The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-18 00:00:00

THE POLIO, COURTS.

NANECION-HOUSE.
A good looking and well drained young woman, named
Mary ICDomakt was brought before Sir R.. W. Carden,
charged with stealing two sovereigns from • young woman
named Charity Fenner, in an amedies.
Mr. Lewis, inn., appeared for the prisoner.
The complainant stated that about three o'clock on Tues-
day- afternoon she got into an omnibus in Shoreditch, and
when the vehicle arrived at the end of King Williamstreet,
the prisoner and two other women and a men got in, and
the prisoner sat down on her right side. When they had
got a short distance she felt a hand or some instrument in
her pocket, and eh* immediately pot her hand in and dis-
covered that her purse was quite at the top of the pocket,
and upon opening it she missed two sovereigns out of it.
There were in the puree originally the two sovereigns, two
half sovereigns, and some silver, and the hell sovereigns and
the silver alone remained. She at once charged the prisoner
with stealing her purse, and she replied, " How can that be
when you have got the purse in your hand r and she then
said that she bed stolen two sovereigns out of it, upon
which one of the women who had got into the omnibus with
the prisoner rid it was a lie. Witness then told the con-
ductor that she had been robbed, and be called a policeman,
and she gave the prisoner into custody.
In answer to questions put by Mr. Lewis,
The prosecutrix said that she was quite sore the parse
could not have shaken to the top of her pocket by accident
She also said that she had an umbrella in the hand that
was next the prisoner.
Sir R. Carden asked Mr. Lewis whether he intended
to
b argue that the purse was got out of the pocket by the
umrella (A Laugh.)
Mr. Lewis said be should not do that, but he should
submit that it might have been the umbrella that the prose.
cutrix felt against her pocket.
Sir R. Carden inquired if the money had been found!
The prosecutrix said it had not, but she saw the prisoner
have some communication with her companions in the om-
nibus after she made the charge of robbery, and she could
easily have passed it to them.
Nt awn Fitzgerald, a policeman, proved that he took
charge of the prisoner, and when they got to the police.
station she told him that she had only just arrived from
Glasgow. She afterwards said that she lived in Regent's-
place, Crown-street, Soho. He went to that address and
saw a woman who represented herself to be the prisoner's
sister, and who stated that she had just come from the
country, but refused to say from what place.
Sir R. Carden inquired if anything was known of the
prisoner
Sergeant Cole, of the C divison of metropolitan police,
said he had known the prisoner for a considerable time as a
pickpocket, and the courant associate of thieve.. She had
been convicted of robbery, and be believed she had not been
long out of prison at the present time. The prisoner had
not lived at the address site gave to the officer, but the
people who lived there always acknowledged her, and an-
swered for her if the police, or any one else, went to make
inquiries about her.
Mr. Lewis made a vary ingenious defence for the prisoner,
and he endeavoured to show that there was sufficient doubt
upon the evidence to justify the worthy aldennau in refrain-
mg from coming to the conclusion that the offence with
which she was charged had been established against her.
Sir R. Carden said that es the case was represented to be
so doubtful, he should send it before a jury, and let them
decide
The prisoner, upon hearing this, expressed a wish to plead
guilty, and have the charge summarily disposed of.
Thisprosecutrix also stated that she wanted to return to
the country, and did not wish to be detained in London.
The priemerwas then reminded till Friday, when she will
be again brought up and the case summarily Isposed of.

etZnisAasi diartkeirs, • carman, a the 'service of Mean.
North and Light, carmen, was charzed with the following
outrageous conduct.
It appeared from the evidence of Stringer a City plain-
clothes onistable, that about one o'clock on ,Tueeday after
noon he saw the defendant in Wonnwood-street, bishops-
gate, driving • heavy van and two horses. He was very
drunk and incapable of taking care of the vehicle, and he
drove against • c•rt that was standing by the pavement, and
nearly forced It into a shop window. Seeing his condition,
ho compelled him to pj down from his sent, and sent for a
uniform constable to take the prisoner and his van away,
when be made the must desperate resistance. Two other
constables, named Rickards and Leonard, tried to secure
him, but he kicked at, and tried to bite them, and In the
struggle the officers were rolled in the mud, their clothes
were torn, and they received some violent 1110M.1 from the
prisoner. His cooduet was described as being of the most
ferocious character, and they were ouliged to handcuff him
before they could gel him to the station-house.
Sir It. Carden asked the prisoner what explanation he bad
to give of his outrageous conduct
He replied that he was very sorry indeed for what 110
had done. It would not have happeised if he had not been
drunk

One of the prisoners employers gave the prisoner a very
good character, and said he had never known him to get
drunk before while he had been in his service.
Sir B. (Arden inquired how it happened that he got so
drunk on this occasion

He was informed that he had been on business to two or
throe distilleries, and it wee the custom at those places to
allow the carmen to have as much as they liked to drink.
Sir R. Itirden told the prisoner he had mast grossly
misbehaved himself, and as to his saying now that he was
sorry, that was of no use. In the state be was in, with a
heavy vehicle in the crowded streets, he might have killed
some one, and then he would cermiuly have gone to the Old
Bailey upon a charge of manslaughter. The magistrates
were determined to protect the police in the execution of
their duty, and he should order him te pay 213 e., the esti-
mated amount a damage demo to the constable's clothes,
and 20s. for the assault ~ and is default be would be impn-
mooed and kept to had labour for one month.
The prinoser asked his master to adman tho money for
him, but he declined to do so, and be was then taken to the
cells.

William Cameros, the young man who represented him-
self to be an American seaman, who was examined on
Saturday upon the charge at bassi in the house et Mr. Dud,
a Jeweller and silversmith in IL:011111d', fur an unlawful
purpose, was again brought up.
it will be remembered that the prisoner stated that he
had been in an infirmary at Manchester, and be was re-
manded to see if there wee soy truth in the statements be
made respecting this and some other matters. Letters were
accordingly written to Manchester, and trout the replies
that were received it termed oat that the prisoner bad been
telling n parcel of lies.
in addition to the former evidence, John Ashby, house-
keeper and messenger at the National Discount Company's
(diem, Cornhill, proved that • abort time before the
prisoner was found at Mr. Dud's, he discovered him
upon the premisesof the company and turned him out.
A hen he inquired what lie wanted there, he made the
same answer be did at Mr. Dod's, namely, that he did not
know.

it; H. Carden committed the primmer to the House of
Correction for two months.

BOW-STMET.
A lad named &lona (fitting, not hitherto known to the
officers of the court or to the police, wee charged with steal-
ing lead from certain buildiop now in at the cor-
ner of Wellington street, and Great -street, Covent.
AA policemen of the A division deposed that on the pre.
vices evening he was on duty in liasselletreet, and saw the
prisoner in the act of getting over the hoarding in the front
of the building from within. On seeing wither the prisoner
shrunk back and .kropped down split behlad the hoarding,
but finding that he wee already observed he again mounted
the hoarding, got over, dropped into the street, end ran
away. Witness followed and overtook him, conveyed him
to the station-bowie, end went back to examine the Oka,
One of the boards bad been loosed at the bottom, so that it
could seedy be thriaat to one side. Jest at the foot of this
board, on the inner side, and within n of a hand thrust
through from outside, was a bundle of led tightly rolled
up, and evidently placed there ready fat sesaravaL
The clerk of the works deposed that the lead tonsisted al
a portion of the pips supplying the deters is the old houses
now being removed. It was the property of the con-
tractors,Meson. Holland and Co.
Mr. Cowie said he must commit the priaooer for trial.
He had no option, he could not treat the cam summarily,
as it was stealing lead fixed in a dwelling-house, which MUM
under a special act of parliament.
The prtaooer, who offered nu defense, was sooorlingly
eteamisted for trial