The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
A fuhionably-dreened and gentlernanly-looking man,
named John Bennett Chalmers, was placed at the bar
before Sir Robert Carden, chard with stealing a quantity
of bill stamps, the property of Marrs. Guthrie and Co.,
9, Idol-lams, merchants.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had some
years back been • clerk in the counting-house of the pro-
secutors, and had been in the habit of calling since that
time to see the housekeeper of the house, who, know-
ing him, allowed him to go into the prosecutors'
counting-house at different timer to write letters.
For some considerable time past bill stamps ha
been missed, and shout three months back • check wag putd
on them, and it was found that the deficiency was very
asesidcsahle. The polio" were communicated with, and two
diens, Mom and Legg, were set to watch. Several young
men employed in the establishment were suspected and
watched, and subjected to • very unpleasant surveillance,
but the depredator could not be found out until Tuesday
evening, when the prisoner called at the house at about 8
o'clock, after the hours of business, and was shown by the
housekeeper into the counting-house, when he wrote some
letters, one of which he sent the porter out with. Be then
opened a drawer, and abstracted from it some bill stamps.
The officers, Mows and Legg, were secreted where they bad
• view of the prisoner's proosedings, and they then went
into the offioe and took the prisoner into custody. Upon
being searched, a small skeleton key was found. with which
he had opened the drawer. At the address which be gave
the officers found a rash box, which contained eoma bill
stamps, two of which were marked, and were • portion of a
lot that had been removed from the prosecutors counting-
house. The amount in bill stamps that has been missed
by the prosecutors during the three months in which a strict
cheek has been kept upon them it appeared was above 200/.
Mr. Wontner said hie client was inclined to plead if Sir
Robert could deal with the ease.
Sir Robert Carden, however, said it wee a cue with which
neither one nor two magistrates could deal. It was • very
serious cage. The prisoner went into • bones and sent the
porter out of the way, and in his absence he committed
these thefts, end there was not the least doubt but he had
been carrying it on for years ; and what inade it still
worse, the clerks in the h who were entirely innocent,
were suspected and watched about. and confidence hod in
them, while the real thief was unsuspected. It was a case
which must go before • jury, and be committed the pri-
soner for trial.
SOUTHWARK.
Among the charger brought before the magistrate were •
number for drunkenness and assaults, but four of them
were rather significant, being cowardly assaults upon
females.
The first case was against John Goodirin, who was charged
with committing a violent and unprovoked assault upon •
married woman.
The complainant, • decent looking female, said she was
going home along Snow's-fields on .the previous evening
when she met • friend in tbe strut, end while talking to
her the prisoner pushed against them rudely. She 11,
mosetratecl with him, when he turned round and knocked
her down and kicked her. Fortunately. • constable came
up, and he was prevented from further injuring her.
In defence, the prisoner said he accidentally pushed snowiest
the complainant, when she abused him, and also gave him
• push, end in the scuffle she tell down. He denied knock-
ins her done or kicking her.
The friend of the complainant corroborated her testi-
mony, when Mr. Comb* told the prisoner that he was •
oily vagabond, and sentenced him to three months'

bard labour:
John Ward was next charged with committing an assault
on a female in Mary-street.
In this case the complainant was coming out of a public-
house, when the prisoner struck her • blow on the face.
Some one had struck him from behind, and he deliberately
struck the female without any provocation.
The prisoner said he wan very sorry. He had been struck
by some one, and he thought it was the complainant.
Mr. Combo told him be must be made to krow that he
could not be allowed to knock people about at hazard. As
• caution to the prisoner for the future, he sentenced him
to • mouth's hard labour.
Alfred Wean's'', was charged also with a similar assault
in Mint-street.
The charge was fully proved, and be was sleo sentenced
to a month', hard labour.
George Smith, a blacksmith, was next charged with
amenities Mary Jones, in Great Suffolk-street.
She exhibited • black eye, and proved that he struck her
without the least provocation.
He was also sentenced to a month's bard labour at Wands-
worth.

THAMES.
Henry Buck, aged 28, was brought up on remand before
Mr. Woolrych, charged with committing a savage assault on
Catherine Bellows, or Bellied, a married women, who was
for several days under medical treatment in =sequence of
the severe injuries she received.
The prisoner is a German, end we. dwelling at the time of
the occurrence in Providence-street, St. Georgs•in-the•Eut.
The complainant bad occasion to go to the house of the de-
fendant for her husband's club-card, which had been left in
Buck's possession. Some words passed between Mrs. Buck
and Mrs. Bellmore. From words they proceeded to blows,
and Mrs. Buck struck the complainant a violent blow on the
mouth and caused it to bleed. The prisoner then took prat
in the quarrel. and after striking the complaisant and
knocking her down, kicked her several times and disabled
her.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who defended the prisoner,
said the complainant was the aggressor, and visited Buck's
house for the purpose of quaffs 'on with them. He called
several witnesses, but they did not materially alter the case
for the complainant.
Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner had committed a very
savage assault on the complainant, and no amount of
provocation could justify • man kicking a woman. The
complainant had been in the London Hospital, and was no
doubt severely injured. He sentenced the prisoner to two
months imprisonment and hard labour.

THE CO-OIRSATIVI &HEIR OF EIIIOIIATION.
In accordance with suggestions made by Mr. Cobden during
the debate on Thursday tut on the state of Lancashire, the
secretary to the Lancashire and Queensland Co-operative
Emigration Society has drawn up a statement of probable
cost and income for the first year of the first section of share-
holders now prepared to set out node: the auspices of that
society. This first batch of co-operative emigrants will
consist of 50 heads of families, representing 183 persons,
or 149 statute adults. The coat of passages at 161. a head,
will amount to 2,3841. Allotting 12 weeks for the voyage,
the cost of maintenance at Bs. a week for the remainder
of the year (40 weeks) will be 2,3841. ; while cost of
implements, seeds, &e., is est down at 7961. ; making
the total expenditure for the year 5,5641. On the credit
side of this statement there are 149 land orders of 30 acres
each, amounting to 4,470 acres, one-tenth of which, or
three acres per adult, will, it is computed, be placed under
cultivation forthwith. The year's produoe is estimated at
201. an acre, giving a total of 8,9401., and showing an ex.
mu of income over expenditure of 3,3761. A deputation,
consisting of Mr. Gawthorpe, Mr. Hughes, and the secre-
tary, have gone to Loodoe for the purpose of laying this
statement before Mr. Cobden, Mr. Easley, and other
gentlemen interested in the emigration movement. The
same deputation will also attend the conference, to take
place to-day, of the delegates from the 27 unions, with a
view to urge upon them to embody a liberal scheme of emi-
' gration in their report of the beet means of relieving the
distressed districia.—Mandiater Examiner.
Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
. doming Movniman's Pura Tea; vary choke at Fa as and 42.
p
nigh Standard" at Va. ad. ratarly 811), b the **rented
sad moat delicacies imported. Agents la every Sown supply it In
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