The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS. 1:1
et.

THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET.
1111 CASE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND COMPANY.
Mr. Lewis waited upon the presiding magistrate, Mr. ►z;
Hall, shortly after 12 o'clock, sad stated that, as solicitor st.
for Mr. Strahaa, he had gives the usual notice of bail on lu
behalf of that gentleman, to the solicitor for the prosecution, st.
who had kindly waived his right to have 48 hours' time to :it.
inquire into the stability of the two gentlemen attending as es.
sureties for the defendant, from Use perfect sells- 89:-.
faction which he felt upon that point. With the so
permission of the magistrate, therefore, he pro- lel
proposed that Mr. Strobes should be mat for from the 11l
Hewes of Detention, and by the time of kis arrival the bail 194
mould also be in attendee*. lle
Mr. Humphreys, jun., solicitor for the prosecution, hay- es.
fog intimated his assent,
So
Mr. Hail directed an racer to proceed at one to the
Oen. lie
After as interval of nearly an hour, Mr. Steeliest was ro•
plead at the bar.
The two gentlemen who proffered themselves as bail
wave Mr. Beadon, the police magistrate, of Wandsworth,
and a Br. Gordon.
Mr. Humphreys, as a matter of form, put in the usual le
questions se to their being worth the amount of bail, after no
the Mutant of all debts, he., at the same time espreming
his pallet satisfaction with the ball.
Mr. Hall—What is the amount of the sureties? 10lit.
Mr. Humphreys—Two In 3,0001. each. li
Mr. Stratum wee then bound over in his own mogul. ast
games in 6,0001., after which he left the court in the coos- to
pony of his friends.
Tl 2 RIITBRB' RIGHTS AT TEM ROYAL ITALIAN gel
03111. Si
Mr John Tomperley, who was charged on Monday with is
omitting one of the servants of the Royal Italian Opera, se
is being excluded from one of the stale of the theatre (to ri
which he claimed right of access as the bolder of a renter's m,
*het , attended upon his recognizance. to undergo further te
Ms. Della tine appeared for the defeadaat, and expressed It
Ms isteaden to assert the right of his client to go into say rt.
pest of the house. lie wished to know If Mr. Gye was a.
'MUIR St.
lespeetor Deakin did not see him present. st.
W. Hall thought if so important a matter as this was 30
sin to be discussed, It would be better to send the case 81-
te the famarkir 6111111611. His authority in such a matter r•
*NM nel hei=ed. 25
as* ke would represent these views to so
Mrl=ned sembehe Ids wish non the subject. 25
The eemplainsat thought his charge of assault was distinct 20
hews say question of right. 20
so
Mr. Ballasting' said : Certainly sot. It was the real 20
sad there was no other, for he should advise his 10
deM Isis as often
giveblikanedyandyelsuito custody ere he liked (excepttoras. 20
boxes),
wilt WM tried to stop him.
lespeolles Donkin, having returned from the theatre, said
the solicitor to the proprietors had bees seat for, gnu Mr. st.l
was expected every minute. 81.
5
Mr. Ballast's, under these circumstances, asked that 61
81111 thelendeatu Mr. Temperley, should be discharged. He GI
.a nand that Mr. Gye, out of courtesy to the bench, to
wag* to
hew hese present, the ease having bees adjourned R.
fee his IllinalMlL
Mr. Hall salffraps this would be the beet nurse to :;
adopt. The thsha was discharged ; bat, if there was a de. to
sire to raise the ipurtion, another summons could be taken. go
The defendant the. left the smut. it.
MANSION-HOUSE. 5
at.
Eieseillsarkhro was charged before the Lord Mayor st
sif the MawIRR eiresostances : ESL
a very odd.looking countryman, said—l don't EC
Bums" where sines I same to this place, and I was going 121
shag whets I met the gentleman (the prisoner), and he tt
robbed me et 91. 10e. 8L
The Lord Mayor—Were you sober? bt.
Witasse—No. I was very drunk indeed, for I went with ti
the gailleman, and two or three other gentlemen, into a 10
gsbnelfwase, and there I treated them to liquor till we all 10
oat dlemak. (A laugh.) et.
161
The lard Mayor—Wha had you been doing with your tgi
self before you met them ? 20
Witseu—Why, I thought of going to the Crystal Palace, 16
and I got into a tailway carriage, but by mistake I wan &-
vs Brighton. (Laughter.) So when I ic..me beck I was Itt.
coming along, and thought to have a drop of beer, and 20
beau to drink gin. 12
The Lord Mayor—Anything else ? is
Witness—Yes. I had some rum and brandy. I wes eo 10
drunk I wasn't able to stand, and then I felt the gentle-
man's hand in my pocket, and he stole all my money. 6
Well, I searched my pockets, to see if I bad 121
any more money, and I found nothing but my hand- se.
kerehief, and I sffered that for a half-pint of vinegar to le
pink sootiest the liquor I bad been supping. 5 ,
The Lord Mayor—You meant to get sober with the
V 12101131 ? 8L
Witness—Dist so. It's my way when I get very drunk. et.
(Laughter.) ift.
The Lord Mayor—And you confess you were very drunk 17
upon the occasion. 50
Witness—Yes, that I certainly was; but I knew the h
vinegar would bring me right, and I always will take it, for
I've tried every thing else hundreds of times, and nothing R.
wield do. Si
The Lord "
,yo, sure you are sober now ? ts

Mayor—Are 2- _
Witness—Well, I think I am. 1;0
The Lord Mayor—Well, I don't think you are, and I
can't see how if you were so drunk as not to be able to ya
stand, you could have seen that you were robbed of your 20
money. I can't deprive a man of his liberty upon the un- 25
swerted statement of a drunken man.
Witness—And so I must go without my money!
The Policeman—l know nothing at all of the ON, bat
that the complainant IMO the prisoner in charge. 10
The Lord Mayor—The prisoner is discharged, and I ad- 3
else the complainant not any more to pat himself in a con- tit
&non to require the vinegar remedy, as it has evidently 20
felled on this o:casion. 20
SOUTHWARK. 20
31)
CHARON OP SHOPLIFTING. 20
Ellen Donovan, a young woman about 19 years of age, ow
was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing • 100
silk scarf from inside the shop of Mr. Charles King, shawl- 25
dealer, Newington Causeway. 23
100
Mary Jane Parkins, assistant to the prosecutor, said that Hs
she missed the scarf in gees:ion from a stand inside the shop- 20
door, about half-put four o'clock last evening, when she f
informed her master, who sent to the police-station Immo- 3
Mangy, and afterwards to all the pawnbrokers in the neigh- 5
ben hood. Shortly after five o'clock witness received to
attain information which induced her to go to • shop 4
nearly opposite, where she saw the prisoaer with the scarf 204
in her possession. She then gave her into custody. too
Mr. A'Beckett asked witness whether she saw the pri- 100
loaner near the shop yesterday. too
Witness replied in the negative. She never saw her Itg,.
before to her knowledge. 100.
In answer to the charge, the poisoner said she met a so
female, who asked her to carry the shawl for her, but she 20
ran away at soon as last whams entered the shop. She 20
knew nothing whatever about her.
Mr. A'Beckett committed her to the House of Correction pi
for one month, for the unlawful posesesion of the scarf.
• FUTHNILS Toth?. IS
Aff red Barring*" 12 years of age, was charged with 90
stealing 7ict. from William Barnard, • sharp little fellow,
10
about nine years old. 20
The prosecutor said he was sent by his father, yesterday 40
morning, with 71d. to wakens • turtles leaf in the Los- to
don-road. While going aloe the }deem end istsart be, to
came up to him, when the pelesonse anatebed the mosey 20
from him and put it is his pocket. He, however, boded
him back the copper song and kept the sizpenos, and veto
about to run away whoa a constable came up and took tiro 10
into custody. 30
The child gave his evidence in such a clear manor r, that to
Mr. A'Beckett at ones committed the prisoner for trial at .!°
the present Surrey Sessions.

In tomorrow evening's sitting of t►re Hones of Com-
icsaa,Col. Presets' i. to ask the tr odor F.Msrstary of War whe-
ther " ft is the intention of the Germument, in compliance
with the report of the Arctic Ss psditioa Committee to re.
commead that her Majeety weld M raeteady pleased to
gnat a deemed= to the old oece sad men employed in that
expedition, m from the sufsriage and hardships experienced
by those enllaat IRON 'eery few would be equal to a cam•
pale, or an action VAT, the enemy in the field."
Mr. Gordon Clamming is preparing hie exhibition
roam is Loader., over the door of which he has already an-
asomnl" The Liewelayer at Home."