The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

THE POLICH COURTS.

MANSION-HOG SE,

Ames Moore, ;1;;;;J:mis-1....ileiieilow, wax brought
before the Lont Mayor, charged with having bitten off the
biplaint id the finger of Ellen Sullivan, thu wife of • Ace-
'linker, living at Si, Half Moon-erect.

The pntsecutris, who intritd her arm in a sling and
appeared to be suihring severe ptio, upon being sworn, said
—The prisoner is a stranger to one. Last night, about half-
putt twelve o'clock, so my husband was going downstairs to
the yard, I heard a diaturbanee between him and the pri-
rune, end my eon went down with a lighted candle to
turn the latter out of the house. He thereupon struck my
son and tore the front of his shirt off. I went to my rotes
assistance, upon whirh the prisoner caught hold of my band,
dragged it towards hi.. mouth, and lot wy forefinger 01l at the
top joint.
'rho Lord Mayor—Hint becalm* of the end of the finger?
Prosteeutris-1 do not know.

The Dint dlavnr—Did you not find it?
Proaerutrix—No, my lord, we looked for it everywhere,
and it was not to be fond, en I suppose he swallowed it. I
afterwards went to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where my
finger was exemined by the d vtor, who did not deem it nn
weiount of ire inflamed state. lam in dreadful awn) and
the pain extends all the way up my arm to the shoulder. I
think the prisoner had had a glans of something to drink, but
nothing to hurt him.
The Lord Mayor—lid you ever seen him previous
to thie?

Pmeeeutriz—Never. He vras • perfect atrenner to me.
Ile mid he hod come to see his father-in-law, who lived on
the find floor.

Pumnier—llow came you to pat your finger ia my month
when I was down mud was being kicked and struck by shout
admen of you °
Proereatriz —Yon were not down when you pulled my
Sager Into your mouth.
John Sullivan. the husband of the prnereutris, raid—Laat
sight, about half-pest twelve, as I was going downstate,. I
leacisd I saw the shadow of • man is the corner of the etair-
emee, I said, "Who is there" and the prisouer replied,
with mu oath, " What do you want to know for?" I said,
" Whoever you are, you are very saucy." 110 was shout to
strike me, when my wife and youagest son came to my
emistanee, and the latter. knowing that I tad an abscess on
ley hack, and wee unable to protect myself, threw off his
cost and oditred to fight the primmer. About s dcrien per-
sons rashwi doshetnirs at the mute time, moot of them in an
lathered Atte. A mutat row ensued. I board my wife

smuts violently and beg of the prisoner to let go bar
finger. A light was brought, and I sew ber finger, which
was bleeding profusely, and looked se if it had bons gnawed
off at the joint by a dog. I never saw the prisoner in my life
Wore.

Croareininined by the ' I did not know tiU last
night that your father-in-law lived an the dist Bow of the
house.
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J. Sullivan, jon., the young man alluded to in the fore-
going evidence, resent:meted tha statements of his What and
mother.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said—Last night I
went to the bouas in question for the purpose of seeing my
father-in-bar, and just sa I knocked at his bedroom door the
witness, John Sullivan, came downstairs and asked me
what business I had there. I told him that that was nothing
to him, upon which he gave an Irish howl, and in an instant
at least a dorm men and women, most of them in their
night-dresses, imbed downsteirs and kicked me all over my
body, and jumped upon me. (The prisoner had • black-
eye, and was • good deal cut about the face.) The prose-
cultis got her fingens into my mouth, and tried to " gag"
me, and to tear the flesh from its roof, and in order to releme
myself I was obliged to bite her. If my father and mother-
in-law bad not opened their door and dragged me in I am
sure I should have been killed. Several of the persons that
attacked me tried to rip up my cheeks, by putting their
lopes in my mouth.
The Lord Mayor committal the prisoner for trial upon the
ahalFof unlawfully wounding the pronnutrix.
red liorri., a porter in the service of Messrs. Phillips
and CO., tea dealer., in King William-street, was charged
with robbing his employers.
Mr. E. Bartlett, manager to the prosecutors, said that,
from information he received, he yesterday called the prisoner
from the coffee-mill, whore he was at work, and 'eked him
what he had in his pocket. Prisoner produced • Pecs of
sugar-randy, and said that was all. A policeman was sent
for, and he was taken into custody.
T. Smart, constable, No. 411, said that upon searching the
prisoner's lodgings be found several pads of coffee, some
canisters of tea, nutmegs, cinnamon, ginger, dec., in fact, about
twenty-five different kinds of spices. Ile also found some
canisters bearing the name of the firm in whose employment
the prisoner was previous to entering the service of the
prosecutors.
In reply to the Lord Mayor, Mr. Bartlett said some of the
articles found by the oflioer at the prisoner's lodgings were the
property of the prosecutors, and that he had every reason to
believe that the prisoner, notwithstanding they bad received
• good character with him, was a confirmed thief.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, admitted his guilt,
and ho was shortly afterwards brought before ths Lord
Mayor and Alderman Wire, and sentenced to four months'
mprisonment with hard labour.

BOW-STREET.
A young woman, named Mary Awn Taylor, was charged
with a savage smault on Ellin Downey, and biting her uaer-
kip off.
The complainwt, whose face wan bandaged and swollen,
presenting ■ frightful spectacle, deposed that on Thursday
morning she went to an eel-mall in Jamweetrred, Covent-
garden, to make • purchase. She took a half-sovereign and
some change out of her pocket, and was about to piy for
what she had bought, when the prisoner rushed upon her
suddenly, and tried to snatch the money out of ber hands.
Failing to do this, she then flew at witness likes tigress, aris-
ing her by the hair and biting away her under-lip. " She bit a
piece quite out of my lip," continued the complainant, " and
then spit it out of her mouth and kicked it down a sink."
After she was taken into custody she threatened in filthy lan-
guage that she would do for witness directly she got at liberty
again. The wound had been since properly dressed.
Police-constablo F 159 confirmed this evidence.
Prisoner—l was drunk, and don't remember anything
about it. She was spending my money, and lhad to get it
from her.

Complainant Paid the money wee her own.
It was oated that rho prisoner had been frequently in tun-
tody. She was 01108 committed for biting a police-constables
now partiy off, in the Mine savage manner.
Mr. Henry ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 41.,
or be committed to prison for ail months' haul labour.
The fine not being forthcoming thoprieoner wee sent to
prison in default.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

Hr. Richard /lick,, of 3, Queen's-terrace, Regen Ce-park,
was summoned Luton, Mr. Deadon for furiously galloping a
horns in llydo.park, on Sunday, the 30th ult.
Mr. BeAdon lined the defendant 10s. . _

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Mr. &rubor bore to acknowledge the reeeipt of 10s. in
11, ANO' SLAIN. from " J.E., of Ahergek, N. Wale.," for
Jeuptee Winkler, the poor Swim calculator.

.dDMINISTLITION OP RELIEF IX MAM

LEBONE.

Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the directors
and guardians of the poor ~f St. Marylehone, held et the
board rem .1 the workhouse, New•mad, Mr. CHAELLI
Beacon in the chair,
A Collirouniration was read from the Poor Law Board,
calling the attention of the guardians to the newswper
repave of their tut day's pnweedlngs, hi which the board
stood accused by some of its own members with heving per-
mitted female' (a young girl named Ann Moran in par-
ticular) to he outside the workhouse gate en the pavement
for several dap., and when admittcJ not to the oakum
ward without inquiry so CO their character or conduct.
.

Dr. live moved that an iuveatigetion of the
ciao of Ann Moran be at once entered into ; which was put
and earned.
. .

Ann Moran stated that the was IS years of age, and that
live yeara ago she was passed ft oni that parish with her mo-
ther to Ireland, when, her to thee dying about 12 month.
back she came to England and went to service. About on
woke before her application to the workhouse she left her
last place on account of Mama and being unable to do her
work. A female friend gave her lodging for helping her
with shoe-binding, and ehe parted with all her clothing for
maintenance, and having no more left she applied for admis-
sion to the workhouse, in the belief that they would get her
a place. She had breed given ber, but was refused admis-
akin, and the lay for nine nights on the pavement, sometimes
sleeping in a cab in a W.W.I close by rho workhouse. She
area alto there 10 days, and every day the relieving office was
open she nrphod fi.r admission.
Mr. Valentine Knight produeed a piece of rope cable,
about 1 or 6 inches in circumference, completely lined toge-
ther with tar, and in answer ton question
Ann Moran stated that that was the dreeription of oakum
she had had to pack with her bare lingers during the three
week. she bad inert placed in the oakum or refractory ward.
. .

Mr. Tubb*, the r;heving overseer, .toted that he did not
at first admit Ann Mona to the boom because ho did not
think hers was • proper ma., as she came up n ith other girl.;
but when she wee ado.itted by the rota, she was pent by them,
and not by him, to tho ward. Ile could prove el., that for
Olt night., when she said she slept on the pavement, she
slept in a enfrec-shop.
Police.sergrant 20 D, constable 118 D, and Grimmer, the
gate-porter, ell declared it Impossible that Moran could have
hdd nine nights at the gate without their suing her.
. . .

Mr. Jailing", the minter. declared he never heard of the
ease; end, in amwer toe question, said the only person Sent
on admission to the oakum ward *An a woman named
Crawley, taken there by Mr. Knight himself. (Laughter.)
Mr. Tavener repudiated the statement that the women
had to Disk onkeni till their hands blistered, and produced
hooks wLich they nevi for the purpose
The matter was then referred to a committee to report upon,
and the board separated.

SUICIDE Or A GENTLEMAN UNENOIVN.--Last
night, shortly before ten o'clock, • police constable of the K
division, whde on duty at the corner of Philpot-street, im-
mediately at the rear of the London Hospital, beard the
report of firearms. lie hastened to the epot, and discovered
• man, ?expectably attired, lying near the iron railing of St.
Chun-h. lie raised the unfortunate man, and found
• large wound under the left ear. fron, which blood was
issuieg copiously. 1 Ito enterer awned to be breathing,
but was totally powerless. Sergeant Poole and two civiltses
came up at this time. Ile was carried round to the front of
the hospital, and placed in the surgery, where Mr. Francis
OM n, the house surgeon. examined the deo-wort, and pro-
nounced life extinct. The police found a double-barrelled
pistol by the side of the deceased on the paeentent, and
Is.th barrels append to here been recently discharged.
The body W. examined by Mr. Hubbard, the surgery
beadle, who found the name of " Dell," marked on the been
of the deceued, who is about d.i yearx of age, tether robust,
and dark hair. In his pockets were found I.le. in silver, and
a few trifling articles ; a gold watch end gold chain, two
rings, and a penknife; a few perrussion cape and a
small quantity eel gunpowder in a piece of paper. A full de-
scription of the demand's dress, Ac., was forwarted at
cloven o'clock last night round the v.irioua police stations,
but he ban not been identified. The reporters ascertained
that the dereaeod attempted to shoot himself 012 the previoue
night, end in the act nearly shot the ilotnien of the Mote
Hart, Turner-street, Stepney. The body was removed to the
eltad-Dome for an inquest.
THE Mt tarot IN TILE. QCF.E.N'S PRISON.—The
ran of Di Sole' for the alb-gest murder of Mr. Itobtrtson in
the Queens Trion mitt bee envernmentiVONl-CllOOl4 at the
enduing Pension the Central Criminal Court, commencing
on Monday. The depositions were laid before the Attorney.
General, end he decided on prosecuting instead of leering
the matter as • county prosecution on thtseroneee !wettest.

-,
Stlcing.—Yentrilay morning Mons. Felix was
found in the kitchen of hi. home. No. 41, Crenb,orn-street,
Inkaater-square, banging from the beanie. He wee deed.

JESTITUTION OP OUR COUNTRYMEN IN INDI
in a letter received by his family, General Neill anode: with
high gratification to the worn ;hanks ho bad received from
the many European families who had escaped from the
neighbouring districts of Oude, and had reached BMW..
and Allahabitil. Many of thews poor fugitives, though be-
longing to the higher nuke of life, escaped in a state of abao-
Into destitution, and were sent on to Calilitta by amend
Neill at government expenas.—Ayr Adrertaser.

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