The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-03 00:00:00

should be settled without coming before the court, offering
to give him two eovereigna, and offer an apology to the lady
with a present of the coal*, if they would not come forward
to prefer the complaint; and then Mr. Coombe. invited him
to take wine, doubling the amount of the bribe if he could
settle the matter.—Mr. Jardine was quite sure that the im-
positions practised upon the public were incalculable, and u
it was impossible to break down the evidence adduced, he
saw no reason for coming to any ether conclusion than that
Mr. Coombe. was privy to the fraud. He should therefore
order him to pay the full penalty of 101. The other de-
fendent was then ordered to pay 51., with costs.
W OES H I P-STREET. Am v.— IV. Carter, fancy
netting manufacturer, of No. 8, Crown-street, Finsbury,
was re-examined charged with intermarrying with Emiline
Pettot, his former wile being still alive. The defendant,
who was married to has first wife in May, 1836, at St.
Andrew's•tho Lela, Cambridge, has had by her eleven chil-
dren. He emp!oys at his business, males and females, 300
hands, one of whom, though she knew that the defend-
, ant was a married man, consented to become his wife, and
they were married at Hackney Old Church, on Sept. 13 last ;
the second w* was conducted to Kingsland-road, where the
defendant, from that time, passed his nights,leaving it in the
; morning to attend his business, at No. 8, Crown-street,
where his first wife resided. Both certificates were produced,
and both marriages proved. The defendant's defence was
that he married his first wife in the name of Webb, whereas
her real name was Le Mayne. He was committed for trial.
MARYLEBONE.—ROPHERY BY a SHOPITOMAN.—Ann
Simons was re-examined, charged with having plundered
her employers, Messrs. Marshall and Co., -ere-stmt,
Oxford-street, of property to the amount of about 2,0001.
B. Simons, her father, was charged with being an at:emery. I
The prisoner had been three years in the employ of the pro-
mentors, who had ascertained that an extensive sperm of
robbery had been going on ; and fiom inquiries instituted it
turned out that the temele prisoner was the perpetrator
thereof. Articles of great value belonging to Mews. Mar-
shall and Co. were discovered in her boxes, in one of which
was discovered the card of Mr. Hickman, in whose chambers
were found various articles in dresses, &c., which, as it
turned out, had been left there by Ann Simons, who was in
the habit of visiting Mr. Hickman. Other property was
found at the house of the prisoner Benjamin Simons, the '
father. Mr. Clarkson, for the prosecution, intimated that a
son of the elder prisoner was suspected of being mixed up in
the transaction. Ile (Mr. C.), however, was not prepared
at present to go into evidence implicating bim, and he
wished for a remand.—Mr. Ballantine, on the part of Mr.
Hickman, said. Mr. H. is a merchant of fortune, and he had
numerous friends in court who were ready to come forward
and testify to his respectability ; he had formed an unfor-
tunate attachment to Ann Simons, but he knew not that she
had deposited any of the Marshall.' property in his cham-
bers. As soon aa be received intimation of the robbery, he
lost no time in giving information to the parties alleged to
have been plundered by the girl, Ann Simons. The pri-
soners were remanded, and Mr. Hickman was balled, himself
in 4001., and two sureties in 2001. each for his attendance.
THAMES.—EXTOUTION BY A WATERMAN.— IV. Weeke,
a waterman, was charged with using abusive language, and
extorting more than his fare from Mr. J. Harris.—The
defendant conveyed Mr. Harris and two others from Garden-
stairs, Greenwich, to the opposite shore at Mill-well, Poplar.
His legal fare for conveying them acro<s the river was one
penny for each person. A pauenger gave him three half-
pence, and Mr. Harris offered him twopence for himself and
hie friend. The defendant refused to take the money, and
used language of the moat foul description towards Mr.
Harris, who asked him for his book of fares, which the de-
fendant refused to produce. The complainant got into the
boat to ascertain the name and number; but neither could
be seen, and the defendant immediately pushed the boat off
and kept Mr. Harris in the middle of the stream for ten
minutes, until his demand was complied with.—The evi-
dence of the complainant +as fully confirmed by Mr.
St.eTtE/, his friend, and by police-constable 120 K, who said
that Weeks conducted himself in a most gross and offensive
manner.—Mr. Harris said he paid from 20.. to 255. per week
for waterage in passing frpm one shore to the other, and he
wished the magistrate to declare his opinion whether the
watermen on the river Thames were bound to produce their
book of fans or not.—Mr. Yardley said lettermen were
liable to heavy penalties for refusing to do so.—The de-
-1 fendant was fined 201. and costs.