in here for yon, ma'am ; that he instantly SiosSord•
afterwards ran away ; ..a that she, mining the property °MUTAT.. PALM:IL -.... OAS SHILLDIG DAT. •••
followed him err tae stairs of the station, gave ea all
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