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

THE POLICE COUBT6.

GUILDHALL

Robert Woolland, 22, and IViitiatn Clarke, 42, were
charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Moorgate-
street station of the Metropolitan Railway, and assaulting
two of the officers of the company. The prisoners took
third-class tickets from Bishop's-road to Moorgateatreet,
but rode in a second-class carriage. Armstrong, a ticket.
collector, detected them, and demanded the excess fare.
The prisoners were both drunk, and refused to pay, and
they were consequently taken to the office to give their
names and addresses. Woolland then commenced kicking
at one of the office doors and creating such a dist.urbanoe
that he found it necessary to eject him from the station.
At the door be struck the officer two or three times in the
face, and Clarke struck him several severe blows, and
kicked him on the back part of both 1 Another
ticket-collector was also savagely assaulted by both the
prisoners who made desperate efforts to escape. Woolland
had been sery violent at the station all night, and kicked
at the door of the cell until they took his boots off.
Fined 10s. each, or seven days' imprisonment with bard
labour.

Sidney (Morn Fouler, 30, alias Dr. Jolin Oalt, 2, Shep-
perton-cottages, Islington, was brought up on remand
charged with selling indecent books and prints.
Evidence was given by Inspector Thompson, the detec-
tive officer, that he bad made an appointment with the
prisoner, and purchased from him an indecent book and six
indecent stereoscopic slides. He then represented himself
to be Mr. Galt, although a plate with " Dr. Fowler"was on
the railings of the house be inhabited, but afterwards he
called himself Dr. Fowler. When his house was searched,
about lljcwt. of obscene prints and books were found and
seized. It was now stated that the prisoner's real name was
James Forsyth. At the age of 18 he enlisted as a trooper
in the Ist Life Guards, in which regiment he served for
eight years, but in December last a court-martial was held
upon him in Albany-street barracks, and he was dismissed
the service, and drummed out of the regiment, the charges
against him being that while in the regiment he advertised
the sale of obscene books and prints, which be attempted
to dispose of through the agency of a bookseller in Al-
bany-street. After leaving the army he took lodgings at
several different places, and inserted matrimonial adver-
tisements, some answers to which were found in his pos-
session, one in particular appeared to come from a young
lady enjoying an allowance of 501. a year from her guar-
dian, which would be increased to 600 t, upon her marriage.
He also advertised for a lady housekeeper, and to receive
ladies during their accouchement. He had published
several pamphlets, and had concocted an elixir and made
pills.
The prisoner said the charges brought against him
were false, and as for the books said to be obscene they
were no other than medical books.

He was, however, committed for trial at the Middlesex
sessions, ►nd Mr. Cooke said be would accept bail, three
sureties in 1001. each, and the prisoner himself in 3001.

WORSHIP-STREET.

Jonathan Tioentyynan, of gentlemanly appearance, was
charged before Mr. Newton with embezzling various sums
of money collected by him for and on account of Messrs.
Palmer and Co., wax candle and lamp manufacturers.
Mr. Beard, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, and
said that several cases could be proved against the pri-
soner, but three only would be selected. The prisoner's
duties were to show the wimple* of the goods, and, if
necessary, to receive accounts tendered to him by the
customers. Of the three accounts in question he had
omitted payment of one to the cashiers entirely, and of
the other two he had paid part only.
Formal evidence having been given of this, Mr. Beard
required a further remand, and a summons to compel the
attendance of a person named Dove, whose evidence was
requisite to prove his payment of three separate items to
the prisoner.
Mr. Newton most strongly objected to this proposal.
The witnesses had been in attendance already three times,
and he held it to be monstrous that they should be sub-
jected (as they would be if he granted the request) to the
expense and inconvenience of again coming to that
court, when they would speedily have to go before a
jury. He fully believed that these repeated demands were
subversive of the course of justice, for most persons would
rather forego a prosecution than be incessantly dancing
attendance at a police court while evidence was being
gut u
Mr. Abbott, for the prisoner, also desired a remand,
asserting that if the magistrate heard the evidence he
should then be able to produce be would not send the case
for trial at all.

Mr. Newton said that was simply &heard. Under the
evidence placed before him already he should now commit
the prisoner for trial.
Detective 3116 K said that the prisoner had a wife and
five children living in Brower-street, Pimlico, near which
spot he apprehended him.
Mr. Abbott then begged that the prisoner might be ad-
mitted to the same he'd as before.

iiii.EitwiTwasiiitruThwitOObject that since the last
examination it bad been ascertained that the prisoner'.
defalcations were more weighty than supposed—namely,
over 160/. daring the months of July and August only.
Mr. Abbott, having failed in this request, begged that
his client might be sent to the Old Bailey ; but
Mr. Newton refused this also, and the prisoner was
forthwith fully committed to the sessions.