The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

MUSS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1858.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.- ByArnim, JULY 21.
Caoys COUHT.—(Befora Mr. Justice Hill.)
CUTTINO AND WOUNDING AT MULL.
William Poole was indicted for having on the led of July
assaulted end wounded Thomas Meakin, at Chill. The pre-
I 'sower and prisoner were at work together at Chill Reath
Colliery; whilst taloa engaged the former was about to move
• eart, when the prisoner, who bad ahr vy crowbar in bln
hand at the time, said, " If you touch that I will knock your
d—d head olf ;" and the prosecutor moving it, the primmer
streak him • mews blow on the head with the bar, which
lalli•ned a wound of a very dangerous character.
Mr. Vaughan Richards prosecuted ; and Mr. Kenai],
theladed the prisoner.
The case was clearly proved, and the jury found the pri-
mmer
The learned Judge sentenced his to twelve =oaths' im-
prisonment.

ANOTRIM CAIII.

David Copt Was °barged with cutting and wounding
Owego Milks, at illobrupon- Treat, on the 26th of April.
Mr. M.Mahra having briefiy opined this cue for the pro-
asoa
Yr. abWy far the p said that he could not resist
• verdict of unlasiully caning and wounding ;of which
offence the priooner was found Otago.
A previous conviction was proved, and the prisoner was
santanrad to sightsso moat& imprisonment.

FOROING •

Ii Gill was indicted for having forged a certain promis-
sory note, purporting to be of the mane of 664
Mr. Mother= prosecuted.
It appeared that in the month of March last the prisoner
called at the °Mos of the Birmingham Loan and Deposit
Company, and asked them to discount antes at three months,
purp.orting to be draws by Mom Bill Brothers, merchants,
of Walsall. The el the company agreed to
discount the bill, at ail rate of 16 per
amt. pm annum for Ghastly afterwards
suspicions arose that the bill was net geed, and Churley, the
secretary of the com y, WWI um the primer and told
him that he believed the bill woe met issulas. Prisoner said
it would be met as others bed boa This rieciaer was asked
for the money he had reoliveth he Os kill, for bettor
I security, but could not at that time give ther. PrilOWE
said that the bill was drawn by the same parties as thong
which had been previously discanaled.
Mr. Thome Hill (of the gnu eid BM Brothers sad Co.,
goers' miltoltests, of Walsall). Mist that be had had three
or Ow treenotions in busiest. eat the yeleaser, the Ism of
these Wag fa January, laid. His dna sem game the pri-
mmer aln or note. The ante whisk the Omar hod_ got
disooastsd ens not made try mane d his Inn. Had
compered iambus la hie gibs primmer's with the
Mabemas' be the body of the sole, sad believed them to
the hum

1115 the superintendent of police at Briar* HUI, apples-
-1 the prisoner on the 6th May teat, end told him that he was
charged with forgery; the prisoner made no statement. Had
made inquiry in BvmingDam, and could not asoertain that
there was any firm " Hilt Brothers and Co., Birnihigham."
Mr. Mathews, for the prisoner, submitted that there was
no proof of the note being • forgery. In the first place , there
was no proof of the handwriting being that of the prisoner :
father, that the note being dated " Birminghalit," itself
disixasected It with the firm Hill Brothers and Co. at Walsall.
Moreover the prisoner had been charged with the offence of
forgery In Merinos to this bill before that bill biome due,
whereas on every previous occasion when the prisoner had
got • bill dhconneed by this company it had been taken up.
Mr. Justice Hill said there wee sufficient to go to the
jury; because either it was put off as the note of Hill
Brothers and Co., of Walsall, which it was not, or
it represented a non.existent firm at Birmingham. No doubt
it was intended that the note should to taken up ; meet men
in forging a bill of exchange intended, when doing so, to take
it up.
The note bore upon the face of it Union Bank, Princes-
street, London.
Mr. Mathews, in addressing the jury for the prisoner,
that there was no evidence of falsity on the face
at the note ; the fact of the note being dated Birmingham
disconnected it with the firm Hill Heathen at Walsall, who
had been celled upon to prove that it wee not of their
making, and upon that endemics alone It was sought to con-
vict the prisoner of forgery. The use of a fictitious name
was not is itself forgery ; whilst the only proof that there was
no firm of Hill Brother. at Birmingham was the unsupported
testiniony of the policeman. Moreover, had the prisener com-
mitted the forgery with which he was charged, it was strange
that he should not have accepted the offer made to him by
Charley, to give beck the money he had received for the bill,
orto find security. In many respects there was a marked
edema of the ingredients neosesery to constitute a forgery.
The Judge, in summing up, said that any man using the
name of another upon a bill of exchange, and uttering it
without the consent of that other, wee guilty of a fmgery;
the we of the name of a non-existent firm would alio- be
forgery. His lordship teed over the evidence, and in con-
clusion said that the jury moat be satisfied that the note was
forged, and that the prisoner perpetrated or knew of the
forgery, before they could find him guilty.
The jury after • quarter of an hour's consideration, re-
turned the following verdict :—" We fled the prisoner Guilty
of uttering; but we consider that the party discounting
knew at the time he did so that It was a forged note."
Mr. Justice Hill—Then am I to understand that you
mesa that the prisoner uttered the bill with intent to defraud
Ping
to
mini that in
bill gine the bill currency se • true and
ge
The jury appeared confused at this question, and evidently
did not quite comprehend its meaning. After a merimet or
two, the foreman said, "That is what we mean."
Mr. Judos Hill—ls that the meaning of you all?
Foremen—lt is.

Mr. JvaticeHill-1 will consult my brother Bytes upon it.
After a moment's pause, Mr. Matthews said—My lord, I
observed that the jury adopted your lordship's terms. I pre-
sume they conveyed their win manatee. f
His lordship did sot reply directly to this query. He
mad—l took the words of the foreman of the jury. I will
citastit my brother Bytes. If there I. anythlug is the point
I will resin* it kir the court for crown oars reserved.
The prisaser wu then removed.
NISI Pants Cover.—(Before Mr. Judos BAL.)
n'claur ie. morns.

The plaintiff In this are is here of the South Stafford-
shire Railway, and the action Is to recover compensation
from the defendant for the damage &curtained by the plaintiff
by ream of the alleged negligence of the servants of the
forme, which resulted in running down and sinking a boat
laden with iron and soda-ash, the property of the
The damages were laid at 7Si.
For the plaintiff, Mr. Serjeent Pigott and Mr. Scotland;
ben the defendant, Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Kettle.
The ore woe tried at tha last mire for this county, and
• verdict given for the defendant; subsequently, a rale for •
new trial was obtained. It appeared that on the 7th of
November last the plaintiff', boat, towed by a horse, was
posing along the-canal from Wedneebury to Great-bridge ; on
the way it became nose cry to par over the Toll End-
bridge. The custom of the navigation Is, that in
the sweat of two boats meeting near a bridr, what-
ever hone is in the hole of the bridge first shall
pored, and that the other boat shall "hold out,"
ea
it ig called, and the horse be stopped, in order to
allow the first boat to pass. In this car It vegetated, on the
part of the *Mad, that the moment the horse towing his
bait entered the hole of the bridge, the defendant's boat was
seen approaching. The person in charge of the former called
to the steersman of the defendant's boat to "hold out." He
did so for a moment, but immediately afterwards "held in"
=the result wee that a collision occurred, and the
's boat went down at onoe In the centre fine of the
meal.

Tit; dames was that the defendant's boat approached the
hole at the bridge almost at the mine moment as the
piistirs; that the steersman of the fbrmer held out as much
▪ peinible, bat that a cinder striklog the bottom of the boat
name the boat to swerve round, and that the collision which
etionrred wee not the result of negligence, but was inevitable;
further, that the foot of the plaintiff's boat being laden with
a light metertal caused the boat punk to wallets a good
deal that it struck the iron gaud at the towing path, and
that tbis contribstid to bring about the accident.
Two ensterial irksome were called on each side, the steers-
man and driver of the bores of each boat. Os the part of
the plaintiff a man and woman went called; for the defence
two boy., apparently about 14 or 15 years old. Thus wit-
tiness flatly contradicted each other Is every reaped.
Re Justice Bytes left it to the jury to &Me epos this
oceiffiotieg tralniony, simply drawing attention to the differ-
ence in the ages of the witnesses, and to the toxliepated fact
that the plaintiff's servants did cell to the stemmas of the
deleadant's boat to "held oat or the beat would be 01811."
whereas there was so evidence of any each caudal having
beep gives by the servants of the der t.
Verdict for the plaintiff foe the full mammal claimed.

WESTERN CIRCUTT.--S•usstar, JOLT 21.
(Before Mr. Bares Watson.)
amiss Nest, a labouring man, U years of age, was
elaarpd with killing hie wife, at Boa, fa June lan.
It appeared that on IL. find of that month, the poor women
had carried tea to her hatbend, who was at work la • field,
that being rather later than unlit, as altercation ensued,
la whittle the prisoner struck his wife a blow in the eye. No
medical advice, however, wee sought until the 14tb, prior to,
which the deceased bed received another blow on the back of
the bead, from • woman named Smith, end It wee suggested
that due latter blow, although presenting no apparently fatal
letterset lojury, so aggravated the effects of the blow as to
OWNS death.
Tbejatry, however, found the prisoner Gaily, but moos.
weeded him to mercy on account of being thaeppointed of
his meal.
B. was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard
Labour.

Kr. T. W. flanadere promented; Ir. Grans dakadoll.

Mr. Norris stated that he resided at Sutton Courtney, in
Berkshire. Oa the night of the 6th ha took • cab from De-
vonabire-place to Long-acre, and a portmanteau was placed
on the roof. When the cab got to Long-acre, the portmanteau
was missed, and having made some inquiries about it, he
went to Bow-greet station, and there he found it in the pa-
▪ at ths pollee
The ahem said me he leered Beven-dials, on the way to
Long-acre, the portnareleen eps sate on the top of the cab,
bet whale be got to Lanc-pa *as gone.
Michael Bowe, ea - eased boy, gave evidence showing
that the precese, with lie or mks okay, vas witnessed in
CTthe psremealeaa eft thecab. The prisoner put it on
ILid...i welled beta Dewy-Me with It. The wit-
tier leid • teems, who Teat altsth• prisoner and asked
him whore ON going to take the portmanteau. He said
he basal b II • doorway, and as he could not maks out
ea owner be was going to take it to the station-holm. The
palleases called his attention to the cireumMaaos that he
was /dug in a direction away from the station, with the pro-
riwzad to which he was not unaoquainted, for he was well
about the neighbourhood, and compelled him
te airy ft to the station, where he was detained. In a few
minutes Mr. Norris drove up in the cab, sad was
not a little at finding the Mien property had got there
him.

The jury found the plower Guilty, and the Court ma-
teemed him to six moths' hard labour.
Mr. Norris gave the boy Bowes half a sovereign for the
promptitude with which he gave the information which led
to the recovery of the property.
William &tote, 25, was convicted of needing a copper
boiler, the property of John Bosley, the lame be fixed to
a bandies. The pisoner was a well-known offender, and
bed been sentenced to seven years' transportation. The
Courttered apes him a sentence of ten years' panel
son
Whom Brent,lll, was indicted for unlawfully and mall-
°lonely weemdbi SAW Howltt with a kWh.
ILr. Abram ems esemmi for the prosecution.
The imemeter mid he wee a cabinetmaker, and lived at
16$, Bethnal-pun-end, and wee also a coffee-house keeper.
Re knew the primer lam his having been a custom, and
on the 10th last. he was walking along the Bethuid-green-
reed with his iv* and wisest pesos, when he met the
prisoner, and in commillllol of something which bad oc-
curred he cautioned kin net to am* near his Pees spin, es
be was only after hie Wed& The prisoner made eons sew,
mower, sad the prenowler sad the friend who wee with him
walked de, ima; He wilt behind. He looked round, and
stoke the pelmwer is the set or opening et his wile, he
west be* ea pried him away. The prisoner they ran at
him and Wendt Idea en the wrist with a kali& The blade
stock in the inlet, and prosecutor findiag that he could not
poll it out Weimar, ran off to a surgeon's, where it was taken
oat and be then fainted away. He lost but little blood.
The
sveatvetuts assistant who extracted the blade from the
pr e wrist said the wound was not dangerous, but
might have proved so if au artery bad been severed. The
prossealior wen still under treatment.
The primmer, who said nothing in his delete, and in
whose manner there mama something very strange, was
found Gully, and the court sentenced him to eight mouths'
hard labour.

Sarah Myers, 18, who wee convicted on Tuesday of steel-
luta child., was brought up for jelt.
The Assistant Judge told theer she had bees con-
victed of a most rime crime, that of steeling a poor child
from Its parents, under circumstances of a very atrocious
character. There was reason to believe too much unfor-
tunately that she had pinched and tortured the child, with
the view of exciting pity by its sufferings, and thereby the
better carrying on her trade of begging. If it were a man who
had Use guilty of this, the court would without hesitation
have pared upon him a sentence of penal servitude for a
long teem of years ; end had the prisoner been an older per-
son, a seateues of the last deaniption most certainly would
be pried upon her. As, however, she was so young, and
wee suffering from a very wide, dinar of the eyes (they
were bragged up), he thought, under all the circumstances,
the sentare he was about to pass would be sufficient. The
emit meet protect the children of the poor, who almost of
neemeity played about the streets, from such wicked praceirts,
and her ease would be en example to deter othertelually evil-
disposed perm quitoue p The
s from such ini
senterie was, that she be kept to hard labour In the t owe of
Correction for 18 calendar months._

The court heard an appeal by special appointment,
" Henry Fleming spinet the refusal of the justioes of the
Tower division to grant • Hosts* to sell untenable liquor,
under the 9th Geo. IV., e. 61, to the Star, Prusum's Island,
New-mane, St. Georgefe Bum."
The home had formerly been licensed, but the license had
, and the present appellant was • new tenant.
r. Bodkin, instructed by Messrs. Wire and Child, sup-
ported the appeal ; Mr. Cooper, instructed by Mr. Burnall,
appeared In supped of the decision of the court below.
The court granted the license.

(Before Mr. Cressy.)
Richard Waters a cripple, and Fanny Waters, his wife,
' were indicted for keeping a brothel, 89, Weßriefest, Oxford•
street; and
Lowise llamant, • middle-aged Frenchwoman, was indicted
for • like offence, the hones being No.lo, Duke-street, Port-
land-place. In • second indictment she was charged with
keeping • brothel, 42, Chsrlotte-street, Portland-place.
M.r. Metcalfe, waisted by Mr. Abram, appeared for the
prosecutin, instructed by Mr. Randall. solicitor to the pa-
rish of Marylebone; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Dunbar were em-
gaged in the deknoe.
Evidence was given which clearly proved the character of
the bouts kept by the Wateress, and they were found Guilty.
In she owe of Flamant evidence wee given to rebut that
Wheal on behalf of the prosecution, and to show that the
haws, 10, Duke-street, was let out in l4ings to respect-
' dispereene, and that pert of it wee occupied as °lces for
the &Wife Francaise de Bienfaisance, but the jury, with
little hesitation returned • verdict of Guilty, and Modems
Plassent was ordered into custody. The other indictment
our until the nest melon. On being removed,
shet=eher innocence, and said she war would go to
prima, rad resisted violently. The esatanom were postponed
Joseph Hi pert, Chart** Rase, sad dohs 1114• rt, sere in-
dicted before Mr. Payne, on Inesday, for awaiting 'Pallor
constables 260 B and 292 A in the execution of their duty.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Digky were
for the defence.
On the 26th of June the defendants were in Lancelot-place,
Brompton, drunk and riotous, and using very bed language
to two females ; the police interposed to remove them, when
the welt took place.
The jury acquitted Joseph Ribbon, and found Eket and
John Bibbert racy of • common &malt. They were each
sentenced to two mouths' imprisonment.

7HE POLICE COURT&

GIIILDHLLL.

Inns Adam was charged wiThstealing a puree oentain-
lag
3L and the halves of a WM. and a 61. note, from the per
of Frederick Pettrnan, Eq., a county magistrate, mid-
he at Sandwich, in Kent.
Mr. Penney, an old gentleman, apparently about seventy
years of ego, said be had been a comptroller of her Majesty's
Cashew, and was at present staying at Bailey's Hotel, in
Paternoster-row. He could not say exactly, but ha believed
it was about half-past
irerten o'clock on Saturday night last
that ha met the and another woman somewhere in
Flestitreat. l • was sober, but ha had taken a little bier.
He thought they spoke to him drat. They said the to
treat then, and be gave them half-a-crown. They then
went into a gin paten, but he would not go in with thew.
They soon after rewind to and the woman net in
custody waa author rude to him. He walked with them to
different parts, bat did not know when they took him. He,
however, felt a madden tog at his pocket, and found his watch
chain was broken, and immediately discovered that he had lost
about 281. in all. His pares tautened 31., end 2.51. in half notes.
The pante was a elk one, and was fastened to his chain.
He did not lose his watch. When he found his purse was
gone Its west to the polioe station and gave information, and
ups. afterwards going in search of the two women he found
the Omer, and gave her into custody. He bad not seen the
pane shies one o clock thautlica.mi.
Pelee tameable Glide, aced that dhe took the pi-
ss, Ms ewe* es ebeee ewe o'clock on
Sendai swewies awl she wee seeedted, but nothing ra-
kers( to the chap wee footed ups her.
Mr. Penmen mad be thought I was the other woman
who took his puns bat the pus was present all the
time.

711dsrinan Phillips said the primmer bad Kirin a awed
amount af hiSiatid se no portion of the property area found
urn her elm he illististrigsd.
Plittame rit vary sorry for it.

Al/. na MOW Wed Yei its Wes also very sorry to
flail • wa•mit of the rasetstaes position and years ueach
aa. ipqa altostics.

MARL/10E013G H-STREET.
&mord &Mom, • seaman, Teals( in Crows-eftest, was
eltsregiselisie flz, Beam, with Isittslly worsokigl'ors
Id a polim the twilik, a Mr.N
Ktsg's prablthimithe, Neerpetheerest, Ifeerioth.thasket
Conythiewt, agyeend, vas =isieglieheitithwient's
le the de-
t=ll van,l"l:2ll=ll6awittaZell, wade s wake Wert.
A little child seer ths that newsy it onmerriesses, plain. in ex-
treme peril, led woothitheitt, soft he dower, grayed bold
of it from mks the wey Thoth mei yawed it
the% slily spelt
the inmost. Wag the whew hs is the
shop, he drew Ms Maths Is the three fast, sod isid him
he aught not to allow Ms bone lei us le on& is the
street without a perm M COW ape whish the dellsedent
rushed est a Mat, sod, nib* the Of with 'gyro
Wises expreselons et the thee thee, streak Lim
with hi fist a violent blow is the =lvrhich
knoebel elm he erwatesell him
la the thee. *Mel AM the Whet his
that his thee was se imthesood all his teeth
• he bled . Relies* el greet brutality
awoe vi a@ cow hew
Cosweeusulated ash iter who mewed for &sighs&
we. Tim aceplsissat meld he WOW rehab he had hew
esetedy ter hicmy, sod esolisthel to it math! frawlees-
pent That was six sr sews yews ego, ekes which he bad
lived as honest life. Be bed laws IsAndant fixes his is-
fury. Did not first show fight to defendant, see strike st
his wife, who wits also Is the shop, width le se open the.
Alfred Situ,, s led resi/Wg la Pertissd-strest, had beard
complainant ctifies the Wreath sloth kb van, end had
seem the latter kaiak down the fonser, and kick him es
described. Had previously seen the complainant Nome the
little child has the danger it wee is through the horse
starting.

Cross-examined—Tka oomplainaut did riot spar up to de-
fendant either batons or afterwards. _ .

James Storey, 25, Righ-steret, fully confirmed the pre-
ceding statement, which was also corroborated by • third
witness, who said the defendant knocked down the com-
piaia•nt "like a butcher would a bullock," and then delibe-
rately kicked him in the face.
Pau-constable C tf said complainant wu sober.
The defence was, that complainant was drunk, bad shown
fight to defendant, and struck at hie wife ; that there were
witnesses wbo feared to come up because of the desperate
character of complainant.
Remanded on bail till Monday next.
Bieltard dWender Lewis, a respectable-looking young
man, was charged by Sergeant Glimmer, 9 C, with threaten-
ing to stab with a carving knife Thomas Morgan, a waiter
at the Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly.
Thomas Morgan, waiter at the Gloucester Hotel, Picca-
dilly, said the primer, who sou cook at the hotel, cams
home be a cab, and wanted him to pay the fare, which he re-
fused, and told him to go down stairs. Tke prisoner than
told him that if he did not he would kick him. Oa teaching
the pantry, the prisoner went to a drawer, pulled out a
carving knife, and he felt certain that it • fellow-servant had
not wrested It from him he would have inflicted serious in-
jury on him. He fetched two officers and gave him into
melody.
Sergeant Glimmer said, when he went down to tits kitchen
to take the prisoner into custody he made a rush to the table
again for the carving knife, but the servant girt fortunately
seized it before he could obtain it. The prisoner was not
sober.

The prosecutor said be went in fear of the prisoner.
Mr. Hesston said he should order him to enter into his re-
cognisance in the sum of 101. to keep the peace for three
months.

MARYLEBONI3.

William Vorker, described as a merobant, raiding at 73,
Camden •road-vilfse, was re-examined on the chirp of
grossly indecent conduct. At the former meditation (a
report of width appeared in our paper of Thursday lest), it
was stated that the prisoner, who bad taken a room at
No. 25, Grange-road, several meeker droned him-
self up in woman's and conducted himself in a most
indecent meaner at the w. The landlady, a woman
=g
In the house, and a third witness, swore most
el, to We statement.
Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, now attended for the prisons,
who was accompanied to the court by farads of the higher
respectability. -The learned weasel said that the room wee
talus by the accused, who had, In oottjanotka with other
=gentlemen, made up their minds to get up a Fiver
cal performance, and he was dorms that his tether
should not know anything about it. The wanes, as he had
understood, were not forthcoming, and surely hie client,
who was present, was entitled to be discharged.
Sergeant Westlake, 2 8, said that he had seen Mrs.
Mayers and Mrs. Wilma, and they had told him they did
not mean to appear.
Mr. Broughton—l am not surprised at it, from the violent
and uojustidable attack made upon them this day week by
Mr. Keene. A man of property may hays it in his power
to keep wiener.' away, and I don't orraider that I should be
justified in acquiescing in the camel's wish.
Mr. Sleigh—Tbey know what characters they have, sir,
and wouldn't like to submit to my cross-examination. My
client is here, air, with a host of friends of the h'glist
ree-
peetabt7ity to testify, if called upon, se to his character.
Mr. Broughton remarked that it was not a question of
character, but one depending upon facts with which he had
alone to deal, and he wu determined to sift the matter
thoroughly ; it was not to be pooh-poohed out of court owing
to the absence of wittier's. Illors gross abuse than they
were subjected to from the solicitor, for whom generally
speaking he had much respect, he had not for a long time
baud.

100 8 said, that from inquiries which he had made, he
had reason to believe that the woman Wilson was a common
prostitute.
Mr. Broughton said he should remand the ease to a future
day. He (maid not think of consenting to the defendant
being discharged.
Mr. Sleigh observed, that beyond all doubt the grommet
perjury imaginable had been oommitted ; he said he hoped It
would go forth to the world that he (the magistrate) had
given no opinion as yet on the cue.
The accused was held to ball in the same sum as before,
vie., 1001., for his re-appearance on next Wednesday week,
August 4.
WESTMINSTER.

A gentleman, who gave his name John Diron, and his
reeidence Crystal Palace Hotel, Etydenham, was charged as
follows :

Barnes, 216 V,-sald that at four o'clock that morn-
ing he was on duty in Billinen's-row, near Cremona, and
heard the defendant shouting in a wry loud manner. He
requested him to be quiet and go away ; his friends also used
their utmost endeavours to pacify him, but as he refused to
desist and was very much the worse for liquor, the witness
was obliged to take him into custody.
Defendant said the statement of the constable was perfectly
kn.. He was very sorry.
Mr. Psynter —Whet are you P
Defendant—l do not feel myself called upon to tell you.
Mr. Paynter—That L certainly not • very polite reply. I
shall damn you, air, till you please to answer me.
A cabman here stepped forward and said that he was in
King's-road that morning, when the defendant Mead him,
sad told him to wait, which he did for over halts' hear.
Defendant's friends then tried to get him into the tab, but
he would not enter it, and ran away. Witness p=ri
for his fare, but be refused to give soy money, t
witness, tried to bit Lin, with his stick, and struck him with
his knuckles in the month. lie then returned to the
dug the bore) In the ribs with his stick, and then oomlmmoed
to shout end make a noise, and was taken into custody.
Mr. Poynter—He does not seem to be rober now, is he?
Danis, the gaoler, said he really thought be was not.
Mr Poynter—Put him back till he is.
In the course of the day the defendant was again brought
up, when
Mr. Pardee said—What have you to say to the two
oh of being drunk, and refuting to pay your cab bre ?
told you baleen. This morning, about two
o'clock, I was drank, end might have been noisy ; and
although I told you that, yea mat me down to a horrid coll.
Mr. Paynter—l did so, because it appeared to pm end
others that you were not sober ; and I therefore weld not
proceed with the case. What have you new to say P
Defendant (print.ft Is Deeds. the gaoler) —Ask this gen-
tleman. He answers it . as.. He told you this romping I
wean' t sober.
Mr. Paynter—l wish to know whether you have agything
to say to the charge?
Dlfentlent—Thin I'm not before him; I'm befnre you.
I've not heard the charge of the cabman. I should ?xi glad
to hear it.
Mr. Paynter—lt was stated in your presence this
Defendant—l did not beer it. I sea here to be byZing.
you, end I should like to sea my accuser face to face. •
The cabmen wan then called and repeated his ,former
statement.
Defendant—l am perfectly willing to pay him his fore.
Mr. Paynter—You're put down on the police sheet as a
gentleman, and I am informed that you are a lieutenant-
colonel in the army. If the latter, you ought to bie the
forgoer.
Defendant—lf it's any malefaction to you, I may W well
tell you that I am not a lieu tenant-ooloael in the army, and
as regards the other part of the remark, my conduct it suffi-
cient to prove what I am.
Mr. Peynter then fined defendant 205., and ordered him
feether to pay the cab fair demanded, Is. with costa for the
mamma's attendance and loss of time, and in default to be
imprisoned ten days for the first, and seven days for the wooled.
THAMES.
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WiUism Bowesit, a oosterniong—er and hawker of tinplate
wars, was charged with assaulting Edward Sheridan, •
police-constable' No. 133 K.
Sheridan stated that on Tuesday night, soon after eight
o'clock, he was posing " Pieguah Chapel," belonging to
the Mormons or Letter-day Sainte, in North-street, Jubilee-
street, Whitechapel, and saw a man awed Hepburn, who
was opposed to the doctrines of the Mormens, lecturing to a
large number of persons opposite the chapel. Hepburn was
not interrupted by the Mormons, but Muir he hod ffrithed
his discourse went into the eatipel with his lush is hie head,
and was followed by four or flee hundred person% •berating
and greening. Fearing a riot, end that mischief wadi be
done, be entered the chapel end remonstrated with Hspbms,
and told him It was very wrong to create • distnrimape Y w
chapel, whatever the tenet. of the people might be, smiths!
be wss using brute force to correct error. Hepburn left the
chapel laughing, and took • great many with him. After
Hepburn had gone out of the chapel, showers of gravel
and dirt were thrown into it among the congregation, and the
most scurrilous epithet. and abuse were directed towards the
Latter-day Sainte, and the screams of the women and the
cries of the children were frightful. The Saha. at last
managed to shut the doors, sad Mows were that
thrown by the people outside through the windows,
and they fell among men, women, end children.
The clamour of the congregation became so great that the
sortie was suddenly eloped, and the elders retreated from
the platform. Even the mini'ter of the Mormons wee *tett
oat of the pulpit. With • great effort be opened the dispel
door, cleared a way In the crowd, got the women and tildltteme
of the Saints In a body, and put soma men before them sad
some behind. The mob then got in the rear of the Nimmons
and began throwing atones. He went babied and drove the
mob back es well as he meld. The hooting and yelling
was at this time fearful, and it was mingled with cries of
"Down with the Mormons, down with the besets." He
closed the door, of the chapel, and with ninth difficulty suo-
creeded in bolting them. About ten or twelve of the
mob med. • desperate effort to break into the chapel
again, and destroyed two panda of one door ; at the
mime time the throwing of stones we. continued, and several
persons were wounded. An entrance into the chapel was
eventually obtained, and. he then saw the prisoner, who had
been saisthgts breaking open the doot, maw the crowd,
and weaned hhttmm.. and told hi en to go &Way. The prisoner
would not ; end when the minister of the 111011101111 left the
chapel he took spielers. stone, and said, leek et that fellow ;
be will deetrey ne if be nue ; the Monnone are murderers
and beasts. He compelled the prlemm lojdrop the Nave.
The prisoner thee made an attack upon him (Sheridan), and
kicked him, and said to others, " Come en." He seised the
miscast, who threw himself on the groped, laid bold of wit-
ness by the legs, and attempted to throw him. A wham at
the ammo them bit his head. Another polies constable,
named Copping, No. 379 K, then oame to his emistanoe, and
the prisoner was reared.
The prisoner, in deistic*, said he was led into the crowd,
but denied striking the police-constable.
Mr. Yardley emphatically said his duty wee to keep the pesos,
and that the condort of the mob and those who led them was
deserving of the most snore reprehendon. It wen not the way

for people to correct the error, of others by oommittia,'
errors themselves, and k was not to be tolerated for an LC.
skint that a lawless mob should go to • chapel and attack
and insult persona there engaged in celebrating divine*.
vice according to their notions. If the Mormons, or by
whatever name they were called, were acting illegally,
law of the country could be applied, but whatever might
their opinions thF.wonez not to be eentroiled achecked
mob law. The was sot the worst of the mob
doubt, and he w hed he bad the others, who were ring
in the disgraceful affair before him.
A young man of rather melancholy appearance, who
his name wee Bates, here stepped forward, and on
sworn said—l am a minister of the Latter Day gala
Chapel, In North-street. During the service last night mt.
Hepburn entered the chapel, and the people followed him
He is • man who preaches against us, and attacks 0.
doctrines.

Mr. Ys
As Mr. Hepburn is not here you had bang I
not any anything against him.
Tim witness continued—l was in the lobby when the po.
ple were throwing stones. The prisoner picked up a eke; ' •
and I apprised the policeman of it.
DarZClark, another young man, said—l am aUM
t, and in the fancy trimming line. I saw the pi.goner and others bounce against our chapel door. the_
were SOO persons assembled, shouting, yelling, and throng
stonu.
Mr. Yardley—And some of them were in a better
lion of life than this lad?
Witnese—Yes • in a much b•tta oceditice of life. fias
were well dressed.

Mr. Yardley said the wretched and 11111011116 i led lie
hire was not the rood to blame, and Ihe lad only beinib
lowing the bad example of others who mold Mt have has
better. Those persons who set such a Mid eniangis gle
prisoner were not before hint. He was may Ise led
must repeat they ought to be eabamed of thimmilme.
law could not be allowed to prevail is this eminhy, end thi
errors of the Latter-day Saints if they were won) will
not to be treated in this way. If he had the Madam of tit
riot before him he would punish them with more severity the
he Ina about to punish the prisoner. The prisoner, hoat=
sad all others must learn that no sect could be
sad insulted in their places of worship in this country. Tb
law would reach any pence& incubating or teaching trams
rality, or anythingviolation of the law of the ermatti.
That such a person as the prisoner should set himself up set
censor d what be considered the array of others, and hate
recourse to violence, was monstrous. For the meadt on tie
oMoer the prisoner must pay a fine of 10e., or be imprinted
seven
• nearside of the miaow: booted the Latter Day Saints
mustered In front of the court, and celled them murderers of
adultmera, end said every Latter Day Saint ought to be ear-
petted or burnt.

Edward AP earthy, a I.6;;;W' Waseharged with elides
• pair of buffalo borne, valued at 31., the property of Mr. Gee.
Styles, farmer, residing near Greenhithe, Kent.
It appeared the prisoner &bout three mouths shin
was In the service of Mr. Style., and that gentleman Inv*
received • present of several articles front a Mend, mew
which ware the horns in question in • rough state, he obi
the prisoner If he knew anybody who could polish then
Prisoner replied that he cold do so, and was entrusted Mt
than. Having polished them he carried them about th
town of Greenwich, till at length, accosting • rebate
with whom he was acquainted, he told him be had m
the bailiffs In his house, and that he wanted to raises 111th
money on the horns, of which he did not know the velm,
the purpose of sedating him out of hie diMostlty. The rah
man lent him fe. on them, and they wen &punted at lb
North Pole public-house in the Greenwich-road. Prime
subsequently disposed of them to the cabman foe • farther
sum of 6s. Sd., and be having no use for such imam,
articles, sold them to the landlady of the public-house for Ns.
Prosecutor having at length discovered the wheresboete
his property the prisoner was given into the custody of
Sergeant Jennings, 40 B, and that officer obtained poseenka
of the horns, which were of immense size, and very had.
somely marked.
In reply to the charge primmer said distress had
him to dispose of the property. Re at first intended
to
redeem them, but was unable. He had never committed
any offence before, and if Mr. Styles would take him beck he
would work out the money he had obtained upon hie pro-
Pert•
MrY. Seeker convicted him of the felonious disposal of the
property entrusted to his oars, and ordered him to pay the
sum of 16s. and a penalty of 405., or be imprisoned for siz
weeks.

The home were ordered to be given op .
they pto theeor ce
the payment of halt the amount for
purchased.