The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

iroms private in iLe ;iL R•gistat of I
charged with committinga murderous sauna on Inspector
Unread Payae, of the N division of metropolitan police.
The prosecutoi was too much injured to attead, but it was
stated that the prisoner (who with others of the regiment
bad just arrived in town on their way to Portsmouth) was
observed by the inspector beating the abutters of a shop
window with his fist. Seeing toe inspector watching hire,
the prisoner exclaimed, Who are you looking at ?" and
commenced seesultiag the inspector, who ultimately re-
ceived mere injuries. The prisoner also behaved very
violently at the station-house.
In defence, the prisoner said that be recollected nothing
of the matter. Some years ego, he received a severe wound
in his head, and when be drank a little extra, as he had
done the previous evening, it drove him mad. His regi-
ment would sail for the Cape in a weak, and be would be
glad to get away, for amid the numerous temptations to vie*
is this country, a man amid not keep himself steady.
Mr. Curie however, did not appear to be &posed to
part with hat so easily, and he was remanded for a week.
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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Bishop, of Band-street, gunmaker, appeared to an-
swer a charge of having oarreptly received money for the
detention of • dog, sad a man named Moors was charged '
with stealing the dog. Mr. Perry was for the defence.
The wart was crowded during the examination, and
snarly the whole fraternity of doptealers and dogand
alers
Wen congregated in the street and passages.
Mies Knight, ia addition to her former evidence. said,
Irina she paid 41. for the restoration of the dog, Mr. Bishop
said it was a shame she should have to pay 21. mere than
the offered reward. Mr. Bishop, after the dog was restored,
warred her that the dog would be stolen agate if proper
me wore not taken. Mr. Bishop, when inforled of the
lota, sad witaam's anxiety on account of the dog, pressed
the greatest aunty to serve her, and afterwards he said,
he wee vety sorry they would have to pay 41. for the !too-
evil( the deg.
Vistula Haight said she went to Mr. Bishop's Musa
k lisedmiress. and asked him if the dog could not be got
book for lees then 61. Mr. Bishop said he could net take
less, if Mess had stated that a price had been offered for
the retina situ dog. Mr. Bishop told them to go back to
Moore, as hi bad not been there that morning. She went
leek to Moore's house with her sister to pay his 41. Moore
email not take the money, but told them logo back to Mr.
llniesp. They went beak and paid Mr. Bishop fear sore-
edges. Mr. Bishop remarked that he would try to get the
deg bask for lees money. Witness inquired when the deg
Irsigi be returned. Mr. Bishop replied most probably that
swabs. The dog was brought back the neat day. Had
mestheeni to Mr. Bishop she was much concerned at ,the
km, mai Mr. Bishop sympathised with her.
• meal case was then brought forward, the evidence
upon whisk was of a nearly similar character to that ad•
lucid upon tke preceding charge.
Robert Smith, police constable, then said that Moore had
bon lined 101. in 1849 for receiving money for getting back
a deg. Mr. Bishop was present at the time, and said Moore
INS employed by him, end rather than he should pis
prima he would pay the fine.
Oagtsin Sutherland said the dog (to which the first can
relliered) belonged to him. He asked Mr. Bishop to interest
Idemeif in procuring the restoration of the c 1.4. Mr. Bishop
said he would. He thought that Mr. Bishop exerted
elf to to get book the dog simply out of kindnees sal
friendship.
Mr. Parry emiteadsd there wee no pretence for charging
Mr. Bishop with having acted corruptly in this or io the
mead ease.
Mr.
the
word hays k
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and
week to consider Oat mean-
ie. of the " corruptly," and after a careful consilets-
BIM of all the circemstanoes attendinetre case, it seems to
me unlikely that any jury would find that the money paid
to the accused (Bishop) was received corruptly—in other
words, that the money
.or any portion of it became a peers-
Diary profit to the receiver. It appears rather that he has
engaged in these transactions from motives of vanity, as-
compaaied, no doubt, with • kind desire to assist his cur
towers and their friends. I refrain, therefore, from tektite the
depontions for a trial on which I feel no confidence of a
conviction. But I cannot dismiss the accused without ex-
eating from him an undertaking to desist at once and for
ever from a practice fraught with mischief, and tending to
encourage the offence which the legislature has sought to
suppress by an act, in the introduction of which he himself
was mainly concerned. The principles on which I have
mainly acted in taking depositions for trial have been to,
satisfy myself that the evidence affords a confident
expectation of a conviction. Then with respect to
Moore, who is charged with stealing Captain Suther-
land's dog, the evidence rather shows that he is the
acquaintance and associate of dog stealers than him-
self the actual thief. As Moore was charged with doe
ste.,ling, and the case has not been made out, I must dia-
-1 charge him.
Mr. Bishop then left the court.
THANKS.

Mews. Theodore Ferraro, Pinta, and Pere; cigar
of
lead manufacturers, Bt. Ames-lane, Lintehouse, were
charged with unlawfully (tarrying on a businem which oc
casioned noxious and offensive effluvia, without using the
best means for preventing or counteracting the annoyance.
The prosecution was by order of the government on com-
plaint of the inhabitants.
After soma evidence had been given for the prosecution,
the me. was adjourned for a month, the defendants under-
taking to carry out sundry alterations suggested during the
investigation by Dr. Taylor and other eminent chemists.