The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1860.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
PIDDITI A L

A matronly•lookieg woman. mimed Anse Clani, head
Rime in the family of Mr. Marta, a
_gentleman residing
is Bedfordelnare, was charged with rebksg her employer.
Mr. Marks deposed—The prisoner has been is our service
about eleven smooths. We pm her high wages--201. a
year -and treated her as a zonfidestial servast. During
the whole time 'be has been in our merriest we have
been constantly robbed, but never suspected the mi.
sneer, who, from bee confidential position, hail
WONG to a peat deal of property. There was
one box. which nosiaised about 3001. worth of wearing ap-
parel and other property, and it is imposable to judge to
what extent property might have been talc without bein-
mimed. But a great deal was mimed from time to time.
When the meshing came home it wee almost always defi-
cient, though the washerwoman insisted that she had sent
...Irking bid,. When she took the children out of town
portions of the articles they her] taken with them were
naming ; sad, in short, we were well aware that we
were being robbed, but could not trace how or by whom,
but haring a lot of children in the house, we did not like to
change our servant., and as we did not know which to sus-
pert, uothing short of getting rid of all of them would have
met the difficulty. Yesterday my wife discovered that she
had hero sterling the sugar, and this led to further inquiry
and her boxes were marched. In them were found some
petticoats, drawers, towelling, he., worth altogether about
40a.

Yr. Henry—What did she say when she found ■he was
diecovered!

Mr. Marks—Oh, she went down on her knees and asked
me to forgive Ler . • but we Lave vo many servants that if we
forgive one it will he an encouragement to the others to do
the vane thing. Besides, I think it my duty to take this
course for the protection of other families. She was mom.
mended to ns by a Bombay family.
The prisoner-1 was allowed half a pound of sugar a week
by Mrs. Marks. I did sot think it was stosliag.
Mr. Marks—And what about the lump sugar?
Mr. Henry--You tea% ask her questions. It must be
submitted to a jury. Do you (to the Kramer) wish to say
anything about the other things ! K e won't argue about
the sugar.
The prisoner—l did not take them with the intention of
stealing them, but to use them fur patterns.
Mrs. Marks said her suspicious were tint aroused by the
fact that alba of lump sugar • week were need in the
nursery. Entering the nursery at breakfast tam she found
the prisoner tiiing for her own tea the loaf sugar supplied
to her for the chiklren, though moist was supplied to her.
Witness asked her what she did with the moist, and she
said she sold it to • poor woman, whose name she
would nut give me, as she did not wish to get her into
trouble. Witness said, "If you preferred lump
sugar you should have said so, and 1 should
hare allowed you lump as well as the chiktreu.
There was no occasion to act diahouestly." Bhe produced
from her boa about 711 n. of lumpsugar. Witness had her
bates searched, and there was found! • quantity of lump
sugar and the articles of wearing apparel,
alrea3y alluded to. As she WAS leaving the hetise
in custody, she claimed • petticoat which woo
lying on her bed, and on the policeman lifting it
oopp to band it to her, an inner flannel petticoat fell from it.
This was identified by Mrs. Marks as being her property.
It was quite new, sod she had never yet worn it.
Yr. Marks Loped the magistrate won't dispose of the case
summarily.
Mr. Henry—l can't do that, as what she says does not
amount to • plea of guilty. It is • qualified plea. Besides,
the case is really one of a very serious nakure--a servant iu
her confidential position abusing that one ace by robbing
Ler employ en. She most be committed for trial.