The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-04 00:00:00

for liquor, and went to bed. He had not been there
before he ordered the complainant out of bed, and I.
a,aulting her. He picked up a poker and heat her al
the lady with it. He hit her on the bead with the la
with such force as to knock her down and cut her
and the poker was bent. This was the first time he
ill-used her.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said that
complainant first attacked him and *crotched his face.
Police-constable Norman, 97 Y, maid that when he
the defendant into custody the complainant wan bk..
from the hand, and she then stated that the defentLuit
stabbed her in the hand.
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The defendant said I; regretted what had occurred,
hoped that the magistrate would not detain him, a, I
the complainant and himself had an action pending is
Court of Queen's Bench against a concert-roow propri
for the non-payment of ulary.
Mr. Cooke remanded the defendant for a week, to
time to ascertain the extent of the complainant's lapin
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MARYLEBONE
Jane Boleiek, aged 15, and Anne Prransan, age.l
inmates of the Certificated Industrial Home, 1, L.
street, were charged with stealing a sovereign,
Jane Longman said—On the Bth of January last I
cook at the school and missed a sovereign from a draie
my bedroom. Since the prisoners have been in cwt.
Boltick has told me she took it.
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t Isaacson, 2 D—l went to the school and
Boltick was accused of stealing a sovereign. She
the had taken it out of the drawer between 2 and 3 la
morning, and told Ferguson what she bad done aul g
her a portion of the money, with which she bought e
Shortly after this Ferguson, she said, ouggeverd t
should set fire to the house, and this was carried out ..n
18th of January. Boltick said she knew the cook had l
and she never said a word to any one about the Lu
firing. The gloves and other things I now product
purchased with the sovereign. Ferguson said this W9A

The prisoners had been sent to the school by
d'Eyncourt and Mr. Cooke for offences under the
grant Act.
Mr. d'Eyncourt committed them both for trial.
The next charge gone into was of a far more xr.
nature.

A ant Pregame, aged 16, Anne Poster, aged 15, and
Irelre rad, aged 15, inmates of the Certificated Indust
School, Lesson-street, were charged with felonioualvwt
fire to the same house on the 18th January last, it
being thirty inmates in the house at the time.
Sergeant Isaacson, 2D, said—l went to the school
tween 12 and 1 to-day, and saw the three prisoners,
told them they were accused of setting fire to the ho
Ferguson said " Yea, we all went down stairs tog,
between 2 and 3 in the morning, and it had been prop
by Boltick (the prisoner alluded to in the previous o
that we should fire the place. Ireland took apair of draw
a chemiae, and an antimacassar from the clothuherse.
set fire to them and then went upstairs to bed. V.
upstairs they told a girl named Plumb what they had d.
and that she wan to lay quiet a little time and t
scream, and they (the prisoners) would pretend u
asleep and know nothing about it." I said to them
you hear what has been said, and they replied, " Ye+
is perfectly true, we did do it." I went into the kitcl
which has been repaired and new boards laid down.
legs of the large dining-table have been burnt snore t
an inch deep ; the clothes-horse burnt, and the pains
the door much blistered, and it must have been a nas
escape that the house was not burnt down.

lamina Hargrave, the matron, stated—About a qua
before 3 on the morning of January the girl Plumb Imo<
at my door most furiously, and said the house w.a
fire. I went down and found a great light on
kitchen stain and a most oppressive heat corning
I manned to get into the kitchen and pulled d,
some linen on fire, and fortunately, there being a g
supply of water, I was enabled to extinguish the fire
flood the kitchen, the greater portion of the door la
alight. The large clothes-horse was so burnt that t
had to break it up. Yesterday a lady, who has one of
girls in her service, came to me and asked if there
been a sovereign stolen and the place on tire. I and
was the case, and at her request went to her place and
the intimation of the prisoners being mixed ap in
matter. My suspicion had previously wrongly rested
another girl. I‘lien I went down the kitchen-door
open, and the flames travelling towards the stain,
had they only reached the droner the whole 11,
would have been fired, and all lives sacrificed.
certainly there was great danger of the house la
burnt down.

The in isoners had nothing to say in reply to the eta
The mitron said all the prisoners were very bad
indeed.

Mr. Xi:vac:mut committed them for trial.