The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-09 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
BREAKING A LARUE PANE OF et-Aftm.
Etb,,te,i I ~, n niaann, Was placed at the bar before
Alderman Sidney, charged with being drunk and disor-
derly. and breaking a plate-glace window, value :1/.:b., in
the 111.1 King's .tuna public-house, IW, Holborn.hill.
It appeared from the evidence of young Mr. Omar,
whose father keeps the house, that about half-past 11
o'clock on Satunloy night the defendant went in there
drink end fell on the door. The landlord ordered the
potnuan to turn him out and he was consequently ejected.
He then ennimeneeil kicking at the door, but it was not
~pened to hint. He next went to the other side of the road,
took up a stone. threw it at the window, and broke a pane
of glass value :11.

The prisoner expreaned him regret for what he had done,
but bad no recollection of it. lie was a mason in full
work, and earning :17a. ttd. per week.
Alderman Sidney fined him 10a. for being drunk and
three pineal% damage to the window, or 28 days' imprison.
meat with bard labour.

Em HE/item ENT.
Mirhad Clifford, aged 21. of 9, Chapel-Place, Little
vorsm-street. was charged on his own confession with
embezzling several sums of money received by him for and
on account of his employer, Mr. F. Dolan, of 64, Gray's-
ion•road.

The-prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor,
sad his duty was to take out goods, sell them on commis-
mon, and pay in all monies he received every night. A
few weeks since the prisoner left his employ, and it was
then discovered that he had embezzled several sums of
moiler. A remand was asked for to enable the prosecu-
tor to go through his books, in order to ascertain the extent
of the prisoner's defahations.
The prisoner, who said be had no defence to make, was
remanded for a week.

M A It LI:0110IT H.STREET.
',TEA LING CI,: A RETTEM.
Pd,r 21/, per, cigar dealer, of No. 2ti, New North-road,
blington. was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing
eigarettes, the property of Messrs. Theodoridi and
tobacconists, No. Leicester-square.
.111a1C3 Conway, clerk to Messrs. Gabriel Theodoridi
co., said that on the previous day the prisoner called
ordered 3,000 cigarettes to be sent as he wished to
all a gentleman in Itegent-street, and the money for
would be sent back by the boy who was sent with him.
'le sent the cigarettes ht the errand boy and also went him.
• :% and when they art 11,P41 at a cafe, N 0.68, Regent-street,
prisoner took the cigarettes from the boy, stating
t be was going in to see the gentleman, and as the pri-
-7...er did not conic out, he sent the boy round to see if
re was any other entrance to the cafe, and the boy
ao.! the prisoner in the act of leaving with the cigarettes.
Ilayfollowed the prisoner. and saw him engage two
..•‘teg.s.eeper boys in the Haymarket to carry the cigars
- and he afterwards caused the prisoner to be taken
niu custody.
.newerht to Mr. Tyrwbitt, the witness stated that the
1..n..r was out of his sight while he was in the cafe.
Harvey, errand boy to the prosecutors, gave
evidence to that of the last witness, and said that
• ,ring.croas he spoke to a constable, who followed the
• •-'err into where the prisonerleft thecigarettes
Public house, and then came out. On his taxing
!.ri.oner with stealing the cigarettes, he said that he
,er seen any.
.cow.table Lynch, 100 F, said that on being spoken
by II last sit Ilesg, he followed the prisoner, who was
• ~Jl.eetd by two crossing sweepers, each carrying a box,
rail mall, and s tw him go into two public-houses with
•,e ci4.trette.. tln his coming out he asked the prisoner
he had done with the cigarettes, and he said be
any. lie then took him into custody,
I if:, rwanls went back and received the cigarettes
ai 11, landlord of a public-house, who said the prisoner
left thent tl he called for.
he prisoner asked the first witness if he had not bought
'•t. s :it the slop before, and the witness said he
41,t .;nn oo s itiirday.
... int Appleton a,ked for a remand, stating that there
• ,e ..bout twenty other cases against the prisoner.

WORSHIP-STREET.
A nrre:tr cA.4}: Dlsrltr.ns.—CHAßlTY.
Ah...it a week since a man and his wife, named George
irriet Slaughter, were charged with robbing their
I.lgings ; they had not any family, but the
tto.ntbsnmet have told fearfully with them,
1,1" Y 1..1 pledged even blankets to obtain food,
I...‘ertheless WU so Pant in quantity that
4,..erted he had had but one Sunday's dinner
and altogether an insufficiency for
'• • ..h.l wife at any time. Mr. Newton dealt very
u it h the husband, and discharged the wife ; and he