The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION HOUSE.

An eccentric•looliusi,lnidelle-iied man was charged with
breaking a square of glans, value 25., belonging to the our-
poration of the City of Loudon.
Yr. Goodman (chief clerk)—l see by the charge sheet
that you have refused to xi. your name. Do you still
Prisoner—Well, yes, I'd rather not, if it's all the rune.
Police-coustable 367—Here's a jacket of letters which I
took from bin.

Sir R. Carden—Hood it up ; I dare say we shall find his
name there.

Prisoner—Well, now mind, I don't want to give offence,
but understand I don't want my name to be exposed, cad I
should not have had those letters in my pocket if I'd any
idea that they would be taken from me.
' Sir R. Carden—Oh, I see your name is —, is it not ?
Prisoner—Well, yes, it is ; but you know I don't want
my carne to get into the
Sir R. C.arlen —Those Pawtecr:Leommit offences must take
their chances of that. Go on, officer.
Police-constable 367—Yesterday afternoon, after the
bnaineas of the court was over, I saw the prisoner standing
outside the Mansion-house,. and asked him what be wantedl
He replied, To see the magistrate; and I told him it was too
late fur that, upon which he immediately smashed a square
of glass in one of the windows, and I took him into custody.
Sir It. Carden--How could a man like you do such a
stupid act as that I
Prisoner—Wed, you see, what was Ito do? I was quite
destitute. I had neither od nor shelter.

Sir IL Carden—You might have got both by going to the
Union, and uow you will have to go to prison.
Prisoner (in a cheerful tone)—Well, I'd rather go to prison
than go to the workhouse.
Sir Si. Carden—Oh, you would, would you
Prisoner—Yee, I would, indeed. You know there's no
socounting for tastes.
Sir R. Carden—You must be aware, as a man of edu-
cation, that it was very wrong to injure the property of
others.

--Prisoner (with a sigh)—Well, yes ; it was very wrong, I
admit ; but (heightening up a little) I dare say I shall pay
for it some day—that Is, if I live long enough.
Sir R. Carden—You will have to pay for it now, or go to
Faison- Yon ought not to have broken it.
Prisoner—Wen, now, what was Ito do? Yesterday, I'd
nothing to break my• fast. On Tuesday I only had some
potatoes that I picked up in the street, and half of them I
gave to my dog before I hanged him, and on Monday Td
nothing but a pipe of tobacco.
Sir R. Carden—All that does not justify your breaking
the window. I suppose your object was to excite 'yen-
.tb
rruiy oner—Well, yes, it was.
Sir R. Carden—Then I think you are likely to be dis-
appointed.
Prisoner—Oh, I don't mean that I expected to get any
here : but I thought that if the cue got into the
newspapers some eccentric individual—like myself, for in-
stance--would Like pity on me, and provide me with the
means of getting a livelihood.
Sir It. Canlen—Well, you must pay 25., or go to prison
for three days.
Prisoner- Oh, if you send me at all, I hope you'll send
me for a longer time than that.
Sir R. Carden--Why do you wish so?
Prisoner—Why, what can Ido when I come out? lam
afraid I must do the same again.
Sr R. Carden —Then you must be prepared to take the
coosequences.
Prisoner--I suppose I must. However, I hope my name
will not get into the papers, as it may injure me hereafter,
for (hopefully) perhaps I may return to my own profession
by end bye.
The prisoner (who wee understood to have belonged to a
scholastic profession) was then removed.
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Elizabeth Farelose, aged 7 years, was again bnnight up
by a policeman who bad found her wandering about the
City in a destitute condition.
She had been similarly charged on the previous Saturday,
when it was proved that she was taken to the City of Lou-
don Union, at 4 o'clock in the morning, and refused admit-
tance by the relieving officer, who in court said his object
was to frighten her by having her locked ups o u to prevent
her from coming into the City in future. The Lord Mayor,
however, with mach warmth reprimanded this official for
his heartlessness, and ordered that the child should be
takes to the anion, leaving the guardians to seek their
remedy against the father, a labouring man resident in
Lambeth.

relieviag officer wu spin in attendenoe, as was also
Bowrisg, clerk to the Qty of London Union, to watchthe awn.

it was stated that the child was atrefully seat home to
tser When by the union alkali, and • respectably dressed
woman sail she knew the father well, and for some years
had helped to take care of the child (whose mother was
but that the girl, young as she W 1111,111.1 continually running
away from home, end would out Po kept under any sort of
restraint.