The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-24 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MADAME ILICIIEL.

Maclaine Rachel, otherwise Sarah Leverson, was
finally brought before Mr. Knox, at Marlborough-
street, yesterday.
The prisoner had none of the appearances of either in-
disposition or insanity so strongly insisted upon yesterday
by her counsel.
Mr. Froggatt intimated that he no longer acted as the
prisoner's solicitor.
Mr. W. Roberts said the husband of the prisoner had
instructed him to take up the case. Madame Rachel was
not yet in attendance.
Mr. Knox—lf she is not here within ten minutes, I will
sign a warrant for her apprehension, and estreat the bail.
Mr. Roberts—l wish just to say-
Mr. Knox—l will hear no argument. Let her come
here within ten minutes.
Mr. Roberts—l have to make a statement.
Mr. Knox—When the woman is iu court before me I
will hear you.
lu a few minutes the defendant came into court, and
took her seat before the bar.
Mr. Roberts said us matters had assumed a serious
aspect he bad been called on by the prisoner's husband to
arrange the defence. He should first be glad to understand
whether the magistrate had decided on the court to which
he should send the case for trial.
Mr. Knox said as he understood it was the desire of Mr.
Roberts to have the case tried at the Central Criminal
Court, he thought as the proceedings had attracted a great
deal of attention and the circumstances surrounding it
were peculiar, that the reest was not an unreasonable
one. Lord ltauelagh, who was, he believed, entirely
innocent of any. relation to these proceedings, was a
Middlesex magistrate, and lie was also desirous that the
case should not come on at the Middlesex Sessions. He
should now order the depositions to be read over in the
defendant's presence, at least that portion taken in her
absence.
The witnesses not being in court, Mr. Knox directed
that they should be sent for.
Mr. Knox then remarked that ho had looked over the
evidence in the case very carefully. The charges against
Madame Rachel wore for obtaining by false pretences
from Mrs. Borrodaile the sum of 1,4001., and for conspir-
ing with others to effect the same offence. He need not
go through the evidence minutely. Unless the evidence
of Mrs. Borrodaile was shaken the case appeared to him
to be a strong one. It was, however, only fair to state that
on cross-examination Mrs. Borrodaile admitted that a
letter which was in her handwriting contained an admis-
sion of a debt of 6001. to Madame Rachel, she having
previously sworn that
.she owed nothing to Madame
RacheL Mrs. Borrodaile's explanation of this was that
she wrote the letter, as likewise all the other letters,
under the dictation of Madame Rachel, and that
she absolutely denied having had any money
from Madame Rachel- The charge was remanded, and
yesterday counsel declined to erces-examine, on the ground
that they were not sufficiently instructed. Mr. Seymour
refused to exercise his right of cross-examination, and
treated it as a hardship that the case was not postponed
on his application. Nowhe considered he was justified in
refusing the request of counsel for postponement, because
ampletime had been given since the case was first brought
to that court for fully instructing counsel. Mr. Knox
here went into a detail of the course of proceedings from
the time of first opening the charge a fortnight ago yesterday,
and remarked that the plea put forward on Madame
Rachel's part for postponement was only a dilatory plea,
trumped up for the purpose of impeding the course of
justice. This opinion on his part was grounded on his
own obaervation, and on proofs that Madame
Rachel bad been seen about the court daily
last week, and yet when the case came on yesterday her
health suddenly broke down as stated, and supported by
Sir W. Tergusion's certificate, to which he should have
been willing to bow with respect had it been fortified
with Sir W. Fergusson's personal testimony or the testi-
mony of any respectable medical man. The plead illness
not being accepted, Madame Rachel was sent for, and she
was placed in the clerk's office, where she remained
during the whole of the examination, and where her
appearance and demeanour were such as to lead the
officers who saw her to the belief that there was nothing
in her manner to prevent her from making her appearance
in court. Under these circumstances he must think that
a gross fraud was contemplated. Mrs. Borrodaile's case
then stood uncontradicte except by the assertion of the
loan of 6001. There might be in the background
eomplete and overwhelming evidence to the contrary, but
as long as the prisoner declined to bring it forward he
must take the sax as it stood in its strength, and send the
prisoner for trial. He hoped that all that had come from
him on the case would be told to the judge who should
Say the case.
Mr. Roberts said he would reserve his client's defence.
He would not call any witnesses, and the only application
he had to make was respecting bail.
Mr. Knox said he had hitherto taken bail somewhat
doubtful, on the assurance of Mr. Froggatt that the
prisoner would surrender to the bail. He must now call
upon the prisoner to find substantial bail, two sureties in
1,000/. each, with 24 hours notice. The prssoner could sit iu
the clerk's room till bail arrived, in the custody of an officer.
Inspector Silvester said he would provide two con-
stables.
The prisoner was then fully committed.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS BEFORE PARMA-
RENT.—Yeeterday, in Lord Retlesdals's committee, the
following bills were passed, and ordered to be reported:—
Savile Estate (extension of powers), Clonmel, Li more,
and Dungarvan Railway ; Dundee Gas, Clyde Navigation,
and St. Nary Church Local Board. In the Painted Cham-
ber, the following bills were further considered and ad-
journed:—The London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way; South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover
(London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways (Abandonment);
and the South Eastern and London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Companies. In Committee C, the group of
water bills was adjourned. In Committee A, the Tyne-
mouth (borough) Quays and Improvements, Aberdeen
Harbour, Thames Embankment (Chelsea), and Slip Bo-
ratollimprovement. In the House of Commons, in Mr.
's committee, Dunn Gardner's Estate Bill went
through. The Bristol and North Somerset Railway was
considered and adjourned to the 30th inst. The London
Corporation Gas Bill was adjourned until July 3.
ANOTHER FATAL AOCIDINT TO A DIVER.—At
about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, a man who was
bathing in the River Don, at Rotherham, lost his life in
a foolhardy manner by attempting to perform a similar
feat to that which recently resulted in the death of the
"Star Diver" at Derby. The deceased, a forgeman of
the name of Bell, was dared by one of his fellow-work-
men, who happened to be near, to dive into the water
from the summit of Bow Bridge, which crosses the river
on the Sheftleld-road. The foolish but unfortunate man
at once the challenge, and took what proved
to be a fatal leap ; for, to the horror of the numerous
spectators, he disappeared beneath the surface of the water
and became a lifeless corpse. In the excitement which
followed, another forgeman, named William Myers, took
off some of his clothing and jumped into the river from
the bank to rescue his companion; but, being intoxicated,
he bizfiself began to sink, and would certainly have been
drowned but for George Thompson, who followed him
into the water and brought him safely to land.
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