The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL
HESEIRATE ENCOUNTER WITH • THIEF.
I;Nrge White, • strong, powerful looking young fellow,
wto described himself as • l►bourer, residing at 13. 'rash-
rr,et, Leether.lane, was charged with str•liog • wir of
I 7 Isere value Its. 91 the property of Mr. Moses, • clothier,
c: 11, Raiford's-buddies; laliegtoo. He was further
with cutting and wounding George Peers with in.
tra t- di him greviuua bodily harm at the same time and

T!-.e ;•T'..,iner was seen to go to the shop of the prosecutor,
.Pr of trousers, and run off. He we. waned. and
i.y George Peers, who seised him. The prisoner
sa.l Le had done nothing, and asked to be let go, but
b.• r- pest was not complied with, on which he
..'ed out a large clasp knife wit& a spring at
tEr Lsok, and said be would stab the first man that touched
t'e.. He stabbed him is the hand, and made two or three
tlrists at his body, and no doubt would have done him
I-r. •Ls Isury had he not been prevented. sod the knife taken
.`:cu, bun. The man who took the knife from him was kicked
en the legs, and very much hurt. When the prisoner was
taken into custody by Clack, the local constable. he mid he
vas sorry he had not cut off the ----'s head, and then he
show it to the public afterward*. He had to ask for
a r--,and, as the prisoner had bean provioas/y convicted of
•,y.

The prisoner said be waa sorry he had not killed all the
•> that had touched him, and then he should not have

Mr. I il:rncourt committed the prisoner to the Central
c ` cal Court for trial.
T t numer said that all the alternate had better provide
tctr, to thecaselvee wheat he came out.

WORM IP-STREKT.
1:R •`7 ROKiERT AND SPEEDY CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES.
fit••: 2l, r.lliog himself a porter; Jima Tracey,
. sod .bosepli Reocia, 21, also described u •
pals, were charged with stealing a brain of butter, Talus
...14.., the property of William Hall, a roaster carman, in

t.... 'Lich ult. a servant in the employ of Mr. Ball,
ue tame is Walsh, took charge of the firkin in
from the hands of Messrs, !Arkin and Son, whole-
s- ~.«.emougers, in Whitschapel, for conveyance to St.
• it was then 7 o'clock in the evening. The
.• well f..stecel in with two ropes, secured to the tail
; ten minutes afterwards a boy, passing along
Tutu Sboreditch, noticed the prisoner
nodoing the rotes, the other two men following at a
\ t knowing that they were engaged otherwise
t•• the lad took no heed sod passed on, but when
t• !s Minutes afterwards, he found near the Name
• •, per, ms, and heard Walsh making an outcry
the lee of the &tie, which was not anywhere
" "en. 1t that juncture Ken/rood sod Doughty,
~o ',hes cm,tables. came up, nod oc hearing the boy
d,. '7 the ,c pa.ratice of the men whom he had observed
t the von as suited, they immediately pro-
•-A to • slt of general shop in an adjoining street,
h nen named Briggs, waited direct through
:oto a I„sk yard, where Briggs himself
• • : I;a holding • sack open, while Beech
`" • ~: It with butter from the identical firkin
' • •• sertral large pans bad already received a
lor f the eqettkute. The sodden appearance of the
-,• c, owe created a panic. Briggs dropped the sack
•• the wall, nor has he since been heard of.
• • • •-•17e,1 to follow his example but was polled
' •,-- aced with his comnanioos was captured.
• ••: •,f tin.. nttnokt, incredible was as adroit rob
'd, the thieves taken, and the whole of the
Lr ..rt.

• ; '• ; •:-l-octal Regan, and aroweezarniusd the eels-
"• • v -sr to allow that his client was a servant of
,e‘ wo,vl asserted that that prisoner had repre-
', • : a.,rking at the dock., while Wier, of the
• f proved a former coneictiou against
• t N proved two agaiast Beech,
ace I .ts against Tracey that could be

• t,•••• pr.,,iera were now fully emsmitted for trial.
WAN IsiViVl
" - T.. IwT•ILERS OY FIRMORLA.
grocer. of rpper Tooting, was atm-
, •' • • •, r Avre4. C divisioo, for unlawfully sell-
" ' • 'vie Flint, Laing *person apparently
,G.• I. years, to wit of the age of II yew.
• -• %Limo. rai V, am' that coo the evening of
1••• •on dots at Tomlin; when be saw tire-
•••••I in t defendant's window. A boy came oat
oh foor •rti,iien of fireworks, sod on taking
1,- h. ...I I I yearn ..f age, to which the de-
....t o idder is the morning.
• .0 rnd'
he pr me.l the purchase. His ap-
.
' ”..1....ted that be was uoder 16.
Ignt ; !,..t deny the charge, but said be was
? 110' lew es nothing wan mentioned of it in bas

1•• I S's. 1 •14 it was the first time ha had beau
• •...• —I t,;...03t, a small penalt), He then hued

:•I.\g vet, A PBOTE.:TION 011D.0.
• coos.
110 !..:A applied for a renewal of • pro•
•:,••••• h,r lutobsod, Mr. John Haacoa, of
• wI.

hod been greeted ; bet in cones-
• , I r,shog a report in the newspapers
..sme to London, when the num was
.• ri.. orl,r was cancelled. Ile then accused his
and druid that he had deserted her.
• r d that she had not heard of her
. and his worship promised to greet
I. filed to support her.
ravel her to produce him a polio, which