The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

W. Ward, an elth7;11,;;Ii-ir;;;d, end gentlemanly-
looting men, wee charged with stealing a coat, value 21.,
from the luncheon room of the Committal Sale Rooms,
Illndag•1 e.
H. was defended by Mr. Wombs's.
Wilier Olney, barman at the Lawler Rooms, isid—l
know the prisoner, who was In the Luncheon Rooms yester-
day, about 12 o'clock. He had a glees of ale, and stayed
lbws Roma time. sad after he bad drunk the ale I saw him In
a beak room stubs; one chair upon the back of which • coat
was beesisg, which be felt with his hands once or twice. He
Wes overcoat on whoa he came In. He went out but
came beck again in about two hours, end ordered a
Munk, after which he took off his cost and bang it on the
beck of the chair where the other coat wee hanging, end
sat down at a table in the middle of the room, several other
primer being there at the same time. I bed some
=litwhich induced me to watch him, and alter a little
e kJ= lam big eat at the table, sad go to • meat
near the two one. He took up his own met, after sitting
than Ike some time. came to the bar, them west beck again,
threw lb coat over the other, them took up both costa, threw
them over his run, end walked oat of the plea with them.
I followed, sad maw him in the purge, whoa I celled the
etteation of the of to him, and &eked him about the
costs. He said, "The coat is my own." I lifted up his
own coat am it hung on him arm, sad showed him the other
beneath it. His own tor is a grey mixture. The other is a
dark blue pilot. When he we - in custody 1 went to the
station with him, sod than he said be had taken up the coat
with hie own by mistake, him own coat being a very heavy
me. so that be did not know that he had taken up two.
Mr. Wontner—Yon sad you had some suspicion of the
prase. How did that etre?
Witneme—Why, we bed mewed coat. Were whet he had
been there, end as soon as he came in I said to mother
welter, " There, that's the man who stole oar coats."

Thee. Harrison, waiter at the Luncheon-rooms, identified
the reit prcdoced as hie property.
Elwood, potion-coastable 619, deposed that he took the
prisoner late custody, and on searohuig hint Toed 141. Is. 14.
in his pockets.
'dolmen:, detective, said—T be mitaaer related him address,
but from (equines which I made I weal to a colleeehop In
the Hackney-road and found that he lodpd there. 1 the
room maid to be hie I found a large quantity of bendker-
Web., sad other small articles marked with various runes.
Frodk. Gress' coffee-ahop keeper. 31. Middlesex-piece,
Mackey-rod,, said the pri weer had lodged with him shoat
als weeks, mid bad during that period conducted Wang re
• reepectable man.
Cress-mambeed-1 have heard him say that be was Is the
WA of buying large quantities of unredeemed pledges, be.
eases be amid get them very cheep.
Prienair—Yes. I often go abroad for a very long time, gad
I bey large quantities of such things when I ma get them
deem.
lir. Woutaer submitted that the prisoner had taken the
cost manly by mistake, owing to his defective vision, se he
wee very nearsighted, sad that, consequently, he was en-
titled to his discharge.
Mr. Alderman Allen—Then I suppose you want me to
amide him of the charge?
Mr. Woetner—Yes.
Mr. Aldermen Allen—Oh ; that I shall not do. I will
commit him for trial if yen like, or I will remand him for
fartherinquiry ; and, nmenwhile, he may be set at liberty if
you wW fled me sadder:gory bail.
Molyneuz, the detective—My lord, I should like • remand,
in order to make inquiry, se I think something farther may
be discovered about the this's which I tuned at 1116104*M.
Tatteoaer wee then remanded for • week.
ematoiseion merchant, New Broad-
,
strest-erert, was brought before Mr. Alderman Abbas for
farther emadnatica, ea a charge of Mole( Moles 200 or
900 deems of bottled ale, belonging to Mr. Augustus
adebera, of fly Miles-lea., merchant.
Mr. Bard rammed for tag prosecution, sad Yr. accord
for thedeames. . .

I ^^ "••••••••••••
Oa dm Form tardastka 'rime or Oro to row
that Ha poomorot Naylor* the primate tor=tood
the roweri Ow*: of 1,400 &um of sr by
the rritolor of Maar Parr ad Co., Martyrs-
atter or slat al thb qumitity M. primal*, had mama coa-
Terri &ad to W boor from Madera. Prach's or subs".
quad: wrong kat lir. ItMalism's alien about 300

dozen, the property being found on hie premiees, and its
possession not denied ; In fact, the removal had been etfecied
openly, and by daylight.
The prosecutor was now re-examined, and the prisoner
wss remanded.

.9IIILDELLLL.

lama Aloysirs Sifbrt K.ry, a nWmulably-drossed men,
about 35, wee charged with obtaining 301. under Nee pre-

Mr. Henry Blucher Tafel*, eammission agent, of No. I,
Devonshire-place, Higher Broughton, Menchester' stated
that he was manager of the chipping department of Meson.
Ellis, Everiagton, and Co. of Ludgate-hill, about three
Lears ago, when the defendant, whom he had know n only a
few weeks, own to him with a cheque for 301. on the Lon-
don and WeettninatTr Bank, andasked him to let him have the
cash for it. He represented himself as Dr. Perry, and stated
that he was he connection with Mr. Garrett, the then lessee
of Davy-lens Theatre, and that if ha let him have the mo-
ney he wee not to present the cheque until the beginning of
the following week. lie gave him bank notes for the amount
at his (witness's) brother's warehouse, at 105, Wood street,
Cheapaide. The cheque was drawn by Garrett, and an-
dors dby the defendant. When be presented the cheque,
it was returned to him with the information that there were
no effects and no account. Be saw defendant once after-
wards, when he eked him to wait • few days, and said he
would put it all right. Be had not seen him since until he
gave hlm into custody.
In cruse-examination by Mr. Levi, for the defence, wit-
ness said the defendant had asked him to advance him 3W.
for Osman to pay the ballet dancers or some of the " pro-
feadonals," aa if he did not get it the theatre would not and
could not be opened.
Witness—There are other parties present who have other
of Gerrett's under similar circumstances, which they
=1:::
of the defendant.

Gerratt's solicitor, and I know
from the accounts and his backer's book, which were filed at
the time he named the Ineolvency Court, that what this
witness has stated is entirely false.
' "

Alderman Copeland—l cannot receive such a statement as
evidence.

In farther cross-exanalnation witness stated that either be
or hie brother presented the cheque—he believed he did.
Never received notice of Gerratt's insolvency, and did not
know he had token the benefit of the so.

Alderman Copelend—ls there any other person present
who has any charge %tablet the defendant?
Police-constable 92 2, of the metropolitan force, said—
Yee, sir; there is a gentleman here who reoeived a cheque
for 301. under dialler circumstance*.
Mr. Levi—ln that ease the party has brought an action
and recovered judgment, end the sheriffs' officer le waiting to
arrest the defendant aa soon as he shall b• discharged from
this court.

111dernan Copeland—l will remand the defendant on him
own recognisancea la 501. to appear ben this day week.
Mr. Levi—Very well, dr, end by that time Mr. Tspliag
will have an opportunity of going to Manchester for the
ohaque, and I shall be prepared with the evidence of Mr.
Overate and others, and then Mr. Tapling will have to
charms places with the defendant.
The defendant having entered into the required recogni-
nonce, was then liberated.

WESTMINSTER.
John W'illionos, keeper of a cigar shop in Cheyneprow, Chel-
sea, and John Garner, proprietor of the Green Man, Bean-
fort-Mres, Chelsea, were charged with using abusive and
threatening language to George Mills, coachman to Captain
Davison.

Complainant and his witnesses proved that he was waiting
with the carriage for his master, near Battersea-bridge, on
the 28th ult., when witness came up and threatened to pall
him off the driving-box, and jump his inside oat. Williams
then fetched Garner, who called complainant "A thief,"
and Williams then said that whenever they caught him off
the box they would settle him. On Captain Drvieon sp-
=g his carriage, he was annoyed by Gamer assaulting
saying something prejudicial to complainant, who
had been before insulted by Williams. In addition to this
complainant had received by pat an open card upon which the
following was written, he believed in the handwriting of Gar-
ner. " I am informed you ere a Welshing book-maker. gash
men I dislike, and will always put down. Unless you pay
Itr. W. 61. on Promised Land. I will make your conduct
well known to the sporting world, not forgetting your ern-
Pl M."
ttrillium alleged that complainant had bet him 5/. on •
race at Cheater, which ha refused to pay, although he had
given him a dishonoured order upon another betting-man for
the amount.
Geiser denied that be was the writer of the card in gar
don, sad, with the other defendant, that they ever red say
abusive or threatening language.
Complainant declared moat positively that he never made
the 61. lost la question. Williams had spoken to him one
day about the ram, but he replied, "he was not doing any-
thing ea It," and did not bet.
In reply to the magistrate, complainant said he had beset
In hie present service wren years.
Mr. Poynter said that defendant's conduct was perfectly
inexcusable, and he hoped that the present case would be a
lesson to the omplainent, who had held • respectable situa-
tion so long, showing him what sort of company betting
brought a man into. After strongly reprimanding the con-
duct of defendants, and expressing • doubt whether William
had say claim en complainant, the worthy magistrate ordered
both defendants to find bail, which they immediately did.
THAMES. _ _ _
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Captain Higginson, thi; itiZterOlthe London and Dula,
steam packet Foyle, and Mr. Pitt, from the office of Mr.
Hartley, wharfinger. of the Dublin and Foreign Steam Wharf,
Aldermen's Stain, Lower East Smithfield, waited upon Mr.
Yardley, to glee an explanation relating to the landing •
&otok tailor boy, a insane, from the Foyle, on Thursday
megutag.
Captain Higginson stated that the boy was put oa board
at Falmouth, where the steamer touched on her way from
Dahlia, He did not know he wee insane when he mitred
him on baud.

Mr. Pitt said that Mr. Hartley would make a strict Inver
tigadoa into the eircarastances.
Bllea liiachley, a very pretty young Irish woman, eras
charged with sassulting and wounding and threatening to
marchr her illegitimate child, Robert James Hinchley. aged 12
months sad 12 days, and also with threatening to commit
suicide.

James O'Connor, a police-constable, No. 177 H, of No. 6,
gster Berner-street, Commercial-rod East, stated that the
tier and her illegitimate child had been lodging In his
I house for several week,. The father of her child had been
allowing her 16a. per week, and also paying her feet, but
'this did not satisfy bar, cud she insisted upon knowing the
address of the father. He refused to satisfy her curiosity,
and she " fiew " into • violent passion, and said she would
cut her child in pieces and murder herself, and either let her
child drop from her arena, or threw it upon the floor,
and the child was very mach hart.
In sneerer to Mr. Yardley, who directed the witness to be
Tag anted,
O'Connor said he believed the prisoner threw the child
upon the leer. It was certainly injured. The prisoner had
bees living with him for:one month. She wee& violent woman.
Mr. Yardley—Where is the child now ?
Witness—lt lain the are of my wife, sir.
Mr. iltoddart, solicitor, said he wished to say a few words
on behalf of a young gentlemen, the father of the child.
Mr. Yardley—The father of the child is not before me. He
is neither complainant nor defendant in this cage. You kayo
no loom ereadi, Mr. Stoddart.
The primmer, who was all impatience, eked if it wee her
tarn to speak, sad said she bed bees already silent five
minutes. (A laugh.) On being told she might proceed she
stated that there wee a scheme between O'Connor and the
father of her child to prevent her knowing the address of the
latter.

O'aosnor said the prisoner wee sentenced to three months'
impriacoment and Lard labour in Ireland for annoying the
family of her child's f►ther and mesultiog his brother.
The prisoner said she wanted to know the address of the
father in London. She cast maay reproachful gleams at the
father of her child, a youth who wee m court, end frequently
called upon him to come forward.
Mr. Stoddart again swayed to address the magistrate, who
refused to hew ►im. . .

Mr. Yardley said if the prisoner thought proper to affiliate
the child upon the father and earn her legal rights she
might do so, but all be could order for its maintenare was
2s. 6d. pat week. The prisoner was now receiving 20a. per
week, and he could not understand her motive for acting r
alas had done. He than admonished her at great length, sad
finally ordered bar to enter into her own recognisance. is the
sum of 201. to appear agar this day (Saturday).