The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-18 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Three strong welbdressed young men, whogave the names
of James Marriott, John Allen, and Laurence Merril',
were charged with • violent attack on Mr. W. Job North-
cott, tailor, of Chapel-street, Lamb's Conduit street, in
Long-acre, at three (-o'clock in the morning.
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The prosecutor, examined—l was returning home, through
Long-acre, at about three o'clock in the morning of the
12th inst.. when I saw three men coming towards me. Two
of them (Marriott and Allen) came up to me, and Marriott
struck me • severe blow at the back of my neck, which
felled me to the ground, where I received a kick in my
back. Allen kept me down, and attempted to ride my
pocket'. I struggled with him, and cried " police," when
the approach of a constable alarmed the prisoners, and they
ran off without having succeeded in robbing me. I could
not indentify the third man.
Edward Macgloin, 40 F, deposed to having wen the pro-
secutor on the ground, and three men upon him. They
started off on seeing witness, but hecaptured Allen, and sent
another officer after Marriott, who was also taken subse-
quently.
Gordon, 323 A, had seen all the three prisoners together
the same evening in company with • woman named Mit.
chell, and Sherriff appeared to be the worse for drink. Wit-
ness last saw them within 100 yards of the spot where the
attack on prosecutor took place.
of the F division, said—On
.hearing of the case,
and receiving a description of the prisoners, I went to 8,
Green-street, St. James's, and found the prisoner Marriott'
in the sioond-floor front-room, in bed. I told him I should
take him into custody for being concerned with "Donovan"
(Allan) in knocking • gentleman down in Long-acre. He
said, " All right, go quiet, and don't show me up." I found
between the bed and the mattress • life-preserver, a crow-
bar and jemmy, eight skeleton and pick-lock keys, &n. On
ti's same evening (12th inst.) I went to the Spies, and found
Shemff there. I had seen them together in Coram-street on
the evening before the robbery.
Sergeant Matthews had also seen tb 3111 together a few mi-
nutes before the robbery. They were well-known to the
police.
The prisoners denied the charge, and one of them wanted
to know what the gentlemen had tocomplidnof. He wasn't
robbed of anything.
Mr. Corrie committed them for trial, and hoped the
inspector would see that the prosecution was conducted by
counsel.

Allen—flint I allowed to ask the prosecutor a question ?
Mr. Corrie—You have bad every opportunity of doing so,
and you may do so still, although thecase is closed. What
do you want to ask him ?
Allen—Well, I want to ask him, if be was a respectable
member of society, what he was doing in the streets at 3
o'click in the morning.
Preston:or—l have already stated that I was returning
home from a gentleman's in Pimlico.
Prisoner—Wasn't you dead drunk?
Prosecutor —No. I was partly stunned from the effects
of the blow.

Prisoner—Why, you couldn't speak plain at the station.
Sherriff—l should like to know what there is against me.
The prosecutor has said he cannot identify me, and I can
prove that I was io bed at the time, drunk and incapable.
Mr. Corrie—You were seen in the company of the other
primeness shortly before the robbery, and the witnesses have
spoken to a third man concerned in the attack. That is the
evidirsie against you.
Marriott—]f the man has not been robbed what is there
against us?
Mr. Corrie—The offence of assaulting a man with intent
to rob him is just the same. The attempt is punishable for
life.