The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-14 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Robert Everest, odes Hamlett, who described himself as
• pickle dealer, residing at 88, Union-street, Lambeth, wee
brought up for further examination on two charged of
robbery
The first case was that of a robbery at the Zoological Arms
beer-house, in Penton-place, Walworth, where about 151. in
gold and silver was stolen from the bedroom of the landlord.
In the second can, Lucy Constable, a well dressed and
good looking young woman, who gave her evidence with
the utmost intelligent* and franking', said on the 24th of
January last I was t to Mr. Knott, of 16, thither-
lain-equare, Walworth, sad while in his service I breams
acquaiuted wl'h the prisoner. The first time I saw him
was on a Sunday evening, a fortnight before the robbery,
when while I was speaking at the front gate with the ser
vent of Mr. Squires he and another man came past. The
man who accompanied the prisoner on that occasion I saw
at Horeemooger lane Prison yesterday. When they were
passing as by the man in the prison (Brown) said, "There
are two one looking girls," and the prisoner replied, " Yes,
but they don't want to have any thing to say tons." They
then stopped and kept in conversation wit., us for about half
an hour, and asked us if we ever went on+, and we told
them not often They asked us to go and have • glass of
wine with them, bat we refused. I asked the prisoner
what he was, and he said he was an author, and wrote
for the papers. On the following Sunday evening they
(the prisoner and Brown) came again when master and
mistress were at church, and wished me to go out, but
I told them I knew Mary's family (Mr. Squires's)
were at boon, and I could not go. On the next Sunday
evening, five minutes after master and mistress had gone
out, I beard a ring at the bell, and on going to the door I
found the prisoner there, and after a few minutes' eOnVeTea-
Viola I asked him into tee house and took him to the back
parlour. While there he said he should very much like to
introduce me to his sister, who was then coning from the
Elephant and Castle to see us, and, after much persuasion,
I went upstairs, pet on my bonnet and cloak, and went oat
with him. We walked towards the Old Kent-road, when
we went into a public-house, and called for • glue of brandy
sad water. I told him be must kn.w that his sister was
not coming, and be said she really was, but as she lived in
the neighbourhood he would go and learn the cause. He
then went out, and was away about five minutes, and on
returning said his sister had left home for the
purpose of seeing m, and that we must have
passed her, but we should be lure to see her as
she had on a white bonnet with blue ribbons. The prisoner
said he bad an appointment to meet a man at the Elephant
and Castle at 8 o'clock, and agreed to meet ma at the
bottom of Satherlandaqvare at 1 o'clock on the neat day,
when I was to have • holiday, to take me to the British
Museum. I then hastened home, and on reaching the front
door I found it open. On going in I found the plate
basket empty, and all the things in my mistress's bed-room
thrown about. I felt that my character was gone, and in the
moment of excitement I took a knife and inflicted • wound
on my throat. The witness here became much affected,
sobbed aloud, while the teen rolled down her cheeks. In
continuation she said that she had been taken to the
hospital on the evening in question, and remained there for
some days. In her crosieexamination by Mr. Solomon'
she said that the statement she made to Mr. Superinten-
dent Lund and Sergeant Coppin on the evening of the
robbery was untrue, but the subsequently co, fined the
whole truth. In enichisien, she said the prisoner hod all
through acted towards her in a gentlemanly m .
Mary O'Brien,
square, clearly identified the prisoner and the man Brown
as the persons who had spoken to bar and the last witness
a fortnight before the robbery, and added that on the even-
ing of the robbery she had men a person answering in every
respect the detcription of Brown came out of Mr. Knott's
house, leaving the do-e open attar him.
Other evidence was given to the effect that the prisoner
and Brown ware residing together at the time of tke rob.
herr ; and after hearing Mr. Solomon',
The magistrate ultimately remanded the cue, to have the
evidence taken in the presence of Brown.

BOUTRWARK.
Mr. Robert Deckham, propylet, rof one of the Mitcham
omnibuses, was raurrardred for refusing to carry • gentle-
man in his omnibus, there being at that time sufficient
room. It was urged by the defendant that there were at
the tmetcree vac .at state, but they were booked at his
once in Gramchurch-street, to take op at the Elephant and
Castle, consequently he could not take the gentleman at the
Town-ball.

Mr. L'Beekett considered that the defendant ought to
havearried the ganileman, there being room for him in
the omnibus, and booking the places did not justify him in
refusing to corry him.
The isimplainant here said that all he required was his
worship's opinion on the subject, and as that was adverse to
the defendant he should withdrew the summonses the pay-
meat of coats.

The defendant paid the costs, and the summons was con-
sequently withdrawn.