The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-11 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Eliza Woodward,* wet 'cierpd with feloalinuely hilherg
and slaving Thomas Sims.
Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted. • •
The prisoner occupied as apartment in a lines In Charles-
street, tit. George's.rn-thnliast, and it appeared that on the
morning of the 26th of April she and a man with whom she
cohabited were quarrelling and fighting, and the wife of the
demean, who was related to the man with whom the priso-
ner wee cohabiting, went up for the purpose of making
pesos, Cr endeavotring to do so. The prisoner was
'very violent, and observed that she would murder
any one who came into the room, and upon the
deceased attempting to ' enter it, she struck him
a blow on the had with a glees bottle, and inflicted a some-
what serious wound. He was removed to the hospital,
where erysipelas came on, and be died shortly afterwards.
The prisoner seemed to bast deceased her sorrow for what
had undyed almest immediately, end it also appeared that
she had beanie custody since the beginning of May.
She was found Guilty, and the Recorder sentenced her to
be imprisned and kept to hard labour for four months.
George Harwood, 21, bricklayer, and George Ray, 218,
'shower, were indicted for robbery with violecce on Charlie
Reed, and stealing from his person six movereiges, •breest
pin, a necktie, a knife, en ivory rule, and other articles, his
property.
Mr. Pater conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Liffey
defended the prisoner Ray, who surrendered in discharge of
his bail to answer the charge. The prisoner Harwood- was
sot defended by counsal.
The feets of themes were somewhat singular and pecelier.
The prosecutor, by profession a lawyer, residing et New
head-lodge, Peekham-rye, on the 26th April hats after a
stroll over the Rye, went into the Belvedere Tavern, and
eventually found himself in the skittle potted, and after
some time engaged in the game. In the course of the curs
cise the prisoner Harwood offered to WY prosecutor for a
bottle of wise. It was alleged that the prosecutor last the
toes, but refused to pay for the wine, ea 'the ground that
Harwood had not tossed fairly. The prosecutor indig-
nantly denied that he bad refund to pay bedew he hid
not got any money about him, sad to corroborate his surer.
thin he produced, most incautiously, his money,
consisting of six sovereigns and • quantity of silver.
A oostroverey ensued, which was ended by the landlord
of the boom tuning the who party oat of his house. The
prosecutor proceeded homewards aloe; the London-road,
and when about 200 yards !$m the timers he was suddenly
Week at the beck of the heed, and rendered prostrate. I
The two prisoners, whom be recognised from their voices, ,
then fell upon him, and kneeling on his chest and
hie heed upon the ground, proceeded to rifle the whole erf
his pocket.. They attacked him with such violence that
his warstecet, shirt, and flannel shirt were tore into rileboes.
He entreated them to let him go. and at last he succeeded In
getting epos his legs, when he wised liar wood lig the threat,
Red held him tightly until polioseronstable Wbable, 337 P,
came n p,and the prisoner Harwood was conveyed to the police-
station, and on being searched the necktie, tread pin, tobacco
pouth, pen knife. and ivory rule were found in his posseesios,
end were now idestified by the prosecutor as his property.
From the description given by the prosecutor of the second
assailant, the primmer Rey was taken into custody, end
wises presented to the prosecutor, was at once identified by
I him. The evidence of several Witlololll4 including the politer
constable. corroborated the prosecutes testimony, all de-
claring that the prosecutor was sober, though he hid per.
taken of something to drink. and the evi ince of Mr. Jones,
a surgeon, whe bed been called in to attend the prosecutor
for the injuries he hed'receiyed, stated that the prosecutor
I bad been oos6ned to his bed under his care fora pried of
eight days.
Mr. Liffey addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner
Bay, and contended that the question of identity, which
was the important issue, bad not been established. end
hewn he was entitled to a verdict of acquittal, !Specially as
it would be shows that the prosecutor was so inebriated at
the time that so relines could be planed on his testae:wee.
Several witnesses were called who gave Ray a good cha-
racter for honesty, and the Iddlord of the tavern and other
persons deposed to lb* prosecutor being in such a state of
intoxication as not to be competent to speak to the facts
which bad occurred.
Mr. Pater replied on the whole of the case, and
The Recorder rammed up the evidence with his mull
owe and cleaned.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
Guilty as against the prisoner Harwood, but Acquitting the
prisoner Ray.
The prosecutor intimated to the court that be had made
inquiries as to the antecedents of the primed, and the
result of those inquiries induced him to recommend the pri-
soner to the merciful consideration of the court.
The Recorder said that but for this recommendation he
should have felt it his duty to have 'passed a motor°, of
lengthened posed servitude; es it was, the sentence woe
twelve =oaths' imprisonment with hard labour.

TEE POLICE COURTS.
WESTMINSTER.
A very respectable-looking middle-aged woman applied to
Mr. &Ifs. the presiding magistrate, for redrees.
Mr. delfe—What do you want
Applicant—To punish a man that has very much misbe-
haved himself. He lives in the parlour of the same house
as I do, in Vioe-street. Millionth, wad hat got a little
child, as well as me. I got a kitten to amuse my little
thlld, and they were both playing with the kitten, when I
suppose in their pulling it about they hurt it, and it
'crotched his little child's fees, when it of ootirss cried, and
her father came up and killed my kitten. It was a great
shame to kill the kitten ; it was • very little one, end when
it was pulled about of comes it scratched.
Mr. Selfe—How did he kill the kitten ?
Applicant—He threw itdown in the yard arid "tamped on
the poor little thing until he forced its entrails out. That
' was treaties it very cruelly, because it merely scratched,
which is natural for a cat to do.
Mr. Selfe—Do you wish to have a summons against him
for cruelty to your kitten by killing it in the way you
have described ; or do you want ooropessatlers fee its
value?
Applicant—l should certainly wish to punish him for
the cruelty. He had no right to do such a creel thing.
Mr. Selfe—You mar have the
THAMES. MIMEO= for the cruelty.
John Wyer, a middle-aged and well-dressed man, was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charred with embezzlement.
Mr. Charles Young. solicitor, stated that the prisoner
had bees in the service of Mr. Bellamy, tank-maker. of
13,11 e-street. Mineral), as traveller and collestor, at a salary
of 2/. ss. per week. besides which all impasses were paid.
It had teen lately ascertained that the prisoner was a de-
faulter to a large amount He should be prepared to go
into three cases of money received and not accounted for.
sad prove them beyond a doubt. The prises'? received
W. 3s. of Mr. Stamp, New erase, Shadwell, on the
24th of March last ; IW. rif Mean. Ewe: and
Wilkinson, of Some-pedalos, Towerthill on 30th
of June • and U. 15s. of °reborn and Sons, of Twig-lane,
Upper Thames-street, on the 20th of the same mouth.
Nolte of those sums had been apse-rusted for by the prisoner.
He had 'appropriated them to his own use. There were
many other cues. All the customers had set heat waited
apse, and the whole of the prisoser's defalcations bed not
been discovered. Whin the prisoner was welted by
police-sergeant Pollen, No. 10 IL, Mr. Bellamy said, " Yost
have ham robbing me, Mr. Wyer." The officer reminded
the prisoner that what be did my would have to berepested
before a magistrate. Printer* said he hoped he would for-
give hint, and he would reader an account of the mosey he
had reosived and net paid ie.
In sewer to Mr. Partridge, the solicitor raid that the
duties of the prisoner were to solicit and receive orders,
and to pay over all bowies he received to his employer daily,
sad the cheques aed thefts to fllips's banking Pause.
Mr. Partridge asked the solicitor when the primer
entered Mr. Bellamy's service.
Mr. Merles Teem replied in Fehmssryleafa &NS Imoem-
asermeel his system of embeadenient soon afterwards.
Evideace !mein base given ia *appeals if Me. ehmise
Yam'. stritome•te. •
Mr. Partridge remanded the 'glower until Slisseik
seat.

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