The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Faa. 28.

Sittings at Nisi Prins at Guildhall—(Hafora Mr. Baron
Bramwell and a Common Jury.)

MAURER V. ELUL—ANGULAR Cols OF FALSE

The plaintiff, • German and a dealer in china, glass, and
Sheffield goods, brought this action spinet the defendant
for false inipritanmait.

Mr. Serjeant Parry and Mr. Joyce were counsel for the
plaintiff, and Mr. G. Denman, Q.C., for the defendant.
While residentin Prussia, the plaintiff paid his addressee
to • young lady named Pawl, wlose Who r lent him 700
tbalers, for which he gave a bill of exchange, bat be was
not to repay the money if he married the daughter. After-
wards, the plaintiff came to London, and one day was taken
into custody by a policeman in plain clothes on a charge of
obtaining money coder false pretences, at the instance
of the defendant, who, it appeared, had received some
communication from the young woman's parents; In
Prussia. He was taken through the public streets to the
Mansion-house and placed before the Lord Mayor, who dis-
missed the charge. The plaintiff submitted that be bad
come into possession of the 700 thalers properly, sod
that the proceedings against him had been instigated by
some mischief-maker across the water, whose object was to
injure him in the opinion of the young lady, of whom he
was still very fond.
No evidence wsus adduced for the defence ; but Mr. Den-
man addressed the jury in mitigation of damages.
_ _

Mr. Baron Bramwell said that the arrest of the plaintiff
on such a charge was wholly unwarranted by the lows of
England, and it would have been better if the police
bad refused to take the plaintiff into custody ; but
although the defendant had acted with extreme rashness,
he had evidently done so without any malice. Still it warn
an unfortunate thing for a man to be locked up all night at
a police. station, and to have to walk through the streets
next morning in custody and appear before • magistrate.
But had not the plaintiff partly brought the mischief on
himself? It was tolerably clear that he would not have
got the 700 theists if he had not promised to marry the
young lady, and he had plated • physical impediment in
the way of =trying her by taking himself away from the
military in which she lived, nuke, indeed, they were
married, as had recently been the case in America, by tele-
graph. The plaintiff said he gave a bill of exchange for the
money, on which he wan remponsible, but he might be
unable to meet it, and Pr, the father, might
, observe, s•
witneee had done the o r day in courts 'lt is not easy
to get butter oat of a dog's mouth." (Laughter.) If the
plaintiff could not, or would not, marry the girl, be cer-
tainly ought, as a matter of honour, to return the money ;
but nevertheless the defendant was wholly unjustified in
giving him into custody.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 251.

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.

Four decently dreasea young lads, named John Aosta,
nod 13, James Baxter. aged 14, John Jay, aid Clarks
Turner, both ender 14, were placed at the bar before Mr.
Henry , on suspicion of being concerned is a robbery at
Norwich.

InSiecior Brennan, of the F division, deposed that
from certain intimations given to him, be felt it his duty to
watch the prisoners the previous evening in Brydges-street,
Covent-garden. They bad taken their plains in the pit of
Diary-lane Theatre ; but during the intervals between the
es.rzmances, they visited the Sir John Falstaff public-
opposite the theatre, and partook of " rum" and
other refreshments. They seemed to have an abundance
of money. end one of them possessed • small nulette-box,
with which they had been seen gambling "between the
acts." Baxter aid be had been seat up from the country
to visit an aunt in London, and was allowed • holiday, and
the other boys told a similar story; but they afterwards
admitted that they had been living since Monday at the Moon
coffee-house,Whitechapel. Waimea sent Baxter and Turner to
the police-station, and fetched the two other boys from the
theatre. Afterthecharge had been taken, the boy James said,
" Now I will tell the truth ; a boy named Potter, the son
of a sexton at Norwich, forced open Baxter's grandfather's
till with a knife, and stole a lot of money. He afterwards
met us near St. Peter's Church, at Norwich, oft Saturday
night, to divide the money. I had 4/. for my share, Baxter
bad 51., Turner had 4/. 10e., and the others 41. We all went
to Yarmouth on Sunday, and we came to London on Mon-
day, and we have bees visiting the Crystal Palace, the musics
saloons, and other places ever since we hays been here."
Witness sent to W bitechapel, but 00 such ooffeo-house as the
" Moon" could be beard of ; but oo inquiry being made at
the Sun coffee-house, it was found that the boys had
been lodging there since Monday, ordering the beet of every-
, thing, and living in great style, having abundance of money,
apparently, at their disposal.
Mr. Henry directed the officer to telegraph the brief facts
of the case to the chief constable of Norwich, when the
robbery was committed, and be would remand the Toys till
to-day (Monday), when they could be conducted beck to
Norwich to be prosecuted.
A telegram was subsequently received from • Nerwich
coustable to the effect that the person robbed declined to
prosecute, and that they had no ' funds" to fetch the pri-
soners from London.

Rzerrrz or ma Erournuaou MUIWZRER.—A
letter was received on Friday morphs( by the governor of
the gaol from the Home Secretary, intimating that the con-
vict Milne had been respited during her Majesty's pleasure.
On Saturday afternoon, Mr. W. F. Windham
was summoned before toe Norwich magistrate', to answer
• charge preferred against him by Mr. H. B. Sproul,
strition•master at the Norwich (Thorpe) terminus of the
Great Eastern Railway, of having on Saturday, the 21st
ult., used abusive language towards him, and called him by
opprobrious epithets. The bench decided that the
summons must be dismissed, as the plaiatiff did not say
be feared personal Mambos ; at the same time they
expreered a hope that Mr. Windham would in future
abstain from such language. Mr. Windham accordingly
left the court, exclaiming ia high glee that the Great
&stern Railway Company was " lowed this time."

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