The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

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Cs• 1011 Ro AND RADII VINO STOLIN
GOODS.— Susannah if ells was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with stealing a gold watch and other arti-
cles, the property of her master, Wm. Raymond, plumber,
of the Minones ; and William La Roche, a working jew-
eller of respectability, was abated with hail, g mimed
some of the property knowing that it had been stolen.
Wm. Raymond—The prisoner Wells left my service sud-
denly without giving notice. I then went over the house,
and found the street-door open. I missed a gold watch, a
neck chain and slide attached, set with turquoise, two geld
seals and • winch-key, • reading-glass, a silver watch-
guard, • Cashmere shawl, a spoon, and other artic'es. I
afterwards learned that she came into my service with •
fahe character.
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Mary Porcher—About three weeks ago I was standing in
Osford street between 2 and 3 o'clock, when Wells came up
to me, and asked is I could tell her where she could get a
lodging, as she had yeas left her situation, and was ashamed
to be seen so dirty. I took her home to say place in
Wells-street. She told me she was short of money, bat that
she had that which 'veld produce money, and she took a
watch, chain, seal, and key out of a bandbox, eau asked me
if I knew where to part with them. 1 said I did, and I went
with her to Mr. L. Roth., who is a working jeweller in
Seven Dials. She offered him the watch, chain, seal, and
key, and he locked at them, and gave her 21. for the watch,
and 4s. for the seal. She then came away with me, bring.
ing with her the other article,. The watch was gold, with a
glass face. Next day she left my place. We afterwares
welt again to Mr. La Roche, and sold him the chain fur 21. I
believe. I asked him what the stones on the slide were
worth. He said he could bay them fur a penny a piece.
Crowe:mined by Mr. Humphrya for La Roche.—l do
not know Mr. La Roche, except by going for beer
oppuite to his house. I knew the shop. lie said
he bought the watch for old gold, and it was not worth
to him more than the sum he had given for it.
Wells had told me that her mother had left the things to her
as a legacy, aed ohs told Mr. La Roche that they were her
own preperty. He took off the cue before her face.
Kelly (2 H, Metropolitan Police)—l to k the prisoner,
Wells, on Monday last, in Tower-street, in company with •
man named Nicholas. She denied that her name was
I said, You must consider yourself in my custody for robbing
Mr. Raymond, of the Minories. Nicholas said, "Be cau-
tious what you are about ; I am a respectable man, and
auks you pay dearly for what you are dome, ; you are quite
mistaken in the person." I said, " I'll moon see ;" and took
them both to Mr. Reywond's. Wells then acknowledged
that she knew Mr. Raymond, and she said if I would
go with her the Would show me where the watch
and chain were sold. She accordingly took me to
La Roche's house. I went in alone, and asked
ties if he had purchased a gold watch and chain
from a female about a week before. He said
he did not know. I said, you must know if you purchased
such • thing, and I told him, the person of whom he had
nude the purchase, was at the door. Hs said then, that es
did buy them, and they were melted. I said, you know
yea mast have been doing wrong in purchasing such things
of such a penes. "On, no," slid he, "they were old
things."
The Lord Mayor.—Did yen find anything in the course of
your search which increased your suspicions ?
Witness.—l found a great many watch movements, but
very few cases. I took La Rothe int) custody. Wells then
took me to a place in Monmouth-at-eat, and I there got a
brooch which she had left there for ainepence, and which
was identified by Mr. Raymond.
Wigley, 141 H, produced • seal which be said he found
in lir. La Roche's bedroom, amongst a lot of jewellery. I
found there • fire place about a foot *quite, with a large fire
and a sheet of iron over it, so as to prevent the fire from
being seen in the shop.
Wells acknowledged that she had yielded to temptation,
but she declared that she knew nothing whatever of Li
Roche until the (layette sold him the articles.
La Roche said he had riven the full value of the articles,
taking into account the feet of the total changes of fashion,
which immensely sunk the price of trinkets of the kind. He
referred to numnen of respectable tradesmen in the justice-
room, to whom he had been long known, for evidence of
his total incapability of committing any dishonourable act.
The Lord Mayor said the fact that La Roche paid only
41. for a gold watch acd elr.in settled the question as to the
knowledge of the character of the transaction which had
made them so cheap in his mind.
The primers were then remanded, the Lord Mayor hay-
ing Wand to take Mil, which was offered to any amount for
La Roche's appearance on a future day. I
THAMES.
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Tan Axxsozis utmost excitement
exists in the neighbliarhood of the alleged murder. Yestu-
day, Mn. Campbell, the midwife, who was brought down
from prism to put in the required sureties 'pp's:id for that
purpose.
Sergeant Belly hotily entered the aunt, and stated
that though Mr. Rer.ry had admitted the prisoner to
put in bail, circumstances had since transpired, which had
they been then known, he believed that worthy magistrate
would have come to a different conclusion.

Mr. Yardley—Whet are the eircuntstaness s
Sergeant Kelly—The prisoner, when taken into custody
on Wednesday night, chided that the had seen Mrs. Barker
that day ; it eon be mho en that she bad seen her twice that
day, and moreover she had called and left the body of the '
dead child at Dr. Godfrey's' 3, Mount-place, Whinchapel. '
in the interval of one visits to her home in CharlotMetreet.
John B. Godfrey, M.D., examined the child, and from
the expansion of the chest concluded it had been born alive,
and lived fur some two or three days. Could not give an
opinion as to the mum of death from the external appear-
ances. There wea oar slight mark on the throat, and the
body wee decomposing rapidly.
Mr. Yardley (to Kelly )—Did you see any mark on the
throat—Yee, two little holes.
Mr. Herbert O'Leary, dispenser to Dr. Godfrey, whose
evidence excited considerable sensation, stated that between
9 and 10 o'clock on Wadneeday night the prisoner came and
asked for Dr. Godfrey who was out. Witness said he yes
expected beak in half an hour. She said she would all
again, giving her name Mrs. Campbell, the nurse.
After going to the door, she returned again, and
said, " I may as well tell you what it is."
She then put her head to her cloak, under which she
had a bundle, saying I have got a little child here,
which I think has come to its death by unfair means, and
there is a gnat deal of talk about it. Winless asked her
if it had any marks of violence, to which she re_plied in the
Sh negative. e then handed him the body. Be put it on
a shelf is a cupboard, and the prisoner left, telling him not
to gins it to any person who did not ask for it by a particular
name, which witness had since forgotten. See returned in
about twenty minutes and took away the body again. As
she went out there was another woman outride, apparently
waiting. When he gave her the body, he asked her
to call in the morning at ten, to which she replied it
was not very pleasant to be seen carrying about a dead child
so early in the morning.
Mr. Yardley— Did you see the body t—Witmer: No, dr.
It was wrapped up in a cloth.
Mr. Yardley—now far is the prisoner's house from Dr.
Godfrey's 4—Kelly: Five minutes' walk, air. What Mr.
O'Leary state* happened between the tints Gifford and 1
saw Mn. Campbell first, and what Barker left her home
with the dead child, and after Mn. Campbell promised to
give ns all the assistance in her power.
Mr. Pelham—That's her statement to me. She took the
child to the dector's to ascertain the cause of its death, and
the reason of her evasion was a foolish Indiscretion is mama-
in Barker.
Mr. Yard/ey, after hearing some further *video.% recom-
mended that a pod snorters examination of the body should
be made at once, and refused to accept bail until he knew
the be of the 'lamination.

Manna AND MATES IN THE Mitactiairr But-
non.—Yesterday a parliapeentary return wee printed show-
ing the number of masters sod mates who have voluntarily
pained SUS eicatina'ion, and obtained certificates of qualifies-
don ander the regaled ma honed by the Board of Trude.
la the year 1119, 43i wagon passed, and 01 moss, in thepoita of London. The expenses amounted to Mk At
Liverpool, in 1849, 99 mason and 5 mete pmt ea
wenn of 2441.25. Bd.

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