The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-10 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRI

THE POLICE COURTS

GUILDHALL.
George Groom, John Poole, Edward Ray, ✓oseph Callao,
Joseph Scott, Matthew Frost, ✓ohn Kay, and Thomas
Webber, were charged with causing an obstruction in Far-
ringdon-street. Summonses had also been served on four
other persons named Webb, Palmer, Cook, or Edwards,
Mather, and Gurney, but they did not make their ap-

pearanee.
It appeared, from the statement of Mr. Poland, for the
prosecution, that defendants were all betting men, and
were in the habit of going to Farringdon-street about 11
OT 12 o'clock in the day, and continuing there until about
3or 4 o'clock in the afternoon. They drew round them a
number of idlers, for the purpose of carrying on betting
transactions. Aa soon as the defendants placed
themselves in the streets, and pulled out their bet-
ting books, they were surrounded by persons (servants
and others) to make their bets. This had become
so great a nuisance to the inhabitants that they had been
obliged to complain to the police, and officers in plain
clothes had been placed to watch them for so long a time
that they were now enabled to identify every one of the
defendants. It had been their custom, when they saw the
police coming, to walk into the road, whither the crowd
followed them, so that they sometimes obstructed the foot-
way and sometimes the roadway. Some years ago there
was a prosecution against some parties for assembling in
Bride-lane, when they were tried before Mr. Jus-
tice Blackburn and found guilty. They were held to
bail to come up for judgment when called
upon. They then went to some vacant ground in Perrin-
don-road, which was called the " Ruins," but that being
now enclosed, the defendants, instead of giving up
their practices, had come down into Farringdon-street to
carry them on, to the great annoyance of the inhabitants
of the neighbourhood.
Mr. Beard said if the court would allow him he would
state, on the part of those of the defendants whom he re-
presented, that they had placed themselves entirely under
his direction, and he had advised them that they were
wrong in what they had done, and they must not repeat
the offence. If the only object the prosecution had in
view was to put a stop to the practice complained of, it
could be attained without carrying the case any further
by the defendants entering into recognimnoes not to offend
Mr. Poland said that at the last trial the 9uestion was
raised as to whether it was a common law nuisance. The
men contended that so long as they moved out of the way
when anybody came up it was not a nuisance at common
law ; but Mr. Justice Blackburn laid it down that it was.
He could not agree to accept the moognisance of the de-
fendants, because if he did so their agents would be there
to-morrow carrying on the same thing. He had evidence
against the defendants, and if they chose to plead guilty
at the Old Bailey they could be dealt with by the judge.
Some evidence in support of the facts having been given,
The case was adjourned, and the defendants bound over
in their own reoognisances to appear on Saturday next.
CLERKENWF.U.

Robert Hoyle, a carpenter, of 37 Ossubiton-street,
Somers-town, was again brought up charged with feloni-
ously attempting to murder his wife, Sarah Hoyle, by
throwing her out of the first-floor back window, at the
above address, as already reported.
Previous to the case being gone into, the prisoner was
cone ed to the bedside of the injured woman, who ap.
very ill, and her examination was taken by Mr.
fiZIC;r, assisted by Mr. Alexander, the chief clerk, Mr.
Ricketts, solicitor, attending to watch the case on behalf
of the prisoner. On being sworn, she said, in a very faint
voice—The prisoner is my husband, and I have been mar-
ried to him eleven years. Last Tuesday, in the evening,
the hour I do not remember, I had some words upstairs,
but Ido not know what they began about. I was not
aware that he was going to put me out of the window.
Mr. Barker—Row did you go out of the window
The injured woman—l suppose I opened the window to
look out, but I did not expect he would throw me out.
She then turned to the prisoner, and said, " Bob, what is
the cause of the words between us ?"
In answer to Mr. Ricketts, the injured woman said that
she was not drunk that she was aware of ; she had sent
for her landlady to tell her all about it.
The prisoner was then removed to the police-court, and
the daughter of the landlady then deposed that on the
night in question she was in bed in the hack parlour, the
room immediately under the one occupied by the prisoner
and his wife. She heard an amount of scuffling in the pri-
soner's room, and then the window opened, and she heard
the prisoner say, " Out you go." She did not hear any-
thing fall, and then everything was. quiet. The prisoner
wan intoxicated, and so was the injured woman.
After some other evidence a further remand was ordered.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Dr. John Harvey, of No. 31, Grosvenor-street, waited on
Mr. Tyrwhitt to solicit his advice in the following matter.
He was the author of a work on the " nervous func-
tions," and a copy of the Worcester Herald being forwarded
to him he found amongst the advertisements one of a work
bearing the same title as his own, purporting to be written
by a " London Physician." He procured a copy of this
work, and found that it was written by a person whose
name was not in the " Medical Directory." but was in a
book called " Quacks and Quackery," reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
Mr. Tyrwhitt remarked there appeared to be a piracy.
Dr. Harvey said on looking at the work he found it bore
a different title to that of hie work, the title of his work
being only used in the advertisement.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the applicant might go to the Court
of Chancery for an injunction.
Dr. Harvey said it would be perfectly useless to com-
mence law proceedings against this person.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked if any portion of his (Dr. Harvey's)
work bad been pirated.
Dr. Harvey was not aware that such had been the case.
The advertisement in the country paper was calculated
to do him much injury, besides causing him great an-
noyance.
Mr. Tyrwhitt, having looked at the book, and the ad-
vertisement, said the matter clearly had the appearance of
an attempt to deceive. The press would, however, afford
the best redress, it being very hard that the appplicant
should either have to appeal at a great expense to the
Court of Chancery, or sit down and put up with the injury
to his reputation.
Dr. Harvey thanked the magistrate and left the court.