The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

(Bdore the Common Serjosat.)

Frederick Tell, a Dutchman, who appeared to be suffer-
ing from severe indisposition, and wbowu allowed to remain
seated in the dock, was indicted for stealing a gold watch
value 31. and • gold chain value 31., the property of James
in his dwelling-house.
Mr. Langford (with whom was Mr. Orridge) appeared for
the prosecution. The prisoner waa undefended br counsel,
but had claimed the privilege of being triad bye mixed jury,
and consequently a jury composed half of foreigners and
half of British subjects was empanelled, and Mr. Albert was
sworn to interpret the evidenos.
. . .

The facto orthe case lay is the shortest °output. The
prosecutor resides in Gracechurob.strest, and as the after-
mos of the Ist September last, about balf.past six o'clock,
the prisoner was met by the prosecutor's daughter coming
down stairs. Tbe yoeng lady called for aesistanoe, and her
mother sod the tamale servant responded to that call, and
the prisoner was detained until the arrival of a City oar-
stable, Paddock, 534, who on searching the prisoner foood
upon him the gold watch and chain belonging to the pro-
secutor, which had been rode in the proarroutor's bed room
• few hours before. It was further proved that a qnsatity
of latch and door key. were found on the all of
which were calculated to open the doors of ity aloes.
The prisoner was found °Wry, and was sentenced by the
Common-Serfaant to air months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

William Smirk and Thomas Altana, two police-oonstables
of the M diviske of the Metropolitan police, surrendered
in discharge of their bail to answer as indictment; charging
them with manning and inflicting pemortal injury upon
two persons of the name of William Thomas and Benjamin
Woodnutt, on the night of the 24th July last.
Mr. Le Bretou (instructed by Mr. Wonkier, jun.). on
behalf of the Marquis Townshead (formerly known as Lord
Raychem), and Mr. Adam Smith, se member of the Society
far the Protection of the Public against Abuse, appeared to
te ,• and the defendants were represented by Mr.
Leilsr and Mr. Orridge.
Its ease occupied the attention of the court for a length.
seed period, but the farts were limited, though a vast
amount of contradictory evidence was presented to the court
sad jury.
The allegation on the part of the prosecution was, that
the proem-atom, two labouring harp Wilder' living to
Rotherhithe, were on their way home from the beam
re the mother of Thomas, after having partakes of supper
and some beer, when the dehmdeata, who were in plate
clothes, followed them and said, " You are the we
have been looking for is ocusequince of the row mat
new at Dockbead." The infamous epithet applied
to them was retorted to by en inquiry as to
Om they meant to apply the epithet, upon which the
tor Threw was knocked down by the defendant
prosecute
on Woodentt interposing be was esiaLled by the
other defendant, and shuck on the eye. They raised a ory
of " Police,"apps which it was alleged that the Moeda/AN
ran away. sod the prosecutors proceeded on their we
hors, but were panned by another polios-coostable, and
takes to the *keened= on the charge of riotous sad dis-
orderly modest. They were subsequently brought bolero
the pollee 'magistrate on that charge, and wars die.
aimed with a recauwasodstioa that this prososatire
should be leetituted. _

Tr riders was of a most ortradifitory adore. Os
the cue baud it wee aseertal that the prosecutor, Three
sad Woodnatt, bad bre engaged in a row M Dreher,
Itorsehithe, and had ire watched and followed by the
delereets, who bad been soiled by the pressenion, and
were followed by another constable, named Lamb, to the
brae of tie prosecetor Thomee's mother. when they wen
taken in car dy, andlocked imp at the polka-elation os the
charge of being drunk, riotous coda* sad ariultiog the
polies. The charge was beard before Mr. Taal, the me-
grims at Greenwich PoliesCourt ; and, after a
rased ugai y, darer', with an intimation that the per
sect prosecution sherd be instituted.
The two prosecutors, Thomas and Woodside., were new
tolled is terele this iedirment. end on their cars, dried
that they were intoxicated on the night in grata. and
ereverated that they were smiled by the two deleadar
with the most opprobrious epithets, , and personally somata
by them. They railer amy of Pore," when the &-
fermate via away ; bet the prosemtors were followed
52restimere sortable war Lamb. by whom and other,
were taken into curdy in the rase of Thomas's
, and coaveyed to the station, and were charged as
already sated.
Mr. Ehigb, for the defendants, mid he wee in a condition
to pros@ that hie cliental were two officers whose career in
We poles @orrice bad bees exemple, as rkiseced bt
their being employed is plain clothes as detective duty. It
raid farther be shows that when the present promeators
were charged et the police station with the riot imputed to
them aid other they wee raised the slightest ali
that they had been as by any police arr. rz
were proved to the eatisfactiou of the jury, the defendaets
would be entitled to as acquittal.
rear policecocatebles of tbs M division were flea
galled, sod deposed that the prosecutors had been engaged
as a rations turmoil, end that both were drunk when take.
hie custody.
Inspector Home was also called, and proved that he was
ea duty on the nightie question when the two prosecutors
at the pramet indictasect were brought to ths poi
They were her intrioard, and when the sharp was read
to theme they sever intimated that they bad been menehed
by any polies oaken. With regard to the delimitate, he
cord state that the defendant Alum had been sisht
sad the defesdant Smith five yeses in the sorra
and shot both hadbeseareinoted to plain clothes duty in
e@
Mr. of their evades! and vigilare.
Mr. Le Breton replied upon the whole of the case and
after a mare sumesieg up by the Common Serpent, the
jury, after • b rief coesultatioa, =turbid a verdict of Guilty,
Comma &dear sentreed the Werra to 18
amoudltie imprisonment, with hard roma.
Williams Harris and William JaCIIMIS pleaded guilty to
Widmer charging them with unlawfully conspiring to
chest and hired John Phillips.
ten Roblascr with whom was Mr. F. H. Lewis, appeared
feriae prossestioa, and Mr. Sleigh for the primers.
Mr. Sleigh said that rein upon hiedyke the primer
bed girded guilty to the misdemeanor and he believed
that Ids lamed frier, ]lr. Robinson, would sow proceed is
• second adierest raga( the prisoners with felony.
had
rhino* begged to hamar to the coast tba: there
tad rhino*
so ocespronses in this matter, and he felt boned to
merles
e the eissumetanar under which the fraud bade.be
rred.

Th. prism Harris had *ea for mos time is the webs
oil the posseator, who was a wham* rag mandrat,
arrift oa U. balms it tha amity of tilamf
sad his sheaves Harris had the merle* of=
OM. The ethos primer. Jasima, was a mad* don
dealer to 01erhemsli, sad ma is the Is orbit of searthig rap
to the promoter's. The fraud au effected by Hams
audit to Jai* ler a lerger pastity of rep Om
And for which on Ho ms's no l• Jackson was paid.
lier Past ssetemed both the prhosos
18Oor sleuths' imrimumat with bud kbastia Hems el
eesiks,

s—sTeits %NI Ums longed is delft aid do ceon
IMO mooed b Mooday. ON. IL

THE POLICE COURT&
1019-51SEIST.
Ma Buck as& who steed committed for trial et se lim
than are charges of burglary was again brought before Mr.
001T1.6. it enter that eenakaelditiond widows whisk hod
Mei Wes dinelomd mkt be added to the depoliticise
With rasped to the baraMay at Mt. Oradea* Albany-
tame Regent's.park, cm the night of the 23rd, or reaming
el the 44th August, as thinly woman, who wakminding
• odes stall for the " proprietor_ ," dated that &Taw the
come eat of Mr. Overdoes boom at about 5 (Mock
Cith,ssrmand He bad two parcels with him. He got
lath • cab and drove away.
Tbo egad. proved that the prisoner hailed him. sad
held him to drive to the Great Western Railway temaime.
at Padriingtoe. Rh luggage emulated of a oldie lime beg
and a aeqquaan..n portmanteau. Os arriving at the Load of Hat
in Yeaedasked, defendant Mated witness to some drink,
fad then declined to proem I sa further, miry be ex-
peoted Die brother, sad should mut there for bias. Witness
loft the primer at the Lead of Hay.
Mr. Oirlerth, the impeder charge of the ense. dated
ttyam the kat ezessinotion a large quantity of property
bees dimmers& sad most of it restored to lb. owner.
Animist tha red was a gun is as oak guneue, valued at 55
minds, the property of Mr. Mamma, a geutleom at Pea-
theville, whole house was lately broken opeo, eat this
mond other Mahe dole%
Mr. Oarrie mid as the primmer 'toed committed oo five
ewe. It was net socessary to add any more.
Mr. Grinds said that was so • but he should Mgt the
he be brought was
again before the trial with a view
=her restoration of the property.
•
Mt. Corrte asseetod to this mune
It appears that the priemer's reel same is Bond.
MARYLIG9OIIII.
Thames Barnes... charged with attempting to clesiney
OreaselL
&egad Medford, 29 depoesel that co Tomb, bat
he me idled to Bill.serset, whore be mew th• Pti'
selling shod iss grid Wean Ind mama Mode MM.
log him deem • red we oily to mad owe him
as "Meth sad be wee telose is the audits/ Whms he was
esseordso mecoresed, to did M bed r a eddier, and
aimed Omagh the lodise mutiny. • was disehergid
witheoviggy peewee Iniviag amid Ms gem If. was
am le 21a OIM altitiorlnet, find_had bed may one
end bread
4„,...•e1d Imer akths rday bet, and he
mold mint *roe / t wee ii,settftedisszfef elkeM•
q died Ibet lie His bad atm go pig gog
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Odds
The pihmer amid be was may fisti log and,
Me had had • sea 'Mahe la Indio end lb eltll9 W.

In reply bquestioas pat to bin, be mid be was ia • very
weak stet...od could do some lidkt work. la tie 'beams
of any peosion be tr..a starving.
Remanded.

WOBBHIP-STREET.

A tall, middleeged pothiman asked for advice under
the following circumstances. The applicant stated
that his wife was very partial to singing and
other rare birds, of which, is fact, sbe had formed
a large collection. A few
_days ago a young man,
who professed himself to be • dealer in btrds, called at his
house, and as be asked to see the lady of it, his wife granted
I aim an interview. The man them showed two very beautiful
birds, with handsome Mile about six inches long, and of a
brilliant blue. The man said that they were very rare
birds, brought with a good deal of trouble from the coast of
South Africa, and that the olio with the most blue in its tail
was the cock and the other • hen. These he offered for
sale, and after some bargaining consented to take a hand-
some singing canary and two sysdavata, with 101. im
cash, In exchange for his birds. Next morning, on
going to examine them, be (the applicant) was vexed
Maud that one of the bards had died during the night, from
1 the scandalous cruelty to which it had been subjected, for on
taking it out and examining it he found that the tails of both
wore false, and had been cruelly stuck on with sealing•wax,
but with so ninth ingenuity as to almost defy detection.
He upon this called in a neighbour who was conversant with
birds, and be was convinced. as indeed was everybody else
who saw them, that they were not foreign birds at all, but
C4)01113011 English greenfinehes. He had Nowa to suspect
a certain bird dealer of having been guilty of this fraud, sad
be wanted to know whether the magistrate would grant a
warrant for hie apprehension.
ldr. Leigh maid he could not deal with the matter himself.
and under any circumstances a 000vietion would be attended
with difficulty : but if the applicant were certain of the man,
and he was in circumstances to pa^ the costs and expenses,
be could sue him in the county court.
The applicant thanked the magistrate for his attention,
but said he would take time for consideration.