The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18 ^ 1863.

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THE 4301410 E COURTS.
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Caroline Pape, a pert-looking girl, apparently 18 years
of age, mas charged before the Sikhs magistrate, Ilr.
Inywourt. v4ll bre•king twenty panes of glass,
Talus 30a.; the property of WMiam'Crockford, her matter.
From the evidence of the
_prosecutor, • gentleman re-
siding at No. Bfa thas.reed, Ornionbary. it appeared that
the prissier had entered his amnion es a domestic serest
on Saturday lasi, and on the following day be was surprised
to Gad several panes of glees in the windows at the rear of
his residence were broken. This breakage continued meet
y both on Monday sad Tuesday, and at lase the
polls Sheers were appealed to, and one of the body was
set on the woteb, the resat being that the mystery was
solved by the prisoner being caught in the act of throwing
• stool at one of the kitchen windows, and aLe was accord-
ugly given into custody, when she admitted she bad
broken the windows, but could smirk no reason for her
viaduct.
Polirteconstahhi Thomas Hardy, 412 A, prised that he
wee set to watch the prosecutor's premises, and for that pur-
pose be stationed himself on a skylight, from which he had
a complete view of the lashes, and about tea o'oleek at
night he saw the prisoner, who was aloes, deliberately take
a stone from her pocket and hurl it at the window, thereby
breaking apaw of slam The witness at aloe presented
himself took her into custody.
In reply to the magistrate the prosecutor stated that
he had a good character with the prisons from her last
Pim*.
Mr. D'llyncourt convicted the prisoner for the wilful
damage, and ordered her to pay the amount, 30a., to-
with a fine of 405., or in default be imprisoned
oneroribeto
month, with hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Marks George, 21, a shoemaker, was charged before Mr.
Cooke with feloniously cutting sod wounding Jamee Brooks,
with intact to do him serious bodily harm.
Mr. William Vo•dorse, • cigar 'manufacturer, of Barton.
street, Mil.-end New.town, stated that while returning
home through the Bothnal-green-road, between one and
two o'clock that morning, is company with Brooks, both
brim perfectly sober, the prisoner, who had come out of
a public•bres. began dancing round them, and rethiaely
sad without the slightest provocation alma the Weer I
with his fist • blow in the stomach. This wee taken M
*planet good part. Semi words of no import peered,
cad then prisoner struck Brooks in the chest, who te-
rmed the 'torso, by hitting his assailant tree' hi the
tam. Prisoner immediately threw himself Mite • fightiag Mitt
tads and admired upon him, but seemingly f lag Mathis
would be over-matched he adroitly took something from his
pocket, sod closing with his oppoort, before he could be
=tad, struck bin breath the left arm, sear the book.
blatantly called oat that he bad been stabbed. Mit-
oses, not seeing any knife, could sot credit the assertios,
but the injured man beer to snigger about sad appeal for
help, which being reechoed, it was seen that • wound bad
been indicted in the part mentioned. Prisoner then gave up
a clasp-knife and coolly walked away, while the sufferer was
coaveyed to the Londos Hospital.
Moore, 585 City, deposed to having tors the primer
into custody as he wee leaving the East and West India
Warehouses, in Feschurchetrest, a few bean previously,
be being employed there. When told the mature ef the
Marge by last witness, be replied, " I will go quietly with
you. I did commit the offence. We bad bees !With( to-
gether, and exchanged a few blows • but Brooke wee a Imre
and powerful IMO. and I therefore took out a knife and
stabbed him."
A certificate having been handed to the magistrate from
Mr. Ring. house surgeon of the hospital, describing the stab
as a punctured wound,
The prisoner expressed contrition for the act be had com-
mitted, adding that it wee untrue to say be struck Brooks
twice in the first instance.

.-itlZOOkeC;ti;rd s reemed pearling the result of the in-
jury being akertelaid.

TR AYR&
HwsppA Barnes, a lawashir• workmen, was hrooght before
Hr. with being drunk and disorderly, sad
assanitiag Baninertistler. tiaet collector, at the Shad.
well Ration of the Illackwaß Railway.
The complainant stated that the prisoner came to the
Shadwellrt•tioa on Weireeday afternoon with a Poplar
ticket, for Gravesend. He told the prisoner be mast go
beck to Poplar, and could not proceed to Grinned with
that Bakst. The primer, who wee very drunk attempted
to go..MaW„ sad to prevent his falling Into danger he
him arid said he odd sot be allowed to re the
stopped;lll sad endanger his life. This primer said be
woeld go where he liked, and Mated cm proceeding up-
stairs. He laid bold of the prisoner and palled him back,
ea which he seized him by thee:et, whirr he tore. A tailor
seid the repairs would met Is. The 'items, who wore
the tors our, pointed to a large rest under the right arm,
sod to another rP front ef the oust.
la answer to Yr. Porridge, tlle. wither rid that a ticket
paid for at Poplar would Lot entitle a lean to travel to
Ginvessed ham Birdwell.

I[r. Bowdhr, the ;;;;d clerhosid the Ilh.dwell station
was a mile and a quarter *serer Landon time Poplar.
Whistler .aid the prisoner meet bare walked from Poplar
to ell, sad did not cane up by tail. The ticket wan "
Poplar to Gravesend-22d shim'
The prisoner made a rambling demos, and said he was a
hard-working man, and thought it very hard after he had
paid his fare that be could not proceed to his destination.
Partridge said there was too hardship in the cam.
The prisoner was not entitled to leave dhadwell for Graves-
sad with a Poplar ticket; and if be was, it was the bounden
logo: railway companies and their sensate to precook
drunken men or women travelling me their lines uader say
preMoce whatever. The complainant bad acted most pro-
wag and dissreetly. B. fined the prisoner la.. sad 5.. is
addition for the damage dome to the mt.

THE BEADIVED BAEZ ROBBERY.
I Since 'Saturday inoining, when the robbery of a '
' safe aid its motel:its from Mr. W. 1). Fox's premises was
disuovered. tel poly:slur., Welk wiletstigehie is their eau-
time to discover any trace either of the thieves or their
booty, and on Tamed.; eight Must efforts were reworded by
ths recovery of the safe. The marks of wheels had been
traced to • duo pool of water in aa old excavation in •
gold SW a road leading to Calmaley, sod outside the
burtrugh, and on VlMliiliMg the stoned neer to the
wider an indentation was found which exactly cure-
, speeded with the width of the safe. Mr. Hisoban,
Iwe chief constable, Mr. W. I). Fox. sad his brother,
J. H. Fox, and maker, of Cleakentee, were at
mos communicated with, sad were shortly cm the spot.
To pat an end to all uncertainty es to whether the safe
was or was not is the water, Mr. J. IL Pox took off his
clothes and dived to the bottom, but reappeand almost
instantly, ad exclaimed, "It is the safe ; I bare had hold
of the handle." The safe war in about ten feet deep of
water, and being osanderatily sank Otto tit. mad, is wee
found impassible to Meg a chain round l and it was re-
solved to empty the pool by means of a Are engine, whisk
was obtained from the policontatioe. A number of people
bad been &turned to the spot, who were espy to give
. assiatiume in the recovery of the safe, and about forty were
eslectsd,, who relieved each other at the anise, all sight.
The water was exhausted at the rate of about 36
gallons per minute, but • small striate which
Lows into the pool made up to some degree for the
quantity withdrawn. About two o'cloek in the marniog.
Sergeant detective officer, who was on • small
raft. saossods4 at lint by the help of • crowbar, and after-
; wards by getting into the water, is potting a chain round
Me safe, and by the united exertion of all
it was at eau dragged out of the water. CMS -
minutia' it was found that four holes had been drilled
Into the ads, and on being opened it had ths emersioa
of having hese charged with gunpowder. A rope was
tied about the safe, which. it is supposed had been date
to prevent the door oponieg, and say portion of the
books or pipers floating up to the surface of the water and
betraying its presence beneath. The safe sustained the
drafts sad cheques, and the books with one exceptioa. The
notes sad gold were gone. The safe .was at mee oonveysd
to the polio, station, where it arrived about four a.m.
At the Borolgli court on Watleaday, Thomas Hays, the
watchman at Upper Croft Mill, who was brought before the
msgietratin os Monday, co bowknot of beleg concerned is
the robbery, sod remanded on bail. wee again bresi up.
Hz. (koalas sod that the safe been ;gdsand at
proud he was not in • position to carry the ease spurt
the prisour any further. The reason why the mimosner was
taken into custody was that be was the watchman oo the
/ROM'S'S from which the safe was stolen, and that he had
loads a ustanient to his employer that he had hese round
the place every thrse•quarters of as hour. It wee thought
to be impossible that he aphid have douse without knowing
' smelling of the robbery, as, °wise to the weight of the
safe, its removal most have been • work of time. He asked
for the prisms: to be discharged.
Mr. Lees, solicitor, said be appeared for the prisoner, and
should like to know, first of all, by whoa authority. be bad
' lean taken into custody. He (Mr. Lees) had been tato the
neighbourhood of Bowling, and lie found that the utmost
eoetempt was expressed for the parties who bad token the
prtwninto custody, who was stated to he • most honest,
ble mu
The Mayor said be did net know that the magistmtm bed
anything to do with the character of the primmer. All they
had to oonaider was whether they would discharge
Mr. Lees said he Mould like to knew whit ',idiom conk'
be offered against the prisossr by tho parties who took
him into custody.
The Mayor said Mr. Let" had no right to ask that
ciusstiou.
Mr. Lees said he certainly had • right to ask the *dirt.
dual who had taken the prisoner into custody why he had
dons so.
Tin Mayor thought not. If Mr. Lore wished to being an
action for fate imprisonment he most propene his caso oat
of mirk
Hays was then dieobargod.—Lrede Mercury.