The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-01 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Mr. C. F. Eliott, of No. 12, Red Lion•sttreet, arrived at
the coast with a cabman, named 'Valliant Joann, to settle
tko following dispute before Kr. Jardine:
The complainant said, that he took the defendant's cab
at the corner of Jermyw-street, Regent-street, and alighted
at Somerset-horse. He asked the cabman for 99. 64., at
the tame tines products& a half-eovereign. Defendant said
'be had ealy 9s. in his pocket. Complainant, considering
that this wee an attempt to get le. for a sizoenny tare, or-
dered him to drive to Bow-street. He begged to add, that
the defendant was satremely civil.
The defendant said, he couldn't help himself, for he
really bad 9e. only. As for the distance, he did not wish to
dispute it, it was such a "near touch." He wished to know
if there hadn't been an awed/lent of the act, giving them
le. for the first hiring, if seder two miles? (A laugh.)
Mr. Jardine, after some coneiditratioa, said he could not
give any decision us t i the distance.
Cabby - Oh, I don't think it's beyond the mile, sir.
Mr. Jardine—Very well ; then you must pay the 91.6 d.
to the petiolate.
Defendant—Bet I hays sot got it.
Mr. Judiso—Thoa yes meet got it.

Sharma Aria Pinker end Richard Sadlier underwent
a lees rewzeutianies On the shares of having extensively
plunked Ms. him Tullis, publisher, of 97 and 100, St.
John-steed, Smithfield.
The prourrenher add that the prisoner Parker bad been in
his service gent two years, and Sadlier was employed by
him as a cseemnee he different works published by him.
It was the duty Ms canvasser when he had obtained sub-
scribers to Brae out a which he should band to Parker
to deliver into his daily book, called the order book, Dienes
into the deliverer's books, their business being to supply the
orders and report to Parker whether the subecripuon was
real or not. If found good, Parker's directions wets then to
enter the subscribers into the deliverer'. permanent book,
and to make up the account due to the canvasser as com-
mission he the pasties orders, but not to give a cheque
for snob somadmios or any other account. Having, how-
ever, discovered that he had done so, and otherwise falsi-
fied his accounts, he gave him into custody, when he at
once admitted his guilt, and implored mercy.
Mr. Samuel Ditehett Brehm, clerk to the prosecutor, said
he had investigated the amounts paid to the prisoner &alias
as commission, in 1853, and out of 53 names three orders
only were genuine.
Mr. Braise, cashier and manager of the prosecutor, proved
payment of the several false commissions to Sadlier in the
presence of Parker, and on his cheques.
The prisoners were committed for trial.
Ads Wagstaff was brought up in custody on a warrant
granted by Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with the following smolt
on his wife. The accused has been imprisoned twelve
months for felony, and nine months for four separate brutal
assaults on his wife, who now appeared in the witness-boa
with blackened eye and bandaged head.
She said that a fortnight ago her husband came home
drunk to his dinner, which was in readiness for him. He
asked her whether she had dined, and on her replyius that
she would be sorry to sit down to a good dinner, if her
children, tinier the same roof, were not partakers of it, be
flew in a grin t rage, struck her violently, and left his home,
his meal being untouched. He returned at midnight, and
entering the apartment where she was in bed, he made use
of bitter langusve, dragged her out of bed, saying she should
not lie there, Sae threw her, covered only with her night-
Rowe into the stn-et. She managed to get into the house
again, when he hit her right and left, until she sank from
exhaustion in a chair.

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Williams, housekeeper of the court, elansined the
complainant at the request of the magistrate, to whom she
afterwards deposed to the severe injuries mentioned by Mn.
Wagstaff.
Mr. Tyrwhitt sent tbe primmer to hard labour for four
moths; and at the exp:ration of that time to find good
enmities for keeping the peace for four months.