The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-05 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

SHERIFFS' COURT, RIM-LION-SQUARE.
(Before Mr. Linder-Sheriff Bluebell.)
-1110CLANATIO11 OF OUTLAWIIIT.
Tye monthly notices of proclamations were published
• mating by Kr. Hemp, the °facer of the Sheriffs
f Loam and Middlesex. The following names were
with the mall ceremony :--Oemstantine Men-
em" st the wait of Jose& Seymour Raman ; Robert
we, stile suit of Lewis Hams ; Wm. fiattoreley Lloyd, at
suit of St. Swithin Williams ; J. R. Gratin:, at
e suit of !Alward Wilmot Bede ; ()ennui J. C. Harris,
the silt of Hedges and Butler ; Henry William Carr, at
e suit of Charles Rupert Anhwei and another ; Oesil J.
chime, at the nit of Horace Jahn Bern le ; Henry J.
tandli, at the suit of Edward Hammond ;
ei Boyd, at the sea of Samuel Re6mve ; Robert
we, at the gait of William Bromley ; William Noires,
the wit of Edward ; and George Ball, at the
' of Francis de la Cbaumette.
No surrender was made, although each pert; was eaDed
to appear or he would be outlawed. Had either of
edefendant' appeared he would have been taken to
wince vile. The proclamations were made at an
cient county court established from the time of
tbe Great.
The proceedings were closed by Mr. Mountain, the °Meer
the court, requesting all parties to depart in peace, and
'ye their attendance on Thursday, the 3rd of May.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY-}- - -

(Before the Assistant Judge.)
ROBBERY IRON TIM CHARING-CROSS STATION OP TIM
SOUTH-CASTRIN RAILWAY.
Maria JoA* Thompson, 24 a tall MIIII, formerly in the
ce ef the French Ambassador,was indicted for
• carpet-tog, • shaving ISM, hair-bruah,
of boots, and other ankles, the
Robert Eerie. A second indiMmenteharged gara
• leather beg, containing books and memoranda,
ueverty of the proprietors of the Hporting Gazette
Liza tod). There was a third Indictment against him for
Adding a travelling rig and a printed book, the property
of Edward Norris Hogarth.
Kr. Warner Sleigh (instructed by Mr. Freeland, of the
law department of the South-Eastern Railway Company)
prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended.
From the evidence of Sergeant Monekton, a detective
of specially employed at the Charing-minas station of
the South Eastern Railway, it appeared that about half-
past twelve in the day of the 2lst of March, he saw the
mmoner sitting in the first-clms waiting room, reading •
book, sad the prosecutor, the Rey. Robs. Earle, was sitting
WI a seat opposite to him. The prosecutor got up, leaving
aearpetbag, and quitted the room for five minutes, and
then returned. He then took the bag and placed it under
a window at the opposite end of the room. Sergeant
Monekton's suspicions were mated, and he quitted the
room for the purpose of more minutely watching the
prisoner from a place where he could do so without obser-
vation. In about five minutes afterwards he saw the pri-
mmer get up from his seat and take up his position close
to the earpet-beg. Another gentleman then entered the
room end placed • despatch box on the Boor and
went out again. Sergeant Monekton kept a watch
upon the prisoner for half an hour longer,
and until all persons excepting the prisoner bad
quitted the waiting-room. The prisoner then left the wait-
ing-room, and asked a porter what time the next train
started for Croydon. The porter having referred to the
time table, and answered his questions the pri-
soner then went to the waiting-room, took up the
carpet-beg, despatch box, and • paper parcel, and
was about quitting the station with them, when
Sergeant Monekton followed him, telling him that
he was a police officer, and that he should take him to the
station-home. The prisoner asserted that the articles
belonged to him ; but the officer said he should take him
to the mapeetor's office. He was there asked his name and
address, when he said the officer was perfectly right,
and that the things did not belong to him. On the way to
the station-house he said he had been in bad company, and
that his friends wore respectable.
The Rev. Robert Earle, a clergyman, of Wateringbury,
near Maidstone, identified the carpet-bag as his property.
Mr. Henry Ellison proved that the leather bag belonged
to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort and others, the pro-
prietors of the Sporting Gazette.
In reference to the bag alluded to, it was only when
Sergeant Monello& took the prisoner into custody on the
former charge that • pawn ticket was found referring to
a leather beg pawned by the prisoner at the shop of Mr.
Whistler, in the Strand. On the night of the 19th
of March this bag was in the possession of Mr. H
sub-editor of the Sporting Gate*, at the =
station of the London and North Western Railway,
he being about to proceed to Northampton by the 7.50
train. While he was waiting there be gave a bag, rug,
and portmanteau to • porter, and he saw him put them
into a carriage, and lock the door. When he went again to
the carriage in about half an hour the bag and rug were gene.
In searching the prisoner's lodgings also at 25, Xing-
street, Westminster, Sergeant Monckton found some of
the books which were in the bag at the time it was stolen.
The prisoner was found Guilty.
Sergeant Monekton, in answer to the Assistant-Judge,
said the prisoner was discharged from the service of the
French Ambassador for robbing hie fellow-servants.
The Attendant-Judge said these robberies at railway sta-
tions were becoming very common, and he must say that
it was • most inconvenient thing for • person to be robbed
just at the commencement of • journey. Property of this
description was necessarily a good deal exposed, and such
offences mint be visited with severe punishment. The
sentence on the prisoner was that he be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for 18 months.

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THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
♦ CARRIAGE THIEF.
Marks Parker, a young man, describing himself as a
',moan, but who is known to the police as a regular car-
riage thief, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a
coat from the carriage of Mr. Thomas Blisard Curling, a
gentleman, residing at No. 39, Grosvenor-street,Gresvenor-
square.
A person seeing the prisoner take the coat from
Mr. Curling's carriage, which was standing at his
door, gave the alarm, and the prisoner was pursued
by a young man named Smith and Mr. Curling's coachman.
The prisoner finding he was pursued, stopped and gave the
coat up, stating that he had picked it up, and when asked
why be had set to running, stated that that was " out of
fun." Before the witness Smith could seize him he made
off again, but after a sharp chase was secured and handed
over to Hooker, 141 C, who took him to the station.
The prisoner was remanded.
The police have received information of several similar
robberies of late.

TURRATINING TER TASKMASTER OP ♦ WORKHOUSE.
Griffitn Jones was charged before Mr. Knox with
beharing in a refractory manner, and refusing to perform •
task of work while a casual inmate of St. James's Work-
house, and also with threatening the taskmaster.
Densham, the superintendent of the casual ward of St.
James's Workhouse, said that on the previous night the
Prisoner applied for admission to the casual ward, and was
admitted. The prisoner had the regular allowance, and
that morning after breakfast a task of work was given to
Lim, but he refused to perform it, and having • hammer
in his hand at the time, said, " I will break your
heal before I leave the yard."
The prisoner, in a violent tone, denied using the words,
and mid that if he had an opportunity of writing to his
brother he would send • solicitor to defend him.
Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for 14 days, with hard
labour.

JAMAICA.

(131VIZZ'S 1111.1103A/L)
(Per the Sawfish.)

xisogrox, Mescx 15.

Great excitement was caused yesterday by Go-
vernor Storks having to turn out 150 troops,
under Major WBean, to enforce an ejectment
upon property at liartlands. After the troops had
arunhed, the negroes agreed to obey the Gover
nor's orders.

it is understood, however, that the people at
Hartlanda are possessed of a great quantity of
guns and powder.
The commission of inquiry continues its sittings.