The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-25 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Won. Jones was charged with attempting to defraud the
revenue and the public by endeavouring to sell dummy
cigars for real Havannas.
l'olioentanC 419 stated, he saw the prisoner in Princess
street accosting seserat gentlemen, and offering to sell a
bundle continuing about I'2o of foreign prime Haviiina
cigars. He went up to him and demanded to look at the
cigars and his licence. Finding they were mock, and that
he had no licence, he took him into custody.
Mr. Goodman, on looking at the cigars, broke one, when
it was found that the whole were filled with hay, and inge-
niously covered with tobacco coloured paper, and co-
loured at each end, having all the appearance of genuine

cigars.
The Lord Mayor said it was certainly the most ingenious
trick he hail yet witnessed.
Mr. Gimelemur said, had the cigars been sold, end the
purchaser been present, the prisoner would be liable to seven
years' transportation.
The Lord Mayor said the prisoner was to all intents
and purposes attempting to commit a felony. Fined 10s.,
or fourteen days imprieenment, and thecigars ordered to be
destroyed.
GUILDHALL.
ron t'orster, the young foreigner who described
himself as the Knight of Starke nburg, and adjutant of the
Ist regiment of Prussian Dragoons, and who also has been
charged at this court with stealing three 201. notes, the
property of Mr. Jourdan, one 101. note and one .51. note, the
property of Mr. Prevost, of Ghent, from the York Hotel,
New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, was again placed at the bar
for final examination.
One of the cams against the prisoner, arising out of the
robbery of money from Mr. Jourdan, having been com-
pleted, be was committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.
lasses Brooks, a young man, apparently. a hanger-on
about stable-yards, was charged upon suspicion or stealing
• valuable dog.
Mr. James Short, of Na 1, Cleveland-row, St. Jatnes'e,
teacher of music, stated that trot Tuesday week his sisters,
who resided with him, took out his dog, a Norwegian
poodle, to walk with them in the Green Park, when it was
etulen, and on the following Friday he put an advertise-
' meat in the papers offering a liberal reward for the recovery
of the dog, but heard nothing of it until Thursday morn-
ing, between 10 and II o'clock, when a man, nut in eus•
turfy, went to his house, and offered to restore the dug
fur • reward of V. 10s, "down," and to have "no
police is the business." Witness said that he was
nut able to go with the man for the dog at
that time, but would in the afternoon, and accordingly
met him by appointment at the Nag's Ilead public-
house, Compton-street, Museum, when he agreed to give
21. for the deg, but declined to lodge the money
in the hands of the landlord until 10 o'clock the following
morning, when, having given information to the police, he
lodged the amount in the hands of the landlord, and the
man desired the prisoner, who was present, and said " No
police," to bring the dog, which he accordingly agi, and I
was taken up, but the other fellow managed to get off.
Police-constable Thompson, and constable Robert Lan-
ham, 67 I', corroborated the statement of the witness as to
the part the prisoner took in endeavouring to obtain the
reward from the prosecutor. Sergeant Thompson knew
nothing of the prisoner, but hail known his companion,
who absconded, to have undergone six mouths' itupriseu-
went for a similar offence, in which he had detected him.
The landlord restored the money to the prosecutor, when
witness remonstrated with him upon the impropriety of
his conduct in lending himself to the fraudelent attempt of
the prisoner and his companion to obtain money from
the prosecutor. The landlord was about a twelvemonth in
the house.
The prisoner said that a into named " Tencly " induced
him, by the promise of half-a-crown, to act the part be had
acted.
Mr. Ilenry said that there was evidence before him that
the prisoner knew all about the dog, fur he also objected to
the introduction of the police. It was dear that the pri-
soner was one of a gang who extorted money by stealing
dogs, and obta' ' g rewards fur restoring them to the
smilers, a practice in which they too commonly succeeded
but fortunately in this case the gentleman whose dug had
been stolen was not to be played with, and gave iuformatima
to the police which led to the detection of the prisoner. ile
(the magistrate) was determined to put down, as far as he
could, the system of dog stealing and reward seeking, the
punishment fur which was six mouths' imprisonment in the
House of Correction with hard labour. Ile would not mid•
gate that punishment in the present instance, but commit
the prisoner fur the full term of 6 calendar mouths. Sergeant
Thompson should also inform the licensing magistrates of I
the part taken in the transaction by the publican in whose
house the money had been lodged.
The prisoner was then removed.
Jean lanc:zi, an Malian, was charged with causing a
serious damage under the following circumstances:
Mr. Charles Bower, a brass-founder, raiding at 62, Red
Lion-street, Clerkenwell, stated that he had- occasion to
call on • customer at twelve o'clock, in Duke-street,
Adelphi, and as he approached the house in his gig at •
moderate pace, accompanied by a boy in his service, ob-
serving the prisoner grinding at a large barrel organ placed
on a truck, which could he heard in the several streets ti
jacent, he requested he would desist until he passed,
which he took no notice, but continued causing such a noise
as was sufficient to frighten any horse withiu hearing. Oin
arriving at the door he got out, handing the reins to theta&
and before he had time to enter the house, the hone, whisk
had been in his poste-Anon for two years, and was remarkably
quiet, dew off at a rapid rate, and, coming in contact widi
a lamp-poet at the corner of the street, the boy was dashed
violently to the opposite side of the street, the vehicle Wog
upset by the concussion, which was beakers to pi .s.m wed It
could not be repaired at • cost of lase than Imis le
was endeavouring to extricate the annul hem die lasesethe
prisoner moved away with hi. inseaummeg, and lie seekeset
made his escape. Being aware that wit a penes es the
prisoner was out in a position to be able to te
him for the damage he had sustained, he considered was
justified in giving him in charge on public grounds, in the
hope that a remedy would be afforded for the removal of
• nuisance calculated to endanger the lives of persons having
the management of horses in the public thoroughfares.
William Drinkwater, the lad, said he heard his muter
call out to the prisoner before he came up to where the
organ man played. There was nothing else in the street by
which the horse could be frightened, and it ran away at
such a rate that he was unable to hold the reins.
The prisoner denied that any person desired be would
cease playing, and although he had been employed in the
same manner sit yeah about the streets, no complaint was
ever before made against him.
Mr. Henry said it was moot fortunate the boy had roe-
tained no greater injury than the fright occasioned by the
fall, and the prisoner should pay a penalty of 40s. for the
public offence in addition to 10!. for the damage, being the
highest sum allowed by law, in default of which he ahead
be committed to prison for one month.
WORSHIP-STREET.
ClirislopAer Brooks was plead at the bar for final en-
initiation, charged with Elizabeth Rotherve, his
fellow servant, with a fa.
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