The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-22 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Tills DAY.

(Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistrnt Judge.)
.CCU r, IM oF A 14.1.H.FA1 tN F.,R RiOtHIN.: ANOTHER

foNNT%ItLE

.1 • , 2:4, Y police•Coubt.tioie of the T division, was
for stealing three sovereigns and 3 florins, the
. • e.. of Mark 114uning, another constable of the same

kotier denied all knowledge of the robbery, and
sad,. ss to the jury euthatvoured to attach suspicion
Ilroughton, who had charge of the station,
• .. : • himself of the property.
hiry returned a verdict of Guilty.
A.:l4.mt dud4e said this was a very aggravated
, . the duty of the prisoner to protect the pro-
v others, but instead of doing so he had become a
, hous,ll, .0..1 what was worse he had falsely charged
AVUII red to destroy the character of an innocent
ThA tv.r.gnivation of his offence, and the
are a the court via, that he be imprisoned and kept
;.Lour fur viahteen months.

TILE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

DOW-STREET.
•: ..t nhIVISC. t•••MMITTAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

.1 . I'ol a, a cabman, was brought up OD remand on
,11.0.4 e of causing the death of an old man named
4:0,0.4 by riding over hint in great St. Andrew's-street,
); kVA that en inquest had been held and a venlict
rcturne.l of " Accidental Death."
)Ir. Lewis, who appeared for the defence, called a young
wwmin named Rates, kitchenmaid at an hotel, who
stabd that she was the passenger in the cab at
th, time, and that the prisoner was not driving
at more than four or five miles an hour,
al., a cab-owner from whom the priAiner purchased the
horse, and who declared that he had sold it be.
col-, none of his men would take it out, as it
w.,, so slow that they could not earn their money
with it. Mr. Lewis proposed to call witnesses to character.
)Ir. Vaughan fund he should certainly consider it his
fluty to commit the prisoner for trial. In the first place,
the Doinan4 evidence must be incorrect, because
tone or five mike an hour was little more than a
walking pace, and it was clearly proved that the
prisoner was driving at a rapid rate. Then again
he was unquestionably on the wrong side of the way.
the CA.,' as it stood, it was nctaquestion of character,
ioid in hi. 13Ir. Vauglian'a) opinion the man ('onnor came
to his death by the wrongful act of the defendant. The
latter must be committed for trial.

The prisoner was, however, formally remanded for
the completion of the depositions.

CLERKENWELL
intriNG A yos TO IiZACVZ PRIRONTIPAI.
ein Safiermt, aged 16, of no occupation, was charged
before Mr. Partridge, by Mr. Sawyer, from the office of the
solicitor fur the county of Middlesex, with inciting a mob
to reAcue a prisoner whilst being removed from the Sessions
Rouse. at Clorkenwell-green, to the prison van.
Mr. sawyer said be appeared by direction of the Amis.
tantJudge at the Clerkenwell Sessions to prosecute the
primuer for an offence which had unfortunately become
only too common, and it was felt that some severe mea-
sure, should be taken to put an end to it. For some
considerable time past attempts bad bees made by
the friends of prisoners to attempt their rescue in
their transit from the Sessions-house to the van,
and on Monday Reeves, the warder of the House
of C rrection, was stoned whilst doing his duty, when an
attempt at rescue was made. He alms said that the pri-
soner was a convicted thief.

Police‘erzeant Dale Whiting, 8 0, Geo. (Mete, 415 A,
and Robert Reeves, warder of Coldbath-fields Prison,
?Tined that on removing a prisoner named Rather Lang-
ham, who had been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment,
to the van, the prisoner cried out to her "Don't
go in," and then called to a mob of about 100 to 150 people
to take her away. Re was followed by the police, whom
he threatened.

Mr. Partridge said the offence, which had been clearly
proved against the prisoner, was of such a character that
an example was necessary. The prisoner h►d subjected
himself to a fine of W. or one month's imprisonment, but
in this case he should sentence him to one mouth's impri•
moment without the option of a fine.