The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-08 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MAILYLEBONE.

Charles Baring was charged with having committed a
burglary at the residence of in. Price, of No. 4, Norfolk-
cement, Hyde-park.
Charles Carr, the footman, deposed that on the previous
evening, at a few minutes past nine, he heard a ring at the
visitors' bell, and on his going up stairs anti opening the
front door, be saw the prisoner, who asked him if James,
a servant whom witness succeeded, was within; he was
told that he quitted his situation about two months ago,
and had gone to live with a family in Westbourne-terrace.
He then west away, sad in half an hour afterwards, while
witness was sitting in the kitchen, he beard a noise in the
hall. He ran up stairs, and called out " who's there ?" but
receiving no answer, he retraced his steps, and having pro-
cured a light, came up again into the hall, accompanied by
his brother, who happened to be in the hence at the time.
He (witness) then beheld the prisoner standing by the
front ;door, which was closed, and he was fumbheg at
the lock, evidently with the intentioa of getting
out. Witness asked him what he was doing ? to
which he replied, "nothing." He had with him
two bundles which, on hie being laid hold, of, he dropped
—one of the said bundles had in it a splendid timepiece, and
the other a tin cash-box—the former had been stolen from
the drawing-room, and the latter from Mrs. Price's bed-
room ; the prisoner by struggling managed to open the
door and make his egress from the premises, but witness
pursued him and he was speedily captured in the Edgware-
road. Witness told Mtn that he had been robbing his
(witness's) mistress's house, and he denied that he had ever
been at the premises.
William Cur corroborated a portion of his brother's
statement. .

Irvine. 220 I), said that the prisoner, when taken into
custody by him for the robbery, expressed his willingness
to go to the station, remarking that it was all a " mistake."
(The timepiece and cash box were here produced by the
officer; they had been handed to him by the first
witness, by whom the discovery of the plunder was made.)
Upon searching the prisoner prior to his being locked up
witness found in his possession three keys, a screwdriver, a
broken chisel, and some inciter matches. Witness added
that he went back to the house accompanied by Sergeant
Walker, and that the only conclusion that could be come
to was that the prisoner had effected an entry by climbing
up the railing close to the door and throwing up the dining.
room window. There were some footmarks on the rails, as
also upon the window sill. In Mrs. Price's bedroom a por-
tion of a screw driver was discovered, and the implement
had no doubt been used in attempting to force open a
wardrobe, upon which were many marks corresponding
with the size of the screw driver alluded to.
It was stated that Mrs. Price was in the country, but that
she was expected to arrive in London in the evening (yes-
terday).
The prisoner was remanded.

G,orge Clark, aged 33 years, a travelling tinker, was
charged with having committed a murderous assault upon
a brother tinker named Joseph Addison, by striking him
upon the bead with a brazier's hammer.
The prosecutor's head was bound up, and he appeared to
have been very seriously injured. He was in tho first in-
stance placed in the dock on the charge of being drunk and
incapable of taking care of himself on the previous night,
but the magistrate immediately discharged him, as he con-
sidered he hid been severely punished by the blow he bad
received through his indiscretion of imbibing too fre ily.
The complainant was then sworn, and he stated that he
was a travelling tinker, and when he was not tenon his
rounds he lived at No. 8, Gray's-buildings, Marylebone.
The prisoner was a tinker, and they had travelled together
for many plan, and Led always lived together up9n the
best of terms. They had been drinking rather freely on
the previous evening, and the prisoner struck him over the
left eye with the hammer in their barrow.
Mr. Beadon inquired if the bone had been fractured.
Sergeant Kelly, of the T division, said there was no
fracture, and the surgeon who hail examined the wonai
thought there was no immediate danger. The hammer had
struck the bone over the eye, and had cut the skin com-
pletely across, so that it fell over. When the surgeon
dressed the wound he stated, that if the hammer had struck
the forehead half an inch higher, there was no doubt but
that the blow would have proved fatal.
It further appeared that the quarrel took place between
the tinkers in the Uxbridge-road, Hammersmith, about
half-past eleven o'clock at night. They were both drunk,
and the prisoner, while in a state of madness, took the
hammer from the barrow and struck his companion down.
He rolled into a ditch at the side of the road, where he was
found bleeding from the wound over the eye, and in a state
of insensibility. lie was token to the station in a cab, and
upon his recovery it was found that he was quite incapable
of taking Cif@ of himself. The prisoner, and the barraw
with the tinker's utensils, were removed to the station and
detained. . . .

The prisoner, upon bring asked if he had any answer to
the charge, said he was extremely sorry for what had oc-
curred, and, if he had been sober, it would never have
happened.
I The complainant hoped his worship would not punish the