The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
ILEWING UP CHUB/WA&
This morning, as yesterday, the sitting magistrate, Mr.
Vaughan, was occupied during the whole forenoon with
charges of drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and moult,
arising from a too jovial oelebratioo of this festive seesoo.
Most of these cases were of a trivial character, and were
heated with considerable leniency. le others, however,
there were features of aggravation which precluded the
Earned magistrate from Oki,' that 0041110.
Ooe of them wu the case of Michael Sullivan and James
Hurst, who were charged with aesaultiog • cabman named
Dempsey and Police-sergeant Fowles F 12.
Dempsey, it appears, is unpopular amongst the roughs
of St Giles in oonaequence of his Moog given evidence
which promoted the conviction of form raining who some
time bock were sentmoed to long terms of imprisonment
for a murderous assault on a policeman. From
this cause he had several times been subjected
to annoyance and ill-usage. Last uight was
more severel b
attacked and beaten by the two prisoners, y y
Sullivan, who knocked bun down and kicked him in • most
brutal manner. Fowler amine to his rescue and apprehended
the prisoner, who resisted and struck him. Sullivan, even
after his apprehension,i continued to threaten that he would
have Dempsey's life.
Two witnesses was called for the defence, and deposed that
all the provocation came from Dempsey. They contradicted
themselves in se flagrant a manner that Mr. Vaughan con-
sidered them wholly unworthy of credit.
Mr. Vaughan sentenced Sullivan to two months' impri-
sonment, and ordered him at the expiration of that period
to enter into his own recognisanees of 101.. sod find one
surety of 51. to keep the poses for four mouths ; and fined
Hurst 30... or fourteen days.
Thomas Langford and Charles Moore ware charged with
sisoultilig Police-sergeant Rambling,
Barton 1, and constable
Bart
bliog, F
Ham3o. was on duty in the Strand, neer St. Clement's
Church, and saw the prisoner Langford go up to the stall
of a peer old woman who sells sheeps' trotters and snatch
up some of her dainty wares, with which he ran away.
Hamblin followed him and brought him beck. He
offered to give the woman 61, and upon her refusal
used foal tannage to her and to the sergeant,
mad struck the latter. Hamblin took him in custody, when
be resisted so violently that Barton had to come to the
orgoant's assistance. As they moo' through Boswell-
court Moore mime out of a publie-e, threw some porter
over Berton, and the pot at Sergeant Rambling.
Mr. Vaughan fined them 75., or five days' imprisonment,
observing that it was a pity eople could not enjoy them.
selves decently at Christmas.
A cabman, charged with being drunk while in charge of
his vehicle, ,aid, " We were all liable at times to fall into
temptation."
Mr. Vaughan—Then it is our duty to resist. Nothing is
more dangerous than a drunken man driving a carriage in
the streets. Yen must pay Ws., or ten days.

CLERKENWELL.
BLIGULAB CAI3I.—A HOHELIHD CRASH= WITH BREAKING
urre werx's WITH
Middleton O'Malley, who described himself u a labourer,
was charged before Ur. IYEyncourt with wilfully breaking
the parlour window and entering the house, 10, Barton-
cressent. and threatening the life of his wife.
Mr. Ricketts. solicitor, of Frederick-street, Grey's-inn-
road, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Codd, banister,
for the defence.
According to Mr. Ricketts' statement and the evidence
adduced, it appeared that the complainant and the de-
fendant were man sod wife. They were married in
August,lB.-A, and separated in October of the following
Tear. At the time the parties were married the wife was
in the pomession of about 20,0001.. and the defendant was
in the receipt of 18s. per week. When the parties separated
the complainant agreed to allow her husband 501. a year,
and that sum lad been regularly paid. Since that
agreement bad been made the parties bad not lived
together, and on Sunday morning, between 2 and 3 o'clock,
the defendant went to his wife's house, knocked at the door
several times, and was refused admission. He had with
him three or four men and some low women. When his
found that be could not gain admission he made use
of bad language, and said he would break in. Suiting
the action to the word be pulled off his coat, gel
over the area =flap, broke the windows, and also
the frame, and thus gained admission to the
house. When he had gained admiaion, be rushed up te
his wlfe's bedroom, and threatened to smash her. She ran
into the drawing-room, and he followed her, and would
have hit her had he not been prevented by the police, who
had great difficulty in restraining him from breaking the
goods and furniture, and in getting him to the polies
station. The defendant had got a poker, and said be would
smash everything in the plus.
In answer to Mr. Codd, the complainant said that she
went in fear of her life, in consequence of the defendant's
violence. She denied that she had encouraged the defen-
dant at her hence since she bad separated from him. The
defendant was so violent that it took three policemen to
take him to the police statics.
Mr. Ricketts said that in 1861 the defendant had been
bound over to keep the puce towards his wife le two
• sureties of 201. each, and he was also geed 2f. for mann-
ing the complainant's charwoman. He (the defendant) was
• violent MAN and Mr. Ricketts hoped the magistrate
would make him find responsible sureties to keep the peue
towards hie
Mr. D'Eyncourt ordered the defendant to enter into his
own surety for 801., and to find two reponsible sureties Is
the sum of 404 each to keep the peace for six months.
The defendant was locked up in default.

LAW COSTS AOAINST THE Csowx•—Under the
set of parliament, which will take effect op )(madly next, it
is provided that in any entice or snit the Clanomissioaers of
the Admiralty shall be liable to pay or initiate! to receive
costa &wordiest to the ordinary lay and practice rotative to
costa
CETWIAL PALACE. Oss Sammto DAT.
TEIEDAT. DEC. Arkolodown yarstoot. 43,506 ;
lino by more WM% 4105 ; fatal 'Mom 46,611.