The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-16 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Ann Larder, a swarthy-faced woman, about 30 years of
age, and whose features were much bidden by a large ,
straw-hat, was charged with being concerned in the follow- i
ing assault and robbery :
Thomas Capes, a chairmaker in Mape-street, Bethnal-
green.
deposed—About one o'clock in the morning I was
passing along Finsbury, near the square, when the prisoner
accosted me. I had not previously seen any one very near,
but almost instantly after she spoke I was grasped
violently by the throat by some person behind me. I had a
small box containing a couple of pigeons in my hand,
which I dropped, and while endeavouring to extricate
myself the prisoner forced her hand into a pocket of my
trousers, and tore it completely down, and took out, as I
afterwards ascertained, between I Is. and 12e. that were
loose there. Another man then came up, and felt about my
waistcoat pocket, but not anything was there. I was
almost strangled. That man then tripped rue up, and I
fell on my head, which is severely cut on the top, and my
hand is also injured. I lost my senses, but suppose for
about half a minute only, as, on recovering, I observed
i all three running away n the direction of Finsbury-
market. I pursued, and noticing two constables in con- '
venation, told them what had occurred. I swear that the
prisoner is the woman in question. One of the men in
company with her I could not swear to. A coin found in
the prisoner's pocket I can also swear to, as a portion of the
money stolen. I was sober.
Hilman, 207 G, said—At 1 o'clock in the morning I was
with a brother constable near Finsbury-market, when the
prosecutor ran up in great alarm with his hat in his hand,
and his clothes in great disorder; he hurriedly told me what
he has now stated, and while doingso I heard footsteps hur-
rying towards us. I said, " Hush !" and we all retired. A
man came by ; prosecutor did not recognise him, and ho
passed ; another man followed whom he did recognise, and
I seized him. The prisoner came next, and on the same
authority she was taken by the other constable. My prisoner
made very light of the charge apparently, but as we pro-
ceeded I felt as I held him by the collar of his coat that he
wee getting very shaky. I held him then by the sleeve ; in
Featherstone-street, City-road, he fell, recovered slightly,
and with assistance we reached the station-house in Old-
street, St. Luke's, where he died.
Mr. Cooke.—Died from what cause? Do you know?
Witness.—l believe from disease of the heart, sir.
Police-constable James, 271 G, corroborated thus far
the statement of Hilman, and it appeared that the man
supposed to have acted in complicity with the prisoner and
the other now dead was not apprehended, as the prose-
cutor distinctly said he could not identify bim, Although
he had a clear view as he passed by.
Bendall, the gaoler, instantly recognised the prisoner
on her entering the dock as being a convicted thitf.
Mr. Cooke directed a remand. _ _

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•
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BETHNAL-
GREEN.—A man named George Moyce, 40 years of age,
carrying on the business of a shoemaker, at 9, Wellington- I
street, Bethnal-green, on Tuesday night made a brutal at-
tempt to murder his wife, and afterwards succeeded in i
taking his own life by cutting his throat with a razor.
About half-past nine o'clock the unfortunate woman
Ann Moyce rushed into the street, covered with
blood, and pointing to • frightful wound in her
throat, said to some neighbours who were standing
near, "Look what my husband has done." Immediately
after she became insensible. Police-constable John Pales,
99 H, who was on duty in the immediate neighbourhood.
had the woman conveyed to the London Hospital, and
entered the house, where he found Moyce with his throat ,
cut in such a fearful manner as could leave not the slightest I
hope of his recovery. Oa being conveyed to the hospital I
Mr. Greenaway, the house surgeon, discovered that the
windpipe had been completely severed, and stated that the
man could not survive many hours, and that the wounds
were each as could easily have been inflicted byhimself. The
wound in the woman's throat was not so serious, and every
hope is entertained of her ultimate recovery. In addition to
the wound in her throat, her hands are lacerated in such a
manner as to lead to the supposition that she had struggled
hard to defend herself against her husband. Information
was conveyed to the Bethnal-green police-station, and the
acting inspector, Sergeant Dillon, placed a constable in
charge of the house pending the investigation, which will
be held to-day at the hospital. Moyce has left six
young children—the eldest of whom is under 12 ears of
age—who have been taken charge of by the pa autho-
rities. Up to the present time no cause has been assigned
for the outrage, the woman being as yet unable to 'peak.
From inquiries at the hospital yesterday, we learn that
Moyce died at half-past 12 o'clock, and that his wife is pro-
gressing satisfactorily.
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