The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE CO URTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

77enesas Cooper was charged with robbery under the fol-
lowing circumstances :
F. Brown, lioensed victualler, of Beer-lane, Lower
Tnernee-street,seid—at half-past eight o'clock on Thursday
night the prisoner came to my house with two others, and
asked for two sixpences. I thought he meant fors shilling,
end was going to give hies the sixpences, but he said he
did not want change, he wanted two bottles of soda water.
I put two bottles on the counter, and he said that was not
the right soda water, end his master would send it back
again. I returned the sods water to its place, but the
primer still stood there, and I said, what are you stopping
fort He said, " I went my shilling." I said, I did not
Wu any shilling, and he said he put it on the counter, and
I took it up. I told him if he did not go out of the house
I would give him in charge; he then began to grumble, end
went away.
Mr. Scott, a licensed victualler, living in Cannon-street,
deposed to the prisoner playing off a similar trick et hie
house, and obtained two shillings by it. He asked the bar-
maid for four sixpences for two shillings, and when she
produced the sixpences he said he did not want them , what
be wasted was four bottles of Davis's soda-water. Four
bottles of soda-water were brought to him, end in the
meantime another person came in, and was served with
half-a-pint of beer. The prisoner, who said that the soda-
water was not Davis',, asked for his two shillings. The
barmaid said she bad not bed any money from him, where-
upon the prisoner abused the young woman, and she was so
frightened by his insulting end abusive conduct that she
took from the till two shillings, end placed them on the
counter. In the meantime witness appeared, and having
heard something of the matter, asked the prisoner if the
two shillings on the counter were hie. The prisoner having
replied in the affirmative, witness told him to take the
money end be off. The prisoner took the money and went
sway; but witness, having heard all the fasts of the case,
followed him end took him into muitody.
At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Brown, the first
witness, pointed out Edward Hewett, a man who was
amongst the strangers in the justice-room, as one of the
companions of the prisoner at the house when the trick
was attempted to be played there.
Hewett wee then apprehended, by order of the Lord
Mayor, and placed et the bar.
Mr. Brown said—Whilst I was serving Cooper with the
soda water, Hewett came forward, and asked mTwife he
half a pint of porter, and put down half-iscrown on the
counter; end my wife gave him four sixpences and the
thew owes ; and Hewett amid she had only put down
three eimpesses, and said he would not go till he got the
other sigma's. One of my customers said he saw four
sixpence', sod then Hewett shuffled the money and said he
had found It.
The Lord Mayor said he believed the sort of system of
robbay ditieibett had bum lately meted spa to a very
great eile%itibet trail give ebegitsepen the owls.
sity of the primers.
The twe trete them remeitieL

BOWSTREE7.

Goorge Vesetrian, who has lately come out of the work-
boast, and who is known by other names, was Busily
examined on diff.rent charges of obtaining money U111:ef
faller pretences. In one case it was proved that the prisoner
had offered to sell a pit order fur a theatre in the Stritud
for Is., but generally he bad presented the orders, and then
requested "something to drink," hoping Miriade t►e legal
consequenes of a false pretence by being thus enabled to
say that the stoney received by him was the voluntary gift
of the prosecutors
The tretsurer of the theatre 'said that as many as thirty
of the sham orders were presented in one night, so that
about sill people were doomed to disappointment.
The prisoner was committed (or trial.
MA RLBO ROl.l OH • STREET.

Jacques Trial:our, Henri Joseph, and Gabriel Mirkl
were charged with stabbing Ann Clancy. It appeared
that the complainant was an Irish unfortunate, and
in company with another woman named Margaret
Kunio, on Monday night last, met the prisoners who in-
cited them to several public houses to drink. On coming
into tha street Joseph put his arm round Clancy's waist, and
asked her to go home with him, or take him home with her,
but she refused to do either. He withdrew his arm str'-
denly, and she then felt in her back a sharp pain, and fell
to the ground, exclaiming that she was stabbed. Whilst on
the ground the prisoner (trialloux) kicked her in an ink-
' mom and unmanly manner. Hs also attacked the other
woman, and bit her finger severely. These two men then
ran away, and Martel came up and also kicked the com-
plainant in an infamous manner whilst on the ground. The
prisoners were traced to another public house, and when
they found the police were after them, Joseph was seen to
throw something away, which, en being picked up, turned
out to be a dagger limbs. The complainant was carried to
Middlesex Hospital, eMd Mr. Grant, one of the house sur-
geons, proved that she had a wound in her back about an
inch and a half deep, running in the direction of the spine.
The knife produced wan the sort of instrument which wound
make such wound.

The prisoaers were committed for trial.
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On Saturday, at this court, a father and step-mother
were charged with great cruelty and inhumanity towards
three children, of the respective ages of nine, sis, and four
years. The parties charged were Henry Ball, who de-
scribed him.elf as a compositor, and Jana, his wife, and
were brought before the Hon. 0. C. Norton for examina-
tion when the other business of the day had been disposed of
Adam Saunders, one of the warrant officers of this court.
stated that iu consequence of a summons obtained by Mr.
Gerrard, one of the relieving officers of the parish of Lam-
beth, be proceeded about eight o'clock on Thursday
evening last to the house, No. 140, Little Vauxhall-
terrace, Vauxhall, for the purpose of servi,g the sum-
monses on the defendants. On making inquiries of the
people in the house he ascertained that the defendants
had been in the habit of going out at 10, 11, and 12
o'clock in the day and stopping out until the same
hours at night, and that the children were then locked
up in the back and front parlours, which the defend-
ants occupied. He remained for upwards of an hour, and,
finding the defendants did not return, he called out through
the key-hole of the front parlour, and after • little time the
eldest girl opened the door, and on entering the apartment
he saw both the children in • filthy, emaciated, and evi-
dently • grossly neglected state. He inquired about the
third child, and was informed that he was locked up in the
back room. One of the lodgers in the houre brought a key
that unlocked the door, and atter searching about for rime
few moments he found the little boy, who was not quite
four years of age, in a sort of cupboard, perfectly naked,
on • few filthy rags. The poor little fellow at the time pre-
sented a most shocking spectacle, and did not appear to be
half the site of • child of his age. Hie bones appeared to
be very nearly through the flesh, sod he was in • very dis-
graceful filthy state. A young woman in the house pro-
cured some articles Df clothing, which she put on the little
fellow, and had him removed to Lambeth workhouse, but,
before doing so, he bad him taken to a neighbouring public-
house, and gave him a little wine and some buns, the latter
of which he devoured with the greatest avidity. Having
left the child under thecare of a nurse, and procured some
bred and butter for him at the workhouse, he (Sanders)
went back to the residence of the defendants, and, finding
he wife had just come home, he served her with both the

Several witnesses were called, who spoke to having fre-
quently heard both the defendants severely beating the
children, and particularly the little boy, who was the
youngest. They also spoke of their grass neglect and want
of food, and some of them said they had seen the children
eat raw pota•oes and candles.
The male defendant, in rep'y to the charge, said that he
lost his late wife about eighteen months ago, and married
gala I. about four months after to his present wife, that
she utibt hot after his children. His youngest child was
suariarttuoi disease, and was of very (tally habits, so that
it was most difficult to keep him cleanly or healthy-looking.
He admitted that he had corrected the child, but denied
that he had done so to the extent that had been represented,
or anything like it, and charged the female witnesses who
had teen called with gross exaggeration. He had no idea
that a charge of so serious a nature would be made against
him, and therefore had not prodded himself with any legal
assistance, nor had he his friends present to speak to his
character and rebut much of the testimony given. Under
these circumstances, he hoped his warship would adjourn
the case to a future day.
Hr. Norton said he had no objection to do so, and also to
take bail for the attendance of himself and his wife on a
future day, but the bail must be unexceptionable and
substantial.
The pnseaere were then remanded to a future day, and
not befog prepared with the necessary bail were sent to
prison.

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1853