The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-ROUSE.

Johit Regan was brought b-fore Alderman Hunter upon
the charge of having killed William Redgrave, one of the
porters employed on a wharf in Thames-etreet.
A policeman said—ln consequence of information which
I received to the effect that • man named William Red•
grave had died yesterday evening from the effects of a blow
which he received on Saturday, I apprehended the prisoner.
I said to him that I took him into custody for having in-
flicted the fatal blow while fighting at Bull Wharf. He
seemed to be very sorry for what had happened, and said it
was in a skylark and mere accident.
John Ward said—l work at Bull Wharf, in the employ-
ment of Messrs. Goss. The deceased and I were engaged
in carrying rage into the barge from the warehouse. We
were told to hold on till some bags were shifted, and we
left off. The prisoner came on to the wharf with a van for
I wine paper, and said to the deceased, "Lend me a hand to
load some paper." The deceased said, " No, I am in the
' rag gang." The prisoner then took hold of the deceased
by the shirt, and said, " Come on, lend me a :hand." The
deceased again said, "No," and pushed the prisoner away
from him. They then squared to each other, but appa-
rently in a joke. The deceased then struck the prisoner a
blow, and the latter asked him if be " meant it." " Yes,"
said the deceased. The prisoner then struck the deceased,
with his fist, and the latter fell with the back of his head
against the stones. I never heard him speak a word after
that. He was helped up, hut could not stand. The whole
business did not last more than a quarter of an hour.
Alderman Hunter—Did they know each other?
Witness—Perfectly well, and had often joked together
before. Nothing was said by the bystanders. The prisoner
seemed greatly concerned, and did not know what be was
about.

Too other men who worked on the wharf gave similar
testimony, and said they considered the sparring to be
friendly.
Alderman Hunter—Where bad the prisoner struck the
deceased

Witness—ln the forehead. He tumbled back to the
pavement.
Aldermen Hunter—l am willing to take bail for the ap-
pearance of the prisoner after the coroner's inquest shall
have been held.

Frenereck Robson, s man In the employment of Main.
Hanson, of Botolph lane, fruit merchants, was committed
for trial noon three charges of embestlement—one to. the
amount of 81.3.. 6d., the second to the amount of W. Os. 6d.,
and the third to the amount of 251.; all of which sums he
had received from the customers of the firm upon their
account.

Georg's Ward wu committed for trial for having stolen
pewter pots from licensed victuallers, who have been very
often victimised by the pot.stealen.

GUILDHALL._

Yesterday being the day appointed for the further hearing
of several cases of alleged perjury and personation at the
late election at Guildhall for the Chamoerlainship of
London, the different persons charged (d in number) sur-
rendered in discharge of their bail.
Mr. Emmet, one of the accused, raid that he had been a
liveryman nearly twelve months, and having received a
notice to vote, did not reckon up the time correctly, but, be-
lieving himself entitled, gave his vote. •
Alderman Finals said the notice produced was quite a
sufficient explanation, and discharged Mr. Emmet.
The other defendants were remanded, the evidence
against them being In an imperfect state.

BOW-STREET.
Aa Italian organ grinder was placed at the bar charged
with annoying Mr. Gillian White, Charlotte-street, Bed-
ford-square.
The complainant stated that the defendant had posted
himself opposite his house, as usual, and continued grinding
away upon one of the most horrible of street-organs—to the
serious annoyance and distraction of a sick relative. Wit-
ness begged of him, on behalf of the invalid lady, to go
away ; but he took no notice of the request whatever, and
maintained his ground until the arrival of a policeman.
Another gentleman in court, who resides in Ilecklen-
burgh.square, entreated his worship to lend a helping-hand
in the removal of this greatest of all London nuisances.
Every creek and corner of the metropolis and the suburbs
was now infested with these men, and go where you will,
it is impossible tom:ape them.
The defendant said he had only been in London a month,
but this was contradicted by the police and the complainant,
Mr. White, who said that be had constantly seen the same
man there, and sometimes, when spoken to, he was in the
habit of putting his extended hand to his nose.
Mr. Hall was fully aware of the nuisance, and suffered
from it as much as any man. But what could be done ?
They received passports from continental nations, and our
government of course did not like to interfere with them.
They knew very little of English, except the word "police,'
and it was most difficult to deal with them. So long as the
public, especially women, continued to give them money,
they must be prepared to endure the nuisance. The case
rested with themselves: His worship, after a proper
caution, fined him Is.

Yesterday, Mr. James Palmer, inspector of the London
Gas Company, wu charged before Mr. Combs with assault-
ing Mr. Pirmin William Potts, inspector of the Imperial
Gas Company.
Mr. Wakeling, who appeared for complainant, said that
some few months ago the Imperial Gas Company received
information that the servants of the London Gas Company
had been tapping their pipes to supply their own customers
with the gas belonging to the company he represented, and
the latter by scientific means, with an instrument of pecu-
liar description and very small, although of extraordinary
calculating pressure and aecerecy, bad in a very few inves-
tigations and experiments ascertained that gas valued at
more than 1,0001. had bun fraudulently abstracted from
their main pipes by such tapping. On Saturday last, the
defendant was laying down gas in Theobald's-roed, and on
kis client interfering with an intention to ascertain with the
instrument mentioned the " pressure," or in other words,
to which company the gas belonged, the defendant, who
was a stranger to him, pushed himself forward, exclaiming,
"I know what you are after, yen are going to take the
pswnx, bat see you, dtc., and then tastaatly struck
has client and broke his instrument.

Mr. Potts, haying been sworn, described the insult, se
abeedy given ; and in answer to the magistrate, said that
be suspected Theobald's•road was one of the districts where
withibe gee of the Imperial Company was improperly dealt

Comte asked bow long defendant had been with the
Landon Gas Cea
Ddindantadirt'ad passed 8 rare in that mrviee.
Mr. W most necansrily have known all
about filar and that *a action is pending la the
Courted Qom's against that company to recover
the demogue_in sem agree which his clients (the Imperial)
had eneMiimedi I gemft that action be hoped his worship
would call on the ttat to keep the peace towards Mr.
Potts and the ease gentlemen who would neessurily be
employed in esateling evidence to be given on the trial.
Mr. Combs meld certainly he would do No ; and had he
been called es to inflict a fine of 51. he believed he
should have nomplied. As it was, however, la order
was that defeating pay for the damaged instrument, and
enter into reeogabaness to keep the peace ; and if he or
either of the other gentlemen in the same company inter-
fered with the other, who were prommting a mit at law, be
or they would not be let off so easily.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. •
John Gore, cab driver and owner, wu charged with
enmity to a horse.
A police constable saw a horse down in Oxford-street on
Wednesday night. Re assisted to get the animal on its
legs, a work of much difficulty owing to its weak state, and
then he noticed that it was covered with large sores in
various parts of its body, that some of the sores were in a
raw state and bleeding. Altogether the animal was totally
unfit for work.

Mr. Bingham went to the door of the court, where the
hone was stationed, to satisfy himself of its condition ; but
a wonderful alteration had been made in the animal's ap-
pearance since the overnight by a little ingenuity. The raw
sores were ell nicely blacked over, the large and deep
wounds tilled up with some kind of stuff and patches of skin
resembling in colour the coat of the horse, were placed over
sore places which were most in eight. To everyone bat a
tolerable judge the horse at a distance would have had the
appearance of a sound animal in good condition.
Mr. Bingham asked the defendant what he had been
using to the horse ?
Defendant—Only a little neat's foot bile and some lamp
bleak, yer vership.
Mr. Bingbam—Neaes-foot oil may do service, but I can't
understand what good lamp black can do.
Defendant—Vy, per vership, atter we dream the
wounds, VC blacks 'am over, to rot ye eall " make up " the
hanimal, 'eft gentlemen must have their eyesight pleased,
and they vouldn't have a cab if they saw the hair roe off
the hose, just as U it had got the mange.
Mr. Bingham said that a horse in so poor and so wretched
a condition ought not to be worked at all.
The defendant said he was taken in when he bought it.
The horse was " made up " something like it was made
up at that moment, and as he was beta young beginner he
had been taken in, and did not And out hie mistake until
the horse was worked.
Mr. Bingham recommended the defendant to give up a
tracts wkleb bed commenoed so badly. Be would only
indict a fine of 10s., on the understanding that the hone
wee not put to work again.

Mr. Ludolf Sehrceder, residing at No. 59, Norland-
square, Shepherd's Bush. appeared to answer a summons,
charging him with baring refused to pay • cab-driver,
named Thomas Dawson, the sum of lid., being the re-
mainder of his (are for the hire of his yehiele oa the night
of the 24th ult.

The defendant said the complainant was quite right, and
that if the cabman had mentioned that he wanted back
carriage fare he would have paid him. The complainant
said his fare was Is. M., and as he knew the distance he
had ridden was not a mile he refused to give it him, and
only paid him 9d.
Paynter thought the distance was more than the
mile, and that he was entitled to Is., and Bd. back carriage
fare. He knew of no law that compelled a cabman to ex-
plain his fare, but he thought he ought to do so. He made
au order for the payment of the lid., with 7s. costs, 2e. fur
the summon*, 2s. W. for his loss of time when he applied
for the summon*, and another 2s. Gd. for his loss of time on
the day of hearing.
The defendant paid the money, and said in future he
should be induced to give a cabman his purse, and let him
take what be required, sooner than be put to the income-
abate and expense of milting a cab dispute.