The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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WOlimn Downey, a res7Zbly drained man, described as
a sawyer, wits charged with breaking into Use room of Sank
Dessau, • dressmaker, residing in Arthlary-laes, and stealing
awakes' a sovereign.
He bed been originally charged in a ;coos, vague, sort of
wry, sod pleading that he had a right in her room, by ru.
then bag cohabitation with Teaspoon* be was remanded
Mr kinks/ *airy.
lie wassail/ again placed at the ter, sad the proseantrix. •
pony sal pemerved woman, In ems something over 40,
saw& de court secompactled by her six children, the sided
=y alert 19 sad the youngest about three years old. Pra-
tes bed stated that prisoner. daring her absence from
bar, broke Into the place et night, sad was found In bed
WM mat movniag.
The Lord Mayor thus addressed her—However palatal
gni disgraceful the revelations may be, Mrs. Bunn" I
must know all about your connexion with this men, in older
that I may judge what right be had at your place.
Pe:moons —lie has no right in my room at all, at
pressae.
Lard Mayor—Rae Mt ever lived there et all ?
Prasscutris—Not to these eighteen months put. He lived
them before that, sad was brought here then for Unnatiag
me awl threatening my life.
Laid Miyar—At that time he lived with you as your
kashand

Presmittrin—Teti ay lord.
Lard Mayor—Have yea had any thildres by bim P
Promentriz—Yee, tint we (pointing to the yonstgast).
But ha hen ewer supported ether ma or her.
Mr. Olutbs4gg as thief clerk)—Was thin anything in
the loom to him P
Promentriz— outing at ell.
Lard Mayer—Had you given him authority to tome then
to yes that sight
Promentsix—No, I bad not.
Lord May‘r—lied you gone out to sleep on porpoes to
at dal hint

Proseentrix—No, I bad gone out to bleep at my elateee.
I kit my children at home all right and comfortable between
II end 9 o'clock. _ _

you seen the prisoner recently before that ?
Proateutriz—He come on Saturday with some pieces of
wood to make a money box for that little girl, but I told him
sot to come any mom.
Lord Mayor—Then he had some tort of right there?
Proaecatrix—l used to toll hint nut to come' but when-
Wet he did come, if I did not let him in, he would run accuse
the rued and force the door open by throwing himself
'phut it.
Mr. Oke—When did he do so last?
Proem:grin—Well, he has not done so very lately, for I
have always let him in, to avoid any noise or uproar.
Kr. Oke—Well, what is the particular charge against

Pioseentrix—l charge him with breaking into my room,
mashing the window and a lamp, ranasoking my drawers,
and stealing a sovereign.
Lord Mayor—But you do not support that charge. There
le no proof whatever with regard to the eovereiga.
Proaecntrix—lt was at the bottom of a drawer, wrapped up
in some silk fringe end fastened in this piece of paper. I
took very great care of it, ea it was • long tame since I hed
bad a sovereign of my own before, having riche large family
to
Er 4at.yor—But there is no one who saw him in the
NOM Oven. .

Prosecutriz—No, became he turned my children out of the
room as he went in. One of my children baud the rove-
reign chink on the Babb two or three times.
Lord Mayor—That is no evidence that he took the owe-
reign away. What b the amount of the damage done by
bins P

Lord ii;i7.—ii;Clraige merely resolves itself into ODA
wilful damage.
Prosecntriz—ls he not to say what he did with the
sovereign
Lord Mayor—That is emirate, that he had it, of which
there is no proof. No one saw him with it or near it.

ProarcutL—No ; he prevented that by tarniog all my
children oat, It is plain he was there.
Mr. Oke—But you allow him to come and see yon, you
know.

Load Mayor And if he would come, as you say, against
your Irian, you had your remedy. Why did you not give
him in charge before ?
Promo:ix—l can explain that. He need to threaten that
if I ever calmed him a day's imprisonment he would settle
me, and I was afraid of him, toe a woman's voice is very
weak against a man's. And then he would force his way
in, and lock up all my children in one room, and lock me up
with him in another, potting the keys in his pocket. He
has very often locked us up in that way all night till 6
o'clock in the morning, ,and made me quite aprieoner.

Lord Mayor—You might have given him into custody.
Pruccutrix—l did toy that ones, end he was quiet for •
little while, bat I wee afraid to do it again.
Lord Mayor—Well; have you any witness who saw him
at your place at all on the night to which this charge refers f
Prosecutrix—Yes; here Is one.
Lord Mayor—Then let bar be sworn.
Louisa Evans, a married woman, living in the sews
hones with the prosecutrix, was examined, and said—On
Monday night, about half-put ten o'clock, as I was fasten-
ing the door, the prisoner knocked at it, and I opened it to
kiin. Re went to the room where the complainant's younger
children were sleeping, sad about bait an hour after I hoard
the defendant come out end slam the door. I heard no mese
until about two o'clock, when I beard the smashing of
glue, and on looking out I saw the prisoner at the street
door with an umbrella. I then bleed the street door smashed
in, and thin another 'meshing of glees again. Next morning
the complainant's daughters came up and told me the place
bad bees rearclud. I did not hear the prisoner say any-
thing to anyone while he was in the house.
Lord Mayor—Well, now, prisoner, what have you to say
to this P

Priooner—My lord, I rearely want there as I have been in
the habit of doing at night I have cohaldied with her for
• long while, and she wits me that ehe is again likely to have
• ed, which I ebsil have to support.
Preesoutris—You never supported me or your child.
Prisoner—wham I got there, I wee vexed to find her out
so late, and I could not think whore she was gone to. Altar
going the first time I went away, end went to several places
where I thought she might hs, but couldn't find her, sad so
I went beck and ransacked the drawers to see if I could fiad
a letter that she lied from any ow, to tell me where she wee
gone to sleep. She has blown me now them 10 years.
Lord Ma) or is her sovereign P
Prisoner—lt is within • few feet of the plans where she
lett it. It fell oat of some things I took from the drawers
on to the Soot and I picked it up, and put it into a decanter
Just shove. She must have NMI it there, and this is all
▪ Lord Mayor—She V a very foolish and disgraceful
women for cohabiting with you es she hes done but that
does not jostify your violence In breaking bet door and
window.
_ .

Pruonar—Tbat was an accident. I hare not been in the
habit of knocking at the door. I need to tap at the window,
end she used to let me in. I we. tapping at tho window
when 1 t.pped too bard, and it broke.
Lord Mayor—You most enter into your own recog-
nisance& in 601., and find a respectable surety in 601., to keep
the puce for twelve months.
Prisoner-1 can find no suety, so you might as well send
me to prison lot twelve sioaths at once.
He was them removed, mad the prose:cattle, with her troop
of children, left the court.

BOW-STREET.

Charles Woolley, a tall, muscular, marls-looking nun,
who described himself as a labourer, was charted with steal-
ing a coal vase from the door-way of an Ironmonger's shop
In the Strand.
_

iir:11;;/lopgood, a youth of about 16 years of age,
deposed-1 am ahopboy to Mr. T. Hanford, famishing iron-
meager, 176, Strand. Last night some person came into the
shop and mid me a men was running away with a coal vase.
I went to the door, mimed the vase, and, looking down the
Meet, I saw the prisoner carrying it away on his shoulder.
Bo was not man*, but walking. I went after him, and
asked him where he was going with that? He replied,
What is that to you ? hL my property; I bought It and
paid for ft." With that he threw it at me and ran away.
It struck me in the face. and ent ma slightly. I ran after
tiro, allmg " Stop thief i" till he was apprehended in New

Pohoeman A 372—1 beard a cry of " Stop thief," and saw
the prisoner running in New Boswell-court, when I Mopped
him, and detained him till the lest witness came up and
charged him with stealing the we. On the way to the
station he made several attempts to trip up the last witness.
myself, and several other persons who rendered saaistance.
The primmer, after receiving the usual caution, pleaded
guilty.
Mr. Jardine—You understand that you are not obliged to
do so, and that I don't want to persuade you to do eo.
The prisoner (eagerly)—l know, sir; but lam guilty, and
I would rather plead guilty at once.
Mr. Jardine, having ascertained that the prisoner was not
known to the police, consented to deal with the case MM.
marily, and sentenced him to three months' imprimunent.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mary Welsh and BaraA Welsh, but whom real names are
Mary Tacker and Sarah Burnes, sni who are b ith very
young, were charged with meeting • pair of boom, the pro-
perty of Mr. Thome. Johnson, bootmaker, of No. 3, Little
Crown-coort, Soho.
From the evidence of Mrs. Johnson; wife of the prosecutor,
it appeared the prisoners came into the shop on the previous
afternoon, and shed to see • pair of boots in 6a. Bd. ; and the
prisoner Sarah also asked for • pair of slippers and goloebee
for her mother. Seeing the prisoner Mary make • stuipiclous
movement with her head to • bag she had with her eke sud-
denly went round the counter, and seising the bag, asked
whin she bad got in it, telling her at the time that she
thought she had something in it that did not belong to her,
and looking into the bag toned the boots produced, which
were taken from under • shelf near where she sat. The pri-
mmer. end they had bought them at Crawley's, in Dudley-
street.
Povee, 196 C, proved takistprisomr• into tinatody. who on
being salted whin they lived, said, Round the corner."
Policeman Gordon, ma A, raid, in August, 1669, the pri-
soner Sarah was tried at the Westminster sessions (along
with • woman named Williams) in the name of Sarah
Burnes, for robbing forty-two children of their clothe., ohs
being reetenced to two mouths In the Home of Correction
sod to four years in • retortuatory, and the prisoner Wil-
liams to three peers. The latter part of her (Sarum') sea-
teem however. was sot carried out. She (Borne) was at
Clerkenwell police court summarily dealt with for robbing
children, and elm convicted at another police court. The
other prisoner, whose reel name was Tucker, bad also been
convicted at the sessions.
The Kiernan were committed for trial.
Mr. hhernsld Preston, landlord of the Punch Bowl Tavern,
Fermatrett Mewe, was charged with permitting gaming
with suds in hie borne on October 26.

Fined 61. and 2a. mete.
1f•. William Adler, landlord of the George Tavern,
Booth- street, Hanover-square, was charged vita wing hie
hones for tee parpose of receiving money In advance WI an
event relating tohoree-raciag.

Pined 2OL'.nd 2s. outs.
Xt. Rifler Medal. and 2s, costs, for permitting card-
playing in hi. how.
SWIM*. Chambers we. charged with burglariously enter-
ing the dwelling-Mum, 18, Duke-strest, As.
Mr. Charles Webster, the landlord of the home, which is
let out in lodgings, said he we. going to bed at l a.m., when
he heard a key inserted in the street•door, which presently
opened. At first bethought a lodger had corns in, but on
listening clearly heard some one go stealthily down stairs
instead of tip. Suspecting something wrong, he slipped
on some things, and went down hiimelf. He tried a
closet•door, and found it pulled on the inside. Calling out
Who's there r a mike from within replied, " I em ; i. sell
tight." He pulled afresh at the door, end there wee pull for
pull and tug for lug for some few minutes, but at lest M me-
seeded in overcoming the resietsucs from within and getting
it open, when the prisoner, falling forward, feigned drunken-
ness. He seized him by the collar and questioned him am to
what he did is hie hones Muttering some unintelligible
answer, the prisoner still pretended drunkenness, taking case
to conceal hit tratlitel ail much as possible by pulling Lis het
our his eyes.
♦ poliorounstable said, en searching the prisoner belated
a Heck up and viz dour and latch keys, lucifer matchea end
a candle sod, knife and sharp razor. While engaged in the,
search be beard something drop from the prisoner, and dis-
covered it to be • key which fitted the proem:does street
door.—Comrattiall for trial.