The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

sow-sisztr.

A sorter in the Francis, Merges,
was brought up for anal eisolastion on two charges of
Moiling norm letters, which hed persid into his bands in
the Nurse of his duty.
The sus was cosunared by the Poet-Ake solicitor, Mr.
Pesthole, and Mr. nobler appealed for the defence.
The prbooer, who bad bees for twenty years in the ter-
viol of the Post-Are, bed for sone time been adder sue
pinion, in consequence of which a watch wes set upon bins.
Oa Iload.ip week herniate of no lees thisairtht litters
WOES found under einsmiteothe tending to iSSIVIMI this
suspladon, bat affording no distinct proof epithet hiss. Oa
Tuesday pr, cautions were t.ksso and a stricter watch kept,
sad kip woo Ina to tau up a letter and throw away the
amen, which were afterw..r is collected sad pet together.
It woo hood he be a letter bon • lady at Breckwetth, is
Olotheet. rain, Se bee tether at Healthy, enelemieg a mov►
reign for the relief of tbe ell goottsmaa, who was bedridden,
cad mgreat distress. The prisoner nes at ones apprehended
and searched by the Ike-Ake osnetirdes. Peeks sad fine.,
who fogad on him a sov. reign sad so.* other ascoeye, and
two silting ends. It was a " °soros add Dreeon" sove-
reign. The lady wbo forwarded the money proved that the
sovereign de had enclosed sou of the same description, sad
that she had fotesed it between two visiting earls, hearing
the sews aeon ea the two produaed, which were, is feet, to
the beet of her belief, the summed*. At the prisoner's heats
the *Sem loud a eeceiderebte cu.stity of watch Saudi,
Ow, rises, and other jewellery, sad the remains of another
letter, which en heir g pot together turned out to be • awe
from the Rev. Mr. Barr, of Wendon rectory, near Saffron
Welders, enclosing half a sovereign to his nephew, at school
at Maids-hill. . . . _

Oa them two shims th• rritoner was rally eenamitt,id.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Lord Ward wee easamosed turns Mr. Bingham for re-
realm to pay Edward Philp Oho far*.
The cabman mid one of its lordship's servants hired him
to go from Deasy- beim to Kenslegteo. The diatoms was
~suer does miles, and who. ha eppaed kr 2a. be was refused
lishr tall7rt.
sedsktp bad us knowledge of the elresserta seem ender
which be tad bees summoned. He pr. named the question
woo as So tikeiasee. sitte,her soder these or over thr.• nubs,
and as that was a matter upon which be hod nothing b fay,
be should pay the demand at met.
Hie lordship thee hooded Mr. Lssdlsy, the *Mt curb,
halt a sovereign to pay km sad elpeitnts, together ma
His lordship had L-ft but a way short time when one 01
his donseatim entered the court to state that the cabman
ea been i ravionsly paid, sad he wasted to know what he
was to do ander suck oireumetasoes r . _

Mr. Leadley_ asked bins it tins was the only cab engaged
to take op at Dudley-home on that day ?
The 'errant said there .en a great mute other cabs e 4
mod that day, and be did sot think be should be able t
swear to this painkiller deb.
Mr. Biel/Issas wall net assist the applicant, ski them left
the eoutt..

A few days aro Elias ferltrae, ;;;Ta, slatternly loAlog
women, bete... thitty sad forty years of age, preferred a
•canylaint stalest • polWentaa for sseaulting her. In the
eosins of the inquiry it traeopired Oat she bad goo. to the
home of Mr. Protberee, fertilely bil P. for Bristol, No. 8,
Bocdeeton-equare, Pashto, and having refused t. lure the
prosaism the pollees.* was called la so relates her. Owing
to her mitten's be was sotaoelled to use some twee, sad
the ...plaint against Mat was coasequently dismissed.
Oa Woodsy, the woman, Ella Perkin% •Ilt
Mr. Prober*, with creating a gnat disturb...* at
been by kers:king end ragtag the bell Bhe alleged admit
earns thet she bed formerly lived with Mr. Protector, that
her hothead bad l.t.iy left her fa eoesequesise of sasperfas
that the coanesion Demme them still .awed, sod *aisles
was left destitute with three yowls etaldren, the pateraity
of ashes VIM go:estimable.
Mr. Protheres, who is syysteatly above 80 year* of age,
said that the weenaa had so claim apes boa, sad she was
disebarged by Mr. Arnold era mitering Iwo het ewe re-
Ingelelineee to keep tto yeses, and trualsieg to prosecute
say *Wu, real as isegiaary, she Melt bare assault the
gestlipman is a legal way. Is the mune of the same after-
s..., however, eh. and Mr Meads get up • seta* la
Itimiestoo-square, is the rest aaselasie of the mitten%
then, whim' malted Is Sties ronds, May Therspos,

ilsicOls; 144 yesiordsy elisrpd-
lat tab mart. _ _ -

Wm proved tbetulhetweee 4 mid 6 o'clock, Perkins mid
her tw cowponies% Preston mod Tbompeoe, walked up and
doers Eseissermsgenes, accompanied by the formees three
c, epp deadly mewl eh ut two, four, sod a's yerr.
A large crowd of persons assembled, whose impair y was
eneited by their across% respecting the children, and the
latter were plentemitely supplied with bread sod batter sad
hal/mutes by ttii melnume, wbu were t ld that they were
aufferieg all smelter et privation through the sagest of
some person whl had • right to maintain them. Perkins
called sport Mr nonfarm, by name. applied dirgreoefal
epithets to him, and declared her istentios to annoy
The police wens 'trying to remove the def.sidatifs and dis-
persed. crowd, whew Malcolm t led the former to move at
their rill, reminded them (het they had had their inetrue-
does, itodi outs cleguerrootype r.ortrait of Mr. Proteroe,
asCoallibiting it said t• at that was the falter oi the
eltfidres.

—Mr. Austin, jam., soliaitor, urged on behalf of his elicit,
Mrs. Malcolm, a very re...perable looking woman, that the
crowd was there before vibe come up. She had advised
Mn. Perkins to go away, and if she had been betrayed into
the trteranc- of ail, impropor exproseion with respect to
Thompson and Preston rerrainieg, it bad bon caused by
her sympathy for tee poor children.
A witniin taring been cauct n behalf of Malcolm, who
denied ths statements made on the other side, the def,nd-
ants Presto's and Thompson declared that Malcolm had
gins them so is/tractions to take the children to Eccloston-
square, =at that they bad gone to Mr. Pertheron's with
them by dinettes of P. rkins, who tbougtt that it he would
not do anythieg for her, he would be wood to a =pas-
sionate the children. Mrs. Airline denied that she was la
the square at all.
Mr. Arnold otrerved that it was elan to him that Mn.
Malcolm tad gins. the women Preston and Thompson in.
vraetions in t.is matter, and that she was exhibiting the
pain& ; and condo= wes the less ezewabls beelines
she tad applied t r him on the previous day respecting Mrs.
Perkins aid the childreu, aid he bad he could not
permit& disturbs's= t t be made at Mr. Prottoroe's boys*.
It was alt 'ether an erressely dorgraceful affair. and he
stoald mot op in Porkies to hod two mutation in 201. for the
next don mint* Mrs. Moro's° to dad one surety in 201.,
Thompson one surety In 101., and Prestos (4 widow with a
large family) to aster into her own risoogaiaances to keep
Ihe paws.
pall was put in for Ws. Malcolm, PerkinaVandlady.
LAMBZTII.
. . .

Fred. trek Hoare, a lorniT7aea towed in a cloak or cape
which well suited his caning, that of as upset thief, was
'barged with we'll. g from the person of Mr. Jesus Hunt,
bomber, is the New.cut, Lambeth, a silver watch.
It appeared that ow the presiding afternoon prourator,
with usual thoneand others had bus attracted to the
Canal House Ti,,,., Peckhlim, to witness several feats,
etch ea climbing a greasy pole fora of mutton, and the
tailings of a brace of clew.. 600 yards along the Surrey Canal
is wubitg tubs, drawn by four geese each. Oa entering
tte lama in the midst of • considerable srowd he die-
Peered that his cut had hors unbuttoned, sad his watch,
which wee in his waistcoat woke t, wretched des hit guard
attain. He saw the prisoner, who but a muneot before had
boos at his side, putting hie way through the voted, and
havicg so doubt he was the pinto who had taken his
watch, be laid bold of him.
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.
&meat Jay deposed thato* the sussing before be was
at lb. Berney Canal Tavola in plain clothes, and saw the
prisoner there So c dopes, with s,,veral other thieves. Hey.
in no doubt that ha war d.eesed fir the parries of c
minis, robberies, It. watched bin narrowly. He saw hint
pat his hand into the poekete of two ladies, bat fluting from
inquiries that they bad sotbiag in their pockets to be robbed
of, be did net the* tate bin, bat saw him follow the prose-
cutor tate the lave ro. Immediately atter witness saw him
pat his areas toned Mr. Hoot, and then end. to wake
his way from hint. He wee followed by the p,otasoot( r, who
laid bold of hies, and gave biro over to ow (witness's)
custody. Witness did not fluid the watches trim. Prisoner
tad a. opportunity organics rid of it before be was takes,
for he passed by several of bison, putiou.
The er denied the chsrge, and was hilly committed
for trial.