The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before W. B. Bodkin, Sq., Andstant Judgel
Tilt LATINO-OUT" CASE Ili irr..PATCRAIS W.ORTAQRB .d.
Sinelett Adams; i diminutive' ocelots,with hp, her'
cut eteet, and having the appeeranse of • boy about twelve
.ege of age, although set dare in the calendar in twenty
cir ege, was indicted for abandoning end exposing a
child under the age of two years, whereby its life wee en-
"Cepliieoner wee unable to do more than just look over
the top of the dock, and considerable interest was semi-
feted in the ow on account of the revelations which had
tam place at St. Pancras Workhouse, where the child for
which the primmer was indicted for abandoning wee taken,
end where it died after its mother had been committed for
tad. The details of the laying out of the child for
deed,ebile it was still alive, having been so recently given,
it Al be unnecessary to repeat them here.
The prisoner pleaded guilty to the indictment.
Tee facts of the cam weaved to be these :—Mrs. Pris.
„moves end her husband were on their way home to-
oter co Saturday evening,.the 24th of February, and as
they were passing throush College-gyove they heard
the mama of a woman. lira Payne ran to the place,
and there found a baby lying on the flag-atones, beim
mowed with • flannel bed-gown and a little woollen
shad She picked up the baby and put it under her shawl,
sad took it to the workhouse. They would not take it in
et sea, and she took it to the station-house. Just before
NM Paine went up to the child two women also went up
to it The child was laid en the flag stones. The mother
d the eluldhad previously been admitted to St. Pancras
workhouse, where she was confined of a female child, and
left with it on the r3rd of February.
In answer to a question from the Assistant-Judge
Mrs. Payne mid her attention was called to the child on
account of the two women she had referred to calling out,
" Here is a baby." College-grove is a very narrow court,
near to Great College-street. She took the child to the
workhouse, where it died on the 15th of March, having
lived n fortnight miter it was found. An inquest was held
upon it.
The Anehrnat•Judp—Wee nays
evidence given that the
child had died through sapowsre ?
A poliorannable said Qat the verdict of the jury was
that the child lad died from natural causes.
The Assistant-Judge—Then the child lived about a
meth ?
polieeman said about that time. When the child
erstsken to the werkbease it was identified by the nurse
se tie child of the prieoner, who was afterwards taken into
ceardy at No. 37, Limeetreet, Camden-town, for desert-
ing her child. She said that she had left the child in Col-
lege/pm% as she did not know what to do with it ; and
• weetfilli who lived at No. 57, Grafton.etreet, told her to
yew fi there, se it would be taken back to the workhouse,
sadist the would never be found out.
lima ihmene slid she sated as nurse to the prisoner,
wile was confined of the child, and she appeared to be very
fond of it. They would not allow the child to be in the
workhouse unless the mother remained with it.
Ike. Payne (in sneerer to the Andetant-Judge) laid that
two women were going down the court together, and one of
these kicked the baby before her. Upon this she celled
out' Here is • baby."
The Assistant Judge—Did she say who was the father of
the ehilil ?
Norman, polioe-constable 79 Y, said the prisoner said the
father of it was • carpenter, bat he was not to be found.
His name was Thomas, but he could not And him.
The Assistant Judge said he had been of opinion that the
child had been put in this place for the purpose of
its death, or that she had been indifferent as to when=
become of it, in either 01111143 he should have visited the offer*
with great severity, It appemed,however, that the prisoner
hsvintgaiwd her liberty had put the child in this place under
a bthd that it would be taken back to the workhouse. He
would advise her, however, to be very careful as to her
future conduct, or she would not be dealt leniently with,
as be now proposed to do. The sentence upon her
was that she be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for
two months.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STRUT.
sauna SLIPZNCI TOR FOURPIRM6.
Threelll-favonredyounf fellows, named JohaßilaborougA,
Hear' Brier, and William !raids, were charged with
conspiring to obtain money by false pretences.
Sergeant Gordon, of the C division, deposed—About half-
past 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon I was in Garrick-
street, St. Martin's-lane, In private clothes, when I
saw the prisoner Bilsborough standing on a box, address-
ing an assembled crowd, chiefly of children, and offering
for male some rings, professing to give a sixpence with each,
and only charging the customers 4d. He was crying,
" buy a sixpence and • ring for fourpenoe ?" The
other prisoners were standing by and handing him the
rings as he wanted them. Several boys paid him 4d. each,
but in each instance he folded up the ring in the paper,
and by sleight of hand dropped the 6d. into
his sleeve. As he appeared to fold it up In the paper the
customer thought he had really obtained the Eld. as well as
the ring for 4d., but on opening the paper found that ft
contained only the ring. One boy, now present,
had only Id., for which he purchased, as he supposed,
a ring and 2d., but as with the 6d., the 2d.
was lamed into the prisoner's sleeve. Many of
the boys complained that they had been cheated, and
several bystanders, myself amongst the rest, took the mat-
ter up, upon which they all ran away. I don't think the
knew I was a policeman. When they ran away Bilaborough
snatched up the box, and after they had got a little distance
handed it to Franks. I pursued them and overtook them
near Charing-cross Railway-station. I took Bilsborough in
mutody and he resisted so violently that but for the dila-
tant* of Sergeant Monckton, the detective affair on
special duty at the station, I could not have secured
him. Monckton also took Baker in custody, and I after-
wards took Franks at the door of the station-house,
whither he had followed us. There was a fourth man,
whom they call their mahier, but he got away.
Bflaborough—Did not the policeman tell us to go away'
Witness—No ; there was no policeman there but my-
self.

Blistocoegh—Do you mean to say that any boy com-
plained of being "taken in ?"
Witness—Yea ; and cue poor little fellow, about seven
yens old, was crying because hie mother bad sent him with
td. to buy bread, and he could not get the bread because
you had " done " him out of the money.
William Roberta, an intelligent lad of about 13 years of
age, corroborated, but admitted that a beadle (not • police-
man) told the prisoners to go away, as they were creating
en obstruction, upon which Bilabwough said, "By order
of the police the sale is closed for the present." (A laugh.)
Sergeant Monckton stated that be found on Baker a
leather bag containing 48 common brass rings, worth about
ld a gross. About 20 of them were wrapped in paper,
and there were pieces of paper ready to fold the rest in.
They were remanded for further examination.
CLIERTIENWELL.
ntroaraior POINT UNDER THE MATRIMONIAL CAUBEM ACT.
Mr. B. J. Abbott, solicitor, of Worship-street, applied
to Mr. D'Eyncourt to renew an older granted under the
21st section of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act,
rotating the earnings and property acquired since the
4lmrtion of the husband against the husband and his
editors. The order was granted on the 15th of
March last, and the act directs that it should
be registered in the County Court of the district, in which
the wife resides, within ten days of the date on which the
Order was granted. The tenth day following the 15th of
Nash was a Sunday, and though the order was taken on
the Monday the registrar refused to register the order.
Cadet these circumstances he had to apply either that •
fresh order should be granted or the date of the old order
altered.
Mr. D'Eyncourt thought that the judge ought to register
the order.

Mr. Abbott mid he did not think that the order would
he good as against the husband's creditors, although it
might be good se against the husband himself.
Mr. D'Eynoourt thought that the words were only
directory. If the county court judge would not register
the order Mr. Abbott had better bring the female here and
he would pant a fresh order.
Mr. Abbott thanked his worship and retired, saying that
he would at once go to the county court.
WESTMINSTER.
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE ST A HOT.
Jana Holman, a rough-looking boy, was charged with
breaking every window m his parents' house, and violently
ealting his mother by throwing large 'tones at her.
The mother, who is a very respectable-looking woman,
said that her husband, who is a working man, had gone out
to his employment early this morning, when feeling herself
very unwell, and apprehending a necemityto have the room
to herself, she requested the defendant to leave, which be
refused to do. She then put him out, when he first broke
every pane of glass in the windows, and then the sashes
themselves. The rest of her children were very much
alarmed, and she went out to prevent further mischief, when
he pelted her with large stones, and following her to a shop
where she took refuge, wanted to attack her again when
she came out. She sent for a policeman and he was for-
tunately secured. She was hurt very much by his violence.
Mr. Selfe—Row old is he ?
Complainant—Fifteen years.
Selfe—What does he do for a living!
Complainant—Nothing ; he won't work. Re was sp-
preatieed for Ave year' to the sea but ran away, and his
conduct was so bad that the captain would not take the
trouble to look after him. We have put him to other
things, but he is quite idle, and so violent that he is a
terror to the neighbourhood. People shut their doors this
morning while he was breaking the windows, for fear be
should attack them.
Selfe—Has he ever been here before!
Oomplainant—Yes, twice. Once for taking money out
mt,Pookst, and another time for robbing a man.
At Sella (to defendant)—What have ion to say ?
Defeadant—She hit me three times with a poker.
Complainant—It is not true, end I can prove it.
A witness was coiled who confirmed complainant.
Mr. Seth (to defendant}—You are committed far onst
month to hard labour in the Hesse of Cosmetics, and I
can only express my regret that the law dew not empower
me to order you • good whipping.