The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

TSB POLICE C0U87:4

BOW-STREET.
Bogassin Thomas Beast, proprietor and driver of the
hackney cab No. 430, appeared to answer an adjourned sum-
mous, charging him, at the instalment Mr. Bolus, publisher, of
York-than, Covent-garden, with felling to deliver up at tha
nearest police-station a sable inuff,which one of complainant's
daughters had left in the defendant's cab.
On the 13th ult. Mrs. Bohn and her two daughters arrived
at the Waterloo station, from Mr. Bohn's country residence,
and took the defendant's cab from the station to York-street,
end on to Swan and Edgar's, in Regent-street. While the,
were engaged in making some puschasee there, one of the
young ladies observing that the cab wee no longer at the
door, recollected that she had left her muff on one of the mate.
Defendant's number was obtained at the railway
_station.
Defendant stated that on quitting Swan and Edgar's, after
setting down the ladies, he determined to go back to the
station, in order to impure an early place in the rank, to meet
the two o'clock trek'. It being then nearly twelve, he should
be in time to secure a good pothion, while the delay would
give him an opportunity of ping to his dinner, the cab re-
maining on the reek. On the way he saw an old lady
waiting fur an omnibus to take her to Kennington, and he
offered to convey her as tares the corner of the York-road for
6d., uit would be in his wa_y. She accepted the offer, and
he set her down at the York-road, and proceeded to the
station. Thus, having taken her up in the street, and set
her down in the .toast, be did not know where to find her.
Mr. Henry pointed out to the defendant that the clause
under which the summons was granted, required a cabmen
to deliver up any goods left in his cab within 24 hours. It
was no answer to say that he bad not found the article. That
was owing to his own negligence, in omitting to examine the
cab, after he had set down his fare, as he was bound to do.
Mr. Bohn expressed a strong suspicion that defendant had
found the muff and disposed of it. He had inserted adv..
fitments in the papers, to consequence of which • witness
had come forward, who had seen a men answering the de-
scription of the defendant waiting about at a pawnbroker's In
Piocadilly. After a while • woman came out with a muff,
and said to the man, " They won't take it in pledge." The
man rejoined, " Then let's go to the Dials ;" and they moved
off in that direction.
The witness referred to, en elderly woman named Lilley,
confirmed this statement, but said defendant was not the man.
Mr. Henry would certainly not let the matter drop here.
To give time for further Inquiry he would adjourn the case
fur • month.
_

Defendant emplaned of the trouble of attending so often,
and said he could not appear again.
Mr. Henry—The trouble is owing to your own negligence
in not searchlzg your cab, and if you don't appear I will
Yew a warrant for our apprehension, and report your con-
duct to the
This caution appeared to alter defendant's determination,
and ha sullenly sail he would attend.

WORSHIP-STREET.
finer Smith, who deacribed herself u a dressmaker, was
= with having picked the pocket of a lady in an

Mr. William Poynter, a commercial traveller, residing
at K ingsland, stated that while passing through the
Borough-road en the previous afternoon, in one of Kite's
omnibuses, running between Hackney-read and the Elephant
and Castle, the primmer end another well-dressed woman
got in and seated themselves at the end of the vehicle.
Three other passenger, were soon afterwards admitted,
amongst whom was the promo:art; the wife of a merchant
fa Philpot-lane, who eat down facing the prisoner. She
had scarcely done so when the prisoner shifted her position
on some frivolous pretext, and took her seat next to the lady,
and her companion at the tame moment addressed witness,
end engaged hie attention by making inquiries as to the result
of a recant prize light, in which BIC Caunt " had taken •
put, to contest the chanipionship of England. The "opinions of
witness were at once excited on ending so much interest dis-
played on such • subject by an apparent lady ; but he an-
swered her inquiries to the beet of his knowledge, at the same
time furtively watching the other woman, whom he detected
in two attempts to pick the pocket of the prosecutrix, on the
last of which he observed her hand tightly clutch' some
concealed booty which she had drawn out from undrneath
her dress. Witness, for obvious reasons, took no notice of
what he had seen, but kept up an animated conversation
with the other delicate-minded damsel on the subject of the
bruising match to which she had called his attention, until
the prothantrix got out, when he quickly followed her, and
inquired if she had lost scything. Wither at the same time
directed the conductor to prevent the egress of the prisoner,
notwithstanding which that person allowed her to depart
while he woe questioning the lady ; but he hastened after
her, on ascertaining from the latter that her purse had been
stolen, and having brought her back, he lodged her securely
thein omnibus to await the arrival of • policeman.
Directly after he bad placed her there the prisoner soddenly
stooped down and produced the purse, which she
declared she had jestad up from under the seat, and the
proeecntrix, who woe manifest ill health, and greatly agi-
tated, declined to proceed further in the matter ; but witness
insisted upon giving the accused into custody, as he bad
been the means of thwarting dune previous attempts at
robbery by female members of the swell mob, within the
last fortnight, on the same line of reed.
Police constable Smith, 90 N, said that since the appro.
handou of the prisoner, he had ascertained that she was a
lodw in the house of ens of kb. Kite's omnibus conductors
in SR George's-reed, Southwark, and that the man with
whoa she had recently cohabited there was now undergoing
• lengthened term of imprisonment for a similar offence.
Sergeant Jenkins of the detective pollee, and Coleman, 53
N, also identified the • nor as having been repeatedly con-
victed of omnibus and rallway,robberies, sad added that two
other men with whom the had formerly lived were also con-
victed felons.

Solomon, who appeared for the defenos, was instructed
to bray the chirp cm basil of the prisoner, but she was
adored to be remanded for the formal completion of the
depositions.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mrs. Joan Jentsen, of 301, Coratry-dreet, Haymarket,
the wife of Hiarich Joachim Jentaen, attended by Mr.
ChM, of the firm of Wire and Child, applied on Saturday
for an order of rotation for her property and &mote from
het Itmeband.

Jenteen stated, in support of her application, that
she wee merrkd on the 7th of November, 1841 ; her hue-
bead was password of but little property on her marriage,
sad deserted her in October, 1852. She had KM him but
ones Ince, and that was by chanoe in 1854. He had left
be MOMS= of subsistence, and whatever proptrty, in the
way of the law of the premier, where she armed an the
bomber of an eating-house keeper, or household furniture
end capital in the haziness, she might be renewed of, she
hod acquired sing the desertice. Her husband had not
ocabennicated with her boos, end she did not knew where
to lad him, or should have forwarded him, through her so-
ftelter, notice of her preempt application.
Child, after eliciting from the applicant the above
bob, embed a hope that a std6cient cam led been made
out tejostify his worship in granting his client the Notre-
dos ardir siss sought for.
Ordsr greats&

Ms LATE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—The
investigations al the Leedom end Birednghem polies show
that the engineer who meek the shells used in the late at-
tempted ameadasdon of the Emperor of the Frew* bed not
the heat notion that those from whom he received imam-
Soma were refugees, or oenneoted with any political party,
but thought they were for some mint& experlinnis eon-
mooted with legithnsto warfare. The order and carespand-
epee reining to them Ins esetted ea In the named e
foreigner known to the police, but not in melody. _
_The al-
sinew, who is a highly respectable rem, bee sanded, with-
out any hesitation, all the information be wee poseession
d.The first part of the earespendenee, it k old, took
pion no greet length of tine after the return of Oil to
Ibis errantry, and that sososotearlsedhigdelsolime en in the
= poem. of information which, if coned, wM WOW when
then lectors matured a portion of their plot. The spot
e
is war Lelossier-stpoot sad the parties who were
the sampealons of those now is onnsdy are under the
strictest surveillance of the members claw police to who
they en known, and oleo some Fronk affairs who ham
oone over hen since the attempt wee sada.
A Touso WOMAN BURNT TO DiATE.—lNtinnia.
On &hugs, Var. W. Baker, eswenam bildeTuta
at the Louden on the body of
_Rebuts
aged 20 yews, midis a
gross.road. Os Thursday evening last.rawr'sch=eged in
preparing wpm kr kw pmente, who were at when
the Somme of her then seddenly Mead the ben of the
prate and ignited. Mee tea to the front of the law Mb
the garden enveloped in Seem. Her me ms newel
neighbours to her when the fire was
but not until her bbe wen Mgdtlafy
and charred. Ski wee men by • surgeon, and was after-
wards conveyed in • cab to the London Hospital, whin she
expired on the following morning. The jury reenrand e
wan of "Amanita death."
FIRE IN • TIM3III-TARD.—Abont 9 o'clock on
&twig might a Ire tools out in the premises of Mr. O.
Athtll, timber merchant, 61 Misabeth-street, llacimey-roed.
The an quickly arrived, bat the fire was not subdued till
4 o'clock on Sunday morning. Some houses adjoining the
timberyard were mach damaged. The fllowing ie Mr.
Biraidwood's Adel wiped :—" No. 61, Eli
Heataapreed, Mr. O. AWE, timber merchant, dc.—Front
home, the mem roams, sad the timber in open yerd, surly
dastroyed. The esateate wen sot insured, limt tie
yes Lamed In the lAverpooland Louttou Ph•-effiee.lirkeig
ditto, Yr. J. VlllOllO, private—Beek wiriewe barged out,
reef 0 and me ef Mel by fro. Ow
teats set betwel. Me. 11, illena=privete—Pluat
se bow sae ely bust, sod ilsolNao demeeted_lsi resaval.
lamed lathe Royal Isohew
_Am Me. 10.1tesoM
—Coati Ned reik demeegat. ammo not
latati Me. 0, ditto, to Mr. Bawds. but let
est la tormate—Rzteselvely by Ire, kr. No.
IS, let at a teewsiste—Seems dowse. Net famed. St.
Peter-direee, the Rev. J. G. Packer's—Side windows burned
one, end estheate damaged by water. minted in the Unity
lrkepedllee."
!Wow To FULL TAIL—The Proadote Chromic,/
of eateeday ear We ant glad to lean that 31•Slre.
Heneebea, ]tiller, and Co., who have lately been w
tow days a week have given inetructicee for the whole
ortS
their male b 0011111MINO main fell dna next Meeday.
Cessiderlei that Ude
as alum three thaverad
heads, the dr sot hr all oluele."
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Elatwastav, so.—Adasholeue ea 186; ditto
by sures del" 44$ ; Wel vielleee,