The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.

Thomas Breve, agrillk • oestermeeger, woe brought
before Mr. Alderman Hale by Detective-445cm Joseph
lose Peek. oe the charge of picking pockets.
Pack*, the *Meer, said be had bees watching the pri-
soner at the greet are in Otesb•mstreet. and saw him pick
the pocket of a Mr. Rigby of a eilk pockentandkerchid. He
took him into custody with it in his pommies, sad es
emelt* him found mother. On the way to the station
the ',isomer mid that it the polio, wield not let him get ea
board living by selling fruit he must Mime.
Mr. Alderman Hale—la be known ?
gawk,—No, sir.
Springett, the polor—l know him es a seller of fruit,
but DOTI" all buil( been in custody.
The primer— have been always getting an holiest
living by selling fruit, bat the poliosema went let me do
that ; they me always takiag me into cuetody, sod I have
bees heed for that at the Maosion-hosse several times ; sad
the police interfere with me Kt much that I bed! eaasot
get en honest living.
Mr. Al dermas Hale—lf you had only stoles me pocket-
hmaditerthiel I would have takes our former efforts to
get an honest living into but as yes seem
to have entered upon dishosesty as • calling, I shall sea-
iioC4l yon to three months' imprisonment, with bard labour.
Mr. Alderman Hale handed to oar reporter the following
letter, in reference to the some of Mn. Smith ; it costsined
• cheque for the amount sensed :
"72 end 75, Holborn-bill, Sept. 20,1864.
" Dear Sir,—We have reed the report of the one of Mrs.
Samuel Smith, which some before you yesterday, and we
think, with you, that it is a most hard sod moil some. We
are prompted to mad the calmed cheque for two guineas. es
a contribution towards the grim which bee been so unmerci-
fully taken from her, sod we shall feel obliged if you will
kindly forward it to hie. —Wears. deer air, yours faithfully.
Itsmami, BARVIVT, and 06.—Mr. Alderman Hale, he.

SOUTH WARN.
Ann Stockman, an ill-tookiag woman, with the atar-
aaos of a coati:mad virago, and Robert Henry, a ruffianly-
looking tallow, wan charged with the following outngeous
conduct: . . . .

NW Burkett, the complaisant, stated that the keo the
Vine Tavern, Vinwatreet, tai,Nave's, sod in her abloom
from the bar the female prisoner had bees for some time
past in the habit of amnia; to the home, and, in the
Promisee of the servants cad the costomenistudalgiag
is the most beastly and diurnal's' Lame,that she (the complainant) was in the halittil
receiving men is her bedroom. For this, the need
ersicely my, there was not the slightest founda-
tion. Os the previous evasion the female pruowr
aceompenied by the male prisoner. again preaestd herself,
sad commenced her abuiderous and scandalous abuse of the
complainaot in her presence and hearing, and not content
with that she vociferated. "Oh ! madam, it is you that I
mean," sod then deliberately struck the complainant two
violent blow. in the face scram the bar counter. The am-
, pieisscat's sou. a youth of about twelve years of age, rushed
cioany to his mother's rescue, when the male prronar
joined in the scuffle, and struck the lad several movers
blows on the face and body.
Policwooestable Waldo's, 189 Y, proved that bearing
great confusion in the complaiaanth home he seat in and
withered both the amanita, and having procured the emir.
%see of some of the customers, succeeded in securing
the primmer,. both of whom were extremely violent. and on
the way to the polieernatios the man 'truck sad kicked him
with great brutality.
The evidence was folly corroborated by Henry Burkett,
the sou of complaisant, and by a gentleman who was ma the
bar Olk business. _ _ _

Both the prissams now declared that they were the
wane far liquor at the time.
The insulates* told the female primmer that it woo maid.
fat that she vm • smodalous and foulmouthed woman. aid
had addressed gross and insulting language to the lady,
which wee evidently the fabrication of a malicious mind.
The female prisoner for the awash ow the lady must pay a
gm, of M., or go to prism for fourteen days. sod all ma
would pay • like floe of 201, or fourteen days foe dm sr
malts a the youth and the countable.
They were seat to poi.
THAMES.

Minion Lia6B, a as;misimarizer. war brought before
Mr. rapt. charged with Bing drunk and incaphis of
takitg mg of Mow&
William Huckster), a polic•-coaatabie, No. 293 H. p's
'video« in support al the sharp hat after doing me tits
primawar sod policwoosatablo essisaged phew. sad tY
INter was charged with strallag a swraniga, two thadaso.
aad 8.1. in paw* howl the farmer.
Mr. Thomas Walualimg. al No. 5 Incisekt•tersass, eL