The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-14 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.-MAY 13.

Sittiop in Err —(Before Justices Crompton, Hill. Rod
Blackburne, and Barons Cluumell, Bramwell, and Wilde.)

NIRBEY DOM AND HARBOUR COMPANY V. JONES.

This was an action of replevin. On the 2nd of June,
1858, a rate was made in which the docks were rated to
the relief of the poor for a half year, to the amount of
2J,580f. The defendants allowed themselves to be sued,
and not appearing, a distress was levied upon the proper, y.
The matter was brought before the Court of Common Pleas,
when that court bald that the docks were not rateable. The
ease was subsequently removed into this court for the opinion
of the judges.
Mr. Bovill, and Mr. Mellish, Q.C., having bees
heard for the defendants, and Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr.
Parker for the plaintiff, the court affirmed the decision of
the Court of Common Pleas.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—MAY 13.
(Before the Chief Commissioner.)
rg U JOgir EDWARD NTEPHINS —THE LONDON AID
EASTERN BANE CORPORATION.
This insolvent, who had been manager of the London and
Eastern Beak Corpoistiou, and whose case was reported in
our papsion the 3rd inst., was to be removed to Edinburgh
to be herd under the Scotch sequestration. His case was
appointed for this day in order to ascertain whether the
official managers had adopted proceedings to take the insol-
vent to Scotland.
After some discussion, the Chief Commissioner eventually
adjourned the case to the 6th June, as both parties wished
It to stand over, for different purposes. On the day of ad-
journment no excuse would be listened to for not removing
the insolvent, and the case would proceed, and if be was
removed then the jurisdiction of the case would be settled.
The cue was accordingly adjourned to the 6th June.

The meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Com-
pea, yesterday resolved, after our report left, ss an amend-
ment upon a motion for a committee of investigation to
Uwinto certain charges made against the directors, to
e fie comideration of the subject until after the 90th
ot June mixt.

SOUTHWARK. •
Harriet Henry, • young woman of small stature, whose
features were of rather a singular description, exhibNifig a
broken nose, and &Mid Mee r% her husbands mire
charged with stealing a female infant namoil gelinaMiza
Foreman in the Blue Anchor.roed, Bermondsey.
A female named Hannah Cooper, a broken.nosed woman,
was last week charged with the same robbery. She
answered the descriptioa so closely that the magistrate con-
sidered it his duty to remand her, as the child had sot been
discovered. Since then the police received further informa-
tion which clearly implicated the female prisoner in the
robbery with the view of imposing upon her husband, but
they were both taken into custody, as the lost infant was
(media their
Mere Ann ;° of a young girl nine years and a half
old, was first called. She said that she remembered the
female prisoner. The fret time she ever saw her was on
Tuesday afternoon about four o'clock, when she was
l big her little sister, four months old, in the Old Kent.rced.
She then accosted witness, and asked her if she knew where,
the fair was ? She told her she did not, when the woman
took the infant from her and told her she would show her.
They then went as far as the Blue Anchor-road, where a
fair was being held, and the prisoner gave her a penny to
go into one of the shows, and told her she would remain
outside with the baby until she came out. She went into'
the show, and about five minutes afterwards when she
came out, the prisoner and the baby ware gone. She than
ran home and told her mother of the occurrence.

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Mr. Burnham asked if there wu a mem with her
Witness replied m the negative, but there was a big girl'
with her, both of whom were gone when she came out of
the show.

Mr. Burden told bar thst on Setarday she pasted oat
'ssellill;stimassW-11* parser while* the child half Ser.
Hew was *het!

She said that she thought at first that she was the
woman, but now she was positive as to the prisoner.
John Chance, an engineer, in the employ of Ifeeres:Penn,
of Deptfor.l, said he lived at No. 99, Old King-street,
Deptford, nearly opposite to where the prisoners lodged.
On Sunday afternoon he wee reading the newspaper to his
wife, when he came to a pvagraph about a child being
stolen at the fair. Hit wife told him that the female pri-
sooer hod brought a baby home with her oil Tuesday night,
and she had seen it, and believed it not to be hers, as it ap- -
to be three or four months old, instead of • new
pared
baby. Witness instantly thought it wee the stoke
child, consequently be west to Mrs. orionares, sad (etched
her to the pnsoner's hones, when she identified her baby.
After some more evidence, Hannah Cooper, the woman
who was charged last week, wan brought into court, and on
beiog confronted again with the two girls they said that
they were mistaken about her.
Mr. Ma'am accordingly ordered her to he liberated
from custody. He then cautioned the female prisoner, and
asked her whether she wished to say anything in answer to
the charge.
She said she wished to speak the truth. On Tepasy
evening she was coming down the Lower-road, Sather-
hithe, when a female with • baby in her arena came and
asked her to hold it while she went a little way. iltilfittildo
the baby, and finding the wolves did, riot return ia bajf
boor, conveyed it home, and thought she would make her
husband believe it was theirs.

Mr. Hartbsest told ber that he bad ao doubt that she
stole the baby with the view of deceiving her foolish hus-
band, but it wee a cruel thing to deprive • mother of her
effspeihg. Ha sibtaid discharge the man, believing that ha
was eat eriserssi in the heartless robbery, and mos& bar
to Novelle fur triol.

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IfMalt 4P PICIMOND.

Francesco Pierotti, 40 yours of age, native of
Piacenza (Italy) aa asp-griedsr, was brought up on Satur-
day last before Silt Thome sere and a full bench of magis.
Mates, sitting in petty min= at Richmond, far final
examination, on the charge of having feloniously slain John
Lynch, a private in the Surrey Militia, billeted in Rich.
mood.
It "peered, beta the evidence adduced on the previous
examination, that oa Saturday, May 4, between nine and
tee o'clock at sight, Francesco Pierotti was in a public.
house situated is Brawsr's-lane, Richmond, where be bad
been lodging for some time, and where a groat many militia.
men were billeted, some of them being, on the present oc-
casion, rather the worse for liquor. The dream...a
John Lynch, was amongst them, who addremea
some unbecoming language to the house-servant whilst
ordering her to serve him with come beer. He was re-
monstrated with by the prisoner, which remonstrance gave
the deceased and his companions occasion to ridicule and
tax him with jealousy, deceased adding the action to the
words by pulling prisoner's beard, which action was fol-
lowed by • blow from the old Italian organ-grinder. A
tgkt ensued, which was put • stop to by the landlord's
turning the riotous parties out of the house. The
however, was resumed in the street, where it appeared
that Pisrotti had been cruelly ill-treated by the militiamen,
when in the excitement of the moment be drew a knife
from his pocket and stabbed John Lynch, one of those who
bad attacked bin,, and who unfortunately was nearest to
him at the moment, and caught him in the right side of his
body, about one inch above the groin, which wound proved
fatal to the unfortunate young man, who aspired after
three days lingering in the hospital where be had been con-
veyed. the prisoner, having been duly cautioned to reserve
his defence, was committed to take his trial at the austral
Criminal tiara on tbe drugs of wilful murder.