The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

ILLITSION HOUSE.
ItAILWAY VAS BOBBIZII6
Three yens( toes, named Hairy Will., De*.
cad Aka Blake, all of wboardieceited
men, were brought before Ablgroma Lusk, who t
Lori liayor, charged wttlt attempting to steal tths ahulr
Cl try the property of Menge. Pickfrad sad 0o:
It appeared that in courrequence of the very afRIOU et
beat to which tberobbery of railway Taus in the testropehis;
beau carried of late, special ecastablas ham bare emehm
Is &is clothes with a view to detect the papa
There appears to be very little doubt that the /Amin
ere a part of the gang who have been
these depredations, and their proesedingswZ
to be of • very systematic sod ingenious amoeb os
Monday evening the prisoners were seen by Gross, s ea.
halve otiose, in Watling-street, and he witoliad hoz
prossidiep. Blake mid Davis bad a treat, sad tin
all went to Easteheap, where • via was is,
Aged is loading chests of tea, Two of the pi,
eaters stood with the truck about 50 pry frea
the yen, end the other prisoner went up te
front of the van, end commenced man dowe this
chests of tea from it. A boy wee m the bee at v.
van, but he could not see what wee gang on in from, het
it appeared that he esm OW of the chests more, sad he ea
about to go to see what're' wrong, when the reemeas
the cheats back to their place in the vae, and wire oh"
to walk away, when the constable went up, sad with as.
&tome took than into custody, but two other ma no
were associated with them contrived to make their New
Yam, the detective officer stated that a short thee Ws
a cart containing • pipe of port wise wee stoke fah
Tower-hill, and he had reseoa to believe that the pasha
Wen *Rana:can who :Lot

DARING BIIIGLAST BT • nineausx.—oonwerrn
Louis Inprind. aged 26, of no flied nada*, ea
engraver, a native of France, was sharpd leas Sy
Barker with breaking and snaring the dwelling hornet
Mr. Edward Perryman, linen draper, of 7, &daytime,
Holloway, and stealing therefrom 17 final shirts, n
shirts, 75 silk handkerchiefs, 18 silk neckties, two ping
drawee, and fis. Bd. in Wilda" ell of the value of 401
Mr. Albert attended to interpret the name, sal
spectre Barber, N division, watched the ease ea bekefid
the commisdoems at polies.
The prosecutor stated—l reside at 7 and 8 Raihray4n
Holloway. Yesterday morning, about 7 o'clock, f vtj
around by haring • knocking at the door of my ars
which commentates with my dwelling-house. Ths dip
was shut up, fastened, and everything roads sears at std
half Tort 11 night. When I got up I found ose &an
down and three gas Bights harpies in the shop. The gm
wee not open, but the shutters act as the dos to hem
the place wheel they are UP. The shutter tin
as down had been forced out of the pone It
which it ran and pushed up. An entry had beta pia
to my house through the skylight in the red
of the shop. The shop is built out to the height et a
second floor. I toned a ladder of ropes hanging hoe Its
skylight into the shop. I found the prisoner is meek
and on going to the police statics I found that he bed li
flannel shirts, • large number of calico shirts, sad other sH
tick*, my property, which bad been takes from am En
When he was searched at the police station he was wean
three final shirts, four calico shirts, and three phi d
cotton drawers, one woollen muffler, two pea of rk
and one pair of gloves, also my property. I neaett
prisoner before be was in custody. I mimed a lot eta
thivp from the BM
Pollos.coastable Anthony Ryan, 296 Y, said—l Wes ot
duty in the Holloway-read at 7 o'clock in the esom
saw the prima with the bundle containing en stirla
named by the last witness in his possession. • bey
ems, that the prisoner had left the shop doer ems,
I stopped the prisoner and asked him what he hada
there, but he made me no answer. He understood legfig
• little. Finding that the bundles contained akin, Is.
I took him to theyoliceastion. Os searching him !bid
in his pocket 2s. Bd. in farthings, • ante
of tools, • chisel, • knife, • saw, two emir
bits sad mother tool, and he was wearing a
of clothes, consisting of three final shirts, four eillm
shirts, three pairs of drawers, two pain el stost s
muffler, • pair of worsted gloves, all owned by Ms
wiener: I then went and examined the house, an fermi
• rope ladder hanging from the roof. It is not easy to M
is to the roof ea there are 14 feet of wall to clamber, Us
going
an to the roof I found two squares of glen broke", eel
from the led witness some clothes that were kb
In the shop.
Mr. Barker having duly cationel the primer as h
what he might say in answer to the charge,
The prisoaer said—l wen In bed on Satuedsyi sight an
012 Sadlmorning ; having no work to do, Igoe op is go
sad see Mr. Dupla, • man who was the ease of ay
gating six months' imprisonment, in order to gat 1111111
money from him sod some clothing. that aided
in money
paression during my impraneaset. Mee
I was In the Holloway-rand I met three per
sou running along, no one being is the
street Whilst running they dropped a parcel. I *kid
up • little box not here now, also a leather bee, sad a
parcel containing tools. Thishirt I had on me 1 beef
is the parcel. Then 1 was rather embarrassed with 61
things in the parcel, and looking about to see where thee
people could have oome from I went into the shop, eir
the pa slight, and the ladder hanging. I thee pet
on the drawers and the other things, and in don( so eel
my baud with the broken glass.
Mr. Barker oommitted the premier for trial
• SCISI IN 0001 T.
dreffslie*ll6B.ll4.6n, aged 23, ,
St. John-street, 016 dreamlakererkenwell,'wmwborksradran birlerforead.
Mr. Barker with being drunk, disorderly, sad assanltin
George Winfield, steer shopkeeper, of 148, Bt. Jahn-street.
Olerkenwell ; aad G
further, with severely Warble Polk*
sergeant Alfred 'West, 24 ,in the execution of bb duty.
The prison, has frequently' figured it this mart
os
charges of assault on Winfield, with whom she read the
seed to cohabit, and by whom, awarding to bee aboon,
she is pregnant.
Sergeant Wing was so injured by her as to be sett foe

duty
ki.r. Barker said it win clear that the prisoner we a
violent, dangerous woman. For the assault co the pier
sergeant be should order her to be imprisoned and kept
bard labour in the Hauls of Correction for two
months, without giving her **option of paying a las.
At the expiration of that term she would have to Ind two
melee' in the sum of 101. each to keep the pee and is of
good behaviour to all her Majesty's subjects for the speed
sir calendar mouths.
The prisoner no cooler beard the one
than dr
b 6318" verF _violent. attempted to jump over the dock
strike Wieneld, and it was not until she was polled sad
dragged by air or eight men that she could be meth le
loose her hold of the dock, and thee eh* was carried ont ef
tho court swearing revenge whin she came out of prim
MARLBOROUGH-STMT.
INALOUBY.--••••171:f ON • WWI.
Richard Wad, a young man described as gold better, d
No. 18, Crowe-street, Soho, woo brought before Ns. TT"
wide, on a warrant, by Olhaughnessy. one of the mine
oaken, charged with assaulting hie wife.
Mrs. Mary West, who had a bad black eye and cried Ago
giving her evidence, said—On Saturday night my babel
was going out, saying he had • little job to finish al es
shop. I told him I would go with him end wait fer bin,
but he objected, and then went out Honig a sepias
of him I followed hint, and saw him walk to St. Nsalist
Chureh, where be waited a few minutes, and was the
joined by • female. I followed them and law them elan
• street in the Strand. I walked up and said, "Who
this female? Why it's Louisa." The faunae then aid le
my husband, " le this your wife," and my husband the
tried to got rid of me, but I wonld not Neve him. lai
after taking glass of ale together, we went home, whet
he took some mosey off the mentel.plece, and this street
me in the eye, saying, "There, take that, you fig
watching me."
Mr. Tyrwbitt—Do you know the young woman.
The wife—Oh yes. She has a husband and foe
childres. file used to be after my husband when she re
singly
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you any children
The wife—Yee, two. He bad no business out with the
female.
The I went out to meet a young nun.
Mr. %11:111.1;—But you met a young woman instead.
The prisoner—My wife provoked me.
A witness corroborated • portion of the complainer's
statement.
Mr. Tyrwbitt (to the priemer)—You will have to mate
your pesos with the husband of the otter lady, and hoer
and a bail to keep the peace to your wife for six maths.

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Tax EMPLOYKIMIT or Gnus no' Cou.turss.--
A girl, 12 years of age. has been 'rushed to death in a ed,
hery near Wigan, under circumstances which suggest do
neomisity for an alteration or amendment in the law se
speaking the employment of children in mime. The decesati
was empiged to remove tracks full of coal from one porda„,..
of the pit and to replies them with empty trucks. ,Ba.
appears, however, to have entered upon do duty
instructions • soy instrucOss from those in authority. Whav'"
'Doh instruction it is not surprising that she filled.*
apply the break at the proper moment,
in aod Ihe m00d.4
alarmed she ran in front of the waggons t obileint
hoes of impeding their progress. In this, of coarse al
wee unsuccessful, and she was struck with the buffed
and fatally injured. The evidence at the Wined
showed that although colliery proprietors are liable to
penalties for employing boys coder • certain se, 116
the law has not thrown a similar protection over girls, o'd
are often, when only 10 or 12 years old, employed in miss
in the neighbourhood of Wigan. It cannot be doubted
that the omission to extend the Hinitatioe In 10 "
?Mat" was wholly unintentional on the part of do
; and the objections to their employment is.
-=".ar• so grave that we are confident they only Nom
to be brought under the attention of parliament to b•
promptly comocUri—Leeds lifereriry.