The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSS.

CNAIOII Or OriiIII7I2IOGiOODIT 1;1/11ArD.-3fortiner
Kealy was brought up in the custody of Berjeant Mitchell,
of the City police, upon charges of having fraudulently ob
Mined pods at the boos.* of warehousemen in the City. The
justice-room war crowded with tradesmen, and the matter
occupied a great part of the day.
Mr. Clarkson ttppeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Rib-
ton foe the defence.

Mr. T. WOrego warehouseman, of Cheimeide, said—l
am • auditor of Sealyr
and Co., of Ordway, sad I mimed to
take a somposition. The primmer, who was sot known
to me penemelly, called on me ate day last week, sad
asked me whether I had taken the composition on
the estate elf Healy sad Co., sad said that if not
it was in the tumid@ of Messrs. White and Co., of Cheap-
side. I said I would not take less than twenty shillings in
the pound; that I was endeavouring to find Mr. Healy
out, sad that if he did not appear very soon, I would
try to pet him outlawed. The person immediately began
to creek his fillers, and to he prepared to dance an Irish
jig. He said he dl4 not know Healy, and that he was
merely • servant cf Mr. Scott, of Dublin, who wiated to get
rid of the liability altogether, and would be tiled if the nom-
petition were not carried on. He said something about
taking tea shillings in the pound, and asked whether I was
aware that banister held • bill to the amount of 8001. He
did sot say • word shoot say debt being paid in fell, bat
be wanted IMO against Whim say proceedings against
Kei.ly's Mother, for they were se puttees, and if I did they
would take the law of me. (Laughter.)
Mr. Z. T. Speaecr, waterproofer, of 118, Fenchnrch-
*met, said I set • creditor of Healy and Co. of Galway
my debt wasimmured about four or five =omits ago, sad
is between MX and 60[ I did not know the persons of
Healy and Co. The primmer celled upon me about Friday
or Eistarday 'sat week. I did sot then know that he was
Mr. Healy. He said, "Ton are an aggrieved creditor of
Healy sad Co." I replied, "Oh yes, that iiare." The
prisms, said, " I am from David Scott sad Co.,
Co • linen
usci of Dublin. We have • much larger elan than you
as then. sad mostly issurrod. Mr. fleritt has mate it
'us business as investigate the affair, sad mat as across to
Galway to examine rate It ; 'sod I as perfectly satisfied that
the oompositioa they have offered is the utmost the estate
Gm pay, and though we are very much aggrieved ourselves
we recommend you to take it," and he urged it stroegly as
very kind advice from into creditor to another. I thaakad
prioassr, sad said that .1 was probably better 'alarmed
than the party who was giving me the informaticn. The
prisms thaw, said,. " Do yes mark to to
will
NS tall le& ink dews if is sand to your I

said, "Let the Mira be made. I have nothing to say to '
the mroposiii•a till then." The primmer then mid," We will
spend 1001. OUTWIT'S rather than yea shall have any pre-
le renew by urging your skim." 1 had a great deal of trouble
to rid of him.
Oa his ewes-mminatlon the witness said the whole object
of the prboaer'e visit sheared to he to ladies him to uk,
the sompasitlea •
Alderman Gibbe—Aad you did not haw that the mimosa
wee Mr. Healy all the time ?
Witness—Not at all.
Mc John Banally, a partner in the !run of Spence. Bag-
pally, and Co., of Love lane, Chespeide, warehousemen,
said, es Friday, the 10th, the miscast salted at oar ware-
home, and on Saturday he culled again, and I sew him and
asked hie name. He wrote Meows. Healy and Co., Galway.
I asked who °misread the Ares. He gave me the name of
Mortimer, Thomas, and Mahal, and he wrote antennas to
Welch sad Margate:on of Cheepside. He looked oat gloves,
silks, md other goods to the amount of, I believe, VOL As
I wee returning, I sea hiss coming oat of our warehouse.
He told me that he and his brother had a balance of 2.0001.
1 told him that • first similar in name to his own had been
bankrupt or insolvent lately. He said it was a N latitn of
his, and afterwards that it am his sister Margaret. He again
said that his firm had s balance of 2,0001., and then he said
he would pay for the goods.
Mr. Gwidard, the solicitor to the Loudon Merchants and
Traders' Association, produced a not* in the prisoner's hand
writing, of which the following is a copy, addreseed to cre-
ditors to the estate :
°Minty, loth Febroary, IBSO.
Mews. flcwt, Allcroft, and Co.—Gentletata : It Is impossible, from
the state of our effete now that you can get paid In full. Then is an
execution in for all. at the Ault of Margaret Mealy, and a second
eareutlon at the suit of a Manchester creditor, and unless all the
ereditors agree to the composites a ale most take place, and we
shall not ham another opportunity of asking you.—Yeen respectfully,
W. K!•LT 00t
__. . .

The terms ere 10n at three, Az, aed elm meld,Ze-tTred by
Margaret Mealy. If all agree, yea Ina have your eoespeaidoe la tee
acts. . . . . .

Inspector Mitchell mid—l fetched the prisoner's trunk
from Anderton's Hotel, in Fleet-street, at his request, to the
Bow. lens station house, and limn opened with a key which
wee found upon him. This paper was found is the trunk
with others. .

Here the witness produced a lett*r purporting to be
written to the prisoner by hie brother, and dated "Gal-
way, April 28, 18.50." The following us quotations:
We rewdeed your letters Many. However, it is mean the me to
soy any new an this miliennate sub et, Issepos pit your Slot In It
M Etii Is
isieatimot MM with tthisaim mmthathan. That Tags.
bald a of Um dsvU. Now pm Weil they veil rive a
ems IV houses that nth thmthstu of thesamlithsth Withont
rulbseth. 18 them et )*atNtMadthem whit heldeW,ad
&m,= would lacer Ifl the WM swathe( shoot you. It they did.
Maur
blur nem an half euith. . . As to whether it would be
ads the yeah' p nine Il*Pregur se the other parties that are
bolding oat, I most say; or could you send rum- to me from you?
At all events the mater mud be settled with them. The fellow,
might be impothat Is you it you Ist younalt be known to them. 1
think this better not.

Mr. Henry Thompson, book keeper to Meagre. Welsh and
Margetson, said I know the prisoner. I saw him frequently
at our house within the lest ten days. I heard Aim may
statement which I took dews in writing. "May 7, 18.50
Wm. Kealy states that at their sfoek-taking in January last
t►eir balance wee upwards of 2,0001., having been in business
five years, and Blared about 2001. per annum over and above
their rapeasee" The prisoner had purchased goods,
evidently for the purpose of making us a house of reference.
Three or four houses outs to us in consequenee of the pri-
, mates references.

-6s3;leniiieri—We bad dealings with the prisoner in li
1849 to the 'mount of about 201., which wee pith. We have
dealt with him sine,. for the amount of wilt& an accept-
ance will be due in July.
Mr. H. Manton, desk to Mr. Hunt, accountant, cf Man-
chester, said, in November 1 went to Galway on the part of
the defendant's creditors. The prisoner told me he bad been
a bankrupt in 1848, that his sister pure seed the stock,
household goods, and fiztoree br 5001 , for which he gave
her a prumis•ory note for b 631.
In the coarse of the examination several objections were
taken by Mr. Ribton, counsellor the prisoner.
Mr. Alderman Gibbs, after a long inmstigation, mid he
had: made up his mind to commit the prisoner upon
the charge preferred by Mean. Spence sad Baggally. With
respect to the accusation made by Merin. White and Sons,
he considered that there was a point or two to be added to
the evidence to render it complete. He therefore should
leave it to that firm to use their discretion as to the prosecu-
tion of that charge at the Central Criminal Court.
The depositions is the ease in which the prisoner was
charged with having endeavoured to obtain goods from
Spence and Baggally, to the amount of 801, by means of
false pretences, were the. ordered to be made out, and the
prisoner, who said he should leave the defence to his coun-
sel, was ordered to be committed for trial.

CAUTION TO 0104111 VII DILITII/4.—JO/01 Pain/ was
eharged with using abusive language and refusing to com-
plete his faze.
A gentleman named Brocklebank said that he and others
entered the defendant's vehicle for conveyance from Fins-
bury to Whiteebapel, but one of the principal thorough-
fares having been stopped up by order of the Lord Mayor,
the defendantvefused to drive another way, end ordered the
plaintiff and others to alight at the Bank. The defy ndant
was also very abusive.
Mr. Alderman Gibbs—Did you pay the defendant your
farm ?

Wituese—Ne, ri►, es we told him we should summon him
here.

The defendant in defence said that he ►ad completed hie
journey by going to the Bank.
Alderman Ci.bbe-1 shall suspend your licence for one
month.

THAMES.

CHAR°. or INFANTICIDI.—EIizabeth Barker, 30 years
of age, Edward Bailey, 35, a man with whom she cohabits,
at 22. Umberstone-street, Commercial.ro•d East, Harriet
Campbell, sged 60, • midwife, of 21, Charlotte-street,
Commerciol•road, and Sarah Cock, aged 70, of 6,
Plummere•row, were placed in the dock, the two
former priionets charged on satpicion of having
wilfully murdered an infant female child, four days
old, and the two latter with being concerned in the same.
There was another charge against Barker of having concealed
the birth of a child in BD, which is also supposed to have
been unfairly made away with, with the knowledge and
connivance of Cook. What led to the apprebention of the
prisoners war an anonymous letter which was received at the
court on Wednesday.

At the instance of the chief clerk this communication and
another which had been forwarded to Leman-street Station-
house, was handed to Sergeant Kelly, an active officer, with
directions to make the necessary inquiries. He ascertained
that the priaorer Barker had first been married to a penon
of the Jewish persuasion named Isaacs, after whose death
his friends, diseatiffied with her conduct, put his children
into the Jewish Asylum, in Cambridge-road. She subse-
quently married Mr. Barker, a respectable painter and
glazier, who went oat to Oakum, with a public
company, at a salary of 71. 10s. per month, one-half of
which, until very lately, he allowed his wife. Further in-
quiry induced Kelly to conclude that the informatim sent
so the mogistrete had some foundation. He associated with
him °Arndt 89 H, another active detective officer, and the
result was that the four prisoners were taken into custody.
Mr. Pelham appeared for the midwife Harriet Campbell ;
the other prisoners were undefended.

Sergeant Kelly, 2 H, stated that he west on Wednesday
night to the house of Mrs Campbell, acoompuried by Git
tad, and on informing her that they were officers, told her
to bet:Winne, as they came upon a very serious subject, and
he Loped she would tell the truth. He theta naked her if she
had attended a woman named Baker 12 mouth& ago, to
which ske replied. I did. Do you recollect delivering her of •
child? I do. Was it born alive ? Yes, it was some time
in a state of stupefaction, but, after it had been rubbed some
time, it breathed and got better. To farther questions by
widow, Mrs. Campbell said when she saw the child the sub-
sequent day she wall well. She asked the mother if she had
liven it the breast, to which the latter replied she had not.
The next day a woman told her the child was dead. Mr.
Barker on.. soon after and asked for a certified* that the
child was stillborn ; she eddied this, but aired to give her
ore of premature birth, to which Mrs. Barker said, "If
you do sot, I'll bury the child in the yard." The child
was then bailed in Shaw's ground without any register of
the death. Kelly then asked her whether she bad deli-
vered lire. Barker of a female child an Sunday last, to which
she replied, " Yee; and it was quite well when I dressed
ft and left it with the mothett." She visited it
again on Monday, and the child was well. When
asked if she saw it on Tuesday, she at first said no, but on
being cautioned by Kelly, who said he had witnesses, she
admitted having done so, sad Mrs. Barker told her the child
was quite well. Kelly then said he would go and us the
superintendent, on whisk Mrs. Campbell said, " I'll go and
see whether the child is alive or not ; ' but Kelly cautioned
her not to do so. He »tuned at half-put 10, and saw •
light in the pump. He knocked two or three tinsel before
the door was opened, and the light was taken away.
woman passed out, and Kelly said " Is that Mrs. Barker."
to which Mrs. Campbell replied, " No, it Is • friend of
Wise who celled on business." Tee door was then
clued, but he got oat as soon as possible, and overtook
the woman who proved to be Mrs. Barker, the
Commercial-road, with a black bundle. He asked " What
here you got there ? Is it a child I" to which she re-
plied no. H. said lam certain It ie. She then acknow-
ledged it was, and when he asked was it living, she replied,
no, it was dead. He then took her into custody on suspi-
cion of murdering the child ; and, also, for concealing the
birth of • child in 1849. She then asked him to go to her
house in Umbentonastreet, which he did, and found the
male prisoner there, to whom he said," I presume you are Mr.
Bailey," to which he replied yes. Then said Kelly, "you
must consider yourself in custody of being eoacerned in the
murder of a child." He replied, " I had no hand in any
murder. Here (predates a:eup, which appeared:to contain
some cordial) is what the child has been taking."
Mrs. Barker.—ltwasOodfrey'scardlal,and some remained
la this cup.
Kelly—Gifford the. took Bailey UM custody, and the
child was taken oat Of the black apron and laid on • (Meet of
drawers. On the way to the station-house Jim Barker
said to Kelly—" What I have dose is drama and smut be
helped. lam not ashamed of it." From forth., Winne-
don he took Cook logo custody on the sharps of lwring
buried a child led year, sad unsealed the birth. She
said she had buried ft, and helped to nail down the
He then took her into custody onihe sharp of Wag acs.
termed with Barker in the cousalnient of the birth.
Gifford, 39 H, took Bailey, into instody. When told of
the dudes the primmer said. 'lt hes nothing te go with me
I know notbiag of It. Whdulie Aid is opened it will be
found that lam inuesaa" Witness .understood sad would
be able to chow that Bailey and Barker lived together as
sac sad try"
Tlso ass eras mended 1111_0 sdig, Mr. Mary an-
imating to take boil for MIL VispA her babied in 1004.,
AM two esnlis of W. es*.

TiE ERPREM FRIDAY EVENING, HAY 17, 1850.