The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This day.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST MRS. ALLEN.

This afternoon Ellen Allen, a fashionably-dressedfemale,
was indicted for having committed wilful and corrupt

perjury.
The prisoner seems about 35 years of age, with a re-
markably prepossessing appearance. She is what is gene-
rally termed a brunette, with black and shining hair, and
was attired in a mauve-coloured dress, over which she
wore a black lace shawl. On being placed before the
Recorder the prisoner commenced weeping very violently,
and during the greater part of the trial her face was
buried in her handkerchief.

Mr. Poland was for the prosecution, and briefly stated
the case upon which the charge was preferred against
the defendant. The prosecutor is a professional gen-
tleman named Moseley, a dentist, who, it will be re-
membered, was a passenger on the North-Western
Railway, on the evening of the occurrence,
from Pinner to Euston-square, and the only
person travelling in the same compartment as
Mr. Moseley was the defendant. On the way to town Mr.
Moseley asked if the cigar he was smoking was objected
to, when the defendant replied that it was not, but on the
contrary rather agreeable. A slightly animated conversa-
tion then sprung up between Mr. Moseley and the defen-
dant, and on the arrival of the train at the terminus the
prosecutor was astonished by the defendant demanding his
card, and making a charge against him of a very serious
nature. Mr. Moseley protested his innocence, but it was of
no avail, and eventually, after the matter had been
most fully investigated by the magistrate at the
Marylebone Police Court, the then defendant, Mr. Moseley,
was discharged, and from circumstances that have since
transpired the complainant at the police court has now
become the defendant at the Old Bailey, the charge against
her being wilful and corrupt forgery, committed before the
magistrate. Mr. Poland then entered into the details of
the whole of the case, and said the present prosecution was
of the greatet importance, because as matters now stood
it was highly dangerous for a gentleman to occupy
a seat in any railway carriage in which a lady and himself
would bo the only passengers. The man was quite at the
mercy of the woman, and a false charge once made it be-
came almost impossible to rebut it. However, in the pre-
sent case, the defendant had so prevaricated that he felt he
should clearly establish the charge for which she was
indicted.

A number of witnesses were thon examined, but their
evidence was merely a repetition of that which appeared in
our Marylebone police report whilst the case was under-
going investigation.
The learned Judge having summed up the evidence,
The jury, without retiring from the box, found the
prisoner guilty, but recommended her to mercy.
The Recouder asked them if it was a unanimous recom-
mendation ?

The Foreman of the Jury—Yes.
The Recorder—On what grounds do you recommend her
to mercy ?
One of the jury said on the grounds that he might have
taken liberties with the prisoner.
The counsel for the prosecution then called evideneouttc:g
show that the prisoner had been in the habit of frequear,
ing the Victoria Railway Station for the last two y
,
for the purpose of entangling gentlem
prostitutes inhabiting St.
the prisoner as one of the worst
ars
A detective from Scotland-yard sa4ntit'at he had known
in passing
sentence,
of ono of the worst
Martin's-lane for the last fifteen years.
jury have found Y°:/,0 been guilty of. I always
said—Ellen Allen,
The Recorder,
that the sentence I mi
the
peraiymtes any person coultinlyh.sorry
he greatest respect to the recommendation of a jury,
but in this case I am o
about to inflict will scarcely meet the enormity of your
offence, but the law will not allow me to pass a higher
sentence. The sentence of the Court is that you be
kept
in prisoner, who pretended to be shedding
tears
co.
in penal servitude for five years.
piously, was then removed from the bar.

'SURREY SESSIONS.—The trials at these sessions
were resumed yesterday before the Deputy Chairman, Mr.
Tilson. Two young men, named Dickinson and Lestor,
were found guilty of stealing some wine, a pint bottle of
bitters, and some other articles, from the Crystal Palace,
and several convictions having been proved against them,
they were sentenced each to penal servitude for ten years.
Alfred Russell, a mechanic, pleaded guilty to breaking into
the premises of James Coleman, builder and contractor,
Bermondsey, and stealing therefrom a large quantity of
carpenter's tools. The court sent him to gaol for 12 months.

Supplement to Last Night's London Gazette
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 10th
day of July, 1866—present, the
MExcellent
Majesty in Council.—This day the Q
M eeosntnobles ot
John Win-
ston Spencer, Duke of Marlborough; the Right Hon.
William Reginald, Earl of Devon; the Right Hon. Charles Earl of Tankerville ; the Right Hon. Henry Charles'
Earl of Cadogan ; William Alleyne Cecil, Esquire:
(commonly called Lord Burghley) ; Charles Philip Yorke
Esquire (commonly called Viscount Royston) ; the Righl
Honourable Charles John, Lord Colville ; and Stephen
Cave, Esquire, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of
her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took
their respective places at the Board accordingly.
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 10th
day of July, 1866, present the Queen's Most Ex‘aillent
Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this
day pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Stephen Cave
otfhethseaiCdocuonmciml oitfteTe,rafdoer,
thinc4
the saibdseennte eo fof thethe ns
tnt President eo
f
time being.