The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1862.

BOWSTREET.

THE LATE CHARGE OF STABBING A CONSTABLE AT THE
LYCEUM.
Francis Bartlett Graham was brought up on remand on
the charge of stabbing Police.ooestable Brown, of the A
diviaion, who, it was stated, was dill too ill to attend.
Mr. Lewes, of Ely-place, solicitor for the defendant, re.
quested the magistrate to admit the prisoner to bail, on the
ground that his health, physical and mental, was suffering
from the confinement.

Mr. Henry could not do that. The constable was still in
• bad state of health—wore, indeed, than the day after he
received the injuries.
Mr. Lewis said be believed that the constable was not
suffering so much from the injury as from general health.
Mr. Henry—Still I cannot admit prisoner to bail. He
must be remanded till the constable nab!. to attend.
The prisoner was accordingly remanded.
CLERK EN W ELL.
CONVIOTION OF A REFREAHNIENT BOMA KEZPER.

M. Peke Meriggia, the licensed keeper of a refreshment
house at 10j, High-street, Islington, was summoned at
the instance of Inspector Judge, N division, for unlawfully
and knowingly permitting and suffering disorderly conduct
in his house on the 13th ult.

Yr.:Toll; *skein:kg attended for the defendant, who
plea/T(1 not gt44y._..... .

Police-conaablef William Scott, 134 N, said—On the 13th
of last month, about one o'clock in the morning, I was oa
duty in High-street, near the Angel, at Islingtoo. I saw a
crowd of persons standing in front of the defendant's house.
There was a very great disturbance inside. I went in and in
a small room adjoining the shop I found nine prostitutes.
Thread them were stripped with their bonnets and shawls
off, and two were fighting and making a great nprosr.
Their language was most obscene and disgusting. There
were two more prostitutes on the stairs. Altogether I saw
17 prostitutes in the house, and the whole of them were
noisy. I saw two of the defendant's servants there, one
of them being in the room in which the tight was taking
plane, but they took no notice, and one of them said
that he could not help it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Wakeling I was not
asked to turn the women out. One of the
defendant's servants was not doing his bed to eject the
women from the shop. I did not see that either of the
prostitutes was taking refreshment.
Police-constable Redstall, 381 N, confirmed the pre-
vious witness's statement, and, in cross-examination, said
that he did not hear anyone ask the police to turn the
women out of the shop.
Mr. Wakeling said the defendant was not licensed to sell
wine, and he hardly thought that the legislature intended
this act to apply to ice shops. Re should call witnesses to
show that the women rushed into the shop and commenced
fighting, sad that the police refused to interfere when asked
to tarn them out.

Two of the defendant's servants having corroborated Mr.
Wakeling's statement,
Mr. Barker said there could be no doubt but that ice
shops came within the meaning of the act, and ordered the
defendant to pay the costs and be more careful in future.

MARLBOROUGH•STREET.
ROBBIRT AT NINSNA. FORTNUM AND NABOWft

Was. &Wilcock, porter, in the employ of Messrs. Fortnum
and Mason, of 182, Piccadilly, grocers, &c., was charged with
stealing a bag of currants, a bag of sugar, &c., the property of
his employers, and Rickard Pater, who gave the address,
" Tne Dark Arches, Adelphi," was charged with
receiving the sine knowing them to be stolen.
Charles Butcher, 137 C, and—Yesterday evening I was
in South Bruton•mews, and saw Shilloock drive up with a
horse and van belonging to Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, of
Piccadilly. Shillcock waited a few minutes, and was then
joined by Pater. They both then went into a public-house,
and came out, and then Shillcock got into the van and put
two large bags on to the footboard, and Pater took from his
pocket a wrapper, and handed it to Shilloock, who tied
the bags in it, and Pater left with them. I then went after
Pater, sod said, " Dick, I think you have got something
wrong there," and he replied, " Butcher, I am only the
messenger." I handed lum over to a constable, and then
went back to Shillcock and told him that I wu a police
officer and should take him into custody for stealing some
property from the van. lie replied, "If anything is gone
the man must have stolen it. I then took him to the
station. The bags contained sugar and currants.
Mr. Oakley, at Messrs. Fortnum and Mason's, identified
the goods, and said Shillcock had been in the employ of
the firm two years.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the last witness said that the
parcels must have been abstracted from the warehouse, as
they had no addresses on them.
Mr. Knox committed both prisoners fur trial.