The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-19 00:00:00

CLE,BXE_NWELL.

cossicnos OF ♦ PAWNBROKER FOR TAXING ILLIOAL

InICUST.

Mr. John GrePla, carrying on business at No. 3,
Oisu'don-street, Somers-town, as a pawnbroker, was charged
before Mr. VEyeeourt. on the information of James Fox,
of 5, Martin's-row, High-street, Peckham, as follows :
" For that you, on the Bth of February, 1864, being a
person exercising the business of a pawnbroker in the
ranch of St. Pancras, did unlawfully receive and take of
and from the said James Fox, offering to redeem certain
articles, to wit--one stuff gown and ass velvet cape, before
then pledged with you, other and greater interest for the
sum lent on =eh gown sod tape than is a:lowed by law,
colitraryto the statute."

Mr. D'Eyncourt, after bearing the evidence, said it was
clear that the manager bad charged too mach, and he must
fine him. He might have thought it waa a mistake had he
been swine se to the practice of the shop. The manager
did sot like to be sworn as to the practice, bat had be on
oath said that be bad made a mistake be might bays taken
that into his consideration. The witness bad stated that it was
not the practice to take more than 'helm's' interne, but be
could not help doubting that. Had be thought it cal as
accident he might Dot have fiend at all, but he wee maid
that it was not as widest. He did not wish the manager
to le swore without he pleased.
The manager said he would be rworn, and be then said—
It is our custom sad practice to charge 20 par cent. We
usually charge eld. for the loan of Se. for 'even months. He
could not my that he bad not charged more.
Mr. D'Eynoourt said he should now only inflict a fine of
20s. and 7s. coda, and had he thought it a regular practice
he should have fined him 10/. If such a ass@ came under
his notice again he should be more KRIM

WORSHIP-STREET.
EVADMO PAYMENT OF ♦ RAILWAY FARM

Harris wax charged Wore Mr. Cooke with the
following freed epee the directors of the Great Easters
Hallway Company.
Superintimt Kent, who es attached to the line of rail
in question, stated that on the previous evening, from some-
thing told to him, he directed the prisoner to be taken into
custody for evading payment of his fare from
Chelmsford. The prisoner was quite sober, and offered
the money then, at the same time admitting that he was
well aware he had dope wrong—an observation quite none.
misery, u he was well keens to the servants of the com-
pany from tbe fact of his frequently travelling on the line.
How often a similar fraud had been committed it was there-
fore quit* impresible to coojeenne, more partienlarly
the method exercised in carrying it oat was novel and very
likely to be sneettedul.
James Stacey, a police-constable in the employ of the
ttomparr, was then sworn. He deposed that while retuning
to London in a snood-class carriage of she &45 p.m. train
from Norwich, and being in private clothes at the time,
prisoner, who was in the same compartment, got under one
of the seats of the carriage soon after the Ilford station
had been paned. Witness immediately surmised that
the set was purpoerd for avoiding payment of the fare
or delivering the ticket, and eoneequeetly permitted him to
remained there enscoesed unnoticed. On arriving at Strat-
ford the tickets were as usual collected, prisoner escaped
notice as a pameoger an be lay in his coecealinent and
strangely enough other persona is the compartment whose
legs prevented his from being seen took no notice of it
or mentioned the circumstances to the collector. On
wiring at the Shoredikh station prisoner alighted and was
leaving the platform, when wittier charged him with the
fraud. He said that he had not any ticket. wan worY.warY
for bit misconduct, and offered to pay te, lOd., the mooed-
clan fare.

Runner, who described himself as a general disbar in
Rosodsditch, received a savers reprimand from the magis-
trate. and paid ► fiso of IA., in lien of being imprisoned for
11 days,.

Tug PREVALENCI or CHILD MCILDER.—An in-
quiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, coroner, at the Grave
Maurice Tavern, gt. Leopardi-read, Bromley, last night,
ten-bloc the death of a child foetid in spaniel on the North
London Railway. Police-constable Lovett, 34S K. said
that on Mooday afternoon the deceased child was found
ender some metals piled on an embankment of the North
London Railway at Devon's-road, Bromley. The
body was in a brown paper parcel. To reader it
FumPtct and " shapely" the body deface being pieced
in the paper had been forcibly bound or bandaged
round with • quantity of slate-coloured gown lining.
The parcel could not have been long on the railway
ad he had therefore some hopes of discovering the parents.
Re had already discovered the parentarin three similar eases.
br. Germs. said that the deceased wee a fine female child.
It had lived, but be could not say whether the death bed
been mind by violence or not. Verdi*, "Found deed oa
the North London Railway, but whether death was caused
linlfully or not, there was as evidence to peeve." A similar
Inquiry was held by Mr. Humphrey+, at Poplar, touching
the death of a very tee full grown female arid, found
totting naked down the Themes pest Dreintia's iron-yard,
Yillwall on Roeder &Stamen. Owisg to its staled de-
composition Dr. Ride was unable to state the eau . of
death. Verdict," Found dead in the Thames."

Wheat. B‘riey. hall DIM. Flow%
Rue& and Scotch' q 911.0 ar to To b Ire4ol
Foreign 7790 12110 2330 0404
ATY I 8700 13070 19..:0 .T 4740 900 4390

LIVERPOOL COTTON & CORN MARKETS.

1111111 DAI.)
(sr =Ammo AND nrrizzurioNAL rural
(raoN oes OWN coßaserwromer.)

Corrod quiet bat steady. Sales probably :I,CNO or s,cn
balea.

Coal.—The market is fairly attended. Moderate !bald-
ness in wheat, at Tuesday'? rates. in slow demand ;
quotations quite nominal Indian corn steady ; mixed, 295.
Egyptian beams, oats, and oatmeal dull and =changed.

MINCING LANK—(THIS DAY.)
Boos.—Then castings, to be only a limited demand,
and the few transactions reported barely support previous
prioes. Refined is also dull of sale at former rates.
Oorru.—For plantation Ceylon of good quality there is
an active donned at extreme rates ; other sorts are steady.
Tue.—The public sales have gone off with rather more
firmness at previous view ; new black leaf Congou at
Is. sd.

Rim—About 2,03 begs of white Bengal sold at 10a. 6d.
to 10a. 9d.

FRUIT.—A limited business is doing in most descriptions,
at previous prises.
Ring.—Basiocas has been transacted in parcels in second.
heads at prioss in favour of les/ers.
SALTPITIM CORtinital dull of Nile.

COCHIPIAL—Sins the public sales about 100 bags have
been disposed of at full prices.
Oorrom—The market is quiet, but needy ; yesterday
the ease mess about 1,500 balm.
Remr.—Madill is firm, but no further sales are reported.