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London, England, 1860-07-11 00:00:00

swear I did not say something about purses. I might
have said she had other purses about her. I can't recollect
positively what I did say. I don't believe I did, and I
don't believe I did not. (Laughter.) I believe I might
have said after the gentleman told me that she might have
other purses. I believe now that I did say so. I directed
the female searcher to be careful, as she might have false
pockets. I might have mentioned crinoline. I will not
swear I did not say shehad a false pocket under her crino-
line. I will swear positively I did not say to Marsh she
had been picking pockets. What I did say to him was,
that I suspected she had picked two pockets. I had been
standing opposite Lady Peel's stall for an hour and a half.
The prisoner did not come in front of me. I did not see her
before she came up to the stall. I did not say to anybody
that the defendant had come down pretty early in the
morning. I had not seen her before she was at the stall.
By the Judge—l suspected her just before she got to
Lady Peel's stall. I noticed that she was dressed very
shabbily in comparison to other ladies.
By Sergeant Ballantine—She had a brown straw bonnet
on, a faded shawl—a green and blue one with a mixture of
red—and a dark silk dress, but very old.
Sergeant Ballantine—You've forgotten the crinoline.
Witness—l did net observe it.
Sergeant Ballantine—Not the crinoline with the false
pocket ?
Witness—No.
Sergeant Ballantine—lf you had said to her, or anybody,
" I have had my eye on yen (or her) the whole of the
morning," it would have been untrue ?
Witness—Yes, quite so.
Re-examined by Mr. Metcalfe—l made no charge against
the defendant on getting to the station further than telling
the searcher to be careful. When I mentioned a false
pocket, it was not with a view to the searcher looking for
it. It was before we got to Norwood station that I heard
about the gentleman's niece losing her purse. I believe
I mentioned to Sergeant Marsh something about the
unpinning. In my first examination I said I saw her
unpin the article. I was cross-examined on that point by
the defendant's attorney, Mr. Lewis. The committee of
the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools are the prosecu-
tors.

Stephen Baldwin, 200 E, said—l was on duty at the
Crystal Palace on the 9th of June. Sergeant Bell called
my attention to the female in the passage leading to the
fair, as she was quitting it. She was about ten or a dozen
yards from it. I followed her with him. She was then
standing up. I saw her take the things from under her
shawl, stoop down, roll them up, and put them in her reti-
cule. I was only three or four yards distant from her.

Sergeant Bell went up and asked her what she had got in
her reticule, and she said " What I've got there is my own
property." He said, " Where did you get them from f'"
She said, " I bought them." He asked her where, and
she said, "In the bazaar." He said, " You could
not have done so," as he saw her take
them from a stall. He told her he was a police-constable,
and she must consider herself in his custody. She said,
" For God's sake don't take me, and I'll tell you the truth,
I found them and picked them itp" (pointing to a place

some distance from where they were standing). She said,
" I'll leave my watch and chain in payment." He told her
he could not take any, but he must take her into custody.
She was accordingly taken to the station. We went to the
Crystal Palace station first, and from. there to that at Nor.
wood. I saw the reticule opened, but the things were not
taken out until they got to the station. I was not there

when a gentleman came in to speak about the loss of a
purse. I did not hear Bell make the charge against the
defendant. At the Crystal Palace Station, before we went
to Norwood, Bell took the defendant before the super-
intendent, and there he told him he had seen her
take some things from Lady Peel's stall. I first heard
Bell say she unpinned the articles at the Norwood station.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—l watched the
defendant very closely until we got to the Norwood station.
The purse was taken from the reticule by'Sergeant Bell at
the Norwood station. I saw Bell put his hand in and fish
it up. I will swear positively it was taken out of the i
reticule. In saying I was not there when the gentleman I
came in, I was alluding to the secretary.
By the Judge—l did not see it produced before, or I
should have seen it.
Cross-examination continued—The purse was produced
before the gentleman arrived. There can be no doubt

about it. It vas in the reticule. Sergeant Bell had pul

the articles into the bag again. It was then that the gen

tleman came in and said his niece had lost her purse. I

will swear that he did not say he knew the owner of the

purse. Sergeant Bell, in the presence of the prisoner, said
that he had been watching her some time. He did not ■ay
she had come to the Palace pretty early in the morning.
He di i not hear Bell say she had been picking pockets. He

said from her manner he believed she was about to pick

pockets. Bell said to the superintendent, " From her
manner she was about to pick pockets."

Sergeant Ballantine—Did Bell say she had picked two
pockets ?

Witness—No.
Sergeant Ballantine—What I nothing about picking tw
pockets ?
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Witness—No.

Sergeant Ballantine—Then he never said anything
about picking two pockets or anything like it in your pre-

sence ?
Witness—No.
Lady Emily Peol—who was examined from the judge's
bench, said—l am the wife of Sir R. Peel. I took charge
of a stall at the Crystal Palace on the 9th of June. I re-

member the officer bringing the d'oyley back to the

stall on the day in question. I pinned it up
again. It had been hanging down. I pinned it on
to the cover of the stall. I used two pins to

fix the article. It was on the right hand side of the stall
facing the grand orchestra. I think it was marked 15s.

The d'oyley produced is the same as was on the stall. The
mittens are very similar to those at my stall. There were

a great
number of persons round my stall. Articles were
frequently removed for inspection previous to purchase.
Cross examined by Sergeant Ballantine—The d'oyley

produced was the only one of the same pattern on the lard.
The sum of 15s. was affixed as the price. I only knew from

what I had been told that it had not been sold. Some

articles had fallen from the stall in the early part of the
day. There were articles of much greater value on the stall.
It is not at all by my desire that the present prosecution
was instituted. The articles on my stall were mostly made

by the children of the Warehousemen's Institution.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine having, in an eloquent Breech,
adds eased the jury for the defence,
The learned Judge summed up the evidence, but tho
jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press.

LA TV INTELLIGENOE.--(THIS RAY.)

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

CLOSING OF THE OFFICES OF TIE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL
IN BANKRUPTCY.

The Lord Chancellor has issued an order for closing the
offices of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy from
Saturday, the 11th of August, to Monday, the Bth October,
both days inclusive—during the interval no dividends can
be paid. Creditors therefore in town and country entitled
to dividends ought :forthwith, or as early as convenient,
apply to the respective official assignees for their authorias-
tion to receive the same.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE DAGSHAW.

A meeting was held for declaring a dividend under the
estate of this bankrupt, formerly M.P. for Harwich. The
debt to creditors unsecured and liabilities amount to about
£16,000. The assets at present in hand amount to £945.
The amount of the dividend will be declared in a few days.
A large surplus is expected over the mortgages. Mr. Bag-
shaw, it may be remembered, obtained some time since an
immediate certificate of the first class. The declaration of
the dividend was postponed, pending other proceedings in
Chancery.

(Before Mr. Commissioner (ioulburn.)
TN RE JONES.

This bankrupt was described as of Lambeth-square,
mantle manufacturer, and now came ttp and passed on ac-
counts prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers—the main fea-
tures in the case are that the profits, and losses, and ex-
penses very nearly balance, the former being £1,022, the
latter £1,200. There waPa capital of £152 in Feb., 1858,
which had been absorbed, and the debts now amount to
5269 ; assets, £7 145.; property, £94.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Charles Bourne, groom to General Frederick Johnston,
of the Albany, was charged as follows before Mr. Beadon :
General Johnston said the defendant was in his employ
as groom, and on the previous day he told him to wait at
the corner of Grosvenor-street to take his horse from him
after he had been for a ride in the Park. On getting to the
spot he looked about for some time, and at last saw the
defendant in such a state that he was unfit for duty. He
therefore prevented the defendant from mounting his horse,
which was a very valuable one, and rode it to the stables
himself. On getting at his stables he asked Lord Abingdon's
coachman to take charge of his horses for the night,
which he kindly consented to do, and upon this the de-
fendant set to hammering at the stable doors in the most
violent manner, causing the whole mews to turn out, and
being 68 years of age, and fearing his stables might .be
burnt down and valuable horses destroyed, he gave him
into custody.
Defendant said he was very
sorry—he had taken more
than did him good.
General Johnston said be considered the defendant's
conduct very bad, for a few days ago, seeing that he was
very poor, having been out of a situation for some time,
he advanced him £5 to go on with.
Mr. Beadon said the defendant's conduct was .very bad,
and he should fine him 10s.
General Johnston said the best of the joke was that the
fine would be paid out of his £5. (Laughter.)

THE YORKSHIRE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—The coal-
owners of South Yorkshire announce that they are com-
pelled to give notice that on the 16th inst." their pits will
be stopped in consequence of their colliers continuing to
contribute to the Miners' Union Fund, for the purpose of
coercing the masters of the pits now on strike,"