The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-12 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-July 1j

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

This afternoon Ellen Allen, a fashionably-dressedlemale,
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
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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 him
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 be 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 wag
indicted.

A number of witnesses were then 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 Recorder asked them if it was a unanimous rocom.
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 prosecuticn then called evidence to
show that the prisoner had been in the habit of frequent-
ing the Victoria Railway Station for the last two years
for the purpose of entangling gentlemen.
A detective from Scotland-yard said that he had known
the prisoner as one of the worst prostitutes inhabiting St.
Martin's-lane for the last fifteen years.

Tho Recorder, in passing sentence, said—Ellen Allen,
the jury have found you guilty of one of the worst
crimes any person could have been guilty of. I always
pay the greatest respect to the recommendation of a jury,
but in this case lam only sorry that the sentence I am
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 penal servitude for five years.
The prisoner, who pretended to be shedding tears co-
piously, was then removed from the bar.

Supplement to Tuesday Night's " Gazette."

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 10th
day of July, 1866—present, the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty in Council.—This day the Most noble 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,
I..isquire (commonly called Viscount Royston) ; the Right
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 Excellent
Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this
day pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Stephen Cave,
President of the Committee of the Council of Trade, iu
the absence of the President of the said Committee, for the
time being.

RACING FIXTI
J IT:

RES FOR 1866.

Abingdon
Reacting
Nottingham
Down Royal
KnutBford
Stamford l9
Radcliffe 23

Winchester • 24
I Spilsb
I Chesteyrfield
I Southampton 25
Huntingdon
I Caen 29
I Goodwood 3l
UST.

AUG

Airdrie 2
Deauville
Ripon 6
Brighton
Brighton Club
Lowes lO
Egham 14
Wolverhampton l4
Stockton l5
Oxford l6

OCT

Northampton 2
Lothians' Racing Club 3
Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 3
Bedford 4

SEPT.

Hastings
21
York August
21
Dover
29
Plymouth
Lichfield
Tunbridge 2B
Yarmouth
Derby Summer 29
Weymouth 29
Baden Baden
IBER.
Newmarket 2d October... 8
Hereford ............... ..... 18
Newmarket floughton ... 22

;MBEIL
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 25
Newmarket let October 25
Viralsall
Lanark 2B

............... 11
Warwick September 4
Leicester 6
Doncaster
Brecon l7
Canterbury
Richmond
.NO
Lincoln ..................... 1 I Shrewsbury
19 Liverpool .................. Leamington Hunt.,,
jig' RACING FIXTURES.
JULY.

Dovrn Royal Corporation
SEPTEMBER. .............. 18

oarragh ...................00T08ER...................................... 4,5, 6

Curragh l6, 17 18
FRENCH RACING FIXTURES.
JULY.
Amiens
Abbeville
Le Pin ........................ 22 Caen
AUGUST.
Deauville...a ......... 4,5, 6 Le Mans
Rochefort 5 Laon l9, 20
22
Bourges... ............ 10, 12 Tarbes
19,231 Valenciennes
,
Moulins
Cherbourg-

SEPT

Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7
Chantilly
OCT

Paris 7
Chantilly l4, 18

NIBER.:

Paris (Autumn) 23, 30
)BEV.
Vincennes

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on receipt of stamped directed envelope.
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send their ceMmis4iousi to any amount, to 100
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