The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-06 00:00:00

complainant with a peker.—The servant of the house saw
the whale of the assault, and confirmed the statement of the
complainant's witnesses. She saw the blow struck by the
defendant with the poker, the blow was so violent aa to
drive the poker out of the defendant's hand. The
csmplaivant did not offer the least provocation.—The
defendant denied the assault. He said he had no
stick In his hand, but his brother had. He had at
one time the poker, but he did not use it.—T.
Walsh, the brother, said he saw the poker in his
brothers's hand, but his brother did not strike the complain-
ant with it; the poker fell on the bannisters, and might have
touched the complainant accidentally, The complainant
and his companion bad made a noise in the passage, and had
threatened to tweak his father's wooden leg.—The Rev. J.
Walsh positively denied that his son had a poker at all. He
swore that his son had not struck the complainant with the
poker, and he denied that he called out, " Go it, boys! fetch
The reverend gentleman afterwards admitted
tthheatPohkised"
son hod a poker in his hand, but it was only a very
little one. The poker struck the bannisters, and might have
touched the complainant's heed by accident —Three witnes•
see declared there wax no truth in the reverend gentleman's
evidence—The complainant said it would be very inconve-
nient to him if the ease were sent to the sessions.—Mr.
Hardwick fined the defendant 01., or two mouths' impri-
sonment.
WESTMINSTER.—MirreiteI IDENTITY.— W. Clark-
son, described as an engineer, was re-examined, charged with
stealing a piece of brass moulding. The prisoner was taken
into custody upon the charge on Wednesday evening, and
when brought before the magistrate on the following mem
ing, Hanson, 133 V, stated that on the previous evening he
mat the prisoner in the King's-road, Chelsea, when, observ-
iug that be had something bulky under his coat, he suspected
that he had some stolen property, and followed him, but had
not proceeded above twenty yards when the prisoner com-
menced running, and on his way threw down a piece of brass
moulding. The prisoner, after being pursued a short dist-
ance, was stopped by another constable. The constable slid
he only lost sight of the prisoner while he turned the corner
of the street. It subsequently appeared that the prisoner
was a most respectable man, and tnat he did not, in his way
home on the evening in question, pass on the same aide of
the way as that on which the shop from whence the pro-
perty was stolen was situated.—Mr. Burrell said the prisoner
was discharged. It appeared to bee ease of mistaken identity.
SOUTHWARK .—SweeoLigo.—J. Bartley was chargel
with baying smuggled tobacco in his possession. The de-
fendant not appearing the charge was heard in his absence.
After hearing the evidence the magistrate sentenced the de-
fendant to pay a fine of 1001., and in default to be com-
mitted for six months. Subsequently to this decisiou, while
the officers were bringing the defendant, whom tSey acci-
dentally met, to the station, he attempted to throw away a
large quantity of Cavendish tobacco which he had concealed
in different psrta of his dress. Evidence of the second
offence having been adduced against biro he was sentenced
to pay an additional penalty of 1001., and in default of pay-
ment to be committed for six months.
LAMBETH.—Erennezerweer.—J. PikAer wee re-exa-
mined, eherged with embt upwards of 601, the pro-
perty of his t mpleyer. The prisoner had been iu the em-
ployment of Mr. Green, potter, in Princeastreet, Lambeth,
as his clerk, for about a year and a half, and it was his duty
to settle his accounts weekly, and to hand over every Mon-
day all the cash in his hands to his master, except a pound
or two for petty cash. On the 22nd of last month Mr. Green,
on examining the prisoner's book, found that he had
141. 81. 6d, in his hands ; and, on his accounts being posted,
his deficiency increased to about 601.—The prisoner was com-
mitted for trial.
THAMES. A POLICEMAN'S OATH.— IVM. Drialo/4
aged 18, wee charged by J. Dobell, a constable of the H
division, with being on the premises of Mrs Riper, Church-
road, Commerciahroed East, with intention to commit •
felony.—The Constable stated that st two o'clock the pre-
veins morning he saw the prisoner and two otters, and
kuowing them to be suspicious characters ho followed them '
up t.e Commercial-road, and saw the prisoner get over the '
railieayi of a house in Church-road belonging to Mrs. Roper.
He ran up and secured him : the ethers escaped. Another
constable came up at the tame time, and maid he also had
witnessed the transaction.—Jeremiah Ford, the constable
alluded to, said he found the prisoner 'tending up against
the railing of Mrs. Roper's house.—Dobell was recalled, and
at first positively denied having said he " saw the prisoner "
get over the railings of the house; but Mr. Symons the
chief clerk, having proved from the minutes that suet :was
the fact, he hesitatingly said, Well, I did not see him get
over the railings."—hlr. Ballantine observed he had no
doubt the prisoner intended to commix a felony, but he must
dismiss the charge, because he could not believe anything
Dobell maid. The magistrate directed Impeder Forbes to
cause an inquiry to be made into the matter.
HAMMERSMITH.—Eatedeo A CAT.—Ten men applied
for the adviee and assistance of the magistrate. On Thum-
dey evening they were in the Black Boy public-house, in the
Potteries, Netting. hill, when a man named B. Hams came
in with what appeared to be a trussed rabbi,, which he
°Ruled fur sale for 9d. They mustered their mouey together
and bought it, and sent it in a dish with potatoes to the
baker's, and made a hearty supper of it. They bad, how-
ever, not long eaten it before they all felt very sick, and
they were obliged to apply to a surgeon for emetics. They
had since ascertained that what they bad eaten was a cat.
which Hams had skinned and dressed up as it rabbit for fun.
They wished to know how he could be punished.—Mr.
Psyuter said he knew of no law under which the offending
party could be punished. If it weld be proved that he had
cruelly killed the cat, he might be punished under the act
for preventing cruelty to animals. Cats were not considered
to be unwholesome food, and they were fr.quently eaten in
France and other countries.—The applicants left the court
apparently much disappointed.