The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

WORSIIIP-sTREET.
A BURGLAR APPREHENDED AT NEWOLTE.—Jas. Grant,
alias Durant, • reputed burglar, and of most desperate cha-
riot. r, seas charged with having been concerned with John
Poyton, already transported, in breaking into and robbing
the house of Mr. Thomas Glover, a watchmaker and jewel-
ler, in John-street, Bathnal•green.
The robbers had broken in, and were In the act of plun-
dering the place, when they were detected by a lodger in the
house, whom the noise bad disturbed, and he seized and,
despite a formidable resistance, secured Peyton; but the
other, identified as the prisoner Durant, rushed put him,
and escaped, after knociOng down a man who attempted to
secure him. lie has since had 1 narrow escapes from
officers who tried to apprehend him ; but on Saturday morn-
ing he was taken into custody as he came out of Relegate,
into which he had ventured to visit a female who was locked
up on a charge of shoplifting.
The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was remanded.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Chasms OP FOROEHT.—Henry Myers, surgeon, 73, Ar-
lington-street, Hampstead-road, was charged with having
forged a document, with intent to defraud the Count de
Torri.
Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the prosecution, stated
that the document, which he now produced, purported to be
an agreement to the effect that the Count de Torri bound
himself to pay the prisoner the sum of SI per we k for rent,
&c. The signature of the count appeared to be attached to
this document, and it was on tho faith that this document
was a genuine instrument that, in a ease in the Bloomsbury
Count) Court, the count had been adjudged to pay Mr.
Myers the weekly sum of 61, from May to November, 18i8.
The document, however, was alleged by the count to be a
spurious instrument, and therefore the judge, who beard the
case, gave a verdict in favour of Myers, but ordered the do-
cument to be impounded until the next sitting of the Central
Criminal Court. To support the charge of forgery the fol-
lowing witnesses were called
James Paine, officer of the Bloomsbury County Court,
produced the document in question, which the prisoner had
put in at the time the action was heard against the count.
In the course of the examination of the prisoner by the
judge, the prisoner asserted that the document was signed by
the count in his presence alone.
Mr. James Netherby, facqiimilist to the British Museum,
examined the document, and said, from the experience he
had had in such matters, he was satisfied the signature was a

forgery.
Mr. Hardwick was of opinion that the ease as it stood
amounted to a misdemeanour. As the prisoner wished the
cue to stand over, in order that he might provide himself
with professional assistance, he would remand it until Satur-
day next, but would accept good bail for the prisoner's ap-
pearance.
WESTMINSTER.
FATAL OCCURRENCE.— Solomon Towers, a labourer, was
brought up for re-i gemination, charged with having muted
the death of Joseph Smythera 13eauesmp.
On Tuesday evening the prisoner, deceased, and &number
of other persons bad a drinking bout at Chelsea, in the
course of which the deceased and the prisoner quarrelled
and fought. They were separated, but they quarrelled again,
and the prisoner struck the deceased a slight blow, from the
edicts of which he fell, and his bead came against a post,
and his skull was fractured. He was conveyed to St.
George's Hoepital, where he died on Thursday morning. An
inquest was held on the body on Friday eveoing, and a ver-
dict of " Manslaughter " returned against the prisoner.
Mr. Bunell observed that, after having additional evi-
dence, he saw nothing in the cue to warrant him in commit-
ting the prisoner for manslaughter. The blow which he
struck the chewed was a slight one, and it was the accident
of falling that caused the melancholy result that gave rise to
the inquiry. He, therefore, discharged the prisoner, who,
however, was taken into custody on thecoroner's warrant.
SOUTHWARK.
HEARTLEBB Ronnetty.—Elius Pugh, a middle-aged
woman, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with steal-
ing a quantity of wearing apparel and some furniture, the
property of Ellen Guildford. She was also charged with
stealing the child of the latter.
The prosecutril said she was a married woman, and in
December last she obtained a situation as wet nurse to a lady
in the City, and was compelled to go with the family to
Brighton. Prier to her leaving London she entrusted to the
prisoner's care her little boy, about 3 years of age, part of her
wearing apparel, and all her furniture, worth about 10/. She
promised to take care of the child and her property until her
return. About five weeks afterwards she came back, and
proceeded to the prisoner's lodgings at Finsbury, when she
saw her child, and perceiving that he looked extremely
emaciated she gored ined him, and ascertained that he had
been ill-used and starved. She consequently took him away,
and afterwards found that the prisoner had removed to Kent-
street, whither she went to look after her property, when she
found her boxes emptied of the contents, and nearly all her
furniture gone.
In defence the prisoner acknowledged that she had taken
the property and pledged it, but she intended to redeem it.
Mr. Seeker said it was a very heartless and cruel robbery,
for which she deserved sense punishment. He should there•
fore commit her for trial.

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