The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-08 00:00:00

POLICE. v - _ZSTERDAY.

GUILDHALL: D ISEAS Ith SHEEP IN SMITHFIELD M A O.
ILET.—White, the sergeant of the market, informed the
magistrate 'that in consequence of the order, received
the bench on Friday last, relative to the introduction
of sheep affected with what was called " the small-pox" into
Smithfield market, he had communicated with theYeterthary
College, and after examining and testing the contagious
rectli" of the disease, the result showed that •
y healthy animal could, by mere approximation,
infected and die in the apace of nine days; while, by
the proem of inoculation the disease could be conveyed in
• much shorter period. It was highly dangerous to permit
sheep so affected to approach healthy animals.—Alderman
Musgrove directed that measures should be adopted to de-
stroy all sheep in a diseased state that might be brought
into the market.
WORSHIP-STREET.—Mniwurions Aware.— W. and
R. Fletcher were charged with having assaulted and wounded
W. Moore, who had sustained such Injuries that his life was
despaired of. Sergeant Teakle, of the H division, stated
that the occurrence in question arose out of • casual ahem.
don which took place between the parties about ten days
since at a public.house in Spitalfields, on leaving which a
desperate attack wes made upon the injured man, who was
severely kicked and beaten, and had since been confined to
his bed in a meet precarious state ; and he had ascertained
that morning that no hopes of his recovery were entertained.
Mr. Arnold proceeded to the residence of Moore, and his de-
position was taken. vie.:—On the night of Monday, the 27th
ult., I went to the Pheenix public-house, in Brick-lane,
Spitalfields, to attend • concert, at which I was called upon
to take the chair. There were about seventy persons pre-
sent. I had some words with the prisoners, who began to
talk about fighting with my brother George, end R. Fletcher
commenced an attack upon him, after which they
all left the house. On reaching the street W. Fletcher
struck me a violent blow on the mouth and another
on the ear, by which I was knocked down, and while on
the ground I received a kick on the right ear, but cannot
state by whom it was inflicted. I bled very much from the
mouth and ear, and have been in great pain ever since. I
never bad a quarrel with the prisoners, nor entertained any
ill-feeling towards them. The magistrate directed SUM-
mouses to be issued to enforce the attendance of the prin-
cipal witnesses who were present on the occasion, as they
were reluctant to come forward, on the ground that they had
been threatened with personal violence by some of the pri-
soners' friends if they ventured to give evidasee.—la answer
to the charge, the prisoner W. Fletcher stated that the affair
bad originated in the pugnacious disposition of the wounded
man, who offered to back his own brother to fight his brother
Richard for a sovereign, end afterwards challenged and
struck him (the prisoner), and he certainly returned the
blows, but acted throughout in self-defence.—The prisoner
was remanded for • week upon bail.
BOUTHWARK.—TeIiNINO A MAN ore or POSSESSION.
—A'. Edson was charged with assaulting • broker's man,
and turning him out of poseention.—Mr. Cox, a broker, said
that he was employed by Mr. Cook, the landlord of a house
on Wellington-terrace, Waterloo-road, which was occupied
by the prisoner, to detrain for rent. As soon as he had
taken the inventory, and left • man in poseession, the pri-
soner struck the latter and threw him out of the house.
Witness went back to the hence, and the prisoner attempted
to throw him down stairs.—The prisoner said he was not
aware what the document was that the man showed
him. He was fined 40s. for the assault on the man, or
one month's imprisonment, and 40s. for the assault on
Mr. Cox, or another month's imprironment.—Mr. Cox said
that all the goods had since been taken away.—Mr. Cotting-
ham said that in that ease he could not deal with the pri-
soner. The landlord must indict hint at the sessions for the
fraud.—He was then committed for trial.
LAMBETH.—Exenetens or SANITARY IMPROVEMENT.
—Some weeks ago Mr. Ellis and Mr. Body, inhabitants of
St. Mary's, Newington, were summoned to this court at the
instance of the governors and guardians of that parish, for
permitting on their premises the accumulation of offensive
matter. The cases having been made out to the satisfaction
of the magbarate, be made an order for the removal of the
nuisance. On the 15th of the last month the same parties
were again summoned and called on to show cause why the
one, Mr. Ellis, should not have an order made upon him for
the payment of 241.84. to the governors and guardians of the
parish, and the other, Mr. Body, for 211. 15e. Bd. for their
costs and expenses in the matter. From what then trans-
pired, it appeared that the parish authorities, instead of
having the matter attended to by their beadle, handed the
cases over to Mr. Gedye, their clerk and solicitor, and that
gentleman made out a long professional bill of items amount-
tag severally to the above sums. The defendants objected to
the payment of these sums, and Mr. Body declared that he
removed the nuisance as soon as it was objected to.—
Mr. Elliott admitted that the refusal on the part of the de-
fendants to pay such bills was perfectly reasonable, and he,
as a magistrate, could not think of compelling them. The
cases, he said, might have been managed by the pariah
beadle ; at all events there was no necessity for employing a
solicitor in the matter and making out bills of costs—The
clerk of Mr. Gedye said the charges were those usually made
by solicitors in professional matters—Yesterday, the clerk of
Mr. Gedye informed Mr. Elliott that the guardians would be
perfectly satisfied with any sum which has worship thought
proper to award.—Mr. Elliott then went through the items
of the lengthy bills; and that of Mr. Ellis he reduced to
31. 14,.4d., and that of Mr. Body to 21. 19s. 10d.
THAMES.—DIFFICeLTY Or /DITTIES A WARRANT—
Mr. J. Stolle, vinegar manufacturer, of Christian-street, St.
George's in the East, applied to Mr. Yardley, under the
following circumstances .—A abort time since • German,
named August Hartmann, obtained from the applicant, as
be alleged, by false pretences, goods amounting to the sum
of 3001., with which he absconded. The applicant offered a
reward of 201. for his apprehension. He had reason to
suppose that the man was in Liverpool, endeavouring to
procure a passage to America. Applicant went there, but
the superintendent of the Liverpool police (Mr. Dowling)
refused to undertake the responsibility of arresting him'
without a warrant from the magistrate of the-district in
which the offence was committed. He had traced
him to Portsmouth, and, fearful of encountering
the same difficulties, the applicant reminded Mr.

Yardley that he had applied on the previous morning
for a warrant, which war refused, Mr. Stolle being
referred to the polite. Be had been to the commissioners
at Scotland.yard, and they told him he ought to have Mr.
Yardley's warrant.—Mr. Yardley: I do not derive my
judgment from Scotland-yard. I tell you my warrant
would be perfectly useless. If the cue is as strong as you
represent it, give him into the custody of the police wherever
you find him—Mr. Stolle : But the police will not take him
without your warrant, which, if I had, a policeman could go
down with me and apprehend him. The commissioners tell
me so.—Mr. Yardley : I tell you once more I differ from the
commissioners. My warrant is useless ; and if you cannot
understand me, or will not understand me, at any rate you
will understand I will not grant you a warrant —The appli-
cant retired in greet dudgeon, expressing his opinion of the
difficulty of any plain man at common and not legal sense,
understanding how to proceed, where there were such very
conflicting and contradictory opinions.