The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE CO URTS.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Antilia bagardi, an Italian organ-grinder, was brought
before Mr. Bingham, charged with persisting in playing his
organ before the door of Mr. Bishop's residence, Bond-
street, after being told to go away.
Mr. Bishop said that ho came lorward to press the charge
against the prisoner on public grounds, in consequence of
the intolerable nuisance of these itinerant organ-grinder.
That morning the defendant placed himself opposite his
door, and began grinding with all his might upon a large
organ, to the great annoyance of the complainant and other
of the inhabitants in bond-street. Complainant desired
him to go away, but instead of doing so defendant com-
menced grinding away snore furiously, and howling as an
accompaniment to his organ. Defendant subsequently
moved on to the Clarendon Hotel, and as he still persisted
in his annoyance complainant gave him in charge.
Mr. Bingham told defendant such proceedings could not
be tolerated, and he for one was determined to do all he
could to abate the nuisance. Hs should now fine defendant
10s., or in default commit him for seven days.
Henry Dyapon, a boy, aged 12, in the dress of a pnge,
and servant to Mr. Edward Newton, surgeon, 26, How
land-street, Fitzroy-square, was brought before Mr. Bing-
ham, charged with having attempted to poison Margaret
Forbes, a fellow-servant.
Mr. Newton said the boy bad been in his service about
seven months. Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock,
his , Margaret Forbes, came to him in the dining-
room and showed him a cup of tea, and begged he would
examine it, as she expected that poison had been infused
into the tea. He examined the tea and being 'stifled that
something deleterious had been infield in it, he told the
servant to put it by for future investigation. In conse-
quence of a statement which the girl made to him that
something had previously been put into her beer and mixed
with her sugar, and that she suspected the prisoner, he
called the prisoner into the room and asked him if In had
put anything into the servant's tea. The pri-
soner replied be had not done anything of the sort.
He told the prisoner he must search the drawers where he
kept his clothes. He was about to go into the prisoner's
sleeping apartment, when the prisoner said, " Forgive me,
lam sorry for what I did." He examined the drawers and
the clothes of the prisoner, and in • waistcoat pocket he
found a paper:packet, marked poison. On examining the con-
tents of the paper,he discovered the paper contained sugar of
lead, and on questioning the prisoner, he was informed that
the poison bait been obtained from his surgery. The cup
of tea was found to contain sugar of lead, aid the same kind
of virulent poison had, no doubt, been mixed with other
portions of the servant's food.
The boy mad* no defence, but remained blubbering at
the bar.

It did not transpire in court the reason of this proceeding
on the part of the boy, but it was uadentood to be owing to
disputes with the servant.
Mr. Bingham said, in the whole of his long experience as
a magistrate, he had never met with • cue of more
atrocious and painful depravity in one so young than the
cue now before him. A few years back the prisoner would
have been tried for • capital offence, and if convicted he
would have been hanged.
Mr. Bingham decided on remanding the prisoner for a
week in order to Five time to the surgeon to inquire into
the state of his mind, as his master stated he was ailiieted
with epileptic Ate.
Charles Davies was sent to prison for six months with
hard labour ter cruelly beating his wife.

John Thomas Dossecalfe, described u an attorney at
Walsall, Staffordshire, was re-examined, charged with ut-
tering sham cheques.
The prisoner had occupied apartments for the last two
or three months at the house of Miss Cooper, 73, Skase-
street, and in liquidation of part of her demand gave her a
cheque for 201. on the West Bromwich Bank, where, upon
inquiry, it turned out he had no effects. Upon her in-
forming him of this, he gave a gentleman on her behalf
another cheque for the like amount on Messrs. Stevenson
and Co., accompanying it with a letter coolly requesting
them to honour it until he remitted the amount. As they
declined to do so the prisoner was given into custody.
Prisoner was remanded till Saturday.