The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-12 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Walter Stewart, a tall, respectable-looking man, who was
described on the charge-sheet as a brass finisher, residing at
34, Francis-street, Westminster.briroad, was oberged
with being drunk and incapable of tring care of himself,
in Griffin-street, Waterloo-road.
As soon as the prisoner was placed in the dock he ex-
claimed, "Stop, your worship. I have a charge against
the constable ; he knocked me down and robbed me of my
watch."

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Dawson, 177 L, said that between 12 and 1 in the morn-
ing he was on duty in the Waterloo-road, when be beard
cries of "Stop thief," proceed from Griffin-street. On
paaaing up Granby-street, towards the spot, some one
came to a door and told him that a man had been knocked
down and robbed in Griffin-street. He went there, and
found the prisoner lying on his back under the railway
arch with his watch chain broken and hanging loosely
outside his waistcoat, which was partially open. He lifted
him up, and, finding him very drunk, conveyed him to the
station-house. . _

The prisoner again called out, "You stole my watch ;
you know you did; and I charge you with stealing it."
The magistrate asked if the prisoner was drunk and in-
capable.
The acting inspector said be was very drunk. He said
nothing about the constable stealing his watch then. It
was a very bad place where the prisoner was found by the
constable. _ _

The magistrate told the prisoner he had made a serious
reflection against the constable. Had he any witness?
The prisoner replied that ho had not, but he was sure
the constable had his watch.

The megistrete told him that he bad attempted to make
a rascally charge against the constable, for which there was
not the slightest foundation. He fined him se. for being
drunk and incapable, and, in default of payment, seven
days' imprisonment.
THAMES.

Henry Pitt, a very tall, strong, and powerfully-built
fellow, about 33 years of age, and described as a labourer,
was brought before Mr. Paget. charged with violently
assaulting and wounding Charlotte Cusack, an elderly
and infirm woman, whose left arm was bandaged and is a
sling.
The complainant stated that she was dwelling at No. 24,
London•street, Rateliff. The prisoner was her daughter's
husband, and a very ill-tempered, savage man, who had
beaten bis wife on several occasions, and inflicted injuries on
other women. He mane home on Monday night and Tues-
day night intoxicated, and quarrelled with his wife.
He said he would have her life, and she fled for refuge to
another room. He then went out and returned in
15 minutes, and uttering a dreadful and blasphemous oath,
said he would have the life of his wife, who had gone up-
stairs. The prisoner made an attempt to reach his wife.
Witness prevented hint doing so, upon which he took up a
poker and broke the furniture. She was endeavouring to
, save the things, when he struck her with the poker and
cut her eve. He followed this up by other blows, and
dislocated her shoulder. Her grandson parried the blows
as well as he could, and was ill-used. The prisoner got
her down, and stamped upon her. The prisoner said,
" I'll do for you; if I can't have her life (meaning his
wife's) I will have yours." The lights were put out, and
the prisoner said,' I have you now," and kicked and
trampled upon her and her grandson.
Richard Henry Kidney confirmed the evidence of his
grandmother, and said the prisoner knocked him down,
and jumped upon him. He thought his inside was coining

Mr. William Fowler, physician and surgeon, of No. 175,
High-street, Shadwell, said that be was called upon to re-
duce a dislocation on the complainant's shoulder. There
was a black mark across her arm, and • contused wound
over her left eye.
Mr. Paget—Take the old woman into the gaoler's room,
and examine her again.
Mr. Fowler complied with the request of the magi.
trate, and on his return said there were two or three
bruises on her arm, and a bruise on the back of the head,
but nothing to indicate that she had been trampled upon
by • great and powerful fellow like the prisoner.
Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to he imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for six months, cad to find
bail to keep the peace for six months ►fter the expira-
tion of his sentence, himself in 501., and two sureties of
251. each.

THI NEW MASTERS AND SEDVANTS ACT.-
Yesterday Messrs. William and Thomas Million, gal-
vanises, of Wolverhampton, were convicted before Mr.
lease Spooner, stipendiary for South Staffordahire, of a
breach of the New Masters and Servants Act, in having
sent away for a fortnight an apprentice, in whose inden-
ture they had stipulated to find him work, and they were
ordered to pay the boy Its. compensation. The defend-
ants were also told by the stipendiary that the act gave
him power to require them to find sureties to fulfil the
contract. His worship, in delivering judgment, said with
reference to the new act—Legislating, as is directed here
by referring to existing acts, and substituting new enact-
ments " for such of the existing enactments as would
have applied if the act had not passed," seems to me to
create necessarily very great difficulty in the construction
of the new act, and to tend directly to litigation, as the
new act affords no guide to masters or workmen, but
sends them back to the old statutes, and then compels
them to construe the old statutes with the new one.

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