The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1867.

utged the prisoner to resistance, calling out, "Give it
him," &c.
The prisoner said he did not intend to kick the con-
stables) that was accidental.

Mr. Vaughan sentenced the prisoner to one month's im-
prisonment for the assault on Grey, and ten dart for
that on Groves, ordering him to be brought up at the end
et that period on the charge of desertion.

CLERKENVIML.

DESPIRATE RIOT AND CAPTURE OF EIGHT THIEVE.%

....
Jaws White, aged 18, who refused his address, a paper
glazer, William Sarington, aged 21, of 6, Suffolk-street,
St. Pancras, a labourer, JoAn Bennett, aged 16, of 6, Horse-
shoe-alley, Wilson-street, Finsbury, a labourer, Darn:
Oliver, aged 19, of 2, Camden-passage, Islington, a French
polisher, Benjamin Askew, aged 16, of 12, Fleur-de-lie-
court,Nottoe-Folgate, a labourer, William Smith, aged 17,
having no fixed residence, a seaman, dficAael Hooper, aged
19, of 13, Fox-court, Gray's-inn-road, a coeternionger,
Reuben Robinson, aged 17, of 1, Old Montague-street,
Whitechapel, a hawker, and George Dan, aged 17, of 79,
Chalton-street, St. Pancras, a painter, were charged with
being severally concerned with stealing from the persons
of Mr. Griffith Williams, Mr. Chas. Westmacott, Mr.
James Taylor, Mr. Ernest Almond, and Mrs.
Jane Martin, one silver watch, one gold watch,
one silver watch, • gold guard chain, a two-guinea piece,
a one-guinea piece, one half-guinea piece, one quarter-of-a-
guinea piece, one silver gilt watch, one gold chain, and one
gold locket. The prisoners Oliver and Dan were also
charged with assaulting Police-constable Charles Miller,
1381:, in the execution of his duty in the Pentonville.read.
Mr. James Taylor, of 226, Pentonville-road, said—yes-
terday I was standing at my door, when a mob of two
hundred or three hundred roughs following the regiment
of the Finsbury militia came past my house. As they
were passing a boy, not in custody, snatched at my chain
and took my watch. I saw him pass it to the pri-
soner White. I followed the boy, and told a constable.
He took the boy into custody, and when they had
got a short distance towards the police-station the mob
surrounded and called out, " Stone him," and " Knock
him down." I saw all the prisoners there that are now in
custody. I lost sight of the prisoner 'White when he had
my watch, and I next saw him at the police-station.
Cross-examined by the prisoner White—l could not
catch hold of you when you had my watch in your pos.
session, because you ran amongst the crowd.
Mr. John Norton, of 9, Stanhope-street, Hampstead-
road, said—l was driving down Pentonville-road, when I
saw a boy give something to the prisoner White ; it
looked like a silver watch what I could see of it. When
he had received it he ran among the crowd. On seeing
the prosecutor coming up with his chain dangling I told
him wh .t I had seen. All the prisoners were in the crowd.
Cross-examined by White—l did not lose sight of you
till you were taken into custody. I did not see you pass
the watch to anybody.
Ernest Almond, of 266, Pentonville-road, said—l was
standing at my door when the crowd came by me. Some
one stole my watch. I cannot swear which one of the
prisoners took my watch, but I saw all the prisoners in the
crowd.

Mrs. James Martin said—l was standing at the door
when the crowd came by. Some one stole my locket. I
could not swear to any of the prisoners though I saw some
of them there.

Police-constable Charles Miller, 17.8 G, whose face was
covered with bruises, said—l was on duty in the Penton-
ville-ro,ul, when the first witness pointed out a boy who
he said had stolen his watch. I took him into custody,
when a mob of flu men surrounded me. The prisoner Oliver
threw me down, assisted by two others. I was kicked
while I was down by the prisoner Dan and others. Some
one in the crowd said, " Let the have it" The pri-
soners, Smith, Robinson, Miceli, and others, threw stones
at me. On searching the prisoner Smith, I found a por-
tion of a gold Albert chain, which I believe to be stolen.
Police-sergeant Reuben Limeborn, IG, said—l took the
prisoner Robinson into custody in the Pentonville-road,
and he was rely violent.
Mr. Cooke said—l do not think that there ill sufficient
evidence against Hooper, and therefore lie will be dis.
charged. As to the other prisoners they will be remanded
for a week.

MARYLEBONE.
NOVEL POACHING.

&mad Anosfroap, aged 50, Edward Oltrer, aged 15,
both sweeps, were charged with stealing pigeons under the
following novel circunrtancea

Poliejoonstable John Trout, 237 S, said about half
past three in the morning he was in plain clothes in the
Edgware-road, the Maida-hill part, and saw the pri-
soners lay down a set of bird nets in the middle of the
road. Attached to the nets by bits of string were
three decoy sparrows. They caught four. The elder
prisoner then sent the younger one to the cab rank
to pick up some chaff, which was placed in the nets.
Some pigeons were feeding in the road, and Oliver drove
them towards the nets. Two alighted in them, and were
picking up when Armstrong pulled the nets over them.
He took his handkerchief from his neck, placed the
pigeons in it, and gave them to Oliver to carry away. They
were both taken into custody. A number of complaints
bad been made by persons who bad lost their pigeons.
Parties like the prisoners even lay down their net, when
there are any fowls or ducks about, to catch them.
The pigeons were produced in court, and were a very
fine pair.
Armstrong said—How many times do pigeons come
down on people's hands even in Piccadilly! Why in
Marylebone workhouse they pay as much as half-a-crown
• day for the pigeons that come down there. Besides you
see them about cab ranks ; but they are only " rocks," not
like these.

Mr. trEyncouri remanded the prisoners for a week, and
refused to accept baiL

tressing character, and he at first believed that the
husband could be held criminally responsible for the state
in which he had kept his wife, she being, as it was
proved, an imbecile, but he now considered that no
criminal blame could attach to him, for he had applied
to the pariah, lie must say that the manner in
which the parish orders for visiting and removal of the
nick poor were issued was, to use a very mild term, a very
loose one. It was calculated to give the doctors unneces-
sary trouble, and to increase the rates. The relieving
officer should have gone and seen that the case was a fit
one for removal, the printed orders distinctly stated that
that was his duty, and he had admitted that he had never
done it. That was a great mistake on his part.
The jury, after an hour's deliberation in private, re-
turned a verdict, "That the deceased died from the
mortal effects of softening of the brain from natural
causes, accelerated by the surrounding circumstances
under which she had been living, and the jury recom-
mended the coroner to call the attention of the board of
guardians to the cue as to visiting ordera."