The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-28 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MAZLBOBOUGH-srßKgr.
A NMI. =D CONFLAINAII7.--01013.4 ENSOLENCS OF A CABMAN.
Simeon Wakcrly. badge 10,701, ► cab owner and driver,
was charged with the following conduct to • lady.
The defendant was brought up on • warrant, having failed
to attend on the summons.
The evidence of the complainant, Mrs. Emily Foster, •
widow, residing at 28, Clines-street, went to show that
on the 17th she engaged the defendant's cab in George-
street, Hanover-square, the cab being • hansom, and in
stopping at the house the defendant opened the window in
such a rough manner that she received • severe
blow. She told the defendant that he ought to
be careful, when he replied in a most insolent
manner, " Ladies should not ride in hansoms."
She felt very faint, and asked the defendant to knock at her
door, when he replied, " Knock yourself." She then asked
the defendant fur his ticket, and he refused to give one till
she had paid him his fare. After keeping her waiting five
Minutes. he altered the ticket and then gave her one, and
she paid him, and as be was going away, after making
grimaces at her and behaving in a very insolent manner, he
threw some mud at the windows.
Elisabeth Betchley, servant to Mrs. Foster, corroborated
her evidence in some particulars.
Defendant said he was not aware be was insolent, and
that the mud might have got on the window by the horse
splashing. He was not supposed to get down to knock at
people's doors.
Mr. Knox said the defendant bad • perfect right to de-
cline getting down so as to lose control of his horse. He
thought the blow the complainant had received might have
been accidents!, but the defenthuit's conduct bad been moat
insolent, and it was not one lady in a hundred with sufficient
spirit to come to • court as • complainant. It was per-
fectly unbearable that a female could not ride in • cab with-
out being insulted. He should fine the defendant 20. and
the costa of a solscitor who attended for the complainant.

WORSHIP-STREET.
TIA3I/TH-VINDORS AND PLATE-BASKETS.
George Conmor sad James Williams, the former wall
koown as a convicted thief to Sandell, the gaoler at this
court, were charged with stealing a plate basket and con-
tents from the residence of Mrs. Maria Allen, a widow lady.
Lucy Thatcher, house servant to the prceecutrix, at 218.
Richmond-road, Seddon, said that on Tuesday, the 27th of
May last, while in a room adjacent to the dining apartment,
she heard the clatter of plate, and knowing that her mistress
had retired from the dinner table just previously she sus-
pected something wrong cud hurrying thither was startled at
perceiving through the partly-opened doorway the prisoner
Connor rapidly gathering up the spoons, knives, forks, ku.,
and fearful of confronting bun she ran to inform her landlady
and then opened the street door, but the thief had mean-
while escaped with his booty by the open window, and was
hurrying across the lawn ; she called to him ; he said some-
thirs unintelligible in reply and ran off in company with
another who bad stood outside the gate. That wan she
believed to be the prisoner Williams. She followed
them some distance calling, "Stop thief," bat they had
escaped. The property had not since been recovered.
These men are the sane who were apprehended on the 12th
Mat. by two constaides of the If division for a robbery of
plate it, the residence of Mr. Thomas Archer, a literary
gentleman, in Eleanor-road, Debtor), three days Previonl7,
on which occasion they left behind them on a side table
in the diniog•rooin two pole of mignionette. tak-
ing in lieu thereof 81. worth of table service, and
these very flower-pots gave a clue to the perpetrators of the
robbery, for the prisoners were sworn to by a lady living
close by Mr. Archer's as the men who oa the date mentioned
passed with the mignionette, by another lady as having
from the direction of Mr. Archer's without the pots,
Passed
carrying a plate basket instead, and lastly by a
woman servant at Eleanor-house, Richmond-road, as the
persons who had Bung the identical plate-basket into the
garden there, but which of course was empty.
Both men denied knowledge of the robberies named ; on
the way to the station when apprehended they dropped a
knife peculiarly adapted to the purposes of cutting putty
from panes of glass, and also a skeleton key. Robberies of this
kind are becoming general.
Fully committed for trial.
WEST'MINSTER.
THE FENALZ SWELL YOB AT THE
Mary Wood and Elizaheth Trigg, two very showily-
dressed women, attired in rich coloured silks, were placed
at the bar charged with attempting to pick pockets in the
International Exhibition.
Charles William Woodham, a commissionaire, said that
yesterday afternoon be was io the machine department of
the Exhibition, when a gentleman called his attention to
the two prisoners. He watched them, and saw the prisoner
Trigg put her hand under a lady's cape. The lady was
afterwards spoken to. bat had not lost anything from her
pocket as she had not brought out anything with her. He
gave the prisoners in chargo of a policeman.
Mr. Ingham —llreicribe particularly what either of the
prisoner* did that you yourself saw.
Witness —I saw the prisoner Trigg pot her head under
the lady's cape.
Mr. Ingham—Waa there not a great crowd of persons at
the Exhibition yesterday
Witness—There wore seven or eight close by the
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-.smutty
Mr. Ingham —I suppose there was al tumid a great deal of ----`• yri'a -
Ate aid been strengthened at the opening to the .
pushing and pothole about. Is there any further evidence!
Cosa. To require that the breech should be closed is use. 'l,
Sergeant Tanner—l am at the bead of the detective police
loss, nukes the waters which pass by the aqueduct can be op
at the Exhibition. I have no further evidence against the turned in another direction ; ,for assuredly the Middle level
prisoners, but they are both well known, and very expert
basks would give way, not being coostrw:ted to detain water •
thieves, and I thought it but right to bring them before you.
at any elevation beyond that required by the tidal delay. 1,..
Perham your worship will remand them.
The waters on the land cannot be decreased, therefore, 110,
Mr. Ingham—l do not think that there is sufficient proved
until means for grappling with the back waters are Bug- ti
to remand them upon.
an and carried into effect. We await, therefore, the 10,1
Sergeant Twiner—l thought you might consider it • cam
an onnoemeut by which this desirable effect te to be se- OM
for summary conviction—for being there with intent to, cured" EV
commit a felony ;for there can be no doubt what they were .—Norfolk New.
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there for. VIEW= CAPTTIRID BY THE FELIEII4I.B.—WAB/1- A,
Mr. Ingham—l do not think that there in enough proved imams. Jun 7.—The Providence (schooner), of NIMINIU, Ski
to Justify my so dealing with them. All that one of them N.P., which Gloated at that port for Baltimore with salt and WA
is seen to do is to place her hand under a lady's cape ; and cigars ; the Rebecca (schooner), of Nassau, N.P., which !!!!!
in the jostling and scuffling about of an assembly, such • cleared for St. John, N. 8., with salt ; and the La Croilla 711
th;ng might be accidental. I must discharge the prisone s. (schooner), alio of Nauman. and which also cleared there for 4:4
" Thank ye!" exclaimed both the ladies at once. St. John, N. 8., with groceries, were captured about 24 HA
Hr. Ingham pointed out that they should have been miles B.& of Charleston Bar previous to 30th of May by the 4.,1
watched • little longer. United States steamer Blenville. OM