The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-110178E.

N. Edward Raoul (said to be an officer in the French
Army) was charged upon the information of John James
Dean, an Aloft of Cuatoma, with being concerned in im-
porting certain restricted goods, to wit, three grams of
apfrite, contrary to the 292 sention of the Cuetome
&boas Act, 1052, whereby he had rendered himeelf liable
to a pushy of 1001 , for winch the Comonmionera of Customs
bed decided to sue.

Tlft defeniait, through an interpreter, pleaded " not
"
Mr. Cambsrland, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf of
the Couuniasionere of Cutotas, in the rasa which wee rather
an exceptional one. It teemed that on the 7th coolant a free
entry was pawed at the Custom-Mue, by Mere. Carey and
Soto, of Mark .lane, agents, on behalf of the consignee,
Messrs. Ac.hedan and Co., of 27, Queen-street, City. The article
was gamed fora cosh of cider, confab). abet 20 gallons,
and as having arrived in the Lord J. Rarell, • steamer
tradiag between Dunkirk and the port of London. The cub
of cider we. landed at Brewer's Quay on the following day,
when Mr. Deaa,the Caatoms of on duly, as weal in ant
cum, esnantned the reek, and tea Introduciog an instrnment,
called a spit, tato the NA, It emoosaterad some obstruction,
aid at Memos throe a strong smell of *pints ernes from the
cask. Mr. Dean, in coasunance of this, bad the contents
run off into another cask, and removed the head of the cider
cask, when he discovered • piece of canvas nailed inside,
between which and the head fteelf were tufted four large
bl were then
bladders, eech capable
fall of of containing a galle
fourth wason. Three oemf the
adders spirits, but thpty,
having beets perforates by the spit, so that its contents had
escaped and aimed with the cider. Mr. Dean at once com-
municated with Mum. Carey, or rather w,th their
clerk, Mr. Ward, who had pained the entry at the endow-
house, and who attended at the wharf. He could, however,
give no explanation; but =Mumma* be brought the der
dant there, who had given to biro the bill of lading on
the previous day and the letter of advice for the goods, en-
dorsing the bill of lading "Lohman and Co." On that en-
dorsement Messrs. Carey had anted, mad the defendant, when
Mr. Wart went to him, acknowledged that be bad eadoreed
the bill of lad* without the consent of Mane. Aohema,
and he added • father endorsement, that the cub was to be
delivered to hies at his addrem, $4, Bedearose-street,
Borough. Mr. Ward thea told him what the Cutom-house
caw had discovered, and be then professed to know nothing
et all about it, and espreesed hie astonishment at the
discovery. It was, however, quite clear that the
disk was sent from Dunkirk by the instructions of
Mean. Rommel; that the bill of lading was endorsed
" Aches= and Co." without their authority, according to
his own coastwise ; and that It wee by his Instruction to be
seat to his private address. He (Mr. Cumberland) would
prove these Mote by evidence, and there could then be no
doubt that the deMadant had been concerned in importing
three gallons of restricted spirits, contrary to the Codeine
Act, and that he was, therefore, liable to the penalty.
The Lord Mayor—La there any proof of his guilty know-
ledge?
hir. Cumberland—We have no actual proof of that, but
we do not think that atostsory to the proceedings.
The Lord Mayor—Yea do what no other persona do.
Mr. Cumberland—We are compelled to do it. Smugglers
are very sharpie these dap, my lord.
Witnesses were then called la support of Mr. Cumber-'I
land's statement, and it was also shows that the spirit was
merely " common spirit," with no particular name, and I on-
eiderably below proof, It. value being 104., and the amount of
duty to which it was liable 11.2 a. 6d.; but at the same time it
wee admitted that he had @adored the names of " Acheeon
and Co." at the request of Messrs. Carey's_ clerk, and
without any fraudulent intention.
The evidence having teen Interpreted to the defendant,
the Lord Mayor desired the interpreter to ask him what he
hod to ray to the charge.
laterpreter—He esys he had no knowledge of any spirits
being in the reek. He has been three months in England,
and has been is the MOM of going frequently to the Custom-
house, and that It is quite impasob'e be could have been so
foolish as to be concensel in this affair in any way.
The Lord Mayor—yell him that the law regards him as
being wordiest of the fact.
at
Interpreter—He says It was not a spirit that is drinkable

—The Lord Mayor—No; a le it imported for the purpose
of being drunk.
Interpreter—He wished to know, then, why there le a duty
oa ir ?

-There is • tit, on al! eplrite:

Interpreter—He disks that he 1d soy knowledge, in say
way, et spirits being to the ark.
The Lord Kamer Tell him that that does net avail him le
such a ems es this, sad that alt I eau do le to mitigate the
penalty to the small at amounL
Interpreter--He seye he wishes Yr. Ward would 'peados.

Mr. Ward (clerk to Mews. Carey) sold he had only •
busteemi knowledge of the defendent, who, however, from
the fact of his having had to manage some smell transactions
with him, =coed to regard him as • friend. He might, how-
ever, espy= his belief that this defendant had no guilty
knowledge of the spirit being la the cask of cider, which be
believed had been sent to him se • present by some friends in
France. Al to the spirit, It was of a kind which wen need
by the French =scary for cooking purposes in the absence
of c wJ, and a) doubt the drilwadenie fens& thoeght they
would send him some of that as well, and so they 'oersted it
Is the ciJer.
Mr. Cumberland—There can be no doubt that the auk
was seat over by his own instruction.
The Lord Mayor—lf not it would not avail him. All
that I as (14 Is to militate the penalty to the lowest amount,
and ha mum pay a au of 261., or go to prison for six
months i bat he ma, if he pleseee, memorialise the Commis-
sion= of CaMcana for a nuttier mitigation.
Mr. Ward—When con be memorial= ?

Ti Lord Mayor—lumodlealy ; fo-morrow, if you Ulm
Oulaberlsof —AM if *ay de "'racialists am I at

impreeles that the fade et the elm ON Ina 111 1104 to Wt.
fertalemMtawieelest
The Lea
The detain* vs Sri voSsi

litOphreys, jun., who appeared for the complainant,
said there was no wish to press the complaint against the de-
hadant if be would now consent to enter into hie own re-
coguisances, under direction of his worship, not to repeat the
annoyance the complainant bad been so long subject to from
him, In which event he would abatain from twisting into
particular,.
The defendant refusing to accede to thin requirement,
Mr. Humphreys explained 'hat Mrs. Wickham, being un-
fortunately 1s pecuniary difficulties, wee compelled some
time ago to compound with her creditors. All agreed to ac-
cept the compoeltion offered cave the defendant, who wrote
to-hm• to the t (fact that be, or some one from him, should
call upon her every ten minutes till the debt in full was
liquidated. In carrying out this Illegal resolution he came
repeatedly knocking at the door and ringing violently the
and thin formed the aeriesof annoyances complained of—
the occasion being at the very early hour of 6on Saturday
morning last. In the Interim of these "cells" the defendant
had written in a singularly romantic style on this very un-
romantic subject of butter and bacon. One extract in the
letter now pot in evidence runs than:—"Alt, would to
heaven my txcellent butter and bacon had never been incor-
porated with your unworthy self. • • • I fancied I
could me through you." (Much laughter.)
The awe being proved,
Mr. Bingham remarked that such a course of persecution
wee unque-tionably illegal, and as such could not be per-
mitted, a civil law court affording the only means open to a
person who sought the recovery of a debt. He had
ympathise with meditate, but it was not allow-
able °for them to annoy their debtors in the way
sow shown. In Bombay and other parts of India
there was such a thing as " sitting doorna"—a Hen-
doe custom—wherein a creditor might sit at the door of
his obstinate debtor aglow as he Or seed, or till he was paid
away, and persevering penes' had been known to locate
themselves ia this way for weeks, and in Kelm instandes till
'bey died there. A death under such ciroameiseees, thedebt
to the deceased being proved, subjected the debtor to indict-
ment for manelaughter, and besieging creditors had been re-
corded ea taking a malicious sort al pleasure In the proapect.
if they did so die, of the punishment their debts' would in
all probability have to undergo for manslaughter ; but ere-
dikes in this country mast not annoy their debtors, and
welt not allowed to " sit domes." Tea defendant must,
therefore, give ball to keep the peace towards the complain-
ant, and not revisit her door.

GREENWICH.

Mr. lieAard Whilst a—gea--;l;a;a37;;;lding at Orchardleigh
Tills, Lower-road, Rothertuthe was charged with assaulting
a young man named Joshua Fenlon.
The complainant, a clerk in the City, said that at a quarter
put six on 'Thursday evening be got up on the outside of
an omnibus in Gracechurch•streei, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding to Rotberhithe. Several persons were wanking, in-
chiding himself. On the omnibus arriving at Lmdon-
bridge the defendant got up, mad shortly afterwards re-
marked, without addressing any one in particular, "Don't
you know smoking is not allowed upon omnibus's!" and
then took the cigar he was smoking out of his mouth
and threw it into the road. He immediately told the de-
fendant he had acted in an impertinent manner, and on at-
tempting to light another cigar, the defendant said if be did
so he would throw him and Die cigar off the omnibus. He
then lighted the cigar, when defendant knocked hls hat off
sad scratched his face.

In aussrsr to the defendant, the complaisant said that he
(defendant) only touched him on the shoulder, and requested
him to dmist from smokour, and that hia answer was, if tut
disliked emoting ha had batter so inside the omnibus among
the ladies.

Wdlfam Richer confirmed the complainant in his state-
ment, and added that the defendant percroptortly entered
him (the witness) to take a cigar he was smoking out of his
mouth, and that on refusing to do so he twice attempted to
get_posismion of it.
The defendant mid he recollected seeing the witners on the
omnibus, but had no remembrance of having acted in the
rettileer Mated towards the witness.

Mr. TrailT inquired of the c implainouit sad the witness
whether, had they been properly eked, they would hare
considered it their duty to desist from smoking, which was
answered in the affirmative.

titedriver, gave corroborative evidence,
and mid these defeodant ated himself immediately behind the
the
oomplainant, although there eras plenty of room amebae on
oof.

The defendant declared he fret asked the complainant to
leave of smoking, aa be had a great objection to it, and that
on his Refusing be certainly took the cigar from his mouth.
• He denied scratching the complainaat's face, and asked the
• permisttion of his worship to show the manner in which he
meted in seizing complainant's cigar.
Mr. Traill sod he was afraid be should have to obtain the
• permission of the complainant for him to do so, otherwise he
might again stomach him. (Laughter.) He (Mr.
would, however, hear say witt.imses he had to oalL
The defeedaat replied that he had no witnesses.
Mr. Traill said there could be no &alit, from the evidence
he had beard, that the defendant had been guilty of the as-
sault complained of, and that be had so far lost his temper
on the occasion as to a t in the moat dictatorial manage towards
persona as respectable am himself, which was oskulata dto
produoe, and bud produced, the very opposite effect to that
desired. There was no law sgalnet persons smoking when rid-
the whale omnibuses, although perhaps it might be well that
such en act of parliament should be passed. He (Mr. Treat)
had probsbiy as great an objection to tobacco smoke as any
ems, but still the manner in which the defendant had acted
we. very improper, and had it not been for the fact that the
complainant had pareisted in lighting a second cigar he
should have considered it his duty to have inflicted a fine.
Is sating this he distinctly wished It to be uuderatood that
no person had a right to indulge in any habit which vat
rdeneire to his neighbour after being made acquainted with
the tact. The complaisant had become acquainted with that
feet, and ought to have desisted front the sec and lighting of
the edger, bonus* he had no right to inconvenience any one.
He (bir. Truitt) should, however, require the defendant to
pay the torts of complaiaant and his witnessea amounting
to U. 16e. 61, mud ti enter into his recognisances of 201.
that such as act should not again take place during the next
six months.
_

T tt, order of the siagistraf a having been complied wi.h, the
defendant left the cdert.

IDE LATE SUICIDE ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY.—INQUEST.--lAlli mooing Mr. J. Rainpitreys,
the coroner, held an twitted at the Black Home, Abbey-
curet, Bethnal•green-r mo,on the body of a male person un-
known, who it was alleged nom mitred suicide on the &eters
Counties Railway. It appeared from the evidoce of James
Hitchcock, a constable engaged at the goods depot, near
Brick-lane, that en M. nday afternoon, abmt 20 minute. to
3 o'clock, be sew a train pen the down line from Shorettlich
on the war to Loughtos. Shortly afterwards the body of a
man wee found lying scram the rule, face downwards. The
back part of the head wee out of, cad shoo the MR lag. The
train bad pealed over him, and he must bare been killed la
the spot. The deceased ;tad thrown a bundle upon the line
before he hod lett the platform. Mr. Teak's, mapector of
',bee of the Ea-tern Counties Railway, elated that the de-
emed appeared to be a man on tramp, and he hid been
seen walking on the platform as if he had meditated self-
destrueth n. The coroner said there was no moral doubt
that the deceased had destroyed himself, although them was
no proof as to the warmer ha came on to the hoe. The jam
returned a verdict of "Found dead on the Eastern Counties
Railway."
WIYE-ICILLINO AT LPf fiSPOOL.—Jamte Davie*,
carter, was brought before the Liverpool magistrates yester-
day on a charge of killing his wife. It appeared that they
bad quarrelled, and that Davies struck the &owed as ahe
was going up the steps of their dwelling. The prisoner was
remanded, in order to await the result of a post-morters ea-

THE SOUTH LONDON VOLUNTEERS:A notice ham
barn iw.u, d that the Dist company of the South London
Rifle Corps has been formed, and will premed to immeliats
practice. It is also announced that under the sanction of the
Lord-Llautenant a second company will be formed, and those
w.lloc to join are requested to give ia their Palm lemma
diately.
[Advertiseasent.)—ls it possible to select a Watch
awesre it rot shat from Um Loodoo us...embalm to arm part at
bloomoy. IMasd. aootlaad. or Wales. With Old a pormmal TIM/ It is
by obtokome moo Mr. !Noma Moot t oftablisbytlfmarasmadomfoorf,
.7 eJ,131, Lolgato-blll, Ibnodoo •boos W fin oimpoportipmb so
larourtbiy. to, new lumirMed 4.011M1M en MOAN, PM fee MN
mom" commis( prim sad imprint leferusities rte west walla
to boy...i now to sie P. No ens limed melon a left Wawa
tratreense LL

WWI lefts Jaw 11.
1840108 4601700uth wows—. 117 14.170 4.148
Woks mg No* 14401 ma BlO 36.00.1 10.b12 1111,1774 80.818
104484 Tau. .... NI —30. W
Ilainbolar.lll.Bl4l4. 4400
Wolin 1734 4.141 8.941 11.110 iken
warilimr.
.s 4 MOWN= KO 183 7714 814
11"161•840481W61.44tiktec Lgl 1 7977 1.1171 &AY Ain
o=•bwoman.
NI 111 871 1.401 1.311
Sheambers sad tzwfoluin SD 103 1.677
87.6••••7467n sod
Illtotol Moir DOM