The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

POLICE. Y- _ ESTERDAY.

MANSION-HOUSE.—ALLEOED FOROZRY.— T. Sehaek
was charged with having uttered a forged cheque for 1001.
upon the house of Messrs. Rothschild.—Mr. F. G. Kircham,
clerk to Messrs. Rothschild, of New-court, St. Swithires-
lade, stated that the prisoner presented a bill of exchange for
1001, and received the amount. The acceptance, that of
Messrs. Rothschild, was genuine ; but the signature on the
back, purporting to be that of Lawrence Weber, was ficti-
tious. Ihe prisoner had acknowledged that the indorsement
was a forgery. The firm received a letter afterwards, in re-
lation to another bill which was forged, and advising that
the person who should present it should be detained.—The
prisoner was remolded.
BENEVOLENCE.—The Lord Mayor acknowledged the re-
ceipt of the second halt of the 101. note from "A. 8.," and a
61 note from " W. S. 5.," and 10s. from " D.," for the
poor-box.
GUlLDHALL.—Arrastrren SUICIDE.—R. Bertie was
charged with attempting to destroy himself by leaping from
Blackfrian-bridge into the river.—R. Ware, piermaster at
Blackfriars-bridge, stated that on Saturday afternoon he saw
a young men lea,, from the centre arch of the bridge into the
river. Witness jumped into a boat, and with the assistance
pf another officer succeeded in rescuing the prisoner, who
was taken to the receiving-house of the Royal Humane
Society, and afterwards conveyed to the union.—Ald. Gibbt
asked the prisoner what induced him to make a.' rash an at-
tempt? The prisoner said it was in consequence of
being in extremely low spirits, and in a very weak state of
health, that he thus foolishly attempted to destroy himself.
He sincerely rcgreusd what he had done, was most grateild
to those who bud been the mans of saving him, and hoped
the worthy alderman would forgive him.—Meßogers,manag-
ing clerk to Mr. Watson, of Bouveriestriet, Fleet-street,
attorney, said that the prisoner had been his assistant-clerk
about sixteen months, and was a most energetic man. About
a month back he was taken ill, and he returned to his work
in • weak state both of body and mind. On Saturday, see-
ing that he was very unwell, witness teed him he had better
go home for a week, until he gained strength. He agreed to
do se and left. Shortly after witness found a scrap of paper
on the desk, hinting at what he was going to do. He had •
wife and two children, and witness thought it would be a
most humane thing if he were admitted to some hospital, as
it was out of his power to pay for proper surgical assistance.
—Alderman Gibbs ordered him to be sent to the infirmary
until Mr. lil'Aliudo, the police surgeon, could see him, and
report as to the state of his health.—Mr. Bertie was then
conveyed to the infirmary.
WORSHIP-STREET.—ThEATMENT or THE WHITE-
CHAPEL POOR.-4. Baynes and J. Downer, the latter of
whom stated that he had carried on business as a master
butcher in the district for 30 years, applied to Mr. Harninill
for assistance.—lt appeared from the statement of Baynes,
that having recently had the misfortune to lose his wife by
apoplexy, and one of his children by small-pox a few hours
i afterwards, he was reduced to such distress and privation
that, being unable to obtain any provision for his three re-
maining children, one of whom was dumb, and all in delicate
health, he was compelled to apply to Mr. Finlater, the over-
seer of the Whitechapel union, for admission to the house,
having lived for four years in that parish. air. Fialater
gave him an order for one night's lodging only, and on pre-
senting it on Saturday night at the house. he and his
children were conducted down • gateway to a kind of long
shed in the rear of the building, where he found about 40
other outcasts huddled together upon the ground, with
nothing but a little straw to serve for a bed, and
were each presented with a small piece of dry
bread, which was the oily sustenance they received.
The place had two skylights on the roof, but so many et the
panes in them were broken that the wind and rain poured
down upon them throughout the night, and they were almost
paralysed with the cold and damp, which produced in each
of them a severe attack of rheumatism, and the sense of
hearing in one had been since almost entirely destroyed.
The place was so infested with rats, that one of them, who
had saved his bread till morning in his hat, found that it
had been devoured, and the handkerchief in which it was
wrapped had been partly dragged down one of the holes.
The next morning they were all turned out, without any
food being given them, and their renewed intreaties to be
taken into the workhouse were met with a determined refu-
sal, and an intimation that if they returned at night they
must expect no other accommodation. In this emergency
they had since been compelled to subsist upon the casual
bounty of strangers ; and as they were both in a states of
extreme debility and suffering, and one of them had three
sickly and starving children upon his hands, they were in-
duced to submit their case to the consideration of the
msgistrate.—Mr. Hammill expressed some surprise at the
statement of the applicants, as it was manifest, from their
appearance, that their urgent claims were entitled to ample
and immediate attention, and he directed Rowland, the
warrant officer, to lay out ss. from the poor-box in the relief
of their present wants, and proceed with them to the office
of the relieving overseer to represent his opinion of the ease,
and request that it should be at once attended to.
CHAILITY.—The magistrate acknowledged the receipt of
the half of a 61. note, No. 93,925, from "0. R. ;" the
1 second half of a 51. note from " It. H . ;" the secoud half of
a 101. note from "Z. B.;" the second half of a 51. note
from "W. ;" a sovereign from "A Lady ;" and "H. A.
B. R." 55., for the poor-box. A 51. note from " O. W. A.,"
for Mrs. Charlotte Thomson ; and 10s. from the lady before
referred to for the poor widow Margaret Ives.
MARYLEBONE.—FitAt'D ON • RAILWAY COMPANY.
—H. Chriahan was charged with defrauding the London
and Birmingham Railway Company by riding a greater dis-
tance than that for which fare had been paid. On Satur-
day evening prisoner came up to London from Birmingham,
and on his ticket being demauded be gave up one which en-
titled him to travel no farther than Weedon. His excuse
was that he had fallen asleep, and that on finding that
the train had passed Weedon when he awoke, he
thought he might as well come on all the way. The excess
fare, 51. 9,1., was claimed of him, but he had no money.—
Fined 10s., or 14 days' imprisonment.
CiL&EITY.—The magistrate acknowledged the receipt of
the remaining half of a 51. hank note from " It. E. " ter the
poor-box.
LAMBETH.—UNFOUNDED CEA/WM.—Ur. 11. Ilensee, a
broker, was charged with stealing a
.prayerthook, the pro-
grtV;ifaMr-sr:reeTt,Vliclnfrlorsi-tle and Ir. man,"Lrs e 172 L,
de-
posed that on Saturday night three men came up to him,
and one of them gave the prisoner into his custody on a
charge of stealing • prayer-book out of bin pocket in a
public-house in Cannon•row, Westminster. The prisoner
said be had a parcel in his pocket which the man charging
him bad given to him a few momenta before, telling him it
was fancy soap, and asked him to take it back to the shop.
The planner at the time also said he was • broker and ap-
praiser, and had distrained upon the goods of the persona
charging, and that the charge was a mere trick on their part
to get the goods away. The person charging replied that it
was a lie, and that the prisoner had taken the book
out of his pocket in the public-house ; and the other man
said this was true. At the station house, Vicary per-
sisted in the charge, and the prisoner was locked up.
Vicary was told to be in attendance at the court at ten o'clock
this day to substantiate the charge, but he had not made
his appearance.—Mr. Gaines, who attended on the prisoner's
behalf, designated the charge as one et the most scandalous
that had ever been made against a respectable man. It was
a trick resorted to, to luck up his client, and gat his man out
i of possession at a house belonging to Vicary.—The accused
' was discharged. At a later hour of the day Vieary made
application to Mr. Elliott for the restoration of his book,
saying at the time that it was out of his power to attend in
the morning.—Mr. Elliott refused to make any order about
the book, which remains in the hands of the constable, Davis.
SO UTE( W ARK.—Meet Lt ON • POLI CLEAN.— T.
Bemis& a pugilist, was charged with assaulting policeman
137 L.—The policeman, who appeared to be very aerionsly
injured, stated that on Saturday night, while on duty near
the Surrey Theatre, he interfered to prevent a fight between
the prisoner and another man, when he was instantly knocked
down by the prisoner. And, while on the ground, his as-
sailant knelt upon his chest with such force so to deprive him
for some time of the power of breathing. He was also
kicked is the side, but he could not say positively the pri-
soner was the person by whom the kick was inflicted. The
policeman here handed in a medical certificate, describing
that ~ he had received serious iuternal injuries, which in-.
capacitated him from attending to his duties, and adding.
that it was impossible, as yet, to ascertain the extent of
them.—The prisoner, in defence, said that some time ago hs;
received a wound on the head, from the effects of which b e
suffered much, particularly when he was drunk. That on this
night in qu, shun he was insulted by a man, and they.ws,ra
about to settle their difference when the policeman tiller-
fend ; it was by accident he (prisoner) fell c.pon
him in the way described, which he would not
have done if be had not been in liquor.. —The
magistrate said that as it was impossible to predict what
might be the consequences of the prowler's conduct towards
the policeman, he should commit him to prison for one
month, instead of inflicting a penalty, and that in the mean-
time if the policeman died he would be brought up again
irom the gaol to answer for the more serious charge.
ALLEOED EITILAORDINARY Coenucv or rue RANG OF
ENOLLIID.—Ms. ht'Leod, a brewer, attended for the pur-
pose of giving his explanation relative to an a ' don made
on Friday cm the 'subject of a . • to have
been shipped at the Bank ' lout jun
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