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London, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS

GERMAN Y.
The Cologne Gazette states from Presburg of the
21st ult., that some of the Rabbis have been accused
of having had money collected for the persons de-
tained at lilutaia. Their papers have been seized, ,
and an investigation instituted. The chief Rabbi,
when interrogated, declared that the money was
collected for the Jews of Jerusalem. Orders have
been given by the Government to put an end to such
collections.
A letter from Prague of the 23d ult. says, " More
lndivitduals have been just arrested. They are accused
of having taken part in the Mazzinist intrigues."
The Government of Vienna has forbidden, says the
Breslag Gazette, the exhibition of all portraits of the
leaders of the Hungarian revolution.
The German Journal of Frankfort states that the
commerce of Trieste is menaced with a new Belgian-
Turkish Steam Navigation Company. The vessels
of the new company are to serve the ports of Spain,
Portugal, the Archipelago, and Trebisond. Eight
vessels are ready to commence.

THE HUNGARL4 —EXTRAORDINARY
IMPOSTUdE AND SUDDEN DEATH.
BIUMINGIIAM, SATURDAY.—The public office this
morning was crowded with persons anxious to hear
the examination of a woman who represented herself
to be a Hungarian lady of distinction, bearing the
title of the Baroness von Beck, whose husband was
killed in the barricades of Vienna, at the time of the
Hungarian revolution ; and also of Constant Darra, a
prepossessing and accomplished young man, who
acted as the Baroness's agent and secretary, and is
connected by relationship with one of the most re-
spectable families in Hungary. The prosecution was
stated to be at the instance of an association formed
in London, of which Lord Dudley Stuart is the pre-
sident, for the protection and support of the Hungarian
refugees.
Mr. Toulmin Smith, barrister, from London, ap-
peared as counsel for the prosecution.
When the proceedings were about to commence,
and the prisoners were expected to be placed at the
bar, Mr. Stephens, the chief superintendent of police,
hurriedly entered the court, and exclaimed, " She's
dead !" The inquiry was " who ?" Mr. Stephens
replied, " the Baroness." This announcement pro-
duced a great and painful sensation. Upon leaving the
code, we found the woman lying dead upon the floor
of an ang=room. She appeared to be about 54 years
of age, awl was dressed in black silk. The court
was, as might be expected, much excited by the
dreadful occurrence. Upon inquiry we found the de-
ceased had during the morning, while in prison, cpm-
plained of serious illness, and upon her removal from
her cell up to the court was apparently much ex-
btrusted. Upon her arrival m the roomdmt which.
.she
subsequently died, she was a. ccommo a ed with a
chair, and almost instantly expired.
Constance Darra having been placed at the bar,
Mr. Smith, in a long address, proceeded to state
the case against the prisoner and his deceased com-
panion. They came to Birmingham about three
i
weeks ago, when they nstantly gained admission into
the houses of respectable families, and were most
hospitably and kindly entertained. Amongst others
of whose intimacy and friendship they availed them-
selves was Mr. George Dawson. The female repre-
sented herself as a Hungarian lady, named Baroness
von Beck. who was distinguished at Court in the
reign of , and who subsequently became
theintimate friend of Governor Kossuth. Her hus-
band had commanded in the Hungarian forces, and
was killed at the barricades in Vienna. The Baroness
had published a work professing to be a history of
her adventures, and issued a prospectus to publish
another under the title of " The Story of my Life."
Mr. Dawson was known to be deeply interested in
all that concerned the struggles in which the Hun-
garians had been engaged in defence of the laws
and liberties inherited by their fathers, and finding
that gentlemen in Liverpool and Birmingham had
entered their names as subscribers for the work which
the lady proposed to publish, he gave his name also,
and paid 11. 45., the amount of the subscription, to
the male prisoner who acted as the Baroness's agent
or secretary. The prisoner and the woman were at this
time staying at the Clarendon Hotel, but in consequence
of the interest which Mr. Dawson took in the circum-
stances of the lady, they subsequently removed, by
invitation, to the house of a gentleman residing in
Edgbaston, where they remained until the previous
night., when they were apprehended on the present
charge. Mr. Smith said he should be able to prove
that the statements made in the Baroness's published
work were fabrications—that there was no such per-
son as Baroness von Beck residing in Hungary dur-
ing the late war—that no officer of that name was
killed at the barricades—that the woman who repre-
sented herself as Baroness von Beck was nothing
more than a paid spy in the Hungarian service—and
that she was a Viennese, not a Hungarian woman.
He would produce before the court as a witness the
gentleman who acted as Home Secretary during the
governorship of Kossuth. He identified the female
as a woman of low origin, whom he had twice seen in
the ante-room of Kossuth, but who was employed by
another woman, her superior in office, as a spy during
the Hungarian war. He could alo prove, if it were
necessary, that many of those occurrences which in
her published hook were stated to be facts, were phy-
sically impossible, and that the work was a tissue of
falsehoods.

The Mayor wished to know whether Mr. Smith
could connect the prisoner with the misrepresenta-
tions to which he referred?

Mr. Smith replied that he could, and said he now
came to a very painful part of the case. He should
prove, by the production of a letter from Mr. Charles
de Soden, interpreter to the London police force, to
Madame Pulski, the lady of the late Hungarian En-
voy, that the so-called Baroness had lately been
employed as a spy by the recently established foreign
branch of the English police force, and that she re-
ceived 51. 16s. 81. to betray the Hungarian refugees.
The following is a copy of the intergreter's letter :
" My dear Madam Pulski,—ln regly to the inquiry
contained in your kind note, I beg to assure you that
the person styling herself the Baroness von Beck is the
same who, accompanied by Dr. Hemiman, offered per-
sonally her services as a spy and informer to the recently
established foreign branch of the English police force.
This I know from good authority, and I know likewise
that, for a fortnight or three weeks, she
.has obtained for
such services 51. les. ad. per week. It is also no secret
to me that the soi-disant Baroness introduced herself to
the Commissioners of Police by forwarding a letter,
written by Dr. fleraiman, and containing an enclosure
which consisted of some articles and regulations adopted
by an association of the German committee in London.
With regard to Michilozy, he himself has admitted to
me that the Baroness instigated him to the attack on
your husband, and that she defrayed all the expenses of
the subseqaent proceedings. Should it be required, I
will with much pleasure substantiate the above state-
mentr
.by the production of unexceptionable evidence.
'Trusting you will u.e your best endeavours in placing
the illiterate she impostor before the country in her true
character, I am yours, ez,c.,

" CHARLES DE SODEN."
These were among some of the main facts which would
have been adduced against the deceased woman. With
respect to the male prisoner he (Mr. Smith) believed
that he was of a good and noble family. The prisoner
had, however, throughout acted with the female, and
there could be little doubt that he was aware of her
character and misrepresentations. They had, how-
ever, no desire to press the charge severely against
him. For some years, owing to irregularities, it was
understood that he had been separated from his family.
It was hoped that the painful circumstances in which
he was now placed would operate beneficially upon his
future conduct; if so, the lesson he now received
would not he lost upon him,
Mr. G. Dawson deposed that the prisoner called
upon him at his house in Eigbaston on the 6th of
August. lie stated himself to be the friend of the
Baroness von Beck, and produced a book purporting
to be her adventures during the Hungarian war. On
the Friday following the prisoner called, in company
with the lady, whom he introduced as the Baroness.
He presented him with a proposal for the publication
of a new work. The Baroness stated that she was a
Hungarian lady, and the intimate friend of Kos_
suth. In consequence of these statements, and
the names of other gentlemen who had
become subscribers, he became 3 subscriber and
paid 11. 4s. Ha ;nvited them to meet some friends
the next day, some of whom spoke German. The
Baroness did not speak French, which he thought
rather strange fur a Court lady. On the Monday
morning
witness was informed by the prisoner that
the Baroness was ill at the Clarendon Hotel, and he
requested Mr. Crompton, the surgeon, to attend her.
r
• Crompton reported that she was very ill, and that
unless she had a change of air in all probability she
would die. having at that time no suspicion of an
„imposture, witness saw that she was well lodged and
housed in a country situation
The prisoner declined ask. ing Mr. Dawson any
questions. He saidle was licit a friend of the Baro-
ne*-0019 an acquaintance,
Mr. Tyndale, Jun., solicitor, of Edgbaston, deposed
that he first saw the prisoner, in company with the
'lr• Dawson. Several
Baroness, at the house of
other persons were present. On the Sunday morn-
ing, hearing that the Baroness was ill, he called at
the Clarendon Hotel before he went to church. In
consequence of her indisposition he invited her to his
house, to which the Baroness removed about a fort-
night ago, and had been there up to last night, who,
she was apprehended by Mr. Stephens. She fre-
quently spoke of her intimacy and friendship with
prisoner had
C(fß'',..l Kossuth with great emotion. On such occasions
re- ,---:1i-e• ears would start into her ers. The
•-"A,.,' ~, 'en at his house almost the whole of the time the
s' --.' .f7'es's'i: 'l' ''''::- ii aroness was his guest. He passed as the secretary
,--
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...,` 7.Le 41 - ;Ind agent of the Baroness. Witness had received
#, -- ' - about 15/. or 161. as subscription for a new work, and
~ 7) i :
•
I iF 'A t seventy or eighty gentlemen in addition had
, . , ised to become subscribers. Mr. Tyndale on
t://e7e,4.,e/ ecludinis his evidence stated that he had never met
. _ 0
:it 0 ark a more gentlemanly or accomplished young wan

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than the prisoner, and that nothing but a sense of
duty induced him to appear before the Court on that
occasion.
M. Paul llayvik, late Member of the Hungarian
Diet for the county of Waitzgn, and formerly Chief
Commissioner of Police for the United Kingdom of
Hungary and Transylvania, deposed that the safety of
prisoners and all civil matters were under his jurisdic-
tion and control. He recollected a woman named
Racidula, and saw her in Mr. Tyndale's house the
previous night. She was sitting in a room along with
other company, and he saw her from the garden
through an open window. She was then taken into
custody by the police. The same woman was a paid
spy in the Hungarian service. Another woman was
the chief spy, and Racidula acted in a subordinate
character. Witness had known Kossuth personally
for many years. Racidula had no intimacy with
him. He had seen her twice in an ante-room when
he was by Kossuth requested to give her and the other
woman passports in feigned names. There is a noble
family of the name of Beck in Hungary, but the de-
ceased did not belong to it. He knew all the females
of the family. She never was a friend of Kossuth ;
if she had been he must have known it. She was an
Austrian woman of low birth, extremely vulgar.
The prisoner, in his defence, stated that he became
acquainted with the Baroness on her return from
Liverpool, and that she had requested him to obtain
subscriptions for her. He ,believed her to be what
she represented herself. To him the connexion had
been unfortunate, and he was sorry that he had had
an acquaintance with such a woman. He was, how-
ever, quite innocent of any crime.
M. Hayvik said he knew the father.. and family of
the prisoner; one more honourable cad not exist in
Hungary.
The Mayor, after a few minutes' deliberation with
the other magistrates, directed that the prisoner be
discharged, and compliment Mr. Dawson, Mr. Tyn-
dale, and other gentlemen, upon the kindness of their
conduct.
Mr. Smith defended M. Pulski from any charge
which might be brought against him for not sooner
exposing the real character of the Baroness.
Mr. Dawson begged to say a few words to the
Court. It might appear strange and cruel that the
prisoner when suffering from illness (and who had
come to so awful a death) should have been removed
to a prison; but the fact was, that on Thursday
evening she danced in a waltz, and they did not con-
, ceive under such circumstances that her apprehension
would be followed by such lamentable results.
Certain papers found in the possession of the
Baroness are said to disclose a formidable conspiracy.
They are in possession of Mr. Smith the barrister.

The sittings of the August adjourned general ses-
sion of the peace were resumed this morning at the
Guildhall, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, by ad-
journment from Clerkenwell, before Mr. Sergeant
Adams, Assistant-Judge, Mr. Thompson, and Mr.
Booking. There are seventy-eigbt cases for trial,
sixty-five of them being felonies, and the others mis-
demeanors. The court was full at the hour of sit-
ting, and some interest appeared to be occasion by
the renewal of sessions in the city of Westminster.

The grand jury having been sworn,
The Learned JUDGE proceeded to deliver a length-
ened charge, respecting the nature and objects of the
new Act for the administration of criminal justice in
the county of Middlesex. The following is the con-
clusion of this charge :—The police-courts locally
situate within the city and liberty of Westminster
are those of Bow-street, Great Marlborough-street,
and Westminster ; and of the other police-courts,
those of Hammersmith and Marylebone-street are
most conveniently situated for the sessions to be there
held. It appears, upon a careful investigation of the
number of committals for trial at the Central Criminal
Court and Sessions for the year 1850, that about one-
half
of those committals are made by magistrates presi-
ding at the above -named courts, and only-half by the ma-
gistrates presiding at Clerken well, Worship-street, and
the Thames Police; and it has, therefore, been ar-
ranged by the Home-office and the police magistrates,
that the magistrates presiding at the first-mentioned
courts shall always commit the prisoners for trial at
the Guildhall, 'Westminster, and those presiding at the
other courts at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell ; by
which sensible regulation the convenience of the resi-
dents in the various districts will be provided for, and
the increase of business will produce neither increase
of expense, delay, or inconvenience in the cases of
sessions prosecutions, whilst it will evidently mate-
rially diminish them as regards the prosecutions at
the Central Criminal Court. With respect to com-
mittals from those portions of the county which do
not fall within the police district, it has not been
deemed expedient, for the present, at least, to make
any similar arrangement. The committals are not
very numerous, and the county justices acting in
those districts will, as in all other counties, exercise
their discretion in each particular case, as to the court
or sessions to which they will commit an offender.
As, however, there must be some rule for the guid-
ance of the Guvernor of the House of Detention, into
whose custody all offenders for trial at the sessions will
be committed, whether the trial is to take place at
Westminstmar Clerkenwell, it must be understood
that all perso,us who are committed for trial at the
sessions by the county justices, will be considered as
committed for trial at Clerkenwell, unless it shall ap-
pear, by an indorsement on the warrant of committal,
that the prosecutor and witnesses are bound over
to appear at Westminster. It may not also be irre-
levant here to state, for the guidance of my brother
justices acting for the county at large, that as the
expenses of prosecutions from the country districts of
necessity greatly exceed the expenses from the police
districts, especially when parties are detained in Lon-
don, because of the allowance of board and lodging,
as well as travelling expenses, and as the committals
from some of the petty sessions are now always made,
however trifling the offence, to the Central Criminal
Court, it has been thought right to take an average
of the comparative costs of trials at the two courts in
country cases for common larcenies triable at the
sessions, independent of the beforementioned general
average of costs, which includes also the police dis-
tricts. The result is as follows :—Costs of 52 cases
of common larcenies, triable at the sessions, but com-
mitted from county petty sessions to the Central
Criminal Court, between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1, 1850,
3691. 6s. 6d.; costs of 83 cases, committed from
county petty sessions for trial at the quarter sessions,
2051. 2s. Bd. ; average cost of committals to the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, 71.23. ; ditto to the quarter ses-
sion, 21. 9d. sd. I have now, gentlemen of the grand
jury, brought succinctly under your notice the new
regulations for the administration of criminal
justice within the metropolitan county, and which
I trust I may be permitted to say, although they cast
additional duties upon myself, are not unwelcome to
me, for I feel neither my brother justices nor myself
now occupy a position inferior to the judges of every
other criminal court within the United Kingdom. I
have only, in conclusion, to add, that as it is the wish
of her Majesty's Government to adopt every prac-
ticable means for lessening the inconveniences, the
delays, and expenses necessarily attendant upon the
protection of property and the prosecution of offenders,
so it is the earnest desire of the police magistrates
and my brother justices to carry their measures into
effect. For myself, allow me to say, that I enter
cheerfully upon my new duties with an honest desire
faithfully to discharge them ; and I sincerely hope
that the arrangements now promulgated will be as
welcome to the inhabitants of Westminster as I am
confident they will be to the county at large. I now
proceeed to the ordinary business of the day.
Thomas Hooton, a goldbeater, was indicted for steal-
ing 2 oz 3. 7 dwts. of gold leaf, value 101., the pro-
perty of James Seymour and another, his employers.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended
the prisoner.
The prosecutors, goldsmiths, &c., in St. Martin's-
lane, said the prisoner was, at the time the offence
was committed, in their employ as a beater. It ap-
peared that Mr. Seymour, jun., gave the prisoner
what is termed " a beating,"—a piece of ribbon gold,
which it would have been his duty to beat into 2,500
leaves ; but he went away, and absented himself for
nine days, and the gold had never since been heard
of. He had been but a short time in the employ, and
he was taken without a character.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE passed upo❑ him the sentence
of four months' hard labour, and said, he did not think
it advisable for jewellers and other tradesmen who had
to entrust valuable property to their servants, to em-
ploy persons without making full inquiry as to cha-
racter.

The prisoner, it appeared, had been in the employ
of a firm at Birmingham, and he produced a written
testimonial to character from them.

Edward Over pleaded Guilty to an indictment in
which he was charged with picking pockets at the
Exhibition.
The COURT sentenced him to nine months' hard
labour.

Henry Blaney was indicted for unlawfully and
maliciously inflicting upon John Loxton grievous
bodily harm.

M. Pullen appeared for the prosecution, which
was instituted by the Treasury.
The prosecutor was a police officer, and whilst on
duty in Orchard-street, Portman-square, he had oc-
casion to interfere with a mob of persons, chiefly
Irish, who were making a disturbance. The prisoner
attacked him in a ferocious manner, and kicked, him
with such brutality that he was necessitated to wear
a double truss, and the surgeon said he would, per-
haps, never entirely recover from the effects of the
injury so inflicted upon him.
The jury found him Guilty, and
The COURT sentenced him to nine months' hard
labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Yesterday Mary Anne Johnson, but whose real
name appears to be Sullivan, was brought up for fur-
ther examination before Alderman Sir George Carroll,
relative to the charge of cruelty, in withholding pro-
per and sufficient nourishment, and otherwise neglect-
ing her infant daughter, 14 months old, whereby life
was endangered.
It will be remembered that Mrs. Hunt stated, on
the last examination, that her attention was attracted
to the child by hearing it continually crying, in con-
sequence of which she proceeded to prisoner's room in
the same house, No. 2, Three Herring-court, when
she there found the prisoner lying on a bed of filth,
with her younger child in a state of utter exhaustion
by her side, without a morsel to eat, or a rag to cover
the poor little creature. Mrs. Hunt, shocked at the
neglect of the mother and the skeleton appearance of
the unfortunate child, notwithstanding the maudlin
expostulations of the prisoner, removed the child to
her own apartments, and after administering a small
quantity of nutritious food to support life, carried the
child to Mr. Lloyd, a surgeon, in New Basinghall-
street, who directed ber to apply to the magistrates,
and give information to the police, as from the state
the child was then in he could not be answerable for
its existence for even a fow hours.

Mr. Lloyd not being in attendance on Friday last
it was deemed expedient to remand the prisoner, in
order that that gentleman's evidence might be taken ;
and also, in the event of the child dying, that the
charge might be framed accordingly.
The former depositions were then read over, and
prisoner was asked if she wished to put any questions
to those witnesses whose evidence had been taken on
the first examination.

Prisoner—I have nothing to ask them. What Mrs.
Hunt has stated is quite false. I never neglected
either of my children, and I can assure your worship
that this is all a trumped up charge against me for the
purpose of extorting money.,
Sir G. CARROLL.-1 ou need not make that asser-
tion, as we have, besides the evidence of Mrs. Hunt,
the testimony of other witnesses as to the state in which
the child was found.
Mr. Thomas Lloyd said—l am a surgeon, practising
at No. 5, New Basioghall-street, and saw the child
for the first time on Friday morning last, when the
witness Hunt brought it to my house. I found it in
an extremely filthy and exhausted condition. Mrs.
Hunt told me it had been exceedingly neglected, and
she was at a loss to know what to do with it. I ad-
vised her to communicate the circumstances to the rm..
thorities at the police-station, and give prisoner into
custody. In my opinion the child could not hays lived
throughout the day if food had not been given to it so
opportunely as had been done by Mrs. Bunt. The

little creature appeared to have been suffering from a
serofu.lol as disease, arising from long continued neglect,
and wr oat of proper nourishment. One of its little
arms b Ad been broken, and badly united again. It was
the sin gle bone that was fractured, and therefore with
a little care might have been properly set by the
mother , Find she been capable of attending to the child's
wants. I t was such a fracture as would have united with-
out any a ssistance, but it would form a bad angle. I saw
the child again on Saturday and to-day, and the
change i n its appearance is astonishing ; it is so
improved that I should not have known it again.
There is a diseased condition of the child set up, but
whether that can be cured I cannot say.
Sir GI SORGE CARROLL (to prisoner)—Do you wish
to ask tk to surgeon any questions ? Prisoner—No,
Sir, lan x t perfectly innocent of the charge. I have
been ent apped into the court in which I live by a
gang who have combined against me, and that woman
there (p c inting to Mrs. Hunt) is one of them. My
insensibi Jity since I have lived at Ne. 2, Three Her-
ring-cou Redcross-street, is not the effect of drink-
ing, but arises from exhaustion, produced by these
parties c:o nstantly beating me.
Sir GE4 )RGE CARROLL—Mrs. Hunt could not have
been a pat ty to any combination against you, as it was
through he r means alone that your child still lives, for
you were utterly incapable of taking care of the poor
little creature.

Mr. Hill,, the beadle of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, said
since the .7.hildren have bee❑ in the workhouse in-
quiries have been made, and it has been ascertained
that she liv ed at Notting-hill for seven years, and was
a housekeeper there. During that period she paid
scot and lot:—that is, rates, taxes, &c., by which
means she gained her settlement. The two children
she has are both illegitimate. She has no husband,
but the father of the children (a merchant
in Sise-la ne) allowed her a very handsome
maintenance. About ten days ago he sent her two
sovereigns, with which she took a bed out of pledge,
and went to lodge in Three Herring-court.
Sir GEORGE CARROLL—Where were the children
born? Prisoner—The eldest was born in the parish
of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, and the other, little
Polly (the child in question), was born in St.
James's.
Sir GEORGE CARROL—This is a case of such gross
neglect that I think it a fit one for the parish officers
to take up and prosecute.
Mr. am instructed to inform your Wor•
ship that whatever the magistrate may direct, the
parish officers are most willing and anxious to do.
Prisoner•—l hope, Sir, you will hear some of my
neighbours who have expressed a wish to speak to
my character, and all that has been alleged against
me.

Sir GEORGE CARROLL—I don't think you can
bring any witness to contravene the surgeon's evi-
dence. You have accused Mrs. Hunt of leaguing
with other parties against you. I have paid parti-
cular attention to the evidence, and from what I have
seen of Mrs. Hunt, I can only say that, as the mother
of twelve children, she has done her duty in this in-
stance in a most creditable and worthy manner. Her
humanity is beyond all praise.
Prisoner—They say I have been imprisoned, Sir,
for a month, from another court, when I can so-
lemnly declare I never was in a prison in my life.
Hodges, 120, the officer who had the charge, said
that prisoner lived some time since at No. 14. Circus-
street, Bryanatone-square, when she was given into
custody for a similar offence, and she was committed
to the House of Correction for a month or six weeks,
from Marylebone Police-court.
Sir GEORGE CARROLL—I am afraid there is very
little reliance to be placed in any of the statements
you have made, and it will therefore be my duty to
commit you to Newgate, there to await your trial, on
the charge of wilfully neglecting, and omitting to
supply proper food, clothing, &c., to your child.
Prisoner here again asserted that she loved her
children, and in order to satisfy the Court and give an
example of her affection for her offspring, she stooped,
and taking up the eldest child (who, had unnoticed
crept into the dock) is her arms, commenced kissing
and bugging it in a most frantic manner.

The depositions being prepared, the, prisoner was
fully committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday Jane Sayer, a young married woman,
very respectably attired, was placed at the bar before
Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with feloniously stealing a
small piece of meat, of the value of 101 d., from the
shop of Mr. George Sutton, a butcher, at Dalston.
Mr. Hobler, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the
prisoner.

Mr. John Peach, a gentleman of property, residing
at Shacklewell, stated that on Saturday evening he
was in the prosecutor's shop, when his attention was
attracted to the prisoner, who was standing outside
in front of the shop and handling a piece of meat in
such a manner as to excite his suspicions. After
watching her actions for a short time he at length
saw her throw the end of her shawl over the meat,
under the cover of which she dexterously jerked it
either into or upon a small basket she had in her hand and
walked away with it. Witness instantly hastened after
the prisoner, whom he overtook at one of the adjoin-
ing shops, and upon charging her with stealing the
property, which was next found lying at her feet, the
prisoner earnestly protested her innocence, and de-
clared that she must have inadvertently removed it from
the board on which it had been placed by the end of
her shawl. Witness, however, called for the police,
and the prosecutor upon being apprised of the facts,
gave her into custody. Witness was in the habit of
dealing at the prosecutor's shop, but the prisoner was
an entire stranger to him, and he had never seen her
there before.

Milne, a police-constable of the N division, stated
that upon reaching the spot where the accused was
detained by the last witness, he saw the prisoner pass
her hand rapidly behind her from underneath her
shawl, and upon looking down he observed the piece
of meat lying upon the ground.
Mr. George Sutton, the prosecutor, identified the
meat in question (a small piece of lamb) as his pro-
perty, which he had seen upon a hook a short time
before, and almost immediately afterwards heard a
noise in the street, and on going out found it lying
on the ground, and the prisoner in charge of the
officer. _ _ _ _

Mr. Hobler addressed the magistrate on behalf of
the prisoner, whom he described as being connected
with a family of the highest respectability, who had
resided in the same neighbourhood for the last fifty
years, and contended that notwithstanding the appa-
rently inculpatory nature of the evidence, it was
wholly beyond credibility that a person in the pri-
soner's station should hare knowingly been guilty of
such an offence.

Mr. D EYNCOURT, however, said it was manifestly
a matter for the decision of a jury, and ordered the
prisoner to be at once committed for trial ; but upon
subsequent application that she might be admitted to
bail, consented to accept substantial sureties in 801.
for her future appearance.
HAMMERSMITH.

Eleanor Donovan and Sarah Dawson were charged
with having robbed Thomas Prendergast of 21. in
gold.
It appeared in evidence that between one and two
o'clock on Saturday night, complainant, a respectable
young man, met the two prisoners near the Feathers
public-house, High-street, Notting-hill, when they
accosted him, and asked him to give them something
to drink. He told them all the houses were closed,
but the prisoners said the Swan public-house, at the
corner of Silver-street, was open, and would serve.
At that time he had three sovereigns in his 4eft-hand
trousers pocket. Finding the Swan was not open,
he gave the prisoner Donovan threepence in copper,
which he had in another pocket, and while standing
there Donovan snatched at his gold chain round his
neck, which he resisted and secured, and at that mo-
ment seeing his left-hand trousers pocket open he
examined it and found two sovereigns gone. Being,
however, certain Donovan had something in her
mouth, he called a policeman who was near, when he
saw something fall from her mouth, which the con-
stable, on examining the ground at the spot,
found to be a sovereign. On the prisoner being
searched another sovereign was found.
The prisoner Donovan was committed for trial, and
as there was no evedence inculpating Dawson, she
was discharged.
John Thorogood, driver of one of the Exhibition
omnibuses, badge No. 2,520, was summoned for
having used abusive language while in his employ.
ment, under the following circumstances :
Dr. Louis Antonio Ritterbardt, residing at N 0.43,
Warwick-street, Golden-square, stated, on the morn-
ing of Friday last, the 29th ult., during the shower,
while standing at the corner of Swallow-street, Pic-
cadilly, he hailed the defendant's omnibus, which had
the words, "Kensington-gate" behind it, and asked
defendant his fare, which he said was 4d., on which
he got in. On arriving at the centre of the Exhibi-
tion, the vehicle stopped, and the other passengers got
out. The conductor told witness they went no farther.
He demanded to be taken to Kensington gate, which
being refused, he got out without paying the fare, and
walked on, having a patient to attend. On getting
to the Symposium he found the defendant had driven
after him, and stopped, demanding his fare or card of
address, and called a constable there to his aid, but he
refused to do either. Defendant then offered to take
him to the gate, but be declined to go in, and went
on. Defendant still followed him, and at the Vic-
toria-road defendant called him a " b—y foreigner."
Complainant then went on to the Kensington police-
station, where defendant also came, and complainant
was advised to pay the fare and summon defendant
for the abuse.
In cross-examination by Mr. Gilliam for the de-
fendant, the complainant denied having six times
sworn at defendant, or having ever before been in a
police-court.
Mr. BEADON, in deciding the case, deprecated the
course of his advocate by the putting improper ques_
tions in ems-examination, as hlr. Gilb rn hvi done