The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.
COWAZDIX ASSLITLTS BY SOLDIBBI.-•-SSINIBti Browne,
a private belmeng to the Grenadier Guards, at present
quartered at es Wellington barracks, in the Birdcage-walk,
Bt. James's-park, was charged with being drunk and assault-
ing two persons with a stick, and Thomas Cartwright, also a
private in the lame regiment, with Wog drunk, attempting
to rescue him, and assaulting the oonsta'sle in the execution
of hie duty.
Sarah Anne Wilson, a laundries, residing in Paradise-row,
Palmer's-village, Wee'Minstu, Stated tbit theta, tiler nine
o'clock on Thursday night, she was proceeding with her
step-brother, his wife and a young man, near to Storey's-
sate, on their way home, when the prisoner pushed mainst
them as they passed, and en her brother remonstrating with
them, the prisoner Browne struck him on the hat with •
stick, sweating that he would knock his brains out, which
terrified her sister in-law, who had an infant in her arms,
and screamed out, and on witness telling him, that as she
and her friends had not interfered with him, he should
not interrupt them, he struck her in the face with his stick,
which caused her to foist away, by which a severe wound
sal inflicted over her right eye. The other proner desired
they vault take no further notice of his oonuadr, es he was
drunk, and a constable coming up, the man who committed
the assault was given in charge.
It was further proved that Browne assaulted the police
when they took him into custody, and that Cartwright at-
tempted with much violence to rescue his comrade.
kb. Henry, after severely reprimanding the prisoners for
their disgraceful conduct, ordered Browns to pay a fine of
Si. for the assault on the female, and in default, ens month's
imprisonment, and also 51. for the assault on her brother, or
a similar term of imprisonment; and the other prisoner, fur
assaulting 52 A, one month's imprisonment, and a similar
term of imprisonment for the assault on the other constable,
without the option of paying a fine.

WESTMINSTER.
Tau LUZ MTBTZBIOCS AFFAIR AT CHELSZA.—Mr.
Russell, the superintendent of the B division of pollee,
having communicated to Mr. Broderip immediately upon
his snivel at the court, that the missing man at Chelsea,
11•Gouran or M'Guire had been found, u stated in our
paper of yesterday, and wes at present in Sr. Margaret's
workhouse, the magistrate immediately despotched Cain
the gaoler, to the Howse of Detention, to bring up the
three persona, Thomu aid, Mary fiis wife, and Mary
Fox, who have undergone several examinations during the
last month, and who stood remanded until Wednesday next,
with a view of immediately securing the testimony of
,:and at once binding him over to prosecute for
the robbery.
Upon the accused being placed in the dock, M'Gouran
proceeded in a rambling and incoherent manner, to state
that on the night of the day on which ha received his money
and other property from the French EmSassy, he was
drinking is various public-houses in Chelsea, and that at
5 o'clock in the morning he entered M'Doneld's house,
where he slept for some hours. On awaking he found that
his money was gone, and suspecting that Mrs. M•Donald
had taken it he went in pursuit of her, but not succeeding
in his search, he abandoned all hope of recovering it, and
had since endeavoured to .ke out an existence by hawking
pamphlets in the neighbsurhood of Deptford. He denied
that he had made a pressnt of any money to Mn.
M.Donald.
Mr. Broderip !wring iequired whether the accused wished
to make any answer to the charge,
The male prisoner and Fox stated that they were inno-
cent, and the female bi'Donald muted that the prosecutor
had given her the money.
Mr. Broderip said he felt it his duty to commit them all
for trial, but they would be again brought up tomorrow
(this dap), to have the case completed against them. As the
case against Fox was alight, be would irks bail.