The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COMTE.

Thomas Mann, a young man of respectable appearance,
was charged under the following circumstances:
Mr. George Boileau' a gentleman residing in Stearnlow-
strut, Holborn, said that on the previous evening he wee
passing through Charles-street, Leather-lane, when he saw
the prisoner quarrelling with a young woman, who seemed
much alarmed at his conduct and threats. He followed
her, when witness perceived that he had a pistol in his pos-
session, and, fearing that he intended some mischief with it,
he 'shied him, and after a struggle Wok the weapon from
him. Made an alarm, and a policeman came np and took
him to the station-house. On searching him another pistol
wan found in his pocket, and a phial containing some liquid,
and which he had concealed up hie sleeve, fell down and
broke on his road to the station. Some percussion caps and
gunpowder were also found in his pockets, and on examining
the pistols they were discovered to be loaded with gun-
powder and bullets, when he was charged with having them
in his possession for an unlawful purpose, and locked up.
A Police Constable of the CI division, confirmed this tes-
timony.
Susannah Bulcber, a good-looking young woman, re-
siding with her parents in Charles-street, Leather-lane, said ,
the prisoner had formerly paid his addresses to her. She
wan engaged to him, and they were to be married ; bet it
was broke off, and she was engaged" to another young
man, which excited the prisoner's jealousy and ire. He
met her and quarrelled with her, as described by the above
witnesses. She added, "I do not think he can be right in
his mind."
The prisoner denied having any intention to do harm to
any one. The pistols had been loaded for the purpose of
killing a dog.
By the direction of the bench he was examined by a sur-
geon as to his state of mind, when be was reported to be
sane, and he was ordered to find two responsible house-
keepers as bail to keep the peace towards Miss Belcher and
all her Majesty's liege subjects.
MARYLEBONE.

Edward Lamb, a ruffianly fellow, hu frequently
been punished for outrages upon policemen, one of whom
he has, it is feared, injured for life, and for which offence
he has undergone six months' imprisonment, was brought
before Mr. Broughton for further examination, charged
with the following violent and unprovoked assaults
It appeared,
from the evidence taken upon the present
and a former occaaion, that the prisoner, who wu mush the
won' for drink, upset a basket of fruit belonging to a man

who was going over Hampstead-heath, and on his being
remonstrated with for thus misconducting himself, he
grossly abused soil threatened Ens. A great crowd
assembled at the spot, and on Wilson, 120 S, who still
seemed very weer owing to the ill-trestment to which
he had been subjected, corning up, he civilly requests d
the prisoner to go quietly away ; but he refused to do
' so, and was then taken into custody ; upon which he
immediately threw Wilson down with great force, end
kicked him repeatedly upon the back and other parts of toe
body. Sergeant Moore, 36 S, speedily arrived to render
assistance to his brother officer, and he was also kicked and
bit severely by the prisoner. The prisoner, who had pro-
mised to go quietly with the officers if permitted to be re-
issued from their hold, suddenly made off, but was ulti-
mately captured, and, after much resistance, handcuffed,
strapped down upon a strelcher, and conveyed to the sta-
tion-house.
The prisoner now, as upoa the first inquiry, charged the
police with improper and unnecessary violence towards
him. This atatemept was, however, proved to be untrue
by the evidence of Mr. Irving, solicitor, Gray's-inn-square,
and Mr. Alexander Lloyd, 20, Great George-street, West-
minster ; they were satisfied that no more violence was used
by either of the officers than, under the circumstances in
which they Ter4 Placed, wee !hsolutely necessary. Two
ladies, named Till:inn, also deposed to ?"'eing seen
Wilson thrown down by the prisoner, his face coming with
great force upon the ground.
A surgeon's certificate was handed in. It set forth that
Wilson had sustained injury upon the head and back, no
doubt caused by blows and kicks.
After some further proceedings, Mr. Irving hoped that
the magistrate would deal summarily with the affair, as it
would be very inconvenient for him to attend upon nny
future occasion ; he would, however, in the event of its
being considered to be a cue which ought to go for trial,
come forward, regardless of any personal trouble which it
might occasion him.
Mr. Broughton said he should take into account that the
prisoner had been injured by being struck with the
truncheon, which violence he had, however, entirely
brought upon himself by his misconduct. He should not
commit him for trial, but send him to hard labour for two
separate periods of a month each to the House of Correc-
tion. The magistrate added," The legislature has rightly
given us additional power to punish parties fur assaults
upon women and children, and we ought to have greater
power than we have to award a due and proper chats of
punishment for outrages of a serious nature on the police."
The prisoner was then locked up.
LAMBETH.

Yesterday Dennis Wo2ah, a powerful fellow employed at
a slate yard in Belvidere-road, Lambeth, appeared before
the Hon. G. C. Norton to answer to a summons charging
him with assaulting Mr. Charles Brumell, a gentleman re-
siding in Carlton-chambers, Regent-street.
Mr. Bremen stated that on the evening of that day week
be saw the defendant strike • woman two violent blow.—
one on the face and another from behind her en the neck.
I He remonstrated with him on his unmanly conduct, and
asked him how he could be so cowardly as to strike a woman,
and placed himself between the defendant and the woman,
eo as to protect the latter from further violence, when the
former, saying he should learn him how to interfere be-
tween a man and his wife, gave him a violent blow. He
also made several other blows at him, but he guarded them
off, and requested a little boy to go for a police-
man to give the defendant into custody, pro-
misicg the lad a sixpence for doing so. The defendant
then ran down • slate yard, where it appeared he
was employed, and there managed to conceal himself.
When asked if he had any questions to put to the com-
plainant, the defendant said that Mr. Brumell had first
summoned a man named Noonan as the offender, and at
this court on Monday last swore he was the man who had
assaulted him.

Mr. Brumell admitted having summoned Noonan as the
offender, but upon that person appearing before Mr. Elliott
at this court on Monday last, he (Mr. Brumell) hesitated
swearing to his person, saying at the time that he could not
conscientiously do so; but upon seeing the present defendant
on the premises of his muter on the same day, he at once
pointed him out as the man, as did also his witness. Be-
sides, a second witness who attended on that day for the
fl rat time, at once recognised the defendant in the avenue
of the court.

Mr. Norton—Have you any doubt whatever that ho is
the man yotesaw assault the female, and who assaulted you ?
Mr. Brumell—Not the slightest, sir.
Two gentlemen, one Mr. Kiech, of No. 25,Golden-square,
ane the other Mr. Myers, of the Mile-end-road, corroborated
in every respect the statement of Mr. Brumell, and swore
positively to the defendant's identity.
The defendant stiffly denied that he was the man, and
thought it a hard case that he should have been taken from
his employment.
Mr. Norton told him that if he was not the guilty man
he could very easily establish his innocence, and asked if Ile
had any witnesses in attendance ?
The defendant replied that he had no witnesses, for that
his wife, who was far advanced in pregnancy, had refused
to attend.

Saunders, the summoning officer, said he had seen the &-
lenient's wife when he went to serve tho summons on him,
and from what she admitted to him he had no doubt what-
ever the defendant was the person who had committed the
assault.

Mr. Norton felt perfectly satisfied on the subject. The
defendant was, he bad no doubt, one of those cowardly
unmanly fellows who thought he had a perfect right to
knock about his wife, even though 'she might be in an ad-
vanced state of pregnancy, as he; thought proper. His
offence was a gross outrage towards the public and his wife,
and for it he must pay a penalty of 31., or in default to
stand committed to prison for six weeks.

INTELLIOBA (114.

CASUALTIES.

Louder (?), from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, was totally Net
in the month of June, between Conflict Reef and Orange
Island.—Liverpool, Aug. 17.
Vixen (R.M S) struck on the rinnella Rocks, June 18,
but got off, and arrived at Monte Video, June 20, with
cons.derable dam.ge, and leaking both lore and alt.