The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

TSB POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL

inr R. W. Carden aanii;latig;tiThe receipt of 251., by
the hands of T. W. Trost, Big., of Liao°ln's-lace, being a
*pay to the poo►•boz of this court, ander the will of the
late W. 8. Lewis, Big., of Wood.hall, Henley, Herts.

BOW-STREET.
Mary Ryan was charged with steeling a shirt, the pro-
perty of Ann Kelly, of 18, B 's court, Drury-lane,
under the following extraordinary circumstances:
The prisoner and the prow:seri' wen friends, and it was
found that the one agreed with the other, firstly, to sell the
shirt for what it would fetch, and then take the present
proceedings to recover the article, learning that it wes the
practice of magistntes to order the restoration of stolen
property wittiest compensation to the unfortunate par-
ches', thereof. Accordingly Ryan took the shirt to a small
shop in Clue-market, end got eightemen•puice for it, the
money being afterwards spent in drink by the two women
together. Then Kelly, the next morniog, gave Ryan into
custody for stealing the shirt, and the woman who purchased
it was compelled to prods.* the article before the sepia-
trate. Kelly, in order to screen Ryan from the consequences
of the prosecution, told the magistrate "that the prisoner
confessed to the fact on being promised by her (Kelly) that
she should not be punished," a promise which they seem
to have been well aware would be fatal to the prosecution.
In ordinary cases the magistrate would upon this have
directed the purchaser to give up the shirt, telling her that
she must incur the lose of the 11.8 d. as the result of her
want of nation in gamin on her business; but it happened
that the poor woman in this ease recollected that the same
shirt was offered to her just previously by Kelly, the pro-
' secutriz, when she refused to buy it, upon which she west
out of the shop, spoke to Ryas in the street. and then sent
lin the latter with the same article. She was therefore a
witness to the mansion between the parties.
Mr. Hall, on deniably the imposition, dismissed the ease
with a suitable admonition to the women, who appeared
capable of swearing anything.
LAMBETH.
Jam Ilisight, the driver of the hackney cab, No. 783,
appeared before Mr. Elliott, to answer to a summons taken
out against him by Carteret John William Ellis, Re of
4, Thurlow-place, Norwood, for wiry abusive and insulting
language to him sysinst the statute.
Mr. Ellis, who described himself sea magistrate, deposed
that on the 21st inst. the defendant drove him from Cattle-
rine.street, Strand, to Stockwell, and demanded 2s. as his
fare. Wines. told him he was a magistrate, and knew
what the fare was, and be should not give him more. He
then gave him ls. Bd. bet the defendant still insisted on the
2e., and showed his his& of fares, and certainly offered to
go to the statin-house. H. again told him he was a ma-
gistrate, upon ',bleb he said that all magistrates were
against ensue, and that he did not believe him to be a
magistrate. These observations he considered not only
exceedingly impertinent to himself, but a calumny on jus-
tice, and he told the defendant at the time that he should
punish him for his abuse and insult.
In cross examination by Mr. Bonen, for the defendant, it
was shafted that the defendant had on the preceding Satur-
day summoned the complainant to this court for the fare
claimed and withheld, and obtained a decision in his favour.
The complainant alio admitted that he called the defendant
a liar. The foreman of defendant's employer, gave him
a mut excellent character.

Er. Elliott said that tits complainant bad himself made
nee of expressions suc► as be should sot *spud from him,
and of so provoking a character as to Pke the ease out of
the statute. and it was tbersfore dismissed.

Goose Warren, a proms at the Grosvenor Arms public.
(house. on Peckham Rye, was charged with iedeeently
awaking and attempting to rob Miss Maria Martell, •
young lady ea a visit with her friends in Peckham.
The pmeentriz, a well dressed and good looking young
woman, deposed that about 11 o'clock on the preceding
night she got out of an omnibus, as she thought, near to
the irides*, of her sister, with whom she woes stopping ;
but not knowing the neighbourhood, she lost her way, end
got into a gentleman's garden, where she sat fey some time on
a Nat. On leaving she met two men, the prisoner and another,
and asked them the way to Well Cottages. The prisoner said
they were net tar off, and offered to show her the
way. He then gave a can which he canted to his friend,
and walked with her until they reached • pier of waste
ground, and then she felt his hand in her pocket She in-
funnily caught hold of the bottom part of the pocket, but
in the straggle he ton away several of the gathers of her
I frock and petticoat, bat she still retained possession of her
puns. The prisoner at this place became very rude to her,
pulled her about a good deal, and committed an indecent
assault on her, thoneb she endeavoured to prevent him as
mach as possible. She endeavoured to get away, and asked
the trireme to allow her to go, bat be kept hold of her,
and she was so frightened that she could not call out.
Mr. Elliott—You say he indecently assaulted you. What
did be do?

~Yw
iinnell—Hs put his bands up my petticoats. I ran
away from hint ones, but he followed me, sad pulled my
caps off. I kept his hands away as well as I could, and be
tom my pettienat. I here missed my parasol, and went
back to the gentleman's garden where I bad left it. The
prisoner followed me, bat stepped at the gate, sad man after
I saw a policeman, to whom I spoke. It might at that
tints he one o'clock.

Police Constable George Welton, 181 P, said that about
a quarter t• one ow that morning he saw the peomscutriz
and prisoner together, and the former, addressing him,
ached if he knew where she could get a bed. She was
crying at the time, and be (witness) told her she bad batter
go home, Si it would not be eery to get a bed at that late
I hour. She said she wanted to get away from the prisoner,
who, she was afraid, would go home with her fish' went
them and therefore she did not like to go. Witness this
told the prisoner to go about his business, and he did so,
sad when he was gene the eroreetittix told him (witness)
that the man bad very much ill•treated her, and attempted
to rob her et her pane. He in consequence [allowed the
prisoner, and took him into custody.
The prisoner denied attempting to rob the lady, but if he
bad done anything else he booed the lady would forgive
him, as he was a married man with a wife and two children.
Mr. Elliott eupressed much surprise that the proseeutrist
had not called out or appealed to come persons for assistance
before, and given the prisoner into custody, and ultimately
remanded the accused.

CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—Last week a young
man, droned after the similitude of a priest, and named
Mutton, or more properly, we belies*, Crouch, arrived in
Coleraine from Dublin. and announced • lecture on popery
as entegoniptie to freedom. He represented himself as an
English ez•Jereit front Rome, and stated that he bad Ise
tared very successfully in the metropolis for many nights,
and would give utoundinti revelations of the system of
Jesuitry as practised in ell its purity in the city of the seven
hills. For four or five &lye be lived in first-ran style in
one of the principal lurele, and mansged to work himself
into the good graces of amend of our most re-
spectable citizens. Thd evening of the tenure cam., but,
Wined of an exposure of Jesuitry and Popery, the audience
were treated to a school boy dissertation on freedom. All
were disgusted, and without any 1 esitation the lecturer
was pronounced a sham. Nezt cloning he left without
settling his bills, which were pretty heavy, and went to
Pertatowen, where be ale* aiinonoeed a lecture,* hut in the
course of the auceredirg day or two private lettets were re-
ceived in Coleraine which threw a strong suspicion over the
ez-Jesuit, end the purport of these Weide, hies to Port-
etewert. the place rot VW hot for kiss, and he managed
while the parties beloatiag ite the betel at which be put up
were at shay& ea Svaday to carp himself oft and he has
met slime bees heard of. The account, he left babied him,
sepal aleasaa w several peassia—Coleasiew Caressida