The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-18 00:00:00

THB POLICE COURTS.

BOW-BTREBT.

Mr. Charles Clark‘tdeecniteda;[wit•oM ie keeper at the
Victoria Theatre, attended before Mr. Jatchne to answer a
111112211100111 preferred against him by Mr. Anhwei Flatfoots,
the well-known pantomimist, charging him with perjury.
Mr. Hall. policitor, appeared for the prosecuthoe; and Mr.
Collate, solicitor, for the defence.
It appeared that la the early part of MAT Me. Flexmor•
was ladebtect to the deleadant in the sum of WI., being the
Waste dee on a bill of excbasge for 601. On the 17th of
May Mr. Clarke, who lives :text door to Mr. Faxmors, is
Harealecbuileinge, Lambeth, had a coevereation with hien
on the subject of certain statements which Mr. Clarke had
heard, to the effect that Mr. Flezniore was about to leave
the country, is order to aceempany his father-in-law, Mr.
Andel, he a continental tour, and that be inteaded to stay
away Aft-r this occurrence Mr. Clarke applied to the Court
of gasea's Beach for a writ "ne elect regno," la order to
hold Mr. Flazurore to bail that he should not leave Ragland
till be had paid the debt. Mr. Clarke supported hia applica-
tion by as affidavit to the effect that, in the converefaion
above referred to, Mr. Flemertre bad declared hta istientlas
of going abroad immediately after his ben. fit at Drury-lane
Theatre, which was to take place on the 26th May. Ow
that ettiotten the writ was greeted, and Mr. Fleamore wee
arrested. He was dammed m prison ell night tad the ful•
lowing day. He authorteed a friend to settle the matter
for him, end defeadeat's claim having Men satisfied, he was
liberated.

Mr. Ylexmore positively swore that thmaghout the con-
rerseti,•n of the ll,h Mop ha emphatically tisolid that M
had say laieation ~f going abroad. It was impnmlbla for
bum to entertain any sot h lineation, partly firm hie state of
health, sad partly trout other oircumetasots. Hlllhralth we.
so bad that b could sot perform, eampt whoa on his benefit
night ha was compelled to anima as tdown. He meld hare
so saitagemset with his father-la-law, wish whom ha was
sot at that tints oa good terum. Hs had not daposed of say
pAiesa of his foreman or of his posy and chaise, as was
Add by Mr. Club.
PIA. finnan (timely Jidda Mad) eonsbarded the

By kr. Neal—The act does not come into operation MI the
let of July.
Mary Anne Stanley, 184, Prospect-place, St. John's-wood,
stated that in them omit of October, 1817, the !MI an ad-
wertisetuent in the newspapers in whioh deafness wee par-
trt° be cured at the British and Foreign Free Ear
ibtary. She maw Edwards there. She asked to me the
planner Menem, who afterwards came in. He examined
her ears, and mit that be would cure her in eight dam He
added that he had seen 60 paiienta that day, end that he had
been deaf himself, and had cared himself. Among hie
patien'm cured was an admiral, who bad been deaf several
years. Sits asked him what he would charge. He replied
111. or 91. She left, and the sum night Edwards brought her
a boa sontaining three phials. She gave him 91. 35., and he
gave her a receipt, signed "J. N. Nicholls." One bottle
contained a led .n to bathe the leek of the ear, and another
contained medicine to drop into the ear. There was also as
matimmation.

Mr. Lewis—Did the medicine do you any good?
Witness—Not at all. It did me an injury at the time. I
afierwseds had another hittle, which he said was more ex-
pensive. Alter I applied it I got worse. I subsequently sent
Ws a lawyer's letter, but it bad no effect.
Thomas Carpenter. 114, Douglas-street, Deptford, said
that in Eeptember, 1867, he called at the Free Ear Isfirmery
in consequence of seeing an advertisement. He called there
to get advice fur hie daughter. He saw Edwards, who re-
presented himself as Dr. Waiters. This winless gave nearly
similar evidence as to the advice gives and the remedies pre-
scribed, He wonted to get his daughter into the infirmary,
when he was told that he mast either become a aubsceibse of
St, or get a subscriber.
Sophia Stiff, 34, Vauxhall-eireet, Kennington—ln March,
1867, celled at the infirmary. She sew Edwards, who geld
that abe would be cured in titres weeks. Hs gave her three
bottles, sad she paid him 7s. for them. They did her more
harm than good.
Thom. Cot roll, carpenter, Southwark-bridge-row% said
that he went to the intricacy in January, 1857. He saw
Edwards, who fetched Welters. He had three bottles gives
him, for which he wee naked Me. He gave 10e. After he took
them home he thought there wee eaneling wrong, end
never used them. . _ _

Inspecior Young, who has had the owe M hand, produced
sewers! printsd papers foiled at the prisoners' premise@ in
Mount •sirert rehritor to the Free Ear Infirmary. He found
there hundreds and thousands of labels, aa also • letter with
the Armature of fikianer aitsched.
Mr. Lewis now plod he would produce evidence to show
that so saelymis of the "medicine" bad been made, and what
thtantirsin had dittiond„. -

Mr. HaVrsaM.teters,4l, Dathigh-strest, Pimlico, Ws
Profretev of Chstaiisz at SL Gooens's School of Medicine,
Grosvenor. plaoe, p nevi several phials and bottles which
had bees Ono blot to analyse. One oontained ;spirit of
lavender and an roe deposit.
Mr. Lewis—World that be affsoinal in the eta. of deaf-
seas?

—Witness—Not In the alighteet degree. I should not like
to use it. Another contained sulphate of lead and an acetate
of lead. The drops contained rape oil, oil of olives, sod •
email quantity of soap.
Henry Neuhaus, saliatent to Mr. Medlock, 20, Great
Meriboromih-street, gave similar evidence of some "modi-
cum" that had been given to him to an dyer. In one of the
largo !milks about h.lf the liquid was urine.
Mr. Lewis observed that thin was the evidence he had at
present to adduce to tol.rocoe to the Free Her Infirmary.
Oa the next occasion 'liftman would oome forward to, state
that the name of " L000ck" had been need at the eetahlialm
meat in Mount •street. He bagged to say that the medical
profession, who., cause ha advocated, were obliged to bin
(Mr. Norton) Lie the attention be had paid to the evidence
which had been adduced to ramie the fraud.
The witnemea were bound over to ;itodecute in this case;
and the prisoners were again remanded.