The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-06 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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I Lewis Robert Pooh, of the hankie p 4 Arm of Poole and
Bryan, of Northampton ; Mr. Jaesa Cooke, a currier and
tanner in an extensive way of bushiest at Walsall ; Thomas
Chapman, formerly • currier of Ringstkorp, and now an
innkeeper at Northampton ; Camp Billingham, a furniture
dealer in the same town' and Frederick Walter Velar*
clerk to Meant Canter, Bab and Co., tha accountants en-
pied in the bankrupt's affairs, were examined before Sir
R.-W. Carden relative to various charges of having save-
railltLerunitted wilful and corrupt perjury in their email.,
s in the Court of Bankruptcy.
air R. W. Carden mid be was of opinion that the evi-
dence adduced established • prima facie case to justify him
in sending all the defendants, except Chapman, whose case
was allowed to stand over till Wednesday, for trial on the
charge of perjury.
After further evidence against Ventrie,
Sir R. W. Carden said he had decided upon committing
him for trial on this charge, and he meet my that it was •
very rare occurrence to see a young man at that bar upon
three such serious charges as conspiracy, perjury and felony.
Bail wasapie accepted for Mr. Cooke, Mr. Chapman, and
Dillingham, in the same amounts as before. An amount
was also fixed for Poole and Venwis on the bailable offences
with which they were charged, but they remained incuatody
upon the charge of felony.

William Smut, Sidney Mann, •ad James Hall, privates
of the Let battalion, and Michael M'Grath, private of the
End battalion, Coldstream Guards, were charged on a
warrant with being concerned in the following desperate
riot, in the High-reed, Knightsbridge.
William Bloomfield, 248 A, said on Saturday night, at •
few minutes before 12, he saw a peat disturbance in flout
of the Ross and Crown, High-road, Knightsbridge, and saw
Smith with his coat off fighting with another soldier, u
wards of twenty of their comrades looking on,
flourisb-
iog their belts about. and evidently bent on some.
thing serious, a crowd of about 300 civilians backing
them. Witness fetched another constable, and •
picket of the Life Guards, consisting of a corporal
aril two privates, who called upon the police to
assist them, which witness and his brother constable did.
The picket and police then took Smith into their custody,
but the crowd pressed so violently upon them that the
picket were forced away and the constables left alone, sur-
rounded by the whole of the soldiers. Smith said, " Don't
let the blue take me," and witness was immediately
laid holt of by several soldiers, but still kept hie hold of
Smith. Mann then came up and said, " Worst you let him
go!' Witness replied he would not, and Mann said,"!
will make you let him go," dealt witness a desperate blow
in the eye with his fist, and, taking Smith's belt, struck at
witness several times with it, and caught him in the corner
of his eye, Smith at the Bente time striking hint to the
ground and falling on him. Other soldiers also assaulted
witness, who was stunned for some minutes, and Smith res-
cued. In a short time witness recovered, and found Mann
and Smith down Mills-buildings, where they had ran. Wit-
ness and Ftpui, 232, took them into custody, but the mob
wasso irreat that they were unable to move until the arrival
of ten Life Guardsmen and three corporals; the latter and the
police then took Smith and Mann into barracks, but were
pressed upon to such an extent by the other soldiers and
the mob that the Life uardsmen found it necessary to draw
their swords and flourish them about. After this witness
saw Hall, who had been engaged in the previous affair, con-
tinuing the disturbance; and following witness down the road
he exclaimed, "Here come the blue —, let's give it
them ;" and unclasping his belt was preparing to
nee it, but witness reared it, and prevented him doing any
violence with it. Hall then wised him by the hair,
and called out to his comrades, " I've got him
tight, let the have it." Slow, 67 B, came up and re-
leased Hall's hold from witness's hir. Hall called upon his
comrades to strike the polies with their belts, and not to
let him be takes to barracks, and the soldiers surrounded
them, and, flourishing their belts, would have done further
mischief, but some pensions in the crowd said they would
protect the constables' if they were assailed, and knocked
some of the soldiers 'lows protecting witnessand Slow,
while they took Hall to hacks. In the course of the dis-
turbance sever d blown with belts fell upon witnees's hat,
cutting it through, and completely destroying it ; in fact,
there was a general riot, the withers striking at every one
indiscriminately with their belie.
After confirmatory evidence hail been given,
Mr. Willisni Edwin Firman, inspector of the A reserve,
proved miming the Rose and Crown before the riot, and
seeing a number of drunk and miry soldiers inside, be
advised the constables to be on the look-out lest anything
should occur. He afterwards saw the two soldiery fighting
awl twenty others or more, some with their belts off soot
with their coats off, all very violent, and surrounding th
combatants. He advised the police not to interfere until a
picket arrived • but the picket had no sooner come than If
or 16 of the Foot Guards rushed upon them and bore them
forcibly away. More men were sent fur, and Nandi and
Mann conveyed to the barracks, the Life Guards being
compelled to flourish their naked swords about
to protect themselves and the police. Bloomfield
afterwards took bold of Hall, who seized him by
the hair, and called upon the soldiers to maze
him. M'Grath immediately unfastened his bolt,
and, with the buckle hangiug down, was rushing upon the
I police, when witness honey:al a truncheon, arid told him
he would use it upon him if he sat erupted to strike anyone
with his belt. Some of the mob !snacked M'Grath down,
and they had got Hall thee to the barracks when M'Grath
rushed up again, stnice witness ilespei.itely in the chest,
and knocked him down, falling over him. He then mu

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