The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-26 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

OnUEDAYJ

DA RING BURGLARY.
William Brows, aged IA, Joseph Williams, aged 18,
and Thomas Wilkinson, aged 17, who gave fate addresses,
were charged before Mr. Flowers with burglariously break.
ing and entering the dwelling-house 56. Northampton-
street, Clerkenwell, and stealing therefrom two comes of
surgical instruments,and a quantityof wearing apparel, the
property of Dr. Simpson.
Inspector Bryant, A reserve, watched the case on behalf
of the commissioners of police.
Police-constable George Davis, 239 G, said—This morn-
ing about ten minutes past 4 I was in Northamp-
ton-street, and hearing a door slam I looked back and
saw the prisoners come from the door of No. 57. Not
liking their appearance I turned round and followed
them, and the faster I went so did they. They ran
away and I followed them, springing my rattle. I overtook
Williams at the corner of Little Sutton-street. On
searching Williams I found two cases of instruments and
an umbrella, that was down the leg of his trousers, and
also a tooth extractor, two brooches, and other articles.
He had on a hair of boots belonging to the prosecutor,
having left his old ones. I asked him where he got them
from, and he said " From the next house to that which
you saw me come out of." He said, " I will stop ; pray
get the other two." The other prisoners were brought
back before I got out of the street. I took him to the
police-station, and round his waist I found a table-cover
and a towel.

The prisoner Williams denied that he said, " Pray get
the other two," as their capture would have been of no use
to him.

Police-constable Robertson, 152 G, said—l heard a rattle
sprung, and saw Brown and Wilkinson running up Little
Sutton-street, and I saw Brown throw away a jacket and
waistcoat. I pursued and caught them in Gee-street. I
brought them back that way and picked up the jacket and
waistcoat. I searched Wilkinson, and found a flannel
petticoat round his waist, and in his pockets some Inciter
matches. Brown threw what he bad away.
Police-sergeant John Trewin, 402 A, said—l went to see
how the burglary was committed. I found that the thieves
had got over a low wall and had got into the back parlour
window of 56, Northampton-street. On the staircase of
57 I found a pair of boots which had been stolen from 56.
They were tied up in a handkerchief, and the prisoner
Williams said it was his, and that he tied the bouts up in it.
Mr. Walter Simpson— I reside at 56, Northampton-
Meet, Clerkenwell. lam a surgeon, and the house mmy
dwelling-house. I saw all the house shut up except the
back parlour window, which I left open. About 6 o'clock
this morning I was called up by the police, and found that
the place was not in the same state as I left it. At the ,
uohoe-station I found the property produced ; it is
mine, and was safe last night. All the drawers in the
surgery had been opened during the night, but as there
was nothing but drugs in them, nothing was removed.
Mr. Thomas Barber—l am the landlord of the house
56, Northampton-street, and Mr. Simpson is my lodger. I
was awoke by the cries of "Thieves" about 5 o'clock, and
I went downstairs. I found the police in the house, the li
back parlour window open, and the back door, the kitchen
door, and the yard door open. Last night I shut all the
doors, but the back parlour window was left open at the
top. I missed two pairs of boots, one pair of which was
on one of the prisoners. At the station I saw my pro-
perty, which was all safe last night.
Police-sergeant Trewin said all the addresses the pri-
soners gave were false.
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hope;tor Bryant asked for a remand, and
Mr. Flowers remanded them to the Maine of Detention
fora week.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
OUTBAOIOUS CONDUCT IN HTDB-PARK.
John 41leqs, a man of colour, describing himself as
seaman, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk
and disorderly and assaulting George West, a lionring
man, in Hyde-park.
The complainant said he was sitting on a seat in Hyde-
park yesterday afternoon when the prisoner came up to
him with some books in his band, and mid " This seat
belongs to me," and immediately struck him as hard as
he could two or three blows in the face.
In Lamer to Mr. Knox the complainant said the pri-
soner had been drinking, but well knew what he was
about.

The prisoner said that when be fell on the complainant
he begged hie pardon, but the complainant called him a
" black —.”
The complainant denied this.
Yr. C. E. Beach, of the Register-office of Seaman, said he
was passing through Hyde•park yesterday afternoon,
on his way home to Bayswater, when he saw the prisoner
go up to the complainant, whowss quietly sitting on a seat,
and strike him two or three blows in the face, the com-
plainant not having given him the slightest provocation.
and he had never witnessed such a savage assault in his
life.

After other witnesses had been beard,
The prisoner asked the magistrate to excuse him this
time as he had a family to keep. He had • license to sell
books but his license had run out and he was trying to
get some money to get another. He had always before
been • sober man and • teetotaller for nine years.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner, according to the evi-
dence, had insulted every passer by, especially ladies,
who could not defend themselves, and then as-
saulted • man in • most unprovoked manner. If
the prisoner thought he could behave in such a manner
in a civilised country he was mistaken. As ik warning to
others he would give the prisoner the full penalty, and
that was that he be imprisoned with hard labour for two
months.
WORSHIP-STREET.
_ _ A BTRANGZ ATOM'.
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Sarah Great, 19 ears Hannah Nichols, 15,
were charged with being in possession of six silver spoons
and one tablespoon, and not giving a satisfactory account
of the am..

Constable 302 N yesterday afternoon took the prisoners
into custody at the shop of Mr. Walker, a pawnbroker in
the Hackney-road, for offering the property in pledge
under the following suspicious representations, now re-
peated to Mr. Newton, the magistrate.
Mr. Newton—Where do you come from?
Green (very curtly)—Heckford, Norfolk.
Mr. Newton—Where did you get these spoons?
Nichols—M aunt gave them to me before we came
from Heckford to dispose of, in cue we should not get
situations in London.

Mr. Newton—Did you also live at Heekford then
Niahols—Yes.
Constable—At Mr. Walker's shop Omen said that her
mother had given them to her two yam since.
Mr. Newton—When did you come to London 1'
Green—Lut Tuesday.

Mr. Newton—Where did you sleep
Green—At s coffee-house in Shoretlitch, but we cannot
And it now.

Kr. Newton—Where are your clothes?
Green—There.
Constable—These two diaper towels, marked "Colman,"
were found on the prisoners.
Green—l bought then. two years since of a woman
whose husband is a doctor.

Mr. Newton (to Nichols)—What is your aunt?
Nichols—A widow.

Mr. Newton—Thu girl evidently is not from Norfolk—
the other is by her dialect. They are remanded for
inquiry to be made.
Both prisoners were well dressed in country fashion, but
Green wore a " pork pie" hat. The teaspoons bear the
initial " B." The tablespoon bas not any, and is em.
bossed.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

FRIDAY. APRIL 26, a A.M.