The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION HOUSE.

Mr. Frederick SATrrtil Vre;p:siipseient and sworn bro-
ker, of No. 54, King William-street, City, was summoned
at the instance of Captain Lean, R.N., of the Emigration-
office for the port of Loudon, for unlawfully receiving Ger.
tain passage money from three intending passengers in the
ship Lancuhire Witch, for Otago, without supplying
them with the usual contract ticket, in accordance with
the 71st section of the Passenger Act, whereby he was
liable to a penalty not exceeding 501. and not less than rl.
The case was fully established against Mr. Cray. In
defence it was shown that the money had been returned
to the parties, and that he was wishing to assist the pas.
sengera all he could.
The Lord Mayor said it was a cruel affair towards the
poor men, who, believing that the ship was to sail at the
appointed time, sold off all they possessed, and came to
London to go on board, but on arriving found they bad
been deceived, and in consequence were left destitute in
the streets of London. The case was quite clear, and he
should convict Mr. Gray in the penalty of 151., and make
an order that the penalty go to the three passengers in the
way of compensation.
The money was paid.

In the course of an inquiry into • charge of felony
against Dorcas Lag, the wife of a sailor, living at No. 79,
Union-street, Lambeth, who was seen to take a quantity
of cheese and bacon, value if. 9.., from the &bop of Mr.
John Barrett, of Little Chapel-street, Chelsea, it was al-
leged by the accused that after she bad been locked up
the policeruan'who took her into custody visited her in her
cell. and in a oonversation with her endeavoured to induce
her to implicate one of the prosecutor's shoptuen in the
theft with which she was charged, informing her that he
had had hin. in custody before, and would have him
again. The constable, Thomas Tollough, 230 B,
denied the assertions made by the accused, but
admitted that he had been to the cell, and had
some conversation with the prieoner, his object being
to ascertain her address. He admitte,l, in the course of
investigation by the magistrate, that he had seen her
husband after this, and having told him that she had
nothing but the prison fare, in answer to his inquiry on
that head, received a shilling from him to buy her some
food, which the constable never gave her. Finding on
hie return that she had had her dinner, he put it, he
said, with her other money. It further transpired that
he had never reported the receipt of this shilling to his
superior officer, and that 10s. 3d. had been
taken from the prisoner, out of which she was
being supplied with such refreshment as she re-
quired. After • full investigation into the circumstances
Mr. Selfe said it was clear to him that the constable had
mistaken his vocation in the police force, and the sooner
be left it the better. It made no difference in the prisoner's
case whether the suggestion that the shopman knew she
was taking the things was true or false, but he must say
he disbelieved the imputation. He then strongly retis
headed the practice of policemen questioning moons in
their custody and trying to get up charges against other
persons.
Prisoner, who pleaded guilty to the charge, refused to
make any disclosure of what slim intended to do with the
property,
and was committed for six months to hard
labour
in the House of Correction.

THE Coroner WAGER.—Mr. Walpole, after com-
municating with Mr. Justice Lush, has commuted the
sentence of the convict Wager, who was convicted at the
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