The Express. — 1861-02-02 (London, England)

MANSION-HOUSE.  Jane Her{ erl, a respectably dressed young woman, was brought before the Lord Mayor on a charge of attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself bite the Thames. Thomas Crowe, police constable 570, said, on Tuesday afternoon, at about half-past three o'clock, he was on London-bridge, when he heard a splash and a cry of some one in the water. He sun down the steps and saw the priminer in the river, about fifteen feet from the shore. He raised an alarm, ad the pier man jumped in and caught her just as she was about to sink. She was brought oa shore insensible, and was taken to the hospital, where she had been until yesterday. The surgeon said that she had been drinking, which she admitted, and told him (the officer) that she was a married woman, but did not live with her husband. She was very badly off, and had made up her mind to make away with herself rather than go on the streets. The office added that he had ascertained that her husband was a professional singer, very respectable, but bad not bees livbig with the prisoner for some time ; he had, however, allowed her is. a week, but he could nut find out where he was at present. The Lord Mayor asked her if she would promise not to attempt such a thing again if he discharged her thee? The prisoner readily gave the required promise, and was accordingly a 1... barged. A dissipated•koking man, who gave his name as Henry Williams, but whose real name was Rogers, was brought up before the Lord Mayor and Sir Robert Carden, sitting in petty sessions, for re-examination on a charge of stealing • policeman's overcoat, a pair of woman's boots, and a hat and  It appeared from the evidence adduced on a former occaaims that a police-constable named James Mills, living at 169, Fenchwohatreet, went home from duty on Saturday, the 19th December last, at three o'clock, and on reaching house be took off his coat and hung it over the banisters of the fourth floor landing. When, however' be went for it to put it on at five o'clock, he found it had gone, together with • pair of his wife's boots. It appeared that on the mine day the prisoner was found in a back room of No. 2, Philpot-lane, and when asked what he wanted, he replied that he wanted a Mr. Goodyear, the overseer of the workmen there ; and when told that he war not in, he went away giving his name as Williams. One of the lads, named Win. Turner, observed that he had on • policemdn's overcoat, numbered 584, and underneath be had a brown frock coat, in the pocket of which he saw • pair of women's boots, and from the suspicious manner in which he ran away after he got out, mentioned the fact to some of the workmen, and information was sent to Seething-lane policeatatioo, where it was ascertained that there was an officer, No. 584, but his name was not Williams. The lad saw the prisoner again on Saturday last, followed him, and pointed him out to police-officer Seymour, 538, who took him into custody. At that time he was wearing • hat and scarf, which it was ascertained had been stolen from an office at No. 2, Riche's-court, Lime-street, and Mr. Overberg, • gentleman belonging to that office, identified than as his property, and stated that the prisoner went into the Aloe OD Saturday, Dec. 19, with a begging letter, and when he had left the bat and scarf were missing. The prisoner on that occasion pleaded guilty and was remanded till yesterday (Friday), in order to be dealt with summarily in petty sessions. Several officers now stepped forward, and it was elicited from them that he had been cons inted for felony on several occasions. In 1852 he was sentenced to three years' penal servitude, and within the last three months he had left the prison at Coldhath-fields, where he had undergone a lengthened period of imprisonment. The Lord Mayor said that had be known before that the prisoner was such • bad character he should not have allowed the case to have been dealt with summarily. As it was he should pass upon him the heaviest sentence it was la his power to pass, and send him to prison to be kept to hard labour for the space of six months for the first offence ; at the expiration of which he must undergo a similar punishment for the second offence, making together twelve months, which, he added, was • comparatively light sentence to what he would have had had he been sent for trial.  John Johnson, a very respectably-dressed, middle-aged man, was brought up for final examination on a charge of stealing bas•fitttop from several offices in the City. It appeared from the evidence that it was the prisoner's custom to go into the passages of different offices and pall down the gas-fittings, regsrdleas of the consequences, S the houses with gas. In this manner he had stolen dm branches from the passages of Nos. 24 and 25, CADDOIIstreet, occupied by Messrs. Enemy and Co., from Mr. Finch's, of Laurence rountney-lan• ; Mr. Fallow, of 36, Cannon-street; and from the Agra United Service Bank, 27. Cannon-street. The Lord Mayor said it was a very serious charge, and the prisoner was committed for trill