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London, England, 1862-06-11 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—June 10.

(Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant Judge.)
Henry Baker and John Morris were indicted for
being found by night, without lawful excuse, in the
possession of a centrebit, a crowbar, and other
implements used in housebreaking.
It appeared that on the night of the 30th of May,
the prisoners were in Welbeck-street, lurking about
some premises, to which a skylight was attached,
and being known thieves were watched by Sergeant
AV •
hite, D, who apprehended
them, and found in
their possession a complete set of housebreaking
t"lrituratents, including a centrebit in the shape of a
side, by avishc.rew in the middle, and cutters on each
s h utter eld;01 a piece could be cut out of a door or
to the shouirtly largo to admit a man's arm up
They wete"i
being well-known guilty, and sentenced, both
I,enaniand convicted thieves, Baker to
three years
servitude, and Morris to two
years' hard labour.
Robert Yelden, 37,
Charles Glass, 45, horse-
k epers,:were indicotfeatlec;stealing 2 sacks of horse
corn, the property
London General Omnibus '
Company.
Mr. hemp prosecuted, i
Mr. It-ibnattru--etd by Mr. Beard,
for the company ;
defended Yelden.
The other prisoner was undefended.
The prisoner Yelden was in the employment of
the London General Omnibus Compa.n
'was a cabman having stables at a mavc,:nd Glass
company: aad by the
From the evidence it appeared that the prisr,
ner
Yelden was seen to go into a stable occupied
Glass's master. The two came out together, anYd
went over to the company's stables, from which
Yelden presently came out, Glass following
with a sack of corn upon his back, but observing
that they were watched, Yelden said to Glass " Go
back, go, Glass then returned with the sack to
the stable, and on the stable of Glass's master being
searched, a quantity of corn was found which was
identified as the property of the company, and had
been taken from their premises.
Both prisoners were found guilty and sentenced
—Yelden to four and Glass to three months' hard
labour.
Henry Pollard, 25, clerk, was convicted of felo-
niously embezzling money received by him from
the servants of Sir Henry Holland, on account of
Messrs. Miller, wax chandlers, of 179, Piccadilly,
and sentenced to nine months' hard labour.
Mary Ann White, 34, pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment charging her with having stolen property of
the value of £2OO from her mistress, a lady named
Julia Eleanor Rogers, residing in Montagu•square.
Mr. Taylor, for the prosecution, said the prisoner
4,77. in the service of the prosecutrix in a confiden-
tial capacity Her mistress was much out of town,
and left the *phrisoner in sole charge of her house.
The prisoner ad been in the lady's service many
years, and in
at factßainscombei was born in a cottage on an estate
large portion oi Wiltshire,n belonging to her, A
was ordered'to be j property which had been pawned
gu-d,veet.. up.
The Assistant
months'aid it was a very-bad case,
and sentenced her togy:
hard labour.
Thomas Horne, 30, Was indicted
for stealing three
sheets and other articles and antel.lo U for £l4, the
prosee
property of Martha Alurel.
Mr. Ribton was for the
Mr. F. IL Lewis n.tion, the prisoner
was defended by.
In this case the prosecutrix, who lived in Lizard.
street, St. Luke's, said she had kept company with
the prisoner, a shoemaker, under promise of mar-
riage. She became pregnant by him while she was'

In service. [n 1860 her sister died in the country)
leaving her all her linen and apparel, She, accom-
panied by the prisoner, went to Harlston' in Nor-
folk, to fetch the things, which he assisted in pack-
ing up, and the package was sent to London, They
returned, and she went back to her situation. The
packages were taken from the station by the pri-
soner to 190, Church street, from there he removed
them to his own place, 5, Lee-street, Kingsland-
road. At different times she lent him money,
amounting in all to about £l4, and he gave her an
I 0 U for it, and she put it in one of her boxes then
in his possession. The prisoner, she found out, was
preparing to emigrate to New Zealand ; and when
she sent a person for the boxes he demanded £1 16s
for warehousing them, and refused to allow them to
be seen until that sum was paid him, He was given
in charge, and remanded, and among his luggage on
board the ship he was about to sail in the officer
found the article he was now charged with stealing.
The prisoner got her into the Lying-in Hospital as
a married woman, by means of a certificate he
bought of a woman who had got it from another,
and he had the child registered Thos. endle Horne.
The prosecutor was examined at great length,
and some letters and papers were put in, one of
which purported to be a solemn declaration signed
by her that she had no claim whatever in any way
upon the prisoner, and that she would never make
any under any circumstances. The signature to this
she declared to be a forgery, and it was compared
with a real one of hers. She swore most positively
that she never signed the paper resigning her claim
to the money lent on the I 0 U. " Was it likely,"
she asked. The child she had by the prisoner was
not the first she had had, but the prisoner was well
aware of that when they engaged to be married,
and his mother sanctioned the continuance of the
acquaintance.

The counsel on each side addressed the jury.
Mr. Lewis said it was a got-up thing, that the
discharge was bona fide ; and that it was only when
he found that he had been deceived by a wily, art-
ful woman that he left her, having found out that
she had had a child before. The papers were put in.
Mr. Ribton, in a very able address, condemned,
in the strongest possible terms, the conduct of the
prisoner, who he said seduced this young woman
from her situation, and to whom she had borne a
child, which he registered in a wrong name ; he
had robbed her of her money and her few things,
and then sought to sneak out of the country, aban-
doning her and her child, like a mean despicable
wretch, and then attempted to defame her character,
and imputed perjury to her.
The learned judge slimmed up with great care,
and at some length, and

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Sentence was deferred.

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
George Pearman, 44, a chimney sweep, was in-
dicted for stealing a sweeping machine, the pro-
perty of the Patent Ramoneur Company, South-
ampton-street, Strand.
Mr. Orridge prosecuted.
The evidence clearly proved the charge. It was
stated that nothing could be ascertained of him,
and there was some doubt as to his sanity.
The prisoner, whose manner appeared strange,
read his defence as follows :—I purchased part of the
man's china. The rest was given to me to sell or
take care of, but the person was a stranger to me
that I received them of. I wish to inform the Court
that I wds a soldier in the East India Company's
service, 20 years and 7 months, and never had I a
charge of theft made against my name. They
offered me a pension on leaving the service, but I
refused to accept of the same, but did not state my
reasons for so doing. My proper name is G. Ber-
man, but was in the army in the name of Pearman,
therefore I must go on in that name until I get a
pension and other moneys I am entitled to. I must
also inform the Court that I am an incarnate person
in spirit. After some allusion to a part of "the
Jewish rites," he stated that he believed he was re-
generated every six years. He had to be regene-
rated once more, and then something would take
place on the earth. " I can converse with the in-
visible world at all times. I can touch, see, and
converse with the angels of the world. I could
acquaint you with a great deal, but you would not
like to have it on your mind what I might divulge.
I,lam only a poor man on earth, but rich in another
place. I have only what I stand upright in, and
have often been starving for want of employment;
so, gentlemen, if I am to be punished for this charge
that has been preferred against me, I hope I shall
be sent out of the country, and the money the Go-
vernment owes me will pay the expenses. 1 was a
climbing boy and journeyman 12 years before I
went to India."

The learned Judge said he should postpone the
sentence, in order that inquiry might, be made as
to the prisoner's state of mind, and who he was.
The matter would be attended to by Dr. Smiles,
the surgeon to the prison.
Two prisoners, named Joseph Young and Charles
Henry Claremont, were indicted for stealing a purse,
containing silver money, from the person of a lady
in Regent-street, in a mob that had collected to see
the Japanese Ambassadors.
They were detected by Sergeant Cole, of the C
division, who saw the purse taken by one and
passed to the other, in whose pocket it was found.
The officer had been watching them for some time.
The prisoner was found guilty.
Several officers proved that they were well-
known thieves, and had been watched for some time
passing in and out of crowds of persons in the
public thoroughfares.
The learned Judge sentenced each of them to four
years' penal servitude, remarking that the Court had
no alternative but to act with severity towards
those who carried on a regular system of plunder
upon the public in the streets.
One of the prisoners said he wished to observe to
his lordship that he had been denied at the House
of Detention the means of preparing his defence till
Sunday last, being refused pen, ink, and paper by
the governor.
Mr. Payne asked how that was.
The prisoner said he wanted to write his defence,
and he applied for it, and was told that he could if
he chose, if his friends brought him the paper. That
was on Friday, and his wife at his request brought
him on Saturday paper, and he then asked for ink
and a pen. The officer then told him he could not
hays that without an order from the governor. The
officer said he could not give it without it, as that
was the direction, and he did not get it on the Sa-
turday in consequence. On Sunday he spoke to the
chief officer about it, and he allowed him pen and
ink, but as they had to attend Divine service twice
on the Sabbath, he had not sufficient time to write
his defence properly.

Mr. Payne said ft would be a matter for inquiry
whether the prisoner had been so prevented from
preparing his defence by being refused the use of
paper,
.pen, and ink; at present they had only to
deal with the case itself.

The Governor being sent for, the learned Judge
read the prisoner's statement to him. He said the
prisoner got paper from his wife, and was then re-
fused pen and ink, though he applied for it. These
things were not pleasant, as other instances had
occurred.

The Governor said the prisoners were not allowed
pen and ink in the cells, and he was acting under
orders. He was not responsible for what the officers
said to a prisoner, had he applied to him he would
have been supplied. He was not out of the prison
at all on Friday, and he could have seen him by
asking on Saturday.
The prisoner said the officer who refused him was
then in the dock, and he did apply to see the go-
vernor.

1,4 v. Payne—ls that so, officer ?
The officer said he told the prisoner he could not
have the pen and ink without the order of the
governor, but the prisoner did not ask to see the
governor,air. pal,
rale vas " Ee
said he could not say whether the
him that
.rjght or not, but it appeared strange to
out his defence, pen
atuh,4l county could not provide a bit of paper
and
teuek for the use of a prisoner to make
and detained. , when he was simply under charge
thing. it was a miserable peddling sort of
The Governor Bald heansw 'wished to state publicly
isfraashle for what the officer
that he was not
m,re, or he (the gover-
said. No application
gover-
nor) could have been seen,
of pen and
ink was a matter of course wheniesupply
supplied the paper. the friends had
not is lied 8u p and in
k
`jr. Payne—But here the paper •
the Saturday, and the man does
until Sunday. The officer says he totdpen
the
could not give it without the governor's order. in" he
Sunday he applies to the chief officer andet On
I don't think a man presumed to be inneeenc gets it-
should
be refused the means of writing.
The governor repeated that he was not respon-
sible for anything the offi.ler might say.
The officer said he told the prisoner that he must
have the governor's order for the pen and ink, and
not that he could not see the governor.
A juryman said. this was the third instance this
session.
Mr. Payne said he would speak to the learned
Assistant• Judge, and the matter would be inquired
into.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 10.

LAMBETH.—Tut CAITAIN AND THE ORGAN
GRINDER.-Wm. Dundas) on half-pay, residing at
8, Princess-terrace, King Edward-street, Westmin-
ster-road, was charged before Mr. Elliott with vio
lently assaulting, with intent to do him grievous
bodily harm, Francisco Eschio, an organ-grinder.
The complainant said that on that morning, be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock, while playing his organ, he
received three or four severe blows on his head with
a stick, one of which had cut his hat through, and
caused a wound on the top of his head, but he could
not point.out the person who struck him.
' Mr. Eli2abeth Hamlin),a lady residing nett door
to the prisoner) Captain Dundas, said she had been
in the habit of giving the poor Italian organ-players
a few pence, but since she had discovered that the
captain, her neighbour, did not like it, she discon-
tinued doing se, On that morning, while upstairs,
she heard an organ playing five or six houses be-
yond the prisoner's, and in a few minutes saw
Captain Dundas strike complainant on the head
several violent blows with what seemed to her to be
the thick end of a hunting-whip. The complainant
would have fallen if some persons had not come to
his assistance, and she (witness) called out to pri-
soner and said, " I'm surprised at your hitting a
poor man like that ;" but he made her no reply.
In cross-examination the witness said that in her
opinion the man did not play more than five minutes;
certainly not ten minutes, and she did not see any
one go to warn him off.
Two other respectable witnesses corroborated the
greater portion of the testimony of the last witness,
and one of them added, that seeing the complainant
bleed profusely from what appeared to her to be a
deep wound on the top of his head, she took him
some hot water to wash away the blood.
These witnesses, in cross-examination, admitted
that the stick then in the hand of Captain Dundas
(a stoutish cane with an ivory hook to it) was the
one he had used. One of them also admitted that
sh 3 had seen a young lady point towards the com-
plainant, and heard him play one or two tunes after
that.

Police-constable Henry Morton, 63 L, said he
was at Tower-street Station on that morning, when
the complainant was brought there by one or two
persons with a wound on his head from which the
blood was still flowing; and on learning the cause,
and being told the particulars of the assault, he
went to the residence of Captain Dundas and took
him into custody. The witness added that the pri-
soner was not alone the terror of the organ grin-
ders but of his neighbours also. He was in the
habit of firing off a seven-barrelled revolver, and at
other times conducted himself in so eccentric a
manner as to quite alarm the inhabitants about him.
In defence, it was urged that Captain Dundas,
being in a weak and nervous state, sent a young
lady, his niece, to request the organ-player to
desist and go about his business; and not choosing
to do this, but on the contrary continuing his
grinding, he in a moment of irritation struck
him, and unfortunately with more force than he
had intended. He, the solicitor, should call a wit-
ness to prove the fact of the complainant having
been warned off, and his treating such warning
with indifference, and also as to defendant being in
a nervous and weak state of health : and .having
done this he hoped his worship would consider the
case one that might be settled out of court.
Mr. Elliott objected to such a course, and ob-
served that it was not to be permitted to persons to
take the law into their own hands, and commit
such outrages as cutting people's heads open with
their stick, with impunity. If the complainant had
acted improperly in persisting in playing his
organ after being requested to go away, the pri-
soner had his remedy by sending for a constable,
and having him removed or giving him into cus-
tody. Such acts of violence could not be tolerated,
and for the offence the prisoner must pay a penalty
of £5, or in default be imprisoned for one month.
The penalty was at once paid, and Capt. Dundas
set at liberty.

CL ERKENWELL. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF
STOLEN WATCHES, PINS, RINGS, &c.—Robt. Han-
son, aged 41, a respectably-attired man, who de-
scribed himself as a watch-case repairer, of 66,
Wynyatt-street; Clerkenwell, was charged before
Mr. D'Eyncourt with having in his possession 22
gold watches, 10 watch-cases, seven movements of
watches, 10 silver guards, three glasses, six watch
bows, five gold trinkets, 41 gold and other rings,
225 pins, three silver table spoons, one teaspoon,
two watch dials, sundry stones, one chronometer—
maker, Widenham, London—one pair of eat drops,
one part of a watch-case, and one parasol, supposed
to be stolen, and not giving a satisfactory account
of the same.

Mr. Lewis, jun., attended for the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence of police Sergeant
Evans, 22 G, an active officer in plain clothes, that
from information he received, he, in company with
police-constable Short, 77 G, went to the house of
the prisoner. On entering and seeing the prisoner
Evans told him that he was a constable, and that
he had information that he (the prisoner) had re-
ceived a large number of stolen gold watches on
Saturday last. The prisoner at first said that he
knew nothing of the matter, but upon the sergeant
expressing his determination to search the house
the prisoner said he would bring down all the
watches he had got. He proceeded upstairs, and
in a chest of drawers he found the 22 gold watches
produced. They were all of them without the bows,
and were broken in the same manner as is the case
with those stolen by professional pick-pockets. One
of them was a valuable small hunting watch by
Emanuels,',Hanover-square, a gold watch with open
face by Charles and Son, London ; a small gold
watch, white face, rather worn, having a crest at
back; gold watch, name on face, by F. Scherer,
London ; two other valuable gold watches had had
the plate with the name and number on, it taken
off for the purpose of having them " re-christened,"
that is having a new name and number put
on them. Evans told the prisoner that he
had no doubt but that these watches, or a
portion of them, had been stolen at Epsom races
last week, but the prisoner said he knew nothing
about where they had come from, the only thing
that he had got that had come from the races was
a parasol, and that had been given him by a lady
friend to take care of. Evans asked him if he had
any more property, and the prisoner replied in the
negative, and added, " They are all that was brought
to me on Saturday." On going down stairs the
officer found the chronometer, and en asking the
prisoner to account for it he said, " Well, it was
brought to me here by a man a few days since, but
Ido not know his name, or where he resides." In
a cupboard, amongst some rubbish, the officer found
screwed up in some old newspapers, three parcels
of gold pins in number 225, some of which were
very common. A further search was instituted,
and in other parts of the workshop were found sil-
ver watch chains, rings with the stones in, and
some with the diamonds and stones knocked out,
es well as watch works and other things, of
which the prisoner could not give a satisfactory
account. The officers then took the prisoner
into custody, and conveyed him and the property
to the Old-street Police-station, where the property
can now be seen.

Mr. Lewis said he could not at present cross-
examine the officer.

Police-Sergeant Evans asked for a remand, and
hoped the magistrate would not take bail, as he had
reason to believe that part of the property, viz., the
rings and the pins, were part of the robbery at
Camden-town. He also found 40 or 50 duplicates
relating to watches, some of them pawned as lately
as this month—five gold watches were pawned last
month.

Mr. Lewis said he could not object to a remand,
and would not at present ask for bail.

Mr. D'Eyncouit remanded the prisoner for a
week.

SOUTHWARK.—ALLEGED CONSPIRACY AND
FRAUD BY A BANKRUPT.—Mr. Charles Williams,
who until recently carried on business as a leather
factor in Weston-street, Bermondsey, but is now a
bankrupt, and Henry Balch, his clerk, were brought
before Mr. Burcham for final examination, charged
with conspiring to defraud Messrs. Barrow and
Sons, tanners and leather merchants, Grange and
Spa-roads, Bermondsey, of various sums of money.
Mr. Giffard, instructed by Messrs. Humphreys,
Son, and Morgan, appeared for the prosecution ;
Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for Williams, and Mr.
Robinson for Balch.

The court was crowded with gentlenun connected
with the leather trade.

This case has been before the magistrate several
times, and on each examination has occupied his
worship's attention for several hours, but the
short facts are as follows :—The prosecutors,
Messrs. Barrow and Sons, are - extensive leather
manufacturers in Bermondsey, and the de-
fendant Williams had for four years carried on busi-
ness as a leather factor in Weston-street, and the
acaount for
others defendant (Balch) was one of his clerks.
le ars. Barrow had for some time been in the habit
and his custom
of consigning goods to Mr, Williams for sale on a
commission of 21 per cent., and it was his duty to
such sales in the amounts effected.
Business went on smoothly between Mr. Williams
a bankrupt,
anodrsmuntil March last, when he became
latter discovered thmasuic
assignee. James Barrow was chosen one
of the trade
On examining the books the
severalh. sales had been effected
by Williams at a
Were in the handwriting
accounted for to his customers,gher price than he had
of the prisoners only.
and that those en-
trieslt was alleged that Williams had by those
defrauded 'this customers out of various sums of
w
money amounting to near £l,OOO, and as the

prosecutors believed that Balch had wilfully
assisted Williams in carrying out these frauds,
Mr. Barrow applied to this Court for
warrants, and the prisoners were appre-
hended by Holmes, 252 M, a detective officer, on
Saturday evening, the 24th ult. They were, how-
ever, bailed out on the Wednesday following. The
bankrupt's ledgers and other account books were
Fodueedi froth which it was discotered that Mr.
Williams had on many occasions sold goods for a
considerably larger amount than he had accounted
for to the consigners, although it was the rule of
the trade to account for the whole less discount and
charges. The entries of those fraudulent sales were
in the handwriting of Mr. Williams and the other
defendant, who was his clerk. The magistrate,
however, was of opinion that as the latter was only
a clerk to Mr. Williams the charge of conspiracy
could not be sustained; but he further remanded
them to see whether any more specific charge could
be brought forward.
As soon as the defendants surrendered to their

bail,
Mr. Burcham said that since the last examination
he had carefully considered all the facts in the case,
and he was still of opinion that there was not suffi-
cient evidence to prove a charge of conspiracy.
Whether Williams had been guilty of any fraudu-
lent dealings was another matter.
Mr. Giffard submitted to his worship that since
the last examination the assignees had discovered
such a vast number of frauds that it was impossible
for Balch to be ignorant of them. Both defendants'
handwriting appeared in those cases; therefore he
thought there was sufficient prima facie evidence of
conspiracy.
Mr. Burcham observed that Balch was only a
clerk to the other defendant; and although those
entries were partially in his handwriting, he might
not be cognisant of the frauds. He was of opinion
that there was not sufficient evidence to prove the
charge of conspiracy, therefore he should discharge
the prisoners.
Mr. Giffard said that as such was his worship's
opinion, without meaning any offence, he should
call on his worship to bind over the prosecutor and
witnesses in recognisances to appear at the next
sessions of the Central Criminal Court, and prefer
a bill, according to the powers vested in him by the
Act of Parliament 22 and 23 Vic., cap. 17.
Mr, Burcham said if the prosecutors wished to
adopt that course, all he had to do was to bind those
persons over in recognisancea. As far as the pri-
soners were concerned, they were discharged from
custody.
LADY PICKPOCKETS AT AN OMNIBUS STATION.
I—Elizabeth Morris and Jane French, fashionably
dressed females, were charged with stealing a purse,
containing £2 4s. 9d., and a franc, from the person
of Mrs. Emily Ann Longthorne, while in the act of
getting into an omnibus at the station near the
Alfred's Head public-house, Newington-causeway.
The prosecutrix said that on Sunday evening she
had been on a visit to a relation at Kennington, and
about ten o'clock at night she was about to get into
an omnibus at the Alfred's Head station when the
prisoner Morris stepped in front of her, and pushed
her rather rudely. There was a crowd waiting for
omnibuses, and witness was about to step on one
sidu,when she felt her purse go from her dress pocket.
She instantly put her hand down, and missing it, she
turned round and accused Morris, who was convers-
ing with the other prisoner. She indignantly
denied the charge, but on a policeman approaching
she dropped the purse, and they were both taken
into custody.
Mr. Burcham asked her if she had seen the pri-
soners speak together prior to her being robbed ?
She replied in the negative, but she had nodoubt
of their being connected, from their manner after-
wards.
In cross-examination by Mr. Edwin, witness said
that at the time there were about 20 persons trying
to get into the omnibus, but Morris was the only
person near the side where her purse was. Other
persons might have taken the purse out, but she
distinctly saw it fall at her feet. When the police
officer approached, witness at first thought her
watch was gone as well, but fortunately that was
safe.
Police constable Evans, 42 M, said he was on
duty near the Alfred's Head wine-vaults, at ten
o'clock on Sunday night, when he saw a crowd col-
lected round an omnibus, and at the same time he
heard the prosecutrix call out that she had been
robbed of her purse, and she pointed out the pri-
soner Morris, who was conversing with the other.
He seized hold of them both directly, when the purse
and contents fell on the ground.

Mr. Edwin contended that there was not suffi-
cient evidence to charge his clients with robbery.
They were there with other persons in a crowd
waiting to get into an omnibus, when the prosecu-
trix said she had been robbed, and her purse fell on
the ground. She then turned round and gave the
prisoners into custody. They instructed him to say
that they knew nothing whatever of the purse.
Mr. Burcham asked if they were known as asso-
ciates.

Scannell, a detective officer employed at the
South-Eastern Railway, said he had known Morris
as a companion of thieves for a long time, but he
did not know the other.

Evans informed his worship that he had known
both as associates for several months.

Mr. Bareham was about to commit them for trial,
when _

Mr. Edwin said that they pleaded Guilty, and
wished his worship to dispose of them at once.
Mr. Burcham said he had no doubt as to their
avocation, and ho was determined to punish all such
thieves with the utmost severity of the law. He,
therefore, sentenced each of them to six months'
hard labour in the House of Correction.

WORSHIP-STREET.—DESPERATE ATTEMPT
woman, was charged before Mr.
AT SELF-DESTRUCTION.—Sarah Emery, a neatly-
young to commit suicide by cut-
dressedcook Cooke
wi
th at t
ting her throat.
The prisoner was allowed to be seated during
the examination, and a singularly wild appearance
of the eyes denoted the necessity of a strict watch
being kept over her, although she was manifestly
weak from loss of blood, it being feared that she
would attempt to tear from her throat the surgical
bandages, a constable on each side, consequently,
held her, and Mr. Safford, the clerk, having some-
what soothed, by repeated assurances that not any
one would harm her, the following evidence was
taken :
E pps—l am a married woman, and live
at 1,
_cottages, Caroline-street, Upper Clap-
ton.T
Caroline-cottages,
Joeline
The prisoner is my sister. She has been in
service,but is not now, and lives with me. On Satur-
day night last she came home, and I observed that
her manner was very strange. On the following
day I had an interview with her late mistress, who
told me she had been obliged to part with her from
peculiarities of conduct that were alarming. Last
night (Monday) prisoner, while I was in bed, awoke
me by walking rapidly about the room. I begged
her to be composed and lie down. Soon afterwards
I heard a heavy fall, and before I could ascertain
the cause she placed one hand upon the bed, at the
same time saying faintly, "Oh, Eliza, I have cut
my throat." My husband instantly fetched Mr.
Thorpe, a medical gentleman, who was quickly in
attendance, and succeeded in bandaging the wound,
and my sister was afterwards taken into custody.
[Witness was very painfully affected while giving
this testimony, and observed, " I questioned her as
to the motive for so wicked an attempt upon her
life, but could get no answer. She has an excellent
character."]
Mr. Cook—With what was the injury inflicted P
Witness—A razor, sir, belonging to my husband,
which had been removed from a place where he had
hidden it. _ _

Mr. Cooke considered at this point that sufficient
evidence had been taken to remand the prisoner,
and that a prolonged investigation in her present
state would be dangerous.
She was, consequently, removed to the Hackney
workhouse with great care.

WANDSWORTH.—SINGULAR CASE OF CON-
TRADICTORY EVIDENCE.—Mary Lacy, a widow, re-
siding in Garret-lane, Wandsworth, who appeared
lame, and was assisted into court by her friends,
was summoned before Mr. Ingham for unlawfully
leaving a carriage on the South-Western Railway
while the train was in motion.

Mr. Crombie appeared on behalf of the company,
and Mr. Corsellis, the solicitor of Wandsworth, for
the defendant.

Some interest was attached to the case in conse-
quence of it being alleged that the defendant had
received severe injuries to her leg through the
negligence of the company's servants. The
sum-
mons has stood adjourned for some time, in the
first instance on account of the defendant not being
able to attend.
%Mr, W. K. Parker, surgeon, of Besborough-street,
Pimlico, stated that about half-past 7 o'clock on the
night of the 4th of February last he was standing
on the platform of the Wandsworth station, wait-
ing for the train to London. As the train entered
the station he selected the carriage by which he
proposed riding, and ho made for the door.
At that moment the door opened, and a female
with a child in her arms threw herself forward
and screamed. He ran to her and supported her
down to the platform. She did not fall to the ground
as he saved her from doing so. He saw her safely
seated on a form, and he then entered the carriage
and proceeded by the train. The witness also
stated that the train had not stopped when the
female opened the door of the carriage and threw
herself fbrward. He was unable to recognise the
female. _ _

•••,••• •
Two other witnesses wero examined, and they

stated that the train was in motion when the female
attempted td alight from the second class carriage.
One of the witnesses further Stated that the female
was a little upset but not hurt.
Air. Corsellis admitted the identity of his client
to prevent a further adjournment of the summons,
and said he should call two witnesses to prone that
the train had stopped, and had moved on when the
defendant attempted to alight from the carriage:
Emma Shepherd said that on the 4th of February
she was in the service of Mrs. troWn, of Cambridge
Lodge, South-field, Wandsworth. In the evening
of that day she accompanied a young person to the
station for the purpose of seeing her off by the half-
past seven o'clock train to town, The up-train and
the down train were in the station together, She
put her friend into a carriage in the fore-part of the
train, shook her by the hand and returned, and
stood in front of the train. She saw the defendant
getting out when the train moved on slightly. It
had previously stopped. The defendant hada baby
in her arms, and was getting out backwards. She
held the handle of the door with one hand and the
baby with the other. Witness belieVed her boot
caught; but she did not fall. She screamed, and
witness ran slid caught her. Just before there was
a guard's whistle, but she was unable to state from
which train it proceeded. The up-train proceeded
directly after the whistle.
Mr. Ingham inquired how long the train had
stepped before the defendant got out.
The witness said that her friend got into the car-
riage directly, and she only walked the length of
three or four carriages when she saW the defendant
getting out.
Ellen Pill said she remembered the 4th of Feb-
ruary, from her having left Mrs. Brown's service
on the day before. She went to Mrs. Brown's house
on the 4th, and the witness Shepherd accompanied
her to the station. The train had stopped before
she entered the carriage. She always made it a
practice never to get into a carriage before a train
had stopped. She was certain the train had quite
stopped. She did not hear any scream.
This being the case on both sides,
Mr. Ingham said he was called upon to convict.
He never did convict unless it was upon conclusive
evidence. In this case there was considerable con-
tradiction in the evidence, and he should simply
discharge the summons, without expressing any
opinion as to manner in which the accident had
happened.