The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-01 00:00:00

TIBC IPOLICOS COURTS.

(TSB DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
A TIMPTATIOX TO Thur.
A youth, named William Thompson, was charged with
stealing • tin caa, worth Is., sad a quart of milk, value 4d.,
the priperty of Mr. White, dairyman, Chandos-strest,
Covent-garden.
Pcdiereonstable, A 590, stated that on Sunday morning
at shoat 7 o'clock he saw the prisoner in Cockapnr-street,
Chariarmor, with something bulky concealed under has
coat. He stopped the prisoner, end asked him what he
had got there. He replied nothing. Wittier, however,
lifted the lappel of his coat, and finding the tin milk can
produced took it from him. Finding the name and address
of the prosecutor on it, he took the prisoner to Chando
s.
street, sad smertained that the ran had bean left with a
quart of milk ate haw in Warwick-street, near where he
met the primmer in Cockspur-atreet.
Mrs. White, the wife of the proemater, stated that the
can had been left at the door of a customer's house in War-
wick-street, the servant not being up. The usual practice
was to drop it down the area, but at some houses the area
realist's were too narrow to ellow it ro peen.he This was so in
the present instance, and the milk had therefore been left
on the door step.
Mr. Vaughan thought it • very imprudent practice to
leave the cans of milk exposed in that meaner.
Mee. White—lt is • great inconvenience that the areas
are not made wide enough. You see we should be late
with oar delivery if we waited at every house for the ser-
vant to micro to the door.
Mr. Vaughan—That may be so, but it is a great tempta-
tion to people to steal property that is so expoaed..lt
would be desirable to abate that practice.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was committed for 14
days.
LAMBETH.
DISTIOTING THE WINDOWS OP • BOYAR CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
Wolfer Sett, • sturdy youth of 16, was charged before
Mr. Elliott with throwing atones as the Roman Catholic
i School in Vauxhall.
It appears, from some canoe or other, the school in ques-
tion has, lame its opening at Christmas bat, been the objtot
of several miachievons boys in the vicinity, and latterly the
nuisance bas become so great that, on the representation of
the benevolent gentlemen connected with it, a constable in
plain clothes has been appointed to apprehend the offenders.
Polionoosstable Burge., 173 L, mid that on the evening
before he saw • number of boys a short distance from the
catholic school, and observed the prisoner throw a stone with
moth Woe at the building. Other boys were about to follow
his example when he (wither), being in plain clothes, anc-
ceeded in taking him into custody, and this, of course,
pat a stop to it. The wham added that scarcely a day
pared that the windows of the school were not smashed,
and the gentlemen connected with it were put to a consi-
derable expense in repairing the damage.
The priaoeer stoutly denied the charge, and was convicted
io a penalty of 10e. or tea days' impriaonmset. The nv
nalty
was at once paid.
John Miller, a strange looking person, was charged with
begging, The policeoonstable who had the charge said that
on the d before at about 11 o'clock he law the prisoner
in Bishops-walk, begging from the paumegere and he law a
lady give him • pearly.
Primate—The lady checked me a peony and I checked it
back and told her I did not want it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Elliott—Where do you live?
Priamier—Wertmineter Abbey.
Mr. Elliott—Not in the Abbey
Prisoner—No. your worship, in Orchard-street.
Mr. Elliott—Why, you gave your address in Pyeotreet.
I shall discharge you this time, but if you are brought here
again you will be severely puDished.
SOUTHWARK.
HOCITSSIHO AND HOBBS:BT.
Catherine Cunningham, • notorious thief, ace of • gang
infesting the London-bridge Railway Termini, under the
pretence of selling oranges, was placed at the bar beforelle
Wooltych, for final examinatioa, charged with being con-
cerned with another, sot in custody, in adminiateriag
noxiousdreg to William Ill'hersoo, and robbing dim of
about 30s. in gold and silver.
The prainiator, a sickly-looking man, said he had jut
been pensioned from the army, after many years' servitode
is the East. About 4 o'clock of the afternoon oa Thursday
week, be cams up to Leedom by the South Emigre Railway,
and saw the prisoner sod another young woman enter the
statism. He raked them to direct him to the Elephant
sad Castle. They took him up the Borough into a public.
beams is the Mint. He there treated them and called for
some brandy for himself. As soon as he drank it he became
anocamtioas, and did not recover bin seams thin 9 o'clock
at night, when be baud himself at the station-
house, and then he mimed all his money, amount-
toiog thirty shillings in gold sod silver. He
knew he had that safe in his pocket when be entered the
public-hour with them. He was quite sober then, as he
had not drank a..ythiag that day excepting • glans of ale.
Witness added that he had been in the hospital six weeks
at Aldershot, consequently was in a very week date. there-
fore the poisonous drugs took more effect on him. He had
not yet recovered from the shock to his system.
Sergeant Pearce, 7 Y, said he was called into the Grapes
public-bowie is the Mint, on Thursday elbow= week
when he saw the promoter sitting at • table between the
prisoner and another female. The prisoner had some silver
lathe" in her hand, and while be was attempting to rouse
the prosecutor up they kf I the bowie. Witness them
perceived that the man was unooorsions„ and he
thinking him to bennderthe influence of liquor eeaveyedhim
to the station-house sad easeoliedhim, bat he bad no money
ea him. Wittier then believed that he wasdrugged, when
medical assistance was called in, and after some time his
senses won partially restored. He then stated his loss.
In answer to Mr. Weedrycle, witness said that the land-
lord of the public-hoar did not see the prosecutor enter his
beam with the prisoner and her companion ; neither did he
see them served with anything. As soon as witness
bead the prosecutor had been robbed he proceeded io
Meth of the thieves axed found the prisoner on Thursday
Inight lath. The near woman, who had been several times
ileenvisted, had abscooded.
ne primmer admitted going with the prosecutor into the
nablio.houee on the afternoon in question, but he was quite
1 amok then. She sever pat any drug into his liquor, and
knew nothing of his money.
Mr. Woolryah committed her for taial.

OFFICIAL APPOIIITYLICTIL—Mr. Bulwer Lytton,
heoreiary at Lophoe at Athos., barn beam appointed secre-
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Koderace, bag bed appointed private eserdery to Kr. T.
G. Baring, Under Sedetary of ands ; Colossi Neils, from
Jaime. replaces Yr. Lytton as incretery of ligation at
Athens ; Kr. Sod; third secretary at Copeabageo, is
transferred to Stern.
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