The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

2HB POLICE COURTS.

WORSHIP-STREET.

The attention of the magiatrate was occupied for a con-
siderable time in the investigetioa of a charge of burglary,
preferred against two constables of the CI division, named
Joseph Pargiter and Abraham George Pollan.
Mr. Mania, the sup riatendent of the division, attended
to watch the nue, and the court was a, owded with trades-
men and other inhaNtesta of the district, wits manifested a
lively interest in the prootiediags.
The first witness esambied was Police-constable Mangey,
G 102, who deposed as follows :—Atoat • quarter past four
o'clock this morning, on reaching the cad of my beat,
at the man of Tabernacle—quart, Finsbury, I saw the pri-
soner Petal's', who was tosairestly istoeicated, standing is
trout of the Angel and Crown public-bone, the door of
which was partly open. I directly crowed over to him, and
inquired if anything was the tastier, to which the prisoner
earelesely answered that he believed some one bad got in.°
the house, bat that I had no right to interfere about it, as
that was bin beat, end I had better mind my own haslet's'.
After telling him that I conside.rd it was my business to
egainine the Vent, I was about to enter the house, when I
was dratted back by the prisoner, who tripped me up with
sack violence that I fell heavily o* my back. On recovering
my feet, the pre nor again closed upon me, and threw me
down several times is rapid sun mica. We struggled
together until the wend of the acting sergeant, who headed
P.rglter into the charge of soother officer, and accompanied
me into the house, where we found the other prisoner, in •
helpless state of drunkenness, in frost of the bar. There
was no other person present, and as he was usable to
furnish us with any explanatisn of the circumstances, we
rang the door bell and roused the landlady, who
discovered, oa coming downstairs, that the Inner
part of the bar had been thoroughly ransacked,
and amongst ocher property stolen was • quantity
of "fiver and °eloper mosey, which had bees abstracted from
the till and an adjoined shelf, together with several bottles
of spirits, sad the content* of two eases of rigors. The pri-
mmer' were then removed Is custody, but they offered such
• strenuous resistance that it requited the combined strati
of several ciliate toe-savoy them to the station-hone.
Sergeant Mantel!, 0 4, stated that on their mien at the
motion the prisoner Pellatt was stripped of his uniform, and
la the pot:Aston( his gnat coat were discostred a bottle of
brandy, a slot t, and pieetiof wire, several lows cigar., and
two silk bandkembiet The prieoser's hat was also removed,
and upwards of 60 cigars were discovered within It, concealed
ender • handkerchief. The primmer accounted for the
ptomain of the handkerchiefs by stating that he had
found them In the street, bat made no observations with re-
gard to the other property.
Sergeant N:chol's, G 11, stated that the prisoner Pargiter
when brought to the station, was also closely searched, sad
that a purse misfiling 12e. ac, a quantity of copper
mosey, and fifty-four cigars were foaled is his possession.
Edward Eccles, barman to the prosecutor, stated that, se-
cording to his usual prank*, be left the house shortly after
twelve o'clock, and the dos, was secured by • female
rant by mesas of • bolt which was shot into the floor. After ,!
pettier, outside he tried the door, and found it to be fast,
bat on returning at seven o'clock the nest morning he
distoovewd that the pleas had bees entered, and amongst
otht r entitles whisk had beset stolen were the two handkar-
chiefs ;sweated, wince he idsatified at his property.
Is mew, to • question from the magistrate, it was inti-
mated by limperiatoodest Martin that Pollan had bees two
years and Pimplier about olives months la the terse,
whisk they had both attend ea the faith of the most oath-
henry testimosiala, the latter hones been strongly ream-
needed for the tmeat by two charchwardeas.
Mr. Naanaill arid that it was • most aggravated ease,
widen involved Ina • Infant breech of town on the port of
the primmer* Mat he Ind as Issaitenea is esmmittimg them
pNewest* kr OW, hen la amid mem them tabs brought
lip pia ter lie eirmilelea et Os Espelsion.