The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-14 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

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William Spite, a yonag man living at 8, Cambridge.
street, Gokleneepsare, and described me • bootcloeer, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with breaking and entering the
house of *seers. °stamens and Plumb, pianoforte manu-
facturers, 38, Broadutreet, Golden-equate, sad stealing
several erticles belonging to different
Edward Matlock, 5, Beeliam's-place, M"a:pte. ad, porter in
the employ of Mean Outman& indPitunb, said—On Satur-
day night week .carpetbag belonging toMr. Ostamann wagon
the premises. I left the premises 311 company with two others,
and we were the last persons on the premises. I went on
Sunday night to take something out of the bag, and found it
was gone. The next morning, hearing from one of the
workmen that he bad lost some property, I suspected a bad
character was on the premises, but lams Friday (mod the
premises had been broken into at the top of • flight of stairs.
David Reid. in the employ of Marrs. Getsmann and
Plumb, identified some books produced as his property.
They were safe on the premises on Saturday evening and
gone cm the following Monday morning.
Ma Ann Sy me, wife of the prisoner's brother, said—The
pnsoner brought some of the articles produced to our place.
I hare seen but little of the prisoner for the past throe
months. He merely left the bag to be takes are of.
Inspector Bayles, of the C division, said—l went to
Meier& Oetsmana and Plumb's workshop on hearing of the
second rubbery, sad found several boxes bad bees brokim
open, apparently with • clime!. On going to the place where
the prisoner was employed, and the prisoner being sailed out
by ho employer (Mr. John Kemptor), the priaoser, without
my saying a word, raid, " I never did such • thing before
and will
to the station, when he said that some of the things
he had taken to • brother's in Lamb's Conduit-streee, and
on gp there I saw prisoner's brother, who gave me the
bay aced and contents. At the station prisoner said,
s my lint offessee, and I got into the house by means of
• ladder in the yard." The prisoner had been duly cau-
tioned before he said this. Be also said that being a great
reader, and seeing the books in the window, bad Lectured
him to oomph the robbery. I found on the prisoner se-
veral keys, one of them Eating the bag. I received from
the prisoner's Rueter several articles belonging to different
parsons. Cle examining the premises I found that au entry
had been raised by the window.
Some of the articlee produced having been identified by
other pineal& the prisoner, who made no defence, was
committed for three months with hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.
AIULACLT ON A COINTABLI.
George Wood, 16, rated as • second-elm boy on her
Majesty's ship Formidable, lyiag &tawniest, was charged be-
fore Mr. Leigh with being • straggler from that Trial, and
CAarles Wood, 4i, his father, • cabinet-maker, Is Craven-
street, atproad, was shwas& with violently assaulting
Gould, • plain clothes oosetable, while In the execution of his
duty.
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Gould stated that having on Saturday night last received
informatios of the lad George Wood being at hie father's
house when he should have returned on Thursday last to
his duties on baud ship, he went to Craven-street, and in-
quired of the father whether hie son was at home. The boy
was denied, and on the constable heating that he had
seen him enter, the elder defendant demanded to see
the warrant card of the constable. It was shown
to him, but even then he refused to admit
the man, at the same time swearing that forty
offioers should not mom his threshold, and sooompany-
ing the threat with a blow oa the face. The son at that
moment ma downstairs, and vitae.' took him into cus-
tody, but was instautly pouooed upon by his father, who
seised him by the hair, and by his wife, who also attempted
to rescue the prisoner. Ultimately, with assistance, father
sod eon wereponeveyed to the station-house.
Yr. Leigh (to the lad)—Do you wafer being a deserter
from Jour 'feral
Prisoner—No, sir, I Isere only broken my leave—they
don't mak us as deserters until after tea days' abeam
permed our time of leave. I had so intention to desert.
Mr. Leigh— You will be oommitted from this court to the
reeeptioa ship at Woolwich, sad the defendant Charles
Wood must pay a fine of 200. for the assault oo the con-
stable, or suffer in default an imprisonment of 14 days.

IMPOkTANT TO ..1171tYMIN.—Yesterday the jury
lists for next year were placed on the church dose, and
vela■ perms. of 60 years and opened' make their com-
plaints to be expunged they will be liable to serve for
soother year. The lists must be corrected within a few
days by the overseen, and therefore the objections should
at once be made.

COLLISION ON Mt GLASGOW AND SODYN-WENTEIN
RAILWAY.—On Thursday night • collision occurred be-
tween two homily-laden luggage trains at Mauchline
statioo. On the evening of Thursday a train consisting of
about thirty trucks, on coining to Auchinleck, stopped
to take on more trucks. There were two guards with
this train, nee of whom was on one of the eugias3, and
the other in the van at the end of the tram. The
former ammipled some of the waggous in order that
the additional trucks might he taken on, and it was the
duty of the latter to put on the break at his end of the
train. It is believed, however, that the guard in the vaa
era asleep, and on the couplings being loosed the latter part
of the tram commenced to run down the inalitm. It MR for
about four miles, increasing in velocity its it proceeded, and
was nearing Xfauchlirie Station when met by soother train
drawn by two engines. A collision took place, and the van of
the runaway was smashed to atoms, the guard, whose DAMS
11111 Woods, twine crushed to death. The first eagles of the
wooed train waa thrown on its ride, the DOWNS waggons
of the other trio being thrown over it. The drivers and
firemen of the eugiues eacaped by Biologie' o at the
moment the collision occurred. Ono of the latter, however.
in Jumping off, WAS struck by • dying splinter and thrown
heck nu the tender, but he was, straotely enough, not
injured. The guard, who was killed, resided le Carlisle,
sad bad just returned from his father's funeral at Paisley.
Besides the van, the engine sad eight or nine of the trucks
were damaged. The traffic was stopped until the following
morning.