The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-09 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTB.

WESTMINSTER.
John Colo, the alleged proprietor of a coffes-abop and
beer-house, No. 9 and 10, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico,
was summened for permitting betting.
Samuel Lash stated that the defendant kept a list and
books for betting upon various horse racing events, and eons-
plainant had reputedly taken the odds from him. On the
10th of July the defendant laid him 4 to 2 against Early
Bird, 4 to 1 against Bamako, 3 to 1 against Dalkeith, 2 to
1 against Ooorkab, 2to 1 against Benham's. ITke whole of
these beta were in shilling., and complainut deposited his
stakes with Mr. Cole's man in his presents. Early Bird won
the rue, and a hen he went for his iii shillings the two he
had deposited and four that be had won of defendant) he
pntended that he had paid him on the Wednesday night
previously, which was absolutely before the race was run.
Complainant had known defendant as proprietor of the hones
for a length of time put, and had been him acting there
always as master. Complainant bad repeatedly seen persona
deposit money with him upon horse-raeinf events.
Defendant, in reply to the charge, dented that he was
the owner or occupier of the house, and called Charles
Eoweell, a rams, to prove that Charles Cole was the
person licensed for the sale of bur, who name wu over
both doors. Defendant only stopped there when he was in
town.

Mr. Arnold said that he should alter the summons to
being a person using the house for the purpose of betting,
and as defendant might wish time to answer that chugs, he
would adjourn the cue if he desired it.
Defendant, who denied all knowledge of the transaction
with the complainant, asked for time, and the case was
adjourned for a week. •

LAMBETH.
Mary Ann Leonard, a well-dressed middle-aged female,
who wu represented to be • member of a gang of notorious
and expert omnibus thieves, was charged with picking the
I pocket of Mrs. Esther Bully, of 866, Albany-road, Cam.
berwell._

Mrs. Bully deposed that she got into an Atlas omnibus, to
ride into town, end when the vehicle had proceeded about
100 yards a tall man got in, and took his place opposite to
her. Immediately attar the prisoner and another man en.
tered the omnibus, the former taking her place at her right,
and the latter clam to the tall man. The prisoner, on taking
her seat, adjusted her shawl so as to sprawl a portion of it
over witmess's person, sad this circumstance excited her
suspicion; so that she removed the shawl, end caught hold
of Ler purse in her pocket. When the missals reached the
London-road, the tall man intentionally, as she believed,
placed his feet on her drew, and also leaned forward so as to
force his knees against hers in an offensive manner. She
(witness) instantly moved away her knees, and in order to
remove her diem from his feet, she was obliged to take her
hand out other pocket, leaving her purse there safe. In a
moment or two afterwards the omnibus stopped, and the
tall man got out first, and was followed by the prisoner and
the other man, and it then occurred to her (witness) that she
was robbed, and she instantly found her parse was gone. On
getting out of the omnibus, witness saw the prisoner and
the two men in Marsball.street, and on seeing her they seemed
Ito shale something amongst them and ran along Marsha-
-1 street into St. George's-road, and the men got away.
Witness followed the prisoner, and had not lost sight of her
more than • moment or so until she same up with her, and
charged her with robbing her of her purse. The prisoner
replied that she was quite mistaken, and that she was •
respectable married woman. Witness told her that if she
was • respectable person she wouid not be guilty of the set
of robbing her of her purse, and then laid hold of her. The
prisoner begged that she would not give her into custody.
and offered it she did not do so to give her her !yid watch
and chain, and took the watch and chain from her neck and
offered them to her, hut she declined to accept them, saying
that • purse, with the money it contained, was the
property she had stolen from her. The prisoner then
requested she would go into • eab with her, but this she also
deelineo. and held she prisoner until a policeman same up
and took her into custody. The prisoner was seen to throw
something into a garden, and oa mantling there the sum of
10s. 21. was found in shillings, sixpences, and fonrpenny
pieces, being the exact silver money which witness had in
her pocket. One of the sixpences she could swear to.
Before committing the prisoner for trial, Mr. Norton com-
plimented the complainant upon her conduct in connexion
with the robbery, and also on the very sensible description
of pocket she wore, adding that it was quite idle to attempt
to check the crime of street and omnibus robbery while the
present fashion of pocket motioned to be adopted by ladies.

SOUTHWARK. - -
Thomas Musgrove, as imagine driver, and Ames Carew, a
porter, in the employ of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast kailway Company, were charged on
of steal-
ing a diamond ring.
It appeared that Musgrove took the ring, which was
worth about 201, to Mr. Walinsley, a jeweller, neer St.
George's Church, Southwark, and offered it for sale at 30a.
Mr. Walanley denim= the ring, suspecting it was stolen,
sad afterwards both prisonen celled together at his shop,
but as their explanations ware unsatisfactory they were
given into castndy.
It was stated that two boxes of valuable jewellery had
recently been stolen oa the Brighton Railway.
The prisoners were remanded for further inquiry.