The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-24 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION HOUSE.

walian hash a stalwart young Irish labourer, was
charged before Mr. Alderman Finis with oommitting a
violent and unprovoked assault on a gentleman named
Ross, in the European Tavern, Mansion-house-street, on
the previous afternoon.
The complainant stated that he was • commercial
traveller, residing in Essex-read, Islington, and that on the
are afternoon, between 5 and 6 o'clock, he IRIS with
p a friend in the European Tavern, and saw the prisoner
and two men of the mine alms in a separate bar, opposite
to where he and his friend were standing. The three men
were very violent, and created • great disturbance, and on
the manager proceeding to put them out they knocked
him down and kicked him while on the ground.
They were at last expelled the hones, but in a
few seconds returned and endeavoured to renew the
disturbance, when Police-constable Daly, 586, was called
in, but before his arrival the complainant saw the defen-
dant extend his arm over the counter and turn on one of
the taps for supplying gin. Observing that the spirit was
running to waste, the complainant left the bar in which he
was with the intention to communicate the fact to the
manager, and was entering the further door, where
the defendant was in custody of the constable Defy, when
the defendant struck out over the officer's shoulder, and
hit the complainant a tremendous blow on the left eye,
which even now was extensively contused and blackened.
The complainant had not spoken to, or in any manner
given any provocation either to the defendant or his two
mates.

The evidence of the complainant was corroborated by •
gentleman named Weston, who also spoke to the violence
of the companions of the defendant, and expressed his sur-
prise that all three had not in the first instance been given
into custody by the manager for the assault upon him.
Police-constable Cheshire was also called, who described
both assaults, and spoke generally to the violent conduct
of all the three men.

The defendant attempted a rambling explanation, the
gist of which was that there had been a dispute about
a pot of beer with the manager, who had then assaulted
him ; but that was denied by the witness for the com-
plainant.
Mr. Alderman Finnic said the defendant had committed
a most brutal and unprovoked assault on the complainant,
for which be must go to the House of Correction for 14
days' hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Joseph Pandit, described as a hawker, 19 years of age,
was charged before Yr. Newton with the following rats-
behaviour.

Mrs. Sophia Clark, a respectable woman, the wife of a
book-keeper in the Hackney-road, deposed (in the absence
of her husband, who, from pre,' of business, begged to be
excused Crum attendance) that on Sunday evening last,
while returning home with her husband in a cab, a mob
of boys and young men congregated in Old-street, and
completely stopped its progress. The prisoner, of whose
identity she was positive, came to the window of the
vehicle, and demanded some halfwnce, as she believed, for
toll, and she became very much 4armed. Finding that he
could not readily succeed, he retreated into the crowd and
was lost sight of. There appeared to be a sham fight
on among them, and bats and caps were taken off and
flung about.
Mr. Charles Harris said he was passing, and distinctly
noticed the act of prisoner as deposed to by complainant.
He had seen the pneoner before loitering about the City-
road, and swore to his identity.
Mr. Newton asked if prisoner was known.
Hendon, the gaoler, said he had been twice convicted by
his worship for being mixed up with others in ouch dis-
turbances as this, for the manifest purpose of robbery.
Prisoner at first denied the charge, and asked why be
was not taken at the time, but afterwards asked for mercy.
Sentence, six weeks' imprisonment.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Brown, of the firm of Brown and Son, tailors,
Princes-street, Hanover-square, applied to Mr. Tyrwbitt
under these circumstances :—The journeymen tailors re
now on the strike. Last year an advance of 3a. per coat
was conceded by the masters, mainly on the ground of the
high price of necessaries. This year a further demand of
tie. per coat was made—a demand which the masters, in
justice to their own interests, were unable to comply
with, and their refusal, combined with other causes, had
led to a general strike. The journeymen had agreed to
finish work which had been commenced, but they abso-
lutely refused to touch any new work. What he wished
particularly to drew the attention of the magistrate to was
the embarrassing position in which many firms, his own
among the rest, were placed in consequence of this deter-
mination. A pair of trousers had been ordered by a cus-
tomer. The trousers were cutout and delivered to a workman,
who having " basted" them brought them back to be tried
on by the customer before being made up. The trousers
having been tried on and approved, were given to the work-
man to complete. The workman, however, positively
refused to do anything more to them, as it would be against
the order of the committee who organised the strike. Ap-
plication was made to other workmen, but they also
refused to make the trousers, alleging that it was against
the regulations, that the trousers must be considered as
new work, the mere fact of their having been " basted "
did not tome within their meaning of "work begun," as
the basting threads would be withdrawn, and no regular