The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DALICO STRRZT ROBBERY.
Jaw BAorioles's*, • respeetably-dreesed young man, real- I
at 1 Vine-eireet, Lambeth, . clerk, was charged with 4
ikom the person of Mrs. Fennell, of 12. Davenport- ,
street, yde-park, a puree, containing sloe ahiliingr, in the
isi daring manner :
rrre3ennall said she was crossing Great Cumberland-
stream Friday afternoon with her little boy, having her
pone in her hand at the time, when a match was made at It
from behind. At first she held Mr punts very firmly, but
afterwards thinking it might be her hothead who had fel- ,
lowed her siseallowed it to go. fths turned round and new a
' person whom the believed to be the prisoner. Her little boy '
called, "Stop thief," and the prisoner then ran down Fuk-
ien. She only lost eight of the rinser for a moment, and
she firmly beloved he was the person.
Mr. Charles Pain, barrister-at-law, of 69, Portland-pine,
was walking down Oxford-street, on Friday afternoon, and
when at the east end of Comherlend-strese saw the prisoner
snatch at the lady's puree. He called Stop thief I" The
man then ran across the road, under the bones' beads,
down Park-lane, he (wines') following him. On meeting a
gentleman coming op the We, he told him what had
occurred, end he went alter the prisoner and brought him
hack.
Mr. James Gilder, a clerk in the War-office, proved going
after the prisoner and bringing him bank.
A constable proved seeing a number of persons running
down Park-lane, the prisoner being in front at the time.
la answer to Mr. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, the
constable said the prisoner pee s ooneot address, and from
he believed him to be respectable.
aPrir 1..17% addrewed the magistrate at sows length, con-
tending that it wee a caw of mistaken Identity. There was
no doubt prowoutrix had lost herring; but he wu instructed
thatthe wound wee incapable of such an act Rebid respect-
able meow present to speak to the prisoner's character.
Mr. Thomas Taylor, of 72, St. Andrew's-road, proprietor
of the How Magaziw, Igo., gave the prisoner a veer high
character fee genera honesty, hasty' estimated him with
keep sums of mossy.
Mr. Bingham rid the nose must go to a jury, but at pre-
med he should remand him.
WESTMINSTER.
ASSAULT.
7Aomass Aiming., a person of very gentlemanly appose-
awe, was charged with indecently weaulting Jane Dennis,
a very pretty girl of 16.
Complainant esid-1 live in the service of Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, at No. 6, Belgrave-street South, Pimlico, and have
been in It twelve months. Prisoner was a lodger at
Mr. Brown's. On Christmas night I went to bed at about
half-past eleven. Oo Sunday morning, about two or throe
o'clock, I wee awoke. I sleep at the top of the house
by myelin, la the next room to Mr. Jennings.
This man (poisoner) was in the bed undressed. I
called out to my tallow•servant, and the prisoner then
jumped oat of bed sad ran into hie own room. I ran down
abdre end gawks my master. who went upstairs. Prisoner
never spate bes before. He did not say anything when he
woke me.

Crceememeised by Mr. Solomon for the prisoner—That
was the Ant night I slept to that room. It bed pre-
bmn occupied by • gentleman who had gone into
the country for a few days. I had akpt downstairs
before with another mervant. I heard the primmer's
breath, but cannot say whether be was intoxicated.
There are other meet lodging in the home. lie hes been
lodging there six weeks. My door was not locked. lam
sera that primmer was the man.

--Ihornaisqlrown, the girl's Mester. ssid—l writ upstairs
to ask him why be had resulted my girl. He denied all
knowledge of the wetter. I said, " She could not bar bees
mistaken ; she tams to me trembling like • leaf." I ass-
aulted ley wile about what wee to be done, and ha was gimme
late eastedy. He came home about half-past tee, and dld
set appear to be istoxicated.
termer; at great length dwelt upoa the feats of the
ere, rerearldng that the capital dimes had not been commit-
ted, that primer had been out chain sad had drank two
bottles of wine, sad that he mistook hie room and
got into the girl's bed, jumping out directly he
found oat his mistake. He had sever said any-
thing cassias to the gal, sad there wee nothing to show
that he had say breaths of •moulting her when he entered
her room. He was • meet reopeotable man, and would net
think of dab. suck • thing. He hoped the worthy iamb-
trate would sot rad hits for Ufa.
.

Mr. Poynter ma ha lawn ISM it to a jury to decide
whether or ant be had any carpal intention.
The dapositkas Teri missed to hayasparad acoorEngly.
THAMES.
RIOT IX ♦ WORXR01)1111 OR

•D•T.

Three Orem able-bodied paoywe, imbed James Ragas,
PAW? Good/allow, and Mk6nl Made, were brought Wore
Mr. Yardley charged with beteg disorderly in RateHl
Workhoues, and easeulting WOlimn Montt, a lad, who is also
a pauper there; Henry Snelling the porter of the hone;
and several police-constables of the H division.
It appeared that the ;Almoners wets Indulged with a hoH-
day on Christmas-day, and cams beck to the workhouse at
two o'clock, all the worse for liquor. Banks re-
wired his dinner how the lad Morris end wee
dissatiefied with it, and began swearing Morris,
making
a disturbance, and struck Morrie a violent blow on the eye.
Morrie attempted to tarn him out, and the other
came up and also attacked Morris, and beat him till bilawas
nearly eimaelses. A serious disturbance then took place, and
several police-constablea, who were called to quell the row,
were struck b the prisoners ; and Snelling, the porter, a
my well t> man, wee shoo ,bleary assaulted, sad
his trousers tors to pieces.

Impeder Orilla, of the K dividcw, said that Tobin wee
like es fahtriated wild bees:, and woo brought to the statics-
home coo a 'Witcher.

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fir answer to quokkas by Yr. Yardley, said the
prisoners bed beta la Freon or to the workhouse for le
=ad" ca sad of. They had spat me mesh awe to
Irina as fa the workhorses. Two of the primers rewind
bre swathe imprlsoamem sash for stealing clothes from the
warthogs% and their seateaose szplred oa the Ist DID*.
cember.

Yr. tardlay—l semen Hobart's of the workhouse had
soma aura fare oa Christmas day
andling—They had es good a dieser on CkisWas-dsy as
mai ttedisman and hia family would weal to set. They had
rem* keit plum poddiog, plenty of vegetables, wholiecna•
Wad, and strong beer.
Mr. Yardley had no hesitation in vertu it taus an abase
of pestle charity to support the prisoners at all act of the
pow rates. May were three idle, disorderly naidene, and
swabt lo be edmiked into the workbook Neb. He
sumemared the prisms to forty days' impressment sad
hag Lbw.

Tax CONVICT MARY NEWELL.—A feeling of very
=es sytepstity hes been orbited i• Reading be this as-
young wermee, who, cm Welaseday leg, tree tried
sad matesesd le death at the Bethitite sesiea dm the
nude, of her ehiM by Amyl's( it but. the 'twee
seer Ceverehm4dll, saw the beirdele trisitreistlital*
etedved at the hods of hr sekeer, WWlam Freed/.
Immediedely ear the Mel • memorial to the Quoin, pitying
far a esamonleilloa of the sentenet, was prepared, red in a
few boors it sesehedi a large samba. of Misstates;
them are these id the Mayor of Beading, heron=
county smagleades, oo® alarmism, umbers
of the wedisel .1 legal prolitesione Mad.sw, Ike. Up
M wean WI, 'meal hundred permute had ap-
pealed Air amiss to the nimaceial, which, It in seder-
wood, will 11:.,C41
of to the &enter, at &Me
dens( the part this week. Os Friday,
the Meyer at K,. chutes Jen Andrew,
tka lass ewer (Mr. Gems Petwer), and the Rey. R. Meet,
the elesdelw of dm Bain eons/ gaol, attended at the
Ilemwedles, and repswisted to lb. emlieritise the heft of
elee sown an the UMW apprising thin that • wined*
peybig far • repine of the sentemo• of drab, was ia ger
=wee that It weld be gemmed lo the lbensary GI
the Nene el a hut /era It wee eeneady repeolal
Rea=weausar =saeweig. that the ereer width the
above hew theenthedthe yee owl as to
gtve thew mews hope thee the exhume penally al the
wth ate be hated epos the Omer. The peer trams
hes, ghee her Mel. bre ta • kw. ithopmthig thate,trl she
is maw* Model by the et the herb maim

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WU heat oa Pride ,jo;takbirelettea Merol,
Dregs Mr. lame deputy weer firtia=
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1 out the Blob= aid Darlingloa Bodorm beteem the
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home NIS Rift lssued of welidei ea the
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I from the eke,
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Wu mail to nig; bet sekeily, idol do doe
mks • sew, • leek andolled oftntik inew,
mai woe empty ensehde4 Aoki ay tree Mil Seek
at the eeb el 14 one as beer, eattirskd than
ta ell ebeekk. Oldie le ihe Makin if Ili kik—
for, sifted' the moos vas ay, * eidesel et be over-
oele—ad to the wind bl. la • eatiery Metedes, the
weed' et the tots s
tew ebeerke, aeloildeemilleg the I
witted, wee oreadal se es they kiaperieleal by al
oedema, aid stoker, whistles' eta diewoos et may oboes
"mar weds. The kolkel, La oilimeat sod elem.
jumped item bikes the up eig tbwe where be wee *b.
epee rein mulish the toll) wee
wised toe Mid
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wine known at dolma mai . aid Ile Nal of flee if
hie tem Orem hoe see eekrtdmi be vat wit meow.
1, TM wswiadarel the I=oo eo•Pe&—Tbe ilti7
retkeell • modlet et • deith."
The latest somata Ms gloarslaire ereisedict
the reports ea to the .ernes Memo at Loot Iftwayeat,
misled heat the meat eleillalesdleat to hie dank all
Leitte Iltbigestea. They's/ad adios # miiiedid Mei
hie *Oahe.