The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

CLERICENWELL.

Iberian. Ward, Jne—oft-l7e—lafeo7glectore of the parish of
Taliogton, who 'tends cbarpd with earteseing the sum of
TOW. and upwards, the nausies of the vestry of the parish of
lelingtAl, again surrendered to hid ',cognisance. Mime Mr.
Comte on the absse charge.
The case was before the mart about six weeks since, and
has been reessudwi from time to time to allow of a settle-
ment bring mate, eriduirs soflideut for a remand only
having been tak-n.
Mr. Ls 3 ton, the vestry clerk, attended, and said he did
not desire to go on any further with the case, and should,
therefore, wish t t withdraw the pro-motion.
Mr. Corrie—You do not wish to offer any flasher evi-
dence?

Mr. Layton—No, sir.
Mr. Come .aid YS the perish authorities did not offsr any
evidoir., the prisoner WOull bY discharg.d.

LAMBETH.

li-man, a etey-heated old Teen, was charged
with amistilvng and eettmg on fire Klicabstit Power., a
middle-aged female.
The compleinant, whoa. apparel appeared lobe burnt in
various perm, deposed that about throe week.. ago the prisoner
had prevailed on brr to leave her actuation as swevaut of all
yolk" as a public-betusto in Peckham-rya, to live with him
as his wife. At the end of a fortnight he amused quite tired
off it, and usurping a jealmmy of her took himself off. On
the evening beige at e waist to *here he was employed, aod
told hiss that ma be hod thought propr to desert
her, it w✓ not her wish to trouble aim further;
but the iris Hier exacted from ter a peon:dee that when.
ever he met her abs abeuld eat is a friendly manner towards
bin. This she promieed, and ha th,n took her into a pub! co
boome. treoted her to come ale, and requested she would stop
there mail his return from the house of a friend on whom be
bad to call. She did eo, and an the priaoner's return he
threw over her a quaatity of vitrill which eat her dress ate
fire. Tb. pro.etutnx. however, hoped tns woretup would
look fevourably upon lila coedits:a and. discharge
Ths prisoner was remanded.

ATTEMPT TO POISON.—On Thursday last, the 7th
(natant, • boy, named Thome. Grist, aged about 16 year,
wee shamed before the megietrive at Glastonbury with at-
tempting is puisoe the wife of Mr. Thames Lovelacs, •
shoemaker, melding in Broad-.tenet. It appears thee on the
morning if the 6th inetsst a kettle of water was boiled in the
witathouse adjuitung the preemies of Mr. Lovelace, from
which tea was me&s, of which be and hie wife pint lok,
without tooting anything peculiar in It. About eight ,:dock
1101111/ more water was poured from the tot-koule into the
teapot, and from which Me.. Lovelace poured out • cup of
tea for herself, and one for her husband. On tasting here
she found ft wee sour and burnt her throat ; she then tasted
her haeband's, the water is the teepit sod in the tee•
kettle, which all tamed alike. She wee mired with •
burning pain in her stomach and the hitcher part of bee
face, ceasing such great pals and vomiting that she was
compelled to wad fur Dr. Livett. Mr. Lovelace depend
that oxalic acid wee used in their Wiliam, a box of
which wee kept on the chimney-shelf in the workroom, and
which bad bre!, filled on the Is' instant, sufficient to have
tested ail week.. but which on the morning of the 6tb instant
wee found empty. The prisoner wan the only person who
had been to the sraslaltatise bet.. es 7 end 8 o'clock, end had
bean out three times, the veeond time being so king away that
his msster *at obliged to send for bite. looneduttely atter
this the teapot we. Riled from the kettle, and it is supposed
he must, during the time hs wattle the araebboutot, hove pot
the °talk acid into the tonic.. Upon being thawed by the
sergeant of police with the offence. he answered. "Somebody
oboe might hens done it as well se I." The only reason that
can he alleged for the off-nce iv, that having ran away from
his muter, sad teen ruetecped et an intention to go off again,
hie meter gelled In mono puittetnen and menticesed the eircam-
sumo to theta The piaster, upon the usual question being
put to him whoa infers. the niegisnistee, 'splint that he had
"nothing to'eay." sad w therefore committed kr trial.-
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