The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.

Elise Oath Lucas, a well•dresssd 'serried woman, wu
charged with creating a diatarbaue and damaging the
confectionery at the shop of Mrs. Warne, 112, High
Holborn.

The prosecutrix said that at fire o'clock yesterday after-
noon the ,defendant came to the shop, and pointing to a
very large bun is the window, expressed a wish to have it,
and put down a penny in payment. Witness declined to
" pick and choose," but told defendant that if •he thought
proper to take sixpenny worth, the big one should be in-
eluded. The defendant obje:ted to this, and demanded
the monster bun, because it was placed among the others,
which were ticketted "One Penny." Witness declined to I
serve her, and then defendant began picking up the bans
one after another, and pelting witness across the counter.
Her conduct Lattraoted a crowd of at least 150 people, and
about tri worth of buns were destroyed by being strewa
over the shop and broken to pieces. No policeman could
be got for mere than half-an hour, but eventually the de-
fendant, who appeared under the influence of liquor, was
given into custody.
The defendant, who fainted during the examination,
said that the buns were chiefly broken by the prosecutrix
herself, in resisting her. She considered that she had •
perfect right to pick out the bun in question.
?dr. Henry considered it unfair to put a large bun among
the penny ones, and then refuse to sell it at the price at
which they were ticketed.
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The detendext's husband said she was a rather excitable
woman, but a very good wife upon the whole. He did not
believe she was ever drunk in her life.

Mr. Henry ordered her to pay the damages, which wu
done, and she was then discharged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John Rudd, a well-dressed young man, who described
himself as a clerk in the Ordnance-office' Woolwich, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being
drunk and assaulting Mr. Aaron George Junes, 2,J, Soho-
square.
Tha complainant stated that about seven o'clock last
night be was crossing Regent-street, into Air-street, when
the defendant, who was drunk, pushed violently against
him, and on his remonstrating with him he (defendant)
called him by an offensive epithet. Complainant, nut
wishing to be assailed by such disgusting language, walked
on into Piccadilly. The prisoner followed him and repeated
1 the offensive language. Complainant, feeling intimidated
by defendant's conduct, called a constable and gave him in
charge.
In answer to the charge defendant said he was very sorry
for what had occurred ; but he bad been drinking with
some friends and had forgotten himself.
He was fined 40s. The money was immediately paid.
THAMES.

Henry Kemp, a carman, aged 46, was charged with
causing the death of Robert Mears.
Elisabeth Brown, a young woman, said she knew Robert
Mean, and had been living wi-h him. lie drove the cab
1,873. On Wednesday night the deceased came home a
little before his usual time a little in liquor, and said,
Lissy, take the cab home, and provide something for
supper." He invited her to have a ride with hint, and she
get up into the cab. lie drove her up the Commercial-
road and towards Whitechapel Church. All at once there
was a crash, and the cab was turned right over, horse and
all. She was much hurt by the shock, and screamed aloud
' for help. She wu taken out of the cab and saw Mean lying
stretched on the ground by the side of his horse. He was
taken up for dead, end carried into a chemist's shop. He
laid on the floor senseless for some time, and some cold
water was thrown upon his face. Soon afterwards he got
up on his feet, and said he thought he was right. She ob-
tained the assistance of a young man to lead him home, and
seated him in a chair. She looked In his face and he was
quite dead.
The witness*. ezamined respecting the issue of the colli-
sion did not make out a very strong ease of negligence
against the prisoner, who was remanded on bail.

Thomas Giles, a licensed cab driver, badge No. 88,
surrendered to his retognisances to further answer a com-
plaint of Mr. A'Bcekett, one of the presiding magistrates at
the Southwark Police Court, residing at No. 10, Hyde-
Park (late, South, for being guilty of insolent conduct to
two ladies, and also for other offences under the cab act.

This case was tully investigated oa Thursday last, the
particulars of which appeared in this journal on the follow-
ing day, and it will be remembered that Mr. Arnold after
bearing evidence, including the testimony of Mr.
Alieckett's footman who stated positivay that the de-
fendant was the cabman who had set two ladies down at his
master's house, and also Mrs. Tyrell, one of the ladies in
question, who said the defendant was the person who had
carried them in his cab, to the best of her belief, ad-
judicated upon the case, and sentenced the defendant to be
imprisoned for one calendar month. The young man, who
strongly protested that he was innocent, and that the wit-
aesses were mistaken in his indentity, was looked up in the
cells of the court upwards of an hoar. sad just as he was
aboat to be removed to the police van the magistrate was
induced from what a constable named Goddard told him to
withhold his decision in the case, and to allow the defendant
to leave the court upon his entering into kis own recogni-
sance to appear on Thursday, and to enable him to produce
evidence which would exculpate him from the charge of in-
solent conduct to the ladies.

Yesterday several witnesses were called to prove that
Giles was not the cabman who conveyed the ladies to Mr.
A'Beckett'e house. At the termination of the evidence,
Mr. Arnold said he had no hesitation in saying, after the
evideace that had been adduced before him that day, that
the defendant had been mistaken for another man, and
that he was innocent of having used insulting language to
the ladies, and therefore the evidence in that case would
fail. There was also another charge against him of having
refused to take Mr. A'Beckett when he was tint desired to
do so, and with having refused to deliver him a ticket, but
as there wu a doubt upon his maid, he should give him
the benefit of it, and order him to be dismissed. His
worship also alluded to the footman as having spoken dis-
tinctly of the defendant being the cabman who had set the
ladies down, for which he said there was no exam, and he
next referred to the lady, who had only stated to the best
of her belief he was the man, aa having done what they
might expect from an educated lady, in declaring, to the
best of her belief, he was the man.
After some further observations, the defendant was
dismissed, and left the court with his friends.