The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

Maahiw Roarion,iainicetib;noi, sad John Condon,
were separately placed at the bar before Mr. Corti., charged
with assaulting the police in their duty, and after the facts
had been gone through were fined ss. each.
The assault arose out of the riot that took place in the
neighbourhood of Baldwin's-gardens on the previims night.
Mr. Swift, the late Roman catholic sheriff, Mr. Hopwood,
his Under•shoriff, the Rev. Mr. O'Connor, P., the Rev.
Mr. Minahan, P., and a number of other persons, who ap-
peared to take great interest in the proceedings, were
present.
Inspector Read, of the O division, conducted the ease, he
being mainly instrumental in quelling the disturbance.
Joseph Tresoldi then said he had to complain of the at-
tack which had been made upon his house. He was aware
of the attack, as he was told that a rough Irish mob, led by
Catholic priests, would attack it. The windows on both
sides were all broken.

Mr. Corrie—lf you have got the names of the persons
who broke the windows you can have summonses against
them. _ . .

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Mr. TresoMi—l bar* not; but fear another attack to-

night.
Mr. Conies—l shall take care of that, by giving sufficient
directions to the police ; you will be secured. If you can
get the names of the parties who broke the windows, come
down here, and yea shall have summonses up to five o'clock.
The applicant then withdrew.
THAMES.

Ellen Kiraly, en Irate woman, appeared to a summons at
the instance of Mr. James Humphries, registrar of com-
mon lodging-houses, for not registering a lodging-house
Tented by her at No. 10, Blacksmith's Arms-court, Back-
church-lane, St. George's-in•thellast.
losqector Price was called to prove the ease, which he
said was a very bad one. The house kept by the prisoner
was most filthy, and in a very dilapidated condition. The
district-surveyor had long since condemned it. He served
the usual notice on the defendant so far back as March last
for her to repair and cleanse the house, lay on water, erect
petitions in those rooms where both sexes were accommo-
dated, and to do other things, or give up pomession of the
premises. The defendant refused to do anything, and was
summoned before his worship on the 26th of May and fined
ls. and costs, and especially cautioned not to repeat the
offence. The defendant recommenced taking in lodgers and
he was compelled to serve fresh notices upon her, which had
been disregarded. Oa the 25th of last June he visited the
house at one o'clock in the morning, and the effluvia was
most intolerable. In one small room, the walls of which
were as black as soot, he found James Cotter, his
wife, and girl, aged nine, and two females named Mary
Murphy and Mary Collins, stretched upon the dirty floor,
fast asleep. The room contained no furniture of any descrip-
tion and no beds. The lodgers said they paid 2d. per night
each. In an adjoining room, equally close and dirty, he
discovered four beds on the floor. The first contained the
keeper's son, aged 10, and Ellen Collins and her three
daughters, aged 14, 8, and 8. This family paid Is. per.
week. Another bed contained Bsmuel O'Hara, who paid
7d. per week, and the third bed Andrew Casey, who said
he paid 6d. per week. Vermin abounded in the place, and
in the performance of his official duties he was put to most
serious inconvenienee from this aces. The house was

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tumbling down, and no one ought to be allowed to remain
in it.
Mr. James Humphries said the defendant's house had not
and could not be registered in its present state.
The defendant said she had left the house.
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Price said that was so, and had taken another in the same
court equally filthy, and had taken her lodgers with her,
and had not registered.
The defendant said she had been to Scotland-yard, and
the oMcen there would not register her place.
Mr. Humphries explained that no house could be regis-
tered until it was surveyed and a certificate famed that it
was in • fit state to be registered.
Ur. Isghamsaid the Commissioners of Police would not,
of course, register pigsties. The house ought to be pulled
down. He had already inflicted a nominal fine on the de-
fendant and cautioned her, and he must now inflict a
penalty of 40s. and costs, and in default of payment 21
days' imprisonment. If the defendant was brought before
him a third time, and new was made out, he should indict
a mach larger papally, and if she did not pay it send her to
prison for a very lung period.
The defendant was then committed.