The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-02 00:00:00

round and solicit orders, to take mosey for goods, and to
'mount for the money he received every day, but if crefbt
was given to the customers than he was to account once
a moth. Prom what came to the knowledge of the prose.
toted she was induced to go over her accounts, and then the
prisoners defalcations were discovered. As the proseca-
trix bad not yet had time to go over the whole 'teammate
roma was asked, for the prisoner when taken into custody
said the Marge was correct.
me prisoner, who seemed to fed his position acutely,
aid at present he did not wish to say anything in answer
is the Merge.
NT. D'Eysoourt remanded the Prisoner, and declined to
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MARLBOROUGH STREET.
" a JUDOR AND JURY CLUB."
Nary Breolacell, a respectable-looking man described as
s butcher. of Morpeth-strost, Bethnal-green, was charged
before Mr. Knox, with damaging a hat of the value of 64.,
the property of Mr. Henry George Brookes, of "the
Judge end Jury club," No. 21, Leicester square.
On the case being called on the complainant, John Hod-
son, stepped into the witness box and exhibited a mysterious
wilder article half hat and half lantern.
Mr. Knox said the defendant was charged with damaging
e het.
The complainant said it was s hat used for exhibiting
nlomina advertisements, a light being placed in it at
sight-time„ and then went on to say that on the previous
night, while standing at the door of the club, the defendant
mune up to him, and struck him a violent blow with
his umbrells on the top of his bat. He was
stunned for a moment from the effect of the blow. He by
direction of Mr. Brookes, his employer, gave the defendant
sate cuetody.
The defendant said he had no questions to est.
Mr. Knox said he would deal with the case as one of
moult, and the damage could then be taken into conside-
ration.
A wadable proved seeing the d•fendant strike the coin-
pkineat on the hat with his umbrella. The defendant had
been drinking.
Is answer to Mr. Knox the constable said that Its did not
think the complainant was much hurt.
The defendant said be bad had a drop to drink, and did
it cot of joke. He had offered to pay for the hit.
Mr. Knox said that because a man bad a iidiculous
thing on his head that was no reason why he should be
moulted. He should fine the defendant 405., or in default
14 days.

THAMES.
EXPLANATION.
Mr. &Heath, the proprietor of the Express Coffee and
Chop House, No. 17, Weston-place, corner of Weston-
street, King's-cross, waited upon Mr. Paget to render an
explanation and contradiction of a statement made by a
soldier named William Thompson, • corporal in the 89th
regiment. The soldier's statement in effect was that he wan
mods drunk in Mr. Heath's house and conveyed by a touter
from there to an emigration office on Tower-hill, and these
induced to part with all his money, 271., for a peasags for
himself, Caroline Smith, and Sarah Smith, her daughter,
and that 151. was to be paid to him in New York. He was
in • state of unconsciousocee when he paid the money. He
also paid 4L 2s. 6d. to /dr. Heath, who, he alleged, wee in
some measure a party to the intended shipment of himself
sad the woman and her daughter to New York.
Mr. Heath said he kept a respectable and well-conducted
establishment, always held in goad repute, and that the
soldier's statement, so far u he (Mr. Heath) was concerned,
was false and exaggerated. The soldier came to the Ex-
press coffee-house as an ordinary customer on the 21st or
22nd of January, and remained there two night, and
two days. On the second day he introduced a
young woman, who he said was his wife, end with
whom he intended to proceed to New York. The soldier,
ea leaving, paid him 10s. 6d. for hie board and lodging and
refreshment for the young woman said to be his wife.
While Thompson was staying with him he borrowed 34 on
one occasion, and 4*. on another, and gave him an order on
Viney and Co., emigration aeon* of Tower-hill,
for the money, and it was repaid. If. made
so charge on his lodger beyond the half guinea for board
and lodging. He did not employ any touter or out-door
agents. He wan not aware Thompson wee a soldier until
he read the report in the newspapers this morning, and
he never wore any regimentals in the Express ooffes.house,
cod was never intoxicated there. Mr. Heath, in conclusion,
said that he would be the last man to encourage • soldier
to desert his regiment and leave the country, sod that he
hoped the press, which bad given such extensive publicity
to the statements of Thompson, would give equal publicity
to his explanation.
Mr. Paget thought the explanation of Mr. Heath was per-
fectly satisfactory, and he had so doubt the statement
would obtain publication in the same journals which had
given currency to Thompson's evidence.