The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-07 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MAMON-1101313E.
Ame of way respectable appearance, named Christopher
Homan. and described as an optician, was placed at tile bar
before the Lord Mayor, charged under the following rather
peculiar circumstances :

r Mr. Weather prosecuted; and Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared
for the prisoner.

From Mr. Wonkier's opening statement it appeared that
the ptisoner wet in the service of Mr. Browning, 111, Mino-
rite. optician, in the capacity of foreman over the workmen,
and it was his duty to take orders from Mr. Browning or the
manager, Mr. Blakely, and to give the work to the mess to be
done, he having charge of all the materials. He bad availed
himself of these facilities to make articles upon his own so-
count with the materials belonging to his employer. and in
hies time. and had sent autiop to the foundry for his own use
which bad been charged to hie employer's account. Mr.
Browning is a telescope maker, and it appeared the prisoner
had been using his materiels for miscroscopes, and for tools
for such work, for which he had not the authority of his
employer.
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Sir:BrOWOltl was called, mid he stated that from infor-
mation he received he went on Tuesday last up to the pri-
soner's room where be worker. The prisoner waa absent at
the time, and upon looking into his drawers, he found in
one the body of a microscope, the eye-piece of which had
been made for a telescope, but bad been adapted for the
microscope, end which he knew to be his property. la
enotber drawer be found a quantity of rough metier for
the stand of • microscope. Upon searching further he
found under the bench of a workman named Owen two
" jiggers." partially made, with the other portions useeseary
for completing them, and also some drawings.
The prosecutor, in answer to Mr. Wonkier. stated that he
was not a maker of microscopes, for in his busies= the
" jiggers" would not be required they were used for
grinding microscopic glues,. Oa Wednesday he took de-
tective officer Gayle, up to the workshop while the pri-
soner sod the man Owen were there. He produced the
articles and asked Owen who be mad* them for, and he re-
plied, " Mr. Homan, of course." He asked him who
made the drawler, and he said he made them himself.
Upon heirs/ 'eked how it was he had made two " jiggers.*
he hesitated, when the prisoner said, "Come, he
frank, Owen, you know you said you would like one for
yourself," at which Owen said he sortaisly did rayons would
be very handy to him.
In reply to Mr. Browning, Owen said the article. were
snide oat of hie material.

Mr. Broweing den Tilted the *mom how It was, if he
preteeded the jiggers were for his work, he had ovum to
reeks microscopes , to which ha replied that ha thought
be might mum them eon thee or eliker.

Upon searching the priioner's lodgings a telescope of •
peculiar construction was fouirl, which the prosecutor
i4entited as his.
'Mr. Lewis cross-examined the witness at snme length,
with a view to show that the articles were wade for the
prorseator's work.

The prisoner wee remanded, being admitted to bail—him-
self in 801. and two sureties in 401.

BOW.STREET.

Ann Muir, single woman, wasexamined before Mr. Hall
on the charge of having committed a murderous assault
upon her father, at the lodge of Richmond-terrace, on the
25th ult.

Th;priso• nee was described in the charge-sheet as only 36
years of age but she had the appearance of at least 4a or
60. Her head was bandaged, and she seemed extremely
weak, being unable to stead or walk without the assistance
of the officers of the court. The complainant, her father,
was also io a sad condition. his face and hands being strapped
and bandaged. He said he was 76 years of age, and he also
appeared unable to walk without assistance. Rarely has a
more melancholy spectacle been exhibited in a court of
justice than that which the father and daughter presented
when the case was called on.

It was proved in evidence that father and daughter had
been in the habit of getting drunk, and of fighting with each
other when in that coedit-inv. This was the case on the day
the assault in question took place. There was nothing to
show the cause of quarrel, and, as the complainant refused
to prefer any charge against the prisoner, the case was dis-
missed.