The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION•HOUSE

Mr. Alexander Mender;;, pic;tOiraphic artist, who
earring on his basins= at 49, King Willionvetreet, appeared
berme the Lord Mayor to answer the complaint 4 Mr.
Jams M'Grath, who ocenpiem a portion of the game pre-
miss, upon a summons whisk charged him with carrying on
his worldly occupation on the Lord's-day, commonly called
&May. Two persons, named Cooper and AM, who are in
Mr. !Sanderson s service, were also charged with a similar
dhow _ _

Mr. Beard, the solicitor, appeared for the defendants.
It will be recollected bast Henderson and Cooper were
laid a few days
"go foe a similar offence, and it was proved
that the proceeding' carried on by them on Sundays was
not only a great annoyance to the inhabitants of the home,
but to the public generally, and the Lord Mayor inflicted the
full penalty fixed by the act of parliament creating the
offence, which is a statute pared in the Mith year of the
reign of Charles 11. The statute directs that in default of
payment the partite convicted shall be put in the stocks
for two home. At the former hearing Mr. Beard was un-
derstood to Mato that the defendants were determined to
persevere in carrying on the business on the Sunday, sad to
defy the law.
All three of the defendants pleaded guilty.
Mr. Beard addressed the Lord 'fagot and said that the
defendants did not attempt to deny that they had !wok's
the law, and they pleaded guilty under his advice. He was
instructed, however, to state to his lordship that the pro-
ceeding against them was not taken upon any public grounds,
but merely to compel them to Lam the house, which Mr.
Henderson was determined not to do. His lordship, he
said, would of course be bound to convict the defendants,
but as the complainant bed had notice of their intention to
plead guilty, he submitted that no carte ought to he ob-
tained. Mr. Beard went on to complain on the part of the
defendants that they should have been sought out when it
was well known that there were plenty of other similar
offenders in the City of London.
The Lord Mayor said he had within to do with the pro-
ceedings of other parties, and be could only deal with the
ease that was before him. It_ appeared to him to be quite
h clear that the defendantsid infringed the law, and he
must therefore adjudicate upon the matter.
Mr. M'Cliuth begged to be allowed to contradict the
statement that had been made by Mr. Beard on behalf of
the defendants, that the proceedings against them arise
from intereeted motives. The whole of the respectable
inhabitants of the neighbourhood had complained of the
manner in which the defendants conducted themselves.

I.l7l.;4ll;j.T;aiaVeT,;. ceTtiiOry of opinion from
the evidence that was glees upon • former occasion, that
the manner in which she Wegner wee (anted on, on 'Sun-
dayr, was a public. nuisance. He should, therefore, ins all
the defendant five shillinp and costa, amounting altogether
to nizmandeixpeno•
Mr. Beard said that Ilr. Heodenon would pay the Am
and costs, but the others IMMO sot in • condition to do so.
and they most therefore submit to the alternative passed
by the sedate, namely, being placed for two hours in the
Mocha. (A laingh.)
Mr. Goodwin inquired of the defendants Cooper and Ash
whether they had auy goods or chattels upon which the fine
and costs meld he levied !

Tlfey both replid that they had not.
Mr. Goodman mid there were no mtocke to put them in at
the prment time, but they would find that the law oould
net be defied with impunity. The course that would be
taken would be to lame a diatoms warrant under which any
property belonging to them might be mined wherever it wee

—The Lord Mayor told the defendants they were acting
verb foolishly, and if they would only oow promise to re.
from from breaking the law, he would not grant a distress
warrant. . .

Cooper said that if be gave up his employment, Mr. Hen-
derson would employ some one else, and he bad no other
moans of obtaining his livelihood.
The Lord Mayor said he could not be permitted to obtain
his livinghy breaking the law. lie should not argue the
matter with him, but merely throw out the suggestion he
bad made foe his noaddemixon.
The defendant refused to make the required promise, and
said he would rather go the stooks. (Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor told him he was very foolish—be knew
there were no stocks, but if be would not take the advice
that we. given him, he must abide by the COOMIqUeDCOII.
The defendants then left the court, and a distress' war-
rant was ordered to be innied
The reporters were requested to acknowledge the receipt of
the annual doaation of 101. by Ow Fishmonger,' Company
fur the poor-box.

Alexander Duncan, 21, au articled pupil, was charged be-
fore Mr. Yardley with stealing a quantity of drawing in.
stamen's, the property of his masters, Messrs. Walter
Blackett and Co., architects and surveyors, of No. 7, Duni-
vanilla, Holborn.
Mr. Walter Blackett said the prisoner had been an articled
pupil of his for six months, but in oonsequence of irregular
conduct and suspicion, by was discharged thr.e weeks since.
After the prisoeer's departure he found that, with the ex-
ception of two, all his nutriments had been taken away.
lie went the polio, and received their isitinutiosa, the