The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-03 00:00:00

TEE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGFUSTREET.

A CAME FOB ♦ REFORWATORE.
Mary Aan //wales, 14, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with stealing the sum of U. 2s. 6d., the moneys of her
muter, Mr. Maurice Jonas, army accoutrement maker,
No. A, Rupert-street.
Mrs. Josephine Jonas, wife of the prosecutor, said that
she bad given the prisoner, who was in her service, notice
to leave, and she was to have left to-morrow, but she
left on Monday morning clandestinely, and after
she was gone 1/. 2s. id. was missed from a box
containing about 11/. set apart to pay the work-people.
She communicated with the police, and on the prisoner
being taken into custody she admitted stealing the money,
and said she had spent it. She had charged the prisoner
not so much for the sake of punishment as with the
view of getting her into a reformatory.
The parents of the girl, respectable-looking persons,
having also expressed a wish that she should be sent to a
reformatory,
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for that purpose.
THAMES.

• TOOLI•11 WAGER.
Thoriuss Nail, aged 21, a labourer, of No. 2, Copenhagen-
terrace Limehouse, was brought before Mr. Benson,
charged with attempting to commit suicide.
Henry White, No. 367 K, stated that last night he was
called to the bank of the Regent's-canal, near the Salmon-
lane-bridge, and found the prisoner there with his clothes
wet and dripping. He was informed that the prisoner had
jumped off the bridge into the canal. A man saved him,
and pulled him nut of the water.
Mr. Benson—How deep is the water there
Witness—About nine feet, and from the crown of the
bridge to the water 14 feet. The prisoner was intoxicated
and struggled violently.
James lUingworth, of No. 151, Sidney-street, Stepney,
said be would tell his worship how this occurred. He
and his friend the prisoner was seated on the parapet of
the Midge. He told Natt to be careful and not lean back
ce he would fall into the water. " I'll bet you a quartern
of rum that I jump in," said the prisoner. He accepted
the wager, and the prisoner jumped into the water from
the bridge and struck out lo the bank.
Mr. Benson—Then be did not intend to commit suicide
at all!

IVitnem—Not he, air, he jumped into the water for a
qn!iftern of rum.

Mr. lietllloll And you gave him the rum!
Witness—Yes, sir. I paid him the bet—a quartern of
the best Jamaica pine-apple rum.
Mr. Benson Slid the pnsoner's conduct was very foolish
I'deed, and if he bad been drowned suspicion might have
attached to his memory that he had committed ►uicide,
or that his friend had thrown him into the water.
White, the policeman, said that the prisoner struggled
to get away from him, and wanted to jump into the water
a second time.

Mr. Benson—He wanted another quartern of ram. He
discharged.

WANDSWORTH.
TIE CASE or BOBBING A RANTER BUTCTIER.-SINGULAR

PROCIEIDINGi4.
Edward Hart and Edmin Peerless, journeymen butchers,
were brought up on remand charged with being concerns.
stealing a shoulder of mutton and a loin of lamb, the
Property of their employer, Mr. Robert Price, of Britannia-
place, Wandsworth-road.
Mr. Mayo, who now appeared for the prosecution, wished
to withdraw the charge against Peerless, who had, he said,
Len in Mr. Price's employ for two years, while Hart was
Only engaged on the morning of the occurrence.
The magistrate supposed the object of the application
to admit Peerless as a witness against the alleged
receiver, who had denied, on his oath, that he bought the
meat. It was& matter of surprise to him (the magistrate)
that Fisk, the greengrocer, who was alleged to
have bought the meat, should have beer. called as a wit-
lieu, but he thought it would be very unfair now to turn
round and make him a prisoner.
Mr. Haynes, who defended Hart, objected to the course
Proposed to be adopted by the prosecution, as there was no
evidence against Lis client, with the exception of the
admissions made by Peerless.
The magistrate said that the evidence of Peerless would
be received, and he would grand in a different position to
what he would have done if the application had been
made before the case was gone into.
Mr. Mayo was then allowed the opportunity of with-
drawing from the case altogether, but he preferred going
on with it and having the opinion of a jury.
The magistrate pointed out to him that it was for of
to decide whether he would be tried by • jury, and not
thcprosecutor.
The depositions were then read over, when the magis-
trate said the case against Hart must fail.
Mr. Price came forward to give additional evidence
against Hart.
The magistrate said he could not have • ease bolstered