The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-14 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS

BOW-STItEET.
urLivratati COAL:. WIlt:IIT AT
isri-AtxthilAM I.AL E.
Me. Jawithan liarchwad, • erml-merehant at the Adeliohl-
wharf, Strand, ww, stionnovit befo,re Mr. lloary, under the
wt I 6, 2 Will. I V., chap, pi, sen..l7, to answer to the above
charge, and :duo for using an imi,erfeet wtighlua-rarehinit.
Dlr. Mudd:, 'too, attended an counwl on the defendant.
It *pp ared that un the 4th of April lest the deli nolan..
ePir.ll an order to deliver 211 tons of coals at Iluekingleara
l'alree. he coml. were loaded at the wharf, and there were
In all five waggon., containing (according to the delivery
ticket) 112/ ...wk. It was found when the coal, were dis-
til:aged at the l'relaee that there was a deficiency in weight
to the ',Wowing Latent .- in the tint waggon. 12 cwt.
in Ihe o fond, l ewta. 101...; in the third, 14 cwt. 7311.'..,
and in the fourth, 9 cwt. wleilsttot the filth wagon an
t le. ,g hong-mm.llin.• was attached. The mils havirg
Is ,n weigh. of in r machine 1.14 at the l'algee, the discovery
of the fulm weight was mule known to tho• Must, r of her
lilajewty's Household, and the result was that dot present
rut we. taken owl le ifli u view to deter uthen from
Irenolornni the eno•lve. lead,- to, a *imilar charge.
Mr. 11w1,11, stone .toted that ha client ilesirrol to plead
guilty to the cannon, but lee trusted that, under the cir-
oeunnotureet-. he should mention, the magi-aiute would Mn-
sent 10 saitiort..• the pomulty. Ihe d. Irud.o,t was a man of
mint r,-.1alteololo• char.., ter, awl was if, .am of age. For
the Imt Mon r yt.rs he Ira,' heed the rui.fUrttasiv to be totally
blind, wool war cal'., "evenly uttlitted with rheumatism.
These cakunitie. haul rend, ro rl line unlit for lote.int ,u. and
he hail the rebore entrust, if it to the cart, of two di-lent rela-
tive., woe of whom hail failel in the pn-,. tit instmee to
carry out Ilse in.truction. la. lo PI reeeitml with regard to
the weigliong of the coals. 't lie defendant had had the
boo/ our .4 supplying the palate with coal, fur a
!temp.( in I+. vs-sateen ye .ifs, and he had alway• ex-
,l extremely p lof the royal patriretre.
Ilu (Mr. 111.1,11. eloune) trlttrit_ that taking nobs cowideru-
boo, the d.l. oplaist'm uflhetions.., the ningi,trate would ri,gurtl
chi- a• a ra...• en which, thou the defendant might he
legally ri -loon-elole, he lean ally innore.oit of the rimme,
mud he hoot-,' that the of the valuable im•tom of her
blati,ty w mid Ise Memo .1 a ,ullicient iniiii,lourent fur the
oft, in o•.

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Mr. Ilud,llisstisne then tall, .1 the Milne ing witnewa.
Jam., kaar, Shal4l that he was. in the employ of the de-
fendant, nlto had II WOOL tit MAW- years, and was thus
prevented trout attending to his Means. Witsine hail
kit'', wad for him, and hail lean to the palace on mete
Mine oh II ...del weer
is.llrliv..n .1 there. lie knew that a
:w inhine ea kept at the pubes , and hi- remem-
ber, il a partienler instaner in shish the mobs wen• weiplied
these, and I'll' 11013114 tIl hr ut 111:1 'Slight. Ulllll2 tin' pre-
sent the 01411-r w,. for t. vat), tons, and the date
woes the Ith of April. The vials were Mulled partly from
the wharf and partly Maui the aareltiouw. touts which
hail I. i a Li lot iu tbr warp house for some time wen. much
lio;leter than those wish h as-re taken trim the %hart*, and
ill the 1,13.411 t POISIV of them hail lies is in the Want-
ham.. for ninnthe. On that igeanion he gave din dims
to hi. 'Aber (aho was w halting clerk to the defendant) to
Om OW loaded, ruin to be sery particular respecting
the weight and also with regard to the. quality. Witness
hail le. le in the so rain. sit the defendant Irons the period of
hiblhoiel. Mr. !War, haul hail no partner.
dani. • 14ries, sen., Isnitio-r-in-Lia to the defendant, and
father of the preeivlisig unite.% continued the statement of
the latter a• to his (I ..1% ilia instruct • to be lairtirulat
alsoit the weight and quality in the mils. Ile added,
bowel, r, th it he did nil ~bey thine iu•truiiionv, as he was
811%latt. to fiends the 1,111114; baron. the tide came up, and
he ilepenelial upon the in.,, earr)ing the full weight. %Vit-
ae» r.., ived the 1.31111. iletriset un thi. 1143,1.1011 which
wen, at say &Pain to him all.-111 h - was similarly engaged.
Jaltla the 0.011. Ma. lieu flallill•th and in answer
10 a pp, .PIP !non the iita,i•trate, stated that the price of
lhe coal. was ://ss. 6d. per ton.
Mr. Hoare übsieraril that that appran4l rather a high
rev, arroriiing to the iinsent market value.
It was a lair market price, and in this
MY' front 411 to nine months* credit was Alined.
Mr. Henry .aid it wan quite ei Went that a grow fraud
bait been re tisa-il in this law, unit it was clearly the dnly
of the Mast. r sit the to antics. that fraud, and to
bring the defendant latter, the Iltaal,trate to answer for it.
Although an iILICMIOII. VIVA*• had been urged by his coun-
sel, and much sympathy naight be excited for hint in conse-
quence of his calamity, there wa• no doubt hr was
a gainer by the fraud. Ile (Mr. Henry) thought
that Inc •ervants would not have practised that
fraud if they had not known that they would
bi• sanctioned by the master. as Ins was to gain by their act
sad deed. They wen. well steam that no benefit would
Weft.' to them under the i ireimetances ; the result would
Is. the .inie 10 them, saintlier the coal. were light in weight
us not Ihr master, then ion'. 111t1.4 hl• all,O•crahte for the
conduct of his resents, the it is being fat his benefit.
Neverth, less, he was that the ends of juctiee
would Is answered withumt requiring the defendant to pay
the lull antount of penalty to which he was liable—that
amount Is ins; a scry eirn.iderable sum. Its would, more-
titer, taki• into s.obsideration the fat that the defendant
would lies• the valuable and profitable custom which he had
capiyed tar many years from her Majesty. Under till the
Cirriam•Lairctrp, he should not inflict a penalty for every sack
that was light. but he would itemise such a penalty as
would show to others that frauds of this nature would
WA be allowed to pan uepunished. A penalty of
N. on tin. seeks in each ...won. and an additional
firer of 3/. for not haying a proper neighing machine,
would unsount to tor., and ear sum he should call upon
the &Madinat to pay. Mr. Iludiliestone ass aware that he
was liable to eight times that amount ; and he therefore
thought lie had dealt leniently with him. He felt, how-
ever, that the penalty lie had indicted would bs. sufficient
to art as a warnins; to others, and he repeated that the Master
of the Household hat! shown a proper discretion in having
the CAW investigated.
The .I..tendrnt than left the court, and the money was
immediately afterwards
MANSION-HOUSE.
Philip Lyons, Solomon Hymns. and Sarah !Imam Welt
charged, the tint with basing had in his possession 3831
yards or silk, which had been stolen, and the two others
with banana nweived the prop, rty, well kuowing that it had
been stolen The two latter prisoners were also charged with
Pairing received tire new coats which had been stolen.
Mr. Humphreys said he appeared on behalf of Mr. Atten-
borough, the pawnbroker, whose premises, in Crown-street,
Finsbury, had been broken open on the night of the 31st of
March or morning of the Ist of April, and plundered of a
quantity of valuable property which had been left in pledge.
A person who had been seen in the neighbourhood where
the robbery was committed had been on the subsequent day
apprehended and examined as one of the persons concerned,
but was discharged from taint of ea iilenec. One of the
City pollee, Joseph We'd, however, in consequence of
infurntation which he had received, called at Lyons's house,
and found the silk mentioned above wrapped up in a min-
terrine, and shaped like a bed, twethcr with a large quan-
tity of goods, which wan identified as part of the property
stolen from Mr. Attenborough. The •on of other
silk was accounted for in the evidence, w • h would clearly
trace it to Solomon Hyams and his wife, by whom it had
been conveyed to the house of Lyons. Upon the °Beer
proceeding to the residence of the prisoner Hymns
he found five coats, which had been stolen from
the premises of Meson. Henry and John Baldwin.
- proved by the oliker, who said that
told him that the ” bed" had been
house by Mrs. Hymas, and that be had
/ with hie wife for taking it in. Mrs.
for her doing so by saying that Mrs.
wished to leave it in km care for a few days
\ quarrel with bat husked. Byams claimed
-4 at Lyme's, end dee the coats found in

Kr. I.llllmbersugles proved that his na-
-1 lama bad= spa mad robbed, and that
=lbis Mod re -s boors ked boa
Yi plariersill prelim
earwig OM be met TM diew who

. heard lusything to the prejudices of the character of Lyons,
who Ise, a /IA tuber of the sqn Iguque. An aw.iqtant of the
Meson.. Baldwin proved that the coats found in Ilame's
stion 1.a..1 ben stolen from his employer's front abup on
hurday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock.
I 't hi( Lord Mayor, who refused to accept bail for Lyons,
remanded all the pritnners.
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GUILDHALL.
Soon after the commencement of the business Sir Peter
Laurie entered the court, and observed that he had come
there expressly to expose a nuisance that bad of late sprung
up in Hydv-pork—he meant in Rotten-row, where he was
convinced sometbitur serious would soon take place. Ile
alluded to the last women and foot men in the row. They
tore up and down frightfully, and dreadfully alarmed people.
Then• ,nubs (continued :Sir Peter), with loose women, or
hired horses, Ow up and down as if they were mod. The
scene is frightful, and *win thing must be done to put a
stop to it. The women are the worst ; they are perfectly
I for one will not ride along it until why:thing
=tut hen• ended.

A number of omnibus proprietors attended with Mr. 1
IA wis, the solicitor, of Ely-p:ace, to answer summonses
that had b in issued at the instance• of Mr. Alderman Wilson
fur not providing comfortable accommodation for passengers
in their omnibuses, in wont:lnce with the measurement
laid down in the set of parliament, whereby they rendered
themselves liable to a penalty of 16/.
Mr. Lewis said at Gus suggestion the defendents pleaded
guilty, and he gged to assure Mr. Aldermen Wilson that the I
whole of the se:hicks owned by them, accommodathig
nearly Bno, were being elicits! in accordance with the sta.
tote. Under those circumstances be hoped that no further
summons would be issued against the proprietors for a
%pace of fourteen days, the time required to effect their
alteration.
Mr. Alderman Nihon observed it was very gratifying to
find the proprietors were of that opinion. Ile would are, de
to the application of Mr. Lewis, and he would not decide
on tie summons till the expiretion of the fourteen days.
lle wished it to be publicly announced that the Commis-
sioners of the Metropolitan awl City Police were deter-
mine el to prosecute duly tatalibt, proprietor who per-
sisted in keeping up the centre and corner seats in their
Ntiticles. Ile would suggest that the English omnibus pro-
prittors ►huuhel have their vehicles built atter the fashion of
those plying in the French metropolis, which were made in
every re lasi to suit the Call,l'llitlire of passengers.
Sir Peter Laurie having concurred in this remark, the
i cases were adjourned for 1.1 day..

CLERKENWELL.
hunt before Mr. Tyrwhitt left his seat on the bench two
elderly gentlemen and tut elderly lady entered the court in
a state of excitement to solicit his advice and assistance
under the following extraordinary circumstances.
One of the gentlemen said that the lady and gentleman
who accompanied him resided in St. liiry'ssrioad, Canon-
bury-squarc. Islington. A lady possessed of considerable
property and eighty years (rape. had lodged in their house
for MAIN time past, and was on the point of being
marred. Ikr intention, however, reached the ears of
her daughter who resided in Iklgium, and it would
appear that she hat determined to prevent the marriage
On Friday attyrnoon the lady alluded to went out with the
elderly lady now present, to take a walk Wore dining,
and on passing through Canonbury-square, a cabriolet, NO.
1,025, drove up, a hen the daughter of the lady opened
the door, jumpi d out of the vehicle, and being a powerful
young penton, seized her mother, and forcing her into the
cab, oroli red the driver to go on, when he whipped the
hors, and galloped off, leaving the wife it applicant's
frig nil beillinol in a state of fright and agitation.
Mr. Mallett, the clerk, hut asked whether the mother
resi.ted.
'f he lady replied that she made no resistance whatever,
bat allowed herself tamely to be put into the cabriolet.
'I he applicant continued that they could not tell exactly
where she was taken to. but strongly suspected that she
wasdrivea to the Royal lintel (a Chrman istublisliment),
in Bridge-streit, Illackfriars, to a lunatic :ilium, or by
railway to Dover, fur the purpose of conveying her to
19 Igition.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remarked that it was eery strange that the
lady present did riot (auuse an alarm, on that the parties
might have liven pursued. Ile should have thought that
two hearty, stout.losoking 'arsons, like applicants, on hear-
ing of the eirtionstanee,aotild have :and aid; inure pro omp.
Runk, and would have sent conveyances in all directions to
overtake and stop the caltriolt t.
Applicant said it was the work of a moment, and
the cabriolet was out ut si4ht instantly. The old lady
was quite
Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired what their object was in applying
to him on the sodded ?
Applicant—To request your advice and assistance under
the peculiar eireinustaiuss of the affair. Could we not
bring lor latioro• your worship if we find her?
Mr. Tyra hitt • - eau apply for a habeas corpus.
Thyre is a judge sitting at Serjeants' Inn ; you can apply
to him, and if the old lady wa• taken away against her a ill
and is willing to return tO you you tan take her.
Applicant—lf they have tuk. it her to Dover in order to
send her to the contunnt, will they stop and detain her, if
Is. -nut 11 telegraphic elqumuni-ati.ou ?
Mr. Tyrwhitt— Co. rtainly van can do that. Give a de-
scription of boor 'anon and -tats all the circumstances un-
der which she aa. taken an ay and they will stop her.
Applicant ,aid he would immediately adopt that course,
apply to a judge for a hams as corpus, and inquire ut the
lunatic use lure.. The old lady, he at.di ma+ quite will-
ing, indeed anxious, to oiet married to the ;tenth man she
had chosen U. her partner for life, and the sudden appear-
:once of her daughter in London was quite unexpected. and
City were certain that she was taken off without her
cotesent.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could reader them no further
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