The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-18 00:00:00

POLICE v
.- _ESTERDAY.

It appeared that the day before, Yr. Denny remind a let-
ter from a pima ecoMed for debt in the Chase's Beach ,
snee renames Inmeit as a Lindeman P—, et the
.Miese Chords Bien stailtheleme tine bekee he
het Ith meant (the phew at thelthie of a Mr. B—,
'a Ithedir • our, and net ale dy visited him very
in ids own resat ; diet babe nese nits the pri-
eass.7o sense lila (L(nimnt P—) with venom
aedeha, shish she repremeal te be ha own property,
bat ,
be (Lieutenant P—ht=resyeatbs nes that
elithey were
et Yr. Ind dud the nsice had
then, was young to give
then op. 1ti.711.1 : reed 60 right and prepay bat the re-
main peir_t et the MYR nut clearly to new that the
=bed boom mere with ether
dm lasstenest that the hit.. !ar-
morial le bar venni nil hien men hen a feeling
et=neyris suseriaidess vidoadene alewat the smarty
INN by._ On the re dr leiter,low-
eser, M. Bossy potheled to the it* of
Gres% Dell Prime,
Ink is the nom et Liesteseat P— hoed the cerpota, •
lbelms, • albs liseth sod Ohm =deka, whisk he recog-
Med, ma whisk Win et nee islintedip lona Hem
same bens sad sesendi the phew et theft
twthier. shwa ehe myna then die kg needy hint nut to
the pi ileman In whole sees thighs" been Ms& and he
*MOM her into the ardedy if Mrs. Mears and
the dren which sae vied were eased,
et asibaeltierited
timed to contain enrol =Wise to
Mr. Daisy. Ptheseterthide John =66 14
that Is bed beta Whoa he to tike the priesmeiate custody
en the prending everaing.
_mil es his t•Bisti her what it was
he, the
-replied that the led led the thin. to Mr. P— who
was in the Queen's BMA prima. She also laid ail was
sorry for what she had than bat Mr. P wished bar to
take her areteee pew*. She said she thendi net do so,
but would Mt -left twe n tarn Mom whisk he was to
return. The primer eared • minder Wrenn and was re-
manded to a future day, trim theme will uninpo the most
searching Inman/atlas.
THAYBB.—INTIUNIIMIIIIT or TEM Emit Rnana,
TION3.—Geo. Caber!, sets, of the= Ma , a
collier, appeared to answer a summons him at
the iaelliaoe Of • pesos weed /doyen diming idin with
Ming Misled the erevidene ',the lonia; ass:ifthe th
Louisa, plating Ii
twig so baled disbud the as of
the dyer. Wr. Marty'', sa el the odd
they Ind set had any pisr esegthist Ryas* the dehsdent,
who wee fined in the mitigated malty of h.
, enuszsrwrcit— fireenanßsconin eratencNons.
I —John Lyon, late in the service of William Allen, Esq.,
• Albany, Piccadilly, was charged with stealing three ten-
pound Bank of England notes and other moneys (supposed
to he the property of an officer of the Rifle Brigade) under
the following circumstances. The alleged owner of the pro-
perty in question was at the corner of St. Jamee's-street,
Piccadilly, on the 4th inst., and shortly afterwards missed
his pocket-book containing three ten-pound notes of the Li-
verpool Branch Bank of England, Nos. 84,443, 84,444, and
84,445, together with 3 sovereigns, • card-case contents. In-
formation was immediately given at the police-station, Scot-
land-yard, which led to the present investigation. Wiss.
Kirk, a coachman, deposed that he met the prisoner on
Friday last, near the church, who asked the way to Green-
wich. Witness replied that he was then in Greenwich. The
prisoner asked for an outfitting shop; witness accom-
panied him to one, where the prisoner purchased to the
amount of two or three pounds, and tendered a 101. b ink
note in payment. From thence they proceeded to a silk-
sad another note was changed. He then went,
at prisoner's request, to his landlady, and asked her to oh-
tain each for the note, saying it was for a gentleman. She
obtained it, and he gave prisoner the cash. Mr. Traill said
the notes were advertised as lost on the 4th February.—
John Stevens, landlord of the Spanish Galleons, proved
changing a 101. note, No. 84,443, for Kirk's laiedlady.—
Mr. Whitler, outfitter, proved receiving a 10/. note,
No. 84,444, in payment of goods, value 21. 3s. Bd.
John Boob, police-constable 139, produced a 101. Bank of
England note, Liverpool branch, No. 84,445, dated Mae 18,
1846 (all the notes bore that date), which be had taken from
the prisoner ; also 7 sovereigns, 14 half-sovereigns, 11.25. Si.
in silver, and 3 parcels of goods, all of which he claimed as
his own property.—Mr. Traill said a gentleman had waited
upon him who fully described the property found upon the
prisoner. The gentleman (understood to be Capt. Jones,
of the Rifle Brisrade) was now at Liverpool. but would be in
attendance on the let March, to identify the notes. He
should therefore remand the prisoner until that dry, when
the depositions would ho completed, and he should then com-
mit him to Newgate for trial.
WOOLWICH .—ALLEGED Anal/LT.—Mr. Jos. Wood,
holding a situation in her Majesty's dockyard, was charged
with an sesault upon Mr. J. J. Harrington, solicitor. The '
complainant stated that he is appointed solicitor to the Bo-
water Estate, Woolwich, and that on Saturday !cube went
to the defendant in the dockyard, and there served him with
a notice to recover potaessiOn of certain premises and land.
The defendant listened while he reed it over, then re-
fused to accept the service, and he (the witness), in the
moat gentlemanly manner, laid it upon his shoulder. The
I defendant used violent and threatening language, and, with
some iron instrument in his hand, made a blow at him,
which, had it taken effect, must have killed him, but his
foot luckily slipped, and defendant, from the force of the at-
tempted blow, was swung round and fell down. Seeing
defendant had several men about him, he ran away, when
one of them tried to trip him up. lie had had occasion to
serve defendant with notices to quit before, for the same pro-
perty. Defendant was in a great rage, and said he would do
for him. For the defence two witnesses were called.
John Bishop mid he saw a gentleman go up to Mr. Wood,
call him on one side, and read some paper to him ; the latter
said he wanted to bear no more of it, nor would he
have anything' to do with the paper. Mr. H. then placed
it on Mr. Wood's shoulder, or thrust it into the collar of his
coat. Witness saw no blow, hut Mr. Wood accidentally fell
down in turning round, and the instrument flew out of his
hand. There appeared no intention to strike complainant,
nor did any one attempt to touch him.—William Bishop
gave similar testimony.—Mr. Traill said he was bound to
believe the evidence of the witnesees on oath, and therefore
must dismiss the case against the defendant.

WORSHIP-11/SEIM. —Pottce A0°11E13910:7. —THE
CASE OF ELLIN BOLTON.—Mr. Broughton resumed the
adjourned investigation into the conduct of Charles Andrew
Ames, a police-constable of the It division, who stood
charged with having gresaly assaulted and unlawfully talent
into custody a young woman earned Ellen Bol:on, on the
night of the 10th inst. The evidence adduced at the former
examination having been read over by Mr. Vine, the chief
clerk, the complainant, Ellen Bolton, and her witness, Jane
Reeve, were subjected to a searching cross-examination by
the defendant's solicitor, and adhered to the main facts of
their previous statement, but differed most materially upon
several essential minor particulars.—Police-constable Gala-
han, LI 73, was then called, and stated that at half-past
twelve o'clock on the night in question he saw the eam-
plainant and her witness engaged in an altercation with the
defendant, and using the mo,t disgusting language OMNI&
him. He desired them to go away RtOetly, or he should:helm-
pelled to lock them up, but they still kept repeating throning
expressions through the length of several streets. 'They
were surroanded by a large crowd of persons, whim their
conduct had collected, but whoa° presence did no'. stop their
language. Witness was not resent at the commencement
of the traneactior.—Mary Webb and Martha Walbank de-
posed that they were both up at the time referred to, hut heard
no noise whatever on the night in question, which they
must have done 4 such a struggle had taken place, as the
court contained only four houses and was not a thorough-
fare.—Mr. Richard Groves, a tradesman at the corner of the
court, gave similar testimony.—Mr. Mcdlicott, the superin-
tendent, Inspector Ellis, Seejeant Teacle, and Alderman,
the gaoler, were then called as witnesses to character, and all
of them described the defendant (who was a married man,
with one child) as a most efficient and well-conducted officer.
—Mr. Broughton mid that the case was undoubtedly one of
great importance, both as regarded the administration of
justice, the conduct of the police force in general, in which,
as had been justly stated elsewhere, it must materially shake
the public confidence if the charge were established, and also
to the defendant himself, who, if the statement of the women
were tree, had been guilty of an attempted violation followed
by gross perjury, fur a hick be would be liable to a lengthened
term of transportation. The learned magistrate, after COOS.
menting upon the marked discrepancies in the women's evi-
dence,
and the improbability that an officer should attempt
such an offence in full uniform, which he could be so
easily identified, expressed his opinion, under all the circum-
stances, that no magistrate or jury could safely convict in
such a case, and he should therefore dismiss the complaint.
WESTMINSTER—A BAD Sr ecturx or A CABMAN.
—Capt. George Losark attended at this court to pre-
fer a complaint against a cab driver for conduct of the
mat ruffianly description. The proprietor 0f2613 bad been
summoned to produce the licensed driver of the cab, which
he slid, but the latter having stated that he had been sud-
denly taken ill, and had employed what is generally termed
" a buck " on the night the offence was committed, who had
driven the gentleman, William Stacey, the man so em-
ployed, and who waa.ia attendance, was then ordered
to stand forward, and the licensed driver put
into the witness-box to prove that he had entrusted
the cab to his care.—Capt. Losack, of the Ist West
India refit., stated, that a little before twelve, on the night
of the Bth inst., he hired the defendant's cab at the Way-
market theatre, and ordered him to drive to Shaftesbury-
terrace, Pimlico. On arriving at King-street, Westminster,
the defendant suddenly stopped at • public-house, and, with I
a brutal oath, declared he would not move another
inch unless the gentleman gave him something to drink.
Complainant observed that he appeared to have had
quite enough, and told him if he did not go on he
would lodge a complaint against him. Defendant,
after using two or three more oaths, and expressing
his determination "to give the gentleman • turn,'
slapped the cab door with great violence, and mounted
his box again. Re then drove into Great George-street,
where he caused the wheel of the cab to come in contact with
a stone put for the protection of a lamp-post, and which
caused the cab to jerk considerably. On reaching the park
gates, he refused to drive through them, and turned down
Princes-street. Complainant told him that he was going
the wrong way, but defendant took no notice, and said, " I
know the way better than you do," and then pro-
ceeded towards Westminster Abbey, where he suddenly
turned off in the direction of the bridge. Complainant
several times put his head out of the window, and told him
to stop, and each time that he did so defendant struck him
over the hat, and said, with en oath, If you don't get in
I'll cat your head off." On arriving at Bridge-street, a
person to whom complainant called stopped the cab, and
then two or three other cabmen came up and asked defen-
dant what was the matter, when be informed the by.
standees that a fellow bad got into his eab, and that
the fellow would not pay the tare, eighteenpence. Two
persons then steppesl out of the crowd and inquired whether
defendant was hired, to which he replied in the ne-
gative. The cab was at this time in the middle of the
road with the snow ancle deep, when complainant, who
was accompanied by his lady, handed her out of the cab,
and although he had not rode a mile, took the advice of
some gentlemen who came up, and paid the driver the
eighteen-pence which he demanded.--The defendant in
answer to the charge said. " 1 went with the cab to the
stand, and there some gentleman gave me something to drink.
suppose I must have taken this gentleman (Capt. Loeack)
up, but I don't remember it. I think half of what he has
said is false, but I was tipsy 1 know."—Mr. Broderipobeerved
that of all the eases that had ever come within the expe-
rience of a magistrate this was the meet ruffianly. All the
answer, if answer it could be termed, made to it, was that
the defendant was intoxicated, but that was no justification.
As a punishment in his case, and as a warning to other., he
should, for the protrction of the community, con mit defendant
for six weeks to hard labour in the House of Correction.
LA?dßETlL—Yesterday Mary Ann Brook, an exceed-
ingly good-taking woman, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Elliott, on a charge of robbing her master, Mr. Denny, a
surgeon, in the London-road, and presenting the property to
a person in the Queen's Bench prison, who r, presents him-
self as a lieutenant in the It lel Horse Guards Blue.—

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1847.

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BRIELAU.--TRE RECENT COMMERCIAL FAILURES AT
BansLao.—Tle Cologne Gazelle of the lith states, that,
according to the latest accounts, it was feared that another
highly respectsqle firm would be compelled to follow the
example of the two houses which lately failed, and to de•
clare itself insolvent. The late events in Cracow hare, in
this case as in the others, worked not only prejadicially, but
also, it is teerei, fatally.