The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-15 00:00:00

WORSHIP-S7'REET.

Jade Lyon*, a pawnbroker, in at 186, Brick-
lane, Spitsl6elds, was summoLed under the powers of the
sot regulating his trade for a variety of offences. Mr.
Somerset Hymns. vestry clerk of St. Stephen's, Spitallielda,
and clerk to the governors aid directors of the poor, acthig
under the authority of the churchwarden and overseers of
the parish of Spitaldelds, obtained nine summonses against
the defendant, the worst of which were the following, as
disclosed by the evidence.
Martha Langley said—l know the defendant. He lives
next to a chapeL One Sunday morning I went to his shop,
the bells were ringing foe church, and I told him I wanted
a shilling on 'shirt. He let me have it. He did not ask
my name or address, nor give me any ticket. I redeemed
that article on another Sunday morning, together with a
previous pledge for 6d. He charged roe 2d. interest for the
shilling sod ld. for the sixpence. Neither article had
been left more than a fortnight.
Defendant's books were produced ; they did not contain
any entry of the transaction sworn to by the woman
Langley.
Mary Harley—l pledged four Windsor chain with draw.
dant about Jane, 1863. I only Lot three back. 1 after-
wards took the three to pledge. He agreed that they
should be taken as four, and advanced me 3e. on them.
(Witness hers went into a somewhat stobarrusing scats.
meat, which went to show that she had paid defendant the
sum of 6e. fid. for the loan of 31. during eight months.)
Witness continued —I had told him that I would not loss the
chain on any amount, as my poor husband, than dead,
had made them for me. I paid interest on them
eight times, and when I went to redeem them and put two
dories on the counter, he made a laughiogotoek of me, and
said he had sold them, but I have ssen him sitting on one
of them at his shop door since. I had no ticket from him
for them.

Cron-examined—l did not ask for one. I never saw him
give a ticket to ►nr ogle. I call it a leaving.thop.
Sergeant Gee—l met this woman crying about her chain,
and west to defendant about them. He said, " I sold them;
I know nothing of them." I told him be was dampened to
keep them for twelve months. At that time I observed a
notice in his shop warping persona that if they did not re-
deem their things quickly, they wcald be sold. I meo-
tioned this to him. He became abusive, and I left.
Law, 206 H—Defendant's name was erased from his shop
doorway in Jane last, the wads "licensed pawnbroker"
being left. This was so up to the 2nd of August last, when
I left the beat.

Loses Coker sworn—l took defendant'a business of him
when he was prosecuted at this court hurt April, and paid
him 1213/. for it a fortnight before Christmas following. I
engaged him, he being a poor man, to attend in the shop,
and bus and sell ; net to maks a leaving shop of it. I gave
him ISe. a week. He is my servant.
Croes-exautioed—l am his son-in-law.' (Laughter.) lam
• boot and shoemaker, carrying on the business of a clothier
at that shop. I have got &stamped agreement of oar trane-
'edam_ at borne.

Mr. Salford (clerk)—Are you a licensed pawnbroker ?
Witness—No.

Mr. Safford—Then why are thee* words remeiniog over the
door aid the name left out?

The Magistrate—l am satisfied this mans evidence s not
truthfeL What is known of the defendant
Sergeant Ges—l have always known him as much muter
at one time rat seethes. He is always serving. The com-
plaints ace iseeerat. He was convicted in August last
of five drums, and in December :ut of the same number.
On the first °passion the floes were IV. ;oa the second,
I think 21. leos.

Mr. Ellison it.flicted penalties amounting io the whole to
217., or, io default, icuprisocmant far eight months.
Defendant was locked up in default.

A LIONESS AT LARGE—Wombwell', menagerie is
sow exhibiting is the West /garlands, at Southampton. The
West Methods is • large open precept ground in the centre
of the town. On Saturday atoning the keeper was shifting
the Loos from one den to another, and two of there. about
I hall grown, jumped over the keeper's shoulder and escaped.
One was headed and drivels back to his den almost imme-
diately ; the other, • lioness, got outside the menagerie, and
made her way right across the open sparse. A large number
of men, women. and children, were in the Macleod., sod
the stampeded immediately to get out of way.
A boy with • donkey was riming 'mar the
brute, and it was thought that she would attack them, but
the boy, beteg frightened, hallooed loudly, sad the booms
passed on. A keeper headed her, and prevented her from
going down Upper Portland-terrace, and into the heart of
the town, and thus kept her is the /garlands. A row of
houses called lieveloeic-terrace is close by, and one of the
doors there being open the booms entered the house. The
inmates escaped into the rooms and locked themselves in,
and she took possession of the front parlor. A number of
the keepers sow arrived with a cage, and armed with whips
and pitchforks. Thee shut the front door of the house and
got in from the back premises, placed the cage in the pas-
sage, and thrashed and goaded the brute framthe parlor into
the cage, and after about three-quarters of an hoar from
the time of her escape site was safely lodged in her dee
win. The escape sod chase caused murk excitement and
alarm is the tows.

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