The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-05 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

A tall well-dressed man, of half-clerical appearance,
and who pre the name of John Edwards, but refused
hie address, was charged before Mr. Cooke with robber?,
and also with being in possession of property suspected to
be melee.

John Rainbow, nurseryman, of Louden-road, Clanton,
said—l am iotrusted with the letting of an empty house
nearly opposite my own residence, and which is the pro-
perty of Mr. Joseph Elliogbert, of the Rectory.roud,
Hackney. On Thursday afternoon prisoner called upon me, aa
he said, to look at the loam, and after he had been there •
sufficient time to examine it, 1 went over and 'eked him
what be thought of it ; be replied that it was • very nice
tiland questioised me as to whether the
ed would take less for its rent than was
asked. I said that I did not know ; it was ulti.
mately agreed that he should bring hie wife on the
following morning to see it, and if she liked it he would
make an offer. Almost immediately after he had left I
discovered that all the brass knobs, bells, bell-pulls, sod
even the bar with the china handle of the watercloset had
been stolen. I instantly went io pursuit of the prisoner,
overtook him, and made him come back to my house, when
I found his pockets filled with the property so stolen, and
• vast quantity of other property. I sent for a constable.
Feistiest attempted to escape, but was secured.
Yolia•eooetable Gass, SSA, produced a flag basket stately
fall of beam knobs sod general house-fittiogs, and said :
A great number of houses have been plundered in this way
round about the oeighbourbood, and I have not the slightest
doubt that if the prisoner is remanded I shall be able to
find owners for all the property not claimed byllthisLpro-
mentor.

The prism's: was asked if he wished to say anythitig. to
the charge, but be merely replied, "N,,, no, and aia, or-
dered to be brought up again is a week's time.

W ESTSI IN STRR.

Georpe Martin, a man about 40 years of age, was charged
with the following disgraceful brutality to his wife.
Jane Martin, a comely-looking woman. about the same
age as the defendant, said she lived at 10, New-street,
Bromptom and bad to oompiniu of the most serious ill-
treatment from her husband. He attaesed her the previous
night between 12 and 4. She war in bed at the time it
communed, and when her husband came home he dragged
her out of bed by the Mara the head (she produced • great
quantity of hair torn from her head). and then beat ber
shoot for a leottb of time and assaulted her very violently.
Mr. Selfe—Lbd you give him any provocation!
Complainant—Not the slightest. 1 wee in bed asleep
when he eons home, sod we had no words.
Mr. Selfe—How long have you been married to him!
Complainant—Five years. 1 was • widow when he
married me, and had children.

Mr. Selle—la your busbaad in the habit of ill•usiag you
Complainant- -Very often and very brutally. lam now
in the family way, cud if anything unfortunate should occur
through the, it will be the third time that I have miscar-
ried through his violence.
Defendant—l bought coal; and 011i0011, and potatoes, and
other tillers, sad took them home for tale, and they let some
of them spoil.
William Bum, 326 B, said be was called to the house
between three and four that morning. He went into the
room occupied by defendant, and toned that the complainant
had fainted. She appeared in a very bad state, sad gave
him into custody.
A lodger in the house midland the aceount of defendant's
brutality, which had been going on some time.
Mr. Self. (to defendant)—You are • great brute, and it is
quite clear this is not a solitary inatiuice of your being so.
You are committed for three months to hard labour, an will
find bail fur three months afterwards.