The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

blr. Moody—You are the officer who has the authority •:
Witness--Yes.
Mr. Flowers—Thera is no necessity to produce it, as I
consider his own authority as a police-officer sufficient.
Mr. Moody said there was no offence proved.
Mr. Flowers—No, but there is a contemplated offence.
Mr. Justice Burrowes, as early se 1825, said, " My advice
to the justices and police officers in cases where they have
information of an tntended fight is to secure the com-
batants beforehand, and take them before a magistrate,
who ought to bind them over to keep the peace."
Mr. Moody said there was no evidence that they were
genie to tight ; it was only suspected on hearsay
evidence.
Mr. Flowers—Which turns out to be wonderfully true.
Sergeant Palmer said he had further evidence.
Mr. Fb.wers thought it would be as well if Mr. Moody
reserved his argument till the evidence was complete.
',rip:Ant Palmer produced a copy of &Ws Li ie contain.
in; the advertisement.
Mr. Moody objected to this as not being brought home
to the prisoners.
Dlr. Flowers did not think it worth while to press it
if objected to. He thought there was a sufficient case
witl.out it.

Inspector Brannan deposed—l assisted in the ap.
preheusion of the prisoners. I then cautioned them that
they need not say anything unless they liked. At the
station-house after the charge was taken down Bowler
said. " I was going to fight, and I am sorry you spoiled
we.- Williams said, " L" Atka that we went to
the Temple Pier, and saw about 400 of the worst roughs
that London can produce.
Mr. Moody—You have a great deal of experience of
roughs. Mr. Brannan.
Inspector Brannan continued—l saw a person taking
tickets from the people going on board a boat, and some of
the people said they had paid Is. and 10s. each for the
tickets. I must say that the prisoners all through be-
lieved extremely well.
Mr. Flowers—Yes. They seemed to have behaved well
all through.
Mr. Moody contended, first, that the officers hail no
authority, and therefore the anest was illegal and the
znagistr.ite had no jurisdiction ; secondly, that the dictum
of Mr. Justice Burrowea did not apply, as it was not
proved that they still contemplated a tight, but only that
they had done so, and it might have been abandoned ;
thirdly, that it might have been intended to fight abroad,
which would be no breach of the English pesos.
Mr. Flowers thought they had amply sufficient autho-
rity. It was clear they were only prevented from fighting
by their apprehension, as they expressed their regret at
being " spoilt." lie was satisfied that he had jurisdiction
whether the fight was to be in England or abroad. They
must enter into their own recognisance, of 11$)!. each, and
ma,t each find two 'turtles of WI., to keep the peace for
twelve months.

hot for nothing.
They were then removed.

GUILDHALL.
BREAKING A LANC.IL MATH GLANS WINDOW.,

Co,rje Tetyl.n. and Juts Brrekland, two ruffianly-looking
fellows, were placed at the bar before Alderman Lesley,
charged with wilfully breaking a pane of plate glass, value
U., in complainant's window.
William Greagsby said be kept a public-house in St.
Andrew's-bill, Doctor's-commons, and about 8 o'clock the
previous evening while he was inside his house a stone
was thrown against his window with great force, but did
not break it, another was thrown and struck the window-
haute, but (lid not break the window, and then Taylor
caught bold of the iron rail which was placed there to
protect the glass, and put his foot through it ; a young
man who saw the prisoners do it caught them, and they
sail they did it to get locked up.
The prisoners, in reply to the charge, admitted that
they broke the window, and said they did it to get locked
up. They said they came from Liverpool to look for work.
Alderman Bosley said the difficulty he bad in dealing
with them was how he could punish them enough. He
then sentenced them each to two calendar months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.
THE WEL DREKKEI) IX LAWS CLOTHEK.

A4aat, alias Eli:aletk Speuerr, was placed at the
bar on remand before Alderman Causton, charged with
being found wandering without any visible means of sub-
sistence.

The prisoner was found on Ludgate-hill on the '22nd of
October dressed in male attire, and not being able to give
a proper account of herself was taken into custody by Job
Gates, 457. That officer had since found out that she had
that morning left her uncle's at Peckham and taken his
clothes with her, and in the pocket of the trousers there
was ti/. De., which, however, she did not know when she
took them. She bad before been in custody on suspicion
of stealing a watch in the house where her mother
lodged, and on being discharged by the magistrate at
Ilarylebone police-court, her uncle took charge of her.
After being with him for a short time, she went into his
room on tho morning in question and took away the
clothes he had worn on the previous day.
Alderman Causton sentenced her to 14 days' imprison-
ment, and at the expiration of that time to go to a
reformatory for five years.

CLERIEI3IIWELL
A SHOPKRILPF-R sEwr TO PRISON.

Mrs. Mary Asa Irish, a confectioner in • large way of
business in Brill-row, Somers-town, was charged before
Mr. Cooke with wilfully breaking the windows of Mr. E.
Wordsworth, coal dealer, of 17, Brill-row, Somers-town.
Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, prosecuted.
From the evidence of the complainant it appeared that
about a o'clock in the afternoon the defendant, who was
the worse for liquor, got a mob of children round her door
and made such a disturbance that busies:, in the street
was for a long time stopped. After she had closed her
shop, at about 12 o'clock, she went into the back yard,
which adjoins that of the complainant, and called Mrs.
Wordsworth bad names. At about half-part 1 in the
morning thedefendant said she would smash complainant's
windows, and suiting the action to the word, burled
through the back windows several stones. After that she
went to bed and about 4 o'clock in the morning the com-
plainant and her family were awoke by loud noises and
water being thrown at their windows. Looking out they
found the defendant standing at her back staircase window
with a jug in her hand, and after that she threw no leas
than 10 or 12 jugs of water at the complainant's window.
She was very violent and caused such a disturbance that
a mob was again occasioned.
Mr. Ricketts said it would be as well for the court to
know that the defendant was a drunken, dissipated
woman, and had been sent to prison on several occasions
for beating her children. She bad had two months' im-
prisonment without a fine, one month's imprisonment
without a fine, besides other small imprisonments. She
was in a good way of business, but was • terror to the
neighbourhood owing to her drunken habits.
Mr. Cooke said that this was a case in which he should
not give the defendant the opportunity of paying a fine,
but should send her to the House of Correction with hard
labour for one calendar month.

The defendant asked for a fine to be inflicted, but the
application was refused.

MARYLEBONE.
fiTRANGE CAME OP ATTLIIPTZD

A well-dressed female, named Nary Anne liTer,by,
aged 19, residing at No. 19, Burlington-road, Paddington,
servant, was charged with attemptiug to commit suicide.
A young man named Frederick May, residing at 55, Blen-
heim-crescent, Notting-hill, carpen.er, said—l was with
the prisoner last night in the Harrow-road. We had •
few words, after which we commenced chaffing, and made
it up. We walked on till we got to Bishop's-rcaul-bridge,
when she ran down to the pathway of the canal. I fol-
lowed down, and saw she was standing ou the edge, and
took hold of her jacket to pull her back. A piece
came off in my hand, but whether she fell or jumped in I
cannot tell.

Mr. d'Eynoourt—Ara your courting her?
lilt:tem—l am not now.

Mr. d'Eyncourt—Have you been!
Witness—Yes. She asked me last evening if I had seen
her other young man.
Edwin Johns, of 15, Park-place, said—l was passing over
the bridge and saw the prisoner lying on the pavement and
the last witness beside her. He said she had been in the
water and he got her out. We took her to the police
station, and I remained with the doctor till half-past 3
o'clock in the morning, in endeavouring to recover her.
Even after recovering she had strong convulsive fits.
Mr. d'Eyncourt recalled the first witness and said—
You told lee nothing of this in your evidence. Thy nut
Witness-1 was not asked.
Mr. d'Eyncourt—l)id you assist in any way to get her to
the station-house?

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Witneas—f took bold of her and held an umbrella
behind ber.

Mr. d'Eynrourt—Who got her from the water?
Witness—l jumped in an . fetched her out.
Mr. d'Eyncourt—How long was she in the water?
Witness —About two minutes and a half.
Mr. d'Eyncourt—Can you swim ?
Witness—No. Where I jumped in I could just manage
to stand, and she was out of her depth, but her fate was
not under all the time. She laid on the ground for about
five minutes after I got her out, shivering with cold, before
any one came up.
Mr. d'Eyncourt (to prisonsr)—What have you to sty ?
Prisoner—lt is quite correct. I don't know whether
I fell in or jumped in. I was sober. May had not been
behaving ill to me or done anythmg else. Ido not know
what is the matter with me.

Primmer's mother said—l don't know what to .ay about
the affair. This is her former lover, and they have been
acquainted ever since ten years of age.
Mr. d'Eyneourt remanded her for a week.
She was taken out of court in hysterics.
SOUTHWARK.

azyza APPREHENSIIO-i-CW-A. -HO-11,11LBRISAKIR AND RE•

COVF:RY OF ALL THE STOLEN TEOPEEITY.
William Kiwi, a smart-looking young fellow, a returned
convict, was brought up for final examination, charged
with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James
Rowell, Shepherdess-walk, Finsbury, and stealing there-
from a quantity of wearing apparel, worth upward. of
It appeared from the evidence of John Walker, 30
that about half-past 7 in the evening of
the lith instant he was on duty in the South-
wark-bridge-road wills Beach), M, another detective
officer, when they met the prisoner carrying a very large
bundle. Witness stopped him and asked him what he And
there, when he replied, "Only my clothes, which I am