The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-02 00:00:00

WORSH IP Silt E ET.

Ho, Rasstif, years of age, wu brought before
Mr. Root on a warrant cb.irging her with baring dcserted
ber five ebikirro, four girls and ■ boy, aged from ten years
to sit mouths.

Witham Rtheinua, the of the relieving officer' of the
parish of Miwreditck, mid that this was wandered by the
so bed • that they were inilueod to offer •
Latedyi"l use
reerard fee the attendees apprelien•imi. The frets
were thole : —Soma mouths ago the prisoner made a, plies.
lion for pariah rebel. and after doe inquiry it MU deemed
reasonable to allow it - indeed, to en U011411:41 extent for
in./lance, asiooallv a.. much as WAS onlered. The
demands, howevel, bourne more frequent, and auspiciou
was the.. by eogeutlered. She auil her family - the husband
Icing abriail—were admitted into the house, the children,
exceptiog the younged, being rent to the school at Brent-
wood. This occurred on the sth of July last, and so matter*
emitinued until three weeks since, when she expreired a re.
...Ise to lease, aull did so, the children of coin.. giiin.4 with
her. The very neat day, information bcinc rip-tired that five
children were alone in an empty room in :itary.street, Kings.
▪ od, t Le workhouse authorities 'minim.' into the case, asd the
same children were found there. They were again removed
to • parish shelter, but the mother was not apprehended
until Friday, the :10th, when au °Mer of the F thvbiou took
leer io Holborn, she giving a false name.
The youngest ehikl was here brought forward in the arms
of • workhouse nurse, sod promoted • most sickly appear-
ance, it being *ix montlisokl and weighing only about 10lb*.
Mr. Knox asked how it was that one day's absenee from
the wog khouse could have occasioned such an alteration in
the infant, for be was boned to assume that the authorities
wind.' not here permitted the mother to take it away in that
state.

The Relieving °Soar oheerred that he could not well
aersuint foe this fact. When the child was first in the
" house" at was very ill, bat gradually recovered, and when
taken out was Iteahhy. Since its return it had gradually
declined ; he preowned it was from the absence of bre wt
milk.

The prisoner positively declared that ahe had never given
it such nourishment ; perhaps the alteration had its be-
:oomm( io the fact that on the night they all left the house
they slept on the hoards of an empty room. She' had no
ilaire to desert her children, and wuhl prove that sloes her
huslaind bad left her the bail done her best to maintain
them. flu the morning she left them in the empty room
she proceeded to the west-end of the town with the view of
getting employment from a former mistress, but the
unfortunately w:ta out of town. Nor should she Lave left
the woebboose hut that, being a Ji• WINO, numerous taunts
were levelled at her on the score of her religion, and she
wee desired to go to her own people. Moreover, she oatu•
rally wished to have her children brought up in her own
tenet■.

Mr. Knox inquired where the prisoner's husboad was, and
why be had deserted her
Sbe Paid that be had too* for a aoldier, but had left the
army, aisd, ioasequently, that she had lost the little money
delved from that Matt.

Mr. Koos observed that be would awuredly not deal with
the ewe as it steed ; it war a que.tion whether the primmer
eh sot be charged with a higher offence than that of I.
aertine. He eras a lam to canon hhi indignation at the
creerttlythe prioress, Ned hem guilty of ; it could not be too
etigneatieed.
The prineem wee remanded.
SOUTHWARK.

I►e/rer iron Formats, a respectable.looking man,
slatsd to have bees upworda of *years warehouseman
the employ of Mears. newton sod Co., whartingerm, Touley-
etreq ; am! /Mx Pamter, a young woman of accent ap•
peareoce, deecribed ow the charge sheet as a needle...mum,
were brought before Mr. Comb charged with swanking
Mr. Irwr Hear asd robbing him of a valuable g•dd watch
and &rue.

The pro...ester mid he was in an iudypendent position.
On Thursday weenie; he went with a friend to attend the
of a building satiety at WeWorth, and about 1
r.vay miming they got bath to the Borough, and were
stoat he part at the career of Usion•nreet, witne,..i to pre-
med to his home la Great Guildford.street, and his Mend
I. Biageteeet. Jost r they had parted the female primmer
came ap to him and asked him to treat her. He malted her
oe one side sad celled her a prostitute. Mho went into the
middle of the mad, and after screaming out she rushed at
him. His watch was then oaf. in his waiatcoat-poeket, at.
inched to a gold Albert chain. While he wins endeavouring
to keep hei off the male primmer came up and attempted to
ra' the female. He was forced to let her go, and on
looking dos a he wised his watch. He immediately called
out to his friend tlisit be bad been robbed, when he seized
boil of the male prisoner until a mutable come tfp, whet
he pct. hint into custody.
Mr. Combe asked him whoo he law his watch safe.

Witness replied that it was safe when be was struggling
with the woman, and when the man mine op he mimed it.
The female the• left him, and ho saw nothing more of her
until they arricod at the atat,on.houne.
fa ercenetarninatinn names atatal that the society wu
held at a puhlie•honee. He had • little drink, and when
they left Wsy called at two or three puhlte•beoses and had
stoat and brandy and water. He also treated scone ladies,
bee be did net get drunk.
Ur. Gumbo asked him whether he was sober when the
hassle &coated him!

Ile replied that be was not drunk, and knew what he was
about. Whew be mind his watch the nun was is frost of
bun, and he seised hold of him, believing that he was con.
muted with the female iu rubbing him He, however, did
sot see the watch go.
Kr. George Alfred Doyle, scale manufacturer, 24, Kina-
rd:net. Boronlh, mid he accompanied Mr. Evans to Wab
sad they returned home together. They had just
at the corner of Uuionatreet, when he wit the
male go up to Mx fries.), and a moment afterwards he
beard the 1-utter rall out, and then several persons cur-
model his friend. Wilber, welt up to see what was the
matter, when Mr. Evans called out, . I've been robbed of
my watch." The nude prienter was there, sod witness
assisted Mr. Evans in detaining him until a constable came
u;., when he was taken into custody.
Mr. Combo asked where the female prisoner was then.
Witness replied that clue stood on i.e. side.
Mr. Coml./ here mid that he did not think that the man
had anything to do with the robbery, cowietjueutly he
should 'order him to be discharged.
He was then called as a witness for the female prisoner,
when be said that he had ken twenty years in the employ
' of Meows. Sours% at Topping's.erhaef, and on Thnr.d„7
night bad sees a friend from his house in linow's.fields to
Holborn. A little before one o'clock on Friday morning be
was returning home, and at the corner of Unton-atreet be
saw the prosecutor strike the female and call her very filthy
swum Witness went up to him for the purpose of remon-
strating with him. The female stepped oxide, and then the
prosecutor charged him with stealing his watch. Wittier
I saw his chats hanging down loosely, but be never mw his
watch.
Mr. Comb asked whether the witness was known.
The lupin:tor of Police on duty informed hi. worohip
' that be bad known him many years at Topping's Wharf,
and believed him to be a respectable ore, and but likely to
be coarsened in such a robbery.
Mr. Conde ingrained whether the female eoileseoure,l to
get away when the prosecutor called out that he was robbed
Gillis watch.

iki;l7said that she did Dot, brit stood on nee side,
sad when the constable took the man into custody alio
followed to the station-house.
The Natoli here sa:d that she was a needlewcnnan and
worked very hard. She bad that night been to the theatre,
and was returning home, when the prosecutor stopped her