The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-07 00:00:00

- SEPTEMBER-, •7; - - 1866: -

S.SIONS.

Police-constable Perry, 176 F, who took the prisoner in
custody, also said that he believed her to be sober.
The prisoner—lt is my firss time of doing wrong. I had
taken u little brandy, and that was the cause of it. It
was not for the sake of stealing. I did not want one boot.
Mr. Flowers—No. You wanted two. You thought you
would get the pair, and so would anybody think. I know
I should have thought that when the string was cut both
boots would come away together. But you see so many
people think so that the shopkeeper is obliged to adopt
this ingenious mode of tying hi, goods, in order to disap-
point them. This is a very bad offence ; but as you are
not known, and it may be that you have never done any-
thing of the sort before, I will give you the benefit of that
doubt, and sentence you to only one month's imprison-
ment.

John Moore, a drover, was charged with grossly
treatingsome bullocks at the Metropolitan Cattle Market.
Mr. W. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelt to Animals, attended to prosecute.
The evidence of Po stable Brooks, 182 Y, was that
he was on duty in the market area, when he saw the pri-
soner behind a drove of bullocks, and without the least
provocation he hit one bullock over the head, and he fol-
lowed this up by bitting it three times on the hocks, and
the last time with all his force. He asked the prisoner
what he hit the bullocks for, and be said " For nothing
particular, only for fun." He had repeatedly cautioned
the prisoner about his cruelty. He was not a licensed
drover, sad had before been in custody on charges
of cruelty. The stick that the prisoner carried was a
large heavy weapon, and had a large iron spike at the end
of it.
The prisoner said that he bit the bullock because it was
going the wrong way.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said the proper way to punish such
fellows as the prisoner would be to administer to them
the same amount of ill-usage that they gave to the in-
offensive animals. He should order the prisoner to pay
a fine of 10s., or in default of payment he would have
to go to the House of Correction with hard labour for
seven days.
The prisoner, who said he had got no money, was locked
up in default.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Joseph Avert!, printaeller, No. 96, Mount-street,
formerly carrying on bonuses in the Haymarket, was sum-
moned before Mr. Tyrwhitt for assaulting Pietro Fenn, an
Italian figure maker, of No. 16, Lamb's-conduit-passage.
Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the defence.
The complainant said, on the 20th August he was in
Mount-street, having three plaster figures in his hands.
On coming to the defendant's abop be was called in by •
young man (Mr. Hogarth, jun.), who seised his hands,
and immediately afterwards the defendant same from the
back shop and seised him by the neck. He was very
roughly treated, and on one at the figures being knocked
out of his hand the defendant stamped on it and smaahed
it into pieces.
Mr. Lewis, jun., and the charge agawat the defendant
was a most impudent one, the complainant being one of
the itinerant image vendors and makers, and the defen-
dant the well known printseller formerly of the Hay-
market. The defendant was the agent of Mr. Stark, of
Etruria Vale, Staffordshire, the registered proprietor of •
bun of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, which bust had
been very considerably pirated. The complainant went to
the defendant's shop with two plaster figures leaving •
third, a pirated copy of Mr. Glubtone's bust outside. He
told the complainant to bring the other bust into the shop
and then be called his father, the defendant, wbo was
in another part of the premises. The defendant ques-
tioned the complainant about the pirated bust. The com-
plainant said he had made 500 caste. The defendant was
about to take hold of the bust when the complainant be-
came violent and scratched his face. The complainant was
told to leave theshop, and, on refusing, was put out ; but
as be created • great disturbance outside, a constable was
called, and the complainant was given into custody. At
the station the defendant was told he had better take out
a summons against the complainant, but as he was obliged
to go go out of town the complainant obtained • summons
against the defendant.
Mr. Tyrwhitt, after hearing farther evidence said it was
a trumpery charge, and if any one had been injured it was
the owner of the original. Who more than these Italians
and others were likely to pirate works of art? They did
not care whether they robbed the owners or not. He had
no doubt that the complainant, after striking the defend-
ant, was thrust out of the shop, and then he thought proper
to come forward with this complaint. He should dismiss
the summons, and considered that steps ought to be taken
to deal with the piracy.
THAMES.
Charles Howell, a well-known river thief, was brought
before Mr. Partridge charged with being concerned with
others in stealing 13 bags of sugar, weighing 17 cwt., from
a barge alongside a Cork steamer, on the river Thames.
The property was removed • few nights ago, and four of
the stolen bags of 'agar were afterwards seen in a barge,
near the Wheataheaf, -wharf, in Wapping, and the prisoner
and another man with them. Two police-constables of the
Thames division, namedWolsoncraft and Knight, surprised
the two men as they were bringing the roger on shore.
One was captured at once, and remanded by Mr. Part-
ridge until Tuesday next. The prisoner was not captured
till last night. He now denied any participation in the
robbery, and said he went to the wharf where the barge
was lying to meet a friend. He asked the officers if they
saw him touch the bags of sugar.
The officers replied that the prisoner was called by the
man in custody to help him. The man mid " Come
along," and the prisoner made an answer that they could
not hear, and went towards the bergs. On seeing the offi-
cers the prisoner ran away.
Mr. Partridge—Are you sure the prisoner is the man you
saw with the person I have remanded?
The officers replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Partridge—l shall remand the prisoner till Tuesday

next.
Alexander Ramsay, , a labourer, was charged before Mr.
Partridge with stealing sixpenny worth of bread and
meat, the property of Michael Laney, a labourer in the
London Docks.
The prosecutor deposited his jacket, containing four
slices of bread and half a pound of meat, in No. 1 shed of
the London Docks, and went about his work. The pri-
soner and another man were seen loitering about the abed
and were watched. The prisoner went into the shed and
took the bread and meat away with him. He was imme-
diately captured by Joseph Lyon, the man who was watch-
ing him, and given into custody of a police-constable named
Chapman, No. 80 H to whom he sand that be did not take
the bread and meat for himself, but for another.
Mr. Partridge said the prisoner had been guilty of a very
mean robbery. It was a dirty proceeding to rob a poor
hard working man of his meaL He was afraid the prisoner
was an idle fellow who would rather live upon other men's
industry than work himself. He sentenced the prisoner to
one month's imprisonment and hard labour.
WANDSWORTH.
EH:abet/I Green was re-examined on a charge of com-
mitting the following robbery:
George Pullen, a labourer, living at Ironmill-road,
Wandsworth, stated that on Saturday night, the 25th
ult„ be met the prisoner in the company of a man called
" Hen y," who asked him to " stand a pint." He treated
him and the woman to two pints of beer. The man tint
went out, and he was followed by the prisoner. When
witness had finished drinking his beer, he left the hones,
and found them outside standing together. The prisoner
then said she wanted to speak to witness, who walked
with her, and the man went in another direction. Shortly
afterwards the prisoner ran away, and witness missed his
purse, containing 11. 4s. in silver. He followed and
called out. " Stop her." She was stopped, and he gave her
into custody.
Robert Jones, another labourer, aaidhs was in the High-
street, Wandsworth, aid saw the prisoner running and
crying, " Harry." A Mall carnet up and she tried to give him
something. The last witness came running up crying, "Stop
her, she's robbed me." Witness shoved the man away,
and stopped the prisoner. He then saw that her hand was
clenched. Re opened her hand and took 3s. from it, at
the same time he saw a purse fall to the ground. She
swore that if be did not let her go she would run knife
into him. He gave the 3a. to the last witness.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and asked the 'magistrate
to deal with the case.
Mr. Ingham thought the robbery had been planned, and
said it was a pity the man was not in custody. He then
sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with
hard labour.

ATTEMPTID MURDER sr A COMM.—Mail
the time the convicts were employed at the extremity o
Chatham Dockyard, on Wednesday afternoon, • most
determined attempt to murder one of the warders was
perpetrated by • convict named James Fletcher, who is
undergoing a long term of penal servitude. Fletcher had
been reported by John Boyle, the warder who was attacked,
for some breach of convict discipline, for which he had
been punished by being confined to the cells. On Wednes-
day afternoon be was relented, and sent to his labour with
the other convicts in the dockyard, • number of whom
were employed in breaking stones at the extreme end of I
the yard, close to the extension works. While so employed,
under the superintendence of Boyle, who was in charge of
the gang, the convict, watching his opportunity, dealt the
warder a frightful blow on the forehead with the
hammer he was using, the effect of which was to
cause • severe fracture of the skull the wound
inflicted being some three or four inches in Loth. Before
Fletcher could be restrained he followed up t e attack by
two other blows on the bead with the hammer, both of
which were sufficient to fracture the skull. The sudden-
ness of the attack prevented the convict being restrained
until he had nearly murdered his victim, when he was at
ono* seised, but resisted so violently that it was only by
the guard using the bayonet that be was at length over-
powered and secured. The unfortunate warder was at
onoe conveyed to the prison hospital in an apparently life-
less condition, and from the frightful nature al the injuries
inflicted on him no expectations whatever were yesterday
entertained that he would recover. The injuries Fletcher
received during the struggle with the guard are not of •
very serious nature. _ _

Air Itramenwr PAll.lBll.—The board of guardians
of St. Pancras find themselves in pecuniary diffiaulties,
with an estimated deficit on the half-year ending with the
present month of 4,6781. ; and being unable to pay the
amount of the polioe warrant, 12,0741., now overdue, they
have offered payment of half the amount, and begged the
Police Commissioners to grant them a respite of two
month' for payment of the remainder.