The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-30 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOWATREET.

The nelson who calls himself JoAn SnitA, and who said
be was an officer in the army, was placed at the bar, on
remand, charged with assaults upon young pregnant
women. _ _ _

At the last examination Mr. Henry uprooted a desire
that a statement of theme should be forwarded to the Home
Moe, with • view of the government authorities biting
charge of the prosecution. This having been done, Mr.
Pollard attended on behalf of the Solicitor to the Treasury,
and two or three other fresh cases of exactly the same cha-
racter as those previously gone into were opened against the
prisoner. At the conclusion of the evidence, Mr. Henry
again remanded the prisoner, it being understood that he
would be fully committed for trial on the completion of the
several charges brought against him.
After the ease had been disposed of, and just as his
worship was about to leave the court, polios-constable A
325 entered the witness-box, and stated that at the request
of the gaoler he had just seen the defendant, whom he at
once recognised as a man who was taken into custody by
him and charged at the Marylebone Police-court, three
years ago, with having committed an indecent mann upon
a married woman, in a state of pregnancy. The com-
plainant wu the wife of a sweep, and the prisoner was
remanded for a week ; but:during the interim the prier/me
and his solicitor (Mr. Lewis, of Marlhoroughetreet) con.
trived to settle the case by paying the woman 251. • and
when the case was called on at the next examination she
was not present. The charge was consequently dismissed.
Mr. Henry—What name did he give then
Witness—l do not remember, but ean ascertain on refer-
ence to the books.

wu repeated in the presence of the
primmer, who, in the absence of his eolicitor, declined to
s►y anything.
Mr. Henry told the officer that he might communicate
with the gentleman who conducted the prosecution.

Mr. Rolls, an inspector of the B division of police, ap-
plied for a summons against the author of the following
notice, which had been received by the Commissioner of
Police :—" I hereby give notice that the parochial authorities
having declined to entertain the present application for
reasonable and proper relief and assistance on the part of •
gentleman in destitute circumstances, and the police autho-
rities having likewise declined interference in the matter, I
am now under the necessity of committing crime, not with
any malicious or felonious intent, but for the purpose of
obtaining refuge in a metropolitan prison, and of affording
the magistrates the option of either depriving me of my
personal freedom, and subjecting me—which they
will do after the present notice, upon their personal and
official responsibility—to the risks and consequences insepar-
able from confinement, under such circumstances, in an
ordinary felon's prison, or employing their legitimate
powers and authority for the repression of this monster
scandal and abuse.-23, Rffingham•street, Pimlico' S.W.,
May 13, DM." Mr. Rolls having stated that the
object of his application was to have the writer
of the above bound over to keep the peace, Mr.
Arnold directed • warrant to be issued against him,
and a tall man, about 40 years of age, of gentlemanly
appearance and address, although meanly attired, who gave
the name of Algernon Tottenham, was yesterday brought
before the magistrate.
Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that his position
was that of perfect destitution, without the benefit of any
remedy. He did not think a workhouse a fit place for •
of his position of life, or brought tip as he had been.
theernelld bed ehaant exceptionalhisw an
reunriSyti°"l f thea 02
nary administration of the poor laws ; and further, that if
hie case were recognised by parochial authorities, he would
be transferred to Dublin, and thus he deprived of the op-
portunity of establishing his claim to an estate in London.
Mr. Arnold intimated that the authorities could do no
more than administer relief by law.
Defendant said that they would have a power, as he un-
derstood, of searching out property which might be rooming
to him and appropriating it, if be now became chargeable.
To say nothing of that, he could not survive any length of
time within the confines of a workhouse. He was certain
it would be his death. _ _ _

Mr. Arnold inquired whether he had any relatives in
London ; and on his replying that be bad a brother at
Slough, Mr. Arnold required defendant to find one surety
in U. for his appearance on Thursday next, sad directed
the police to communicate with his brother in the interim.

RtILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIZB IN PARLIA-
MINT.—After hearing evidence relative to the plan pro.
posed leveraging the Ouse, tags with the case for the
landowners, and Mr. V. Harcourt in reply for the pro-
moters, the committee posed the bill of the North Eastern
Railway tur their brooches to Hull and Doncaater, and for
arrangemeot with the South Yorkshire and other companies;
the bill of the Kettering and Thornton. Medway for an
',Manion to Huntingdon, being unopposed, was referred to
Mr. Ilsrey'm committee ; the case for the Edinburgh and
Dunfermline Railway closed, and Mr. Davison opened that
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow comet* line to Dunferm-
line, oh Queenefsery, with subidiary Lesotho.

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