The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-06 00:00:00

The State of Bethnal-Green.—Alleged

Defamation on the Parish.
Last night, at the weekly meeting of the board
of guardians of the parish of Bethnal-green, in the
board-room, Waterloo-road, Victoria Park, the fol-
lowing proceedings took place with reference to the
recent disclosures as to the state of the
district.
Mr. Collins occupied the chair.
Mr. COLLINS (addressing Dr. Moore, who bad
given evidence on the inquest)—Dr. Moore, Mrs.
Ward, the mother of the child on whom the inquest
was held in Hollybush- place, complains that though
you attended her child nine days you refused to
give a :certificate of death. The board wishes to
know why you refused.
Dr. MoonE—Because I was not satisfied as to
the cause of death, and I wished to have an inves-
tigation into the case.
Mr. COLLINS asked what was the first entry in
the book as to the illness of the child.
Dr. MOORE said dentition with regard to the
youngest child, and there was debility in the case
of the other child. But children did not
usually die
of teething. That child died from the impure
atmosphere. There was no specific disease. He
never asked the coroner's officer to get up the case.
He went to the coroner and told him the facts. The
coroner said that if the cause of death was not clear
a post-mortem examination should be made.
Mr. COLLINS—WouId it not have been more
satisfactory if you had had another medical man
with you upon the post-mortem examination ? The
verdict of the jury was given on your unsupported
testimony and without the jury visiting
the pre-
mises for themselves.

Dr. MOORE—I would have wished to get one,
but I was qualified to make the plst.martern exami-
nation myself. But I had no time to get a doctor
—the body was decomposing.
Mr. COLLINS—Don't tell the board that, doctor.
You had time to run about to the Fountain Tavern
and to the London Hospital after the coroner.
Dr. MOORE said he was always glad to have.
assistance, but he was not bound to get it.
The report of the doctor's evidence before the
coroner w®s read ; and Dr. Moore said there
that
were some verbal inaccuracies—it was Principally

correct.
Dr. Mooiu said that he had attended the children
of Butterfield and the Mandrells in Hollybush-
place. He said before the coroner that the children
had died from similar causes as the child of the
Wards. Dr. Brotherton attended for him at times,
and he gave a certificate that the child of the Bat-
terfields, eleven days old, died front
asphyxia. Dr.
Brotherton thought that the death
Was from blood-
poisoning ; but he gave a certificate
of asphyxia,
which was a term that involved poisoning from
impure air, &c. He (Dr. Moore) gave a certificate
in the case of the Mandrells' children, because there
had originally been a disease,
scarlatina. Scarla-
tina was a disease that can be generated sponta-
neously by foal air, and then
propagated by con.

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tagion.
Mr. ComaNs—You stated before the coroner
that the children died from blood-P oisoning, and we
certificates wish to show from your own
died from other causes. ificates that they
Dr. MOORE said that he believed that all the
children had been affected by the same influence,
but he was clear that the children died from poisons
sanitary
from the foul atmosphere.
Mr. eouNn
sit—arYyouinshpaeve, statedand that you were
that owing to
your troublesome reports you were dismissed.
When were you appointed ?
Dr. MooRE said that he had be en directed by
the board to examine and report on the state of
nuisances, &c., in the parish. He and his colleague
did so, but the result was that before Dr. Pierce
etor
appointed
was elected to the paid office the board put forward
an advertisement expressly excluding every gentle-
man that held an appointment under the board from
the post. That was a virtual dismissal, and several
members of the board told him that the object was
to shut out all those doctors whose reports were
troublesome, and who were running about " stink
hunting" in the parish.
Several members denied that such an advertise-
ment had been published, but Dr. Moore was posi-
tive on the point.
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Dr. PIERCE said that in justice to Dr. Moore he
wished to state that he had heard in 1856 that no
one who then held the position of sanitary inspector
should hold the paid appointment.
The Wards, the Mandrells, and the Butterfields
were then called in with a view to show that the
deaths were from scarlatina, or other natural disease,
and also apparently to show that Dr. Moore had
been guilty of''
B rotherton neglecting his patients," because Dr.
9 who had frequently attended in his
absence, was not his legally-appointed deputy.
The man WARD said that Mr. Englehart, one of
the board, had come down to his room and behaved
in an impertinent and overbearing manner. He said
that the place was a beautiful one, that the view
was like Finsbury-square, and that he would not
take a lie from any one.
Mr. ENGLEHART said that he only said he would
not be misled by any one. He was certainly sur-
prised when he looked out and saw the flowers in
gardens round about.
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WARD said the nuisances were in another direc-
stipoeue,tearndvitshiteeyd wtheerepslaheoec.king. No Government in-
Mr. PEREIRA asked why he remained in the
place. If he (Mr. Pereira) found his family's lives
endangered he should consider it would be man-
slaughter if he did not move.
WARD said that he was a shoemaker, and could
not easily get a place.
Dr. PIERCE, medical officer of health, said that
many places were worse than Hollyhush-place.
There were only 50 cows in the cowshed, not 66.
The distance from the shed to the houses was 18
yards, not 8. He had directed some alterations to
be made. Each person in Hollybush-place had 250
feet of air; children and all.
Mr. GOODWIN, vice-chairman, complained that
the parish had been maligned, and that Dr. Moore
was at the bottom of it.

Mr. AUSTIN, landlord of Hollybush-place, said
that misstatements had been made about his pro-
perty. He admitted, however, that some of the
closets were not trapped; the drains were, and he

was now repairing the place. The place was not
very clean, but it was not very bad.
After some further discussion the meeting was
adjourned.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Oct. 5,

(Before the Assistant-Judge.)

The October general quarter sessions of the peace for the
county of M iddlesex commenced this morning, at the Ses-
sions House, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, the
Assistant-Judge, and a bench of magistrates.
The calendar contains the names of 73 prisoners com-
mitted for trial, 64 being indicted for felony, and 9 for mis-
demeanour. _ .

The grand jury having been sworn, the Assistant-Judge
briefly addressed them on the nature of their duties.
John Bailey, 27, gardener, was indicted for stealing 23
brooches, and other articles, value £B, the property of James
Bradfield Millard.

The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. E. T. Smith, the
proprietor of Cremorne Garden, as gasman, and at a quarter
to 4 o'clock on the morning of the 19th of September police-
constable Mayhew, 319 V, who was on duty in the gardens,
saw the prisoner passing a glove-shop which is in the gar-
dens. The hinges of the door leading to the shop had been
unscrewed, and shortly afterwards, on pulling the door
aside, he found the prisoner inside the shop. Ho said to
him, "Hallo, what are you doing there ?" and he said it
was all right, and seeing the door unfastened he had gone in
there to lie down. The policeman said he knew they did
not allow persons to lie down there, and that he must tell
him a better tale than that. The policeman then wanted to
know what he had got in his pocket, and he said it was all
right. The policeman said it was not all right, and that he
must go with him to the station-house, upon which the pri-
soner struck him a blow in the face. He laid hold of the
prisoner by the neckerchief and collar. The prisoner had a
knife in his hand, and having seized the policeman by the
hair he kept "jobbing" at him with the knife,and they were
up and down struggling together for about 20 minutes. The
policeman received several cuts and SCI atches about the face
and hands, While they were struggling together the pri-
soner cut his neckerchief through with hie knife,and having
succeeded in throwing the policeman to the ground,got away
and contrived to escape out of the gardens. Tne pullueumu
pursued him ; but he was stopped by another police-constable
about 150 yards from the gardens. The prisoner was taken
to the station-house, and, being searched there, brooches,
bracelets, pins, and other jewellery were found in the pri-
soner's pockets. The property belonged to Mr. Millard, of
No. 2, Piccadilly, dealer in French gloves and fancy articles,
and he had also a stand for such things in Cremorne-
gardens.

The prisoner pleaded guilty to the indictment, and begged
the compassion of the Court for the sake of his wife and
family, who would be altogether without support while he
was in gaol, and this would be a severe lesson to him for
the rest of his life.

The Assistant-Judge said ho did not sit there to provide
for his wife and family, and the prisoner himself ought to
have thought of them before he made up his mind to rob
his master.

The police-constable Mayhew said the prisoner struggled
very violently with him, and kept continually jobbing at
him with the knife he held in his hand. He was quite
sober at the time.

The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for six months.
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Henry Platt, 39, porter, and Henry Darcy, 24, porter,
were indicted for stealing a bronze figure of the E aaperor
Napoleon 1., value £l5, the property of Geo. Attenborough.
Mr. Platt prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton appeared for Platt,
and the other prisoner was undefended.

The prosecutor, a dealer in curiosities, living at No. 72,
Strand, missed from his stock on the 29th of August last a
bronze figure of the Emperor Napoleon 1., and upon in-
quiries found that the last time it was seen on the premises
was on the 20th of August. He wrote a description of it
and sent it round to the police and pawnbrokers. A few
hours after the publication of it he received an intimation
that it had been pledged with Mr. Aldous, a pawnbroker,
of Berwick-street, Soho. The figure was taken from a
gutter on the roof of the house, where it had been placed
for the purpose of improving its appearance, and was of the
value of £l5.
Enoch Cook, police-sergeant 7 C, proved that on Sept. 21
he was called to the shop of Mr. Aldous to take the prisoner
Platt into custody, and he said he was one of the men who
had pledged the figure of the Emperor Napoleon, and that
the other man's name was Darcy. On the evening of the
21st ult. he went to 71, Strand, and saw the prisoner Darcy.
Witness told him that he was a police-sergeant, and asked
him if he knew anything about a bronze figure, and he said
that he did. Witness told him that he should take him into
custody, and anything ho said might be used against him.
He then stated that he went to Platt and told him that there
was a bronze figure on the roof of a house, and he thought
they could sell or dispose of it. Platt went with him to look
at it, and when he got to the door of 71, Strand, he said he
would not allow Platt to go upstairs, and so he fetched it
down himself.
Both prisoners were found Guilty.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced them to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for four months.
Thos. Cornell, 35, Thos. Tebboth, 35, and Chas. Salloes,
18, were indicted for stealing three tons of rags, value £65,
the property of Messrs. Dickinson and Co., papermakers, of
the Old Bailey.
Mr. Metcalfe (instructed by Mr. T. Beard) prosecuted.
The prisoners were undefended.
Thos. Jones, a police-constable, 274 D, said about a quar-
ter past nine o'clock on the night of Sept. 9 he saw the three
prisoners together in the Harrow-road. Tebboth was draw-
ing a truck, and Cornell and Salloes were pushing behind.
In the truck were two bags of rags, and having his sus-
picions he saw an officer who was in uniform, and told
him to follow him. He saw the prisoners in the Harrow-
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road, near to the Paddington Vestry-hall, and they were
going towards town over the railway bridge. When the
prisoners saw witness speak to a police-constable, Cornell
and Salloes ran away, and he took febboth. In the truck
were two bags of rags weighing about 4 cwt., and he had
shown them to Mr. Cole, the foreman of Messrs. Dickin-
son and Co., who identified them as having been stolen from
their stores. He asked Tebboth where he got the rags from,

and he said he was called by the other men to assist to bring
tbem from the towing-path, but hedid not know where they
were going to. The two other men who were with Tebboth
he had seen on the previous Thursday with a truck in which
were three bags of rags, and having some suspicion he called
the attention of a police-constable to them, and told him to
watch them. On that occasion they went towards Maida-
hill. On the morning of the Bth witness went to the place
and found an entry had been effected under the door, and
that then access had been gained to the place where the rags
were. He took Salloes on the following Thursday, and on
telling him the charge, he said, " 1 expected it. I'll go
quietly."
Mr. Cole, foreman to Messrs. Dickinson and Co., said on
the police-constable coming to him he went to the station-
house and saw two bags of rags there. They were part of
their stores at No. 16 Wharf, at Paddington. He went to
the place on the following day, and missed three or four
tons of rags, in 40 or 60 bundles, and they were worth about
£65. He found a box of inciters and a piece of candle in the
loft, which had not been left there by any one belonging to
the premises, as there was no use whatever for them.
Charles Brooks said his father kept a shop near the Har-
row-road, and he knew the prisoner Salloes hired a truck
two or three times a week. The truck was the same one
that bad been stopped by the officer.

The jury found all the prisoners guilty.
A previous conviction was proved against Salloes.
The AEsistant-Judge sentenced Salloes to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for 18 months, and Cornell and
Tebboth to 12 months each.

(Before Mr. Payne.)
William John Cumming, 48, surgeon, of superior educa-
tion, was charged with stealing a printed book, the property
of Wm. nuary 2mith and another.

The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner
was undefended.
Mr. Poland, in his opening address, said this was a prose-
cution by Messrs Smith, the well known railway booksellers,
and the prisoner was charged with stealing one of their books
under circumstances which he would mention to the jury.
The prosecutor kept a book-stall at the Great Northern
Railway Station, and the stall in question was kept by a per-
son of the name of French. On the day in question he
(French) had noticed the defendant about the station and
close to the stall. From the suspicious manner of the pri-
soner a detective officer was requested to watch, and in con-
sequence of such instructions he watched the prisoner, and
observed him make an attempt to reach a book from the
stall. He afterwards walked away a little distance, the de
tectivo having observed him remove a book from the stall,
The prisoner walked through the booking-office and was
making his way into the street. The detective then went
up to him and asked him for the book, to which he replied,
"I have not got it," and on being searched a book called the
"Alpine Guide" was found upon him. He was taken into
the superintendent's office, and the stall-keeper, having
heard of his apprehension, gave him into custody.
Josiah Thorogood said he was a constable stationed at the
Great Northern Railway Station. About half-past three on
the afternoon of Saturday, the 12th September, he saw the
prisoner on the downside of the platform at the King's-cross
Station, and watched him closely. The prisoner put his
hand twice towards a book on the stall, which was covered,
and drew it back as if conscious that some one was looking
at him. He went round the booking-office and came back
again. Ile put his hand on some books which were on the
stall, and the one produced was standing up in the rack.
The prisoner took the book, and afterwards concealed it
under his coat. He walked through the booking-office and
was making his way out of the station when witness spoke
to the keeper of the stall, and the prisoner was shortly
afterwards apprehended. When stopped he (Thorogood)
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said to him, " I shall charge you with stealing a book."
The prisoner replied " I've no book."
Witness put his
hand into the prisoner's pocket and took the book in ques-
tion from it, the prisoner remarking " I only took it to
renad' He
hise was
explanation told he w would
there.On have
he police-office
d give
plat-
form the prisoner said," Having:got your book, pray let me
go." He told witness that he lived at a coffee-house close

by. He (Thorogood) . went there and examined the house,
but no money was found, only some letters.
Wm. Seymour French said he lived at No. 46, Liverpool-
street, King's-cross, and was a cleik at Messrs. Smith and
Son's book stall, at the King's-cross Station, and on the
morning in question the witness Thorogood spoke to him,
and they both went into the booking office. The detective
and the prisoner were a little distance past the first-class
waiting room in the booking office. The prisoner, when
charged with the robbery, said, " Oh,what nonsense; I was
going to read it." That book was the only one in stock.
The prisoner, when celled upon for his defence, said on
the day in question while at the station, in front of the stall,
having been to the railway to see a friend off, he observed
the book called the Alpine Guide, and some time ago having
had a book of a similar description, he wished to ascertain
whether it was the same or another edition. He took the
book from the stall, and while examining it the detective
came up and seized him by the collar, charging him with
stealing the book, of which charge ho was entirely innocent.
He Ithe prisoner) wished, if the book had been a new work,
at some future time to have purchased it. The letters which
were found on him would give him an excellent character,
and he trusted the jury would deem him a man utterly in-
capable of committing such an act. _ .

The jury, having consulted together for a few minutes,
returned a verdict of guilty.

Mr. Poland said the jury having given their verdict, ho
would state that on Nov. 12 the stall was left in the care of
a boy, Mr. French being engaged elsewhere. The prisoner
came up, and took a book off one of the shelves. He asked
the price, when the boy observed him about to place the book
in his pocket. He was asked whether he wanted to buy it.
The boy not suspecting him, owing to his being respectably
dressed, said nothing to any person.

The learned Judge then sentenced him to be imprisoned
in the House of Correction for six calendar months.

James M'Mahon, 22, labourer, was charged with unlaw-
fully and maliciously committing damage to a pane of glass,
value £l5, the property of John Thompson Gideon.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty. _ .

James Pocock said he was a barman at the Prince Albert
Tavern, Kentish-town, in the service of the prosecutor. On
the 21st of September, in the afternoon, the prisoner came
into the shop with several other ram. The prisoner was
drunk, and having been there for some short time, began
wrestling ~ ILL, ....tu........, whn was standing at the bar.
He (the prisoner) required some drink, but being riotous
was refused. A struggle ensued, and he was ejected from
the premises, and afterwards pushed his fist through a thick
pane of glass.

Roymon Bosley, police-constable 124 S, said he took the
prisoner into custody. He was drunk, and said nothing.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he had no intention to
break the window.

The jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty.
Mr. Payne, in passing sentence, said he was constantly
in the habit of remarking as to the evils arising from intem-
perance ; and here was another instance. Here was a man
who, being drunk, goes into a house and wishes to be
served with drink, and the barman, very properly, seeing
his condition, refused him, when the prisoner gave vent to his
feelings by smashing the window. It being highly desirable
that shopkeepers should be protected from these Attacks—
an act of Parliament having been framed for that special
purpose—he (Mr. Payne) trusted the sentence he was about
to pass would act both as a warning to him and to others.
The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for nine
calendar months.

Charles Roper, 19, shoemaker, was indicted for stealing a
coat, value £2, the property of James Adams.
The prosecutor is a van proprietor, and on the 30th of
August he was about leaving home for a drive. He took off
his coat and put it on a dog-cart outside the stable-door.
He went into the stable for a short time and on his return
he found that it was gone. _ _ _

Mary Ann Western, of No. 10, Ogle-mews, said the pri-
soner took a coat to her and asked the value of it, and she

told him that she thought it would fetch 10s. by daylight.
He took it away. It was the coat produced.
Alfred Hebburn, assistant to Mr. Crouch, pawnbroker, of
No. 35, Sussex street, produced a coat pawned by a female
on the 31st of August last. _

John Bell, police constable 104 E, proved receiving the
prisoner into custody on this charge. _ . .

The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and, when about to
be sentenced,
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The prisoner said he was engaged by a cab proprietor to
work in his stable, and had been in that situation for some

time, when a policeman of the C division happened to find
him out and told his master that he had had four months'
imprisonment, upon which his master immediately dis-
charged him.
Mr. Payne said he should like that fact to be ascertained,
and told Mr. Lockyar, the prison officer, to make inquiries
as to the truth of the prisoner's statement, and also to ascer-
tain his antecedents, Having conferred with the other ma-
giltrates on the bench, his lordship said that he should
defer passing sentence until next session, when he would be
brought up for judgment.