The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW "STREET.
Alfred loses, a cabdriver. was charged with sessulting
his wife and driving over bet with his cab.
The ails, who had be brought to the court from the
bad
to @effering from the same injuries she had received,
bad to be supported, sad frequently fainted whilst giving
her evidence. She bad bees married to the poisoner ten
years, sod had had several children. About a year sod tea
mouth. ago be asserted her, and on the night of the ith
instant she saw him standing by his cab, a Hansom, on the
stand. She asked him for money. on which be jumped on
his cab to drive off, and she too after it to take the somber.
He best her about the bead sod face with the butt eod of
his whip, but she still ran on, sod getting in frost of the
wheel the cab ran over her and he got away. fibs was
conveyed to the hospital, ben
she bid ever Moos Men an
inmate.
The defence set up was that so Is, ma the running over
was concerned it was the wife's own fault. Whilst giving
her evidence the prosecutrix fainted sway, and had to be
removed from the court.
The magistrate remanded the ease for a fortnight.

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CLERKEN WELL.
Wiitiane Brarlus eras charged with conspiring with his
wife and a man named Frae Peter Donovan, and with
having defrauded Merin Marsden. of 274, Vauxhall Bridge-
road, of 1231. eta mock &notion. Oa the 27th of lent month
prosecutor was ;main up Peetonville-bill, and was accosted
by •• person outside the door of No. 188, who informed him
time wee an auction going on. Be went in, and heard an
altercation between • man and a women as to who should
have some goods bid for. The primmer Bombe was the sue-
tioneer, and he said the man was an impudent fellow, and he
would not let him have any goods if he could help it. A similar
disputeoceurred two or three times bet wreathe same man and
woman, and the last time the auctioneer appealed to him
as to who he thought made the last bid, and be mid the
female. The woman thanked him, end got into sourer
sago% and said she was sure the auctioneer did not know
the value of the shiny he was selling, as they were worth
double the amount be pat them up for. She advised him
to bid, and he did so ; and she said, as he had been so irked,
she would not bid against him. The man she disputed with
did, however, bid against him, but they were always
knocked down to him, and when they WWI sent home to him
be found out that he had bought goods to the amount men-
tioned of no comparative value. It subsequently came out
that the woman was the auctioneer's wife, and the man she
had the row with another confederate. Warrants have
been issued for the apprehension of both the wife and
Donovan, but they had absconded.
The prisoner was remanded, in order to capture, if pos.
Able, the two confederates.
Ellen Mack, aged 22, a oostermonger, of 4, Three Her-
rings•court, Reskross-etreat, City, was charged with being
drunk, disorderly, and wilfully breaking • pane of glees at
the Duke of Bedford public-house, Goldeo-lene, the property
of Mr. John James Itimahavr, doing damage to the amount
of 11. 10a.
The prisoner, it was stated, is known as the terror of
Golden-Imo. Oo Friday night she was in the home of the
oomplainaot making a great disturbance, and when she wee
asked to desist she would not, and annoyed the customers.
When the barman went to put her oat she was still more
violent, and streak and bilked about in the moat desperate
manner. When outside the how* she broke the glass in
the door, but the prosecutor said that he could not say how
she dkl it, although be thought she must have had • stone
in her band. The priamor's language was very bed, aod it
was with some difficulty that she could be got to the station-

house.
The prisoner, in defence, said that she did not break the
window. It was dose by the potboy in putting her out.
Mr. D'Eyncourt fined her Is. for doing the damage, and
30s. for the damage itself. or in default of payment one
month's imprisonoroot with hard labour in the House of
Correction.
The prisoner was locked up in default.
Joke Rowell, aged 19, a barman at the Griffin public.
louse, Liqourpouthereet, Holborn., was charged with
assaulting James Cabsla, a ceb-driver, at the Greendanes,
Tottenham.
The complaisant was proceeding slang
the Green-lases
with his 11•010 M cab, whim the defendant, who was driving
a cart in which was his father, came in cootiot with the
cab. The result was that the cob was damaged, and the
defendant's father was throws out of the out and hie
shoulder injured. Whilst the complainant had hold of the
defendant's hone the defendant struck him in the face and
blackened both hie eyes.
D'Eyncourt boned the defendant over in the sum of
101. to appear for jedgment when the result of tbe civil
action should be known.
LAMBETH.
Christopher Crabb, porter to Hr. J. H. Drayton, grocer,
at Brixton, was charged with embezzling various sums of
money received on account of his miser. Various cus-
tomers came forward and Feathered receipts for moseys
which they had paid prisoner on account of Mr. Drayer°,
and which he ought to have paid every night he received
them, but had not done so. When taken Into custody, sod
on being told what for, he said the charge was just. Hiked,
like other young men, betted the money on home racing,
and had lost it.
Committed for trial.
Eliza Cooper alias Sherman, a notorious and expert thief,
living with a tieket-of.leave man, and Eliza Trotters, were
brought up on remand, oa several charges of shoplifting.
Proofs of some previous convictions were given against
Cooper, and one of the searchers at the station proved find-
ing various articles which had been mimed by tradesmen
antler her clothes. She offered the searcher a sovereign to
say nothing shout it, and on her declining to comply pri.
sonar swallowed • half-sovereign she bad taken out of her
pocket to give her. She offered the policeman money not to
take her into custody.
The poisoners were again remanded for a week, there
being other oases to be brought forward against them.
THAMES.
Barris Potteretas, Victoria Oil Works, Limehonse ; H.
W. &moss, Bow-common, Fish Manure Works; sod
Francis Croaky, oil refiner, Bow-common, appeared to
answer summonses, taken out by the Conservancy Board of
the Thames, for causing or suffering to flow putrid organics
sad other offensive matter from the works into Linsehoess
Cot, a breach of the river Lea. The dreadful Mete el this
out has long been a matter of complaint by the Local Board
of Works, whose powers had bee set at defiance. Au in-
spector of the Conservancy Board produced specimens
of the refuse be had coUeated, sad which he stated
he saw f 10114114 daily ham the respective works Into
the Lisubouse Ono ; sod Dr. Label", to whom they bad
been sent for an analysis, gave evidence in each case of the
highly offensive nature of the samples produced. That from
Tattermaa's premises was very bed and injurious. It was
lighter than mks, was sticky, and would foal the Wes of
ships, or anything it came in contact with. That from
Stevens's Fish Manure Works contained • large mass of
decomposing animal matter, nearly 3,000 grains in each
evolving suipburetted hydrogen la large quantities.
It was injurious to health, and would destroy fish. The
sample feces Cefteeley's works was the residue of the dia.
charge of coal tar ; it was moat offensive, inflammable,
Boated on water, and would sons kill fish. On the cork
being taken oat of the bottle containing the liquid from the
Fish Manure Works the odour was so repulsive as to
affect every one in court, and the magistrate ordered all
the windows to be thrown open.
The deferent in each cam was that there had bees • trifling
flow of refuse from the works, the result of accident.
This, however, was refuted.
Mr. Partridge said when there was a probability of our
being visited with cholera it was the duty of public boards
to do as the Themes Conservancy Board had doze in this
ream There was se doubt, in 000sequeries of these pro-
ceedings, the Lambeth* Cat, or breach of the River Lea,
which was creosoted with the Thames, was prejudicial to
health. The penalty he had the power to inflict in each
case was 204, bat he would out go to the fall extent in this
instant*. He fined each of the defendants Si. and rests.
There were some oases of cart grease and mei* makers
who have been muomooed for a second time cedered to
stand over.

Continue La. Taavinamus.—A large and influen-
tial meeting of UM body was held am Friday evening es the
Roebuck hotel, Oxford (Ur. J. Sayer, of Londoe, in the
chair), to take tato emmideration the proposed *wisp in the
present commercial tariff. The meeting wen attweded by
gentlemen who had travelled from two years to 30. Upset
the question being pot es to the desirability GI =Hag arty
alteration, it wee araairormaly resolved that the preerat
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