The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

James Chowne, who gave his address as No. 8, Glass-
house-street, Rosemary-lane, was placed at the bar before
Alderman Dakin, charged with being in possession of three
cambric handkerchiefs, irup. to have been stolen.
Police constable Richard Belf, 308, said that between
four and five o'clock be saw the prisoner in Castle-street,
Holborn, and perceiving that he laud something bulky in
his poket, he followed him. He stopped him and
asked what be had got there, to which he replied
only his handkerchief, at the same time pulling one out.
Not being satisfied, he felt in the prisoner's pocket,
and found three cambric handkerchiefs. He milked
the prisoner bow be came by them, and he said they
were his own. He asked him if they had got any
marks on them, and he said he did not know. He then
asked the prisoner his name, andbe gave one which did not
correspond with the name on the handkerchief. A gentle-
man came up at that moment who said that he had seen
him trying to pick the pockets of various women in Hot.
born, and he then took bin into custody.
Mr. James Brown, of 5, Albion-terrace, Tottenham, a
oomme-vial traveller, said that he had watched the pri-
soner from the other side of Middle-row, Holborn, and
during the time he was doing so he saw him try the pockets
of several ladies who were looking into shop windows, but
he did not succeed in getting anythin.
Alderman Dakia sentenced him to two months' impri-
sonment.

WOBSHMSTREET.
Geo.yle Widowon, in the employ of a contractor for the
removal of night moil, named Jones, in Bethnal-green, was
charged by Sergeantßusain, N division, with wilfully and
carelculy spilling a quantity of night soil in the neigh-
bourhood of Hackney.
The sergeant and police constable Burnham, 98 N,
proved that shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning they
were unmistakeably led by the most horrible smell to the
neighbourhood of Thomas-square, where a large patch of
ground was covered with night soil. This was in the
high road, and they traced it a space of a mile and a
quarter here and there to Vine Cottage, in a circuitous
route—a distance of a mile and a quarter. The cart was
there seen empty, and defendant, with two others, was in
the act of removing a load from there. Defendant
admitted having spilt a Tart of the load, and said it was
an accident. He was taken into custody.
Mr. Lovegrove the parish surveyor, said that the entire
cargo must have been dropped, for three cartloada, of
course including the mud of the road, had been taken up
shortly afterwards by direction of the wish, and it had
been requisite to cover the space with chloride of lime.
Similar acts had been practised recently, and it was impor
Bible to believe that this was accidentaL It must have
been purposed, for the sake of getting rid of the load and
fetching more.
Defendant's employer made a statement in explanation
of what he declared was an &occident, but it would seem
that this could scarcely be when the men were seen to be
on the point of removing a second load.
After a very searching inquiry,
Mr. Cooke inflicted a fine of 20a, or seven days' im-
prisonment in default ; the fine was paid.