The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-06 00:00:00

Mr. Knox with stealing a quantity of cloth, and other pro-
perty belonging to his employers; and Mary Liimb,
piece-broker, of No. 2, Lowndes-court, Carnaby.street, was
charged with receiving the same with a guilty knowledge.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the defence.
Police-constable Butcher, 137 C, proved seeing the pri-
soner
seiner Harris leave him empoyers that morning, and seeing
that he bad something bulky in his peaseasion he followed
him, and saw him go into the shop of the female prisoner.
lie went into the shop and saw the female prisoner
measuring a piece of lining, and on asking her what
she was doing, she said that she was measuring
a piece of lining, but that she hail not bought it.
He told Harris that he had no right with it, and he
said he had, and that it was his own property. Ile
sent for another officer, and then asked the female pri-
soner if she had any more property she had bought of Har-
ris, and she said she had nut, thatahedid notknowtheman.
and hail never seen him before. She asked Harris if be
bad ever been there before, and he said " No." He
told them it was of no use their saying Harris had not
been there before, because be had seen them together
repeatedly. The female prisoner then asked to be allowed
to go upstairs to see her daughter. He asked her if she had
any other property there, and she denied it. He told her
it was no use of her denying it for he had seen Harris
come there often with property, and told her he should take
her into custody and search the house. She then said that
she had cautioned Harris against bringing property
there, and that she had a little more property
there which Harris had brought there, and she would
give it to him, and be then said in Harris's presence
that he hail brought the things there—some lining, &c.
He searched the place, and found a large quantity of pro-
perty of venous kinds there. The female prisoner said
she could produce bills relating to some of the property. A
parcel pruduced, containing • quantity of lining, was the
one prisoner was carrying that morning, and he had
about -14; yards more in his pockets.
By Mr. Lewis—Mrs. Lamb aid she had hills of all the
other property I took away but that brought to her by the
prkoner.
Mr. James George Arnold, clerk and traveller to Messrs.
Buckumater, identified some parcel., of goods produced as
property of the firm, and said the prisoner was in the
employ of the firm as porter ; the property consisted
of linings,
Butcher said that Harris bad a coat on with pockets
peculiarly constructed so that property could lie all round
the coat, and the coat was stocked with property when be
left his employers.
Solomon l'asley, 69 C, gave similar evidence to that of
Butcher.

Mr. Lewis baked that bail might be taken, but Mr. Knox
declined at present to take it and remanded the case.

MARYLEBONE.
PAVING DEWANDR- IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE

METROPOLIS MANAGEMENT ACT.

Alfred .Gptire.,,, of No. 8, Craddock•street, Prince of
Wales-road, was summoned at the instance of Mr. Edward
Oldrey, special assistant and surveyor to the vestry of St.
Pancras for prosecuting r.avement demands, for neglect-
ing to pay the sum of 8/. its, for paving works to be
executed in front of No. 8, in the same street, in pursuance
of an order made by Mr. Tyrwhitt, and for the space of CA
days did unlawfully disobey the said order, whereby he
became liable to the penalty of 341. if enforced.
Mr. Cooper, solicitor to the vestry, appeared in support
of the prosecution.
The defendant made a lengthened statement in which he
protested against the arbitrary manner he had been
treated. He stated that the charges made for the paving
were exorbitant, for being a little in the building way he
knew what the charges ought to be, and asked for a further
adjournment.
After the evidence taken before Mr. Tyrwhitt had been
read over,
Mr. Mansfield said the defendant's conduct was very
foolish. Taking into consideration the great leniency with
which he had been treated by the parish authorities, he
could not resist granting the order for the payment of
the full fine of :W. and coats, if pressed to do so.
Mr. Cooper stated that this being the first occasion the
board bad deemed it necessary to prosecute for penalties he
would ask the magistrate to mitigate the fine to 2/. and
costa, to be paid in one week.
Mr. Mansfield at once consented, and ordered a distress
warrant to issue in default.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A CANI)11) THIPF.

Jareph Clark was charged before Mr. Cookewith stealing
a leather bag, value 3a., from the person of Miss Mary
Ann Bennett, of Upper Homerton. Yesterday afternoon
the young lady was returning from a seminary at Hackney
to her residence when the prisoner snatched the bag in
question, containing her schoolbooks, and ran off. A
gentleman pursued, and he was given into custody.
Prisoner—Oh yes, I'm guilty. I want to get to America.
I've been thieving now two years. I've no home, and I
must do something to live. I offered to go for a soldier,
but my eyes are had i they say I could not shoot anybody.
I must go on thieving until they de send me to America.
My brothers and sisters are there, and I believe my parents
also. I think I could get something to do there.
Mr. Cooke—Your chance of doing so is not very much
with a conviction for felony at your back.
Prisoner—But what am I to do? I should not have
robbed this young lady but for want.
Mr. Cooke—You should have applied to the American
Consul

-14iaoner—Ittit I was born in England. My parents are
Americans, they came over here, had me, and left me.
The consul won't help me.
Mr. Cooke—You must go to prison for three months with
hard labour.

Prisoner—And when I come out I'll thieve again. I will
go to America.

DI9GRACEFUL CONDUCT.

William Tames, IS, describeda; a IX;shmaker, living in
Sampson-place, Mile-end-load, was charged before Mr.
Cooke with the following disgraceful oonduct in the public
street.

Mr. James Frederick Loveday, of the Society of Friends,
Z 3, Bookham-street, New North-road, was passing through
Brick lane, Whitechapel, yesterday evening, when he ob-
served the defendant and another man, who afterwards
escaped, flinging handsful of mud and filth in all directions,
without regard to person or sex. His clothes were
smothered, and on offering a word of remonstrance, de-
fendant pushed him and broke his watch chain.
Wayland, 75 H, said that defendant was not in liquor,
and both himself and companion Hung handeful of every
description of muck into the shops and at the windows.
Defendant—Not I : it was the other man, and he also
who ran against the gentleman.
Mr. Cooke--Such conduct is most disgraceful, to say the
least of it. I have a strong suspicion a robbery was con-
templated. Go to prison for six weeks with hard labour.

WESTMINSTER.
/STEALING A HORSE AND CAB.

A middle aged man, of creditable appearance, who g►ve
his name John Gibson, was charged with stealing a hone
and cab.

William Parsons Blueman, 302 F, said he was in the
King's-road, Chelsea, last night, when the prisoner was
pointed out to him as a person who bad stolen a cab from
Paddington. Prisoner had got a cab with him, and mount-
ing the box was going to drive away. The horse being
stopped he ran down by the church but was pursued and
captured.
Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—What have you to say?
Defendant—l was coming by Paddington Railway
station when I saw a horse walking along in a cab by the
side of the rank.
Mr. Selfe—Well?
Defendant—A lady and gentleman got into the cab, and
asked me to drive them to Cremorne-gardens, so I got
upon the box and drove them there.
Mr. Selfe —And took • fare for it?

Defendant—Yes, I took the fare. I was going to drive the
cab back to where I found it. Of course, when I was
taken into custody, somebody rid I bad stolen the cab.
Mr. Selfe—Did they really ?
Defendant—Yes ; they did.
Thomas Harrows', 8, Bloomfield-mews, owned the horse
and cab, which he put down at least at `2. He knew
nothing of the prisoner.
Charles Hedges said that he was the driver, and left the
cab on the rank near the Great Western, at • quarter past
nine, while he went for refreshment ; when he came out in
half an hour it was gone.
Mr. Self* (to prisoner)—You are rather • cool band.
You are remanded for a week.

THREE BOYS DROWNED WHILST BATHING. —Ten-
tertian Mr. C. Z. DriMeld, coroner, bald an inquest at
the Queen's Arms Inn, Parr, on the bodies of three boys,
named Thomas Soarry, aged 14 years, and William Scarry,
his brother, aged 11 years, sons of Michael &arty,
labourer; and Christopher Malone, aged 8 years. son of John
Malone, labourer, who all lived in Upper Parr-street, Parr,
and who were drowned on Sunday afternoon last in the Parr
mill dam, St. Helen's, whilst bathing. The boys were seen
bathing on Sunday afternoon in the dam, the water in
which is usually low, with the exception of the course of
a brook which runs through it, the bed of the latter being
considerably lower than the remainder of the dam ; but
on Sunday there had been • considerable overflow of
water how the canal into the dam, and it is supposed
that either one of the boys must have got in the coons of
the brook and the others went to his assistance, or that
they were advancing in a string, and accidentally walked
into the brook, as their bodies were found in the bed of
the brook about 7 o'clock in the evening. The jury re-
, turned a verdict of "Found drowned.' _ _

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ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PARIS.—Mr. A. Hen-
derson. lessee of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool,
is about to open the Theatre des Julien' at Paris for a
month, with English comedy and burlesque. Owing to
the depressed state of theatricals in this country at the
present time he has been able to get together a very good
company. Chief among them will be Mr. &Ahern, who
will appear as the famous Dundreary. The after piece
will be Burnand's popular burlesque /aims, which in per-
haps one of the best specimens we have of that class of
dramatic literature.

A young rook was shot last week, near Ramsbury,
in Wilts, which bad a white throat and several white
feathers in its wings.
When a Kentucky judge, some years since, was
asked by an attorney upon some strange ruling, " Is that
law, your Honour !" he replied, " If the court understands
herself, and she thinks she do, it are :"—American paper.