The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-22 00:00:00

THB POLICE CO UET&

BOW-STEUT.
INDICIIIT PUBLICATIONS. —JoAss Dwurombe, wbe keeps
a dopier the sale of 10=4. 444 at No. 10, Middle-
row, Holborn, append on an adjourned InZUROOP,
Issued at the instant* of the Society for the Sup-
pressive' of Vies, for having, ea the 12th ultimo, wil-
fully mend Ise sale certain obse re sad indecent pie.
I tam awl lisekr. At the last examination the defendant,
spas die wilembis*, that extreme tames would not
be rewelbot ertealt that the society would have no
farther =TYR Is .she aping' Ws; and as lie was
abort to la a was Mao of bulimia, Do
woo roadY 'POP If mil article is his pow
.

Mr. Henry inquired if the defendant bad ehowed say dis-
position to comply with the conditions upon which the case
was ordered to btadjourned.
Mr. Prichard, the secretary, replied that he had furnished
him with a list of snicks, Which he offered to give up, in
addition to which the person who originally made the pur-
chase, end who gave evidence at the last exatninat;os, went
through the stock, and found others, which were also deli
vend up, consisting of 127 print., 113 pamphlets, 67 pam-
phlets in sheste, 26 song Woke, and 8 bound books.
Mr. Norm, a solicitor, who appeared for the defendant,
banded in a memorial green a number of shopkeepers awry-
lag on business in the neighbourhood, expressing their satis-
faction at the master in which he at present conducted his
business, and praying, under the circumstance, that sentence
mightbe deferred • at the some time he begged to observe
that, although esieral of the articles which had been given
up did not strictly come within the limits of the act, the
defendant had evinced every disposition to comply with the
wishes Guth* society.
Mr. Henry asked, if such was the case, would the society
press fora conviction ?
Mr. Prichard replied that he had no nartieular wish for a
conviction, but he eapected that the decision of the court
would stand as such, the society he submitted being entitled
to some security for future good conduct should no punish-
ment be inflicted.

Mr. Powys contended that the defendant was not liable,
inasmuch as he had serial complied with the promises he
had =de on the last
Mr. Henry said that the only application that could be
nude on the put of the defendant was, that the society
should not at present pram that the conviction should be re-
turned to the 'onions ; and with the understanding that ,
should he again offend the punishment must be more severs,
he should order that his judgment should stand deferred.
LAMBETH.
EXTRAORDINARY PROCRIDING WIDER THI COLOUR OF
LAW.—Theodore Wirtelley, Camden-street, Walwortb,
broker, G. nein, 4, Boundary-lane, Camberwell, hedger,
Thompson, 2, Surrey-build sego, upholsterer, Thomas
Tliotespaon, ditto, George Turvey, the younger, and Richard
Vincent, 13, Alfred-street, Peckham, were placed at the bar
on a charge of stealing from a farm in South Perrot, Dor-
setsbire, eleven cows, of the vales of 1001., the property of
Mr. John Settle.

Mr. Settle was called into the witness-box, and on being
sworn deposed that, seven or eight years ago, he got posses-
sion of Abbott's farm, in the parish of South Perrot. Dor-
setehire, from Si, Alexander Hood, a part of whom estate it
wall, and to whom be bad paid 2 5001. for it. He knew a
person named Job Newbury, but had not underlet the farm
to him, nor had he the slightest clam! over it, sod the
whole of the stock on it was tie, Mr. Settle's, own bona fide
proper y. On Monday morning last, at an early hour, he
left home for the purpose of going to Yeovil fair, end had
not been long in the fair when he received a message to say
his presence was required at home. He in consequence re •
turned, and was told that eleven cows, which he had seen
safe on the preceding events& had been driven off
the farm. He traced the parties as far as Dor-
chester, a distant* of eighteen miles from his resi-
dence, and there found his eleven cows in a pound,
surrounded by eight or ten men. He was certain he saw the
prisoners Windley and Vincent amongst the persona present.
On the following morning, at about half-paat 2 o'clock, the
cattle were taken from the pound to the railway station, nut
into trucks, and taken by the Ingpge train to town. He
(Mr. Settle) travelled by the same train as far as Samba's's.
ton, and then got into another train to be In town in sufficient
time to consult his solicitor. He did consult his solicitor,
and by his advice had two officers to tem the parties on their
arrival at the Waterloo station with the cattle.

Mr. John Henry Dixon, clerk to the town agents of
Messes. Salter and Clerk, gave en account of the legal me-
ta:MT/0 of Lane, who, he said, hadoompelled Sir Alexander
Hood to defend at least 20 actions, which cost him at least
6001. On one occasion Mr. Lane was arrested for the costs,
when he took the benefit of the insolvent act, but had been
remanded for 12 menthe for his vexatious proceedings.
The prisoners' solicitor denied that his clients had acted
with a felonious intent, and therefore the charge of felony
must fall to the ground. With respect to the removal of the
property, it was quite clear that, though they had acted on
what they considered to be g rod authority, It was not so,
and they were ready not only to restore the property,
but express their regret for what they bad done, and also to
afford every assistance to solicitors en the other side in any
ulterior proceedings they might wish to institute against
other partite.
Mr. Clarkson (for the prosecutors) agreed to this propos'
tion, and in addition that their attorney should give a
written promise that no harassing actions should be brought.
This else was done, and the magistrate, in discharging the
prisoners, remarked that though the charge had gone off as
it had, the offence was by no means a light one. They
must have known that the removal of the cattle from Dor-
setsbire into Middlesex under the circumstances was illegal
and improper.