The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

CORMITTAL OT TWO DOG MAIMS FOR MR YI'LL TERM.

George De:xll sod Wiiiant Joan, two young fellows,
well known to the police, were charged with stealing a
Skye terrier dog, of the value of 31., the property of Mr.
Grant, of 188, St. John's-road, Holloway.
Mr. Ricketta attended for the prisoners.
From the evidence it appeared that on the morning of
the 15th inst., about 11 o'clock, the prisoners were seen
in Wellington-street Holloway, and their suspicions man-
ner induced Police-sergeant Thomas, 41 N, to stop them.
As soon as be did so the primmer mall, who had a dog
under his coat, dropped* sod it ran off. At the request
of the sergeant a passer-by caught the dog, and when it
was brought bank he accused the prisoners of stealing
it. This they most stoutly dallied, and said that the dog
followed them, and that it was not worth a farthing. As
they gave two or this. amounts of bow they beam. pas-
eased of the animal he took them to the polies station, and
whilst the charge was being taken against them, Mrs. rif=t
came in and gave information that her dog had been stolen.
She then identified the dog that the prisoner Derail
bad under his coat as her husband's, and the dog gave us.
mistakeable signs that it knew is. mistress. He (the
sergeant) had made inquiries at the addresses given by the
prisoners, and he had ascertained that they were false.
Both prisoners were known to the police as the companions
of thieves andnotoriotis characters.

--rJfa. ~licholb said she
was in • house opposite to the
complainant's, sod saw tha dog playing outside. The two
prisoner, and another west to the dog and began fondling
it, and then Jones picked it up and banded it to Derell.
The prisoner, then ran off, and she gave Won:nation of
what she had seen.

The defence set up was that the prisoners had no inten-
tion of steeling the dog, and that it was following them
when the police sergeant apprehended them As for their
girlies wrong addresses, the friends of the primers were
highly respectable, and they did not wish to disgrace them
by giving their Wieser. No jury would ever convict.
The magistrate said he had no doubt hem the way in
which the prisoner bad decoyed and stolen this dog that
they were old hands at this class of mime, end had it been
proved that they had been convicted he should have sent
them for trial. As it was he should sentence them to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the Howe of Correc-
tion for six calendar months. If the prisoners were not sage-
bed with the decision they could appeal to the sessions.
The prisoners, who seemed pleas that they were not sent
for trial, were then removed.

MARLBOROUGH-81'RWL
BAD MST IT.• /OLD/See WU%

A poor woman, who aid her same wse-il‘rgaret
and that she wan the tribal William Reed, a mute of the
lst battalion of thee* Regiment of Foot, applied to Mr.
Knox for saaistasee. The applicant said that her husband
was now at Corfu, having gone to that place with a draft of
the regiment. At the time he embarked as Portsmouth,
two of their five children, whose ages were from 31 to 11
years, were /aid up with the measles and were unable
to go abroad. Another draft of the regiment was
to be mot to Corfu at the end of next month, when she
would be enabled to go if she could reach Portsmouth with
her children. To the meantime she had no means of living
and with her children had posed two or three nights on the
steps of doors, and the consequence was that she was suffer-
ing from a severe cold, all their clothes having been soaked
through.
The poor woman handed the magistrate several letter
and papers; cos, a letter from her husband, showed that he
had served in WO and the Crimea, and uprooted groat
anxiety os behalf of his wife and family, but stating that in
comequence of the regiment having been only each a sheet
Mine M the Maim he was unable to mist them.
Mr. Knew, observing
court..Mr Tett, one of the odious of
Jaaree's perish, ia qu him to look is
the
matter, midi! Ito mold Maimed. with the authorities to give
the poor women sad hes family an asylum to do so.
lir. 'NU direeled the poor woman to go to St. James's
Workhome, wing been misted in the matter, she
was at ogee
GRERNIFTCH.

POL/CI-CONIITABLIN CHARGED WITH AI64IILT.—COICIIITTAL.
Thomas Hellos and William Souk, two plain-clothes
eonstables belonging to the I division of nietropolitan
=were placed at the ban before Mr. Tail!, for Gael
tics, charged with assaulting two young men.
lamed William Thomas and Benjamin Woodnutt, residing
at 13, Millpond-street, Bermondsey.
The complainant Thomas. on being sworn, said that about
half-part 12 o'clock on the night of Saturday, the 25th ult.,
he was returning home with the complainant Woodnutt, at
the home of Whale sister they had been taking rapper.
When seer Millpood-bridge the defendants, whom he knew
to be oemenhide, came up to them, when Smith said, " We
have been looking for you two —." Re asked Smith
Irby they had been looking for them, and Moo why such an
expreencia had been used towards them, when Smith
struck him a violent blow and knocked him down. Oa
getting up, aid saying he knew them to be policemen,
Smith took something from his pocket sad struck him
again, knocking bun down, and causing his eye to bleed.
The defendants then left them, and walked across the rued.
Be wee bleeding from the wound to his eye at the time, aid
called out. " Police." After walking about 50 yards, polio.
constable Lamb, 104 1, awe up, and on telling him they
had bees assaulted by two constables in plain clothe., he
ordered them to "mow on.' They asked if that was &lithe
satiedactien they weretereceive, and he pushed them along
Be this went to hie home, and on knoolisg at the
deer, the oonstable Lamb came up and threatened
to lock him up If be did not go indoors. The streetdoer
wee *weed by his mother, and he walked in, Lamb forties
his way in after him, and probing his mother out of tie way.
On going behind the counter of his mother's shop Lamb
mideavoured to pull him out, and, finding he could not do
so, he smug his rattle, sad some constables came, and he
was kinked is the side by Lamb, who also took hold of him
by the throat, and is being got outside he found himself
covered with blood. At the time be was assaulted by
Smith he wee perfectly sober.
In answer to questions, the complainant said that when
a charge of assault was preferred whist him at the pobos•
station be attempted to make a complalat of being
assaulted by Smith, but there were several coestabies there
who prevented kis doing so. They put their hoods over
his mouth several times, and told him to hold histangos.
He and Woodnutt were afterwards locked up, and Yea
Maude dismissed the case against them.
Benjamin Woodnutt gave uonfirtnatory midweek sad
maid that on asking Smith why he had struck Thomas,
who., eye wee bleediog, be was knocked down by Hallam,
and that on getting op both defendants tan away. As he
wee about to enter the home of norms he received a
violent blow on the back of the head, which caused him to
fall on the pavement, and rendered him insensible. Be had
so recollection of anything for an hour or two after being
taken to the stance.

TEN SIIII7II Or ILLBOAL Neon AND OTNIII
Esotres.—Front a return tar made by the county pekes.
it appears that between last May sad the present time
1,1516 Illegal seta, 79 other easier sad nes. of armors roe,
of the estimated value is the e p 2. of 6634, have bra
seised by the police in the ere of Cumberland and
Weelatorelead, wider the authority of search warrants
grated under the proviso., of the set 24 sad 25 Vie., cep.
109. Since the return was made, some more nets have been
seised at Peurith. The OiICUIDIASSON couseeted therewith
were fully explained to a fall beech of megistrates is petty
redoes last Tuesday. They sissaisnonely ordentar them
r illegal, sad ordered them to be destroyed.
MITZDZA IN ?111 COUNTY or MAYO. —OD the
17th hiring a murder was perpetrated sear Blarecd.
The victim isa peer men meta Pat Odeon. It appears
that • son of the dressed, god 13 years, sad • boy mimed
Michael Geraghty, aged 20, had some trivial dispute in
the early part of the day, when the form, got the wort in
the quarrel. Deemed arrived intotedistely after the dispute.
and seeing his en. in teary pushed Gerreghty away. sad
told both parties to go home. The matterendedfor the time,
and the parties separated. later is the evening John
Gerreility turned oat to seek revere, sweeriag he would
take Cettigan's life. that this throat had not the
effect of Irwin oat the he west to his door,
threw in a stow, sad struck deceased's wife ; deemed then
west OUtilida• when Gerrsehty rushed at him is a furious
maser. Ose of the neighbours, sear that the matter was
Yesterday, the Royal North Lancashire Agricul- likely to become serious, caught hold of Geraghty, whenGeraghty's father cried out for so pence to interfere until
tura] Association held their usual show at Lawmaker. The his no bad bad revenge. Re at the same moors, re at
meeting was favoured with 6ne weather. Lord Stanley, I dearer sad caught bold of hint, whilst his sou dealt him •
timidly blow of a stone, which terminated his (meteor iu a
ILP., presided at the diaper in the eves*. few bum afterwards. Drsed never arks after receiving
SCARDGROCOH.—A. shocking and fatal accident the blow. Th. wird, aria he.. reported it wo ouil, hour
«rimed es Wednesday evening to gentlemen awned seat monies to the Relmullet Constabulary, E.*E. Grants,
Robinson. a solicitor, of Ripon, while visiting Scarborough. ffsq.osub-inspec•or and the party reader Mecham*, proceeded
FlOlll the information obtained it appears that the to the scene without a moment's loss of time, but the mur-
der:m.l bad gone into the oistleyard to witoess darer, bad goes to me. Mr. Graves forthwithi went to
the conclusion of a cricket match in which alines , Bingham Castle, where he procured a yacht from its pro-
of the famous All-England were engaged. While rioter, and set out sea perfect hurricane for the Island of
walking about his attention appeared to be steered by I Achill, where he reported the nutter to the coastguards and
some object in the cliff, and, stepping over the rails, the ! police. He placed a posse of police alone the shore opposite
treacherous groused gave way under his feet, sad thus the loniskee Islands, soother party at Ely Bay, and • mola-
r was precipitated to the bottom of the cliff. His ' ins party in the wore, where .t length they succeeded,
fall was witnemed by some boys, who informed boatmen after three days and night.' constant search, to bring the
Sowbotharn and Clark of the amides'. The inanimate murderers, Thomas and Michael Geraghty, from their
lady was taken from the rocks into the brat, and brought moonlit. Winer A eraser's inquiry was bald ogee day,
to the harmer. lit. Robiesos was perfectly uoconscrum when the jury returned the following verdict :—" We rm.
when found, and so he remained throughout the evening. simonsly find Thomas %weighty and Michael nernagtey, of
Be died roes 1 o'clock on Thursday newsier from the Dovish, is the barony of Eris, and county of Mayo, guilty
injuries he had reared. Singular to my, this is the third of the murder of Pat Cattier, late of Drink is rid barony
fatal accident by &Rig to visitors at Scarborough within sad county of Mayo efereesfil ; and we also lad that said
• few weeks. The deceased was visiting this place far the murder wee committed on the 17th Auger fastest."—Mayo
benefit of his health, which was vary delicate. Comets:allow.

Thomas Scott, a lightermen, said be was returning frost
work on the night in questson, and NW the complainants
assaulted and knocked down by the defendants. Thomas
called out " Polio,!" sod the countable, Lamb. came np,
and pushed the complaioants. Witness saw a female open
the door of • hones at which Thomas knocked. Fee
unwell he did not stop any longer, but went home.
Fanny Woodoutt, of 9, Parediee.row, Rotherbithe, and
Ann Thome., mother of the complainant Thomas, gave con-
firmatory evidence.
The defendants denied the charge against them, sad the
deposiLion. having beep taken,
Mr.Tratill committed them for trial at the next Old
ems the constable Lamb. who waa subaqua*
being fined 40a. for incase of duty.
The whole of the constables are under saapeasia• by the
pollee commissioner.. •