The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-18 00:00:00

met with an accident, which prevented his work-
ing, and the firm were getting up a subscription
amongst the benevolent to start him in some way
f business. The old lady, believing the statement,
gave him 55., and he went away, but she soon after-
wards discovered that she had been imposed upon,
and that Kelsell was in no way related to Mr.
Kruse. Yesterday afternoon Kelsell went again
to Mrs. Dolley with another story calculated to ex-
cite her sympathy. He introduced his companion
as the son of a poor widow woman, whose goods
bad been detained for rent, and was just short of
2/. to pay the broker out. As the old lady recog-
nised her former visitor, and was determined not to
be duped again, she accordingly sent for the police.
It having. been stated that there would in all
probability be many more charges against the ac-
cused, they were remanded for a week.
George R. Clark, a bricklayer's foreman, and Rosa
Bush, a servant girl, were brought up for final
examination, the former charged with assaulting
and violating Elizabeth Harris, a girl under 14
years of age, the daughter of a clothier and sales-
man in James-street, Westminster, and the female
with feloniously aiding and abetting in the commis-
sion of the offence. The court was densely crowded.
Mr. Sleigh, barrister, again attended yesterday
for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis, jun., for the
accused.

On the prisoners being placed in the dock, Mr.
Sleigh put two or three questions to the prosecu-
trix, in reply to which she said that the male pri-
soner (who is a married man, about 35 years of
age) always told her that he was single, and said be
would marry her. When they got to the house at
Notting-bill, on the Monday night, Rosa went in
first, and spoke to the landlady. Prosecutor did not
say anything to the landlady about being Clark's
sister.

Mr. Sleigh then stated that he should proceed
under the Bishop of Oxford's Act, although he
would not pledge himself that the man might not
also be indicted for the capital offence. The case
was one of the very worst description, and although
the penalty under the Bishop of Oxford's Act would
fail in awarding commensurate punishment, still
society and justice would in some measure be vin-
dicated by its operation.

Martha Bourne, 3, Durham-place, Plough-lane,
Notting-bill, was then called, and stated that on
the night of the 31st of March the prosecutrix and
Rosa came to her house. Rosa said they had come
from Woolwich, and wanted a lodging for the night.
Rosa said that she had come to town to find her
husband, and that the hale girl (prosecutrix) was
her sister-in-law, and owing to the respectability of
Miss Harries appearance mainly she was induced
to take them in and let them a back room. Rosa
paid her a shilling for the night's lodging. The male
prisoner came to the house next day, when witness,
seeing him in the room, thought he was Rosa's hus•
band. Hearing nothing of them, witness went up
to the room late at night, and knocked at the door.
After doing so three titres, and receiving no an-
swer, one of the females moved towards the door,
when witness asked her if she wanted a bed made
up for the sister ? and a voice replied, "No ; not
to-night, thank you ; but witness could not say
whether it was Miss Harris or Rosa that spoke.
She heard footsteps of two pereons in the passage
at six in the morning, when the male prisoner
went out. Miss Harris came down stairs directly
after breakfast, but she did not observe anything
particular about her, except that she appeared as if
she had been crying. She had seen Miss Harris
and Rosa both in tears while in her house. On the
following Thursday Rosa said that Miss Harris was
ill, and was obliged to keep her bed. Sometimes
Rusa came down for different articles they wanted,
sometimes Miss Harris. Witness's husband, seeing
a handbill offering a reward for any information
that could be given respecting Miss Harris, went
to her parents, on Saturday morning, when Mrs.
Harris and a friend came and fetched her away.
In answer to questions from Mr. Paynter, wit-
ness said that she supplied Miss Harris and Rosa
with coffee and rolls on the first morning, after
which they gut things for themselves. Rosa went on
errands during the week. Witness never suspected
anything wrong till her attention was called to
the handbills. She did not know that Miss Harris
was of a superior class to the prisoners. She never
saw Clark till he came on the Wednesda 7.

Mr. Paynter having exp-essed a wish to put
two or three questions to Miss Harris's married
siskr, she was sworn, when the magistrate inquired
whether prosecutrix had ever been considered of
weak intellect.

The ester (Mrs. Flint) replied that she was not
considered so. In answer to further questions,
witness sad that her sister while at Echool did not
exhibit any dulness, but learnt as well as other
girls of her age. Per sister was heavy in sleep, so
heavy that she lad often undrezred her and put
her to bed while ;.-1 thr state. She was an intel-
ligent, sharp girl. Rosa had considerable influence
over her. It was observed in the fam;ly. Wit-
ness had often seen Clark speaking to Roza, and
thought he was her sweetheart.
Mr. Pearse, police divisional surgeon, who had
been called in after Mies Harris was recovered by
her friends, proved that the offence charged had
been committed.

. Sergeant Loom, a detective officer of the B divi-
sion, said that during her absence from home her
parents employed him to trace her. He went to
Clark on both the Tuesday and Thursday, and
urged him to relieve their minds by telling what
had become of their child, when he called God to
witness that he knew nothing about her.
Knowland, the summoning officer of the court,
proved that when be apprehended Clark he denied
that he had assaulted Miss Harris, and inquired of
witness whether he had got Rosa.
Mr. Lewis submitted at great length that this
was not an offence under the Bishop of Oxford's
Act, which required that a woman should be pro-
cured for the criminal purpose by false pretences,
false representations, and fraudulent means. This
case lacked all these ingredients. This girl had, by
her own admission, long corresponded with Clark,
and, instead of being deluded from her home by any
false statements, she left it of her own free will, for
the express purpose of seeing Clark. There
were no fraudulent means used ; she was not
coerced in any way, but with the romantic
spirit which sometimes actuated young ladies
left her home of her own free will, cared for
the time nothing for her parents, comfortably re•
mained at the lodgings until she was fetched by her
mother, and then found it necessary to make up
the best story she could to stand well with her
friends. All must depend upon the girl's state-
ment, and he would ask whether any jury, or other
sane body of people, would believe the story that
she did not know how: she was undressed or how
she got into bed ? He bad no doubt that she was
a 'consenting party to her own ruin.

Mr. Paynter thought there was a very strong
false pretence in a married man and woman saying
and doing what the accused had done, and adverted
to the remark that Rosa had made, that it was of no
consequence, as she was to be married on the Sun-
day. If there had been no Bishop of Oxford's Act,
and if it had been proved that the girl consented,
he would not believe that they were living in a
country where such a flagrant atrocity as this case
developed could becommltted without punishment.
This remark was followed by clapping of hands
and vehement applause from the auditory.
Mr. Paynter committed the prisoners for trial at
the Central Criminal Cotirt.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —William Bates
was charged with keeping an office for betting on
horse races, at No. 1, Queen's Head-court, Wind-
mill-street.

Four other persons, Sidney Collins, John Fagg,
Edward Wills, and Joseph Steel, were charged with
being found in the house without lawful excuse.
After a statement from Mr. Hawkins, who ap-
peared for the defendants,
Mr. Bingham, decided upon discharging all the
defendants except Bates, the charge against whom
mainly rested on the testimony of Police-constable
Parker, A :3213, who visited the place in plain
clothes and at last saw a bet made and money paid
to Batas, who gave the person who made the bet a
card.

Mr. Ha' skins contended that the evidence did
not bring home the charge to the defendant, and
that tle fr ict of a single bet having been made, if it
r eallywae :made, was not sufficirnt to make the shop
in which Coe transaction took place a betting office.
Mr. Piz tgliain said that to his mind the evidence
that tie e nop was not a barber's shop, but a betting
office, WO ts overwhelming. He should call upon
defencar t to pay the reduced fine of 50/., or be im-
prisoned for three months.

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Mr,
given,

Hawkins said notice of appeal would be

Mr Hawkins having afterwards abandoned the
apped , and intimated the readiness of his client to
give p the betting business,
M!, . Bingham reduced the fine to 201.

•
E IiSTER OFFERINGS.—A. very pleasing and poetic idea
see, is t° have arisen in the mind of Madame Temple, of
184 fßegent-street, from the practice of the offering of
egg,; at the present period of Easter. This ingenious
lady has formed the eggs of sugar in two halves, which
are Attached together by a tasteful bandage of ribbon.
In the interior and reposing in a soft bed of wool is to
be t-'3und--what l We really do not think it fair, how-
eve' r, thus to reveal the contents of these " (Edfs de
Pdf rues," as a principal charm is in the mutual surprise
and wean:re of the donor and acceptor at the diacleaure
of t hat which reposes in so sweet a shrine. We may add,
the; are in every respect worthy of this persevering ca-
r in that roduction of novelties for friendship offer.