The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

SLTIIR EY SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

business of the county commenced this
1, f,re Mr. 'Filson, chairman, and Mr. Penrhyu
11.,tt limn. There are 40 prisoners for trial.

SECOND COURT.
fu:t. Mr. Penrhyn, Deputy Chrtirnian.)
• • NAIL 1I II ‘1,..! 01.* AN INFANT',

. • / •-, YI, trial ierl, was indicted for unlawfully
1: espnsing Charles Levett. her child, under
,•, • f .;••, ts hi ieby its life was in danger.
• ••!!ii thvt on the night of the Ilth of
• '•, r tire w.ts ni•.•r the workhouse at Wandsworth, when
frtiole tc.,i,ibling the prisoner put down a baby
• •-•• 1, • 1111 away. liCarillg the baby cry sire
• ,i,•l i••• k• .1 it rip ,in•l looked for the female, but not
.1 !t. find her she took the baby and left it at the
.• . 1., lit ofd the child had shoes on, but no
! • tof the workhouse proved receiving the infant.
•••••I i..trdly any clothing on, and was without shoes anti
• ..lg..A It IV., almost insensible, but through the
• • 1,1 ttrition of the nurse soon revived and was in
health. _ . .

)1,. dames Connor, surgeon. St. tlohn'sthill, Battersea,
I t hat he was tiny.' into the workhouse about ti in the
r: Ag, atei saw the child produced. It was in the
clothing and seemed well and happy. Ile con-
however, that its life was endangered for about
of hour.
Pollee constahle, 1;9 V, said he took the prisoner into
1.11 the loth ultimo, when she denied leaving the
311.1 !mole use of a vulgar expression, telling
to look after her husband.
prii.nu r mole :1 r tntbling defence, saying that her
, !.ml had deserted her and her children. She was in
and theiuf.mt she putout to nurse while ahOwas
to service. litiiiifning to meet the nurse who had it on
t 'o• hight in ,ptesto in she handed her the child, and then
her hush:opt afterwards she gave it to hint and he
to ,leserted it. Ile hail acted cruelly to her, and
1 .1 L. I 11, In. turnedout of several situations.
jury , onsulted for a few minutes and returned •
of • 1;,/,,e.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
cif ‘IIOE O. AsSM'I.T sNoWIIALLING.

....eye .11-rro, aged IT, of No. I, Hotwater-court,
I charged before Mr. Cooke with assaulting
)1, rirgg, a clerk, residing at No. 2, Row-
,n buildings, by throwing snowballs at hint at Golden-

inornimt, between and 10 o'clock, the proveutor
',meant; through Colden.lane, when he paw the de-
t. n I.mt and several other lads pelting everyone that
with snow-balls. One lady was struck on the face
al, one of the hallo• and when the complainant remon-
,•i.,nd with the defendant, he waa also hit with the snow.
defendant appearing to be the ringleader, he detained
and gave hitt: into custody.
Mr. Alexander (clerkl—Can you say that the defendant
the snow at you?
N% Imes. I can't say. . . .

Mr. Alexander—Then why did you detain him.
Witness Because he was the nnglemler.
)Ir. Alexander (to the defendant)—You have heard
s I Lt n ,aid against you. IM you want to ask him
questions, or to make any defence?
The lief. whoa said that he had nothing to any.
l'ooke- -What male you throw the snow,
• •

Tl.e defendant—l don't know, without it was for *lark.
M. Cooke said the defendant Was not a child, and
.;:Lt to know better. He would have to pay a fine of Is.
The &foamt was locked op in default.
THE LATE FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.

Mr. James Caney, of 5, Brook-market, accompanied by
of tradesmen of the neighbourhood, waited on Mr.
ooke, to ask for his assistance towards a fund
t! ,t is bring raised for the alleviation of the
.h.tre.sed through the calamity which occurred
a! ',ammo-street, Leather-lane, where two houses
a. r.• thrown down and two persons lost their lives.
Ti, LoiliMa that resided in the houses are in the greatest
di.tr.s4:in.l lace lost the whole of their furniture.

Mr. Cooke add he was ple:ised to see that a committee
s.,s formed for such a benevolent purpose, and at once
M. in support of the fund.
. .

The deputatiun thanked the magistrate for his Icindnesa
left the court.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ROBIiERT or JEWELLERY BY A VALET.

11.eo,onn AW.u.tf, a valet, ass charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, with stealing some jewellery and wearing ap-
parel of the value of about i,01., the property of Mr.
l'rowse, a gentleman residing at No. 14, Arlington-street.
it app,irsal from the evidence that the prisoner entered
the hers ice of Mr. Prowse in August last, kl r. l'rowse at that
timeiesidinyat No. 44,1 / ke-a t reet, St. Jam es's. The prisoner
hail not liven in Mr. Proase's service more than a few days,
when he asked Mr. l'rowse if he had seen a valuable
On, As he Lel missed it from a jewel case. Mr. Prowie
acid lie had not, and the prisoner then said that the
previous valet must have taken it. Nothing was heard
of the pM, and the prisoner then told Mr. Prowse that
he had been to Attenborough's, the pawnbroker in Picca-
dilly, and gave notice of the loss of the pin, and that if
Mr. Aottenborough heard anything of the pin he would let
him knew. Subsequently the prisoner left Mr. I'rowse's
service in consequence of there being disturbances in the
house between him and the other servants owing
to other property being missed. Mr. I'rowse after-
wards went to Attenborough's with police•constable
Ilut:Ler, 137 C, and found some of his property had been
pledged there ; and from inquiries Butcher made he found
that the prisoner had got a person to pledge some of the
property for him. Putcher then pruceetled to Tiverton
Jumlion and took the prisoner into custody, when he
found some duplicates upon the prisoner relating to other
articles belonging to Mr. Prowse.
A witness stated that the prisoner had given him some
of the property to pledge, telling him that he pledged the
ponerty because his master had not paid him his wages.
l'rowse said the assertion of the prisoner was an
entire falsehood, as he could prove by a book showing that
the prisoner had received his wages.
, ]hitcher said that through a false accusation trade by
the prisoner a servant had been discharged from the house.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a very bad job, the prisoner
I.ring commenced robbing his master as won as he
thti:red his service,

_ _ .....
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Tyrwhitt nom-
ratted him for sts months with hard labour,

SOUTHWARK.
ATTEMPTING TO I,ErMAIIII A RAILWAY COMPANY.
Joß,ph 'Awning. a licensed victualler, $, Hanover-road,
Ilrookhill-park, l'lumaterul, was charged before Mr. Wool.
tad, with attempting to travel in a carriage on the South
1 11.;:itniritoaillJoilittLoultawhao-'ll
having
IT etvhiso usl
company,pi paid
haitetef fare.
I. prosecute.
It appeared from the evidence of Stephen Jones, one of
la. inspectors in the employ of the oompany, that at
leaner past 4 in the afternoon of the 4th ultuno, jut
tore the Strood train came to the London-bridge ter-
Wins, from Cannon-street, be saw the prisoner rush on
L • platform. He sulked him if he had a ticket, when he
. u1.c.1 that he had, and then the train came up and took
•rtness away. On his return a moment afterwards he saw
:.., prisoner go up to several carriages and look in and
is manner at once excited his suspicion. He accordingly
.tched him, and seeing him get into a second-class car-
. 4e be called the attention of • ticket examiner, and
~n it was discovered that the defendant had not taken a
icket. As the company had been extensively defrauded
. a similar way the defendant was summoned to answer
11.- charge.
li. cross-examination, witness said that when he milled
11..• defendant out of the carriage, he said it wait all right,
Ile had his ticket, but when it was demanded of him in
the aural way, he said he heti not time to take the ticket
t- that he bad done so several times on the same line, and
. il paid the fare at the end of the journey.
The ticket examiner and another inspector corroborated
.tow's testimony in every particular.
For the defence, Mr. Edwards said that his client had
1 • •t•rutted him to say that he paid his fare, and had a ticket
-n he entered the station, and it must have fallen out
' his pocket somewhere.
Mr. Woolrych, after carefully investigating all the evi-
: ~ .•. Raid that he bad no doubt that the defendant in-
-6d to defraud the railway company. It was a paltry
-.,.1i for a real ectablo man, therefore he should fine him
• i. ii oil costs.

TUE EASTERN COA ST. —Yesterday, dining a heavy
from the north-east, the schoonersMexandm, of Wey-
•nth. and Lucy, of Knotting,ley, drove ashore at Great
; both crews were saved. The Maria, of Stettin,
i•tain W. Grunen, laden with timber, deal, and spars,
stottin, and bound to St. Vast (France), has become a
',tete wreck, having grounded on the Kentish Knock
and broken rap. Five of the crew were drowned, bat
•..v.,1 thenixelves on a piece of wreck. These poor men
• been landed at Lowestoft in • very exhausted state.
';..LD RV 111 E HUNDRED WEIGHT. —A telegram
a friend at Placerville assures us that gold worth
was taken from the Woodside quartz mine, tear
~..etown, and that yesterday the miners were " block-
. o-t nearly a pure, solid mass of gold three feet in
461." If such a statement had come frau a stranger
should have received it with incredulity, but we ran
h 'or the sincerity and intelligence of the author of
ine,,sage. ratifornian, Nov. 19.
_I "t ‘N. --Naga.naki letters mention several further
f steamers to the Japanese. The Pl:nc.: of Higo
• i.urchased the Fairy through Messrs. Clover and CO.
.2"..11 dub. • Messrs. Alt •nd Co. have sold the Japan
Prince of Akec for 110,000 dols.; and the govern.
t hive bought the Mercury from Messrs. Glover and
fig :t00%) dole. The late gunboat Kestrel, belongtng
t. ft. same firm, is also reported to have been 101 l to
which has chartered the steamer Hiego
l'"haka and Yeddo.—Pa name Star.