The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-07 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-1101TM
William Easton, • young man about nineteen)eace of
age, was brought before the Lord Mayor on Saturds,,. in
the custody of Sergeant Paokman, upon a warrant charging
him with obtaining the sum co: 101. from Mr. Beth of the
Cum of Harnett, Stead, and On., of Old Broad-etheet,
marebante, under the following false pretence.
Mr. Beth stated that the Cum had • house in Dundee,
and the prisoner's father, Mr. Robert &moo, be knew to
be a customer of that house. On the Ist of the present
month the prisoner, of whom be had no merlons knowledge,
went to the counting-hones and told him be was the son of
Mr. Robert Eamon of Dundee, and the prisoner Nomad in
great grief, and produced • letter which he said be bad re-
ceived from his brother. The letter rap thus :—" Neathergate,
Dundee, Nov. 28. Dear Brother. —I have your letter of the
Bith inst., and in reply to it I now enclose • cheque for 10/., to
pay your lodgings and fare borne, which do immediately, as I
amatory to say, our poor dear father is I feat near death's
gates. Drs. Lyall and Homan both hold out little hopes
of his recovery, and desire me to say if you hope ever to see
your father alive spin in this world to make no delay, but
leave by the 9 o'clock train on Tuesday evening I have
alas to say that he is quite sensible and expresses his happy
state of mind in the prospect of death. Mr. M'l)ougald,
Mr. Long, along with uncle David visited him today,
and he said that were it not for his family be weld leave
the work! without • sigh ; but be leaves them in the hand
of God, knowing that he had sown thorned to the best of
his ability ; but that by the blmMng of Him who alone
can water the seed sown, and under the charge of a godly
mother, he is now resigned to the hand of God. I must now
close. I shall expect you oe Waders/tar morning. You
had better telegraph to me when I shall *expect you. And
now, deer brother, with kind love from all near and dear as
house-1 em sour affectionate brother (signed), .1.3"
Eames."
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Hs read this letter, and told the prisoner he was very sorry
for him and asked him what he wanted him to do. The
prisoner said he would be doing him • great favour if he
would advance him the 101. until he arrived in Dundee,
when be would see that it was paned to Lis credit there.
He told the prisoner he d.d not know how far be was telling
the truth, when he referred to a gentleman in the City, who,
he said, knew him. He sent one of his clerks with the pri-
soner to the gentleman, who said he knew the prisoner to be
the eon of Mr. Robert &MOO. of Dundee. Upon that he
lent him the 101., and sent both the letter and • receipt
which the prisoner gave for the money to Dundee. and
received a telegram that the letter was not a
pinup° one, and by the next poet he received
the letter and the receipt back. Upon that he
obtained a warrant, and after the prisoner was appre-
hended be explained admire to see him, and on his going to
him asked him to forgive him. He id to the prisoner,
" Then youadmit there is something to forgive," and uked
him whether he intended to bring his father and mother to
greater grief by compelling them to come forward to prove
the letter to be a forgery. The primmer said be admitted
the letter was a forgery, sad desired to plead guilty.
Mr. Bett said he did not enter into the prosecution of
the prisoner with any vindictive foaling, but from a 841•411
of duty. The prisoner's father was highly respectable, and
bad already been brought to great grief by the conduct of
the prisoner. He thought that • short term of coofinemout
is gaol would be sufficient warning, and would be as bear
Acid as • long term of iniprimenment, and he would, there-
fore, be very glad if his lordship could deal with the cue
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the kw would not permit him to deal, sad the Owner was
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Received for the poor-box : —Worship' n 1 Company of
Scriveners, 51.; sod T. M. per Mears. Cooke sod Co., 31.3 e.

DOW-STRZET.
Williams Arbairn, of the Lyosuro Theatre, woe charged
with maudlin( Nichol Whiny, of the Haymarket Theatre.
The consplaiosat stated that on the 21st haat. be maw the
defendant in Wellingtonatrest, Strand, and spoke to him
aka which, without any provocation, the lona struck him;
• violent blow on the mouth.
lo cromaxamination the samplainant said he had in.
formed the defendant by loiter that he had revolved cora-
muniaatiome from peewee who bad mistaken wittier for
him, and liaises be took reassures for preventing • recur.
moos of the samo, he (witness) should do so himself by
means of the public prom Witness bad shown aletter which
bad bees seat by mistake to him, to his trieada at the Hay-
wire* nada%
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The dkeeedaja mad he wee vary Magma that the com
eats of • Wee: which had gone to the complainant by
mistake should have been madapaidie, and he certainly had
forgabas himself by striking the complainant.
lir. Dorris imposed a Ea of 40e. and costa, which was
Paid.
MARYLEDONE.

James Lacy, a tall, well:thremil man, manes refused,
engraver, was charged with being concerned with another
man not in custody m stealing from the drew pocket of •
lady in • second class carnage on the Metropolitan Railway
a puns containing 31. 10e. B'd.
Mn. Mary Hannah Frances maid—l reside at Wog.
About 1 o'clock to-day I left the Paddingtcu station of the
railway oar) toe:. the City, and cm arriving at the Chapel-
street or road 'tenon 1 mimed my purse just as the
wiener another man got oat of the carriage. I maw my
nurse in the head of the maa ad in metady, and called out.
The man then gave it to the primmer, who ran up the steps.
I pursued, calling "Atop thief!' sad maw him put my puree
into • gentleman's pocket who happened to be coming down
to the train. The prisoner was afterwards captured.
Mr. Mansfield—ls the pane found
Prosecutrix—Yes, sir ; I have it hare.
Mr. Mansfield—From whom did you receive It ?
Proseoutra—From a gentleman not now in attendance.
Thompson, 111 1), said the gentleman who was • magis-
trate, heel given him his card. The addream was " Mr. Sew
ley Percival, of Bridgefort-house, Barnet."
Proescutrix—He was not swan that my puree was in his
pocket till I took it out.
Mr. Mansfield—Do you mean to say that you took the
purse from the pocket of the gentleman
Prosecutrix— Yee, sir. I saw the prisoner place it in the
pocket, and I put my band in, and in pulling my own out
I pulled out the gentleman's as well—(laughter}--aod be
was quite satisfied at my doings end explanation. (Great
laughter.)
Mr. Mansfield inquired what became of the other man ?
Promentrix—He ran moms the line, end got out by
running behind the train on the opposite side.
Mr. Mansfield remanded the primmer for a week, mod com-
plimented the lady on what she had dame, aa well as congra-
tulated her upon the recovery of the money.

THAM4I.

Pierre 'Attain, a Frew:heath, about 40 years of age, whose
bead and throat were enveloped in surgical headmen, was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with attempting to
stab several psrwus, and also with making an attempt to
commit -destruction by cutting his throat with a
knife.

William Cowley, a watchman in the service of the
Loudon Dock Company, stated that at half Test 3 o'clock on
Wednesday, thedth of November, he saw the prisonerloiter-
ing about the dock for some time, and was about to re.
move him, when the prisoner said in broken English,
" You told them what I said to the captain."
He replied, "No such thing ; I don't know you
or the captain." The prisoner immediately drew a
long clasp-knife, which was open, from his pocket end
made a stab at him : and if he had not very quickly par-
ried it with his truncheon, the prisoner would have plunged
Ilse knife into his body. The defendant continued stabbing
at him, and he defended himself as well as hews. able with
his stiok, and warded off the blows until Police-constable
238 K arrived. The prisons, finding himself likely to be
overpowered, jumped from the quay on to a barge in the
dock basin, and then made attempts to plunge the knife
into his body, but it did not penetrate, although he struck
himself six or seven times. 'The prisoner then drew the knife
scram his throat, inflicting a terrible wound, and then with
both hands "sawed away" at his throat, which WWI cut in
a fearful manner, and the deck of the barge was covered
with the blood which flowed from the wounds. A sailor
jumped on to the barge, pulled the prisoner backwards
and secured him. The prisoner wee then hoisted up by •
enure, and removed to the London Hospital, where he was
attended to.

Mr. Munford, the superintendent of the St. Katharine
Duck Company's own police, said that previous to the pti-
weer making the attempt on his own life he went on board
• French ship, bound to (..len, in Normaody, and maid he
dad escaped from Swansea Gaol and 100 polies constables
were after Dim. The captain of the Preach ship would
have nothing to do with the prisoner. Three proceedings
were taken for the prisoner's own safety. If the magis-
trate would remand him he (Mr. Muoford) would call the
attention of the French consul to the case, and have pri-
soner removed to France.

Mr. Partridge said he would not let the prisoner go. He
must commit him for trial for the offence he had committed.
He should remand the prisoner at present until Tuesday for
the completion of the depositions.