The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-24 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

• PUBLIC-HOUSE E•PPLE FOR • WATCH.
Mr. George EmUeion, landlord of the White Horse
pnblic.honse, Gilbert-street, Clare-market, was summoned
at the instance of the police for allowing a raffle to be held
in his house.

Inspector Thompson, of the F division, said that on
the 12th inst. he went to the defendant's house,
and on entering the room behind the bar, found
several persons in the room engaged in raffling for a watch.
One man the owner of the watch, was throwing the d;ce,
and entering the numbers opposite the list of members'
names on an ordinary raffle paper. The watch was o r the
table. Witness spoke to the landlord (defendant) who
raid, "The dice are not my property, and I have nothing
to do with the raffle."

Defendant said he was out at the time the raffle was
commenced, and was no party to the arrangement. When
became in be found them already engaged in throwing the
dice and entering the numbers. He told them he did not
allow raffles, and had never bad one in his house. He had
not been there two minutes when the police entered.
Sir Thomas Henry—l don't know how long you bad
been in, but you had not stopped it.
Defendant—l stopped it as soon as the inspector spoke.
He then called as a witness a young man named Wood,
who said that he knew the owner of the watch, who had
to raffle it at another house. Witness advised
Cotsoeklave it at Embleton's. The owner said Embleton
'meld not allow it. Witness said, " Oh, never mind. He
noel know."

Sir Thomas Henry—You knew it was illegal!
The witness sad he certainly did. The defendant was
present during part of the throwing. Being premed he
admit:eel that defendant was present while the dine were
thrown twice or even thrioe, and upon a little further
praising, raised the figure to 14, and spoke positively to
number. The dice were not thrown for witness as it had
not come to his turn.

Defendant observed that the raffle was stopped, and the
watch was not lost or won.
Sir Thomas Henry said the fact that the raffle was not
completed did not make the slightest difference in the
case. If anything was wanted to establish the charge it
was supplied by defendant's own witness. Defendant
was liable to a fine of Si. which, as it was his fiat offence
of this nature, he (Sir Thomas Henry) would mitigate
to 3/.
The fine was paid.

WORSHIP-STREET.
vsnerri. cast OF AITIJETTED BFICIDE.
Mee Smith, a poor careworn looking woman, 36, living
at 4, Hayse-oottages, London•fields, was brought up before
Mr. Ellison charged with attempting to drown here& in
one of the locks of the River Lea.

Poliuoonstable 292 N said—This morning between 8 and
9 o'clock, while I was on duty in Lower omerton the
porter of the workhouse told me that a woman had just
been brought there by a man who had taken her from the
water, and left without stating who he wee. She had been
attended to by a medical man, and her clothes were
while I went to learn where she lived, which I
form to be as deeeribed on the sheet. I returned but
*mild make nothing further of her, so I brought her
*night here.
Mr. Ellison—Where is her husband ?
Constable—l'm told he is in the oonntri at work, sir ;
but one of the children whom the prisoner took with her
when she went out this morning is present, and she can
answer any question. She appears a very intelligent girl.
The child in question wee then brought forward, and,
hi reply to the magistrate, stated that her father
VS/ painter by trade, that she had two sisters
and three brothers, the youngest being only twelve
months old and the eldest between 11 and 12 years ; that
when her father left them to get work last week he gave
her mother five shillings, that they had some meat on
Sunday but not since, nor anything at all since Thursday
4.
Mr. Ellison—What did your mother say when she took
you out ?

Girl—Not anything, sir, except " Come along with me.
father's corning home to-morrow."
Baden, the gaoler, put some questions to the prisoner
relative to any motive that might have prompted her to
the act ; but her answers were so incoherent ea to indicate
unsoundness of mind, and the magistrate decided on re-
mending her for medical inquiry.
The constable said that both prisoner and her husband
bore an excellent character so far sa he was able to learn,
and the magistrate directed that some silver from the poor.
box should be handed to him (the constable) for the im-
mediate use of the family until the father's return.
wh The prisoner was remanded, but apparently knew not
at for.

GREENWICH.
BINDING A TITIMATINING LEITH TO • TATRITS-11-LAW.
William Bender, cab-driver, of h-stmet, Stratford,
appeared to an adjourned summons, charged with sendins
• threatening letter to Mr. George Amott, of Victona
House, Blackheath.
The complainant aid the defendant bad married Ills
daughter, who bad been subjected to violence at his hands.
He bad assisted defendant to the extent of 200 f. in potting
him into business, and knowing the violence of his temper,
all he had expressed himself as not being unwilling to
send a bullet through his own father, he bad, through
threats held out to him in the letter he held in his hand,
fears for his own life.

The letter, which was acknowledged to be in the de-
fendant's handwriting, and which was addressed to the
complainant and delivered through the poet, contained
the following expression You may expect a 'daft from
me of an unpleasant nature."
In answer to the magistrate the defendant meld, if the
sentence read was to be construed into a threat he re-
gretted having written the letter, bat he could put an
entirely different interpretation upon it. He did not, he
said, understand why he should now be called upon to an-
swer for having three years since, when his father and com-
plainant were engaged in legal roceedings, said he would
not mind shooting his own father.
The complainant said that after the first hearing of the
summons the defendant called at his house and threatened
his (complainant's) eon. On that occasion he promised to
forego the present proceedings if defendant would promise
not further to annoy him or his family, but he would give
no such promise.
* The defendant said be was asked to write a letter of
apology, promising neither to write to nor call upon com-
plainant again, but he could not do that, as complainant
Sad induced his (defendant's) wife to leave him and to
deii•irt their family of five children.
The complainant, with much vehemence, denied this
61.1ertiOn.

The magistrate thought it necessary to call upon de-
fendant to find bail in the rum of 201., on condition of
his keeping the peace and being of good behaviour for the
nett three menthe. . .

ii;;;;;;:db;11 vas tendered and aceepted, and the
Parties left the court.

WANDSWORTH.
C tVTION TO WOHC3IIOI.
Fr•ere Riley, e 1 pourer, was charged with stealing pears.
l'olice-eonstable M'Queen said yesterday afternoon be
uw the prisoner with several other men in the orchard
belonging to Mr. Poupart, at Battersea. The prisoner threw
belt a brick at the trees and knocked off the pears. Wl'en
be saw witness he ran away. Witness chased him for •
distance of 600 yards before be could stop him. He had
one pear upon him. He threw the others away.
The prisoner said he had six pears.
In reply to Mr. Mayo, whodefended,theoonstablesaid the