The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-07 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.

Rickard ParaAmu .iiiifiey,;l;l7. received medals for
the Ceatml lodiaa compel" in which he fought as lieu-
tenant of the 14th Light lkagooris, was brought up for
bad examination on the charge of obtaining by false pee.
teams sum of 3001., with intent to defraud the British
Mutual 1 avast meut, and Discount emu prey (Limited.)
He was committed for trial for making • fides declaration
and for obtaining money by fraud.

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BOW-STREET.
Wiffiast Bocce, cab-driver, No. 14,932, appeared before
Mr. Hall to answer • charge preferred against him by Mr.
Christopher Darby Griffith, M.P. for Devisee, who had
compelled him to drive to the eosrt.
The complainant stated that he hired the defendant's cab
in Connaught-square, Edgware-road, having first asked him
what was his fare to Charing-cross. The defendant replied
that it was Is. 6d. Witnees then got into the cab and said,
" I want you to drive me as far as you can go io that
&rockiest fora shilling.' at the same time tendering him the
mosey. The defendant, however, drove the whole distance
t 3 Charing-crone, and then, when witness alighted from the
cab in Cockspur-street, he demanded soother 6d., stating
that his fare was Is. 6d. Witness told him that he had
undertaken to drive as far as he could for a shilling, and if
he had exceeded the distance it was his own fault. Be
considered the attempt to get another sixpeoce was dia-
Inmost, and as he persisted in claiming the money witness
desired him to drive to Bow-street. He considered It his
duty, as • member of parliament, to take up the case on
public grounds, to protect others from similar attempts at
imposildoo, and he hoped the magistrate would make an
sample of him.
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11;:iefeiii;;;;; said there was to agreement on his part,
and when be stint the door of the cab he told the gentleman
again that his fare would be Is. ed. ; but he only replied,
Drive on." He could not undertake to drive people
exactly two miles. How was a cabman to do that! He
bad driven the whole distance, and eightempence wee his
legal fare.
Mr. Hall feared that there was no clause in the act which
exactly met this offence, and indeed the art was very im•
perfect in many respects. No doubt if a cabman agreed to
go a certain dietetics at • specified fen, any &mend JO ex-
cess of the amount stipulated would be as offence. There
was an evident attempt of that kind in this case, although
the crtbman might set know that it was the same thing as
demanding more than his legal fem.
Defendant—l did not suppose that a gentleman would
wear • cabins. to take him for less than his fare.
Mr. Hall 'said he could punish the defendant by suspeod•
ing his license if he did not behave himself with propriety.
He advised Mr. Griffith to call the attention of the house to
the defects of the Cab Act.

aerlainly do so, for it was a
monstrous thing that a man should escape punishment for
aa offence like this.
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The cabman waa then dismimed with a caution, his claim
of 6d. being disallowed.
If AR LBOROUGH.STREST.
Soma! Shmllands, a privato of the Coldstream Guards.
was brought before Mr. Knox for final esamiastioo charged
with attempting to poiaoo a yams wawa imbed Mary
Prescott.

The prisoner took the young women into a puhlic•bow in
Bata Audleyetrest and called foe some ale. The li:ironer
wee • Gen by the youoir woman to put aornethior tato the
glees, and when be coked her to drink she refused and left
the boom. The prisoner followed Lod detaiaed ker. She
told hint she hot seen him put sotnetkiog into tie ale, and she
would stop no loner. The potoss peodoced a substsoce
whisk be beg found in the Elam The gelemme, ill appeased.

had known theirs, woman for about four years. He had
of late peered her to many hiio, but air rafeawil.
Dr. Modlook, analytical chemist, Great Marlborough.
street, said the white powder given to hum he had aual)wal,
sad had reertained it wee cyanide of potramm. The staff
was used by soldisre to clean their accoutrements. The
quantity produced was sufficient to destroy life in four
minutes.. . . . . . .

The prisoner, who was stated to be a well•edaated man,
reserved his defeats, and was fully committod.
A lad WWI William Allen was uharged with being con-
cerned, with others not in custody, in the following robbery:
Antoine Barrel, of 33, Cburcb•strest, Soho, said that at
eleven at aigbt he wu is Moor-street, Sews° Dials, when a
boy came up to him and butted him in the stomach with
great violesee, and no sooner had be been butted than he
wu surrounded by a number of lads, who felt in his pockets,
and then stole his watch. _ . .

Mr. Webster, a young man, living at 25, Earl-street, said
he saw the prosecutor going along, and oil lads went up to
him, and one of them butted the prosecutor while the others
stole his watch. The prosecutor then called " Police," sod
one of the lads struck him, and then they all made off. He
gave information to the police. and on being subsequently
sent for to Bow-street, identified the prisoner ea one of the
lads, though not either of the two who butted the proescutor
or stole his watch. _ .

The prisoner wee apprehended in Seven Diala, and Mr.
Knox remanded him.
SOUTHWARK.
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Coarrime Sewer, the wife of • tradesman carrying on
beillblllll in Brick-lane, Spitelfiekts, was charged, on remand,
with attempting to steal • letter eoatainiog half • sovereign,
from David Reece Davis, a schoolmaster, in the Blue-eyed
Maid, High-street, Borough.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that on
Friday afternoon he bad occasion to send • half sovereign
into the country, and he entered the Banoeyed Maid Tavern,
which was opposite the poet-office, to write the letter,
and he did so at the bar. While he was writing, the pri.
saner sad her brother and sister came in and were
served with ale. Just as he had flaiabed writing the
letter and had enclosed the half-sovereign the prisoner
made • snatch at the letter. They bed a severe straggle,
as her companion came to her animism*, but be managed
to secure the letter and half-sovereign and peon them over
to Mrs. Scott to take care of. The landldyimmediately
had the prisoner and her companions turned out, and wit-
ness gave them all into custody They were taken before
Mr. Maude on Saturday, when the prisoner was remanded
for the attempted felony, and her companions were fined
for the assault and damage dose to the prosecutor', clothea.
In defence, it was stated that the prisoner bad • valuable
tr. with her, and she missed it in the public-homes, and
wing that the prosecutor had taken it up, she seized
hold of him to get it back. She sever had the least idea-
tion of stealing the letter sod half -sovereign.
William Sewell, 503 M, said that the prisoner was a re-
spectable maned woman. At the time he took her into
custody she had evideativ been drinking, and told him she
bad been robbed of • valuable puppy, and she thought at
the time the peossautoe had taken it up.
' Mr. Combs mid that he did not think any robbery wee
intended, but she w clearly guilty of committing an
amardallPaving been in prison nearly a week, he should
oaly • penalty of Be.. or seven days' imprisonment.
The money was immediately paid.