The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-30 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
JoAs LIRA, who was brought before the Lord Mayor on
Thursday last, charged with wilfully stabbing Anne Parlor
re the neck, was brought up for further examination.
Since the last examination the unfortunate woman Las
been in a very precarious state, and on Tuesday it was
thought advisable that her deposition■ should be taken.
Acloordingl. Sir Robert Carden, accompanied by Mr. Ohs,
second clerk at the Mensiorrhouse, p to St.
Thomas's Hospital for that purpose, sad yesterday_ the des'
positions were read to the prisoner, and ran as follows :
I Ur with my mother, Mn. Baker, who keeps a public.
home in Crutched-friars. I have been married, but my
husband is absent from cue. I know the prisoner. He was
employed by me mother in the cellar, and to attend to the
businessHe left the house about nice or ten months ago ;
It might be • little more. On Wednesday last, between'
Sand 9 o'clock in the evening. I went out on anlerrand, and
met the prisoner at the corner of John-street, in the
Minories. I spoke to him first. I said, " Halloo, John !"
He said, " What busier' have you to come here to meet
me ?" I said. " I did not some purposely to meet you as I
know of." He began to swear at me because I went out the
night before with a young man and woman for a tide. He
swore at me and took out the knife, a clasp knife, and
opened it and said, " Consider this in your beset." I said,
Do on with you ! Nonsense ;" sod he put the knife back
in has pocket, sad he called me all aorta of terrible
names. Some words ensued, and be took out the:
knife • mord time, and I thought he put it
back in hie pocket. He then knocked me down by a
blew on the reds of the neck, and two females lifted me up,
sad I fogad I wee wounded. As soon as he knocked me'
down he crossed the road, and I did not see him after.
The prisoner John Lindh. DOW present, is the man. I was
taken to Dr. Cook's, and afterwards to the hospital."
On being cress-eamnined by the prisoner, she said—" I
met you on Monday eight, and on Tuesday night I went
out fora ride. 1 asiw you on Monday night. I did not say
on Monday night that I should not be able to some out on
Wedneety night, because I should have a hard day's
washing
Mr.
Daniel Reeve, 124, Minories, mercer, then said—
On Wednesday night, 21st August, a little after nine,
I saw the woman acid the prisoner standing at the corner
of John-street, and in about half a minute !saw the prisoner
lift his right hand and give the woman what appeared to rue
and what sounded like • slap on the face. The woman in.
stoutly fell on her knees, and the prisoner walked across the
street. I heard bee call out "Seise him, seise him; he
has stabbed me!" I then saw him go down Haydon-street,
and there 1 lost sight of him. I saw the woman bleeding from
an extensive wound in the neck. The blood was gushing
from her in • complete Wriest. I have known the prisoner
for the last 12 or 18 months, from seeing him in the neigh-
bourhood, and am quite sure he is the MAD. I saw no knife
or anything in the prisoner's hand with which he could have
Inflicted the injury.
The prisoner said he had no questions to ask.
Philip Brown, police constable till, stated that the woman
was going on favourably.
The prisoner was then again remanded.