The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

CHARGE TO THE GRAND JUST.

On the grand jury being sworn,
The Chairman said they would perceive with plasm,
that the calendar was very light, which was caused chietly
by the occurrence of the last maims, about ten days ago. rod
of the seises fur the county. Their duties would therefore
be rather light, end he should be happy soon to dismiss then
for some time to come.
The grand jury then retired.

CACTION TO PROSECUTORS AND

The Clerk of the Peace said that at the last sessions se.
vend of the prosecutors and witnesses were not in attend.
scans when the calm were called on. The court and cowed
were thereby put to considerable ioconvenience. and be .
iostructed to say that unless the prosecutor and mammies
were in attendance when called on theirrecoguisances would
be estreated, and their ripeness would not be allowed. He
hoped these remarks would stimulate the constables to do
their duty, sod keep their witnesses in the precincts of the
court. _ . .

The petty jury were then called and sworn, when the ab-
sent parties were fined. The Clerk of the Pesos advised all
these claiming clamp ion, from age or otherwise, to e.:.
amine the jars, li•ta UJW on the church doors, and hare
their names erased.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ISTAKIT ecrruMMer.

walks. .r.c.t..0;,;1 e,.;;:sii;et, Russell.equare,
marine•store dealer, and JoAn Hamtlton. 0f.15, then-street,
Spitalfselds, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being
drunk and disorderly, and Hamilton was further charged
with assaulting Sergeant Thom.* Dodswortb, 293 A, and
Mr. James Parkhurst, foreign china dealer, of Cambridge.
street, Golden-square, who went to the assistance of the

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sergeant.
The sergeant my the prisoner' shortly before 1 this
morning, drunk, Betties together, and making a great dis-
turbance outside one of the iceshopa in Oxford street, and
oe his requesting them to go away, they made use of the
most disgusting language, and refused to leave. The
sergeant then attempted to take them into custody, when
Hamilton threw himself on the ground, and kicked
him about the shins. Mr. Parkhurst, who was on his way
home with his wife, seeing the sergeant Hissed, went to he
assistance, and some constablea arriving the prisoner' were
takes to the station. On the way Hamilton deliberately
kicked Mr. Parkhurst in a violent manner, Mr. Parkhurst
at the time being engaged in canting the constable'si hat.
Jackson mid that on minim out of the ice-shop his wife
said she bad lost her watch, and the sergeant said it was
more likely that be (Jackson) had taken one, and then there
was • disturbance.

Hamilton said it was no use saying anything.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Jackson 2Ds. or fourteen days; and
Hamilton *la or two months for the assault on Mr. Put.
burst, and 10s. or fourteen days for assaulting the sergeant.

THE PCiTH OP THE PARKS.

A well-dressed German named Wilhelm Hunarbunk, who
described himself as • auger baker at Wbiteckuipel, was
charged with grossly improper conduct in Hyde-lark, near
Grosvenor-gate.
The case having been proved by Lloyd, a countable of the
A division,
The prisoner, through Mr. Albert, the interpreter, said
that he was a foreigner, and that he bad only been in LO.
does short time. .

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that foreigners must behave themselves
as well as other people, awl his being a foreigner was no
excuse, for he must be well aware that in hie own oountr7
he would be punished for such conduct.
The prisoner was then committed for three months with
hard labour.