The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(TRIES DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
William Jaws was charged with having attempted to
throw himself into the Thames from London•bridge.
A policeman said—Yesterday evening at seven o'clock as I
was on London-bridge, the deluding came up to me and
said " I am determMU to drown myself" I watched hivand
be wait ti one of the mares, and I followed and spoke to
him. He repeated that he was positively resalved to do for
himself, u he could not sand his wife's conduct any more.
He then made a run to the parapet, threw hie hat
into the middle of the road, and lung himself down.
He stuck on the lending of the parapet, and I
jumped up and ought kiss, and brought him away. He
said to me that he was marry I bed mutated him from
drowning him/4 as if I bed net iniariesd he would have
been a happy man at that essissat.
The Loa Ms Did he wear to be In drink P
l'oliceman—No. He grimed to be quite sober. He had
this small bottle half fall of gin to his pocket, and he
said he had taken the remainder of it. When I spoke to
him about his attempt upon his own life, he said that It was
quite oat of the question that he oould stand his wife's
severe treatment of him, that he had made hie will, and left
his property to his cousin, and he could go off to the other
world without any more trouble, and that in fact there wee
so use In talking to him, for die he would.
The Lord Mayor (to the defendant)—Hare you got any
ProPerty
Defendsat—Oh, nothing worth mentioning. lam able to
live, that's all. . . . . .

A woman, who mid she lived next door to the plus in
which the defendant resided, hers addressed the Lord is
film add she knew the pose ensa sad his mils, sad the hot
wee that she was a tidsat mama, and kspt him is a rests of
complete subjection. Rs Is • sober man, sad has seam pro-
perty, sod his wife has smog property sad s hoses of
her own.

Tee Lord Mayor—ls she here.
Witness—No, a lord, I don't mppose she in
The defesdant—l hope your kedehip will peas over this.
I am very sorry foe It, sad really did not know what I was
about at the time, I are se Dervose.
The witneee—l don't Web be will do anything of the
kind again, ay lord; Red Urea give him to me I'll bead
him ever to his wife.

The Lo;;lllayae.:But will she take care of him
The witness—l think so, my lord.
The defendant—l shall take care, my lord, not to expose
myself again. Ido not know what could have Induced Ins
to act In such a way.
The Lord Mayor—Very well, you may take him away;
bat I think you had bents look after his gin drlnkiag habits,
for I am pretty SUM he makes a practioe of indulging himself
in that haw,.

CLIRLRNWELL.
• PAWNUOXIR ITXRD.

Mr. Gawp Thowtpoes, ipawnbioir, carrying on busi-
ness of No. 17, Frederick-Sava, Hollfddida-folit IPPdared
rim Mr. Tyrwhitt, in an mar to • onsnakas, rink inn r
hilews :—" That you did, en the 28th of Apoll, 1854 take
hi, by gray of pawn, a decanter, and did not, et the sum
=re to the person pawning the Mee a note or nesno-
fairly end legibly written or printed, ar in pert
nellilen, and in that pert written ooniatning rarer the par-
Ira= Terdnd by law to be written or printed en ente note
R minemandam."

--The hots of the cam ate these. About a week slaw a
rappotably-attired Gam& entered St. Stephen's dm*
Ifsaaras, and haring stolen some books, wee glom la charge.
While ale wes at moody It was arootaMed that she had
ton rabbi hie lodgings by the pawn- taloa that wets
fond aro her, and the prose:mall went to the defendant'.
shop sad Notate! her goods. When the defenthott's shop-
worn were reptlred to attend at the mart sad proton the
mit, they pereasplorny reflood to do so, vi s sew*
wanast was mated and was executed ig 135 8,
ono of the mania officers of the wart. Upon Its brag re-
presented to the segtorate that the nos end address of
the person who pawned the articles was so badly wrings as
to be quite Morible, a etunamas was also rassad. It was
stied by the Atom engaged in the owe that Yr. Thomp-
son wee in the habit of rein the dahrient moos a great
dal at trouble.

The diadem! pleaded guilty to the samosas, bat said it
was se halt d kr ha told his mto do sir wash
psterliivir elms to shut up the shop.
hitt said this was a very gross tonglitr
iga wig
as ma Upkeep mull met be raid at .11. The
whoa taw rid that the as sad address of the yammer
'Wald ha pat ea the Wads, did not do it out et mare whim.
het la wady our ft Asa altsrwsrds lad to the dekistioa el
Oda Tbs way la which the tickets had beta mkt". was
la blown at kr ANS to pawn at the dsindeat's slap.
Dy Ma putimaat Itss pawskeber was bend to ask
Ike parson gawks was alwastkorpte of lodger,
awl ta pat ea Ile lawaskrapee awl kr ledger,
ad it was hr 'fat kW& that pawalealows were all
M par wad. It Os ddwilot fried awl the kw at dalmao•
ha mid lair NV tfue agora snoteats wield ekes be
Clal'awalwebers to the district of this waft, with
idlea of Itss dakwhat, saws very tatahls. sad
MI Est Oa the =lse say troahis
Ha s oink ‘sad they ioug4
owl IS as t 000 make is wlimuld bs bed
ka Ml priaar—vis.,_loi. mad aim.
SW amsy was paid.