The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS•

MANSION-1101J8E.
A well-demised young man, wearing a moustache, who
gave the name of John Paul Gordon, but who refund to
state where he lived, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
in custody of Scott, a very useful detective °Hoer, (barged
with stealing a parse mutaining money, the property of
Mrs. Julia Stevens, the wife of a veterinary surgeon rending
in Mark-biae.
Scott, the officer, stated that about one o'clock yesterday
afternoon, be was on duty in Onieschurels•treet, when be
observed the prisour with • coat on his left arm pram
against the proseoutrik. evidently inteotioully. He did
so a second time, and was then about to walk away, when
witness went up to him, and seising hold of his left hand,
took from it the purer he produced, which contained U. Ga.
On marching the prisoner, he found 9e. upon him, ad also
a railway key, a memorandum book, ada watch ad chain,
apparently silver gilt. The prisoner was a stranger to him,
and he did not know that be bed ever before bees in cow
tody. - He asked him his addrem, but he refused to give it
to him.
Mrs. Stevens deposed that she was with her husband in
GraUchurett-street at the time in question, and her hue-
bad was just in hoot, and she was isodsavouring to kiln
him, when some man, who tuned out to be the prisoner,
pulsed up against her, sod prevented her. She was not
aware that she had led her puree until the WEPT told her
what had taken place.
The Lord Mayoranked the persecute': whether she wished
the ease to be seek to the Old Haney.
She replied that she would mach rather sot have the
trouble of &Moodie, sa a wittier at the sealions.
The prisoner said that hs would plead guilty to lie
sharp.
The Lord Mayor thereupon sentenced him to titres
months' imprisoeraeot and bard labour, and at the same
time directed that the watch and shale fund neon the
primmer should be sold, sad the proceeds. and also the
money taken from him, should be applied to his support
while in prison, the surplus, if any, to be banded over to
him when he was di charged.
A well-dramed young woman, who said abe had been a
*oak in the service of • family at Tunbridge Welle, was
ithuged with attemptiag to destroy herself at London-

Wife.
This is the fifth ease of the kind that has tome before
the notice of the Lord Mayor during the last few days. It
was proved is the remit instance that the prisoner walked
down the SUPS leading to the water, and when the constable
asked her what she was going to do, she replied that it wee
no business of his, and there appeared to be very little
I doubt as to her intentioe. Wheat She was soli:robed three
mati:disodirere.fouon :fd up:rnvh.erimilited sh
ahs t:fodll not
gettsohibosity the
formation respeotieg herself.
The prienaer, who appeared is a low and diiieeted state of
mind, was renaindid, la order the!' some iequirise might be
made about bee.

BOW-STREET.
John Alfred Bennett, • trussmaker, and Theresa, his
wife. were placed before Mr. Flowers, charged, the former
with assaulting constable 49 F, and the latter with attempt-
fug to rescue the prioritise from custody.
Mr. Underhill said be was an apothecary and kept a shop
is Ven4treet, Clare-market. About half-put one o'clock
that morning he was awoke from sleep by hearing •
noise, and ultimately the springing of • coustable's rattle in
the West. He got up, went to the window, and then stet
down into the street, where he found a man struggling with
a timetable. Heaeold not sayer tively that the priming I
was the person, se the gas had put out, and the place
in which he was standing being very dark, he had no
I opportunity of seeing the men's face. The constable had
hold of the man, who was hitting him in the face as hard
I es he *odd with him fist; at the same time a woman (the
female prisoner, he believed) was clinging to the skirts
of the constables coot, endeavouring to smist the man
to escape, as it appeared to him. Thera were some men
standing around, who were inciting the man to kill the
constable.
Mr. Flowers—Whst do you room by " ladling" him ?
Witnees—By crying out 'Kill the—!' The ores-
stable wee thrown upon the ground, and some men jumped
upon him. At last the man got swig, but the constable
took the woman to the station-house.
Samuel Brow°, a portmaateaunisker Is Vereietreet,
earroborsted, sod identified the prisoner as the man who
was fighting with the coostable.
Sergeant Lightfoot, of the F Division, stated that the
°mutable brought the woman to the 'Wiwi-bow, and
witness then wept with him to the primmer's lodgings,
where they took the male prisoner into coatody. The con-
stable was so much injured that he bad to be taken to the
hospital, where he dill remained.
Mr. Flows= paid that under these circumstances ho
should remind the male prisoner without taking bail, but
the female might be released on entering into her own Ti.
cognisance* to appear that day week.

MARYLEHONE.
Thomas William Levitt, a ciab-propristor, living at 7,
Imarinr-street, reetompeam, wee charged with being
drunk end isospebla of Wang can of his horse sod cab. I
It appeared that the previous afternoon Mr. Sado, s
greengrocer in business at le, Baricieglism.plaes, Fitzroy-
square, determined to take hie wife and child to the Welsh
Harp, Hendon, sad he hailed the prisoner, sad hired him
to take them is that place. As both Lade and Chocolates
were vary drunk, Mrs. Fade insisted upon driving
the cab, sod with soon dilleuity the prisoner our gal
leads his vehicle, sod wade hoisted on the box. followed
by Mts. Bede sod her baby. On piss along -the Mary
lobate-read, Bede mid they wen going at too slow a
pees, sod insisted spas driving the horse himself, but as his
wife we. equally peremph/eis sot *Hewing him, ha pee
the hone a Amp et with whichwitice mama the horse
I to make • sudden bolt, the small being Uwe Him Bede and I
her baby wire precipitated 40 to the heres's back, and then I
fell as the pound. 're add to the miss* Swoon wheel I
I of the cab peen& over Mrs. Beds's Ws, me eke our *them
wise severely bruised.
Team, 1711 rt, deposed Is being oiled to the epos, where
there was large mood, end the primmer, who was in a
Matelot &mikes stupefaction was petaled oat to him IPA
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