The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-09 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
navy; AT TER LAIR LORD PALMTRRTOWS TUIIIAL.
Juts Wood, 23, a peculiar looking man, evidently of
peat determination, was placed at the bar indicted for
attempting feloniously to stag a watch from the person of
• see, whose name is unknown ; he wee also indicted for
attempting feloniously to steal a scarf from the person of
• man whose name is unknown.
William Pound, a detective, 225 P, said that on the
afternoon of the day upon which the late lamented Lord
Palmerston was buried in Westminster Abbey he was on
duty on thOweet side of Weatminster.bridge where there
was a large crowd. He saw the prisoaer with another man
together. The prisoner took hold of • gentlemaa's watch
okain bat did not noosed in taking it. They left
that gentleman and went to another. the prisoner
standing by hie side and his companion behind. They
carefully lifted on one side a gentleman's oast and felt shoot
his waistoost for his watch, and did so dexterously do it that
the gentleman did not know it. They then followed another
patterns° who wore a large pin, the prisoner held
his left hand up to the gentleman's face, and
with the right hand tried to remove his pin, mi.
they failed in this and walked oe,and witueas followed them
until he came to a constable in plain clothes. Witmer then rt.
tried to apprehend the two, bet only succeeded in taking se.
the prisoner into onstody.
James Cobbett, warder of the House of Correction, Cold. st
bath-fields, said he had known the prisoner for • bog time ;
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in March, 1863, at them seseksis, he was convicted of lex- II
Is and was sentenced to eighteen seoethe imprisooment.
Is April last be wee sentenced st the Oeatial Criminal up
Aleut to six montha' imprisonment, for stealing from the
perm°. sc.
The prisoner wee found Guilty.
Mr. J. Payne said aa it wee a misdemeanour he could not
sentence the prisoner to pout servitude, but he coast have
the longest term of taievisseweent, via. tea Years. at.
as.
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THE POLICE COURTS.
gam DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-13TRIUIT. it.
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urton, • sleek in the office of Hasa.84.
Henryry
Horne, railway carriers, itagentotrais,, Piccadilly, wee er
charged before Mr. Barker with stealing two bottles of wine es.
from • hamper, the property of bia employers. Bt.
Mr. Alesooder Harley, a gentleman,ruidag at Baku- St.
ham, Heat, said—Yesterday evening, about a (muter to In
6, I was walking down the Regent-circus, whim my en
attendee was attracted to • person in the railway anis, 17;
with his hood under the lid of a hamper on the floor. Ism og,
the parson (who is the prisoner) obstruct two or three Wiled •
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from the hamper cad place them behind aboard the et.
office. lat once went to the corner of the Maas and cad LW,
the attention of a constable to the matter, and co,vt
returning to the place we witnessed the pamper Win jei;
up the hamper with • pis.* of string. The cottst•bis
regnested see to go into the office with him. I did so, St.
and stated to the official what I bad seen, and fermented Si.
t.
him to let me look behind the board, and there found two
bottles of wise which I handed to the constable. The uri-
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sour was about to speak, but I told him I thought he in
better reserve what be had to say. sPolicsacestabie George Wood, 80 —On being spoken to i•
by Mr. Harley I went sad looked through the window and M.
sew the primmer doing eatiething to a hamper and author
man bend • piece of string, and the prisoner tied et.
up the hamper spin, tying it in two places, the man who rt:
heeded him the string being on the other side of the FA.
counter. I then went inside asking Mr. Harley to snow at.
pony me. Mr. Harley then stepped behind the counter, et.
and took the two bottles from behind a board and handed 10
them to me. The manager then oame down into the office 1.1.
and said the primmer had no bussioses to open the hamper
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and I then took the prisoner Into custody.
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Mr. Harley—l wish to add that the ncipal id, "Oh, a,
you are ought at last," on his comingpri down tosa the offloe,
and he* told what had occurred.
Mr. Walter Harwell, manger of the office of Messrs. A.—
Horns, Regentoirous, raid—The prisoner was employed
in the offiee se owartast book-keeper. I was up- me
stairs, and on casing down I sew Mr. Harley and a poliow
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constable in the office with two bottles Were them. I
whed what was the matter, and Mr. Harley said he bed
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seen the prisoner open the hamper and take eat two bottles no
of wine. The bottles of wine were produced, and I
then said to the prisour, " You are caught at IS.
last," my Mien for making the remark being that MOM 111
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before the prisoner was caught taking bottles out of a
hamper, sad ea my speaking seriously to him he mid that the let.
neck of the bottle protruding he had taken it out to re- ge
peek it.
Mr. Harley—l understand that the man who handed the 100
Primus the pesos of string is in the employ of the Great WI
Easters Railway. lee
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The prisoner said that six hampers came into the of
and hewing some of the bottles rattle he opened one goo
to repack it, but was interrupted by other hostages. He lee
en w just about to hash the job when the gentlem LOS
an lee
sodconstable walked in and starred him with
stealing the wine. The gentleman told him sot to say any.
thing, sod he did not, and was afterwards locked up. IS
Mr. Barker—l shall remand the primmer, and my own
opinion is that the other man ought to be here.
Mr. Haricty—l have emu forward solely on politic eh
grounds, feeling it my duty to do so, being connected with :I
several railways.
Mr. Barker retuned bail. IN
CROWLII.—• Qtran orrurcz. le
111.
Win. Pike, of kdwiewroad, Park-rood, Old Kent-rod,
was charged by Mr. Wm. Lou, of the Royal Society for the ..1146
Pruentan of erneity to Animals, with cruelty to • horse le'
by working it while in • totally unfit state. sa.
Rutherford, allow of the society, proved hieing the de- go
fandsat drain a horse attached to • cart in Regentatreet.
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The defendant was jerking the reins and flogging the home 114.
to get it along. On eramiehg the horse he found it was N.
dead lame in ooe of the forelegs through a dimmed fetlock I.
joint, end that it was ally able to use three lege. It was es.
trembling from pain, and the sweat was dropping off it.
On asking the defendant why he worked the hem. be
said "Oh be can do it. It won't hurt him. He's been
lame some time, but it's a case of necessity. and I was
obliged to bring him out." The horse was totally unfit for
work.
The defendant said he worked for a laundress, and the
linen had to go home.
The magistrate said the horse was not to be ill-treated
because peeseu wanted their linen.
The defendant wu fined 104., or seven days.
THAMES.
WOCNDDIG. 10.%
Mary Buckley, • middlwaged and dissipated woman, was go,
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting • SO
young man named William Hea. 10.1
The oomplainant's bad was enveloped le email 10..1
bandages, with the worde Load= Hospital Opted in cot
large capitals thereat. He was very weak from so
loos of blood and pale as • spectre. He said he go,(
was at the corner of White Horecreourt, Whiteehapel, 21,1
last night, end while in conversation with a young women 00.4
he kept company with, the prisoner, her husband, and 110.!
others pissed and insulted them. The prisoner made a lilt
vulgar noise with bee month, and applied offensive epithets 40
to him. He pushed her down, and she got c
up and seized • brick with which she struck 155,1
hint • violent blow oo the head, inflicting a et
large wound which bled copiously. He was carried to the 10.
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London Hospital, and his wound was dressed. ent
Mr. Partridge—Wen you sober? 110,1
Witness—Yes, sir ; I am a teetotaller. 10.1
Martha Healey, • young woman, was called to confirm skl
the statement of her sweetheart, witch she did, and was 1
sicked by the magistrate if the complainant did not push the
woman down. 16.
Witness—l
did not see that. 11.0
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Mr. Partridge—The young man said be did push her It
down.
The prisoner—He knocked me down, and I have wit- It%l
ores to es prove it. e,
Mr. Partridge—You will enter into your own recogni- I*(4'l
maces to keep the pace. tel
Mr. Pyer, the thief clerk—You hereby neknowledge 11e,1
yourself indebted to our *overdo lady the Qseee in the fel.l
sum of 201. on condition that you keel, the Met and be of 44
tbj, 104(

good behavior to all her llafesty's subjects, and orpeoiall 'oy
to William Hee, for the next M i
x moothe. Are you content ",
The prisoner—Quite content, your honour. God bleat Ti f(
the Queen ; owe her 901. sa bug us I live. ISA
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The men charged with the daring garotte robbery s.t
of Mr. Cox, of Dirby, were yesterday seat for trial at the r 1
Derby Assizes. The evidence against them leaves very 54(
little doubt of their conviction for this violent outrage. ikt
4.1
The long-disputed question of a site for the new 1,(
town-hall of Manchester wu settled yesterday at a $.•..!
meeting specially called to decide it. The resolution irr
submitted by Alderman Heywood proposed to sp. Pkt
ply to puliament for powers to purchase the pro. 2:
parties required for the erection of a tows-hall on the OA
Town'ryard site, as well as to make the necessary arrange. :::41€
mute to complete Albert-square and widen Prhiesse-strest. tc(
It was met by an amendment in favour of further inquiry2l,‘
into the cost of the project ; but on a division the amend.
meat was lost by a majority of 16 in an assembly of 58, Skt
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and the original resolutioa was afterwards adopted. 10,
"We learn," says the Patric, " that the ;I'm- te.t
purr Maximilian has addressed to his Minister of the Lm litj
terior • letter recommending him to take the seesaw 0,
resseures for preventing the relatives of the sr r.l
President Juan; who have had nothing to do with
politics, from being molested by the local authorities.
The same letter announces that the Emperor
papaws to offer, in the same of the ocitintry, a purism to
Juarez, so that be may be able to live respectably in foreign
parts, and sods by declaring that his Majesty hops; from
1110 sppurement eI seimosities, to be able in • few yews In
authorise the ex-president and his family is Inhabit the
Mexteur tsaltory."

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1865.

bobbin to carry out the recoestruction of the company
and sale of the property and works, apes such term as
the members
direct and er
The annual meeting of the London Engineering
and Iron Ship Building Company (Limited) is con-
vened for the 23rd instant, when a dividend is to
be declared.
A general meeting of the Madras Irrigation and
Canal Company is called for the 29th inst., and a
meeting of the East India Irrigation and Canal
Company for the 30th.
A general meeting of the proprietors of the Bank
of British North America is convened for the bth
December.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Leeds Woollen Extract and Spinning Company
(Limited) will be closed on Saturday next, the lit
instant., for London, and on Monday, the 13th, for
the country.
With reference to the market for American secu-
rities, Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite reports as follows :
In the Loudon market for Accede's securities there his
been no recovery from the depression reported is our last.
Large sales of United States Goverament Bonds ham takes
place, but the demand from the Contiust kering ribecebeff
all offered. the prim boa not altered on the week. Os
Thursday last, both Illinois and Erie shares were much
for We, and experienced & decline el 2 dolt. each.
ruetThl later more favourable quietism reesived frees New
York has tamed a reaction to about the same prier se
ruled this day wmk. Illinois aiming 811 to e, and fries 531
to e. The market closes dull is toss.