The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-09 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

Newry Harriett, a licensed cab driver, was remanded on
the charge of stealing 7871. in silver, the month, of Messrs.
Gardner and Beebe, akin salesmen, of 32, domeeset-street,
ittra.tolomon said—lt wee the practice of the prosecutors
every Monday morning to attend at the New Cattle Market,
for the purpose of meeting their onstenters, and to chasm
their silver for notes or gold. Oa Monday, May 31, about
half-past 11, the mosey was collected togethm, and pat into
various bags, 1001. in each bag. When the silver was col-
lected together it amounted to 1871., sad being In six bags
was then tied up In one, and was then Owed in the =d.m
alb, for the purpose of being taken Mthe Bank of
He now wished to all the am Griffin, who was charged
with the prisoner last week.
James Griffin said-1 am In the service of Messrs. Gardner
and Beebe, the prosecutors, wits carry on business at Bonier-
' let-street, Atdgate. I been In their service about six
years. I know the prisoner Herded, and he has been em-
ployed by the prosecutors for about two years to carry the
silver to the Bank of England. On Monday, the 31st of
May, I brought the money down from the pay room, and
&mid it in the prisoner's cab and get into the cab with it.
Oa coming out of the market gates a man drove pad with a
grey pony and art. He passed our cab, and beckoned to the
prisoner, who pulled up his cal, and had something to drink
with bin; at the Balmoral Cutle public-bottle. The pubile.
house is about 200 yards from the market. I remained in
the cab, and the money at that time was safe. We then
went to the Albion Tavern, in the Thornhill-road. The
prisoner went to the back of the home and fetched a pail of
water, gave some to his horse, and threw the remainder over
its feet. I got out of the cab at the moment, and the pri-
soner said, " Take the pail back." I did so, and was at the
beck of the home about a minute. On my turn I saw the
qsarstanding in front of the public-house her
his pipe, with his back to the cab. I
call for a pint of half-and-half, and remained in front of
the bar about two or three minutes. When I war getting on
the cab I saw that the man was not on the seat. I then got
down, opened the near door of the cab and looked in. I said
"For God's sake, Harry, the silver has gone." He said
" What shill wade? what will be the beet plisar I said, "I
did not know what to do ;" when he add, " The bed thing
will be to go to the polloestatioa." With that I got on the
box, end was again going to get down to mats some inquirire,
when the prisoner add Iliad better not make a noise. At the
top of the Thornhill-road tome men asked us what WSI the
matter, and upon being told, he said he bad den some men
in a chiles art with a grey horse drive rapidly away. I
cannot say, as we were going along after the law, whether the
off door was open. As we were going along the prisoner
" What sort of a tale shall we makeup whatever can
irony r' I told the pollee, and that is all I know of the
matter.

Cray-examlned—l got out of the cab of my own mord.
It wee our usual habit to stop at the publio-houee on our
way to the Bank and water the horse and have some refresh-
ment. I had taken the pail to the back of the house bake*.
althomh It was my Nathan to look after sad take are of
my employ7ers' mousy, still I did not think that I was going
to be made such a vacua as I was, and that the prer
would not look after the eab. I ma see my fault now, and
know that I was sold.

Police-oonstable Gould, 476 N, and Jonas. 228 N, said
that they had received information to the effect that ems
ma were men to lift the money out of the cab, and place it
in a chair cart which was drawn by • grey horse. If the
parties were apprehended they could be identified.
Yr. Lewis mid that the came against the prisoner entirely
failed. and hoped that his worship would at once &emir the
chirp.
Mr. Coale said he would take ball for the prisonea's ap•
pearsnce, and if the police obtained any farther information
they would give all the parties notice. He should limit the
duration o,f the ball for a month, when If nothing further
was proved, the mare would be at an end.

WIFE TORTURING.—A wretched-looking wOlll/4,11
appealed yesterday to the Liverpool magistrates for mutation
ufaingst. the brutalities of her husband, who on the previous
ht had come home drunkeireausual) and beaten her with
a board covered with s s . She was severdy if not
dangerously wounded in even place*. The magistrates
scot the husband to prison for six months.
EXTORTIONATE CHARGES UPON DnTORB.--AI
meeting of the Court of Aldermen yesterday, Alderman and
Sheriff Allen brought under the notice of the court certain
information which he had received with regard to irregula-
rities committed by sheti6's Mikan. He had been Informed
that in the cases of three peruses arrested for debt, one of
whom was in Whitecrossetmet Prison, elweirs °Maas had
demanded and received massy, as fees, for which they had
no pretext whatever. After some discussion, it was resolved
that Alderman Allen should reed the paper containing the
particular', and the document was referred to the Committee
of General Port:seen
FATAL OCCURRENCE AT BROMPTON.—Yeeferday
morning, between eight end nine o'clock, the family of Mr.
Collins, builder, of Thistle-grove Wise, West Ertmpton,
were thrown into a state of the deepest sink:tins, in conse-
quence of one of the children, a fine little boy, six years of
age, felling out of the arm-floor front window Into the area ;
the unfortunate child pitched upon its heed, and was taken
up bleeding end insensible. A surgeon wee promptly in
attendance, when it was moirtained that the skull was ex.
teneivaly fractured, with other severe Wades. He did not
survive more thus ha fan hour.
ScuLLESn' RACE roa 1001.—The long•talked-of
'salient rare between lames Finnie, of Hipping, and
Thomas White, of Bermondrey, came of yesterday after-
noon In old-fashioned boats from Putney to Mortlake
for 1001. The men took up their stations at the new bridge,
Putney, Finals having won the toss, and accompanied by
their cutters got of near high water at a slashing pace,
Finals having a slight lead owing to an accident which
manned to White; the letter, however, came up, passed his
opponent, sad kept the lead till the end of the race while his
opponent stack so clear to him that he overlapped him sad
was up to his mulls at coming In.
BIRTH. AND DEATHS IN LONDOe.—The deaths
registered in Loudon, which rose In the ;Nevins week to
1,106, declined in the week ending hat Saturday, lone 6,
to 1.067, of which 633 are deaths of males, 654 those of
honks. The mortality of last week exceeds that which is
obtained by calculation from former experience at the begin-
ning of June, but the exam is not considerable. Lest week
tie bktbs of 766 boys and 780 girls, In all 1,646 children,
ware registered in London. In the 10 oorr sponding weeks
of the years 1848-67 the average number was 1,466.
SYDERRAM PUBLIC LECTURE HALL AND BRITISH
liczoota.—A meeting was held ea Mar* evening, at the
Greyhound Inn, Sydeeham, to take steps for the (“0“011 of
a building destined to serve as a British Schoolroom in the
day-time and a Literary sleatitution in the evening. The
chair wee taken by I. Seat Russell, Req., and many
influential inhabitants of the neighbourhood attended, semi
whom were—l. Whatmen, P.m., M.P., Dr. Gordon, 1.
Bennett, Big , George Offor, jun., Hsq., and 0. J. Cockerel],
Esq. The &amen stated that educe the increase of the
round firisehsia and Forest-hell, grist want of a
Cikettig°:ach es the one sespend bed bola Mt, sad that ea
association of working ma *a swig Impeiviessat bed
Mired to osstrihute fifty giro to Ilse same at Ns am-
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