The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-04 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS

(Before Mr. Creasy at Madame.ll.)

/ease llisitA, who wee found gull with Hannah Lewis ca
Tuesday of packet picking in and untamed to
Eve Fere penal servitude, was brought up end placed at the
ban to be tried with Henry Mew, an omnibus conductor (who
suerendired),. on • charge of having stolen purse containing
• Beak of raeand note for 1001., two sovereigns, and • half
seveselp, the property and money of Mary Graves, from her
puma.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Sleigh, instroated by Mr. Beard,
wan for the preesention ; Mr. Cooper sad Mr.!. H. Lewis
aP for Glow, cad Mr. Ethane an Malt at lialth.
rsit ietealib MI Ss nor Miele he skadd suede year to
wove against the ads passer by the althea' was this :
That he Mogen menibes esslssior, mei sell knowing the
nature of the reneeties guerunsi by the somas hod admitted
her into hie emedbes, sod aim els Mal !tweed to him by
touching her bless% or esseseslag et tbeihisl Mot eke had
eneessiod 1m slng • thdt, he imul heMteled bee some
by Sagging So ensellma end Sting hot oat.
The peumentris, a Tabbies woman, Sialailli—i SRI a
widow. eel sulk in Ohba-street, King's-croes. On thelith
of Imagery I got into se omnibus in the Bosom aboutttektwpisais. bar
o'clode, to go to Listenrom, and mos tehen
maw. I had a pares la which then we two semelps,
Leif a sovereign, end • 1001. Bank .t nen, the sam-
Mr of which was 7,166. Before I get fate the mane I
was 1n a public-hem, and there I pat the am end esedente
ash isto my pocket nged a 10•41141111 at tbs }shin-
hones end received in canechang hail • SOVIIMIIip (which I put
in the peme_), , awl scene silver—the latter I pat loose in my
peeks& who I got in the oomnibas there were several per-
ms Mars mg I want to the top. My pocket ma aszt.the
and etas embus ; I set thereto protect it. Soon OM I
get tu, drip/dome 'Mk aderad, and pushed post ma, end
anted berwM batmen me and the and of the vehicle, and
being a woman, I made way for her. After the oranibus had
gene about • mile it stopped, and the female prieoner,
who had not requested that it might be stopped,
got oat. The conductor, the other prism, opened
Um door. I noticed that she did not pay her
and that before the manias stopped eke ed e kept
erg her bonnet on to her head. At the aid of the
°marry I put my hand in my pocket and mimed my pane, e
le had been cut in my pocket with a sharp hatrument. I
spoke to the conductor, and said, "Oh dear me, that young
woman who got out has taken my purse, do you know her P"
At first he made no reply, but I repeated it several times,
when he said, '. I don t know the woman." I did not then
emotion that the woman did not pay her fire, but she did
not. I offered the conductor my sixpence, but he refused to
take ft. When the women left the omnibus she tin beck in
the direction the be. come from, and turned down a street. I
saw hernext at the House of Detention, when I instantly
recognised her, miter seeing sixteen other females. I did not
take partied./ notice of her dress but I described her
hawse to the officer. I suspected the conductor knew some-
thing of her, and told the police end described the woman.
The bus stopping without her request, the conductor open-
ing the door and letting her cat without her paying the
fare, her running back, and her pulling her bonnet when he
looked in, made me suspicious of him. I saw the prisoner
the next day in the Borough, where I had entered the 'boa,
andiaid to hun, "Doyen rememberme being robbed yesterday
in your omnibus?. Herald, . Hanyougot the somber of the
note?" I answered, " yes ;" but I bad not at that time men-
tioned anything about a note, end when I said I had cot the
number, he said " Are you going to get in." I said, No."
and he then said, "I'll be d—d if I'll be bothered with
you," doted the door, and the 'bus went on. On the Wed-
nesday following I went to Kingsland-gate to seek him, and
the timekeeper brought him to me. lii first Namely knew
hire, for he bad on • fresh coat, a high-crowned white hot,
with craps round it. He said it was him, and I then was
sure. This was et • publio-hones, and the prisoner Glew
salted me to have I. drink. Of course I declined.
The next time I mw him b was in custody. My purse was
a brown one with yellow flowers end steal clasps. The day
after the roller/ I went to the Bank and stopped the note.
Kr. Ribton, a long areas-examination, endeavoured to '
show that the promentrls might have lost her puree before
she got Into the cenedbus. She said she could not have done
so. Some of her answers caused a good deal of amusement.
The picket wee psoduciel, an old•fashioned doable one.
Edwin Coisseem, 63 M—Prom information I received from
retriz I went to Unicorn-yard, Borough, and saw Mr.
ni:e2r, the s master. Mr. Skinner called him into
his room, I said I had a few questions to put to him. I
said, "You an not in custody now, but I shall take you into
custody, so be careful what
,you say, for I shall ass It against
you Wm, the ma
the mid, " Do you remember a
person being robbed in your omnibus, on lan. 8, of a 1001.
note and acme gold in a purse r He said, . I do." I add,
" Were you the conductor at the time?" He said, "Yee." I
then said, "Do you know a young woman that has been living
with Bill Martin P" This Bill Martin was ones • proprietor
of • 'bus going from the Elephant and Castle to Kingsland.
He said, "I do know her." I asked him, "Do you know
the Jewess who is often with her ?" The Jewels; was the
prisoner Lewis, convicted yesterday sad sentenced to twelve
months. He said, " I know them, for my driver has pointed
them out to me ea wrong, and getting their living w
and told me never to let theca into my 'bus." I theamal
him that the woman who lived with Martin, the prisoner
Smith, known as " Loo," was the woman who committed
this robbery; to which he replied, "No, she didn't; for I'll
emu she never rode in my omnibus In her life." I then
told him I should take him on suspicion of being concerned
in the robbery end aiding the thief, and he said, " If you do
I'm issorant." Mr. Skinner, his master, asked him why be
did toot report the robbery to him ; he answered that he did
act behove the old thing had lost anything. Mr.
Skims then said, " Why did you not report to me when she
spoke to you the semaid tMe about it r lie mid., " Because
soma eandootors told me that she was a ' booker ' for the
General Omnibus Company, and I did not want to be
bothered with her." I then took him. When I first saw
the Feast the edges of the rut were clean and reorder' but
the has washed it since and the edges ham
ha oat.
prosecutrix, in reply to Mr. Cressy, said the omnibus
amain motion when Smh got up from her Nat, but it was
tla ts oper, for Glue, contended that then was no se--
dems.of complicity, supposing that Smith did commit the
rcbMbraibtee, on behalf of Smith, urged that there was no
pogthe proof of the prowsoutriz having been robbed at all
in the omnibus. She might have lost her purse before she
got in, Evidence was given m to Glue's previous good
chancter.

Mr. Creasy then summed up, and commented on the evi-
dence, after which the jury retired to topsider their verdict,
at about two o'clock. At sear seven o'clock they were sent
for, and stated that there was no chance of their agreeing as
to one of the prisoners.
Mr. Cressy said he could not approve of jurors who
attended to perform a public duty being kept so long without
refreshment, particularly in this inclement weather, end he
should therefore send for a medial roan, upon whose opinion
he should act as to retaining them longer.
Mr. Marsh, surgeon, of Bt. John-street, attended, sad
having examined the jury, stated that he thought it would
be attended with danger to keep the jury all night ; but a
little
.kers detention would not be dangerous to any of
than

Mr. Creasy rW It was bis duty to request them to retire
'gala disc that mower, but be should direct that they be
mewith nable rieuittaant
jd riury theldWil each FOISMISII to their room, and at
aloe o'clock, big still afalla to agroe, and Mr. Marsh
bavlN Mid dime et ea weld bs liable to danger-
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Mr. Craws Motorola kin giving a verdict. They
had sot agreed ea elthor_yeiner.
Glow was adionted ban Mt appear at the ant onions at
Wastadookr.

Aim Lars*. 84, a hawker, was bested for steeling aro
silver kaki, &c., value 61., the property of Sawn Bernard,
is has dwelling-house.
Kr. Telfeurd Setter prosecuted; Mr. Giddy wee ke the
primmer.
The proem:lads rattles at 26, Xweriagessraleastni, and
Oa the 18th ult. the serves* found the prisoner under the
task la the kitten. In answer to her inquiry es to what he
be. maid he was the adswho wee to all for the
empty betties, soli was looking br therm He went away up
the arse atop, and &wily he was gone she mimed sate
phrta Ths Ishtar Phial a tom ht the strict, end both