The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-08 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOME.
Wines Jackson, • well•dressed youth, aged 15,
wu brought up in custody and charged before Mr.
Alderman Finns with stealing on the 31st ultimo the sum
of 30s. entrusted to him by his muter and employer, Mr.
Tellwright, muter warehouseman, No. 7, Wood-street, and
also with stealing on • former day seven dozen handker-
chiefs, a quantity of anti-murmurs, an umbrella, and other
*AWN, value upwards of 41., the property of his said

master.
The prosecutor stated that the prisoner bad been about
three months In his employment as warehouse boy and
messenger, and about the 31st of last month, be gave him
30s. to pay an account due to a Mr. Lipscomb,
in the Strand. The prisoner absconded with the money,
and the circumstance excited further suspicions, and on an
examination of the stock it was found that* larie quantity
of muslin handkerchiefs and other goods were missing.
The prisoner, however, it seems, returned home on the pre-
vious day, and was at once brought by his father, • respect-
able man residing in the Borough (who had heard of his
son's defalcations) to the warehouse of the prosecutor, to
whom the prisoner at once admitted that be had kept the
30e. with which he had been entrusted to pay the expenses
of a trip to Brighton. He also volunteered a statement to
the effect that besides be bad been to Margate and other
places, his means being supplied by the sale of the goods
that were missing from the stock, which be had disposed of
at marine store-shops and other similar places, which be
indicated, and where portions of the property were found,
and which he bad disposed of considerably under the value.
for instance, he had sold muslin handkerchiefs worth 30s:
per dosen at 4d. to 6d. each.
The prisoner, who offered no explanation or denial of
the charge, was remanded for a week, in order to compel
the attendance of the purchasers of the stolen property.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Robert Prendergast, gate-keeper at Albert-gate, Hyde-
park, was summoned before Mr. Flowers by Mr. Maximi-
lian Joseph Lhoto, grooar, No. 3, Oakley-orescent,Chelma,
for an sasault.
Mr. Edward Lewis appeared for the complainant.
Mr. Lhoto said he had for the last six years taken velo-
cipede exercise in Hyde-park, and had only met with hin-
drance on one occasion, about three months ago. On
Saturday, the 28th ult. he was in a velocipede in Hyde-
park, and when near Albert-gate the defendant stopped
him, and told him to go out of the park referring him to
the board of rules which was outside the gate. He asked
the defendant what power he bad to prevent him from
riding in the park. The defendant milled • policeman,
but the oonatable would not take the charge, and the de-
fendant then took him by the arm, and pushed him and
the velocipede until he was out of the park.
The defendant positively denied putting his hand on
the complainant.
Mr. Laroche, No. 19, Grove-cottage, saw the defendant
stop the velocipede, and saw the complainant ejected
from the park by the park-keeper laying bold of him and
pushing him a few yards. He subsequently saw the de-
fendant and asked for his name, but the defendant would
not give it.
Mr. Peter Wood, of Millbank-street, saw the defendant
pursue the complainant, stop him, and touch him slightly
on the left arm.
The defendant handed in a paper of printed rules, and
said the positive instructions to park constables were not to
admit or suffer in the park vehicles or carriages likely to
prove • nuisance or The complainant was
passing through the park on a velocipede, and considering
that this was one of the prohibited vehicles, he put up his
hand, and addressing the complainant calmly told him he
could not pass through the perk. He did not assault the
oomplainant, and had witnesses to prove his assertion.
Mr. Edward Lewis said the object of these proceedings
was to try the right of the defendant to exclude the emu-
plainsnt from the park. If the defendant chose to apolo-
gise there would be an end of the matter, as it was only
required that he should not act on his own view of the
rules, but take his instructions from the ranger or com-
petent
Mr. were be had nothing to do with trying the
right of entry to the park, he had only to deal with the
charge of asaault.
The defendant, having repeated has denial, called Colonel
Charles Lewes, of Chester-street, and Mr. C. Burton, soli
citor, in support of it.
Mr. Flowers said as the complainant had gone through
the park for six years with only one interruption, he
might have thought he had acquired a quasi right or per-
mission to use the park. As he was of opinion that velo-
, cipedes did not come within the meaning of excluded
vehicles, and as the assault was of the slightest possible
nature, he should merely fine the defendant ls.
lb

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10 6
10 2
9 7
9 7
gild

el
10 0
9 11
9 9
9 6

RIPORSID SIIICTDE OF THS ShedGILL' MII It-
man about middle age app for a bed at the
Coach and HOMO, Clapham, on Sunday evening. The
house being full he was allowed to sleep in a loft over the
stables, where he was found she next morning suspended
b 7 the neck from the beam, having hanged himself with
his black silk handkerchief. Prior to committing suicide
the man had carefully destroyed all traces of his
identity, the mark on the band of his drawers
having been cut out, and no other evidence ex-
isting on any other portion of his apparel which
would be likely to lead or furnish any clue to his identifi-
cation. A copy of a newspaper of Thursday last
was
found near the body, and on the margin was written in
" Beware of the name of Plummer—he has been
my ruin." It is stated that the body bears a strong re-
semblance to the description which appeared in the daily
papers last week of the wretched man Jeffreys, who is
suspected of the murder of his son, the little boy who was
discovered in Great Earl-street, Seven-dials, hanging from
a water cistern. The district superintendent of police,
Mr. Henderson, wail at once informed of the occurrence.
The coroner's jury in Dublin have 'found a ver-
dict to the effect that Gethins, the Kihnainham warder,
was stabbed by Patrick Meeham, a publican, in a quarrel,
and after Meeham bad been struck more than once by
Gotham. There was no Fenian motive disclosed, as was
at first not altogether unnaturally imagined might have
proved the case. Meeham has been committed on a charge
of manslaughter.
Tint
ye FRIGATI CONWAY.—From the re-
port of tho year's operations, laid before the friends and
subscribers at Liverpool yesterday, it appears that during
last year 69 pupils have left the Conway to join the mer-
chant service, and four to enter the royal navy. The
total number of boys who have entered the institution
since its establishment is 616, of whom 368 have joined the
merchant service, and 28 the royal navy ; and with regard
to those who have joined the merchant envies), except
is
a few Man, where the parents of boys themselves obtained
ships for them, the committee have been able to procure ma-
timactory amintments without the payments:if a premium.
The geom.'s] health of the pupils has been azosllent. The
financial statement shows that the school has sawed to be
in debt. The committee announce their intention, in the
ensuing year, of instituting a number of free nominations,
to be continued annually for the benefit of the sons of sick
or destitute masters and officers being members of the Mer-
cantile Marine Service Association. The committee in the
report referred with pleasure to the visit of Duke of Edin-
burgh in Jun*. and to the stimulus whieb that event had
given to the school. It was announced at the close of the
=seVrearmi.rday that Mr. Ralph Broekimbeok, who his
t been a most liberal friend of the school, bad
unriertaken to pay far tire years for the education of any
Joey whomW be nominated by the members of the
illsecantile Merino Remise Association of Liverpool.