The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-29 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

NANSION-HOUSR.

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Elizabeth Tregerthen, • notorious impostor, of plausible
demeanour, war charged before Sir R. W. Carden with
begging.
Kr. J. Grim, Work to a mercantile firm is St. Paul's
Churchyard, stated—Os Saturday afternoon I wee standing
at the door of my employer's premises when the prisoner
approached me, and, after apologiaing for speaking to me,
said she war In very great distress, having only • short time
before some from Pusan.' in search of a situation ; that
she had beta sossecessfal in obtaining one, and all her
means of subsistence wars ezhausted ; that for the lut
three eights she had had to walk the streets for want of
money to procure • lodging, and that she had searesly any-
thing to eat for several days. Elbe also raid ttat If she
did sot shortly obtain relief she war feted that she might
be induced to take away her own life. I told her that
nay assistenoe I could reader her must necessarily be
of • temporary char/our, and recommended her to
apply to the parochial authorities without delay. She re-
plied that in that can she would be compelled to go to the
workhouse, which would be most distestrfal to her as she
had been well brought tap, and that it would break her
heart. She added that whilst walking the streets at night
great insult and indignity had been offered by the opposite
sea, which had particularly distressed her mind and
wounded her feelings. I war so moved by her story sad
the apparently truthful manna, in which it was told that I
gave bar a shillisg. As she was leavisg me • clerk in our
establishmect came up and asked me if I bad relieved her,
and on my replying that I bad, he said the Prisoner war an
impostor, and theta short time previously she had obtained
Bd. trout him by narrating • similar tale of poverty and
Sheer
Upon this I caused her to be taken into custody.
She also told me that on the previous Sunday abs had
attended Divine Service three times.
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Mr. W. Barrett said that the prisoner came to hint at the
marabous* loose week. before, and told hies the same story.
It was stated that a. primmer had celled upon a good
many people, and made similar repressatatioss. Bh. had
also applied at this court two or three months ago, stating
that SIM had Just come from Cornwall, and waste a destitute
state.

Sir H. W. Cardin said he had no doubt she bad be.. im-
pain out people for peen. He should commit her to prises
for a math, with bard labour.

.WORBHW-STREBT.

Mr. Joha Charlse O.rmus,
a horsehair weaver and sieve
manafactszer, formerly of Old Pord, bat at prosiest carry
iag on business in York-street, Betkaal-green wee charged
with bevies grossly neglected gad ill-treated Ave yeas(
girls, his appreaticee, whom ape varied from 14 to 17 years.
Mr. Janus, clerk to the beard of gmardisas of the Holborn
anion, attended to wateh the ease au behalf of the coin-'
plainest', who had been appreatiesd to the defendant by
tke authorities of that parish.
Mr. Charles Chetah', the relieving dim of the Bethnal-
green union, 'Med that he proceeded, about tea days sines,
to the defendant's premises, which caudated only of three
wretchedly fernished rooms for the (mend accommodation
of himself and his wife, • female lodger, and the five
apprentices. The defendant and his wife ware both
intealcated at the time of his arrival ; bat hides
seeettaleed that hs would tad the apprentices at the top of
the house, be made hie way to a email attic, which they
used in common as theft workshop and despise and sitting
la apartment There were two beds the rcom, the 'overlap
of which were begrimed with dirt, bat scarcely say other
Waiters, and the whole place presented ea appears's* of
squalid destitution. On qmestioniag the poor girls with
regard to their miserable primal appearance, they in-
formed Idea that they bad been compelled to part with the
rest of their slothg so procure hod, with which their mu
tar bad refused to provide them. Having elicited from
them, after some further tioeversation that they had been
shamefully neglected and ill treated Is Other particulars, he
felt It his duty to undertake that' temporary abuse, and
transferred them to the w. rkhouse.

somplaitenta. stated
that DOM 704111 does She was apprenticed from Holborn
Union to the defendant, who had subjected her to very
hash treatment, having ormaionally beats. her with
leathern strap, sad that both her nester and mistreat were
liebiteal drunkards. Witness and tbe other appnntices
Wife generally compelled to provide thernesives with food
and Walking, although their p earninp emanated
only to as. a week, In ems% mace of their muter' neglect
in supplying them with the nemtmary 'materiels for their
work. The bedding amenunodatiom wee ef the went de-
scription, as they had slept wittiest Mena hesearly two
years, d.rlag which period the blokes bed net ea= bees
molted. eke had led a =hatable We from the deeneeser
Sent of her apprenticeship, sad she hoped t►e magistrates
would cannel the indentures. _ _

&aaewnitiTihrsharp, the defendant said that he bad
remedy fallen into adverse cinnuastaaces, which preeladad
him from discharging his duties toward, his apprentscas to
the extent he had originally intended, but that he had
studied their comforts as far ae his mesas allowed, and
should be shit, to prove that the aosenat they had given as
to their alined antveacies was greatly exaggerated.
Mary Leas Williams' who desenbed herbed as a married
woman, was then waled, and stated that was a lodger
is the lime*, sad sus had aim area anything in the me-
duct of the defendant towards his apprentices which at all
jestilled the prment antaplaits• She had beau fittest a.
and..etead that the dafeadaat had messed to supply them
with food, oa the madams that they paid him Bd. a day
oat of their laming; fallen which they were expected to
provide for their owe maiateomes. She considered it to he

their own fault if they waived proper neessearks, se they
were capable damning about 104. s day.
Oa beteg closely premed by the magistrate, the whams
stated that the bedding wit certainly rather Weenies, sad
that the appreatime senwtintas muniard without food from
their early breakfast how estil ma or asses is Messiest.
She also admitted that the defendeat sad hie wife " took a
drop sometime'," but that the lady, is that roe feat, was
worn than her husband. It was only st latereala that
witases lodged in the house, on which oosesions she was in
the habit of 818,01 at the foot of the bed occupied by the
defendant sad ►is wife. _ _

In reply to • question from the raagisirste, It was iati-
noted by Mr. Janes, from th• Holborn Union, that tb•
defendant had received • IffliMiUM of 6f. with sash of the
girl., who bad been severally appreatured to bias arvarions
tines within the lest tin years, but as he bad naaiiestly
failed to fulfil the conditions of hie engagement, it was
obviously desirable that the ladeatens should be at ono
cancelled.

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kr. D'Syneourt said that abundant evident,' bad bees
placed before Bien to show that the defendant had been so
scandalously wanting in his dety towards the unfortunate
children who had been plead twilir his ears, that he con-
sidered there was almost sufficient to justify his pro.
mention by indictment, and he should not only order the
indentures to be cancelled, but require him to refund a por-
tion of the prosaism, au:ousting to 2i. is iamb of the eases
which had been brought under his notice With regard to
the case of the fifth girl, who was not in attendance, he
should suspend the ...mess for investigation on a future
day.