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CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS : D AY.)

(Before Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr.;JusticetColeridge.)

At the sitting of the court, Daniel Mitche 6l Davidson,
Como Win. Gordon, and Joseph, Windle •Cole, were
placed at the bar to plead to a number of ui lictments,
charging theta with conspiring together to of itain large
sums of money.

The case of these prisoners, who, it will be remem-
bered, csrried on a must extensive business :in the City
of London, as merchants, and that having fa riled for a
very large amount, the two former prisoners :absconded,
and Cole was tried and convicted of fraud in -connection
with his bankruptcy, and sentenced to four 3 rears' penal
servittta e. Gordon was subsequently tried. and con-
victed, but upon a point of law that was re m oved, the
conviction was quashed by the Court of Criminal Ap-
peal, wad it then became necessary to proceocil with the
other charges.

The prisoners Gordon and Davidson wwei chirged
upon separate indictments, with conspiracy to obtain
large slams of money by means of false papers. and secu-
rities, and they were also charged with embezzling a
portion, of their estate, with intent to defraud. their cre-
ditors.

The prisoner Cole was also charged with an offence of
the like character, and likewise with conspiring with the
other prisoners for the same object.

The :first case proceeded with was a charges against
the prisoners Davidson and Gordon, of having embezzled
three 5100/. notes, part of their estate, after they had
been ad judged bankrupts, and with intent to defraud
their creditors.

Mr. .Ballantine and Mr. Poland conducted the prose-
cution. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Parry de-
fended Gordon, and Mr. Sergeant Byles defended the
other 1 irisoner, Davidson.

The facts of the case were nearly the same as those de-
posed to on the former occasion, and it will therefore be
nnnece ssary to give a detail of the evidence on the pre-
sent occasion. The prisoners, as above stated, carried
on a most extensive business as merchants in Mincing-
lane, a,n.d they were also the proprietors of a distillery
at West Ham, in Essex. In the course of their business
they were in the habit of obtaining very large sums of
money from Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., and
other discount houses, by the deposit of warrants for
goods, and in the end it turned out that a great number
of these securities were forged and utterly woithless,
and in the month of June, 1854, the prisoners were
evidently in a hopeless state of insolvency, and on the
21st of that month they were adjudged bankrupts, and a
day was appointed for them to appear before the Court
of Bankruptcy and be examined relating to their affairs.
Before the day that was so fixed, however, the prisoners
absconded, and before doing so they raised all
the money that they oould, and a portion of that
money, consisting of three 5001. notes, was the sum they
were now charged with embezzling, it being alleged
that this money, by reason of their bankruptcy, was the
property of their creditors. It was proved that the pri-
soners had travelled about to different parts of the Con-
tinent pursued by an officer, and at length they arrived
at Malta, which place they were obliged to leave through
the influence of the authorities, and upon their arrival
in this country they were taken into custody. The prin-
cipal evidence brought to support the present charge was,
that, on the 17th June, the prisoners sold a large quan-
tity of spirits to Messrs. Grimsby and Co., Messrs.
Nicholson and Co., Messrs. Hunck and Co., and
several acceptances which they immediately discounted,
and a cheque for 5001., which was changed, and the pri-
soners absconded on the 2 Ist.

The evidence extended to very considerable length,
and the case was likely to occupy the Court until a late
hour of the day.

POLICE INTRuJGENCE—(This Day.)

SOUTHWARK.

ATTEXPTID SIIICIDE.—Ann Curl, a middle-aged
female of rather decent appearance, was brought before
Mr. Combo charged with taking a quantity of laudanum
with intent to commit suicide.

Police Constable 229 M said that about twelve o'clock
on Saturday night he was on duty in the Borough,
and while proceeding from Wellington-street to the
Borough Market he perceived the prisoner lying on the
steps apparently asleep. He endeavoured to rouse her
up, but she was quite insensible. He immediately pro-
cured assistance and conveyed her to the station-house,
when she partially recovered before the fire, and in a
faint voice said she was dying as she had taken poison.
By direction of the Inspector on duty he conveyed her
to St. Thomas's Hospital, where the stomach pump was
used and a large quantity of laudanum ejected from the
stomach. She was extremely ill afterwards, and had
remained in the hospital until yesterday when he went
and took her into custody.
Mr. Combo asked the prisoner what was the cause of
her attempting to destroy herself ? _ _

She replied that she had been entirely deserted by her
friends, and had no home to go to ; in fact distress
drove her to commit the act.

Mr. Combo asked her whether she bad any relations
in London I

She replied that she had not, and she bad no one to
help her.
Mr. Combo asked the constable whether he had ascer-
tained anything about her ?
The constable said that he had had no opportunity of
finding anything• about her, as she refused to give any
information respecting herself.
Mr. Combe asked whether he knew where she got the
laudanum ?

The constable replied that he did not, as she had not
a farthing about her. From her manner, he believed
slie was not in her right senses.
- Mr. Combe remanded her to Horsemonger-lane Gaol
for a week, where she would be attended by a medical
gentleman, who would be able to ascertain her real state
of mind. In the meantime the constable would be able
to make some inquiries about her.

THAMES. ,
SHAMEFUL ROBBERY OF 'A SAILOR.—Two well•known
and desperate female thieves who are well known to the
police, and who gave theirnames Caroline Layton and
Mary Bearis, were brought before Mr. Ingham charged
with stealing a silver watch, a hat, two silk handker-
chiefs, and some money, from the person of John Irwin,
a mariner, who will leave England on a long voyage to-
morrow.

The prisoners have been respectively in custody for
plundering outward bound seamen, relying on the im-
possibility of their victims remaining on shore to prose-
cute. On Monday night the prosecutor fell in with the
prisoners in Shadwell, and they fastened themselves
upon him, and asked him to treat them. He took them
to a public-house, at the corner of King Davillane,
Shad well, and gave them liquor, and they afterwards
enticed him to a house in 131 negate-fields, Shadwell.
Being overpowered with fatigue and the liquor he had
drunk be lay down on a bed, and Beavis immediately
took his hat, which contained two silk handkerchiefs,
and left the room. He was about to follow when Layton
assured him that her companion was only joking and
would soon return. Soon afterwards Layton contrived
to detach his silver watch from the guard to which it was
attached and half opened the room door. The prosecu-
tor hived out of bed, and Layton rushed out of the
room. The seaman was unable to follow ber, and she,
got away with the watch. The sailor dressed himself
and left the house as early as possible, and procured the
assistance of Pulice-Sergeant Willoughby, 22 K, who re-
turned to the house, but was unable to meet with the pri-
soners. Last night the Sergeant again went to the house
and found both prisoners in the room where the robbery
was committed. The sailor at once identified thew.
Nothing was found upon them.
The prisoners denied all knowledge of the prosecutor
and the robbery, and said there were two other women
in the house who could prove they were not at home on
Monday night.
Willoughby—l directed the two women to attend, and
they have not done so.
Mr. Ingham directed the police to inquire after the
prosecutor's watch, and remanded the prisoners until
to-morrow week.
Irwin—l shall sail to-morrow, sir, for Balaklava, and
cannot attend.
Mr. Ingham—Very well ; if you are not here next
week I must discharge these women. Leave your ad-
dress and the description of the watch with the police,
and they will endeavour to find it for you.
Willoughby—The house where the robbery was com-
mitted, in Bluegate-fields, is a most infamous brothel.
Three other sailors were robbed there on Monday night,
and another was plundered of aim. in the same house
last night.
MARKET NEWS.—(This Day).

ST. PANCRAS BURIAL BOARD.

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Yesterday, at a meeting of the parochial authorities of
St. Pancras—B. J. E. Wright, Ebq., in the chair—Mr.
Ferrer, senior churchwardt m, called the attentien of the
board to a rumour that wirer) a poor woman, named
Knight, went to the Finohlley Cemetery t.-) see ber child
interred a few days ago, 'there was no grave prepared
for it.

In reply to questions put to Mr. C. Greene, the clerk
to the burial boarl, that off wial 'stated tbat due notice
had been sent to Mr. Kissic k, the superintendent of the
ground, to prepare the grateen3 necessary.
The undertaker, upon be ing called before the board,
stated that upon the hear ieJs arriving at the cemetery
with eight adults and six Dr seven children, there was
or), one grave dug. TL e consequence was that the
poor woman Knight d:d no( see her child buried. There
were several others lef; on the ground until graves could
be dug hr thew.
The Churchwarden (Fa rrer) said that such gross
neglect was very disgraceful. It was really heartrend-
ing ; here was a poor wocr►a n most anxious to pay the
last tribute of affection to a beloved child, and she was
prevented doing so by the most culpable, neglect. It
was no wonder that the ce'lletery did not answer, it this
was a specimen of the man ver in which the burial board
conducted their business. This was not the first com-
plaint of the sort which 1,41 d been made, and it really
became the duty of the dire etors to see that more respect
was paid to the remains of the poor. He was sorry to
say that it was also true the tit the bereaved woman, who
bore an excellent character,, fell from the hearse on her
return, and sustained a sev we injury on her head.
It was ultimately resolv ed to refer the matter to the
burial board, Mr. Wellby, one of its members, under-
taking that the matter she old be immediately inquired
into.