The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOWSSTREET.

Henry finnailton, alias Scutt, described as a surgeon in
practice at 3, King William-street, Strand, and apparently
about 40 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Hall, charged with having administered drugs to a young
woman to procure abortion, and also with having committed
a rape upon her.
Messrs. Austin, solicitor', attended for the prisoner.
The prosecutrix, Elizabeth brown, deemed as follows: I
am a single woman at present, and lire with my parents, at
11, Methuen-street, Idatherhithe. I am 22 years of age,
and live by needlework. On Saturday morning last, at
about half-past 12 o'clock, I went to the prisoner's house,
and asked to see Dr. Hamilton. I had never seen bins, but
I had heard talk of him, and had often read his advertise-
mutts in the weekly newspapers. I was shown up stairs
into the drawing roam, and the Igisonercame to me there.
He began by saying, "All my patients fully understand
that my fee is ball-a-guinea." I had told him that I was
suffering from sickness and pain in my stomach. I said that
I had not got half-a-guinea with me, and had only called
for his advice. lie said he would take half the money then,
if I would bring the other half on Monday, which I agreed
to do. I sat on the sofa by his directions, and he
said that I was in the family-way. I told the prisoner that
I did not know 1 was so, and asked him if he could relieve
me of the pain I was suffering. He said that he might be
able to do rne some good, but would like to see the young
man I had been acquainted with. I replied that he was
not in the way, and could not be found. [Witness then
went on to state that the prisoner proceeded to act to-
wards her in a grossly improper manner.] I complained
of his conduct and resisted him very much, but he partly
effected his purpose. Before he examined me he asked
me if my friends were well off, and whether I was myself,
and I told him we were poor working people. He gave me
two pills, to be taken at bedtime. He said if I did not
submit to him he should base to use an instrument, and
then I suspected that he intended to procure a miscarriage,
which I did not wish. He desired me to keep the glib a
secret from my friends, and said that I had Letter not
mention what he had done to me to my young man as, in
his ignorance, he might object to it, and it might get him
(prisoner) into trouble. I left him and in half an hour
afterwards I met my young man in the Strand, and told
him everything that had happened.
Cross-examined--The young man's name is John Smith.
He is an ironmonger, and has visifed me with the know-
ledge of my parents. It was not Smith that recommended
me to consult De. Hamilton. It was a young woman in
Church-street, Itotberhithe, whom I only know as Sarah.
She also works at the needle. She raid she had read his
advertisements in the weekly newspapers. I did say that
I did not know what had become of the young man, and
that be might have gone to Australia for what I knew, as
he had been talking about it. I alluded to the young min
Smith, and said I had not seen him for a week, and did not
know where he was. What I have described occurred in
the drawing-room. The prisoner fastenzd the door and
pulled down the blinds before examining me. I did not
cry out, because I resisted him. I told Smith ell that
passed. He did not know that I was goicg to the doctor's.
I bad not seen him fur a week or fortnight before. When
I met him in the Strand, after leaving Mr. Hamilton's, it
was not by appointment. After I told Smith all about it I
we went back to the prisoner's house together, and
waited outside while he went in to speak to Mr. Hamilton.
Smith did this of his own accord. 1 had given the prisoner
65., and was to take him the remaining 4s. 6d. on Monday.
After Smith came away from the prisoner's we went to
Bow-street police station, and had him taken into custody.
John Smith (who was kept out of court during the exa-
mination of the prosecutrix) said—l have kept company
with the last witness, with the knowledge of her parents,
for three years. I lodge with my aunt at 4, New-street,
Bermondsey, and am an ironmonger. I was with the pro-
secutriz on Saturday morning in the Strand, and left her
about 1 o'clock to go to Dr. Hamilton's, as she complained
of • pain in ter side. I waited for her at the end of the
street, walking about all the while she was in the prisoner's
house, and joined her when she came out, by previous
arrangement. She told me that she did not think Mr.
Hamilton bad treated her properly, but she did not enter
into all the particular' until we had got into the steam-
boat, on our way to London-bridge. 1 siry her home and
met her again in the evoning, when we returned to the fri-
-1 soner's house at about half-put seven. I left her outside,
and went in myself. I saw Mr. Hamilton lighting up his
gas, and when I said that I wished to speak to him ho
showed me up stairs. I told him that I had called about
the young woman who had been with him in the morning,
as I was her young man, and understood that ho wanted to
see me. He said She only paid me part of my fee, 65."
I asked him what the fee was required for ? lie replied,
"She was pregnant, and it was for an abortion." I asked
him if ho was not ashamed of himself for proposing such a
thing to her, and demanded the money hack again, as he
had no right to charge for such a thing. He then ordered
me to leave his house, and I did so. When I got outside I
spoke to a policeman about it, and he referred me to the
police-station, where I went and made the charge. When
the prisoner was brought to the station he (mid I had tried
to get a fee from hint, which was a tales charge.
Cross•examined—l have been out of a si uation unfor-
tunately about three week in consequence of slackness of
business at my late employers, Mr. Hogg, whose shop was
lately burnt down. He would be glad to have me back
again if he had work to give me.
Henry Fry, constable F 22, s aid, I was on duty between
seven and eight o'clock on Saturday evening, in West
Strand, when the prisoner came up to me and said that a
man had been to him endeavouring to eatort money, end
using heavy threats. He asked me if I would take him
into custody if he came again, and I replied, " Yes, if I
happened to be on duty at the time." About an hour aftvr-
wards the witness Smith cant.: to me and said that he
wanted me to accompany' him to King William-street, to
take the prisoner into charge for committing a rape and
administering drugs for a bastard chill. I then w,ut and
apprehended the prisoner on that charge.
This being the case for the pros( cutler',
Mr. Austin addressed the court for the prisoner, c •ntend-
ing that although he had no instructions to impute im-
proper conduct to the young woman, the manner in which
she was contradicted by Smith, in some ports of his examin-
ation, showed a degree of untruthful' 's which was hardly
to be excused by any amount of diffidence nr nervouen( as
occasioned by his cross-examination. She had distinctly
stated she went to Mr. Hamilton's without tho knowledge
of Smith, not having seen him for a fortnight ; whereas the
latter had sworn that he was waiting outaido for her.
Mr. 11a11-1 may save some trouble, perhaps, by stating
that I have fully made up my mind to send this prisoner
for trial. This is one of those casts in which I think it
necessary to abstain from offering any opinion upon the
evidence before me; but I may say, that I shall he pre-
pared
to entertiin an application to admit the prisoner to I
bail, if good and substantial sureties are procured. Is the
prisoner iu a large way of practice us a surgeon ?
Inspector Mackenzie stated that the prisoner was net a
member of the English College of Surgeons, but held an
Irish diploma.
Mr. Austin said he had been in practice at his present
house about three years, and he had no doubt respectable
bail could he readily obtained.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

Two little boys, one eight years old and the other ten, I
named Henry Evans and John Armstrong, were charged
with stealing a donkey and cart, with a load of v getable.;'
and also with stealing a horse and cart, a wheelbarrow, two
other donkeys, dc., on previous occasions.
The prisoners were in the habit of " touting" in the
neighbourhood of the London market,, railway stations,
&c., for employment to hold horses' heads, &c. They then
took the first opportunity of leading their charge away,
and disposing of the contents of the cart, if they hap-
pened to be of a saleable character. In the first case
proved to-day it transpired that the prisoners were
entrusted with a costermonger's cart in Long-acre, having
agreed to hold the donkey's head for a penny. The pro-
secutor (a man named Hewett) went in the meantime to
purchase some potatoes in Covent-garden, but when he re-
turned he found that his cart, &c., had disappeared. In-
formation was given to the police, and on Saturday night
the cart was found in the possession of the elder prisoner
(Evans). who was driving it along the New-road (near
Trinity Chur, h), having previously disposed of all its con•
tents, consisting of potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables,
worth about IN.
In another case it was proved that the same prisoner hail
taken off a coal cart from the station of the Great Northern
Railway.
Mr. Hall said that he had never heard of such astounding
charges against mere infants, and sent them both for trial
to the sessions.

Yesterday morning many unfortunate women were to be
seen about the court with features betokening the handi-
work of heartless ruffians. It was altogether a sickening
eight ; many of them, however, went away, rather than
appear as witnesses against their brutal assailants, perhaps
to fare more sadly on hearing the decision of tho following
cues: _ .

Jaws Macklin, described as a watch-glass maker, re-
siding at 23, llulei-place, St. Luke's, was charged with
an inhuman assault on his wife, whose face was fri4htfully
disfigured with cuts and bruises. The front ut her dress
was besmeared with blood.
_ .

She stated that on Sunday evening her husband came home
drunk, and began abusing her in a savage manner. She
appeased him a little, and fed him with some dinner, when
on a sudden ho pushed her from him, struck her down
with a blow over her right eye, causing the blood to flow,
and afterwards, while she was prostrate on the ground and
altogether helpless, he beat her on various parts of the body,
blackening it with almost every hit or kick. She called for
assistance, and her mother coming to her aid was knocked
down by the prisoner with a poker.
In answer to the ,worthy magistrate the poor creature
said that " she had borne her husband six chi:dren, three
of whom were principally dependent on her exertions for
sustenance, for she had very little help from him.
The mother in part corroborated the complainant, and
proved the brutal attack on herself.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner hie defence.
In a surly manner he answered, " that he bad none to
make."

Mr. Tyrwhitt said, " these cues were truly lamentable,
and it was impossible to go on in this way. He had hoped
the law as it now stood would have diminished such out-
rages, but every day experience showed an increase of
them." He sentenced the di fenduat, for the two assaults,
to hard labour for four months.

Iltehawl Kelly, a raw-boned Irishman, was next charged
with assaulting Catherine Holmes.
Complainant azid, she had cohabited with the prisoner,
and been his support for a considerable time rut, by pawn-
ing her clothes and other worse mean.. She had no money
on Saturday night, and for that reason he knocked her to
the around and blackened her eyes.
Mr. Tyrwhitt observed that " words would be wasted on
such a vagabond," and sent him to the treadmill for two
months.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
nizandis Ilnlu will, a person of ladly-like appearance,
and 11.11.ium Hall, a servant, were brought before Mr.
Bingham, charged with having created a disturbance in the
public street, and thereby caused • considerable crowd to
assemble.

When the parties were about to be placed at the bar, a
gentleman and two children, who, it turned out, were the
husband and the children of the female defendant, entered
the court. Their appearance appeared to rouse the feelings
of the female defendant, who, with great vehemence, be-
gan to uphri.id her husband or having discarded her and
deprived her of her children, she baying borne him Ca in
eight Tears, when he, as she asserted, was unable to bring
anything against her, not even, as reported, incompatibility
of temper
Mr. Bingham interfered, and begged the lady to mo2e-
rate her temper. There was a regular mode of conducting
lousiness in that court, and before she could be heard in
reply or defence, the charge must be stated.
As the officers were about to place her at the bar with the
other defendant, she with great indignation declared
she would not consent to stand as a culprit beside a servant.
Her husband had an income of 3,0001. a year, though she
had nothing but what she stood upright in.
Mr. Bingham, addressing the husband, said as his pre-
sence appeared to excite Mrs. Ilakewill, is would be advis-
able for him to quit the court.
Mr. Ilskewill hoped before he left the court ho might be
permitteu to make a statement.
Mr. Bingham did not think that any statement of past I
affairs had any bearing on the case before him, which was
simply one of breach of the public peace.
Mr. Ilakewill and the children, one of whom appeared to
have been injured in the hand in the recent scuffle, left the
court.

Police constable Hinton said, about 11 o'clock that day,
he saw the lady and the nt in Regent-street, struggling
for the possession of two young children. There were at
least 200 persons round them, and witneu was compelled
to take both parties into custody.
Defendant Hall said he was Mr. Hakewill's servant, and
had charge of the children when Mrs. Hakewill met him
and tried to take them away from him by force. Ho be-
lieved his muter was empowered by a decree of the Court
of Chancery to have possession of the children.
Mrs. Hakewill, who was greatly excited, denied that this
was the case.

The lady, in the course of a desultory statement, said Mr.
Hakewill had instituted a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court
against her, but had failed to make out • case. She was
unjustly deprived of her children, who had been placed,
as she discovered, under the care of an improper person in
Jersey.
Mr. Bingham would presume that the husband was in
legal possession of the children ; if not, the proper courbe
must bo resorted to, in order to determine the question.
All he had now to do was to see that the public peace was
not broken. The evidence showed this bad not been the
case, and he must therefore call up-n Mrs. Ilakewill to find
two sureties to keep the peace fur one month.
Mary Regan was charged with stealing a purse contain.
ing some silver and copper coin, the property of Mr. Wm.
John Sanders, landlord of the Three Tubs, Berwick-street.
Prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been in his service
as cook for about • fortnight, during which time ho had
been constantly missing money from the till. Not being
able to detect the thief, he communicated with the police,
and Sergeant Godfrey, a t:ctective officer of the C division,
advised him to mark some silver and copper money, and
place it in the till, which he did on Saturday night. On
Sunday morning Godfrey called upon him, and
in his presence he examined the contents of the till,
when he missed 6s. Gd. in silver and eleven-
pence halfpenny in copper, all of which he had previously
marked in the presence of the officer.
Godfrey deposed that he went on Sunday morning to
prosecutor's house, where lie saw the prisoner, and in the
presence of the prosecutor asked her what she had done
with the money she had taken out of her master's till. At
first she denied doing so, but afterwards she admitted that
she had taken elevenpence halfpenny, which she had in her
box up stairs. He then went up stairs to her room, and in
a work-box he found the purse produced, containing ds. Gd.
in silver aad elevenpence halfpenny in copper, all of which
prosecutor indentified as belonging to him. Witness then
took her into custody.
The prisoner was remanded fur a week.

MARKETS.

LONDON WEEKLY DOCK ZEIT
ImportooL Detheren
1
av,,,,,a,W. ludla...oashs I,BGO 2,6(0 1
Mritritium bap 2,400 0,7(0
&oral taMadras tega 10,000 ccoo
Foreign MO 7,300
Onaast.,W.lrdia . cask 1 50
Mocha baler 7?0 330
Cep,' bar. 1,0:.0 4,700
C0c04,11.P bap 1 200
Fortica bar, 1,500 1 1111
115.9, Walt India cubs 400 (00 °

r. 17.
1054.

21,400
to9,ut
115.00 u
242,ent,

38,91.0
176,600
2:•43.0`t0

.8.0 -7, Ar.
!MOO 8,900
105,000 116,100
13,000 14,700
4,090 3.600
4,0.0 18,040

COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, Sam 19.—The market has
again closed Ivry heavily without any material change in
prices. The demand was very general to-day, but con-
fined to small parcels. Sales, 5.000 bales ; compriaing 4,000
American (1,000 far export), 250Pernams and Maranhamv,
011. to 71d. ; 200 Egyptians, 74d. to B,ld. ; and Surat, aid.
to eld. per lb.

CORN —BOSTON, SEM 17.—We have had a small
show of Wheat at market to-day. which met with a goad
demand at fully 3i. per qr. over Wednesday's rates. Wheat,
red, new, s'9i. to 625.; old, 62e.; white,

CATTLE.—LtvErtrooi, SEM. 19.—The supply of stock
this morning was greater than last week, or the cor-
responding week of last year. We have also kad a good at-
tendance of buyers, but a few were left unsold at the close
of the market. Prices of beef were a shade lower, but
mutton was about the same as last week. Prime heifers,
sd. to ; 2nd class and fat bullocks, 41d. ; prime Wed-
derv, Gd. to 7d. ; 2nd class ditto, sd. to Gd.
Nottwlen, SEI`T. 17.—Being the Saturday before Wool-
pit fair, few Scots were on offer, but of short-horns and
Irish there was a large number ; trade was dull, buyers not
numerous, and at the close nearly one-fourth remained un-
sold, at barely last week's prices. Fat beasts few, and a
quick saie at Bs. to Be. Gd. per stone. The pens were well
filled with lambs; keeping sheep and lambs in good de-
mand, and all sold at full prices. l"at sheep, 85. to Bs. Bd.
per ,tone. In store pigs and fat pork no alteration worth
notice.

COALS.—Lownott, Barr. W.—Ships at market, 114;
sold, 57.—Burnhope, '201.; Holywell„ 21s. ;It worth
Hartley, 215.; Tanrield Moor Butes, 20s. ; Walker Prim-
rase, 19.. Od.; West Hartley, 22s ; West Wylam Trader,
22.. ; NVylam, 243. ; Walls End, 223. ; Bell's Primrose, 20s. ;
Walls End Belmont, 245. 6d. ; Wails End Lambtoo, 235. Oil.;
Wells End Stewart'e, 255. 6d.; Walls End West Edmonds-
, ley, 213. 61. ; Walls End Men et Hall, 245. Dd. ; Walls
End South Kelton, 245. Od.; Birehgrove Weigoia, 30s. ;
Derwentwater West Hartley, 22e. ; Watney's Anthra-
cite, 32. e.