The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBTS.

GUILDHALL.

♦ number of the inhabitants of Pluentree-court, Holborn,
Wiare summoned under Cie Nuisance. Removal Act to
gnawer complaints of overcrowding their tenements.
These proceedings were instituted by the Commissioners
of Sewers in coneequenee of a reptt made by Dr. Letheby,
their medical officer of twain', their attention baying been
previously drawn to the abominable condition of Plumtrse-
start by Alderman Finals end Mr. Phillip., the relieving
of of the West London Union. There ate 25 houses
is the court, all of which are let out in small tenements, the
rooms varying in else; bet on an average not mote thee
12 feat square. Four of the bone.. have only one room es
• Boor, and the remainder two rooms. All of the home
base three fl ors. Ten of the houses contain on an average
about 16 or 16 persoos each; seven of them about 25 sub;
four of them about 36 each, thee" of them 42 each, and tee
hones has 73 inmeter. Men, women, and children are hug.
dled together, not only in the same room, but actually in
the tame bed, without fiesta% to age or sex.
Mr. Tyrrell made a communication to Alderman Car•
ter, and the summonses were edjourned till Saturday.
Baldwin Speeht, a native of Germany, was charged with
stealing a nicer salt-ogler from the North and South
Americas Coffee-honee, Tbreedniedle-street, and three
silver forks and two silver spoons from the Victoria Hotel,
Raton-squere. The evidence has already been published.
The prisoner was committed f .r trial on both charges.
Henry Staler/oa, Robert Beasley, and Wm. Davis were
brought np on the following charge :
Police-constable 112 said that on Tuesday afternoon be
sew a cart standing in front of the Sun public-house, is
Leedoe-wall. The prisoner Davie wee sitting in it. He
saw Beasley ems up with a earl et-beg on hie shoulder and
pawed to Melons, who was standing at t►e doer of the
usbik-house. Prisoners were all communicating together.
Wan witness spike to Beasley, M.lpue ran away, end
Davis drove off at • rapid p.ce. Witness raised the cry of
*Stop thief," and rr stoners were eventually captured. On
arching the carpet bra three bats of tin, weighing 401b5.,
nod Dire, tiers of coiner, weighing 371 be., were found. The
Sin belonged to Malpau, whose reel name was 'nouns
Avery, end he c►rried on boinses u a marine store dealer.
He was well known to the metrop 'Man police.
Mr. W , a brass founder, of lesen-er:scent, said the
prisoner Beesley bed been in hi. employ shout ten years.
He went to dinner on Tuesday and did not return. The
tin and copper produced was his property, and of the value
of 24. 2d. per lb.
Sir R. W. Carden inquired if be had any suspicions of the
primmer when he communicated with the officer ?

Mr. Warner said the °Meer received no iniormatiln from
him about theme until alter all the prisocen were in cm-
tod_y. The robbery was deteeted entirely by the offices.
The prison n were remanded.
WESTMINSTER.

Mr. R. Dann, Pottieger, of 5,
Polsoo-otnet, Pimlico, for unlawfully detaining some
important letters and papers.
Mr. Dunn said he required no quibble cr quirk of law.
All that he d ' d was that as inventory should be taken
of the effects he had ►eft in the house of defendant, where
he had lodged, end that his private letters and papers should
delivered up to him, or that he should be allowed to
lock them op in the Immense of an officer of that court.
He wee ready to swear that one document alone in defen-
ds...it's p.srersion was worth upwards of 1001.
Mr. Poynter ob.erred that the p act only gave him
power to order t►e restoration of property Rader the value
of 161.

Mr. Dann said that the prints lettere he now sought to
recover lied nothing to do with the docament he had men-
tioned, and were mertly &seined to inc)nveniease mid
I, him.

annoy him.
Mr. Painter said that persons could not divide into parts
the property which ancther detaiLtd, because if they cool?,
by a writs of proceedings of 10/. at • time, they might re-
cover 1001., and the magistrate would be exorcising a powtr
which the legislature nevrr iotendert him to possess.
Defendant—l want my riot, which Mr. Dunn owes me
—M. 9.. All the property he has left at my house is not
worth half a-crown.

Mr. Dunn—Will you oblige me by reading an OffiCif
with me to seer me lea up sad seal the lotto's /
Mr. Paynter—l cannot roil you any authority tot eater
the defendant's home. I have no clsjevion to give a tug-
, intim that )our private linen should be sealed up by the
defendant.

Defendant—l wish to pay every respect to the court, bet
I shall not al:ow Mr. Dann to enter my house. His letters
ere of to interest to se, and all I wish is that be would pay
hie rent and tike them away. I would not gin him half-a-
mown for all he hu got.
Mr. Dann (aidignattly)—l put it to your wonhip whe-
ther two gold *eels, • pair of razors that cost me a guinea,
some clothe. worth • pound or two, some books and sets of
parliament, are t worth more than half-s—mown t
Hr. Papiter—Titen I sae suggest a mode, I think, of
relieving ion from any further difficulty. You out authorise
the defendant to ran mossy upon the gold seals and other
things you have mentioned by pawning some of them. He
can deduct th• amount of his claim and glee yen the re-
mainder. _ _

Mr. Diann-1 don't suppose a pawnbroker would take gold
Min in. with a nest and erne eenraved upon them.
Mr. Payster—Oh. yes be would, under your authority,
Mr. Dunn—lf he hen any claim to the gouda, let him die-
train this.

Mr. Poynter—Then you might lose your valuable letters
and papers.
Mr. Donn—l don't este a futhing about that. Then am
you will aot interfere. I as jest where I was.
Mr. Psystor—l told you you would be when yon took
the summons.

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Mr. Dana was about tomato some further remarks, when
Mr. Payoter repeated be could not interfere.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mr. Doan, Cirpe.'‘rso7ls7weilktiotri;to the public in
tonna:ion with ha pertinacious pursoit of Miss Burdett
Coutts, said he wished te make a complaint of a very pail•
fay eatnre 1100111 II lady residing within the julisdiction of
this court—Miss Burdett Coutts. His charge ageinit the '
lady was that fora series of years she bad persecuted him is
every °mailable way; had gat his woad out of slum
lodgior, had caused bin to be pursued by a !await fresh
from a hectic asylum armed wito a 1 ailed bludgeoa ; and
lastly, bad entered into a eoospirasy with his landlord and
I.sdlady to get him d oat of his present lodgings In
Pimlico It was this last pities of persecution that bad ia-
dated him to tome froward and to ask the magistrate to
grant Wm a wtsrast or a summons against the lady in
question.
Me. Bingham said the permeation was stated to bat.
moutred MINNOW*. That plats was oat of his district, and
the application matt be made to the WestiMster
19.11.
Mr. Dam issistitd that this cunt was the peeper tribe-
' sal to apply to, as ke was sure the lady resided within the
jarisdictlos of leastwise; and having armed dm paint at
some length, concluded by asking for a warrant or ma-
MOM.
Mr. Bingham—l dance to Wee either.
Mr. Dam, angrily —Thea I'll have a criailaal inferno.
Moe whist you.
The &optima% thee quitted the mitt In high &Apts.
MARYLIBONB.
Jabs Jones, a cabman. was charged with furiously driv-
lag his horse wad vehicle( while he waoia a state of drank-
, sane.), slug issastillacie sad Corawall tame, Repots-
' park, to the dears of the paid* sad also with vtaleatly
aseasitftweetea of the D division.
The 1e lauos soma Liaisons to support of the sharp
was quits oessioshe.
The pehewer, ea beta, 'eked what he had to say, re-
*ied—o I dare say, your worship, I have Ikea VITO•ff.
Ira sand la Lk* Toad& Osatiovat. sad was Imola

severely, and when I get a little too meek to drink I don't
know what I sun about. I hope yolk will deal u lightly el
you can."
Mr. Lone—l never look over the offences of drunken
cabmen, whose misconduct while (hiving puts the lives of
the public in peril. I chill fine you 20s. fur furious driv.
lag, or 14 days; in addition thereto, you will pay 201. for
each of three assault' on the ril'cs. If you don't do the;
you will be imprisoned in each of the cases for 14 days.
The prisoner, whose term of incarceration makes up is
the whole two months, was than locked up.

SOUTHWARK.
Wm. Smith, a clerk in the employ of Meters. Easton end
Antos' engineers,
in the Grove, Southwark, end George
Smith,
an engineer, in the same service, were further ex
mined, charged with robbing their employers.
The prosecutoes have upwards of 309 workmen, who ere
paid every Saturday evening. The prironer, George Smith,
was ens of their 'Wows, wad etc acting to the wages bone
was entitled to receive 11.6•. 101 on Saturday last. The
prissier, William Smith, being a ch rk, bis dirty wu to
make oat tickets besting the number of each, workman, std
the amount due according to the 'woke. These ticket. were
tak• nby William Smith to the cash. r, who counted out
each man's money, and placed it in • bat with the ticket. On
Saturday evening the other tr.roner'e number was called,
and he received the bag containing 51. GC 101,, and lock
the money away with him, and the ticket that was Wetly
made out by his compaoioa in crime ; he at the came time
well knowing that he was only entitled toll. 61. ltd. The
firm, ever since William Smith hid been in their service,
had misted large sums of money weekly, hut were unable
to ascertain how it had gone until within the lot week or
two, when boa information they received they suspected
the manner is which they had been robbed. To detect the
prisoner the Mee ticket Pent in by William Smith was pot
in a bag with 61.6 a. 10d. and given to George Smith, who
claimed the entente as his wegee. He was allowed to
leave the counting-house, end ea he did not return the
amount beyond his legal wages, the prosecutors gave both
prisoners into euelody en Monday.
Evidence having been given to that eft: et by Mr. Lewes,
the cashier, and Mr. Easton's son, Mr. Solomon WWI
on his worship to commit the prisoners for trial for the
larceny.
Mr. Binne contended that there wag to larceny.
Mr. Solomon—lf not • 1 irceny, there is a fraud ; but I
'hall be able to show that it was a larcery.
Mr. A'Beckett—Can it be called a fraud when the parties
ere not deceived? The first prisoner, as clerk, has not paid
any money to the other.
Mr. Solomon—William Smith wrote out the false ticket,
and the other received the money, knowieg that he was not
entitled to receive that cum of money ; therefore the larceny
was proved. Mr. Solomon here celled hie worship's Cut-
Ron to the let Carrie gtos and Kirwan, 195, The Queen
v. Williams." a ease tried by the late Serjeant Mirehouu
on the 6:h February, 1853, at the Old Bailey. Overtures
were male by a person to the servant of a publican, Mr.
Davis, of the Blue Posta, Berwick street, to induce him to
join is robbing hie master's till. The t communi.
Gaud with hie master abo‘t it, and the latter told him to
speak to the other, allowing him to cr.me to his master's
premises, the master having previously marked some money
which he directed his servant to place on the counter, in,
order that it might be taken up by the party who made the
overtures to hie servant. It was so taken up, and the
judges held it to be a larceny. His witrehip would perceive
that the ease before him was exactly similar, and the pri-
soners ought to he committed for trial.

Mr. A'Beckett said, that under them c rcumstances be
should commit bo'k the prisoners for trial.
Mr. Hinny remarked that, as his woe:hip had decided on
committing his clients, he hoped he would send them to the
Central Criminal Court, as they would have the benefit of
the learned judges to try the case. It was one of great im•
portance, in which arveral points of law were involved.
Mr. Solomon had no objection to that course being taken,
as he was also of opinion that it was a very imporact
case.

Mr. A Beckett said, that as both parties wished it on par-
ticular grounds, he should commit t►e prisoners for trial at
the next Criminal Court Sessions.

Mr. Bums tio?td under the circumstances that his wonhip
would accept bail.
Mr. A'Beckett bad no objection, provided each prisoner
could find two sureties in 601. each, and themselves in 1001.,
but they must give twenty-four bouts' notice to the pro-
secution.