The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-07 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-ROUSE.
A youog man named Wifliess darling was yesterday
brought before the Lord Mayor, clamed with stealing two
opera glasses, value eight guineas, the property of Mr. Den-
nis, an optician in 13ishopsgate-street.
The robbery was committed io a very impudent 1111111DM
About half-past four o'clock on Rowley afternoon the
sonar and another man, both of whom were respectably
dressed, went into the prosecutor's shop, and the prisoner's
companion made some inquiries of the shopman relative to
chemical thermometers, and several were shown to Lim, bet
none of them were, of course, of the description that he re-
quired. While the shopmen's attention wee thee directed
the prisoner deliberately helped himself to two opera glasses
out of the window, and the act would in all probability have
escaped detection but that an errand-boy happened to be. in
• the back room sod law what had taken place. After securing
the booty the prisoner and his companion left the shop, and
the errand-boy then told the shopman what he had observed,
and he immediately went after the prisoner and laid bold of
him a shortdiatanee from the shop. He then handedoneof the
opera-glass/a to the shopman, and threw down the other
and ran off. A cry of " Stop thief" was nixed, and a po-
. IMo-constable named Ruddick tried to stop the primmer,
and in so doing they both tell, and the constable stench hi
arm and heed against a lamp-post, and was rendered ehinet
insensible by the concussion. The prisoner would thee, is
all probability, have succeeded in making his escape, bet a
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in getting away. Upon the prisoner being searvched,d been
a new
meerschaum pipe and cue. which it is belieed ha
stolen from some warehouse shortly before, was found in
hisill prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was fully
mimmittel for trial.

WORSHIP.MTREET.
William Denine,• maa of powerful make, was finally
examined before Mr. Cooke, charged with having been con-
cerned in a garotte assault and robbery upon William Hill,
a compositor.
The prosecutor stated that about one in the morning of
that day se'onight he was passing through the Whitmore-
road, Boxton, on his way home to Kinghood, when be was
soddenly attacked by two men, one of whom seized him by
the throat, while the other tore open his coot sod
iest and emptied his waistcoat pocket of the money (some
coppers only). He felt almost strangled, sad a gargling in his
throat from the violent premiere, bet he made lisiefrate
effort to extricate himself, and after a severe st e his
amailants made off, leaving him upon the ground. ma.
aimed to get up, and called as loudly as he could for help, and
seeing one of the men running, followed after him, carrying
in his hand a completely crushed bat which be picked up on
the spot. This bat, however, did not belong to him, but
at the station-house he afterwards found his own, which be
bad lost in the struggle. He was very mach bruised and
hurt about the face and body, and afterwards suffered
from inflammation of the throat. He wee unable to dentify
the-

prisoner.
Mr. Thomas George Drummond said he eras on his way
home over the Whitmore-bridge when he beard cries for
help, and seeing the prisoner turn the caner from the
Whitmore-read way he followed and o►ertook him, and de-
sired him to stop and wait the arrival of a poliosman. One
came up at the moment accompanied by the prosecutor,
who bad the crushed hat in his band, and the prisoner,
who was wearing a hat very much too big for mm, was
taken to the station-house.
Hanson, 193 N, said that hearing a cry of "police" he
ran to the spot, where he found the prosecutor, sod 1100061-
paged by him went and took charge of the prisoner, who
denied the charge, and accounted for his running sway by
alleging en act of immorality with a female. The liege hat
be had on being identified by the prosecutor, the prisoner
at first stoutly maintained that it was his owe and denied
all knowledge of the crushed one but afters's* aid he
must have got the prosecutor's hai by mistake.
He was fully committed to Newgate for trial

WOOLWICH

Edwin Davis, a private of the Royal Arsenal Volunteer
Rides. was placed at the her au a remanded charge of un-
lawfully shooting sad wounding James Frost, of 1, Cave-
tenses, Plwratend.
Mr. Hughes, solicitor, again appeared for the prosecutor.
From the evidence taken at this and • previous exami-
nation it was proved that on the night of Saturday. the
28th ult., about 11 o'clock, the prisoner. having just left a
public:Argue, met the prosecutor in company with other
persons, and be then • cap on his rifle, which he
pointed towards the prosecutor, and shot him with blank
cartridge under his left eye.
The prosecuto was much marked near his eye). now
stated that he Thad Dearly recovered from the injury re.
calved, but since the occurrence be bad been under medical
treatment, and unable to work.
The prisoner said he had no intention to shoot any per-
son, but baring been at drill during the afternoon, be bad
a cartridge left, and was advised to fire it off in the street,
which he did.
Captain and Adjutant Rabble. of the prisoner's battalion,
said he had been instructed by Georgia 'ranch. R. A., 00111.
masdant of the Iltoyel Animal Volunteers, to attend for
the purpose of statist, that it wee entirely against the revs-
Wiese for soy volunteer to carry his arms after he had left
drilL
Mr. Trull said finch regulations ought to be staidly ob-
served. If a man fired off a gun at a crowd of persons, and
one person was killed, the law held that to be murder,
even if there was no intention to kill. In this use it was
fortunate for the prisoner that more serious
did not result. It was of itself an offence to 7reclairmi gun
in the public streets, and for that he should fine the pri-
soner 40a., and in addition order him .to pay the prosecutor
71. by way of compensation for his lots of time, expenses,
or one month's imprisonment.

RAILWAY AN
ARLIAMENT.D PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
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Yesterday, the committee on the Amalgamation
Bill of the Eastern Counties and other ossopanies re-
assembled, pursuant to appointment, Mr. Hamord in the
their. The moceMings, it may be remembered. were ad-
until after the Easter reason, to allow of a reference '
tramade to the Railway Department of the Based of
Trade of the various financial and working arrangementa is
dispute between the Eastern Counties, Eastern unm. Bea
Anglian, and other companies, but an their report had osly
just been presented for the consideration of the committee
and the parties on the subject, the promedinp were ad-
.,arued until to-day. The case of the Bridol sad South
Western Junction was closed in Mr. Adair's committee, after
a fortnight's Wonky, and that of the Redd** sad
Kerisham bye, the sixth end last competing line to be
heard in this collective group of rival lines, was (reed by
Mr. Serjeant Wrangbam, who pointed out that it would
consist of a main lies of thirteen miles from the Redsteek
branch of the Great Western to their station at Meridiem.
with branches to local collieries, to be met by a capital of
100,0001. in shares and 53,0001. loan. the Great Waimea
subscribing the latter amount. Evidence was taken in
support of the bill, which is opposed by the Lowden sad
South Western. The case of the West Riding, Hull, and
Grimsby Railway, which has occupied Mr. Puller's commit-
tee three weeks, dosed with corroborative engineeriag evi-
dent* and the remainder of the day was occupied by Mr.
Xerewetber, Q.C., on behalf of the Lancashire and TUric.
shire in opposition to the bill. The dames of the Val* d
Clwyd Railway were brought up and settled in Lard Stem.
ley's committee, and further evidence emetiased in favour
of the Wellington and Cheshire Junction. The bell of the
West Midland Railway, for additional branches sad weeks,
was opened in Mr. Woodd's committee, after the damns
' of the Tewkesbury and Malvern, and Shrewsbury sad Hem-
' ford bills were settled.
The other bale passed in the committee of the chairman
of railwabills were the Abbey Holme, Leepte and Bolton,
Scottish North Eastern, Mirth Eastern (Market Weighton
and Beverley), Furman and Coniston, and Hull and Horn-
sea Railways, British Plate Glans, and East London Water.
works.