The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-05 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

I DARING ATTEMPTED =HALEY WPM VIOLENCE.—THE INSE-
CURE STATE Or TEC METROPOLIS.
Thomas Jones, a determined-looking fellow, who was
brought to the court handcuffed, and described himself as a
eostermonger, was charged before Mr. Tyrrwhitt with being
concerned with two others not in custody in attempting to
rob with violence Mr. Louis Hand, solicitor, of A Cole-
; man-strret, City.
Mr. Hand said—l was walking up Holborn-hill yesterday
evening, about a quarter-past 7 o'clock, when I noticed the
prisoner and another following me. When about 200 yards
from Field-lane, they came close to me. and I passed them.
• They then got one before me and one behind me, and con-
tinued thus till they got bDay and Martin's, when I
made a dead stand. They then pseud me, and I
j lost sight of them for 200 yards. I kept walking
ea westward, and just before I got to the brewery
, at the end of Tottenham-corn t-road,
knowsometimes one another, and
! sometimes talking together. It began raising, and I put
np my umbre'le. I crossed to neer the Oxford Music-ball,
and just before I got there I said to the prisoners, " Now,
you fellows have been following me quite long enough and
have attemptrl to rob me once or twice."
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had they attempted to do so?
Mr. Hand—They rubbed against me two or three times.
I told them that if I saw a constable 1 would give them in
charge for attempting to pick my pocket. The prisoner
then for the first time pretended to be chunk and rolled
against me. I pushed him away and he again came
up to me, and I then laid hold of him by the
throat. At the moment I did so the other man
made a blow at me, and a third person, • youth,
whom I had not seen before, but who was etldently one of
the gang, made a grasp at the pin I wore in my stock. The
two then attempted to rescue the prisoner from my grasp. '
A mob got round me, and I appeeed to two riflemen to
assist me, but they did not The prisoner then threw him.
self on the ground. I appealed to the bystanders to mist
me, and • constable coming up, I gave the prisoner in charge.
Prisoner—l did not use any violence towards you, did I ?
Mr. Hand—You hurt my hand, and you had hunted me
all the way from Holborn.;
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall remand you for a week, and shall
probably then send you for trial. It is time something was
done to atop such attacks. I will do all I can to stop them.
There w,II no doubt be a great dal of this this Cider.
The prisoner, who gave au address in Clerkeuwell, was
then remanded.

IMPORTANT TO VOLUITMERS.-APPLICATION TO THE MAWS-

TRATE.

A volunteer applied to the magistrate, Mr. Tyrwhitt, to
be informed if, on a summons taken out against him by his
commanding officer to deliver up his arms, the
magistrate would allow him to enter on his
defence that be ha 4 teen dismissed, that no trial
had been gimted him, no question asked, and that
the colonel had refined him an opportunity of defence. The
applicant said that colonels of the regular army had not the
power of dismissing men without a trial, and that it could
not have been the intention of the legislature to grant this
power to civilians, or a colonel might dismiss the whole
regiment.
Mr. Tyrwhitt, after perusing the Act of Parliament, said
he had no authority to interfere, and certainly should not
interfere with volunteer regulations.
The applicant said that probably an application to par-
liament to amend the act would be made so as to give volun-
teers a court of appeal.
The applicant was said to hare formerly belonged to the
Queen's (Westminster) Rifles.