The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTS.

MANSION-HOIIBB.

A well dressed young man, named Charles Frederick
Barrett, was brought before Sir It. W. Carden, charged
with having committed en aggravated assault on Guy
Fawkes night.
Monger, of the deteetive police, said, on Saturday night
as I was on duty in Trinity-square, Tower-hill, in plain
clothes, a man came up to me with a very lugs squib.
which was then lighted, in his hand, and took my hat off.
He put the squib to my thigh and burned me very much.
I told him that I was a police officer' end that I would
lock him up in the station hone,. At that moment the
defeadant came up and caught me by the skirt of the coat.
I said to him, "Do not interfere, as I am a polies officer,
and am taking him to the station house." He said, " I'm
d—d if you shall take him." A crowd of people then
tarrounded me, and with the defendant rescued the man
from me. I then took hold of the defendant, and said I
would lock him up. He resisted me as much as he could,
and I called for assistance. There were 200 or 400 peeple
round me at the time. My hat was lost, and my coat was
torn from my back. I took the defendant to the station-
house.

The correctness of the officer's statement was confirmed
by the evidence of two witnesses, who, upon being called in
the Queen's name to waist him, gave their aid accordingly.
They said the defendant was striking the officer, and that
upon giving his their help, they were knocked about un-
mercifully themselves.
Monger—l asked a metropolitan *imam to assist me,
and he refused, but kept welkin/ behind se for some time.
The defendant—l was looking at the fireworks, and was
pushed about by the crowd ; end wiles the sea whom the
officer had in custody escaped threegit the interference of
the mob, the officer took me late eertedy. I tried to get
awn, and two policemen refined to take me into custody
nger—l believe the °Seer who refused to assist me
said the defendant was a friend of his.

Sir R. W. Carden said the offenee of which it was obvious
the defendant was guilty was oae of a molt serious charac-
ter, as affected the security of the public pease, and it was
Mimes dasgesom as the assailant was • person of respect-
able mime example would find many followers
in a sae assembled on such a night. He was happy to ob-
serve that there were two persons on the spot who knew
that it was their duty, upon being called In the Queen's
name, to assist the polies, and it was his intention to order
their expenses to be paid. The defendant must go to Hol-
loway for 21 days.
The defendant—Won't your lordship be satisfied with
inflicting a money fine ?
Sir R. W. Carden—No, you must go to Holloway for this
offence.

JoreetiaA Donovan and John Toohe,the occupiers of the
houses, Nes. 3 and 4, and Elisabeth ARM Casey, the occu-
pier of the house No. 5, in Fireball-court, Houndsditch,
were summoned at the instance of the Commissioners of

Sewers, for having neglected to register their houses, after
due notice. Mr. Dew e chief clerk to the commis-
sioners), and Mr. Davis clerk to Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor
to the commission), stained for the prosecution.
Mr. Davis, in adverting to the can of biro. Casey, said he
had ascertained that all the necessary improvements were
actively going on at the filthy habitation, 'No. 5, Fireball-
court, and requested that the alderman would adjourn his
decision until Wednesday week, by which time all the ar-
rangements would be perfected.
Doacrvan and Teohy plearly guilty, but promised to pro-
duce empty houses on Friday next, so that they may be
made habitable, and stand the chance of being kept so, and
Mr. Davis said he wu instructed to receive the guaranteed
assurances that the houses should bs emptied of their inha-
bitants by Friday next.
Sir R. W. Carden then consented to grant the indulgence
required, and
The agents for the owners of eight other houses in the
court expressed a hope that the law would be enforced in
any ease of neglect, and secured the alderman that if such
were the course pursued, the whole character of the place
would be altered.

Sir R. W. Carden said that if all the tenants were not
moved by Saturday morning, the heavy penalties attached
to the infringement of the law would certainly be enforced.
A man named O'Connor, who had been lately working in
Kent, was put to the bar.
Halchin (of the detective police) said—l apprehended the
prisoner at a pawnbroker's shop, upon being informed that
he bad offered a gold watch and massive gold chain for sale.
He said he had given 100 dollars for the article in America.
At the sation•bouse he mid he gave 60 dollars for it.
Prisoner—lf I didn't my sieter•in-law did, and that's all
the same. isn't it ?
Sir R. W. Carden—Not exactly. I remand the case that
strict inquiry may be made.
The watch, which is very small, was considerably bruised
as if it had suffered by a fall in a struggle. Upon the back
of it is a spirited representation of a Vet between a tiger
and a serpent.
GUILDHALL.

A salesman, named Reynolds, in Nes/gate Market, was
summoned by the inspectors of meat, for explain; for sale
the body of a sheep that was unfit fee h. died.
It appeared that one of the plawdvieg the
rotten condition of the meat in q bleed the price
of it, and the defendant, not reham, and believing
he had *aught a geed customer, Mewl te bit Man have the
lot at 21d. per lb., upon which Ss Wpm* seizei the
whole of it.

Alderman Lawrence laid the defendant had been guilty
of a very serious offence in offering meat for sale that wee
unfit for food, and he therefore fined him 40e. and 4e. costa.

BOW-STREET,

Mr. Jardine wu e•TcipfedtieWiiole of the morning in
the investigation of charges of drunkenness and letting off
fireworks to the public streets, arising out of the popular
commemoration: of Gay Fawkerday. The nuisance,
according to the evidence of the polioe, was never greater
than on Saturday night last.
The offenders were fined in various penalties rang*
from it. to 11.

MARJ,BOROUGH-STREBT.
Mr. Bingham, the sitting magistrate, was occupied
nearly the whole of the day with Fifth of November cues
—boys and men letting off fireworks in the public streets,
and assaults on the police for doing their ftty in taking
all parties so offending into custody. Botweent 40 and 50
cases of letting toff fireworks were ftesed et, the boys being
fined 2s. 6d. and the men is. Is tie somealos dtarges of m-
utate there was ow of a serious dereslar. The mob, it
appeared, followed the pellet as liar se Illenses -street, and
bourne so violent that Ike esosialles WWI obliged to take
refuge is one of the haws. The mei peeseedoi is break
the windows, and mend have resided is hides, sets of
violence had not WYNN amistaaes embed, the Ilea of
which was not only se melee the issodables, but is assure
the capture of some of the most duke. The esoualttals
without floe were. Moot White, one math, for essaulting
police-constable Woods ; Chariot , 14 days, for as-
uniting police-constable Barry ; sad Storer, ten
days for assaulting police coostable Isedisia. Several others
were fined in sumo varying female. to 10e.
Frederick 'locker was fined2ol. for an indecent assault
on Sarah King, a girl of about 17 years of age.

THAMES.
Patrick Wlfansara, an Irish coal whipper, aged 28, of
No. 8, Church-gardens, St. George In the East, was charged
with • murderous assault upon his wife Bridget. The
woman was lying in the London Hospital, and a certificate
was put in stating that she was in great danger.
Mary Wells, an elderly woman, said the prisoner and his
wife lived in her house. On Sunday evening she heard a
violent altercation in the prisoner's room followed by a
noise as if the furniture was being thrown about. That
was succeeded by a heavy fall, and the prisoner soon after-
wards left the house. Every thing was quiet for ten mi-
nutes, and witness becoming alarmed went up stairs and
repeatedly knocked at the room door. No 'Lower being
returned, and finding that the room door was locked, she
forced it open. Mrs. Alllaniara was lying face down-
wards weltering in her blood and apparently lifeless. Wit-
ness sent for a doctor, who attended to the woman, and
dressed her wounds. She never opened her lips after she
was found in the state described.

Elijah Long, a police constable, No 380 B, took the pri-
soner into custody in a beer shop. In reference to the
charge, he said it had all happened through his wife's
tongue she had got what she had, and if she had as much
more it would have served her right.
Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner till Wednesday.

SERIOUS CASE OP STABBINO.—On Saturday even-
ing a man named Lawson quarrelled with another named
Edward Clarke, at a bcershop in George Leigh-street,
Manchester, and they commenced fighting. Lawson was
seen to pull out a knife, and a woman seised his hand to
restrain him, but he contrived to open it with his teeth,
pushed the woman away, and stabbed Clarke in several
ports of the body. The wounded men was taken to the
Infirmary, and it earns very improbable that he will
recover. Lawson was brought bikes the magistrates yes-
terday and remanded.