The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-19 00:00:00

Prosecutor—l should prefer having it disposed of here.
I have another badness, and can ill spare the time.
Kr. Ellison—l am going to do so. (To prisoner)—You
have committed a vary dishonest act The tradesman en-
trusts you with the bills to deliver, a matter of importance
to him with regard to his business, and you sell them as
waste paper for the merest trifle. You must go to prison
for three days, and I trust that I shall never HO you here

MARIABOROUGH-STREET.
71111 NANO'S TOWNSTILND AND Till BIGOABS.
Harriett Calleplusn wail charged before Mr. Knox with
igging of the Marquis Townshend, in Chariesetreet, St.
James's.
The Marquis Townshend said that, about 12 o'clock last
night, the prisoner begged of him the whole length of
Cbarlasetreet ; her excuse for doing so being that she had
• daughter 14 years of age in great distress. As the
prisoner would not cease to beg of him he gave her into
custody, and then found that the alleged daughter was 16
years, and, as well as the prisoner, was the worse for
drink, so that there had been an attempt to impose upon
Peakett, 143 C, said that on taking the prisoner into
custody he found her, as well as the girl, under the in-
fluence of drink.
The prisoner said that some one had given her and her
daughter some ale and it had affected her, and she was
trying to get her daughter home by coaxing her, but could
not.
Mr. Knox said he considered there was something hor-
rible in the prisoner going about with her daughter beg-
ging, and both of them being drunk. The streets must be
kept clear of such a thing, and he should commit the pri-
soner for • month, with hard labour.

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BURGLARY.
John Brown was charged with being concerned with
others, not in custody, in breaking and entering the shop
of Mr. Cornelius Collins, bootmaker, 42, Dudley-street,
and stealing a quantity of boots.
The prisoner was seen by Firth, 156 V, on the steps of
the door helping another man wrap up boots. The prisoner
and his companion managed to get away, the prisoner in
his flight dropping a bundle of boots.
The prosecutor having proved properly securing his
place, and having identified the boots produced,
John Dowdell, 173 F, said he apprehended the prisoner,
and on telling him the charge, he said "All right, you have
got it up well for me ; why don't you get the others '^
The pnaoner was committed for trial.

SOUTHWARK.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO A CHURCH.
Thema Casey,l4, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Bureham, charged with being concerned with other lads
not in custody in attempting to break into St. Thomas's
Church, Borough.
John Broderick, 210 M, said that about 10 o'clock this
morning he was on duty near Guy's Hospital, in St.
Thomas's-street, London-b, when he saw a number
of boys on the other side of a fence surrounding the church
and the private property belonging to the railway com-
pany. Witness ran round and saw the prisoner pulling
down some boards which bad been fixed against the doors
of St. Thomas's Church. The panel had &leo been broken
large enough to allow a lad like the prisoner to pass into
the building. Witness secured the prisoner, but his com-
panions made their escape..
Mr. Burcham was of opinion that the prisoner and his
companions bad no intention of committing sacrilege.
They were mischievous lads, and most likely they pulled
down the wood to take either to their homes, or sell it.
Broderick informed his worship that on the previous
night some of them had broken the windows and made an
aperture large enough for them to pass through. The lead
had been stolen also from the windows.
John Barwell, • messenger of St. Thomas's Hospital,
said he had charge of the church, and for some time
pset thieves bad endeavoured to break into the church.
That morning the panel of one of the doors had been broken
sufficiently for a lad to pass through, and no doubt had not
the policeman been on the spot, great damage would have
been done to the sacred building.
Mr. Burcham thought that it was very unlikely that
boys like the prisoner intended to commit sacrilege. They
no doubt did a great deal of damage in pulling down the
old wood. He asked if anything was known of the
prisoner.
Broderick stated that the prisoner had been in custody
on a charge of stealing rags, but was liberated on the pro-
mise of his father to keep him out of the streets. He,
however, was chiefly in the company of a gang of young
thieves, who were • terror to small tradesmen in the
Borough.
Mr. Burcham said he should remand him for • few days,
so that further inquiries might be made about him. At
the same time his parents should be communicated with.