The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-13 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MARYLEBONE

A man well known to the police,;li;gaveth e name of Joke
Haphey, alias Powell, alias Black Jack, and who refused his
earns, was brought up handcuffed by Sergeant White, 16
' D, and Kim, 76 1) (plain clothes officers), charged with
violently assaulting Harry Cox on the night of the Sat
' and stealing from his person.
Prosecutor (who had a bandage over his right eye) saki—
I live at 43, Dorset-street, Baker-street. On the night of
'the Ist inst., about eight o'clock, I was returning home from
my business, arid whilst in Manchester-square prisoner
seized me by my waistcoat, struck me in my eye, and
knocked me down. The blow rendered me insensible, and
when I came to 1 missed five shillings and sixpence from my
waistcoat pocket and a silk handkerchief from the breast
pocket of my coat. I managed to reach home, and ca
mentioning what had occurred to me my landlord went to
the polies-station. When he struck me he had something
dark on the back of has hand. This morning I was called
to the Marylebooe-lane station, and picked the prisoner out
from amongst a dozen other men.
Sergeant White said the prisoner had served a long term
of transportation. and mince had been in custody, and had
been convicted for hall robberies upon several occasions.
I have wanted him for two hall robberies io which be was
concerned. Since this assault he was aware that I wanted
hun, and has been dodging us about from place to place,
but was taken by King, 76 I), to-day, in Gray's-ion-lane.
Mr. Mansfield (to prosecutor)—DM the blow cut your
face!

Prosecutor—Yea ; I have been under medical treatment
eversince, and scarcely able to get out. I have not been
able to work, u the blow affected my sight.
Mr. Mansfield—A severe blow give@ with the fist would
cut the flesh aa well u a knuckle.doster.
White—There was the mark of a knuckle-duster on his
nose and cheek-bone.

The prisoner was remanded till Tharp:lay.
WESTMINSTER.

A few days ago Mrs Esther Kendal, of 20, Markham-
street, Chelsea, the wife of a pro'essor of music, and kaikeri or
Morris, her niece, both respectable looking young women,
were brought to this court in custody, charged with using
obscene language in a public thoroughfare.
Richard Jones, 44 B, and James Barnett, 333 B, it will be
remembered, were called to pprroo a the offence, but their
evidence war wholly contrad•
cted by Mrs. Kendal, he
niece, and her apprentice who was with her on the coca.
'ion referred to, and by an independent witness, wbo, having
seen the disgraceful conduct of the police, voluntarily came
forward.

The friends of this witness now confirmed his statement,
and said in addition that after Jones let Mrs. Kendal go
she declared that she would go to the polioe.station and re-
port his misconduct, when, seeing the other constable, be
celled him, and took them into custody. The defendants
were not having an altercation with any man. Jones told
one of these witnesses that if he came to the station be
would lock him up.
Mr. Kendal was in court, and anxious to produce his
marriage certificate.
The defendants said they were suffering from severe colds
caught during their coofinement at the policeetation, and
Morrie was evidently very unwell.
Mr. Arnold said this was the most disgraceful case that
had ever come before him. The defendants, who owing to
circumstances happened to be out late, had been grossly
attacked by Jones, the constable, without the slightest
cause, bad had their feelings insulted by the most dine*.
ing imputations, and had thei been deprived of their
liberty, and brought before him upon a false charge. He
entirely disbelieved that the defendants ever used the filthy
words imputed to thew, sad considered the conduct of the
two constables most serious and disgraceful ; and if such
unfounded charges as these were to be made, supported by
perjury, there would be no safety for the public
against those who were appointed their
In the present sass, had it happened that the gre7ietrdtall
bad been at all the worse for liquor, or without evidence on
their behalf, he should have felt himself bound to have
acted on the evidence of the constables. He would take
the evidence alone of the three strangers who bad come
forward, although there was nothing whatever to affect the
testimony of the young woman Gray ; and it was clear that
there was not the slightest doubt of the gross Iniseandoct
of both the constables. Jones was threatened with being
reported, and then he committed the outrageous offence of
taking the women into custody. So clew was the cue that
hut for a technical point he would at once commit Jones for
wilful perjury ; the other's conduct was not quite so bad.
Be now discharged the defendants, and the technical diffi-
enLy thus being removed they were at liberty to prefer a
charge of perjury if they pleased.
There was a burst of applause from the public in court.