The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

(THIS DAY.)

WORSHIP-STREET.
A PROSECUTOR !CORFU:SUR.
• , 7,^, about 35 year, of age, was charged with
_ taken away unlawfully property valued at thirty
._et Harrison, • Jew, describing himself as •
•.t.e dealer in the Commercial-road East. en.
• . into • lengthened but confused statement
: :.icing upon certain conditions advanced the
_era few shillings upon some goods she left with
s•., ad of ber promise to repay him should she require
L. . instead of which she bad got the things away with•
rr f,tuutoration. He denied that he kept a leaving
ad represented that the transaction was one of •
ny character rather than otherwise.

priorier. when allowed to answer the charge said—
r • untortunate woman, your worship. In May last Iby
:7..7.72 wet this person while getting my living ; be asked
to co home with him, arid believing that an after proposal
of my cohabiting with him at his own
would be better than walking in the streets
:peed and continued to live with him some
e. I happened to mention that 1 had a little furniture,
a: ion his nonunion removed it to his place. There was
table, one chair, two sheets, a blanket, a few other
.:es. At length he required me to do so much in attend-
,. :you him and his trim& that I was obliged to leave, and
with me the things. . _

14:straw—You Wire said quite enough; bad as you
be yourself to be, this TOW. chariot'', if your state-
: a true, iq no better. You are discharged-
(utonished)—lint, your worship, the mon.y.
sAtford (clertl— °dim, turn this puma from the
and the furniture dealer was speedily outside it).

_
WANDSWORTH.
STZTDrYO rntrwoßes BY A RAILWAY.
Thomas Rnke►, no:airing clerk to Ilasers. Pickfont
: Co.. Cain° Hall, Union-street, Southwark, appeared
tr. re NIL Daymao to answer an adjourned summons for
sending by the South Western Railway, oa the
a package containing fireworks, without distinctly
.risoq the same as dangerous goods on the outside.
Mr. Bramwell (from the office of Mr. J. Crombia, the corn-
•,,:r's law clerk), appeared in support of the summons, and
<no for the defendant.

fireworks were consigned to a man named Gillard, of
-.kern, and the invoice of the pecker? was marked
~.,:ioDery," instead of •' dangerous goods, which made
it difference in the charge for carriage. It was shown
• Swan that the defendant had been imposed upon by
rLin who brought the package to him, and that be was
:!e4 to an acquittal, aa he had taken every precaution in
=atter, which war according to the opinion of the late
Campbell in a similar case,
!•!r. Nyman adjourned the summons to enable him to
Into the case. _

7_e parties now attended, and
IMyman maid be found by the opinions of the judges
: u there was a penalty to he inflicted, there must be •
knowledge for it to be enforced.
Bramwell submitted that the fact of not receiving •
implied a guilty knowledge.
Ir. Dayman said the invoice was marked "stationery
v:ch was • good declaration. The sender was civilly liable
:..se of damage. bat not criminally, uslese • guilty know.
or cross negligence were show..
The in omens was then dismissed.

A 31. t .I,TRATE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL—EXTRA-
-% UiT CASE.—The Town•hall, Bradford-on-Avon, was
.: ;a:lmlay crowded to excess for nine hours to hear a
:op of assault preferred against Mr. Philip Charles
PA. of hathampton, manager of the Limpley Stoke
Leformatory, and justice of the peace for the county
somerset. Mr. Alfred Beano, of the firm of Timbrell
heaven, appeared for the complainant, James Munday ;
:! Mr. Slack, of the fires of Slack and Simmons, Bath, for
v...-lefeadant, Mr. Sheppard. The charge was preferred
t labourer named Minday, who, with several other
*.raneo, was engaged at Limpley Stoke Reformatory in
ts.co; a well. The workmen bad brought some drink on
::tte premises, and Mr. Sheppard baying discovered a
7 r:in of it, threw it into the fire. This led to as alter-
r.. sod the labourer alleged that Mr. Sheppard pre•
at hint, within a yard of his head, a pistol capped
...174eked. The labourer's statement was confirmed by
,:r.w workmen. Then was a maw-stimmose, and Mr.
s:erpard, on being examined, admitted that after great
7-,o^Ation be drew a pistol from his pocket and said to
" If you mine a step nearer I'll shoot you," bus
tze r'tol was quite harmless, sod bad no cap on it. The
took half ao hour teem:eider their derision, when the
rttl.r":l4 (Mr. T. B. Saunders) said the were of opinion
tat t..e rim case, of " Mooday agaiast Sheppard." was one
:p.•c which the teach could not adjudicate, and they should
ttrefore send it for trial. This decision seemed to take
2:.5.-prwral entirely by surprise, aid Mr. Slack said he
rat In ,Lazed at it that he scarcely knew what to say. Mr.
•:•pArd was then bound over to appear on Friday for the
:',;estioes to be completed. The second case, "Sheppard
t Mulder." was dismissed.
IRE L arr. GALR.—SHITCLDR, FRIDAY.—No bodies
(! tte passengers belonging to the ill-fated steamship
hare been found since Sunday. Diligent search
to Kira made for them, and this morning the relief
cr...t.ttee have offered 21. for every body that may be
; gel up sine of the relatives of these lost pas-
sneers remaio at Tynsmouth, and are maintained at the
(tit of the relief committee. The committee have also
Net off two or three of the passengers who were emigrants
• Their porta of embarkation, furnishing them with a new
and paring their expenses to the port. This emi-
r-ere, which Cannot be too highly praised for the prompt
they applied themselves to the relief of dime- s,
Lt• amalgamated with the lifeboat committee, end they
It. tettiog shout raiaing a fund to purchase an annuity of
than 2.Y. a year for each of the widows of the two
• '-`-rat woo who were lost is the gale. The salvors are
empl-yeal ewer! the Stanley, getting out the cargo.
- •r;e barque, the Vista, boundto Cartbageoa, of whose
:t-!, there es a some anxiety, has been towed back here
'normal. The brig Agility, reported in the early part
,;15t week to be lost with all hands, has cast op. The loss
cr..rth country ships during the gale had been very con-
h.it the ricrifice of life is lam than might have
tlfit‘ted. Sunderland suffers the most in collier
: a.

•
F `T%. FIREq.—On Monday, William NOM,
boy of about Mteen years of age. was
ef,re tie Magiatrates sitting in petty sessions at
.'4, S. Schee and Dudley Smith, &qrs.). with
tg sent a threatening letter to his father, Stephen
:--••. rmer residing at Cottiogham. The letter in gum-
'l.or.ed partly of a copy of one which appeared in
• • ,ee. lime week. ago, and partly of the boy's owe
• aed contained the threat that his father's
he burnt, kx. Colonel Layard, the chief
,f the East Riding, was present darns(
•:•t-urination. From the evidence of Hr. Nue,
t..,t on the evening of the sth November last
• *J :are him the letter now produced when he
Lis tea. He opened ft, and asked him where be
it. He replied that be bad picked it up. He
•••• ;.• • to .how it to his master. Mr. Lister. He took it
Le did Dot see it again until the policamonstable
q 'love to his house the same day. He asked his
following day if he had written it, and be informed
done e°. He said he was sorry, and did not
- • re ss any harm in writing it at the time. He
d bad informed his master of what he bad done.
.t fir. Lister bad said he had played off a very
This witness gave his evidence with very
;-. •• • ..-tanee. Some further adraissMos of guilt on the
.'•••• Prisoner were proved, end be was formally come
!.•....44. his trial at the nett Beverley courier
•`.. witnesses being bound over in 101. each, fad
and George Lister in 301, each.—Yortatior

A LL., r it!, IS THE DI VORCE COURT.—The wife of
•., . I WWI performer, oho oow mai hermit Madams
•rn hi. has brought as motion naiad her husband
• ' • +•t+rat,oo. sad it is said that Leotard. oft his
• ' •,, that the marriage may be iumullmt The partial
* rt tamed in London la July, 11362.—Mr5.