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

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANBION•HOIISE

lames litedotese,;ellim-e-wa- to polies es • pickpocket,
was brought before Sir Robert Garden, who was sitting for
the Lord Mayor, ethizeil with attempting to pick the
pockets Of several ponces in Newgste.droet and Cheapside.
Thema Jones, one of the ineeleagers of the Great
Northern Railway, sew the prisoner in Newpatestreet on
that month* trying the pockets of several Wien and gen.
thews who were pawing by. Hs watched him until he got
into Cheaside, where be told a polioe-ooestable. The pn-
alarm at something, and walked away rather
rturkly. He was followed by the witness and the officer,
sad they caw him stop • lad and speak to him. The lad
went into • warehouse, and the wettable west up and
asked the prisoner what he wanted with the lad, and he said
be had gone into the warehouse, end he was waiting for
him until be came out. The lad came out of the shop, and
upon being asked by the raker what the Taiwan" wanted
with him, -he maid he bad accused him of pickle( pockets.
The lad was in court, and was sworn. He was a re-
spectable looking lad. and said he was employed se • porter in
Nerrgateatreet. He bad been sent to • wirehair* is Cheap-
satle, and the prisoner stopped him and mead, " Have you
got iv- He asked him what be meant, when the primmer
▪ You've picked that lady's pocket, and unless you
give me half I'll lag yon," and put his band into his pocket
and was going to strike him, when the officer came up.
A westribla of the Great Northern Railway, who was with
lONS. knew the prisoner well. He took the prisoner into
custody some time back for putting his hand iota a lady's
K. H. concealed his movements by putties his had
• hole in the pocket of his oath Upon being
searched as that occasion a quantity of pepper was found
ia his pocket, which he was in the habit of throwing in
the eyes of persons who detected him, ad so =akin his
swaps. . . . . .

Thelpelooner. whew asked if be wished to say anythiag,
merely rid he was aa house! as a new bons babe. The
whole thing was made up, and all the wham= maid wee

—Sir- R. Carden said that what the primmer might at first
have thought a midortune was just the metrary, for if he
bad succeeded in taking anything from any of the pockets
be bed pet his hands into, and the parties had ace e before
bile, be should certainly have seat him for trial, sod his
character would have ensured him • essitenee of penal
servitude, as it was, however, be should pentanes him to
three months' bondwoman with hard labour.
George Bower's, an omnibus conductor, was summoned
before Sr Robert Cardeo, charged with using abusive
laCotoplainint. Jane Williams, • genteel loohled You
woman, who described herself as a dressmaker, stated that
on the night of the 17th instant, at about half-past alarm',
she got into the defendant's omnibus in Holborn, having
bees to a lady's house. to go to Bisbopsgateatrest. When
near the Post-cam, the defendant, who was the coeductor,
asked fns the hre, and the gave him a Z. pima and he
gave her la. &l. out. She told him she thought the
hire was only Sal. as which be told her to go to
After he bad taken the fares be left the omnibus, sad
another man went with it the rest of the journey. There
were three persons in the omnibus at the time—a sailor
and two female,. She salted the sailor, who beard the
if he would take the matter op for her. and be
=17.1°. .•
No.° Sbe took the number of the omnibus, and
whim she got home she told her friends, who advised bar to
I take the present proceedings.
The defendast denied the charge altogether, and said he
bed a witness who was Inside the omnibus, and who would
prove that no altercation whatever took place.
Ho called Alexander Bernfather, as omnibus conductor,
who stated that he was in the omnibus on the sight in
question, bat he did not !sou any altercation, nor did be hear
as/ each expression made use of by the defendant as the
wirers bad mentioned.

In answer to Sir Robert. witness said be remembered
mein as complainant there, but she bed 110 altercation.
The complainant, however, mid she could swear posi•
tively that this witness was net in the omnibus on the
night in question. She knew him quite well, baring often
riddmi in an omnibus from the West-sad of which he woo
the 000dootor, and Shore were only the Wes persona she had
mentioned.

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titre. Elias* aid he was as actor, and bed ridden is
the defendants einalbas nearly every sight far • long
period. Os the sight is asks• the dalaidant, open
arrivuair.t.tl7 Poutodko. asked hen, as he was going the
whole ,if he would let tbe parsogen out, as he was
very . He was as the lop of the omnibus, and got dowa
as to the step. Defeadost took the fares, aid left to go
hems. He heard so remark mead by defesdeat.
emplane's' maid that Dearly tea nisates elapsed after
the e:oremios was node use of before Ws witeess showed
hinrelf as the step.
Sir R. O•ndas narked that if the defendant asked the
wham /Healey to Mad babied the mailins boom be was
so very AI, it was rather streage that he should remain
himself for another tee nsiantes.

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odd. be did not we be woo very iIL
eir Robert said bo bad oostndietati by his ow. wit-
sem Ho mold rot siessive that the oimplidamai wadi *a