The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-11 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

A bricklayer, named fl•upinas Batchelor, appeared again
bit answer a charge of using threatening language to another
bricklayer; named John Smith, in the service of Mansfield
end Co., builders, and meowed upon certain works carried on
by them in Maw sire et. Covent-garden.
It will be recolleCed that the ease was first breed before
Mr. Henry last week, who adjourned it as the warrant hail not
been taken ent under the Eth of Geo. IV., which empowered the
magistrate to send any workman threatening another to three
months' imprsonment. Tee charge sgainatthe defendant:was,
that se Smith wee leaving work at 12oi clock, to go to dinner, be
met the defendant in the street. There were 13 or 14 men with
him. The defendant said to him, " Halloo. are yen at work
here? Ara yon not ashamed to go to work end flips a docu-
ment? Why, you have diagreced yourself." Complainant
replied, " How do you mike that out? I em workieg to
=my wife and family." He said, "I will meek you :
what you are, and when yon live." CompLinent
tuned Into the office to speak to the clerk of the amts, end
when he owns out they ail mind after him, the defendant
ram the teat, abusing him as • " black Ise thrtatenbig
to " mark" him, and hieing and bootleg at him.
A gentleman from the ottlee of Mews. Meesgelt, the
builders, who had taken up the case, said it was not the in-
tention of the firm to proceed further with the prevent cam,

but in the event of the offence being repeated, the they e I
would prosecute te the uthret drag et the law.
Mr. Justus—Then I think I had hitter call upon the de-
fondant to enter fate etcognyanoes to keep the pesos to all
bee Majesty's 'abject'. tis quite is accordance with the
law that a person may abstain been working If he chooses,
bat whin he at impts to en vise any inthaldatkat over
others, to compel them to adopt the some course, the be
brings himself within the provisions of the act of Geo. IV..
which enables me to send any one so offending to prison for
three months.
The representative of Messrs. Manseekl said that in the
event of • repetition of any threatening on the pert of the
society against the non-sodety men, the offenders would be I
proceeded against under the sot of Geo. IV.
Mr. Jardine—That is the right, and at the sane time the
most humane, course to pursue.
SOUTHWARK.
William Brown and Mary Assis Nay, two fashionably- I
dressed persons, were brought before Mr. Burchem for flea
1142111iliSti012, charge with stealing a puree, containing Ss.,
from Catharine Jordan, near the incline of the London- ,
bridge Terminus.
The prossentirth, the wife of a gentleman residing in Nal-
monequare, said that on Wednesday morning last she was
leaving the railway, when an elderly person and the female
prisoner stopped Mr and asked her the way to the Surrey-
gardens. She told 'ber as well as she could, and they
the* said something about an omnibus, and walked
hurriedly away. Witness suspected something wr.ong,
which induced her to feel in her pocket, when she mimed
her puree, containing eight shillings. Feeling satisfied that
they had robbed her eke went in pursuit, whom the male
prisoner came in front of her as she was about to Deice hold
of the female, and then the old man managed to make his es-
cape. A constable came up at the time, and she gave the
pneoners into custody.
In answer to the magistrate,
The witness said that the old man was close to her on that
side where her pocket was, bat she did not feel any band
there. It wee a very crowded place, and numbers of persons
paled both ways.
Police-constable, 97 M, said that a pair of with= was
found on the female similar to those used by
Mr. Bonham asked whether he had been stile:gr.:al:any
more conclusive evidence against the prisoners?
The oonstable replied in the negative. They were unknown
to the polio,.
Mr. Burch= discharged them, there not being sufficient
evidence for him to deal with them.
Yr. William Sinnott, the extensive dust contractor of
Lambeth, was charged with having a quantity of rope in his
possession, the property of her Majesty the Queen.
luepeetor Vincent, It di. ittion, said that from Information
be received he went to a wharf in the Belvedere-road, on
the 6th inst., a portion of which was in Mr. Sinnott's occu-
pation, where he saw in a stud several coils of rope, which
hod government marks on them. Ile afterwards proceeded
to the defendant's. residence end poke to him thou it, when
he and he could give a very sus etiatrWey account of the pos-
session—that be bought it of a man named Clapham, the
keeper of the terry at Rayoliam, in Essex. Witness also
told him that a party bad been in custody for having rope in
his possession of a similar sort, and he was bailed out until
that day.
Jones, one of the foremen of engineers at Deptford Dock-
yard, proved that the rope belonged to their stores, and that it
sever had been sold.
Mr. Burch= committed the defendant for trial, but ad-
mitted him to bail on hie own recognisance*.
THAMES.
Catherine Harrington, a most disorderly and violent
woman, aged 20, and Mary Barrington, her sister, 23, were
brought before Mr. Self., eharW with being drunk and
disorderly, and assaulting Mr. ege Matthews, the land-
lord of the White Swan public-house, in High-street, Shad-
well.
The prisoner, Catherine Harrington, has been frequently
in custody for disorderly conduct and ftr assaults, and has
spent • great part of her time in prison. Mr. Matthews
had forbidden her to eater his house ; but on Saturday
afternoon she managed to enter his long room, where • great
many sailors was assembled, and as usual made a disturb-
' ewe. The waiter endeavoured to eject her, but was unable
to do so, and she used him very roughly. Mr. Matthews
went to the assistance of his wafter, end the prisoner turned
upon him, got his thumb in her mouth mid bit it severely.
He was obpd to strike her twice with his bat on the fine
before he extricate histhumb, which was severely lace-
rated. The other prisoner, Mary Harrington," mobbed"
the proeecutor through the atreats, and used the moat infa-
mous language, and she was also given into custody.
Catherine Herrington, in her dame, said that Mr. Mat-
thews struck her twice.
Mr. Selfe--Yea, to extricate his thumb, and he was quite
jssttfied in doing 1,0. Yon have been here • great many
times, and are really incorrigible. I fine you 405., and If it
is not paid, one month's imprisonment. This is the fleet time
I have seen your sister, and the may go without punishment
this time.
Catherine Herrington, as she was leaving the dock, said,
"I am sorry 3 did not bite his thumb off. When I come out
of prison off it will come."
Mr. Selte—l cannot allow those threats to be made use of
with impunity. Call her beck.
The vintner, basing been again arraigned, was admonished
by the resecistrate, who said he would make her find serener
to keep the pesos if she did not withdraw the threat, and pro-
mise not to go near the house of the prosecutor again.
The prisoner made the required promise, and was then
committed to prison for a month.
Mr. Bawdier, the wand clerk, communicated to Mr. Seib
that • seaman named Flinn, who had just taken oat a
eammons against the captain of a 'hip for non-payment of
wager, had complained that ho was solicited by a police eon-
stable in the pewee of the court to morloy • solicitor to
conduct his case, sod that the name of a particular solicitor
was mentioned. Mr. Bowdler added that he bad been in-
formed that in numerous instances suites* in that court had
been solicited to employ attorney".
Mr. Sslfe said that no suitors ought to be interfered with
; by the police In or out of that court. It was most scandalous
to tell • man about to take out a summons that be must
r employ a solicitor. It was a very improper and irregular
thing. Pollee-constables had nothing to do with them
matters and had no right to interfere. If the practice was
not discontinued he should make a representation to the
, Home-office and the peace cssasuleeicutess on the subject.