The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

WORSIIIP-BTREET.

James Williams and William James Gerson were charged
before Mr. Ram oill with breaking and entering the
dwelling-tosse of Mr. William Rowlett, 6, Grange-road,
I)alstoa, and stealing a quality of plate, jewellery, and
other articles. Williams was alto charged with wounding
with intent to murder Mr. George Rowlett, the brother of
the prosecutor, who gave his evidence with great firmone,
though msnifestly suffering sonsiderably from the injuries
h. had received.
The witness said—l reside with my father tit Gleba Cot-
tage, which is nearly opposite my brother'. house. Yester-
day evening, agreeably to the noised of my brother, who
had gone oat on bgbiness, I went to look after the premise,.
As I nosed from our gate I observed the prisoner Genoa
standing near, and on retunieg for the keg, which I had
forgotten, I took particular notice of him. When I crossed
the rood the, sewed time I perceived a light in the first floor
treat room of my br.ither's holm, and on unlocking the
street door, saw the prissier Williams descending with •
lighted candle fo his hand. I seized him at the loot of
the stairs, when he dropped the candle and !paled me by
the breast. We struggled for about ten minutes, daring
which he threw me twice on my back in the
preens. Before I could rise the second time be
struck me three blows on the head, and ease on the
left shoulder with something sharp, which I thought was
Iron. I begone neeoseciana, bet mast base reeovered
speedily, for I perceived the prisoner passleg nate( the front
gate and f Rowed him, main. " Marche." I overtook and
again laid hold of him, then beams exhausted from loos of
blood, and he disengaged himself, tonging off towards
Kin and-ad cab stand.
(Thereat, waistcoat, aced skirt of Mr. Ro glett were bete
produced, saturated w,th Wood.)
Mr. John Robins—l live at No. 1. Beeneolr-terrsee,
IRingelaad. Last evening, between five and sin o'elock, I
bowl amy of " snider," and coning into the street maw
Mr. Goorgaßowlott Wailsg position from die bead. 1

Whet le the anger ?" and be nplled, "Hy '
btwhee'. bee has been robbed. and thew is the ass," at
the same time w theeOsamu Williams,standiug
few Yards off. by dolmen. I went tip to and
'hollered that ale, )]., with the aseetancs Of Hr.
Gooch, a seighbonr, to tads statiera-bonse. Oa oar trey
I eteenedLf It is • pity leo struck the gentleman." lie
HAW, " Wsaida't you do &spikier for your liberty ?" I
melted ',leeway" (prodeped), se oleo • piece of wadi*,
thewick off
hisk was gala warm. foam a cabman.
Proleif 0 wfwasbakisimi„.l2l....asearing the pri-,
inner, bayberries
Thema Werfell, • ash. grepriets; be, deposed to
heeler heard thee/Id w *order," and to ies neared
one .(the he believed to be Guam, as be
0114 weir Mb nob. The Mall whoever
be was, threw sehtetblag • from him, obwrviLg, "Yea
shouldn't hays elerped me." The two last wham's" this
took charge of Ma.
John Lloyd, swath* cab driver, 'poke to bevies Rood
the " Jemmy," nosed in • leathers sheath, and the roadie,
under ace of the sale. He delivered then to Mr. Robins.
Doemead, 7 If, flendessithver apossewed other
lOW sg I shun, thews gold Wags, • wets, and
mime wltpkls leashed% tobkh be had found en Williams,
and smiths leek Onus et the door of this ceurtra short
Rene bean the wee wee eases/ wpm, Mr. George Hoehn
plebe est tbas pelmet awing the crowd as being the
ether piety seasersed.
Pr eeesster mew leleaddelltia• whole of the property, sad
°boned that Mane o'clock In the day it was pinitotly
safe, and the peaks' well secured.
Geesen polimesiensly insisted that he was innocent of the
ahem and weld prove an alibi. Williams fa part confessed
11;:taamaill observed that it woe dear the whams
Worrell was mistakei, Williams and not:Oa/nos Wig the
man he had secured. The workmate also cocaarated am
the fast of the fernier primmer bavieg bee, brought to bustles
without the slightest aid of the police, it being worth notice
that darks the whole_proweding not a constable was near
to render assistasetr. The Rinke of the Falk* wets doe
sad would doubtless be sceorded to those gentian& who
had so pmeeptly sad serviceably acted.
The prkosers wen *PO remanded for depositions.
CURREN WELL.

Micheal Roach was austatiined under the Nuissaces Es •
mond Ant, before Carrie, to answer a charge of permut-
ing the overcrowding of two house, No 1 cad 3, Char-
lottes-building., Gray's fen-lane.
/Ir. ILW. Heywood appeared in rapport of the complaint,
gad stated that the proceedings wets token at the inmate
of the Board of Pinks for the Holborn district. The de-
fendant had, he said, been convicted in April lost of a
similar offence, when a est was ordered to be paid, bat the
lout authorities bevies found at that time a disposition on
the port of the defendant to sham the nuisance, the Ones
were not entweed ; a repetition of the offence, however,
haring occurred, the Board of Works were determined to
theist an the fall peashise Lod Goats.
Lionel David Prime, the inspector of manna. proved
that in the hews No. 1 there were 40 inhabitant., and in
No. 8 there were 35, all of different families.
Dr. fleptleaus Gibbon, the medical °Seer of health,
proved the highly injurious gad prejudicial chareittor of
the adman. In Charlotte's-buildings the wail dis-
orders were scarlet and typhus fever., small poi sad caw
dangerous dimness, width wore mainly attributable to the
overcrowded state of the dwelling,.
The magistrate said that it appeared no use to deal leo'.
sally with the defendant, be mut therefor* floe bin the
fall pewter of 40s. la each case, and order the bomber of
inhabitagto to be reduced within 14 ley., addisg that the
' flan would new be sawed._