The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-04 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTB

GUILDHALL.
A respenthie-looking widow, who slated that her came
was Mrs. Riley, ripped to Mr. Aldermen Finns for advice ,
sod assistance under the following cireumeissoes :—Froes
her statement it appeared that she had bees left a widow
with • large family, sod that she occupied • small Munn
in Mostague-court, Little Britain, her landlord being • Mr.
Miller, a tiewspapre agent, in the Caledonisseo • sad.
from the loss of her husband and other asteroid air-
cultistancre, she was in arrest with her rent, sad
that on Wednesday last, at half-pan 11 o'nm*.
her daughter, • promising girl of 13 years of age.
soddenly died from deem of this heart whilst at play.
About se hour after. in the midst of her grief and agony,
Application was made for payment of her arrears of rent.
Soo was unable to pay them, but offered to pay all upturns
if they would but wait until the (moral of the child. This
request they declined to comply with ; immediately • dia.
traant was put in, everything was removed fr om the pre-
mises, not even leaving anything
on whieh to rest the
he Aldermas regretted that he was unable to render her
any assistance with mud totheme nt, brit be kindly I
granted her some relief from ox to enable her to
bury her
The applicant then thanked the msgistrate, and retired.
BOW-BTRBBT.
Charlie Hank, a boot-dater, living is Menhalletreet.
Bt. Jame's, was brought up on • wsrrant. in cossequees
of his mine to at in °birdies°, to • gammons, at the
instance of George Lacombe. • cabmen, charging him with
neglecting to pay • fare. Os the 24th July the prisoner'
hailed complainant's cab, got is, and told the oilmen to
drive him to the Hong Guards. He was well, sod eves
elegantly dressed, sod his appearance was altogether that
of a gentleman, so that when be motioned inadvertently
that be was dir Charles Hardy, the cabmen had
in difficulty in believing him. On arriving at the Hone
Guards he got out of the cab, stingthat be wanted to call
ies the Duke of Cambridge. He entered the office, and. slier
some interval, come out and said his ro al highesse was
not in. He afterwards drove to the r of 'nerd
I el the nobility and gentry, and made cc pretended to make
• call at each, after which be proose to the detective
Aloe in Scotland-yard. He entered the office, leaving wit-
wase with his cab ; and the last whom sew of him
that be was speaking to a sergeant inside the office.
Being far from suspecting any dishonesty, witness did sot
keep any special watch upon hie fare, hat waited mittestly
until a conHtae sble Naked him what be was stopping there so
lam for. replied that he was waiting for War Charles
Hardy. The ousteble at trot said ha did sot know whom
he meant ; but, on his descelbing the gentleman, the cam
said with • laugh, that old fow left boars ago—having
only stopped • few minutes. Witness had bees waiting four
boars. Having with some difficulty discovered the prisoner's '
address, witness applied for • surnames at this court, which
was granted ; but to which the prisoner did not attend.
A mood summons being served op= him, be treated
it with equal contempt. Ultimately • warrant was issued,
sod was executed by Meiners, the warrant officer of this
court. Hansen stated that when he apprehended the on.
sour the latter said that be went to an the Duke of Cam-
bridge and other gentlemen, for whom be had formerly
made boots, to solicit • renown of their custom, sud that
be left the cab in Bootland.prd while be went on to the
Hone Guards to make • second call its his royal highness.
He was detained a couple of hours, and when be came out
was surprised to God the °amen gone.
T 6 priso•er's landlord said he was • very troublesome
lodger Isom his eccentricity. He had lug been in the habit
of alleging he was entitled to • baronetcy.
The prisoner set up the same defence which he bad in&
rated to Mangers.
He was ordered to pay the amount of the fare sad ex-
penses, in all 24., or be ireprisooed for • month. As be
could not pay the money he was committed to prison.
WORSHIP-STRUT.
Anna Maria Madison, an unendingly pretty child, only
10 years of ego, neatly dreamed, sad with Gamin curls flow-
ing from howdah a small straw hat, was pat into the dock
on • charge of stealing from the perms.
Mrs. Augusta Kingdos, of 23. Ashley-tenses, City-mad,
stated that while is the shop of Mr. Collins, draper it
that neighbourhood, for the purpose of makin •• small g
purchue, she had occasion to put her band into her
dress pocket for • peony more the she thought was
required. To her extreme astonishment
.
although
scarcely a minute had elapsed, every halfpenny of
had in that
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brief space of time base taken out. The child at the bar
was the only prima near her, and, although reluctant to
believe she was the thief. it was impossible to come to say
other conclusion, and she, therefore, said, " You must have
robbed me." The girl did not, exhibit the slightest nano.
but lost:Bey replied, .• Me? no Ma'am ; pray send for •
policemen and have on searched, for I have not got any-
thing belonging to you about me." Mrs. Bingdon at that
instant fancied that she heard the jingle of money Is the
bosom of the girl's frock, and an the shop-assistant coming
round the counter she untied the top of her dress, se
resistance being offered, sod found the whole of the minim
money and one penny more, which she innately claimed
as her own. When questioned as to where she lived she
freely gave the address ; end her mother begged and
entreated her child might be given into custody with a view
to her future good, and under this impulse the charge was
profaned.
The little prisoner's mother now entered the winos-
box. She said that her husband was dead and bad
left het with four children to support, and that she was
obliged to get her living by hard work out of doors. That
this child had regularly been sent to church at Houton,
and also attended a school there ; bat notwithstanding all
her care she had previously
.mrecoodseted herself, es is
this instance. On that occesion the eleritymn gave her a
good talking to, and she was Bawd, but it was of so ser-
vice. Latterly she had bean In the unser, with an aunt
for three weeks, and had only returned two days when she
committed this robbery. Some time since she bad typhus
fever, accompanied with fits, and elm that time, although
the fits had owed. she frequently conducted herself like •
half-mad child.
The magistrate expreeeed his intention to send her to
reformatory, if, on examination by • medical man it should
be found she was of sound mind, for which purpose he re-
manded her.

LAMBETH.
James Pararie, late s labourer is the employment of
Messrs Beohnoin Oohs and Ban, builders, carrying on
barium in Camberwell, was brought up on a warrant, and
charged before Mr. Elliott, with baring, by violence to the
penoa of Charles Gray, a follow workman, sodeucared
to force him to depart from his hiring sod employment.
Mr. John Walter Hamilton, manager to the prolocutors,
said that on Monday lost on gong to Brinson, where the
Mears. Coils are bulking an engine and boiler-houso for
• water company, he found a number of the pawns em-
ployed there stunt from the building. The bricklayers
mid that their shown was owl's to their being under
an improwdou that their wageswouM riot he raised as agreed
upon -before, but he (witness) enured them they would,
and they all returned to their work. This prisoner sod two
other labou refused to work unless they oho got
advance, when be told them he had no authority to give
them more thee they before remind, sad if they did not
like it they might have what was des to them and leave.
They did leave, but before doing so, he heard the prisoner
say to the labourers who remained, "If you are men you
will take your lulfposos sad have."
Mr. George Tupper, foreman at the works, said that
after the penmen and the two others were gone he hired
two other labourers to take their plank but then persons
had since left through the intimidation of the prisoners
sad others.
Charles Gray said be was in the employment es • labourer
of Maws. Coils, and was engaged on the buildinp oe
Brixton hill on Monday lest The prisoner was earned
there also, bat left on that day, sad before doing so be
said to him (witness) sod the other workmen that which
had boon noshed by Mr. Hamilton. Os the Tuesday the
prisoner came skins to the building, sod over • fence male
use of the nann sort of language oohs had on Monday, and
is • Molest togs. On the Wednesday the primmer mous
mode his a Inman at the MOO pace and repeated hie
improper language, and with foal expressions called ou
them to come out On his leaving the building on the
Wednesday inning he found the prisoner outside, sad after
muttering something about Amok— fellows as him, ought
hold of him by the collar end shook him Molnar. He
pushed him into the streets whim he stench him a violent
blow OD the left eye.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said he had no ill
fooling towards Gray and all ha did that day was to inquire
whether he got 41d. or 40. per hour he his work, sod
telling him he ought to have 44d. per hour ; apes which he
(Gray) asked him if he was oame to kick up a row, sod
struck him first.
Mr. Elliott, addressing the prisoner, told him that he bad
• perfect right, if dissatisfied with the wages he was pait d, to
receive whet was due to him end discharge himself, bu he
had no right whatever to go about and, by iatinsidatiou,
force others from their employment. It was quite elan he
was guilty of the offense with which be wee charged, end
for that offence be should sentence him to Des moth's hard
labour in Wandsworth Housed Corractiao.

THAYER
3, Oianew (alias Palmer), aged 28, aid Thomas
41d , aged 30, were brought up at remand, the former
with ecocealiag the birth and with the wilful
m of • male ill ' inmate child, and the latter with
sklingand abeniag is dispoaog of the body. The coroner's
Jai had retuned ea oven verdict to the effect that the
child heel died from suffocation, but how that suffocatios
had been caused there was not sufficient widence to show.
The male primmer had been manager, and the female pet.
saver cook, at the White fiwaa Tavern, Ratcliff.
Elizabeth Chapmaa, • cherwomea, of 1, Rese.lone, Bat-
cliff, deposed that os the 22nd of lest mouth the male pri.
moor told her " Mary:* the primmer, bed bees delivered
of a dead baby, and directed her to take some of her clothes
to wash. The elethee were those of a lyieg.ta 111101111 L
Hichsel Hallos, labourer, 19, White Bearnaart, White.
chips'. said %hot Is Magnet 20 the female prisoner knight
• paper parcel, whisk, as open*, be fond to meta* the
dead body of • ebild.
Alfred Budget*, eargeon, 22, Beekelturek.huee said that
be was seat for oe the atoning et the 20th, sod found that
the prnoeer bad hoes delivers& Oa ashlar her where the
child wee, she mid she did set hand. He visited her again
1 in the aftiescea, end was shows the bedy of a child that
had been here alive, sad had perished, apparently, f TOM
suffocation. Theplamm whited him to Eire bra • anti&
I haw that ow shild had hem Alabona.