The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

Afr. T. liegisesirl;;;Virifirsim leas, append
before Mr. Alissuksileinisis, swimmer obtdood
bin at the issame of the Peet sin ealbeelelso. Zir
ss pq K M to. tango yf a hedge loam
Mr. Pansils, salisibis to the Pet-ellse, been' Andy
natal the eireneasseases el the sass, sailed
Kr. It. Matthews, who said—l a de* la tin Law
bard-elm& Bias* Post caps. Oa the Stth elleatirry,
then wee a Mtn Is the Notate, addressed to the dein-
'daat, the plebes el which was 25.--ade eau bei narked
as U. I save it to a easesewr of the sun of ladkla to
Maitre h .atom esiend bin to Mag beak 2s. ; bet be bright
beak Rahn the lean as the postage.
Oress•sorsiosil by the Deindeat—Wheasvar es
deliver
letters we ebrage, soma seseive, yeangs, and it is
signet ea the peat silken wits deliver if we et angst the
unseat.
Alden= Finds—The gaieties is not what the canon
is, bat what the aat prescribes.
Defeadaet—The prusiple is of very great important'.
Buse timeaseads of letters of a similar kind wars delivered
in looks ea the day in gantlets. It is a printed circular
in feet.
J. Itsildse samenger at the Breach Post-ell" Lom-
bard-lane% solit—l mein& the letter from the last witness,
aad delivered It to the &hadn't's clerk, who took it tato a
beck non. Be shortly afterwards waned te no with the
letter. It Ina staled whoa I gave it his, sad it was broken
open when he retuned it. Time was a chirp 2s.
postage apes it, whisk I duseaded, bat whack I did

not jet.
Mr. Lest, inspector of letters at the Post-offier, said—l
was inatzseted by the Pest-office authorities to see the de-
readmit. is cessequenes of his refusal to pay the 2s. ;lost-
ege. I aloe demanded payment, whisk be refused.
Cremezembeed by the Defendant—lf inked letters are
autumns, the seseetary allows the postage to be repaid
after the rem has been submitted to him
The dehedeat, in answer to Ike 11112M01111, said he had
never had any property whatever in the letter, and had
never acknowledged it to be his. Be farther said that on
the is quetha a tronsiderable amber of letters of
• similar had been delivered at the Stock Ka-
@lmage. and that hs was nesting the payment of the 2e. as
a natter of priaciple.
Aldermen Mania—This ha ease in which the public are
very deeply isterested. It certainly is • very great hardship
epos the publie if they me compelled to pay postage upon
comensaketions of this kind, because any wicked person
disposed to do so saight indict • very serious injury upon
the great eemmer operations of this cosatry.
The magistrate, after emealtiag with Mr. Goodman sad
refervbig to the let Viet., cep. 38, sm. 47. and the 3rd and
4th Via., eap.96, sec. 60, said he had no alternative but to
wise the &Indent to pay 21., the amount of the postage of
the Woe.
Plallie sad he did not ask for the coat of the

heathindlant iesseediately paid the 21.
aithethan rim& eemeemed that the prom would acknow-
ledge BM reeelVrear Ma I.01:1011-8T ~ R
BET. for the poor-hot.
1
Jib,
WOW& Bishop, gsamaker, 170, New Bond-street,
IMO disi eta aslawfally and corruptly weaving from
llielelMMente Haight, at 170, New Boad-street, the sum
41. km the restoration of • dog, matrary to the statute
II sal • Via.. op- 47.
The amiese pert of the ease is that the prisoner was
charged miler the very set whisk be was saltily insink-
esestal fa img seem mare age, fa consequesee of the eye-
mortis rellssiwel deploy deg sessien, sad the large SIMI
of mussy they Naistliihell ememeded in obtaining from the
*wangler the reamed= a their pots.
The sue wean. to be Me: Last week John Moore was
charged with- stealing the dog. Miss Haight, of 74,
lerraya-street, NM ea the 24th of March she was
walking In Jerasynetrest with her sister, about nine
Vets* la the mealag, haviag a Newfoundland dog,
the property of Oephda ilatherhad, with bee. The
dog was stole& at the asset of Dake-sermt. The falba tag
day bills were wished albeing a reward of W. for the rem,
very of the dog. Oa the following Smarmy, the primmer
celled ea her, end said be thought be emit gel the dm
hack for 61. He gave his address at the Luke. Her&
Little Paimary-street. She wrote to Conan Satherlead
about the loss, mad the offer to get the deg back, sad Cap-
let& Sutherland meat her dl She west to the address of the
primmer, aid whoa she mew hies she offend 41. As the dm.
TM primmer Moen would aot take the 2, bemoan
• eaM, Mr. Bishop, of Boad-Weet, was hie he the
mosey, end the ma nest therefore be pus to that party.
She weal to Bead-street, sad paid the messy to Mr. Bishop,
end ea the following day the Oman Meer* brought the
dm beak, sad rearived sone eaa ae salt-bins.
Mr. Bishop backs( neterday y beesfor taken into custody,
Him Haight repeated one endgame, and ideatified Mr.
Bishop as the peseta to whoa the paid the meaty.
Mr. Bishop mid the wawa erase to him in great
Menem about the deg, and decker to help her he
seat Mesa to the Mbar mid ef the tom. wise bramitt back
the deg. He the& ton tato mum fren the rang treatas,
Y
the deg was gives up to Mr. Be gave the nosey to
Herm

mid be pelt the maw to a ateis hen whom he
rewired MN de& bat be shield set kaew the ana spin.
/IL Meehan WI the sea moths Mai, sad Mr.Biskop
nut Mar taw hie ewe reeeialreasee taappeee Mat Friday.

11017TilWARIL.

• yeamtmea at geaMk .rd Percy Burt,
salsa la Me /Mk et woe with stealing
a geld mesh sad shells, gregsmy et :thevosport.
the =snit, a gay leak* yeas' stated that
it Na 111 Cornwall-read, sad was
is. et that amatesaitists el baninee Aslant nahrtanste.
The primate limainesig *Mei bee. Oa Om skim et the
17tb or Neetaaber he esmalima at bar Weep, and ea Um
folio w's( day be bosh up bar witch sal Ada sad boo! it
mud kis wok. Ns psethalarly tell Ms to pat it down,
as the glom was beaks., bat he peribtai fa keeping it,
tellleg beg be wadi Mira it la bail aa hoar. They both
thee seat sat tegpther, vibes she *gala asked him for her
welsh, bat ba wadi ask 'Ms it up, sad he soak her as tar
as WiminSwlrtstjti the Haymarket, when he pushed her
awe, sad vas elt. Me west to leek atter him, bat be made
Ma maps, and U. saw nothing note of him until the pre-
siege sight, wbsa oho mot kiss at the Ralbeme Chains,
sad gme him lasi moody, lib. had not seta the metal
dam. alb WNW lent kintlibe week neither did the knew
where M lad bin.
The primer here doolated that the leas his the watch.
Whoa he left bar it wet to make as aggidstmsat with a
biter, mil he Mid hair he wield tee. Ma %goo, tg boar.
However, he was sablento MIMI sway ea Wpm at de
time, sal hag ge esaatry. He lierwatiedi bar a
letter agishibts the sismelswitte, teLiag Mar Is be
amid of the wash as be 'Wiest smog m site Maw
be wee
_baseirable sag a ms& De Gam beak to
Wiaimill-eirest sad waited e bee as. been. Webs did
net altars io the spot.
Nero Pei polies•ceastable said he seek the
Okays esetedy, sad whoa be tsli him &sat im wee
with he pie the asiansemmatellbe ask as sew
P Qs gm& !WM of mistO—Yes est, sir, it prat
naly a issa.