The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.

An elderly woman, drew. al in blae k, applied to Alderman
Hale fertile advice and assistance under the following circum-
stances:—She 'laid her son had lately died in St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, and deelring that he might be boried with
his father, ahe claimed the body, when she found that it had
been identified and claimed by other parties, and the now
wished for the magistrate's authority and interference to ob-
tain the body of her Pon.
Alderman Hale maid it woo very extraordinary that there
should be two claimants for n corpse, and what in •
tercet the applicant had in the matter besides her wish to
bury him with her husband.
' Applicant paid she believed he had left a little money,
which she expected to receive.
Alderman Hale asked who and what her eon woo.
Applicant said be wait a constable in the pi iliee force.
Alderman Hale asked if she was sure she hail nut made a
mistake.

Applicant mid she waa quite certain it was her eon.
She had not men him for Id years until a few days Moro his
death, when she identified him in his police dress while
on duty.
Aldernian Ilalo said she Lad better apply to the steward of
the hospital.
Applicant said she had done so, and she had been to the
malice station, and she would not go again. She came here
for justice et the hands of the magistrate, and she would not
go anywhere else.
Inspector Foulger explained that the man referred to by
this woman bad born a eery careful, etcwilv man in the
force, and that while ho was on duty in the old Balky dur-
ing the last Prosionll he fell down in a fit, and was tarried to
the hospital, wit re Le died. His friends had been commu-
nicated with, and the result was that Lis father and mother
came to me him; and they, as a matter of course, basing
recognised him as their star, claimed the body. Ilowever,
the matter was molly cleared up, as every information eon-
' noted with the deceased was filed at the chief office in the
Old Jewry.
Alderman Hale then directed the inspector to gins the old
woman every facility to satisfy her as to whose .11 the de•
cowed really was.
Inspector Foulger intimated that the applicant was not of
sound mind ; and in the course of the wterneen he informed
the court that there was not the slightest ground for her
claim to rehitionship with the deceased, whose father came
up from Saffron Walden, and remained with him until his
death.

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Alice Williams, 35, IMP charged with killing Henry Biz,
of No. 1, Coburg-cottagea, Neat-street, Camberwell.
A neighlwor depeed that tilt re was a disturbance in the
street that morning. The primmer was on the ground, and

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language, saying " that oho would do for him," and .44
not ram dabs 'rent to llorsomonger•lano and was Maw
for him."

From other witnesses it eppearod that Mr. Itin fetched
prthoerun, who remained with him about an hour.
his departure., the prisoner fereed.opm the door, and atisaiii
Mr. km again. Some boys called the policeman beck, WMr. Kin wee found to Le dead, with a deep wader um
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left eye.
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ded.
Alailinolongrnan, a dyer and scourer, of 54,
Lambeth, ins charged with defrauding Matti.* Jensji,,4
of 314, City-garden-row, City-rood, of 81;
It appeared that an advertisement MY inscne.l the
nnes, • few weeks eirICC, which set forth that
would, for a small consideration, teach any relic, tsble W
light business., by which he might be able to mon a px,i
livelihood. The prosecutor went to the boost and sais
prisoner, who agreed to teach him his trade if he gave
kiw
101., and that ho would allow him I. per week a.
They,inwocutor went to the house and was net to rub s,r
blankets, but after that there was nothing to do e toept eta
pieces of ribbon to dye. The only utensils in the plaek wee
four tube, one being • dying tub. Ha had rott‘.4
in the shape of wages, but at last all him things acre takes
away for rent.
The cannabis mid that the prisoner had been previonly
convicted, and bad served nine months fur a similar offence,
The primmer was remanded in order to castle the Aunt*
make further inquirien about Lim.