The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
DAIII3O BOBBILIT.
J. An Thompson, unknome to the police, and unable to
;.re any accouot of bassoon, was charged with stealing a
track containing goods to the value of 301— the property of
the Loedon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company.
Mr. Emanuel Berlin, interprets to the compeasy,
esed that he had cocasion to go to the Charing-orois Rail-
r; on Thursday evening, to fetch a portmanteau which
had been seat there by mistake, instead of to the
v,rtorm station. Raving procured Um trunk and put it
joule a cab, be got oe to the box and sat next to the driver.
Ai they were proceeding on their journey through Paths-
ment•strest, he heard a loud aboatiag, and au looking round
hot his attootice drawn to the prisoner, who bad just
,imped out of the ribald wsa running away with the port-
*mamma under kis arm. The man wan pursued and given
unto eastody. The trunk centered chiefly wearing apparel,
worth 301.

Jamie Waters, cab driver, 1, South-etreet, Weet-equarii,
Lambeth, deposed that he wee at Charing-cross at the time,
and seeing the prisoner running at a very rapid rate aloe,.
ads a cab, be fancied something wrong was intended, and,
therefore, followed the cab. He presently saw the prisoner
:ump into the cab, while it wee still running, and then jump
out spin with • portmaatsan under his arm. He raised a
cry of istop thief." and the prisoner was followed and ap-
prehended by a constable.
Mr. Beery directed that this witneses expenses should be
allowed for his creditable conduct le the matter.
Poliosnonstable A 31 said he took prisoner into custody.
He bad been pursued by a mob, and during the chase had
dropped the trunk from his arm. On being apprehended he
aid " You've got me, and yet nose of these people can
chugs me with anything." The prosecutor, however, thee
unwed, and preferred the charge.
Committed far trial

WANDSWORTH.
CAUTION TO RAILWAY PAABILVGIIB.
trard &canard, a working mica U in lJnies-street,
Battersea, answered to a mamma= at the of Mr. T.
Bent, on behalf of the South Western Railway Company,
for travelling in a ',coed-class carriage without a ticket,
oak the introit to avoid payment thereat.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
W. W. Tewsley, station agent at Wandsworth. mid that
on the 9th inst. he collected tickets from the reasengers by
the 10.15 down tram. The defendant was one of the Pa-
wnor% and was the last on the platform. Witeeseasked him
',Um ticket. and be answered that be had not one, and that
Le had left it babied in the train. He then told the
&feedlot that be most pay 6d., being the fare from
Waterloo-station. He would net pay the fare, and said
to had come to rive has a tate for the affair the other day.
The witnem explained that about two mouths before the
defendant travelled is a train in a similar manner, and de-
Weed him for 20 minutes before he would pay the fare. On
thu ocessioa be would not pay his fare, neither would he
give his male sad addrena.
The defeadant set up the defines that be took a ticket at
Vauxhall statism, sad Ihediag that he had left it in the
trait. he was warms to pay 4d., which was the fare for the
distance.

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Mr. Daytona mid the defsedaet wee bound to pay 6d. ao-
cording to the bye-laws of the compsay, which, ha his
°lame, We. very re•eoeable. If prams could Dot take
are of the tickets which they were Woad to produce for
the protecting' of the compsay, they must put up with
the oonseunences.
Defendaot said he had been in the habit of travelling OD
the line for six years, and he had always paid the fare. He
then stated that Mr. Tawsley looked him up for this outs.
Mr. Tewsley explained that the defendant was given into
custody for being drank and disorderly at the etatios, sad
os the following moreing Mr. Ingham fined hire se.
Mr. Daytime said it was •DMher edema For this ►e
toed him las, and 2s. 6d. mats, which would include the
fare.
The mooey was immediately paid.

WILL% AND BiQUlffn.—The will of Sir William
iirowf, Bert., of Bialnead-hill, near Liverpool, ma
Proved is the registry at Liverpool, under 900,0001. per-
woltv. The acting executors are Francis Alazaoder
HAroilton, Mark Wilke Collett, and John P. G. Smith,
,Derthanie, of Liverpool ; power being reserved to the
ether executors. John kiergreemek BK. (the testators iss*
In-law), and Mrs. Sarah Beeediet Brown (the daughter-IM-
-4'). The will bears date May, 11164 and a codicil Norma-
l:or following. The treater, atter bequeathing literal
annuities sad legacies. has laft the balk of his property
'wept he seven grandelaildres (the rogue of his deosamed
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