The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-28 00:00:00

MAWYLEBONE.

Four man. who gave their mama George Osborne, Ida ani
Osborne, Affect, Taylor, and Henry brilhano were brought
before Mr. Broughton by Cox, 191 D, charged with riotous
conduct and causing a mob to assemble on Paddington-green.
On the previous night a crowd of upwards of 300 persona
were colleeted together on the Green in consequence of a re-
port which for the but six days had been circulated that a
female figure clad in white, and holding in one head a lighted
taper and in the other a knife with her arm n lifted, had
upon many occasions, frightened passenger*, at midnight.
Cox, in answer to question from Mr. Broughton, avid that
when he went to the spot ho beard loud Mee of " Thera it is,
there It Is; I have seen it." The prisoners cried out MOM
loudly than any one else, and they were consequently taken
into custody.
The prisoners, in answer to the charge, mid that bearing
that there wee a Fhoet to be seen they, like other', joined the
crowd to look at It. They did not, however, see anything of
the kind.
They were discharged by Mr. Broughton, who considered
that as they had been locked up in the station for many hours
they bad been sudiviently punched.

SOUTHWARK.
Henry Webb, 25, hawker; Ntehenl H•neard, 20, porter;
Thome* nook, 21, point's; Ann 7124 in, 16, and Catherine
Brown, 18, were charged with coeunitting the tollowing des-
perate garotte rubbery in Dianey-street, Southwark.
Mr. Saul Lawrence, a clerk, of 36, Mitre-street, Aldgate,
whose face was literally covered with bruises, and who could
hardly articulate from the injury inflicted on his throat,
elated that, about 8 o'clock on the previous evening, he
came over Blackfriare-hridge, where Le met two man.
who asked Lim to treat them. He eon/rated, and
accompanied them to a public-house in the Mint.
As soon se they entered two other men came in,
and they seemed to know each other. After that the two
females came in and be treated them all to what they liked
to drink. After be had nested theist for some time Brown
naked him to go home with her, which be refused. He had
at that time in kin remotion two watches, a gold chain, and
131. in gold, besides a gold ring on hit finger. Finding that
be bad-had enough to drink, and wishing to get rid of his
company, be left the premises. At that time Brown kept
hole of his arm, and as soon as he got out some ono suddenly
seized him tightly by the threat from behind, nearly
strangling him. Its then heard the voices of several men,
and he struggled very bard for more than five minutes Some
one then struck him a heavy blow on the head, and be
became insensible.
James Macarthy said that Disney-Punkt, in the Mint, was
cm his beat, and he knew all the prutoners as lodging at No.
6. While he was on duty in Ha/cross-street a woman came
up to him and said a gentleman had been murdered in Dix.
ney-street, near the Black Bull. lie accompanied her there,
and saw the prosecutor sitting on a door step, with his hand
to his head, groaning very much. His face was covered
with blood, and he took him to a doctor where he wee
washed, and after drinking a glass of water be gave witness
information of the robbery. He had a portion oft gold guard
chain in his hand, and a toot hanging
.on his arm which be
said he had pulled off one of his INS•1111.13th in the struggle.
Witness looked at the letter and idenutted it am belonsjing to
a man lodging at No. 6, Disney-street, where the prisoners
lived. That man was is regular romeranon of garotter'
lodging 'tn Falcun.court adjoining, and was triad and sequined
at the last minions for a garotte robbery.
Sergeant Turpin said that if the prsoacrs were remanded
be believed he ehould be able to obtain further evidence
wiliest them, and apprehend another party connected with
the outrage and rubbery.
Mr. Seeker actoniingly remanded them.