The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-22 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.
William Norman, driver of the Paddington omnibus,
6,239, was charged with having killed a young child named
John Parkes, aged 2i years, by knocking down and run-
ning over it on Holborn-hill, and also with assaulting the
mother of the deceased, who was run over at the same time,
but furtunatay not seriously injured.
The poor woman stated that in crossing the road she saw
sufficient room to cross with her infant child, but is so
doing the defendant, who was driving the omnibus,
instead of pulling up proceeded at a rapid rate down the
hill, knocking her and the child down, both being run over.
Her child died that morning at half-past eight from the in-
juries it had rereired.
The defendant expressed, and appeared to feel, the
greatest sorrow at the occurrence.
The Alderman stated that, as a coroner's inquest would
bo held on the body of the child, he should remand the
case until Monday, the defendant finding sureties for his
was appearance.hen put in and the defendant liberated.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Dartid Dernoott, a shrewd looking fellow, in the
dress of a sailor, but described as a hawker, and furnished
with a licence, was charged with having stolen a shawl from
a young woman minted Sarah Jacobs, in the service of a
medical gentleman residing in Finsbury-square.
The prosecutrix stated that on the afternoon of Tuesday
last the prisoner presented himself at her master's door,
and, having beckoned her up the area steps, produced a
showy-looking shawl, which he pressed her to purchase,
alleging that he had just returned from sea, and had
brought it with him as a present to his sister, but, as he
had h.en unable to find her out, and was distressed fbr
money, he was anxious to sell the article for any reasonable
sum he could obtain for it. After a good deal of persuasion
she agreed to purchase it for fite sh.llings, which she
handed to him, and received the shawl, upon the under-
standing that he was at liberty to reclaim it and return her
the money in the event of his discovering his lost sister, to
whom lie had intended to present it. The prisoner then
left, but called again on the pree:aling evening, and in-
formed her that, although he had obtained no tidings. of his
sister, he had brought hack the money she had paid him
fur the shawl, and wished her to return it to him, as he had
heard of a customer who had offered as. for it. Witness
accordingly brought the shawl to the door, but refused to
part with it instil he returned the ss. she had advanced
upon it. The prisoner expressed his perfect readiness
to do so, but required her first to open out the shawl, in
order to satisfy him that it was the same he had left with
her, and she was in the act of unfolding it when the pri-
soner suddenly snatched it out of her hand, and thrusting
it into his pocket deliberately wabeed off with it. W itness
immediately hastened after him, and on requesting him to
restore Either the money or the shawl, the prisoner coolly
replied that he had 110 change about him, and as to return-
ing the shawl it was soite out of the question, as she hail
promised to pay hint Ids. more for it. The prisoner then
renewed his attempts to get away from her, but she followed
him closely till she met a policeman, and gave him into
custody.
Polic:seonstable Allen, G 2i7, stated that on searching
the prisoner at the station-house the shawl in question, to-
gether with various cheap articles of haberdashery, and a
hawker's licence were found in his possession. On their
way to the station-house the prisoner begged hard to be
allowed time to dispose of the shawl, for which he said lie
had been offered _Nis., and promised to indemnify the proses
cutris, without fail, out of the proceeds.
The prisoner, who persisted in his former statement that
he had sold the shawl to the young woman for 223., and had
merely received the as. in part payment, was then remanded
for a week.

MARYLEBONE.
Jane Jones was charged with having, in concert with two
men, robbed Mr. De \ cccli Antonio, an Italian gentleman,
residing in Connaught-place West, Edgware-road, of a
purse containing somewhere about '251., in gold and silver.
From the eclectic': given by prosecutor it appeared that
on the previous night he met the prisoner, who, after some
conversation, prevailed upon him to go down with her into
Cumberland.mews ; while standing there he felt the pri-
soner draw her hand from the breast-pocket of his coat, end
at the same time she stamped upon the ground with her
foot, and cried Item," when two men rushed forward,
one of whom seised him by tho arm, and endeavourial to
detain him, while the other took his station at the top of
the mews, in order to prevent him (prosecutor) from pur-
suing the prisoner, who had made off as fast an she could.
Ile, however, succeeded in making his way into the street,
and soon after the prisoner was captured.
Young 1.1 B stated that before he saw prosecutor his
attention was attracted towards the prisoner, who wan
walking alon.t in a hurried manner near Cumberland
Mews, and trying to slip off her shoolders a black mantle,
beneath which was a white shawl, her object no doubt being
that of preventing !prosecutor from identifying her by her
dress in the event of his meeting with her. Witness, while
watching her movements, was accosted by the prosecutor,
who told him that he had been robbed, and lie took the
prisoner into custody in Berkeley Mews; she was crouched
up in a corner, and the black mantle which she had taken
off was lying at her feet. She was conveyed to the Station
house, where she was searched, and 171. in gold and
I/. lis. Set. in silver and copper was found in her posses-
sion. Witness subsequently went back to the mews and
there picked up the prosecutor's purse, which was empty.
Remanded.
'WESTMINSTER.
Upon Mr. Arnold taking his scat yesterday morning an
officer of the court represented to him that the unfortunate
woman, Sarah Bragg, whose deplorable condition was de-
tailed underthis head in our last, had expired on Wednes-
day evening.
Mr. Arnold expressed his deep regret, and directed that
the lamentable result should be communicated to the hus-
band. The worthy magistrate added that, in consequence
of the poor creature's death, he must now require an in-
creased amount of bail.
Mr. Symons, an inspector of the B division, observed
that there did not at present appear ranch probability of his
being hailed, as one of the parties who had consented to be-
come surety for him in the first instance had, since the in-
telligence of his wife's death being communicated, refused.
In the course of the afternoon the beadle of St. Mary
Abbott's, Kensington, waited upon the magistrate with a
message from Mr. Wakley, the coroner.
Upon Mr. Arnold's enquiring the nature of his errand.
The beadle said he had been desired by the coroner to
call on him and state that the wife of the man named Bragg,
charged before him on the previous day, was dead; and, that
as an inquest was to be held upon the body on the following
(this) morning, to inquire whether it was his (the magis-
trate's) pleasure that the accused should be in attendance
before the coroner, which he considered very desirable, to
hear any charge that might be prefered against him.
Mr. Arnold replied that he had no power to release him
out of custody. He was at present in prison for want of
bail, and he could not let him out without the required
. sureties.
The /beadle then withdrew.