The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-13 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(11118 DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
TEE DARING RORBRRY IN FLEET-STREET.

Williant Phillip, a young man, who refused to give his
address, was placed at the bar on remand before Alderman
Luak, charged with being concerned with four other men,
not in custody, in robbing the prosecutor of his watch in
Fleet-street.

On last Saturday night Mr. Edward Wallis, a gentleman
residing at No. 2, Wellington-cottages, near Kew-bridge
station, was passing along Fleet-street, and hailed an
omnibus, but before he could get to it he was surrounded
by four men who pinioned him, while the fifth robbed
him of his watch. They all ran away. Fenn, a City
officer, mme up at the moment and pursued the prisoner
and captured him. lie became very desperate, and it re-
quired three officers to take him to the station-house.
While he was at the station he endeavoured to strangle
himself—first with bis handkerchief and afterwards with
his stocking.
George Agar, sen., principal warder at Holloway, mid
the prisoner was convicted at the Central Criminal Court,
in November, 1864, of stealing a watch, and sentenced to
six calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour.
Herbert Reeves, a warder at Coldbath-fields prison,
identified the prisoner as having been convicted on the
20th of June, 1860, and sentenced to 12 months' imprison-
ment and hard labour. lie had only Just come out of
prison.

The prisoner, who had nothing to say in defence, was
fully committed for trial.

CLERKENNVELL
A NINGULAR APPLICATION.

A respectably-attired hard-working looking young
woman banded to the magistrate two letters, and said that
she required a warrant against a young man who said
that he would murder her, and she also wanted to know
if she was compelled to give him back a wedding ring and
keeper that he had given to her, and which be now re-
quired. . . . . . . .

The magistrate inquired if she had been engaged to be
married to the man in question
The applicant said that she had, but owing to his dis-
sipated habits she had broken off the match. He had
given her some money to buy furniture, and when he gave
her the two rings he told her they were hers for ever, and
that she might wear them on every occasion that she
walked out with hitn.

The magistrate—What! wear the wedding ring and
keeper before you were married
The applicant replied in the affirmative, and said that
since the match had been broken off the young man had
frequently insulted her and had in addition got some low
women to threaten her and they had alsoillused her. She
wanted to keep the rings and the money to pay her for
the trouble awl expense she had been put to whilst she
was keeping company with the young m►n. She had
heard that he was about to get married to another young
woman, and that be wanted the ring and keeper to give
to his future wife ; that she did not think was quite right
and if she could prevent it the false thing should never
have them, as she would sooner die than give them up.
(A laugh.)
The magistrate having looked at the letters, said he did
not see in them anything amounting to a threat with
which he could interfere. He thought that the applicant
having received the money and the rings whilst she was
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as requested but with that he had nothing whatever
to do.

The applicant who raid she should " stick" to the
rings then left the court.

IikALI3OROI7OH•STREET.
OUTILAGZOUS ASHAULT.

Thomas Woo(ford, a law writer, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with the following unprovoked assault on Lieut.-
Colonel Henry Atkins Bowyer, of the Junior United
Service Club.

Colonel Bowyer stated that on his return from Guildhall
yesterday evening, and while proceeding up Albion-place,
towards his lodgings, be observed the prisoner making
signs to another man. As soon as the prisoner observed
him he assumed to be very drunk, although there had been
nothing before about his appearance indicating that he
wea so, and as he was entering his lodgings the prisoner,
without saying • word to him, gave him a violent blow in
the mouth, the result of the blow being that he bad
been unable to eat or sleep. The prisoner then
put himself in • position as if to strike him ;
after that his servant seized him and he was taken to the
station by a constable.
John Mills, servant to the complainant, said he was in
the passage of the house, and on the door being opened by
the colonel the prisoner struck him in the mouth, and be
held the prisoner, who was afterwards handed over to a
constable.

Reuben Blazier 15$ C, proved taking the prisoner into
custody, and stated that he could not positively say
whether the prisoner was drunk or not.
The prisoner said he had nothing to ask witness.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said such assaults were becoming very com-
mon, and would be dealt with sharply. The prisoner
would be committed for two months with hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.
DRFADFUL ATTICIIPT AT SUICIDZ.

Mary Hall, in her sixtieth year, was charged with at-
tempting to destroy herself by cutting her throat, on the
evening of the 4th or morning of the stb inert.
The pollee received information by letter from a clergy-
man, that a woman, living at 46, Chilton-street, Bethnal-
green, had made a most determined attempt at suicide.
Sergeant Ken wood proceeded there, and found the prisoner ,
with her husband. Her throat was bound with a hand. '
kerchief, but not anything indicated medical attendance.
From her husband's statement to him it appeared that be-
tween 1 and 2 o'clock on the previous day he had
found one of the room doors secured on the inside ; that
himself and the lodgers forced it with great difficulty,
nearly all the furniture within being piled against it. in-
dependent of its being locked, and that she WAS then seen
bleeding profusely from two wounds, one on each side of
her throat, caused by an instrument known among
weavers as • " silk shaver," being doubled edged and sharp
u a razor. The sergeant took her into custody. She had
since been properlyattended,and to the astonishment ot all
who had seen the wounds, was reported out of danger.
Her husband is a hard working man, she given to drink.
There is a large family, but not one in any way a burthen
to her. The combined effects of drink and passion had
induced this attempt. She now appeared penitent, and
Mr• Ellison discharged her.