The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-25 00:00:00

THB POLIGE CIOUBLI

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
foam Gant and lasses Ard the tomer a s'abioneen
and the latter a porter, and both v whom have been, It is
believed, convicted beta's, were charged with stealing a mat
from We doorway of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Bt.
lansees-street, of the value of 20..
The private's were aim at a very only ham en the pre-
vious morning by a constable to mom from Bt. JamMe-
street into Dover-street, with the mat in their poesiasioe,
when be stopped them, and saked.wbere they got it from;
but before receiving an answer, a person came up and said it
was takes from the club-home. lie then took them into
custody.
The hell-porter at the club identified the mat, end said its
value was IL
Golden mid he saw the mat lying at the door. and, as he
did not see anyone belonging to it, he took it. Food said he
was drunk and knew nothing about it.
Mr. Bingham rid the account they had give of how they
booms poeseesed of It
wee very unastibfectory, and committed
them eachf or tiresome& _

Jars Woody; a rough-looking young fellow, was
charged with creating a disturbance and committing • savage
arta& on a constable named Bennett.
Mr. Owen, of the Sun, Leiorster.street, said the prisoner
mans into his house on the previous night, with • moldier,
and called for moms beer, soon situ which Lie untdom became
very annoying, and he requ-ited hint to go, and as he would
not be told him he should fetch • constable, whim he began
singing oqt in • most aggravating manner, Bobby won't
catch me, oh Bobby won't. catch me, oh I" But • con-
stable coming up. be did catch him and took him into cue-
stable
. He wanted him to fight him.
Bennettsaid be went to the plus, and requested the pri-
soner to go, but he refueed to do so, and immediately matte a
savage bite at his srm, biting through his sleeve and shirt,'
and inflicting a slight wound on his arm. He was very
outrageous, and it required three constables to take ham into
Mr.iiingham said, having acted like a wild beset in using
his teak he must be treated him • wild beast, and locked up
far ten days.
',THAMES.
Mary Ann Hranegon, • squalid, miserable-looking
woman, about 35 years of age, wee brought before Mr.
Yardley charged with swallowing a large qoantity of aqua-
fortis, with intent to commit self . The prisoner
who wu in a state of great suffering, was brought from
Wapping poor-house.
It appeared that the primmer was living at No. 4, Burton-
court, White Horse-street, Stepney, sad that she was bound
over to give evidence against three persons formerly living
in Burton-court, and who were committed front this court
for committing a burglary and robbery of a serious character
in the house of Mr. Hannan, outfitter, in Emmett-street,
Poplar, whet% property and foreign coins to the amount of
201 were carried away. Since the committal of the pri-
soners, their friends, woo are romans and prostitutes of the
lowest description, hare persecuted the unfortunate woman
in a sceadakias meaner, sad repeatedly threatened to take
her life and wash that; hands in her blood. She has also
been struck, sad, through fear, was a prisoner an her own
hoax for three days. To ermine this unjust persecution
she sent • girl, named Matilda Martin, to toe shop of Mr.
Homey. chemist and druggist, near the World's-end public-
boom Stepney, for a pennyworth of aquatint*, and told the
girl to state that It was required for the purpose of testing
geld. Mr. Goose, sold the stuff to the girl, and the mi-
mes, swallowed it, sad would have perished but for the las-
mediate antral of Mr. Robinson • surgeon who was then
attending a commer's tannest at the beard-r;xen of Ratcliff
workhouse, ekes by. Ho administered antidotes, and sent
the wretched women to Wapping workhouse, whore she hag
been under medical treatment sums Friday week, and bee
ez=ed the most horrible sufferings.
Pullen, 161 IL, • police conatable, who has chugs
of the mu of burglary, said the prisoner had complained to
him of the threats and persecutions of the friends of the three
persons committed for trial, and he had promised to
her. The trim! was 'postponed la unnacusmos of the
of ;hurt.e prisoner until the next amnion of the Central Criminal
Co

-Ruche, the gaoler of the court, mid the primmer was
locked up on a charge of riot and amault aloe the nom-
'mittal of the three patuooe for burglary, foe the purpose of
keeping her out the way. He explained the stair to the
magistrate, Mr. Self% and he discharged the primer.
Mr. Yardley arid the course of justice was not to be free-
some by threatening and permuting • witness. The Fit.
some imonid, and must be proteoron. if 100 pram lull
threatened her. He directed the primmer to leave the felon's
dock and come into the witness-btu.
The poor woman staggered, timber than walked, to the
witness-box, and mentioned the nasals of ward masa
who bad threatened to wash their hands in her blood if nb•
' went to give evidence spied the three primmer. in Newgate,
Pullen—Tha poor woman mine to me and said Me was
afraid of being murdered.
Mr. Yardli7 asked the prisoner why she teak /We horrid
Stla as aquafortiaf
The prieoner—Oh. my life was wretched, Mr. I hare
been In horrible pain ever ideas
Mr. Yardley—Why, I weeder you are alive. I wawr
heard of anythingeorhocking before. I moaar this horrid
Muff, a sample of which I have in this phial, did not bunt
your Inside out.
Craven, • police-constable, 238 K, who took the
Into custody, mid abs had suffered very much. firiii=
with her ei: hours on Saturday, momently administering
antidotes.

111r:Yardiry add the unfortunate woman moat be pro-
tected from the threats of others, and protected from her.
self. He grained *ornate against the patrons who hal
threatened the primmer, and directed that aim should be
taken beck to Wapping poorhouse sad properly treated.
He wee terry the poor creature had ever been removed from
the workflows.

laepeotot Orithe—We have had police-constable
watching her since lam Friday.
The prisoner wae then removed from the court.

7411 l ILLNESS IN THE STREETS-CORONERS
INQUEST.

Yeirterday afternoon Mr. Wakley, coroner for
WintMiddleess, held • lingtheoed investigation in the board,
rocs of the Royal Free Hospital, Om's-tan-road, touching
the death of lira. Maw Moodie, aged 49, wife of Mr. Lewis
Moodie, proprietor of the Jewellers Arras Tavern, St.
James's-walk, Cierkenwell, which took place ender exceed-
ingly deplorable circumstanoss.
The inquiry attracted considerable Ineereet, owing to the
armisconduct of the polio, to the affair.
lAllils Moodie, the deoeased'e hualmad, identified the
body, and defamed, amidst much evident motion, that he
law his wife last alive on Wednesday nutmeg in the hospital.
She was wittily sensible, bet only abbe to reeogthee his by
saying, Hy huthand I" The deemed wee the best of
moth and a very sober person. Oa the Tuesday
Tea=
she attended service at St. James's Church, and
besot if anything 10 better vitae then usual. Site spoke of the
'Waimea. After a little cowers...a she prepped that".
(wither) Amid go for a walk, bet while he went into the
=he supposed the meet have gars out, foe upon
gist her setesquently about the boo. she was found to
be atietheg. He sappoorl that the bed gene to visit &neigh-
bour with whom she wee iatimate, bet es she did net return
at 12 ileiock he got swag sad went In seen* el her. He
lownt from a polthetnea that a Umiak had been found is a
=ialitartanialeasito AbbeleCittritlr pottc:.llo2-111% eel
went to
the station and learnt that it wee his wife, bat the inspector
rehired to show him to see her or all in hie own method
man, although be told the inspector that his wilt wee a
presort of very sobs, titbits, sod that the thaw of bor Wag
insensible from drink could not be correct. The easesquence
of the inspoitor refusing him Ibis request wee that the de-
cocted remained at the pH's-elation until four o'clock In the
morning, when the was removed in an insensible aoudad:a to
the hovitaL
. .

Allred Bolton, polite-ceastable, 47 0, on being sworn,
said, that he found the deceived on Moseley night, at about
Iv* minute., to tea o'clock, in Wilmingtoa-squarnsitnag on •
doorstep. Ho irked her where she hoed, whoa she was sea-
ebb, enough to say, 11. St. Jewel's-y*lk. She sewage
hapless arid Isaipahlo, and supposiag her to be emit be
sat • bream constable for the watcher, sad nand her
les the stake. She rare her name sad madras mobs 'bake,
wales the laspeotor took charge of her. abs waseharged with
bttaS drank sad incapable.
la orestonseasination the wittier rid that la ems where
the addle« was knows the fames were esisaralhy moat to.
bete. Mary Aare lama, ea intimate had ad tito deosseed,
who had parted with her only • Mon effieeter Woes the poor
avatars was level b the be the iissoesad's
IMTllsobriety. Oa tholt=g67.7:-.0........ per-
eolesr, art eepreersily sa her easel Mehl
The other **Maas tally her. est the dr dossawit was es
reordiagly sober penes. She was ism while valklag
along she equine to evaiddaly tall hos the pub Into the
Clatter. A passer by peeked but up, 'Asa the pH** took
poison-on of her, tabling she was Wickets& She was
Just snebled to muter her S iross, only he Wastes' walk
from th -o , t the police, iasissof of feebveybeg td un-
fort t. to • ,1-tar tv tar rosidaace, curled hw to the paha,-
..taticth

The medical tartintony -e ad that death erase train an
amtensivs emrayssation of blood on the brain, tb• egret' den
attack of natural apoplexy. The deceased was removed to
the hospital at 4 o'clocl. on Wednoalay, hi as heensible
sate, horn the etstios• bows, and died et 1 o'elook to the
afternoon.

Thomas Spitler, the polka Inspector who took the chugs
et the station, io hie defure mad that he collet la two medi-
cal um to we the deceased, a Mr. Betwood, and au unistent
to • Yr. Taylor, both of whom concurred to Me (the inepec•
kc'e) opinion, that the case was ax of drunkeasers. He
did ..at allow the husbami to see the dammed, as it was a
rule not so permit priemers to we their Merida.
The coroner sad jury urged that a dalWesoe should be
made to criminal and tile. ,4 mere drunkunas. In
the present ores a toast painful mistake had beep made. the
deceased set Whey at the time muter the end. of drink. ,
They haged some alteration would be mode in the polies rule
with resprot to such emu
The CIBIONt then in eatnusing up commented upon the
laweetable reethe arising fee. tbe PM*. inittakial Pb 7.104
ailments far drunkesesee ; but ha expleined that no arty
medical aid could have saved the deceived'. life,
The Jew, In recording a Torches of " Natural death,"
urged that the Comtnimionen of Polka should knee their
union. attention called to the cue, and the ;inquiry ter-
minated.