The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1867.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Coniinissioner lioulburn.)
IY ItE T. ATN,LEV CHOKE.
Tlu lotikruid Was described a. a vocalist, late of the
Tlii,tre I:oyab Leicester, and recently having an engage-
wirnt :kt the English Opera. lie sought his discharge
front debts of '24 4

An offer wasln u;le On the part of the bankrupt to set
.tsid. Alf. a ye:.r out of his eArnings.
Il..notir adjourne,l the 4,1. r, and g.,ve pv,teetiut, to
by continued mu lung as the imuknipt kept up hh, pac-
taeut..

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

GI-11.1)HALL

stl:AlsiNc snanar.
Two hole, named fio.ro.• /to. and
Wen: placed at tie bar before IL W. Carden,
eliar;,tal with stealing egg 311.1 two 1.1:11 bottles of
sh. fly. the taroperty of their teapective in:earn.
vult..ll I mtraitt, , 0.0.1 he NAW tlio two pri-onera on
l'in-hory•pae. nett:, and oletereing that
1 hitt; bulky about him he naked him what he 1,:els;ot. and
he it.pi led a few c• 44.. Wittie,, asked Hui wilt se lie ~ot
them from. and L.... In the!, from Ilia iaa..t•.,
lie asked It,. how and he all only a few. Not
1., ,itiseed he took Into into custody and found on him
WI., u wittiest: steppe,' Due Itewhuiti ran away
Int was take,: 1-y rouldr).

:sorge Cotil.hy einsolsirtte.l the foreyaing statement of
nitro., roil sill that on searching itowlatol he found
ta rive e-,:s awl tt, o pint bottles of sherry. He asked hint
Low he rier .iiie polows-eil of them. and said he brought
then, from Doe's Its then usk...l him if they
hit., and he Si I no. they belonged to Doe.
At the statism I. found on him a sovererinn. sixpence, and
t opeoce. Itoth prisoners gave etirreet addresses.
James Shieliis said he was eltii k to Mr. John Hyland.
,Irys..lter. 7, Skinner's-place, Sise-lane, ltiockleishory.
Itowl..nil was employed by Mr. Hyland. and line had for-
merly twen in his employ. He knew nothing of the wine.
They had nothing in !‘tore like it. They hail a great stock
of eggs; hut hail not itthowil any. They would not miss
the notolwr prishweil out of their stuck. Doe worked
at Illy. Murray'., a wine hierchatit, nest door to Mi.
I lyla
A chili from Mr. Murray's i.trntificd the bottles of wine
niteliktr t.. dm.- they Irol in stock.
31r. Shi. W. said the sovereign footol on Rowland he was
properly in possexsion of. lie hail receive.) en account of
:;/., taken the sovereign out of it to pay a bill, and put the
Itahmee iu papet into the letter box.
The prisoners were remanded.
I.IOW-STItEET.

sTRANCE morn 01, I•noric ‘Nrinn.
.1"1“, Ch•folf 11,,rri,, n half•wittedi looking man, of :ibout
36 years of :be, was brought up before Mr. Vaughan,
chargal with wilfully senttehing with a knife the enaniel
platework of one of the waterchnseta at the Charing-cross
iv-militia of the -South }:astern Railway, and a further
charge of assaulting Sergeant Moncktou, the detective
nth,. r att.tehed to the station, while in the execution of
his duty,.

John.' Roil, one of the railway constables deposed
that he went to one of the closets yesterday after-
noon at about to a quarter to 2 o'clock, having pre-
viously seen the prisoner go in. Witness had suspected
him on former occasions, and on hearing a scratching
noise inside the closet demanded of the prisoner what
lie was doing. The prisoner trade no reply ; witne.s
then got on a chair, and looking over the top of
the door perceived the prisoner defacing the enamel tablet
with a pocketknife. As soon as the door was open he
took him into custody, and with the assistance of another
constable conveyed him to the police-station.
John Richardson, station-master, stated that the pri-
soner was brought to him yesterday at about 2 o'clock on
the above charge. The prisoner, on his being questioned
RN to his reason for damaging the place, replied that he
•• had R.-1.11 some disgusting language written up ; so he
thought he would oounteract it." He lout written up,
" Children love one another ;" also had drawn a church
with an eye above, and scratched several other religious
sentiments. Witness also said that the walls were very
much .lefaceill by many persons using the place ; but they
had never succeeded in disixivering any of the guilty per-
sons till 110 w. Prisoner had been there many timea before,
and as lie was no passenger lie had no right there at all.
The plate would have to be replaced by a new one which
would cost Ws.

William Henry Monckton, police-sergeant, specially
employed at tee station, said that lie proceeded to take the
priauner into custody on the above charge, when he because
very violent and kicked him (Monet:tow on the leg—very
painful at the time.
The prisoner here interfered, and said that both con-
stables seized him behind, and kicked him in the back.
This, of course, was denied. On searching the prisoner
at the station, the following miscellaneous articles were
concealed about his person :—A bottle of port wine, a
bottle of cod-liver oil, and other medicine ; a little jar
of potted beef, and I/n. odd ; ho had also an enormously
large umbrella, very much worn. The divisional surgeon
thought that the prisoner was not sane.
Mr. Vaughan—What are you?
Prisoner—l used to be a porter, sir, but now I'm a pen
and ink seller. If I have done a wrong I sin very sorry
for it, and I am willing to pay the fine, hoping it will be a
warning to me for the future.
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Mr. i'atighari—You have no more right there than you
have on my premises. You must pay a fine of Ns. for
the act, ills. for the damage, and 10s. for the assault on
the constable, or in default of payment seven days in each
case.

Prisoner—l will pay the fines.
WORSHIP-STREET.
PISTITIITZ CHILIMEN.
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Frevlrriek Latere;;;:iiO3e;i:idatieTi;aa chem.' by 3:4
K with begging. He had seen the boy on Saturday night
begging, and receiving halfpence from persons in White-
chapel High-street. When questioned be denied having
father or mother, bat afterwards admitted it was a
falsehood.

Mr. Newton—Who sent you out to beg ?
Child--Nobody.
Mr. Newton—When did you last have any food?
Child—Friday night, at home, sir.
Constable— His mother is in court, air.
Mr. Newton directed her to oome forward. and she said
—I did not send him out, sir, to beg ; but I have four
children, and very little to give them. Sometimes a
slice of bread or so ; sometimes not that.
Mr. Newton—What is your husband?
Mother—A labourer, sir ; but out of work four months.
Mr. Newton—Why don't he go to the parish, and break
stones

Mother—He has done that, sir. He is not a lazy man.
Tey told him be mutt go into the house.
Mr. Newton—And that would be better for all of you.
Take your boy home with you.
Da aid Fri.?, 9 years, was charged with being destitute.
N 2.lB—Yesterday morning I SAW this boy and another,
who ran away when he noticed me, running before gentle-
men in Old-street, begging. This boy hail a lueifer box in
his band. He had not any shoes on and was filthily dirty.
I took him to the workhouse and he has been cleaned.
He said his mother sent him out to beg.
The mother of this boy also came forward—l am a good
parent to him, sir, but my husband has been out of work
a long while ' • he baa got a day by the water side this
Monday. Igo about with jugs when I hare a stock, but
am without any now.
Mr. Newton—You may take him home now.
Mother—l'll not send him again.

Jane and Exile. r Darrrip.rt,'H and 10 years of age, were
charged by Sergeant Burrows, N division, with being des-
titute.

The sergeant said the mother of the children had been
in the workhouse, but discharged herself recently. She
was present now.
. . . . . .

A wretched looking woman came forward, her left eye
bandaged.
Mr. Newton--What is the matter with your eye
Mother—A cancer, sir. My husband has been deal two
years, and I can't pee to work for my children. These
are the youngest. Gentlemen have been very kind to me,
and attempted a cure. I'm in a very trying position, I
assure you. . . . .

Mr. Newton—Where did the children sleep last night?
Sereesint Burrows—At the workhouse, sir.
Mother—l don't nigh to part with my children, air.
Sergeant—She slept at Playhouse-yard the previous
night.
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Mr. Newton—Will you go into the workhouse again!
Mother—l don't with to do thst, sir.

Mr. Newton—Well, I shall seed! these poor girls there
fora week, they will then he brought before me again.
All these children stood in the dock with scarcely any
attire on or shoes to their feet.

MARLROROUGH•STREET.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE EARL OF CADOCAN.

Georpe Harris, a coachman, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwbitt with being drunk while in charge of a broughain
belonging to Mr. Richards, a job master, of Plurnix-yard,
Ovfoni-street, and also with wilfully damaging the car-
riage of the Earl of Cadogan.

Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, Great
Msrlborough•street, appeared on the part of Mr. Richards,
and said the prisoner had not only got drunk and smashed
his master's carriage nearly to pieces, but he had also seri-
ously damaged the carriage of the Earl of Caslogan.
Police-constable Norrish Pike, M C, said that about 12
o'clock on Saturday night be saw a carriage coming along
South Audley-street at a rapid rate, there being no driver
on the box ; the prisoner, who had been driving it,
having, he afterwards found, fallen off the box
drunk. The prisoner's carriage went on till it came in
collision with the Earl of Cadogan's carriage, which was
greatly damaged, and the primner's carriage was also
nearly smashed to pieces. He took the prisoner to the
station. . .

Mark Purarnore, coachman to the Earl of Calogan, said
that on Saturday night he was driving his minder's
carriage along South Audleystreet, and just before
he got to Dean•street he saw the prisoner's carriage