The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-26 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

John (lordlier andW 1 iow Payne, labourers, were
brought before the Lord Mayor, ebutted whh having onn-
mined a desperate assault upon Police-constable J. T. Has-
sett.

A considerable part of Gardner's bead was covered with
adhesive platter.
When the owe was called on, the inspector on duty
handed to the Lord Mayor a medical certitiude, which stated
that Hewett was confined to his bed with fractured ribs, and
would not be in a condition to attend at the Mansion-house
for some days.
G. Silverton said—l am a labourer. On Saturday night,
about 12 o'clock, I was in Fish-street-hill, and saw the pri-
soner Gardner and a cabman fighting. Hewett, the consta-
ble, came up, and the cabman said to him, 'Take him off."
Gardner then got n and the cabman said, " Why don't
you punch him." The policeman replied, That is not my
basins..; that's yours. All I want is that you should go
away." Some one then took Gardner away, but the cabman
remained in defiance of the policemen, and said that if
Gardner Warned he would smash bun. At that moment
Gardner came back, and the policeman said to him " Then
you won't go away ?" The cabman stood aggravating
Gardner to strike him. The policeman alloyed Gardner into
King's Head-court twice, when Gardner returned and
strut him. He and the policeman then had a scale
2l°2'up and down, which lasted about ten minutes. I
;` beat to prevent the mob from crushing the policeman.
When the policeman found he was beset by so
many be drew his truncheon, and struck Gardner
on the bead with it. Gardner was smothered with
blood. I took him away from the policeman, but he
would return. The policeman's rattle was broken, and his
hat was knocked to pieces. Three ofßoers came up, when the
policeman and Gardner fainted, one on one side of the road
and the other on the other. The whole of the row was
caused by the cabman, who sent his tub home by another
man, in order that he might prolong the dieturbanoe.
The Lord Mayor—Have you taken any steps to get the
cabman here P . -

D. Whitteridge, oonatabie d92—We did not know how
this really happened sill now.
The Lord Mayor—Yon mast bring the cabman here.
Bilverton—lf the cabman had gone away when the police-
man ordered him to do so nothing of this sort would have

tak=7.
—lt was not my fault at all. The cabman 'track
me first, and the policeman knocked my head almost to pisoss
with his truncheon.
Payne—l had nothing at all to do with the row. I merely
fell over the policeman, end was then given into custody tar
ennealt.
Whitteridge—lt was Hammitt himself who preferred the
charge against Payne. I now ask for • remand.
The Lord Mayor—Both prisoners will be remanded ; but
at no charge at present has been proved agdnat Payne, I
will take him own recognisance for his eppearance on a future
day.
tVonothy Lyons, an Inch tailor, was charged with assault-
ing Mary Ann Partridge, the wife of a whitesmith, under the
following circumstances :
The prow-tarts, • respectably dressed woman with ea
infant in her arm*, said that on Saturday night as she was
=Talong Bishogegste-street with two friends, the de-
hong as had never seen before and who had a man
with him, pushed against end indecently Resulted her. Upon
bat regooaudrattog with himo he sunk her in the face and
used very abusive language to her. (The witnosa deposed to
the language of the defendant, which is milt for publication.)
Mary Allbrook, who was with the complainant at the time
tit gumlike, fully corroborated her evidence.
Polies-constable 620 said the defendant was very abusive
to the 'reseal at the station, and applied the moat abomin-
able epithets to the proweutaii.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he ran against
the proseentrix by mere accident, when all at once he got a
" welt in the poll." which caused him to use bad
He called on his behalf Joseph Lornen, • countrytazta:rt
was with him at the time, and who swore that the pronto-
tax ocennmeced the bad leagues,.
The prosecuttin and Allbrook were recalled, and in an-
swer to the Lord Mayor denied that there was the slightest
truth In Lornen's evil.
The Lord Mayor said he did not place any reliance what-
ever on the evidence of Lorna, or on the statement of the
defendant. His Lordship then sentenced the defendant to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection for 14 days.
The Loyd Mayor requested that the preen would arknow-
ladle the receipt of the following sums for Frances Johnston :
"P.C. B. P.," If. ; Junin.," le. ; collected by Mr.
Waitron, In the coffee-room of the Elephant and Castle,
Whitechapel, U.

Jcow %cricks, the wills of Thomas Hertel's, residing at
S 2, Felix •terrace, Liverpool-road, was charged with stealing
601. and • number of articles of woar'ng apparel belonging'
to Henry Anrell, • marina store dealer, living in Chapel-
. plan, Liverpool-road.
Yr. Verney appeared for the prneecutton, and Mx. Jobe.