The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTS.

BOW-STREET.

llamas Stewart, the proprietor of tab No. 387, war
ettuged with suffering a hackney carriage to be wed in
Trek/gm-square, on the 30th alt., the ear not haring

of Polk* to be in a fli

been c'e'rtille'd bythe ,
and proper conditi,m.
This was the first summons taken oat under the new act
to enforce the introduction of a better class of cabs for the
London traffic.
It was proved that the defendant's vehicle was an old
ricketty brougham, with one of its panels broken out, and
the cushions and lining so torn as to exhibit quantities of
shavings, hay, and straw protruding in all direetions. It
had bees submitted to the Commissioners of Police,
and consequently had been licensed.
The defendant stated that he bad had an accident with

one of his cabs, and had merely pat on the one in question
for a day or so, while the other was undergoing repair.
Mr. Jardine declined to resolve this statement, even if
true, as an excuse for using • cab iu so disgraceful a con.
ditiou ; but as this was the first conviction under the new
act he would consent to mitigate the penalty from W. to 11.
The fins was paid.
Mary lisarn,• servant in the employ of Mr. Chappel,
boot and shoe maker, Strand, was charged with stealing a
pair of ladies' boots.
It was proved by the showman that the prisoner brought
the stolen property to him, and *homing that the boots
were • little too tight for her, begged him to stretch them.
He saw, however, from a private mark on the lining inside
that they belonged to his roster, to whom be communicated
the fact. She stoutly denied that she had taken them set
of the warehouse, aad said that she bad purchased them of
a shoemaker is Newport-market, mentioning the trades-
man's name. The latter, coasequently, was sent for, but
he declared that the boots were never in his possession.
They woe not his manufacture, and he knew nothing of
the prisoner.
Mr. Jardine said it certainly seemed extraordinary that
the servant girl, after stealing • pair of boots from her
master's shop, should go and ask the shopman to stretch
them for her. But the facts deposed to looked like this,
and there must be a remand for further inquiry.
The prisoner was then remanded accordingly.
MARLBOROUGMSTREST.

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John Parkins, Herbert Allen, Jcoeyh Wood, John Sher. I
borne, John Smith, George Brown, John Birch, Thomas
Lewis, Stevenson, Arthur Matthewson, William
Back, Abraham Lyons, and George Pearson, were brought
before Mr. Hardwick. charged with being found in a com-
mon gaming-house, No. 8, Jermyu-street, for an unlawful
purpose.
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-plan, appeared for the defendants.
Superintendent O'Brien of the C division, produced the
warrant from Sir HicharceMayne, authorising him to enter
the house No. 8, Jerenyn-street, and stated that about half-
wit one this morning, he, with inspector Lester and several
constables, went to the house, and he knocked and pushed
the outer door in, and passed through that, and found
another door close by, which was kept by the defendant
Parkins, who acted as doorkeeper. Witness demanded that
door to be opened, and his request not being immedately
complied with, he directed It to be forced. Parkins then
partly opened the door, so that witness with the other
°fawn got in. They then reached another door at the
bottom of the stairs, whisk was a very strong one, lined
with iron, and covered with green baize, and having bolts
inside working crossways byname de handle. That door
would not give way, so he directed the side of the staircase
to. be broken in. No implements used in gaming ware dis-
owned.
Mr. Hardwick said this was another case of well-founded
suspicion, but with not enough of legal evidence to convict.
The defendants most therefore be discharged.