The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-31 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION HOUSE.

Jaws Worthy,;;;:rtii-cizeii;d-r-f;s7lookisti youth, was
charged with embezzlement.
A few meths beck he entered the envies el Yr. Flied, et
10, Bishopegalastreet Without, hatter, as errand ben one
part of his -ditty being to take home hats whim ordered by
customers, end receive money In payment when specially
suthorired to do so. Oa Saturday, the 111Dtk cif April, he wee
sent with • hat, which had been ordered by lir. O. Payne, a.
baker, Commercial-mad But, and wait authorised to receive
12s. if then paid. Yr. Payne wait lot, however, at home at
the rime, and he was told to call again an Instruction which
be very quiikty obeyed, for he called spin the next (Sun-
:garmorning, and Mr. Payne, althosah he thought it
sharp
_realer, paid the mosey without taking
• receipt. Tlie prisoner said nothing about this
mond call to his master, who sent him twice sub.
seqnsatly for the messy, on each of which occasion' he re-
turned with me sense for Postponing payment ott the part
of Yr. Payee. On the 13th May the prisoner wee sent with
a hat, invoiced at 14a, to Yr. T. Barrett, watchmaker,
North-plate, Kingaland-reed, and that gentleman also brag
fn m home he wss told to call again for the money. With-
out being authorised to do so by his muter he west •
second time • few days after, received the money without
intimating the fact to Mr. Fleet, and applied it to his own
purposes. These facts coming to Mr. Fleet's knowledge he
questioned the prisoner, who at Bret denied having remind
the mosey, but subsequently admitted that he had done so
sad begged forgiveness, saying that he weld repay every
heYpernay. lie was, however, given into custody, and the
prcestator then first discovered, having engaged him without
• character, that in 18.57 he was itenteaoed to twelve months'
Imprisonment for • stealer offence.
Committed for trial.

WORSHIP-MEW.
Berijonsix Jol.nsuri, greenvocer, Dorset-street, Opkaiak*
wee charged with matting and wounding Mark Cottrell.
Os the eVetlitig of &ittuday, April 80, the minas, sad
Cottrell, whom WiVtll ere related, were goarrellieg In Spital-
ilelds-market, when the prisoner seized a cleaver, end struck
the other man on the head with it, rendering him insensible
end cutting away a re of Lis soap. Cottrell bad ever Diem
been In the L'in&n oapitel, and was only now for the Int
time able to appear.
Committed for trial.

MARLBOR01.101:1-13TREET.
William dtaey, the driver of McNamara's Idiurston and
Brompton omnibus No. 6061, wsummoned for damaging
Oresn's omnibus, No. 6,408, plying the same road, by wil-
fully and carelessly driving against ft. Involved In this
Ina charge of &ages to paetengers by the ddendenee con-
dole.

Henry Atkinson, the complainant, driver, deposed that be
wait awn; his journey t, lir .copton, on the 18th instant ,
and was helled,.at 7 p.m., in the Regient•cirens, Oxford.
dtarieir'arbayerathaedimile'l of hipoa :boroichnituall.solld
obi: against hie whet W d
door
that sibs was prevented from getting in. He, salting what he
meant by that, poi ed a little on one side and aiwerde, by
which course aloes the lady could get in, and he (witness)
than went on his way. When near Piccadilly he wags/ an
hailed, and on pulling up was driven against by the defen-
dant, who bad followed him duet, the pole running Into bis
door panel on the off side. At estimate of the damage done
had been made at W.
The lady, whose nameless not publiclyigtven,connrcuel the
complaint, and stated that if the vehicle she wee about
to get in had we driven on the polo of the other would cer-
tainly have knocked bar down.
Henry Jacobs, conductor of complainant's omnibus, also
corroborat.d the *lateen's; and added that several pereone
who wets is his vehicle complained of defendant'. conduct;
that the actual mischief was occasioned by big wilfully
swinging his borers round so as to mite the colliaion with
kis pole agaieet the door panel.
. .

After sums (untie? evidence Mr. Bingham said the amount
of damage had been proved by &respectable tredezmue to be
3/. its .hold therefore require the defend,ut to pay tbet
sum. together with a fine of 20s. for careless and Ideal
driving.