The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-09 00:00:00

TSB POLICE COUBTSt

CLERKENWELL.
1310AYT.--4CIIINSI SCIISCAINOTS hiss JGAISS SCOIC4OSO4S,
was filially examined charged with bigamy.
Mr. Sidney attended for the prosecution, and stated the
prisoner was a tradesman in Liverpool. Twenty years ago
he married his lest wife, by whom he had a family. He
deserted them, and subsequently paid his addresses to Ann
Cordell, a young widow, with whom he lived for some time,
when he left her, and lived with a young woman, named
Mary Yield, until information was received that he had two
other wives. A warrant was applied for and Shaw, of the de-
tective polite proceeded to Liverpool for the purpose of ap-
prehending the prisoner. He arrived there in plain clothes,
and on passing through a strut the prisoner, who is near
sighted, mistook him for Lis cousin, shook hands with Mai,
and asked him to have something to drink with him.
Shaw cemented and walked arm-in-arm with him for some
distance ; and through the cementation they had
and from the description he had received of the prisoner, ha
took him into custody and brought him to London.
The prisoner in his defence did not deny the charge
against him, and endeavoured to justify his conduct by in-
susurting that his last wife ran away from him with another
man, taking with her 3701. of his money.
The third wife denied this, and mid that she certainly did
run away from the prisoner hecaur• he attempted to strangle
her after having oruel'y in-treated her.
The prisoner was committed for Unit.
WORSHIP STREET.
BIIZOLART.—Two powerful fellows, named Jokes Parker
sad Sonora Webb, the latter of whoa was recegnieed by
the police as a returned transport, were charged with having
broken into and iguana the premises of Messrs Raudou
and Hartley, tobacco manufacturers, of Churtheneet,
Spitalfielda.
It appeared from the evidence of one of the prosecutors'
workmen, named James Simmons, that it was his duty
every night to sleep in the factory, wave
shic property to the
amount of several thousand pounds deposited, end that
having occasion to abeest himself for a short time on the
preceding evening, be earefully secured the outer door,
which remained apparently undisturbed on his return at
nine o'clock, but u he was about to enter he heard a kind of
rustling noise and suppressed whispering inside. He re-
treated as quietly as possible, and procured the misuses
of polioe-eoustable Painee who accompanied him back, and
upon looking into a small closet they observed the prisoner
and another man,wbo made a rush upon them, extinguished
the light with which they had provided themselves, end
endeavoured to force their way past them into the street.
The prisoner Webb was immediately secured by the officer,
whilst Simmons attempted to setae hold of Parker, but was
immediately felled to the ground by the latter, whoi* be
again might by the leg and attempted te detain, when the
prisoner made a ampoule attack upon him and continued
beating him wont the face until the constable dealt him a
heavy blow upon. the head with his truncheon. Simmons
then hastened out to procure further assistance, and the
instant he had gone the prisoner Parker started up, and
grasping the officer by the throat endeavoured to wrest his
truncheon from him, bat be succeeded in extricating his arm,
arid struck him another blow, which felled him to the ground.
During the straggle the third man contrived to get over
an adjoining wall and effected his escape, but the constable
managed to *stain the two prisoners till the return of Simmons
with several other °Seen, who conveyed them to the stir
floc-house. Upon searching the place when the men had
been secreted they discovered two large gecko, filled with
about 40 lb. weight of tobacco and cigars, together with
eight skeleton keys, a heavy crowbar, and several packages
of copper money, which the burglsn had abstracted from •
desk in the counting-house, after forcing it open. They also
found upon the flue of the factory a large quantity of loose
tobacco rod cigar piled up by the side of an empty sack. •
dark lantern, and two or three other papers of copper money,
together with a quantity of loose halfpence scattered about
the floor. The whole of the property above referred to was
pro thud by the officers, rad identified by Mr. John Hartley,
one of the partners in the firm.
Mr. Houma ordered the prisoners, who declined offering
any defeace, to be fully committed for trial. .
THAMES.
CHARON or FiLONT AGAINST Two Coareit-Homes
Orricsass.—J. W. Cooks and J. Williams were brought up
oa remand, charged with stealing a sample bottle of brandy,
value sixpence, nom the St. Katherine Ltack. The facts Of
the ease have already appeared in this joined.
Mr. Pelham, for the prisoners, thought the dock sompeay
were acting with great severity towards his clients in prose-
eating se paltry a ease.
Mr. Hallows said the company did not act in this case
from any private feeling, but for the protection of the
public.
Mr. Huhu mid it was a ease which he must lead for
trial, brit be mold admit the premiers to bail on their former