The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOWBTREBT.
PIAUI) ow TRI PAYMASIIII-0 .—John Jones. a
labourer, was charged with obtaioingll. 10. s. lrom her Ma-
jest.'s Paysaaster•Grneral, by fraudulent menu.
Wednesday being the drat day after the het quarter, it is
mull for persons who have pensions granted to them by the
Board of Admiralty, to apply at her Majesty', Paymaster-
General's tffice for their quarterly money. The prisoner
applied and represented that he we. deputed by a pensioner
named Richard Weeded!, of Chatham, who was in the receipt
cal 101. per annum from the Board of Admiralty, to obtain
his pension. in consequence of his illness, which prevented
him from applying for it himself. The prisoner produced
the seeeseary documenU, and the clerk handed him over
21. 10a. in gold, being one quarter's pension due to Wasdell.
The 'wiener signed a receipt for the money, aed it was
afterwards ascertained that Wasdell had been dead sines
1849. The prisoner was apprehended, and admitted the

fraud.
The prisoner was remanded until Monday next, for the
eertificate of Wasdell's death.
BORROWING • NA9.—Edward Baker, of St. Clement's-
lane, hoot closer, was charged by a police•constable with
galloping a horse is the lane on Wednesday afternoon in
a furious manner.
• police-constable stated that he was on duty on the pre-
vious 'turnout, between four and five o'clock, when he
&Inroad the prisoner furiously riding a young horse up and
down Clement's-lane, in the Strand. After a good deal of
trouble and much noise and confusion, the horse wu stopped,
and the prisoner taken into custody. He was quite drunk,
and as children were in the habit of playing about the lane,
it was a wonder some of them were not killed by his mad

freak.
The prisoner said he was esercising the hone, which was
young and spirited, and " bolted" a few minutes before the
policeman caught eight of biro.
Mr. 11811 asked him what he was I—The prisoner said he
wee a boot-closer, sod had been at work all day.
The owner said the horse was very high spirited, and he
had therefore given strict directions that be should not be
taken eat of the stable. The prisoner, however, who hoed
over the stable, had done so in defiance of hie orders, ant
the horse was much injured by the rough manner in which
he had ridden hies.
Mr. Hall fined the prisoner 20e., or ten days' imprison-
meat. The fine was paid.
WORSHIP-STREET.
FRAMS DT • WOLDIRR ON view EASTERS COONTIRS
RAILWAY Coweanv.—Joeses Laws, a private in the 2nd
battalion of the Coldstream °mods, was agreed with
defrauding the above named company.
An arrangement existed between this eempany end the
War office, which entitled soldiers travelling on the Queen's
service to c nveyenee at the rate of one penny per mile by
second• clue, on the production of a "route' or certificate
signed by the commanding officer. On the 14:h of December
last the defendant produced a permit purporting to hear the
signature of Colonel Hay, and asked for a ticket to Norwich.
A pus ticket was given to him on payment of 61. 61, the
lull fare being 21e.
Lieut -Colonel Hay stated that defendant was a corporal
lon probati,n, quartered at St. John's wood barracks. As
he was on furlough at the time of the alleged offence, he
would not be Witted to travel at contract fare. In come.
quince of a communication from the War-office he inspected
the permit produced; it was not in his handwriting, nor
signed by his authority. Defendant was ordered to return
on Friday last. Witness questioned him that day on the
reline', and he then admitted that be had written it all
himself, in consequence of which he was given into custody
charged with "forging • pass."
Defendant, who declined saying anything, was thou
remanded till the 9th instant.
Toe MORN? COLLISIoNS I'PON TUE EASTERN COVE-
TIES RAILWAY.— Wen. Lloyd, an engine driver on the
' Bourn Counties Railway, surrendered for final examina-
tion, charged with having, while in canted of the Norwich
expr.ss train on the night of Monday, the 23rd ult., driven hie
engine in such s careless and reckless manner as to cause a
serious collision with the Colchester train.
Upon the case being called on, Mr. Maynard, of the firm
of Crowder and Maynard, solicitors of the Company, stated
that from the facts which had been ascertained since the
last examination, the directors had been led to the conclu-
sion that although the defendant was not altogether free
from blame, yet that in consequence of the density of the
stmosptere upon the oight in question there was every
reason to believe that be could not distinguish the tonal
signals to warn and guide persons in his position, and they
had therefore no wish to press the charge any fur her
against him. At the same time he felt called upon to state
that lust before the defendant reached the station he had
already parted over one fog signal, and consequentle—
hlr. Bawling', of Bedford-row, solicitor for the defuse,
here rose and said that he must protest spinal the coarse
cow being pursued by the solicitor for the company, who
was about to make an ex parte statement to the periodic@ of
his client, when they had openly expressed their intention
to abandon the charge altogether. if that cour.• were per-
sisted in, he should insist upon going fully into all the mr-
contract:es of the cast, as he courted the most searching in-
vestigation on the part of the defendant, which be felt satis-
fied must completely exonerate him from all culpability in
the traosaction. He considered that the conduct of the
company throughout towards the defendant had been
wholly unjustifiable, as after instituting a rigorous inquiry
before their board, which must have put them in full posse..
',ion of the entire facts of the cue, they bad determined upon
giving this man into custody, and having followed that up '
by a charge at this court, which terminated in Ida liberation
upon his own recognisuces, they had now, when he surren-
dered to meet and relate the charge, felt themselves com-
pelled to admit they could not sustain the c)mplaiut, and
must therefore altogether atom don the prosecution. No
intimation whatever bad been given either to him or the
defendant of their intention to adopt this view of the case
until within the last hour.
Mr. Maynard said that it was not until a late hour on
the preceding night that he was himself aware of the ve-
ntilation the directors had tome to, or a timely notice
to that effect would have been forwarded to the defendaat
or his solicitor.
Mr. Rawlings said that, however this might be, he bonged
to intimate that the company would be held reeponiible
for the injurious treatment his client had been subjected te,
whom they bad hastily given into custody upon so serious
a matter, and then as suddenly abandoned the charge
against him, without affording him the opportunity of
vindicating his character.
Mr. Ilammill was of opinion that quite sufficient bad
now been said on both sides, and as the company declined
to carry on the prosecution he must order toe defendant
to be at once discharged.
THAMES.
OCTRAOR ON A Cnten.— Thomas Savage, GO years of cgs,
described as a labourer, was charged with violating the per-
son of a child not quite 12 years of age, named SWIM Brough.
The facts of the cue, which are wholly unfit for publicatioe,
exhibited a most revolting state of morals as regarded all
the parties implicated. Prisoner had repeated the offence
eight or nine tames, and her mother, who gave her evidence
with great flippancy, was aware of the facts, and spoke to the
prisoner on the subject n long time before she preferred the
chug,. The prisoner, who denied the girl's statement, was
fully committed for trial. Shortly afterward., the girl's nth
thee applied for her expenses, a request with which Mr.
Ingham, the presiding magistrate, iadignantly retuned to
comply, strongly intimating his sense sat the manner in
which the had neglected to look after the morels of her child.