The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

LNIYI'HiIt PICZPOCKNr.

Jam Soda, 18, pleaded guilty Vo;ii;aline a purse from
the person of Bans Wilson.
The prceecutrix and her husband were looking in a shop
window in King-street, Borough, on the evening of the
114th of March, when the prisoner stooped between them
and managed to steal the purse from the lady. Her hus-
band saw it in his hand and followed him, when he turned
round and threw the purse in his face saying, " There's
the lady's puree, let me go !" The husband, however,
secured him and gave him into custody.
Several former convictions having been proved spinet
him the chairman sentenced him to seven yeses' penal
servitude.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
MARTENS AND SIRVANTIL—LNPORTANT CONVICTION.
Patrick Comerford appeared before Alderman Stone to
answer the following complaint of Mr. Charles Samuel, of
Ludgate-hill, for that he on the 16th day of April last,
beinga handicraftsman, to wit, a tailor's cutter, and
having contracted to serve Charles Samuel in his business
of a tailor, in the said City (of London), unlawfully did
absent himself from his said service before the term of his
contract had been completed, against the statute, ko.
Mr. Sidney appeared for Mr. Samuel, and said that the
defendant had oa the 21st November, 1864, entered into
a written agreement with him to serve him for five years
as his cutter, at a salary of 41. per week,
and at the end of the time if he behaved himself he was to
have a present of 501. He continued in his situation until
the 16th of April last, when he went out in the middle of
the day, came back intoxicated, did nothing more that day,
and after leaving in the evening never returned. Mr.
Samuel subsequently found that he was in the service
of Mr. Poole, at 403, Strand. He was proceeding
under the 34th cap. of Geo. IV., sec. 3, brVicelii2
there were threwe of dealing with the defendant,
the first was to discharge him the second to abate a por-
tion of his wages, and the third was to send him to prison
for any term not exceeding three months with hard la-
bour. It was his (Mr. Sidney's) instruction not to ask for
the discharge of the defendant, nor for the abatement of
his wages, but to press for him commitment to prison. He
had been treated with great kindness by Mr. Samuel, and
had left him just at the commencement of the season,
when he was getting busy.
Mr. G. Smith, manager to Mr. Samuel, proved the agree-
ment between that gentleman and the defendant for five
yeses at 41. per week and also that he had absented
himself without leave since the 16th of April. He also
stated that he had frequently got drunk, hut it had been
overlooked, and on one occasion he met with an accident
that laid him up in the hospital for some time. He be-
haved very well for about seven or eight weeks afterwards,
and then relapsed into his old habits.
Defendant said that he got drunk, and was ashamed to
go back for a few days, and then he heard that another
man had been put in his plies, and therefore his absence
made no difference.
Alderman Stone said that as a commitment was asked for
he had no alternative but to send the defendant to prison
for one month with hard labour. When he came out he
would have to resume his work or again to go to prison.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
COWARDLY ASSAULT ON A GIRL.
Rd'ert Cousins, a musical instrument maker, of No. 13,
Market-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, with assaulting Jane Hatton, a I
girl, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Hatton, the landlady of the
house.
It appears that the mother of the prisoner was making a
disturbance on the second-floor landing of the house when
Mrs. Hatton went up to tell her to go into her room
as she was annoying the other lodgers. The complainant
followed her mother upstairs, when the prisoner rushed
out of the room, having nothing but his shirt on, and
struck the complainant three violent blows on the mouth,
cutting it and smothering her with blood, and then ran
into the room and locked himself in.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a cowardly and unprovoked
assault, and fined the prisoner 405., or a month.

WORSHIP-STREET.
SAD RESULTS OW ALL FURIOUS DRIVING.

David .Baker, badge 11,372, was charged with furiously
driving a cab and causing severe injuries to • man and
woolen.
James Hudson, • cabinet maker, stated—Last night I
was returning home, accompanied by my wife, and when
near the Whitmore Head public-house in Roston, the pri-
soner passed us. He was drising a cab at such a rate that but
i for our stepping back he must have knocked us
down ; instantly afterwards, a man and a woman, who
were in the act of crossing the street, were knocked down
by the horse, and the vehicle ran over both. My wife
picked the woman up, but after some minute■ ■he became
insensible, and we thought she was dozed. Defendant did
call out, but made no attempt to pull up. There is not
any particular traffic in the street in question. He was
driving at a rate of eight or nine miles an hour.
Sergeant Hopper, N was near the spot, and
heard a cry of " Stop him." I saw two gentlemen stop
the defendant. He was perfectly sober, I believe.
I sent for • doctor, by whose directions the injured
persons were removed to their home. I saw them
there last night ; the female could not speak.
This morning she is better. The medical gentleman for-
bade their attendance here this morning.
Defendant insisted that he was not driving at a greater
rate than six miles an hour, and his master gave him a
good character.
Mr. Cooke directed a remand, and refused to take bail.

The exportation of lambs from the Isle of
Wight for the London market will not be half so great this
season as is usually the case, owing to the high price of
meat in the island, and to more stock being about to be
raised. About 6,000 lambs are usually exported from the
island. The lamb season there has been a fruitful one.
CumiLorrE WINSOR. Immediately after the
decision of the judges with reference to the case of this
wretched women she was taken back to Newgate, and
after having partaken of some refreshment she was at once
taken to Exeter gaol in the charge of one of the warders.
It appears that since she has been in custody she has con-
ducted her:Rif very well, and in a manner becoming
her awful position, and although ske d;11 not offer any
opposition to the course that was taken upon her behalf,
she was to a certain extent completely passive in the
matter, and it would seem from observations that were
dropped from her that she has all along been pre-
pared for the worst, and did not entertain any ex-
pectation that she should escape the sentence of
the law. It is a fact that is probably not generally
known that the government have paid the whole of
the expense of the legal proceedings that have been taken
on behalf of the prisoner, the advisers of the crown cowl-
(tering the points that were raised to be of such importance
as to render it advisable that a solemn decision should be
come to by the judges upon them. The prisoner was, of
course, utterly unable to find the necessary funds, and the
government felt it their duty to do so.
ACCIDENT TO MR. STEA.YENSON, OF TRINITY
HALL, CAMBRIDGE.—A serious accident occurred at Cam-
bridge on Sunday afternoon to Mr. I). Fenwick Steavenson,
li. A., of Trinity Hall, a gentleman well known amongst
lovers of aquatic sports, and who is also the indefatigable
secretary of the Cambridge University Boat Club. Mr.
Steavenson rowed No. sin the late University race. Mr.
Steavenson and three companions had been taking an airing
in a waggonette, and were returning to Cambridge down •
dangerous slope known as Barrington-hill, when by some
reason or other the horse became restive, got the better of
the driver, and finally bolted. Mr. Steavenson's companions
escaped without injury. One slipped off the vehicle on danger
being apparent ; but at last there was a capsize, and this
resulted in Mr. Steavenson, who stuck to the reins to tLe
last, being found on the road with one of his legs broken.
I He was conveyed to his rooms in Trinity Hall. Dr.
Humphry was sent for, and it is understood that time and
patience are all that are necessary for his ultimate recovery.
Meanwhile the crew now nominated or in training for the
next University race will madly miss his valuable assistance

and advice.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night last,
about ten o'clock, two men and a boy on board the
Veracity, of Wells, Captain William Smith, lying at
Crown Quay, Sittingbourne, had a narrow escape frorr
a watery crave. It appears that Smith had been dein...,
some repairs to his vessel during the day, and had
left a left a large hole in her just above the water-line.
The vessel is & schooner, and was laden with coals, of
which she carried about 100 tons. He had taken 27 tens
of coal out of her, and thinking that she was all safe
the two men and the boy retired to bed and were soon
fast asleep. The captain was in his cabin reading a
newspaper when he found that his cabin floor was
covered with water. He immediately got up and called
the men (one of whom was his son), and the boy, and to
their consternation they found that the cabin was
flooded, and that the water was more than a foot deep
in the forecastle (where they slept), that it was sir
feet deep in the hold, and that the vessel was filling
fast. They got on deck as beat they could, and
their clothes, which were all wet. It was then discovered
that at low tide the vessel had become so embedded in the
mud, that on the return of the tide she was not buoyant
enough to float. The captain and crew remained on board
till nearly 12 o'clock, when they were obliged to leave
her. She was afterwards entirely covered with water, and
the provisions, such as biscuits, meat, 'err, tea, coffee, ,
&c, were spoiled, and everything on the ship was of course
thoroughly saturated. The crew then went to the house of
Mr. Brown, Crown Quay, who made them a good fire, gave
them some coffee, and put his two downstairs rooms at
their disposal. They remained there during the night, and
in the morning, when the tide had ebbed, they set to work
to pump and bale the water out of the vessel to get her
afloat with the next tide ; but it was not until 12 o'clock
on Sunday morning that she was cleared.—Maidstone
Joareal.