The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL,

Thomas McLaren was summoned by the Inspectors of
Newgate-market for unlawfully exposing for sale certain
portions of a sheep that were totally unfit for human food.
Fisher, one of the inspectors said he saw parts of a sheep'
which were evidently in a diseased and rotten condition,'
exposed for sale on a stall in College-market, Warwick-
lane, and the defendant was apparently superintending the
sale of it. Witness immediately seised the meat sod had
it since destroyed.
Inspector Pocklington said he saw the sheep on the morn-
ing of Saturday last in the shop of a salesman of the name
of Poole, having had his attention drawn to it by the de-
fendant, and Mr. Poole promised him he would send it to
the boilers' to be destroyed ; but it appeared that the de-
fendant afterwards bought it, and it was cut into joints for
sale.
The defendant said he bought it of Mr. Poole for another
party, and paid at the rate of 2d. per lb. for the sheep as it
was.
Poeklington said that Mr. Poole bad not kept his promise,
and in disposing of the diseased sheep at 2d. per lb. he
must have been aware that the defendant was buying
it for human food, for that price was far beyond its value

APOTHECARIES' HALL. Names of gentlemen for boiling down purpcn es. .
who passed their examination in the science and practice Alderman Finnis said that Pocklington had not done his
of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thum ditty in a proper manner, for had he seized the sheep when
day, June 30, 18.53 :—William Naylor Kempliter, Whit- he first saw it, as he aught to have done, it would never
church, Salop ; Michael Fenton, Manifold, Dublin • George have found its way into the defendant's hands, and he
Yestes Hunter, jun., Magate ; St. John Edwards, London ; would not then have been brought into this difficulty.
Thomas Hiller, Stroud, Gloucestershire ; Richard Clee Pocklington said he thought he could have depended
Heighway, Shrewsbury ; Kennedy Gill, Accrington. upon Mr. Poole's word of honour.
LONDON HOCK COMPANY.—The yearly general Alderman Finnis said Pocklington had taken a very im-
i
n Princes.street, roper responsibility upon himself. Ile liked to see even
House,
meetlng of this company was held yesterday, at the Dockess
Powles, Es .street, Bank ; John Cattley, Esq., took ,
the secretary, read the Banded justice meted out to both rich and poor; and not,
the chair. J.
as in the present ease, where the unwholesome meat was
D. q.
port of the directors, from which it appeared that the re-
overlooked while in the possession of the rich man, the
ceipts for the six months were 2'26,8691. 164.3 d., and the wholesale dealer, and seized directly it finds its way into
the hands of the poor man. It was quite natural that the
expenditure was 132,9751. fit. 91. The number of loaded
defendant should think the meat was fit for human food,
ships which entered the docks was 606, measuring 154,194 after having drawn the inspector's attention to it, and then
tons. The accounts before the meeting showed that the ba-
not finding it seized and condemned. Under these circum-
-263,9931. 2a. 4d., out of which • dividend at the rate of slance standing to the credit of profit and loss account was tances he should dismiss the summons and recommend de-
fendant to summon Mr. Poole for his money back.
de-
-21. 10s. for the hall-year was recommended. The stock
of goods in warehouses was 98,506 tons. The rest of the MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
report was taken up by a very able correspondence on the Joseph Dye, a person having the appearance of a respects.
part of the chairman, Mr. Cattley, and Mr. J. D. Towles, ble mechanic, was charged with having violently assaulted
the secretary, with the government, in which they pointed his wife.
oat the evil consequences to this company and the crone. The complainant, a little delicate looking woman, said ,
mezoe of London, from the vexatious proceedings of the she had been married about seven mouths to the defendant, '
Board of Customs ; and sought redress for the legal en. Since her marriage her husband had repeatedly ill used her.
penses incurred by the company, to the extent of 11,0001., She could not tell the reason why, as she was always,
through the proceedings and unsustained charges of the obedient to his wishes. On the last occasion they were
Board of Customs. The replica on the part of the Treasury sitting at supper, when her husband gave her a smack on
to the various letters seemed to be a mere evasion of going the face. She went out of the room to avoid further
into the merits of the ease, because it happened under the violence, and, in a few minutes afterwards she was about to
former government. The report was adopted, and the go tobed,when her husband flew into a passion at being asked
dividend of 21. 10s. for the half-year was agreed to unani- why he struck her, and saying that, as he could not break
slowly. A vote of thanks was passed unanimously to the her heart he would break her head, gave her a tremendous
Chairman, the Court of Directors, and to Mr. Fowles, the blow on the eye, which made her for a moment after think
secretary, when the misting adjoared. her eye had been knocked sat. SW prayed her hatband

!nut to ill use her any owe, but he attacked her with still
treater fury, and then tdowitta tt:t the curdle took up the
I heal of hi. (mot to best le-r w ith. Ile said be woul I not
murecr her outright as his life was to 3 valuable for him to
I.e homed nn her utcount, and tntu tailing her t 3 go to
he.% swore he would ki.l her if she mode any noise sr as to
Bonn the Me got in!u bed. anti th r. her
huaband came to the aide and gars her such a drc-dful
blow an the face that fearirg she should be murdered she
rushed out of the roam, and ran far protection into the
ronnt of a lodger.
! The complement here produced her night clothe?, which
bfrnotondt.he dreadful iujurics she had reteired were snaked in

A lodger named Sanh Sheppard, said the complainant
when she made her way iuto her room was in a "gore of
blood." The complainant was a hardworking, tidy oho-
diect little woman. The husband appeared sharp to her,
but othetwise was sober and s.eady.
Mr. Bingham sal f these eases of violent outrages on weak
and unotf•nding women must b.') repressel. Even if there
had been provocation that would not have justified ouch
violence, but there had really been none, and the fact
added to the presdous ill usage made it cleta that the de-
fendant only desired to give loose to a brutal temper. lie
should put the new law in force by um:tatting the de-
fe,dlant fir six weeks to prison.