The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-25 00:00:00

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THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
(ONTICTION OF • NOTONIOt• 1311001 NO 1111.08TO1t.
John Batley, an old bogging-Wee impoeor, was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having by false pre-
tames attempted to obtain money from Mr. DILWOOD,
seiner, of No. 70, Cannonate et.
The prosecutor said on the lith of Jemmy last the pri-
soner mite' uses me with another man and asked me for
assistance. I asked for the particulars of his case, which
I took down. He said he was • compositor, and
had been working foe Messrs. Macintosh and Co, the pi... Were,
to New o.troet-are, for about two years end a half, wad
that he had left them five or six months before on account of
a whits swelling in his left hand—had been obliged ter to
St. Bartholomew's Hospital—that he was at the hospital
as an out-door patient for three weeks, and was then in the
horpital for five months in Percy ward, and had under-
gone an operation—that he ha seem children, who
had no mother. and that he wanted to sail that afternoon to Er.
Leith. for which place be hat • free passage; that I might ip7
ask Mr. Macintosh, his employer, and the creamer of the
warehnise Mr. Wilson, as to the own:tams of the feats,
and he wished me to give him some money. I sent to Mr.
Madatosh to make inquiries, and have not nn the prisoner
sine. till he was in custody.
Mr. Macintosh, printer of Great New-street, said the lie
prisoner bad new bean in his employment, and that
he had no overseer or bremeat of the name al Wilson. los
J. W. Hamfierd, Itemboity Society officer said—l have W.
been is KM& 'Ms primer since January leit. I met him
lathe sompany of another notorious begging- is
Utettemetp7 sitar, sad told Mut I took him into ratatoly for r„
andsavaired to obtain money from. Mr. Dawson. He ra,
Met he had dose so, and I t sok Jahn to Mr. Dawaon's
home, shush@ was identified. The slimes' then noun- I
rated Ns oeonsions on which the prisoner had been
caavielei of eisallar to that with which he was ma
cheeped Wee Ma lordship.
The Lard Mayer—Have yon anything to say, prisoner
The priseese—No, my lend; nothing. Me
The -Lied Mayor—Yam are comontted far Irish at the ML
Central Cral Court.
The domed appearance of the prieona's bend was cal- hi
culated to excite great compassion. eN
BOW-STREET.
•TIMIPTID OARROTINO Ind OLBONN.
A short, muscular young man, ed Marks Baia,
deemed as a cabernet, and a dirty, ill-favoured woman,
Rased donee Bantle:eke, were charged with assaulting
en Wady seat named Parker, with intent to rob him.
Mr. Parka, • brushroaker, at Islington, depcoad—Late
last algid I pried through Little-tarnsi de on my way home,
I had a large beadle in my arms. The male prisoner CAM
behind me eel we. turning into liolborn,and salted bv tho
thro it with both hands but my neckcloth being very hick
he ,old sot press so tightly sato prevent rue from calling out,
which I dad most lustily. A couple of policemen
approached from opposite directions being attracted, I 'op-
pose, by my ohs. The prisms" and two woman who were
with him, ran away d .wa Little.tarnstila, and the police
pursued them and presently brought theca back. The female
roomer is one of the women I think, but I did not notice
her particularly, as my attention was more directed to the
man. I was quits sober.
Policeman Philip, P 20—I was on duty in Prinees-strest,
sad beard cries of " Police" from the direction of lAttle-
tureettle. I ran In that direction, and met the two pate
"osiers and another woman. They were running se fast es
they could. The rasa said to me It le all
right; we are only having a lark with • few Meade
I and, "It looks very queer, and people are sometime
robbed about here," hut as 1 raw no one pursuing then, I
let them go away. Then 67 came up, sad sided me H I
had seen "those panes," adding teat they had "bean
g orating mold goat, and newly strangled him." We per-
sued them and took them is charge.
Policeman Bett,67 P—l was on duty in Holbern,and Uwe
the cry. I west to the spot, and found the prosecutor Issuing
against the "butters of a shop in Turnstile. He appeared le
have been nearly wrangled. I saw the penmaandn wed meths"
women rinsing away, and pursued them will the di
of la..t wittier took them in cant gly.
In-pector Mostahon said the peoweutor was perkily
sober.
Ho' ones, IP 60, said that he knew the risooers. The
woman was a prostitute and thief. The man had been a
thief for sins yew".
Smith—Not Italy. I near touched the man Due ran

sway.
Hardwieke—l know nothing about the stair.
They were committal tee trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ILORBIKT AT TIM PAINCESI.II TIZATILE.
Alfred W g o datcribed ia the elawrie-Mtest as " a gen-
theme," of 21, Waives. wawa Kaaingtos, and who wu
at ire I in a festaimahle cloak or mat, was clutryd with
stealing from the parses of Mr. James Marks, of 6, Edward-
taunt. Caledonian-raid, Mieseemonger at the hall of the
Tricceaa The .tee, a saver wake as thnialue SI.
The remover said that en the previoea night, about 12,
be was in the ball of the Primer's Theatre. °steed-Wrist,
about le tying, whoa his attention wu attracted to the pri-
soner by noticing Wm eyeing his gold Albert chtin Ina vary
peculiar manner. The prancier then walked up to Ma,
looked him hard in the fee*, then thrust his angers iota his
watt mat pocket. and took hie watch all at the swivel, leaving
the guard hanging Bowe his waistcoat; but the whole
tatesaction was don* with such rapidity that he was arable
to precast bias carrying out hie object. As men as be bed
got hie lurch his band west under his cloak, sad be dm
charged him with stealing his watch, a littip altmestion took
=
sad be heard the watch fall, and his (wham's)
picked It up.
In &sewer to the magistrate (Mr. Bingham) the proacentor
said that be had sot the slightest doubt shout it, and that
on hi. tattier him with the tobbery, be muttered soreethin
which he could sot anderetend, and then otbr,d bias kis
esrd.
The prisoner is &newer to the magistrate, said he would
rattier have it settled at one, and would plod guilty.
A weldable bowleg stated that he had been seen about the
theatre before, he was committed for six months, with bard
Mem.

Dsivwxo Four :Ann.—The !rd driltclei fau
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weal of li. Sepia:es church's:4. The work le ear
prod of seam= sod sill in pohohe I red granite, with an
skim sit via. skselais, the whole being enclosed with&
as ane. videb glees depth end importanoe t r the deals.
This byte-ye well u others whtch are Istended to be
assail at the frees of the Royal Evian., In the Regent-
aged oars isealithe of tM metropolis-1s to be one-
tbeemo !he
.sols sad oestrous as of Yr.,
et Lashse4-etreet.—Boddsog News.