The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-14 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW STREET.

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ASSAULT IN ST. iAlllll.li-rAlli..—Mary Tregoly was
charged with attacking Mr. D. Wenhans, a stock-broker's
clerk, in the Mall, St. James's park.
The prosecutor stated that about 10 on Monday night he
was walking along the mall of St. James's-ptrk, towards his
home, when he saw the prisoner and two other females sit.
ting upon a seat. As he passed them, they quickly rose, and
the prisoner addressed him. Witness desired her to leave
him, which she refused; and he heard the other
two females walking behind him. The primmer
walked by his side, still @peeking to 'knees, who again told
her to go away, when she suddenly caught him by the neck
and said, with an oath, " Kill him." The other females then
sprung upon hiss behind, and he was forced to the ground.
lie called out " Pollee," and the prisoner continued in-
creasing her hold of his neck. He found himself becoming
quite exhausted, when a police oonetable arrived and took
the prisoner into custody. The other women escaped.
The inspector said the prisoner was quite a stranger to

The prisoner, in defence, said she was a married woman,
and was returning home last night through the park, when
the prosecutor struck her with a stick. She did not know
the other females, and eke denied that she had ever sat down
with them.
The prosecutor was recalled, and said they were all sitting
together sad appeared to be waiting his arrival.
The isisposter said numerous robberies were committed in
that park, ad no respectable person was safe after dark.
Extra oOnlhaldla had bees placed there.
Mr. H Ind is desbt it was the prisoner's intention to
soma a lei ry, and he should commit her for the 'mutt.
He fined her the full penalty of 61., or two months' im-
prisonment.
The prisoner was locked up in default.
Arrant AT Burman.— A respectably-dremed young
woman, named Sarah Simms, who described herself ma a
laundries, was druid with attempting to commit aelf-de-
struction.
W. Windom, , attached to the floating-pier at
Weetaiselan mil, ea Monday. afternoon be was upon
one of the barges to the pier. The prisoner ap-
proached bane, and andeseerand to pas upon the outer
' dummy." melted her if she was going on board
the atesea-boat, and she replied that she was not. Wham
told her she coda won rennin on the pier, and the prisoner
immediately threw off ha basset and shawl, and then
plunged bradhoomost into the rim. He was not a very
good swimmer, bat he jumped in after liar. With great
dr®edty in obtaining a irsa hold of her by her
dress. He sped tor sisloteass, mad both their lives would
have certainly boss Met, but hr the timely amistance of a
waterman, who Ned to them. The primmer was quite insen-
sible, but she subsequently raffled, and won removed to, the
station.
Mr. Henry said the pima= had behaved exceedingly
well In *deg his own Mb is danger to save that of a tallow-
Tie prima is dolma said distress was the cause of her
attempting her We. She woo • servant, and had been out of
crizino•Ohrietnias last. Sito had applied to the work.
but they weld not admit her. She had not slept
in any bed ter the hat threw or Soar nights, and had boon
unpaid Oa wander about the atre•t• She had only had a
pion of brand dam Friday last, and had been sillies la the
park all Monday manly, and was drenched with die rain.
eke had a @Morena brother, who wore wall off in London
bulge did not keow where to Sadthane. the had bona'
WSW by a gentlaniaa, who promised her :marriage, but
had demetied her. She was now quite willing to enter a
vivolibmwe.
Mr. Nam directed hoc to be takes to the Strand union
weeldesese. with a must that the relieving officer should
take OM Oboe. OM was then removed, and the magistrate
awarded liko pima* 10e. out of the poor-box.
MARLBOROUGH•STRIST.
CE•1101 AGAINST • LADY.—liss. AMA 81111 WW, a lady
a bane cry, regr
nghem olinrssll4.mbeirg at-iitenet,. wee
rids ul, 2.8.0,4vm5L0i em Thursday last the
rhos
, _who was har may, Wired on bar and said she
01111illit Mi. Witham Slit It would be latravenient to give
00100 Sim 101. at that lamment. bat ski would give the ;Am
is ig idly og ao, Tho pion 10$104 OW lb, %mud

tha mem for immediate puree% and if witness weld ant
let her have the sum she required, she must borrow it.
Witness said rather than pot her to that trouble the would
=lake use of part of a sum of motley which st.• had
by her. Witness sent • servant for bet writing
desk, and when it was brought she ask from
it • parcel of Bank of Ragland notes amounting
' to 4001., which she had recently neosived from Beek 0.
England. Witness bad previously token two M. notes from
her puree, and heligefig that the notes in the panel were
also 51, notes, she took two seem from the wee', sad laid
them on the table with the 64. notes, waking written, se
witness then believed, :01. While the now were on the
table. • servant called her mat for &moment. On her return
she found the font now bad been removed, and that the
prisoner, of mums with her permission, had taken them.
Witness did not dissever until the following Setae
day that sto parcel of r.otes were all 101. notes,
and that therefore she must have given the pri-
soner two 101. notes instead of two M. note.. She
went to the prisoner and said she wee much surprised that
prisoner had not come to her before, to correct the mistake
a;,,nt Sc' rictere which witnem btu pain i.. her. The prisoner
10411mry rade to her, and d-eland positively that she had
received but one 101. nob, and two 451 notes. Witness not
being willirg to acquaint her husband with what bad oc-
curred, as she was convinced he would institute proceedings
against the prisoner, again entreated her to rectify the
error, as she was qui.• willing in that ease to think no n.ors
about it. The prisoner repeated her denial, and whitest was
obliged in the evening to make her husband ac-
quainted with whet bad occurred. Having procured
the numbers of the notes, an advertisement was put in the
public papers for the purpose of stopping them. Having
recollected that the prisoner bed asernued to her that she
bad some money to pay to Messrs. Drummends, she went
there and found that the prisoner had pad two 101. notes
into that bank, whoa numbers corresponded with those
which she bad taken from the parcel of notes, and which she
had placed oa the table hollering them to he 61 notes. The
prisoner was in a day or two sLorwardi given into custody.
Dar. Huddle was also examintd, and he stated that when
he caned on the prisoner in reference to the matter, also
denied, is the strongest terms, that she had received a
second 101. note.

Moir a short consultation with the prisoner, /dr. Fisher
said he was quite willing to admit that the prisoner had made
a mistake, sad would rectify it.
firs. Ruddle intuited tic enurt not to sead the prisoner
for trial, and 11r. Ruddle, after same heaitation, 'Aid ho would
forego the proseentinn. _

Mr. Bingham hardly knew whether he wu now juitlied
in acceding to the spoliation. It might not be unlikely
that a jury would think there was no mistake, but that the
note had been knowingly obtained, and its receipt denied
Its would take rime to consider tee case fully, and would
remand the prisoner till Monday, taking bail, however, for
her appearance.