The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.
James Quinn, William Smith, and Jeremiah 11PGradt
were charged with assaulting Robert Munelow.
It appeared that the prisoners are members of what is
called the " Oolden-lane gang," a number of boys of the
worst character who assemble there. Some days since the
complainant had taken his son from among them, when he
was assaulted and pelted, but he could only secure one of
the assailant•, who was brought up to this court, and he
was directed to assist the police in pointing out the others.
While doing so on Friday last he was set on by about thirty
boys, who beat him severely with sticks loaded with lead
and pelted him with stones. The prisoner M'Orath was
stated to be one of the leaders of the gang, and held the
tam of "thief trainer" to little boys.
He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and the
others to 14 days.
WORSHIP-STREET.
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Charles Richard Bartlett IVa.ker, alias Gray, alias Yey-
mat, alias the Rev. Charles Burdett, Matthew Matthews,
Francis IVillianw, Richard Law, alias Frederick Dew-
hurl:, Horatio stainbridye, alias Ebsieora, alias Stephens,
and Eliza,eth Buckle, who stood charged with having con-
spired together to obtain goods to a large extent from
tradesmen and others nadir false pretences, were placed at
the bar for final examination.
The depositions, which were very voluminous, in the
general charge of conspiracy against the whole of the pri-
soners, and also in a separate charge of forgery against the
prisoner Burdett, the particulars of which have already
been detailed in this paper, were now finally completed, and
read over, and they were all fully committed for trial.
The prisoner Law was then put to the bar alone charged
with having stolen several black cloaks, two palls, and
other articles of mourning of the value of 521.. the property
of Mr. William Dunkley, a furnishing undertaker in
Tower-street, Westrainster.road.
The prosecutor stated that on the 29th of September last
he en trusted the property in question to the prisoner, who
was at that time in his service, with directions to deliver it
at the house of Mr. Harding, a builder, in Union-row,
Clapham. lie had occasion on the same evening to dis-
charge the prisoner from whom he received a letter about a
week afterwards, in which he admitted having pledged the
articles at the instigation of a man whose name was not
mentioned, and entreated his forgiveness. The witness
identified several mourning cloaks and other articles pro-
duced as a portion of the stolen property.
Mr. John Matthews, a pawnbroker, in Richard's-row,
Lambeth, identified the prisoner as having called at his
shop on the 29th of September, representing that he had
been sent by Mr. Dunkley, and pledged the property for
M. 10s. . .

The prisoner was nest charged with having stolen a
rkuantity of property of a similar description, during the
time he was in the proiscutor's service, and the case having
been conclusively established, he was committed for trial
upon both the charges.
An elderly man named John Spring, was charged with
feloniously cutting and wounding his wife, with intent to
murder her.

Pulice-constable K 290, stated that in consequence of in.
formation he had received, he repaired on the preceding
evening to the London Hospital, where he found the in-
jured woman, who was suffenng from a severe wound, and
having elicited from her that the injury had bean inflicted
by her husband, with an oyster knife, he proceeded to his
house and took hint into custody.
A certificate was produced from Mr. Jackson Kent,
house-surgeon, at the hospital, stating that the woman hail
received a severe incised wound in the abdomen, and was
in a state of great danger.
The prisoner, who declined saying anything, was re-
manded for a week.

THE ALLEGED MI*RDER OF Two CHILDREN IN
COMMELCIAL-10AD East'. —Yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Baker held an inquest at the Captain Cook Tavern, Mot-
man-street, St. Oeorge'e-in-tbe-East, relative to ;the death
of Bridget Murk hy, aged two years and nine months, and
William Murphy, aged 11 months, whose parents were on
Monday remanded at the Thames Police Court on a
of wilful murder. A number of witnesses were examtriX,
who fully confirmed all that had been alleged of the
neglect of the two children by their parents; but the me-
dical evidence was by no means sufficient legally to esta.
Wish a criminal charge asainst any person ; a verdict of
"Natural death" was accordingly returned.
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