The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-20 00:00:00

TSB POLICE C0U823.

MANSION-HOUSE.

The driver of a Loudest and Finchley omnibus, the pro-
perty of the Loudon General Omnibus Company, appeared
upon a summons for haring refused to carry a gentleman of
the name of Cooper, the omnibus not being tall at the time,
and there being no reasonable objection to the edmisulta of
the complainant.
Dlr. Radar appeared fur the complainant, wbo said : I re-
side at Tollington-park. Hawley. On Friday last I wee at
the Royal Exchange, at shoot a quarter-past four o'clock,
and law the defendant's omnibus there. There were several
mamba is the omnibus. I behave Shareware Are passegers
inside. Time was platy of room. The delendsat rehab&
to ale& see and said that be had the re lath. swabs"
at psseseqess to take tap. I repilei, " Toe bars senora
vassedia, end I eel see erkether that is the ow ;"
asd I vegemseed en caw to ems sores and sake
ea ammo oi the amber of perste@ belle. The dedmilint
did set say that he wood/ taw ine to lalinglon-gresa.
Another pattern's who bad sot booked his plans cams up
and was permitted to OW" the eneibee.
On has eroaresamination by the defendant, the oom-
plainant said be had not heard the deleadant offer to awry
him to lalington-green, or to permit him teenier the onudbas
at all.

Mr. Joseph Ratton, of Ilight•u7-park, add—l was a pea-
meager by the defeadset's omnibes at a quarter past four
o'clock. I was not hooked. I rods to Wilson*s stables. I
had a conditket as to where I was to got oat.
ilemeral gentlemen aledi to Mee evidence In favour of
the defendant, whose was that the remaining places
were regularly engaged.
Mr. Raw, at Finchley, said—l mat from my office is the
City to take two plats. tor Finobley in the defendeaes
omnibus. I would have pidd the fay, whether I accepted
the please or not. There is ally room for nine inside the
medlar. There Wm • liely to be celled for at Highbery.
Mr. Wyatt, of smid—l had engaged toy place
in the morning, and have peal the fare at former 00C1W01111
when I did nut go, and would have paid it on this occasion
if I had not me,
The Lord -Mayor said the cue was one which be certainly
ht the complainant was quite justified in bringing for-
ward ; but the defendant had fully _justified the refuel to
allow Mr. Cooper to take a place. The summon mast there-
fore he dismissed.

A reepectable-lorildoiblinti tteeiod the mastetrates
eieistepos to recover hi. child. _ _

ApOmni said thai about two years ago he lost his tight,
N whisk time one of his children, a girl then 11 years of age,
we taken into the school of • Kr. Cooper, 19, fitankry-strest.
IBromples, where it was minimised sod edscantd.
eant, eflor sa ohmic* of some time in the country. applied,
twit Naontlas aro, in Stanley-street, to inquire atm hie child,
sni wee then informed that she was lass to mother us to
Von, sad that neither relations nor friends was snowed to
ass this Wide's. It. subsequently mode • persanel whoa-
dem to Ur. Cooper, and uprooted his Mae to speak to his
ohlik when he refused appliostke, or to tel him where
die was.

wthe ierFeyeter inquired how it woe that the child flail west
.

—APPlltost NOM that Mr. Gaper 'god him it ho would
anew the Ibis aid to be an of lie scholars, red,, as he
=at) Wiest that boaa WWI al hie aght lad lalt •
with thee obildeas, M am agy adillag ea born
wee What of bit bob, sow orajoelarles that be wadi be
fwd d the okra of 'raking to her or sameskiag
XL As ad ta.
skr Inquired what/tor the oldbl was a mils& or
a t.
lemil mid gat be woos wit we. the tin;
M,.butategoVe was • proiammat
Avast 'maw* mast lbw ohamadame., be
allowed hr to go to dm oohed, sad *dad whalbor she
8116111 iliftillallataterat.fhr.l4l6l. He bed boat alma to
Aldt-'lCrOt Itma Oar she bad named tho 'abed, sad

she then told him so. He thought her going to church could
not do her any harm, and therefore roads no objection to it.
Mr. Poynter directed one of the officers of the court to wait
upon Mr. Cooper, and point oat to him that he had no power
to detain tha clod, or to prevent the father seeing it ; and
that the consequences most be serious it persisted in any-
this, so lareannahls, as an halms corpus would imme-
diately procure the watanika the child.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
George Norris, a respectable-looking lad of 14, was dsargai
with attempting to destroy himself by cutting his throat.
Polio& constable Smith, C GC said he reoetved information
on the Bth inst. that a boy, at No. 84, Greek-street, had jut
previously out his throat. He buttoned to the home, in •
room of which he found the soused on the bed, with his
throat cut and the bed-clothes saturated with blood. n
razor was by his side, also covered with blood. He took the
boy to Charing-cross Hospital, where he had been ever duos,
under medical core. When sefficiently moovered the boy
told him he could not amount for doing this, except from his
having snaked for the first time, the morning before, a pipe
of tobaooo, which bad made him very giddy and ill, and really
affected his brain.
The boy's answer to the charge was now the same. He
said he bed had no intention to destroy himself, and could
still may account for the act by attributing it to the effects
of the pipe of tobacco.
Mr. Bingham expressing a hope that it would be • lawn
to him for the rut of his life, and that he would never try
another pipe of tobacco again, which was an expensive and
armies habit, of no utility or benefit, banded the boy over
to his uncle and friends.

77tantae Chapstuns llYwMe, a pawnbroker, of No. 2, Digh-
row, Silver-street, Notting-WA wee summoned for tualaw.
fully and knowingly taking certain materials, which were in
the course of manuhctorw, as a pledge, contrary to law.
The defendant did not appear, but was represented by an
nssisiant. Mr. Martin sassed on What of the complainant.
Mr Peter Olivant, a boot and shoemaker, of No. 2, Chep-
stow-place, Weetbourne-grove, deposed that he entrusted a

lona, -raid Partridge, ;Idaho 'matarkit fig making four
pales et Wild boots. The lastarish assisted of the
ma at leather and inehmess, ad the man had
to Wi than by pattbtg the mile of heels me. He wo-
mbs! to both them eamglnMi the memo week, eml se they
vim all Ibraiht lam ameitag to ramie', ha want to his
hokohnpaa the knowing Monday. Witness then saw Part-
ridge% knihrd, who lalanned him that the matorish had
savor beta lm, sad that the mesa bed net sway.
He abs miabbeywhere they wen, and he bete wham
to the dehmthat's shop. He (whose) melted the mai Wind
the counter if be bad taken in mob geode, denothhig_what
they were, and after looking about he reaused and said they
were not there. Witness then asked bin to Asp than k
mess they were pawned, and left his name and satlras.
aegnantly he saosasinsd that the ticket et the seethe we In
the pommel= of their trade society, mad that the malialeh
had been pawned at the tithowlemf a than. Ea van Is We
shop a second time, sad be had elemuly adored labia be
wee told that the goods were In pawn.
The wham saM the system of unlawfully disposing of
imaterlals Waisted to workmen was carried on to such en
elm that a society had been formed to protect the
lllrLdediethate relevant said he took the goods in pledge,
mei eserkirei that they were a completed article. He pro-
dated an avordannant stating that a particular shop sold
wady elated " upper for boots," Therefore, as these " up-
OW were saleable articles, he thought he was not doing
wow Is taking them in.
The secretary to the society hen said that the " uppers"
tareinced were not " dined," but " bound," and that de-
" uppers" was not sold in say shop.
."......,..4.Brs of
highant thought the mos was proved, and said it
to an act of great oarelseimees. He thought the
stance of a workman powering only a few pairs
d them " uppers " would have hem sufficient to excite
r=ssHe always found that Mr. Ryalla conducted
with great regularity, and he had no doubt this
nisi bed arisen from carelessness. He ordered the defendant
Ili pay Is., being double the amount for which the goods
we pawned, and 7s. eons; and also to return the property
to the owner.