The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-30 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURTS.

• MANSION-HOUSB.
Bann Logan yes Women beton Alderman Cabin, under
the following rattier mysterious eirenastanees.
Ewell, the detective °Meer, said—la contiquente of
the receipt of a telegraphie message by the superintendent of
police ea Saturday. I this lambing was at the Unioa Bank,
ta Prison-street. At about har-put tea o'clock the prisoner
came there,and after he had had some conversation with One
of the clerks, I went to him and asked hint it his name was
Logan. He said it was, sad I then told him we bad re-
ceived a telegraphic menage from Belfast to apprehend him
on i charge of obtaining goods under false pretences. I
then wen into a privets room with the prisoner, end
allowed him the telegraphic message, and read It to him
I told him that he mast consider himself my oftener, and I
went with him to the desk at which he had been is commu-
nication with the desk, who there banded Ins 2801. in
bank-notes, which be said be had just received from the
primer. I took poessesion of the notes, and was
taking the peisoner towards the station-house, when be
odd" I'll give yen 201.11 you'll let me go. Yon ran say I
was the wring men." I told him we did not do bylines
like that In the City of London, and I got into a cab with
hint, sad he then said, "Ton may as well let me go. I'll
give von a hundred pomade if you will let me go." I told
him I ciend not if he offend me a thousand. I then took
Mat to the station-hotse and searched him, and found on
him 381. in gold and Els. 10td., some bullets, percussion asps,
a knife, a watch and a key. He tole me where he lodged,
sad I went there and Tinned a portmaateas end • oast.
The penalisation contained a revolver leaded with ball sad
capped. I believe, from tafermation I have received, that
there are warrens out against the prisoner for offence a
stated to have been oonamited at Ileitis!.
Mr. Thomas Heron, druggist, of Belfast said—l have
obtained a warrant guest the prisoner for Obtaining goods
from me end some other person. He obtained from me to
the mown of 211 6s.
Alderman Cubit' said the as was not very Intelligible,
bat as it was stated that there were warrants out against
the winner he would give the accusers the oppntaaity of
investigating, and remanded the case accordingly.
Thomas Stone, a fallow of very dissipated appearance,
was Winged vein having assisted a woman of the town in
robbing Michael Hue, a labourer, on Saturday sight, In
the Minorite.

The prosecutor was taking home a boodle of clothes
to his daughter, when a woman sought hold of him, and
tried to dug him down one of the lanes with which that
dangerous locality 'hounds. As he was lot sober he bad
some difficulty in 'soaping from her, bat be did pet away,
although with the lose of his bundle. Soon afterwards
Dowling, 647, saw the prisoner in the Micelles trying to
mama! something, which turned out to be the bundle, and
apprehended him. The same offic.r had seen the prisontr
with some prostitutes, mamma whom was the female who
had attacked the protecuter, on the same night. and knew
him to bag.he constant companion of the filler.. who infested
the neighbourhood.
Alderman Cabin seatenced the prisoner to imprisonment
with hard labour for two months.

Arthur Millar was charged with bovine' in the Railway
Tavern, In Lendonioreet, into which Le had gone with •
seller, Galled for two gleams of ale, refused to pay ler them,
and upon being dotted to leave the hous t, drown a bayonet
from under his cloak end brandish( d it about, threatening
to stick say one who stood in his way.
The defendant' who had an old red coat under his cloak,
said he bad toms from the Crimes, and that be had no re-
eollection of having miseonducted himself, as he happened
to be drunk when be went into the house.
The landlord laid the defendant had not, when in the
house, the least symptom of intoxioation about him, and
several of the es9temero ran off as hard ac they 'Gold.
Alderman Cabin said that although the fact that the de-
fendant had served la the Crimea might be urged in miti-
gation of punishment, such an exhibition of violent conduct
must be checked as au sample to others, and sentenced the
sassed to pay the penalty of bl., or to imprisonment for 21
days.
Henry Barclay, 17, was charged with stealing, and Wil-
liam Oran, a lame vendor of umbrellas, with incisive(
him to steal two alpaca umbrellas, value 129., the property
of his employer, Mr. Meyer, umbrella manufacturer, 21,
Row-Jens.

John Witty, foreman in the employ of prosecutor, dr.
posed that as the younger prisoner was leavirg work rather
before his proper time, he stalled him back, suspicions
Wing entertained of his honesty, cad upon his return to the
shop observed something bulky in his appearance, which he
found to be caused by two alpaca umbrellas being throat
inside ha trosears, dowel • one of the legs. The umbrella
wore tbs property of his master, and had been taken from
the stook, and cioneequently be was taken into custody.
Joseph Knight, P.C., in consequence of something which
the yonnpr prisoner bad said, west is search of the pr acme'
Oda@ whom be found at • bona in a court in the City
road. 'He was taken to dm statton•boose, and the lad said
that be had sold him at differsat times eight or more silk
and alpaca umbrella.
GriSit was permitted to go at large (on remand) open his
own ?minimum, bat Barclay was looked up.

LAMBETH.
Thomas Wisest, s cab skim., twigs No. 9,302, was
*bared with nialosststet.
Mn. Asa Rim., wits of a tellretiog cletk to Mr. Hat
09s, Ma Mem aid that ow Toad's sight last Mao mat

for a cab to the stand la Camberwell-green, and on the de
fendant coming to her house, No. 8, Souttumpto,phice,
Camberwell, she inked him how much he would charge for
taking her daughter and a child under nine rears of sp,
and nine empty stone bottles, from there to Upper ()NlP-
manatreet, St. George's ie-the-East. He replied that his
fare would be 4s. She t old him that the fare did not coned
half-a crown, that she bad been driven the diatacce for that
, sum, but on that occasion had given the driver Ba. for his
steady driving, and that she did not mind giving that sum
to him. The defendant's reply to this was that he should
not take the bottles at all, and he became abusive,
*pea whisk witnen closed the door. He than
began to kick violently at the door, forced in
Das of the panels, and she was obliged to send
for a polieemea to protect her On the arrival of the con-
stable, defendant offered to take the party to Chapman-
strut for nothieg, but thinking it unsafe to ride in the
vehicle of inch a person, they refused to go with hire. Be
then Insisted on being paid a shilling for coming from the
cab stand, and his loss of time, sad la order to get rid of
him she paid him the shilling.
Mr. Elliott—Did he insist upon being paid the shilling ?
Mrs. Rivers—He did, sir; end said he should not leave
the place till he had it. The constable heard him say so.
Mr. Elliott—What is the amount of damp he has done
to your door ?
Mrs. Rivers—Eight shillings, sir.
Mn. Fryer, the landlady of the Wheateheal pub balloon
in Chapacurstnot, St. Ildeorge's-in-the-East, daughter to
the last witame, corroborated the statement of her mother.
Polies constable Jones, of the P division, also corroborated
the letter pert of it, aid mid the defendant refused to leave
the plass until he got a shilling, shrines for coraing.from
the cab-stand, and the other owns* fee his loss of time.
Mr. Elliott—Well, defendant, what have you got to say
to this charge ?
Defendant (in a gruff, saucy tons)—Well, it,, I did not
think stone bottles, with baskets about them, was a proper
thing to put in my gab, and as for the door, that was dune
by the lady shoving it against my leg.
Mr. Elliott—Your conduct all through has been most
sceadalons. Is the Ant plug, you demanded a considera-
ble einem of fare. You demanded four shillings, when, at
the stunt, the fare was only half-a-crown. In the nest
place, because they very pr 'poly refused to travel with
you, you thought proper to kick in the door of this lady, and
after all this you have the asuman to demand a shilling
that you were not entitled to, and say that you would not
leave till you got it. This sort of conduct and imposition
cannot be tolerated, and the sentence of the court is: for
demanding an ellfteil of fare you pay ten shillings, or ten
Oeys' imprisoameat ; that you farther pay 8 shillisp,
. amount of the damage to the door, or be imprisoned for 8
days • that you return the shilling you improperly received,
and ;leo pay the =panne of the summons.
The defendant at once paid a guinea and was discharged ;
and Mrs. Riven handed over five shillings of what she re-
noised for the poor-bon.

Sarah Ann Ordway, egad 33, the wife of a luster
butcher, In Sign-street, Whiteohapel, was charged with
blotting/1y setting Are to a dwelling home.
Mary Ana Bowleg, said she was taking care of a house.
Na. 3, Bedford-stnet, Bedford-strafe, Stepney, and that
the home No. 3, adjoining, was wilfully set on gra on Sun-
day evening. Mr. Davey, a publican, her naighboar, came
to her sad said the prisoner had set the house on fire. Thai
fire was happily sztingoished before mach harm was done.
Witness @anodes the prisoner nut morning, gni said that
she had some to her concerning the Are, and asked the
' prisoner if she intended to set fire to the plies again. The
prisoner said she would, sad that she would burn the house
,down.

Louisa ffarl said she lived with her husband and children
la the house when the prisoner and her husband lived. Oa
Smudgy evening she was in a room en the first Boor with
her husband, and thought she smelt fin. She opened ber
nom door, and found the house full of smoke. She found
a quantity of chip saturated with turpentine in the coal
eau ander the stairs. Tht y wire in a lien. Witness
end her husband got pails of water and threw the water on
the dames end extinguished them. Witness after-
wards discovered that turpentine bad been thrown
over the stairs, and if the flames had com-
municated to them, the retreat of the inmate,, twelve
In number' isolating children, would have been
oat off, and they would have had to escape by the window
If they had not perished in the flames. Liter the fire was
subdued she saw the prisoner in the kitchen, and the pri-
soner admitted basing used chips and turpentine to set the
honeenn fire, and said she had dose it because her husband's
mother would not take her out of the house. Witness after-
wade saw Yrs. Ordway in her bed room, and said to bee
" I hops yon will not do this spin," when prisoner said
"she would *nth* home on fire main If she was not natio
out of it." The coal cellar door and the under part of the
stain were burnt. . _ _

The prisoner, on being asked if she bad any questions to
pat to the witnise, hid h a soot and eollected manner, " it
was this woman that made me do it."
Mrs. Hal (surprised)—Me make you do it? How could
that be ?
Mr. Yardley—How long have you lived in the home ?
Wham—About two months.
Mr. Yardley—Have you ever quarrelled with thu
prisoser ? _ _

Witaeae—l never had an angry word with her.
Mr. Henry Davey, landlord of the Hermit publt-bouse,
Hedfordenuare, (Replay, said he was called upon by the
husband of the hat witness to assist his wife in extinguish.
ing the fire, and he afterwards discovered under the maws
if the house one typo:ales ehipe on the top of a basket con-
taining German images, which be removed. He sabse-
nasally waited on Mrs. Ordway, and remonstrated with her
oa her conduct, and told her U the fire had made any pro-
grem her lodgers end their children would bare been burnt
to death. She replied that she did not like the hover, and
never had Liked it, and that U her husband did not obtain
another home for her she would burn down the one she was
I. He then went to the station-house and gave information
to the polite, u • matter of precaution to prevent a cad
calamity, for the prisoner seemed determined to burn down
the house. Mr. Davey then said a foolish report was circu-
lated in the neighbourhood that Mrs Ordway had been in
his house en Sudsy, and left it to a state of intoxication.
He begged have to state that she was quite sober on Sunday
afternoon, and meTer drank a glass of anything in his house
eine. he had kept it.
William Carter, a polies constable, No 13 K, said he had
bean to the insurance °Ere in which the house was insured,
and the people there said they would have nothing to do
with tea affair. The landlord of the house was n,t in town.
When he took the prisoner into custody she admitted that
she had eat the house on Sri, and &clued she would do
so again if her husband did not take another howls (or her.
Mr. Yardley—Was any part of the house burnt ?
Witncet—Ne, sir. The goal-cellar door and the stairs
were scorched. The turpentine chips were burnt. The
witness produced the embers of the wood.
The prisoner mad* no defence, and Mr. Yardley re-
manded her to the House of Detention, Clerkenweffi until
to-morrow (Wednesday).
HAMMERSMITH.
Janes Barnes, about 20 years of II!, was brought up on
remand, charged with burglarionely entering the house of
Mr. 0..11. Tillathorne, No. 2, Lanedowne.ti uses, Notting-
hiil, and stealing avariety of &nicht from tie dialog-room.
Some putioulare of the case have already appeared. He
was committed for trial.