The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

INCITING TO BTIAL.

John Griffin avidili;;iinfAs, husband and wife, were
indicted for having Minimal, pr cured, counselled, and
commanded Emma Ev•ir to steal • bushel and • half of
onions, value 6e 6d., tne property of John bkelinter.
Mr. O'Brien denuded.
Emma Ever. • little girl 15 year. of age, deposed that she
will the daughter of a in Kingntreet, Spit Melds.
Aboue ale weeks ego she ran away from her father's, and
went into Spitaiflelds market, where she saw the prisoners.
Mn. Griffin asked her if she had a home to
go to, and, on her replying that she had not,
she told her to go to her home with her, and she would tell
her how to get her living. She aeeordingly went with her
to a house in Unior.-oeurt, Fashion street, and when she
wu there, too female prisoner told her thae she must go out
and thieve, at the same time telling her to go out and steal
a piece of bacon, which she did, and she rewarded her with
a halfpenny. The man was not there then. By direction of
the woman she afterwards went to shops and stole soap, and
tea and sugar, and to Spitallielda market and stole potatoes
and apples. About nine o'clock in the evening, on the 24th
of April, she gave her a knife, and directed her to so into
Spitalfields market and cut open some of the sacks of onions,
and take home as many as she could, and she went, did as
she bad bee., told, and took about a bushel and a half to the
prisoner's house' and gave them to the woman. The men
was not present. The prisoner then gave het a halfpenny,
as she had on every occasion when she to de to her soinethine
she had stolen. When she did not take anything home, the
woman told her that she must thieve, and if she did not, she
would kick her out of door'. .

In cross-examination, the witness said she could neither
read nor write. She had run sway from home more th:m
once, the first time she was enticed away by some boys and
girls. She lived on rotten apples which she picked up in
Spits'Melds market. She ran away the second time because
her fathir was going to beat ber. If she stole nothing, the
woman gave her nothing to eat, and she lived on rotten
apples. The day after she stole the (minas else was tak n
home to her father's by a woman named Clarke, and she
directly told her father all that she had been doing by the,
"Irishwoman's (the female prisoner's) directions, and be
went and told the police. She could not say if the man was
ever present when the woman till her to steal.
Culmer, 178 11, proved apprehending the prisoners, and
finding in their how a quantity of onions, which were iden-
tified as a portion of some that were st,len trim two sacks
which wire cut even, it. Spitalfields market, on the
night spoken to by the girl. The onions were the property
of s farmer named Skelinter.
11r. O'Brien addressed the jury.
The 1 d judge in summing up left it to the jury to
my whether they wire satisfied with the evidence of the
girl as regarded the woman, and recomm, nded an acquittal
as regarded the man, es the evidence did not show that he
was ever present when the woman gave (as the girl said)
the directions to steal, or ever knew that she stole any thing.
The jury acquitted the man and convicted the woman.
The learned judge having remarked upon the atrocious
nature of the offence, and regretted there was not sufficient
evidence to convict her husband, sentenced the prisoner to
be kept to hard labour for cne year.

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW. STREET.

MAGINTIRIAL Ct RE—IO R111.270E4. —Two little children,
whose heads hardly reached the top of the dock, were
charged with stealing a loaf. Their appearance told the wait
they were in.
The housekeeper to Mr. Mims, baker, Drury-lane, de-
posed that they, about 8 o'clock lost evening, went into the
shop and asked (or a quartern loaf, and while her back was
turned to get it for mem. they stole a half-quartcro ►oaf,
value 20., which was lying on the counter, and made off
with it. . .

Police-constable F 14 deposed that he was on duty in
Drury-lane, and seeing them quarrelling over the loaf, he
asked them where they had got it. One of them answered,
they had stolen it. After sacertaning how they came by it,
he Wok them into custody.
In deh nce, the prisoners said they were starving.
Mr. Jardine sentenced them both to be once whir ped in
the Rouse of Correction.

MARYLRBONE.
"ALL'S WELL THAT END 4 WELL."—CAarles Jopling,
who was charged on the 30th ult with attempting to admi•
Dieter chloroform to a girl to whom he had been paying his
addreues. was brought up for further ezaminstimt The
complainant, however, upon Deng placed in the witness-
box, refused to proceed with her evidence, alleging as her
reason that she had been married to the prisoner that
morning, and she stated her belief that she should be happy
with him, and that he would treat her well.
A solicitor, who attended on b. half of some of the newly-
weds bride's relatives, contended that undue influence had
been resorted to, to induce her to contract the muriege, and
the magistrate remanded prisoner until Tuesday, bat con-
sented to take bail.
SOUTHWARK._ _

ASSAULT ON • MOTICES Sox.—Timothy Col-
line was charged with committing a violent assault on Ann
Collins, his aged mother.
C implainant, whose face was much disfigured, Matti that
for some time she had maintained her son owing to his
being out of employment. Finding that he had lost his
differ) nt situations t aroulth drunkenness, she refused to assist
him auy longer, and told him that twins he altered Lis
manner of living she would have nothing more to do with
him, lie, however, annoyed her every day, and on Monday
night, whale she was proceeding along tha street, he told
her that unless she gave him some money he would beat
her brains out. She told him she bad none, and requested
him to go away, when he knocked her down on the pave-
ment, and kicked her several times on the face, wounding
her in &dreadful manna. She really believed that, had not
a constable come up. be would have murdered her. Some
time ago he s ) cruelly ill-Jested her, that she was laid up
for nearly two months.
The police constable who took him into custody said he
had been in custody no less than four times for ill-using the
poor old woman. lie had also assaulted the police on seve •
ral occasions.
In defence, the prisoner said he was drunk at the time,
and did not know what he was about.:
Mr. A'll,(kett committed him for two menthe to lb*
House of Correction for the assault, and ordered him to find
bail for three mottos at the expiration of that petiod.il
THAMES.
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TILE RuUBEUT OP Till INDIA— MAlL—Patrick Smith,
and Sarah his wife, charged with robbing Catherine Pereira,
native of Ceylon, of 901 in gold and nearly 1,0001. is
jewelliry, were fully committed (or trial.