The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-29 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MARLBOEOUGH•STREET.

John Seidl ier, a boy of 13, was charged before Mr. Beadon
with robbing his father, John &Wier, formerly an hotel
keeper, but from misfortune reduced to the position of a
waiter, and living at 13, Bear-street, Leicester-square, of
font sovereigns.
The father said on Friday morning about stx he had his
parse safe under his pillow containing the money, and he
then left to go to the hotel where be was employed ; and
en his return, he having only left his wife, who was in a
dying state, in the room, and the priaonee, he missed from
the parse four sovereigns. The prisoner had then alecond,
and he saw no more of him till the previous (Monday)
night, be having been given up by the person with whom he
was staying.
The boy said he took the money, having been told to do
so by other boys.
In answer to Mr. 'tendon, the father said he (prisoner)
bad robbed him several times before, and he could do nothing
with him ; ho had tried his utmost to reclaim him, and
given him a good education, but all to no purpose. lie was
Ailing to pay for him to be kept in a reformatory, so u to
him from his five other children.
sMr. eparate him
inspector of the C division, said the boy had
been sent by the father to a boarding-school, and the boy's
mother was dying.
Mr. Beadon said it was a sad case, and remanded the
young scapegrace for the purpose of seeing what can be done
with him.

SOUTHWARK.
A dissipated-looking mi/die-aged man, named Thomna
Wright, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with
attempting to hang himself, and afterwards attempting to
drown himself.

Police-constable 291 M, said that about one o'clock
yesterday morning he wax ea duty in the Old Kent-road,
when a young female came up to him and requested him to
come with her, as her father bad attempted to commit
suicide. Witness went to No. 14, Amelia-street, and in the
back room he saw the prisoner lying on the floor, with a
rope tied round his neck, and • portion fixed to a nail in
the wall. The rope had been cut., and the daughter
told him that she had cut her father down a minute
or two previous with • pair of echoers. Witness
unfastened the piece of rope from the priscoar's
neck, and pacified him, when he promised to go upstairs to
bed. The prisoner left the room, ',and as witness was leaving
the house he heard s splashing with water in the back pre-
mises, and on going there he perceived the prisoner stru7-
gling with his head in the waterbutt. He succeeded in
pulling him out, and then he felt bound to take him into
custody. The prisoner had been drinking to a great extent,
and appeared to be under the influence of delirium tremens.
The prisoner, who said be was • master tailor in • small
way, said he certainly had been drinking very much, or he
should not have made such wicked attempts on his life.
He was extremely sorry for it, and promised never to do so
again.
Mr. Burcham asked whether his wife or any person was
in attendance to speak for him?
The constable replied in the negative. The prisoner
always appeared to be a respectable man, and supported a
wife and family with his hard work.
Mr. Burchani ordered him to be detained for the attend-
ance of the wife, and he was taken back by the gaoler.