The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-26 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOI7BE.

Joseph Turn aid Edward Cols, described u hair-net and
nap-front manufacturers, carrying on business in Bread-
strest-hillt were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with feloniously receiving • large quantity of silk, to the
value of 1201., the property of Messrs. Leaf sad Co., ware-
housemen, Old Change, well knowing it to bare been stolen.
It appeased that Messrs. Leaf, Bons, and Co. have been
miming a quantity of silk, and on inquiries being made it
was found that • large quantity of silk had been pledged at
Meson. Grant ad Co.'s., pawnbrokers of London-wall, by
a wows named Batley, wbo stated that it wee given to him
' by the prisoner Cole, with instrUCtiolll to get 2s. 6d. a yard
for it. The prisoner Tons had never received the money
which be raised, and on other occasions the prisoner Cole
had received it.

Au 'militant from Mr. Grant's shop produced six pieces
of silk, which had. been pledged in the name of Hutley,
in sums varying from 01.10 a. to 101. 10s. The whole were
phiged between the 7th and 14th of January, end were
identified by Mr. Hicks, silk buyer to Messrs. Leaf. se
their property, and he stated that the pieces of silk were
in stock when the stook was taken, and he was quite rare
they had not been sold since then. Six or seven pieces of
silk of the same description were missed from stock. The
value of the silk waa 3a. Ild. and se. 3d. per yard. The
prisoners, when taken into custody, said they bought the
silk from a porter, and gave Is. a yard.
The prisoners were remanded.
GUILDHALL.
• •

Mr. William &ha; Lindsay, the well-known ship-
owner of Anstinfriati, was summoned to show cause why
be neglected to pay a seaman, named John Davis, the
amount of wages alleged to be due upon an advance note
given to him under the following eircutintanoce
The complainant stated that he was engaged by the
defendant's firm to serve on board a vessel called the Flora,
trend for the port of Nassau ; but on arriving at Plymouth
several of the crew complained that they bad been de-
-1 dyed with regard to the destination of the ship ; and that,
as they believed she was about to ran the blockade,
would not continue the voyage in her. Complainant
told the captain be wan equally reedy to go to Nieman, or to
run the blockade ; bat the captain determined to have au
entirely fresh crew, and discharged him on the Mb of Deem-
ben after he had been employed five days on hoard the ship.
He bad previously !waived an 'Messes-note, payable three
days after the departure of the venal from the Downs ; and
when discharged by the captain be told the crew that their
deems-notes would be paid in London. Complainant re-
ceived lOs. from the captain to pay his fare up to Loudon,
bat he bed not received any wages, for Hews. Lindsay re-
fused to pay the advance-note.
A gentleman who attended for Mama. Lindsay mid that
the men were properly discharged. as they taken beton
the shipping-muter, and there they all a release. If
such wens not the case, these men could have no Maim on
Mods. Lindsay. as they were merely the Woken, and sot
the own.', of the vend. They did not pay the dunes
notes, bemuse they thought the men were sot entitled to a
month's wages for only three days? work ; but they were
will to pay them the full amount they bad earned.
Alderman Balances mid there was cos impertut publics
question involved in the ones before bim, as he found that
the law did not Tempi*e advance•notee in any way ; they
ware, in fart. mere waste paper.
The defendant mid that was so. Advanonnotee were
given and received upon the faith in the honour of those
using them. They pave no claim to the seaman under the
new eat, because, when recognised order the old met, the
system was greatly abused, for semen made a punnet of
edible the advance-note and disdaining themselves at the
first post arrived at.
Salomon@ thought the vitae d giving
se payment or security far wages a document
that could not be binding epos any one, war
meltingly imionvenlent. It might be biding on the
honour of those liming it, but a court d junkie was not a
court of honour and be could not, them/own edjediothe
upon a claim supported by a document of which the law
did not allow him to take oognizance. He would repeat
that it was excessively inconvenient, and he would bring
the matter forward elsewhere with the view to a modifica-
tion of the law upon that point. The summons was then
disinkoixL

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A person named ii.r>7, the ostensible keeper of a refresh.
moot house, known as Kate Hamilton's," wee sumusooed
for six separate offences of 'Bowleg prostitutes to assemble
in his house.—The police proved the cale, and the
defendant, who was not present, was fined 51. for each
offence, or one 'north's imprisonment.—The defendant has
been summoned sevestees times to this court for similar
offences, and fined 51. for each, involving floes to the amount
of 851.

Alen Coot, a dealer in vegetables, was summoned for
obstructing the thoroughfare an Oxfordetreet by keeping a
dell.
A person named Tomlin, who represented a firm of hay
sad corn dealers, No. 284, Oxford-street, stated that the
defendant's stall wee so placed as to obstruct, the vies un-
loading at their shop
' Mr. E. Lewis, who voluntarily attended for the defier
daunt, stated that the old -finnan bad kept this stall for
twenty-Ave years, sad her mother for thirty years before
her, and the pollee, as far as they could, had given the de-
fendant permission to stand tier..
A palice-oonsteble said be had known the defendant at
that stall for eighteen years.
Mr. Knox said be did not think the Police Act wan in-
tended to apply to such awes as these. While he was de-
sirous of protecting inhabitants against any improper ob-
wructioes, he must not lose sight of the claims on the
other side. Be should dismiss the summons, and would
advise the complainant to take out smother summons, when
the case could be sent to the sewices sad receive a legal
decision.
THAMES.
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A respectable tradesman from Draycott, in Wiltshire,
same before Mr. Selfe. and said he had engaged a purge in
the ship Pe veril of the Peak, bound to Australis, and sow
lying in the East India Doc/DI ; and on calling at the office
of 'Mackay and Co., is Leadsehall-street, be vu informed
that no pungent would be taken out in the vessel, and
that he most remain in London until the sth of February,
and a passage would be provided for him in the Roxburgh
' Castle. He had travelled by via and railway 150 miles, at
• considerable expense. He went down to the ship that
day with his luggage, in the expectation that the ship was
about to sail, and was informed that there Ina no berth for
him. It was a very hard case upon him, and if be had to
stop in London for ten days it would be attended with great
elms*. He understood other paseengers were in the same
position u himself.
In answer toquartione by Mr. Selfe the applicant said that
be paid Si, 10a., half the pasesgemoney, to the amain at
the ship at Bristol. Ha wee prepared to pay the other
moiety. He went to Mackay and Co.'s offices sod aid, " I
have come here to pay the remainder of the
roarey," and be was informed that it was not until Mg;
enema= that the intention to carry pasessiers in the
Puma of the Peak was shasdoned.

Yr. Safe said it was perfectly absurd to gay that the is-
biotic:a to any passengers was not abandooed mail Friday.
If it was ever intended that the vessel should awry pas-
singers, she would have undergone a survey, and all the
INCONIMIT dome would of course have bees put on board.
He asked when the ship was advertised to sail.
Applicant—Tomorrow. the 25th of January. I came to
London yesterday, and completed my preparations for the
voyage Chia day.
Mr. Safe said it was a most improper proceeding to ad-
vertise a ship to sail oo the 25th of January which was '
war intended to carry passengers at all. Mr. Selfe then
Naked for the contract ticket, which was heeded to him,
and lie read the principal sections of the Passengers Act.
The applicant was entitled to subsisteece mosey foe ten days
sitar the 25th of Jemmy. and at the end of that time the
01111111,1aad errata of the ship must either provide him with
a passage in a ship equal in all respects to the Pavan of the
Peak, or give him compensatica.
The applicant said that he had been offered ls. ed. per day
for tan days, until the Roxburgh Castle sailed ; hot be
could not live and pay his lodgings in Loudon for L. ed. per
day.
kfr. Self. said lc rid. per day was not enough, and ad-
vised the applicant to apply early on Monday morning to
Captain Leas, R.N.. the government emigration officer, at
bis dike in Lower Tharoes.street, who would at once pat
him in the way of obtaining justice.

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