The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

Verdict, Guilty. Sentence, ten years' transportation.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Jcrennah Madden, an Irish tailor, was brought before
Alderman Bunter, charged with having stabbed Charles
Connor, a person of the same country and trade, in the
breast with a pair of scissors.
The prosecutor said about one o'clock this morning I
went with two young men, who are friends of mine, L'at
Regan and William White, to sleep at a house in Widegate-
street, Bishopsgate-street. I was the first that went up-
stairs, and I opened the bedroom door and went over to the
window. I was not aware that the prisoner was then in
the room. I had no candle, but could see from the light of
the window. The prison. r rushed at me, and stablo.d me
in the left side close to the heart with a pair of scissors.
Alderman Hunter—Rad he threatened you previously
Prosecutor—No, I never knew be was near till he

stabbed me.
Alderman Hunter—Had you no quarrel or words with
Dim ?

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Prosecutor—About twelve months ago I bad some words
with him, but not since that time. He does not lire in the
house.

Alderman Hunter—Did you see the scissors in his hand ?
Prosecutor—No ; but it wasfound afterwards in the bed.
I did not know what he stabbed me with. I bled all the
way from NV hitectiapel to the London Hospital, where my
wound was examined and dre,sed.

Alderman Hunter—And did he make use of any words
when he stabbed you ?
. Prosecutor—No ; but he said immediately after he stabbed
' me that he would stick the first person that came in his
way. I was quite sober at the time. I had been in his
company on Sunday night, at a public-house in l'etticont-
lane, ant Pat Regan and William White were with me. We
had a pot of beer there. He was going to speak to me and
I offered him the beLr, and said to him " Drink first and
speak afterwards." Bly father had paid for the pot of bier.
The prisoner said he had himself paid for it, but I denied
that he had. Afterwards he and one of the young men
who was with me had • couple of blows together. The
public house was closed at the time. I had gone to my own
home to go to bed, but it was too late to get in.
The prisoner—Were there not six or seven men and •
couple of women in the house, that came for the purpose
of beating me ?
Prosecutor—No ; I only saw two or throe men there,
and I didn't see a woman at all there.

Alderman Ilunttr (to the prosecutor)—Did you strike
the prisoner?
Prosecutor—No, my lord, I never struck him at all. It
was another young man who was in the house that struck
him.

The prow:mu—Several persons attacked me, and cruelly
beat me about, and the prosecutor was one of them.
The prisoner was then remanded, the Alderman observ-
ing that theme wu a very serious one.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Gabriel Martel, Andrew Glazer, and Jaques Triable,
three Frenchmen, were brought before Mr. Hardwick,
charged with the following serious offence:
Ann Clancy, of No. 18, Dudley-street, St. Giles, a woman
of the town, said abort half-past twelve last night the pri-
soners Queer and Trialne met her, and invited her to have
something to drink. She went into • public-house with
the two prisoners and had some ale. After • short time she
went out with the prisoners into another public-house, and
had some gin. They came out together, and then queer
raked her to accompany him to his chambers. She declined
to do so, and also refused to allow him to accompany her
home, as she lived in lodgings. The prisoner Hexer had
hie arm round her waist, but upon her refusing to
take him to her lodgings, he suddenly pulled his
hand away from her, and as she was falling to
the ground, she felt • sharp pain. She called out to
another female who was with her, and immediately
Trialne ran up to her and kicked her several times vio-
lently in an uu-English fashion. She managed to rise, and
on placing her hand on her hack she felt a stream of blood
running down her clothes. She ceded out she was stubbed,
and ;ntmediately afterwards fell down senseless. She was
taken to the hospital and received immediate attention. A
wound ander her left side, piercing through the body, was
found.

Catherin c fleeces, No. 6, Short's•gardens, said she was
i in a public-,~nose in Losig-acre that morning, when the two
prisoners Quz ir and Trialne came into the house and called
fur some malt 11.quor. In a few minutes afterwards a wo-
man and two pob'ee constables rushed into the house, and
the woman, pointii'g to the Frenchmen, said "They aro
the men." Wetness paw Queer throw something on the
door, and as soon as the policeman had taken the prisoner.
away, she mentioned to the landlord what she had seen.
The landlord looked about the door, but could see nothing.
Witness mado a search, and found a dagger knife, which
she gave to the landlord.
John Firman, tailor, said he waa coming out of the
Grapes, in Compton-street, last night, when he saw the two
simian and two JOBOl wamoa is the street talking

thee. The wounded female, Money was one of them.i
Witness saw Tristan kick Clancy more than once in an
Wantons manner. Quzer was in the road, and he called
out " Come on." He had a knife in his hand. The wo-
man Clancy called out "1 am stabbed." A policeman
came up, and the two prisoners ran away. Witness saw
the third prisoner, Martel, lying down by a shop, after
' Claney was kicked.
Margaret Kearns, prostitute, was with Chien when they
met the prisoners Queer and Trialne. Soon afterehis Martel
came up and asked her to have something to drink. She
consented, and after taking some ale the prisoner Martel
wished her to go home with him. She refused, and he then
seized her and (evened on one of her fingers with his teeth
until he made them meet. The prisoner Martel then made
his escape. Witness went with Claney and the other two
prisoners into another public•house, and had some more
drink. When they came out Qusey spoke to Clancy, and
witness hearing a scream looked rour.d and saw Claney on
the ground. She went back, and found that Claney had
been stabbed. The prisoners rac away.
Josiah Bannister saw a scuffle and heard Clancy scream.
Saw her fall, and ran to pick her up. Blood was running
down her b.,ck. She said the Frenchman had stabbed her.
Edwin Button, engineer, saw a foreigner with a knife in
his hand. Saw him stab a woman. Tried to catch hold of
the foreigner, but he made his escape.
John Martin saw Martel lift up Clancy and then kick
her violently. Saw Quz-y with a knife, and saw him rush
over to Claney and then run off.
The three prisoners were remanded till Saturday.
./oho /foyers was brought before Mr. Bingham for final
ezauninatien, on the charge of having stolen a silver spoon,
the property of the Earl of Lucas.
Wilii.ins l'eto deposed that he was assistant to Mr.
Vaughan, pawnbroker, of IG3, Osford-street, and that on
NVeduestiay, the 27th of July, the prisoner came into the'
shop, and offered him the silver spoon produced for sale.
Witness asked him where begot it from, when he replied
that a man had sent Dim with it. Witness told him to send
the man to him, which he declined doing. Witness then
gave him into custody.
l'ulice-constable Lister, 146 1), said he was called into
Mr. Vaughan's shop and took the prisoner into custody.
He told witness that he bad picked up the spoon in the
street, and that he swept a crossing near Ilanover-square.
Inconsequence of this, witness made inquiries in the neigh-
bourhood, and tound out the owner of the spoon.
William Wood, under butler to the Earl or Lucan,
20, llsooser•square, stated that the prisoner had occa-
sionally been employed to run of errands by his lord-
ship's servants. The spoon produced was the property of his
lordship.
The prisoner, who persisted in adhering to the state-
ment he hail made to the policeman, was committed for
trial.

SOCTUWARK.
Ju/in Andrews, cab-driver, (badge No. 74) was summoned
before Mr. A'Beckett, under the New Cab Act, for exacting
double his fare from Mr. Edward Potts, of the Southwark-
bridge-road.
The complainant stated that on Wednesday last, at six
o'clock in the evening, he engaged the defendant on the
cab rank near the station king William•street, London-
bridge, to drive him to the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway terminus, on the Surrey side of the bridge.
Being considerably under themile, he handed the defendant
sixpence, as his lawful fare. He looked at the coin with
disdain, saying " that was nor his fare; he must have six-
pence more." Witness told him that he was under a mis-
take, and took out his carder's! another sixpence, otfcriag
him to select one of the two. Defendant said has was en-
titled to the sixpence, and he took it out of his hand.
The defendant's master here interrupted the proceedings,
by stating that he had been in his service twenty-one years,
and the mistake he believed occurred through the strike.
Mr. Alleckett said his remarks were quite irrelevant to
the charge. The strike had nothing to do with his extor-
tion. lie wished to know what defendant had to coy in
answer to the complaint.
The defendant said the gentleman gave him sixpence
when he put him down, and he thought that he was
entitled to a shilling, therefore he begged his pardon and
told him so.

Mr. Alleckett said that was all nonsense. He must hare
been aware that under the new act he was not entitled to
mere than sixpence a mile.
The di fendent thought that after their strike he was
entitled to a shilling ter any distance under two miles. All
his brother cabmen and the masters had told him so, and
that was the reason be took the shilling from the gen-
tleman.

Mr. A'Beckstt remarked that there could be no doubt
that he and his fellow.tabmen would like to make such an
absurd law for themselves, but he was inclined to believe
that parliament would never pass anything so ridiculous.
He had been guilty of extortion and must pay the penalty.
The defendant hoped his worship would not impose any
penalty, as it was quite a mistake.
Mr. Alleckett had no doubt that he thought the gentle-
man was going out of town, and would sooner pay him the
extra sixpence than have any further trouble about it. He
was, however, very glad that he had brought this case be-
fore him, as it must be known to cabmen that they could
not bo allowed to rob the public with impunity. He should
inflict a penalty of 20s. on the defendant, with 21. costs and
Gd. the extra tare extorted from Mr. Potts.

The defendant's master immediately paid the money.
Daniel 31Warthy, a spiteful-looking lad, about fourteen
years of age, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged
with the following assault upon Henry James Brown, a little
fellow not more than ten or eleven years of age.
Complainant, who exhibited two large wounds on the
crown of his head, stated, that on Saturday afternoon, a
little before five o'clock, he was proceeding along Hickman's
Folly, Dockhead,when some lad near him threw some nettles
at the prisoner. The latter immediately came behind wit-
ness and struck him twice on the top of his head with
a brick or stone, seriously cutting him, when
he immediately ran away, and he (complainant) was taken
to a surgeon's, who shaved the upper portion of his head
and strapped up the wounds.
The prisoner declared that the complainant struck him
first, and other bur annoyed him.
Complainant said he hai nothing to do with the other
lads, and he never went near the prisoner to strike him.
Police constable 197 M said he saw the lad immediately
after he had received the wounds, and suspecting that they
might be dangerous he went to the prisoner's lodgings, and
took him into custody. Witness produced a certificate from
a surgeon at Lockheed, who had attended the complainant,
which set forth that the wounds might be attended with
serious. consequences.
Mr. A' Beckett said, that even if the complainant had
thrown the nettles at him be was not justified in such a
brutal attack on a lad wrench younger than himself. He
did not know what might be the result of it, therefore he
should remand him until Wednesday next.