The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.

A cabdriver was summoned for taking more than his
legal fare.
Mr. Chamberlain, • solicitor, had hired him at Victoria
Station to take him to the Green Dragon, Fleet-street, and
had paid him is. 6d., when he demanded 6d. more, and was
very offensive in his language. Re paid him the 6d., but
took his number. . .

klieTlOan---I.3akin said the public must be protected
against these extortionate demands of the cabmen, aed
fined the defendant 40s. _ _

Io default of payment he was committed to prison for one
month.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Michael Zs;Tuepf, theilim;gariaiitaikr, charged with
stabb;ng John Ruben, the Polish courier, wu brought up
on remand.

It was now stated by a surgeon that the wound must
have been inflicted by a sharp instrument, and he bed found
the point of a stiletto in the dressing applied to the cut.
The prisoner denied that he had any knife or other in-
strument in his hand when he struck the prosecutor.
Committed for trial.
MARYLEBONL

A tall, respectahlt;ToOfting man, who gave the name of
Abraham Law, aged 31, oattle-salseman, residing at Elin-
vilhis, Upper Clanton, was placed in the dock before Mr.
Maasßeki, charged under the following extraordinary cir-

cumstanois :

William Shorts, butler to Mr. Samuel Grogeou, of 32,
Upper Harley-street, maid—A little after two o'clock this
morning I heard a noire in the kitchen, and went to see what
it was, and found a man there. I locked him In the room
while I went to ring the alarm bell. Whilst I was doing
this be broke open the door and rime into the passage. I
attacked him and struck him a blow on the no% with my
fist. He returned the blow and followed me into the pantry,
and as we got in there I raised the poker and struck him
over the head with it several times. He grappled with me
and got me down, and said that he would rut my
throat if I did not allow him to carry away the property.
At this time two female servants, wbo had beard the alarm,
came down, and seeing me struggling with the prisoner,
went to the street door, and called " Police!" sad
" Murder !" The man still struggled with me, and after
throwing me be rushed out at the door. I was so
smothered in blood that I could not identify the man, but
the prisoner is very much like him.
Cross-examined—The man seemed quite sober, and fought
very bard. When I struck him theblood flew out from his
nose. When I struck him with the poker we were both in
the dark. The house was entered from the skylight about
20 feet high, from which they had taken the top off. It is
over the kitchen. I cannot say how the man was dressed.
I will sot swear that the prisoner is the man I attaeked.
Mr. Mansfield—Will you swear that the prisoner is not
the iron
- - . . .

Witness—l will not swear that he is not the man.

Fanny Hussey, cook in the same servioe, said—l heard the
alarm, and on going down the kitchen stairs saw a man
struggling with the butler. Shorts said, in the midst of the
struggle, that there were thieves in the house, and the man
whom he was contesting with said, "I am not. a thief ;he
has insulted me, and now will not let me go." I ran to the
street door and called "Police," and, whilst doing so, the
man ran out of the door and through the gates into the
Marylebone-road. The prisoner is very much like the man,
and when the polies brought him to the house the braises
on his face appeared quite fresh and bleeding. The cum
tent' of the cupboard had been turned over.
Croas•examinad— I had the candle in my hand whoa I

camedow7i after the alarm.
Elisabeth Edmonds, housemaid, said—l went dotes with
• candle in my hand, and saw a struggling in the pry&
The butler's face and shirt were covered with hies&
asked what was the matter, sod he said there were thins& I
I ran to the door and called "Folios." The roan ran out at'
the time.
Felix Simi, 349 D, said—A little after two o'clock this
morning I heard " Marche sailed. I ran as far as Cleve-
landedrest, and saw the poisoner, and asked him where he
had come from; in yto which he said, from Fatima& j
place. Bisbee was , and I told him he must come :
with me to Harley-shiest. we sot there, the moment
the cook saw him dm said, "'that is the man." Ths est, •
smut asked the butler if he (primmer) was the Dan, whim he
said he was positive he ins.
Croes-exam—reisease was &ask, boa sot busily
drank.