The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-12 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

BOW43TREET.

LCAB DRIVIRS AND rzonreross.
George Barker, a cabrdrirerr was charged before Mr.
Vaughan with being drank while in charge of hie horse and

folicemoamtable Kingston, B 126, said that about half-
pot 1 o'clock this morning he was on duty in Hart-street,
and saw the prisoner driving his cab towards
Bloomsburyoquare. A lady who was riding in the cab
looked out of the window and called to him to stop, saying
that be was going the wrong way. He took no notice, and
she threw open the door and jumped out. Witness
as up and stopped the hone. The prisoner was
so drunk that witness had difficulty in getting him
It the box, and then was obliged to hold
up en be was nimble to stand alone. The la iy said she
the cab in Oxford.atreet, with • gentlemen who wee
sell inside, but who, also, was the worm for liquor. She
bad told the cabman to drive to Groammor.square, but he
was going In quite the contrary direction. Witness took
the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Cam, the proprietor of the cab, produced the pd.
Doom's license, on which there were three endorsement'.
The prisoner had been but • sort time in hie servioe. On
adneeday night he only brought home 6s. out of his earn-
ings, but witness allowed him to take the cab out again on
aridity to try to make up the haleness. To show him
on easily that might have been done, Mr. Case mentioned
that he himself had taken out • cab yesterday, and
although from having to attend to his other busi-
ness he lost four hours he yet 'lamed 11. 16e.
Be had no doubt that a cabman working the full time
night have earned 50s. None but cab proprietors them-
selves knew what they suffered from drunks° cabmen—
first, in not being paid for the time of their abs—secondly,
from the vehicles and horses being damaged, and above
II from having to pay for damage done to tbeother vehicilem
ey were constantly having actions brought or threatened
against them for damage, but they did not come to the
wledge of the public, because they were almost always
settled. He (Mr. Case) had lost 5001. in that way in two
are. Fines seemed to have but little effect on the men ;
easily paid with the money which ought to be given
the employers, on whom, therefore, the;whote of that
also felL He would venture to suggest that the only
effective remedy would be to suspend their licenses.
Mr. Vaughan, after commenting with some severity upon
the aggravated nature of the case, said he really could not
with justice impose a leas severe penalty than that which
had been suggested. He should suspend the prisoner's
license for two months.

The prisoner, u he left the court, said to his employer,
"You have done the beet you could for me."
WORSHIP-STREET.

DARING SHOP ROBBZRY.

Daniel Fleming, 2?, smart made and respectable in ex-
terior, was charged with being concerned is stealing a purse,
containing nearly 111. in gold and silver money.
Mrs. Susan Webb, the wife of a greengrooar in Upper
Clacton, stew days since, was in her shop at 3 o'clock in the
'Samoa:, when she observed the prisoner and another
man standing at the door which is always in the absence
of customers kept closed ; she opened it, the men entered,
but, instead of passing forward to the counter, oontrived to
keep her between it and the door, at the seine time point-
bag to some oranges at the further end of the former,
and asking the price, very reasonably she turned and
wont to the fruit, closely followed by the men. Prisoner
elected Iwo, his companion meanwhile leaning forward, and
peening against her side in a very strange moaner. She
ands some remark as to this, and as she contrived to take
a backward step fancied that she saw her purse in
• hand, but, greatly flurried and not positive,
she remained silent. Prisoner at the same instant
kid for his purchase, keeping in front of her
'bile he didao ; the other man walked coolly out of the shoo,
st immediately afterwards commenced running ; prisoner
'lowed leisurely, peeling an orange, and while this
1 doing, for however detailed it was the work
inanely WE a minute, she missed her purse
taking the amount named, from her dress pocket.
lord cry lot her husband, who was at the back
the premises, brought him to the spot ; he pursued and
ted the prisoner, accused him of complicity in the theft,
desired him to return. " Most certainly not," was the
', and twisting himself away from the grasp he, too,
4t at good speed, hut was overtaken and held until
oat Busane, N division of police, took charge of him.
rifle of money, and of course the two oranges, were
Ind on him, and he denied any knowledge of the other
or that they entered the shop together.
rgeant Dusan' now remarked that prosecutor's shop
wine distance back from the roadway, and is fronted
long garden ; in fact that it is a retired spot, where
`ling of the kind under notice might be well
-"tit without an alarm being heard. The person
as the companion of the prisoner had not,
was sorry to say, been traced during the remand.
• nor represented himself as clerk to a firm at Bristol
lag at 53, Colebrook-street, Kiog's-road, Lambeth ;
opbatically he denied the charge against biro. Very
. apparently to his surprise two ronvictions were proved
sat him which although of a light character resolved
Ellisoo, the magistrate, to send him for trial at the
idlesex Sessions, and the derositions being completed he
fully committed) thereto, observing that counsel would
pod him.
Ir. Pater, the barrister, was to have attended in his
ialf, but not arriving in time, could not be heard.
!bile the prisoner was crossing the yard to the cello, an
it was made to communicate to the firm at Bristol be
alluded to, but be declined giving the address, and
iced with a laugh that it would be unlearn as they
Jkrapte now, and gone to Australia,
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A SAD LOSS.
loapector Harrison. of the C division, accompanied by a
log man named John Carmel, waited. upon Mr. Knox
--sing, when the inspector stated that the young
_ saved up with the intention of commencing bui-
l@ & fishmonger, the sum of 171. 13s. He deposited
icy in a box io which there was also a quantity
-dog and other articles, and left the box in his
while he went out to find an eligible situation to open
). On his return, after being absent some hours,
and that some persons bad entered the room, and carried
the box and its content,. The police had been using
' endeavour to trace the property and the thieves; but
the present time had not succeeded in doing so.
reply to Mr. Knox, the inspector said he had not the
'St doubt as to the truth of the young man's s .
:sox, after remarking that it woe a cruel ro ,
be young man 21. from the poor.box, for which e
tobiza 7
-steful.

Thompson Whalley, M.D., of Mirfield, was tried
Leeds arises, yesterday, for an attempt to defraud
British Prudential Asanrance °®a. The pri-

had insured the lives of oae or two of
patients without their authority or knowledge,
in oae cue at least if was shown that the
lof his proposal were directly fate. The
found him guilty, but were " mush disposed" to
him to mercy, on usenet of the laces Disease
.4e immure company conducted their heehaws.
The Bank Charter Act finds numerous oppo-
' T•iverpool, and a petition for its abolition has been
signed there.

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