The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

AW:1110N-A0IISZ.

Jobs Keegan, • draper, eesidieg at BD, Great Suffolk-
street, Borough, who was brought op hat week, charged
with having in his possession • large quantity of kid gloves,
forming part of two burglaries which were committed in
Worcester, and not giving • satisfactory account of the
nine, was yesterday spin pieced at the bar before the Lord
Mayor, who sent the primer to Worcester, in custody of
Detective Sergeant Foulipir, who apprabeeded the prieoner,
to be dealt with by the enagietrates there.

LAMBETH.
William IVCICIII4OI, meetly and for some years a City
rnissiosary, wee brought up on a warrant and charged
before the Hon. G. C. Norton with a violent assault ca
Beery Bowler, and dearoyieg the sight of his right eye.
The prcescutar, a deg-collar maker, said that he had
known the primmer for about eve years, and far the greeter
part of that tame he bad been is the habit of Weed* hi
bible dam at the if issioriary Moon. About the !aiming
at June lest a suteariptioe was about to be est as feet to
collect 201. to present the primmer with, and the witness at
that time mid it would be much better to &ip t►e messy
to his poor wife and children than to a druakea wrath like
him. In a day or two attar the 7th of Jane the primmer
promoted himself belay him door, and by violent and loud
expremices mused • peat crowd to amicable ; and
as his going out to alb him what he meant by
it, ba him • violent blow oa the right eye, sad his
thumb being tly Foisted oat, mitered hi eye sad
daubed hie t out—be feared for wrier.
Mr. Nonce-Ibn,, not. You don't masa to my that
he hes destroyed your sight!
Witams—He has, sir. At present lem totally bud of
the Tight eye, ad what Is worse the sight at the left is
so dim and week that Item I shall lose the eight
of it .

Mr. Nortoo—llave you boos to $ hospital ?
Witham—Yea, your worship, I was taken there at am%
and for six days sad nights I had • large lump of ice placed
over my eye. I have left the hospital, but I have to go
there agaia to undergo as operation, sad there are some
slight hops@ of my recovering my sight, but I am awry to say
they are but slMht hopes.
Mr. Natoli—How was it that this charge has riot tees
Witness—Well
before ?
I wen obliged to be taken to the hos-
pital, sod aaother thing was that the missed his
sitaatioa as moimioaary, sad went sway from hie farmer mai-
dames aad could sot be found.
I.

by Use prisoner the vitamin said that
the newt be cassiwed the Mow on the eye, he put up hie
band, and endalesed. " Yon have knocked my eye out;
bet acknowledged that after this be defended himself med
caused the prisoeer to all oat for quarter, adding that if
be had not done so he should hays had his other eye knocked
out.

TDe primmer, is reply to the charge, made a long /411411.
meat, eomplaining of the were =jury dews to kiln by the
coinOarnant, and said that on biassing to ask for an &rola.
nation he grossly insulted and abased him, calling him a
drunken vagaboed and scoundrel, and said that he should
haws been kicked out of his situation long before. He also
declared that the oompleMant struck him first.
This the complaisant denied, and mid that on a future
day be should proclaim a wither who maw the primmer push
hit thumb into his eya. He therefore wished fora remand.

one of a serious abazascter, sod reawniod the
prisoner to a tutor* day.

SINGIILLII CASZ 01 A BDUCTION. —An extraordi-
nary case of abduction was beard on Wednesday last, before
the local beech of magistrates, at the Nottingham Police.
court It appears that is March last a pence named
Brewitt, a Roams catholic, living in Bridlesmithgate, Not
had been living for some time uncomfortably with
his wife, having frequently ill-used her in various ways.
They bad three &deb.°, and during the March Fair he
asked his wife to put on the children their best apparel and
be would bike them to a party et his mother's. This was
done, and during her stream her husband fetched away
the remainder of the children's clothes. The children did
not return home, and her husband relaaed to say where
they were. She instituted every inquiry as to their where.
about., bat could not heir anything of them. Accordingly
she applied to the magistrates, and her husband being sum-
mand before them he refused to say where he had placed
them, except that they were at • boardigschool. The
magistrates informed him that they would allow him until
yesterday morning to inform them of their destination. He
accordingly atteWed with his solicitor (Mr. Heath), cad de.
dined to stet' publicly where the children were, but 's-
tormed the mayor that he would commusicate with him
wivately respecting the matter ; but Mrs. Brewitt's father
(Kr. Brooks) stated that this would sot artist/ his daughter
or himself ; and he would give his solicitor tractor to
VLto the Load CUnesibr. The mother is a protestant,
is supposed that her children hays hese taken away
from her sad put into soco•Ronsan catholic esteldiehneent to
be educated in that faith. During the hearing of the case
the wretched woman cried bitterly, her knobbed kneeing
is a most unseemly manner. Ths case canoed cesehlemble
sersatios in murk

ANOTHER OITTELOR IN DONEGAL. —LHITIVAINHT,
OCT. 24.—A au send Denis 8 , • Meurer. wee
towed this mendq as the Woe of the road Main to
Strabane, isseselle mad covered wit► blood, liming bees
bistro is • roost savage smarm, sad wideetly left for deed.
He wee viewed by Dr. Smith, who Lee sot the remeeeet
bops of hia reeevery. It Is sot yet mcerteised what the
motive for MR mange ea laws bees ; however, one ma, I
hear, bee bees •rrmtd by the poles wit► web of blood ea
Ith datikte.—Prawnwes.rowneat.