The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

DIBPZEATI HICOUNTIS.-51101111U IS THEATRES.
James Moriarty, described as 6 laborer. was placed a
the bar, before Mr. Yardley, charged with causing a die.
Nahanni in the Marylebone Theatre, and as aulting Henry
Ireland, one of the attendants, under the following cir.
cameraman.
From the evidence of Ireland it appeared that he was is
the gallery of the theatre as the people were leaving, and
twice saw the prisoner, who was on the opposite side of the
gallery, strike a match and light a piece of paper, in ode
to set light to his pipe. Smoking being strictly prohibited,
and notices to that effect being posted about, he
(witness) called across to prisoner to put hie pipe
away and extinguish the light. This he refused
to do. when witness went to him and took the light
from his band. Upon this prisoner seised him by the threes
with both hands, when a moat desperate struggle maned.
Witness was forced on to the railing surrounding the
gallery, and here prisoner managed to get him haft way over,
when assistance arnved. Had the prisoner succeeded is
getting him over be (witness) must have been killed by his
fall into the pit.
Sergeant Hendry, Xi D, corroborated Ireland's evidence,
when

Mr. Yardley rid prisoner's conduct was highly improper,
and Ireland did what was right in ordering him to put out
the light. Even after his being told to pat out the light,
his conduct was very violent, and to mart his sense of his
(prisoner's) conduct he should order him to pay a fine of
Ws., or else be imprisoned for eight days.
Prisoner was locked up.
WOEBHIPSTREET.
EOBBERT MON ALLEGED DISTILDUL
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William Holden, a tall, punt man of 36, wee charged with
stealing on two separate occasions from the promises of Mr.
Bo tting, a pro;witator of saw-mills in Kinpland.
It appeared that a week since prosecutor missed on one
morning 230 feet of bead mahogany, and on the following
day 320 test of the same wood, and a very small piece
picked up outside the mills served to sbow in what directioe
at had been conveyed. The matter was placed in the hands
of Gould, a detective otficer of the N division, who soon got
a desert tion of the thief from a lad present at the time the
wes removed on the lint cooadoo. This resulted
in the apprehension of the prisoner, bat the property so
not then traced. When charged with the dram he protested
his innocence, although the witness swore to him most die
tiootly as the man seen to get over a paling twice into Mr.
Bottiog's premises, and each time return with mahogany,
which he afterwards placed oo a truck end wheeled away.
The remand now eoabled Gould to bring forward teslt•
mony of the prisoner having sold the identical wood to a
cabinet maker, named Tucker, in Spitalfields, but without
the slightest imputation upon that tradesman's character,
as • fair business price wee paid for it. Prisoner now
pleaded guilty, and urged in extenuation of his offence that
his wife was in great illness and that be had • large family
nearly starving, himself being out of work.
Prosecutor mercifully appealed for • lenient punishment,
as he beloved his story and had some knowledge of Weiss
a workman.- _ _ . . . .

Gould send be bad visited the priaoner's lodging in
George's-place, Hoxtou. He found the wife recently con•
fined, and there were besides five children.
The magistrate remarked that despite of all this it was •
very bad ease, sod the prisoner had pertinaciously denied
until the robbery wan clearly brought against him that be
knew aught about it. There would not be any protection d
property, if tbeplea of distress was permitted as as ennuis
for theft. He would, however, take into consideration the
kiad recommendation to mercy made by the prosecutor, and
limit the term of imprisonment to one month's hard laboa
is the House of Correction.