The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.

A young man named Thomas Wood was brought before
the Lord Mayor io the custody of Hancock, the detective
officer, charged with obtaining 9G yards of silk serge, value
15/.. rom Mews. WeUden and Co., warehouvernen, of
Chespeide, by false protegee'.
It appeared that on the 16th of December the prisoner
went to the prosecutors' wgrehouse, end said that be had
been sent by one of their customers for some patterns of
silk serge, and they were given to him. He shortly after-
wards come back with one of the samples, and said that he
was to take a piece of that quality, and • piece ..of serge
containing 96 yards was aocordiogly given to him.
There was • second ease of a aimalee esters eseteso
the prisoner on the 2lth of December. It ap-
peared that on that day he went to Messrs. Fendon
and Co.'s warehouse in Milk-street, Cheepside, and re.
presented that be had been sent by Messrs. London
and Gledhill, of New Burlington•street, a firm with which
they were in the habit of doing busies's, for • piece of silk
serge, but instead of only one, two pieces, worth MI., were
packed up and given to the prisoner ; and it turned out in
both instances that the prisoner had no authority to obtain
the goods. It was proved in the course of the case that the
prisoner had formerly been io the service of Mews. Landon
and Gledhill as porter. but was discharged • short time
back, and was thus well acquainted with the mode in
which their baisioess was conducted. When the prisoner was
apprehended by Hancock he denied all knowledge of the
different transactions, bat the witnesses who bad delivered
the goods to hint swore positively to his identity.
The prisoner, when asked by the Lord Mayor whether
he washed to make any answer to the charge, replied, in a
tone of great arivirence, that he did not know any of
the witnesses who had been examined.

The Lord Mayor said that unfortunately for him they
appeared to know bim too well.

Ae was then remanded.
Thomas Brown Kirtnn, a middle-aged man, described as
a commission agent, was charged with wilful damage.
The prisoner went into the Bear and Wheateheaf, in
Lower Thames-street, kept by Mr. Edwin Bird, on Wed-
nesday night, about half-past ten o'clock, and miscon-
ducted himself so that the landlord was obliged to order
him to leave He was the worse for liquor, and the moment
be got outside be broke a lamp over the door, the value of
which was 51. The only excuse the defendant made for
this act of wanton destruction was, that there were some
masonic signs on the lamp, and that es Mr. Bird was not a
mason he tbought be had no right to use them.
The Lord Mayor ordered the defend.ut to p.,y the amount
of the damage, and in default to be imprisoned for 21
days.
William Allford, a waterman, was charged with a similar
often?... _

The complainant in this case was Mr. Brown, the land-
lord of the Ticket Porter Tavern, in Arthur•street West,
and it appeared that because he very properly refused to
serve the prisoner with 'Nary, oo account of his being in a
state of intoxication, he took ups pint pot and smashed a
pane of gl •se worth 4!. with it.
The Lord Mayor in this case also ordered the defendant
to pay the amount of the damage, or to be imprisoned for
twenty-one day..

AnNussios or ArronNEYS.—There are as many
as 110 applications next term fcr admission as attorneys.
It is anticipated that the stamp duty will either be re-
pealed or reduced. It produces upwards of 70,0001. a year.
THE MURDERER FORA' ARD. —At the last weekly
meeting of the Ramie; ite Local Board of Health, Mr. Livick,
superintendent of polar., said be bad received a reply hum
Sir George Grey to the letter forwarded by the clerk of the
board as to his claire for the reward offered by government
for the apprehension of the murderer of the three children
at Starr's Coffee-house, Holborn. The clerk read the com-
munication, from which it appeared that Sir George Grey
did not consider that Mr. Livick was entitled to the reward,
as Forward was apprehended at Remoras for murdering his
wife and child, although it turned out that he was the
murderer of the children in Holborn. Mr. Livick thanked
the hoard for the trouble they had taken on his behalf ; and
said he was still of opinion that be was entitled to the
reward, as he might have conveyed Forward to London on
a charge of murdering his three children, instead of taking
him before the local magistrates.

A MAN BURIED gLlVE.—Yesterday the Deputy-
Coroner H. S. Wasborongh held ea inquest at the Rising
Sun, Marsh-bridge, St. Philip's tied Jaeob'e H ontretol, on
the body of a man named William Penny, aged 73 years.
Deceased was in the employ of Mr. Dottie, haulier. of
Barton-read, and was engaged in sereenine ashes, which he
dug from • large heap, the property of Mr. Bryant, a ma.
nufacturer of patent manure, carrying on business at St.
Philip's Marsh. The ashes formed • mound from 90 to
100 feet high, had been some ten years forming, and eon-
tained many hundred tons. When ashes were required
men were employed to dig and screen them, and in this
way the heap became gradually honeycombed, and occa-
sional falls bad taken place. Not loon ago • little boy
became buried owing to one of these slips, and although
his life was saved he will be a cripple for life. Deceased
was working in the manner described when, it is presumed,
that that portion of the mound upon which he was en-
gaged, having become undermined, fell and buried
him. However, between 1?. and 1 o'clock his
wife took him his dinner, but failing to find him
at the usual spot proceeded to search for him, but
in vain ; his shovel was missing also, but his pickaxe
was there. At length the poor woman bethought her that
her husband was buried beneath the rubbish, and corn.
menced digging with her whole energy, when after some
time she came upon the dead body of the unfortunate man.
She screamed loudly for essistance,which was obtained, and
the body was exhumed, when it was found to be greatly
mutilated, the Iliad in particular being crashed in a fearful
manner. The jury, alter bearing the evidence, and care.
fully inspecting the place, returned a verdict of "Accidental
death." The coroner remarked, however, that it was the
duty of the proprietors of such works to use the utmost
caution to prevent such accidents, and said be would him-
self address • communication to the owner of the ash heap

is qustios.