The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-22 00:00:00

THE POLICE COUBIa

MiNBIO.N-HOUBB.

Charles William IClrilaX;4Bl;oiiht before the Lord
Mayor, charged under the following dreamt/mem
Mr. Mitchell, Inspector of the City Pollee foto., mid—
It le my duty to examine candidates and their testimonials
up= application for employment in the form. On the 11th
of May, I received the latter and certificate which I produce.
The letter is as follows:

10th 3dsy, 1868.
" 115, Preed-etreet, Paddingon.
" Bir —I beg to know if you want any men for your force,
so I skireld like to get on as one.
" I have enclosed you my &whams, and any other made-
faction required I shall be most happy to give. lam a mar-
ried man, and lam going to live In the City ,—I am, sir,
your humble servant, " CRARY'S W. lebrroan."
The discharge or otettfloate enclosed is as follows :
"These are to certify that No. 24, Charles Witham M'ln-
tomb, trooper, born in the parish of Aberdour, aor star the
town of Aberdeen, eres enlisted at London dor the lot Life
Guards, on the 4th July, 1861, at the age of P 2 4-12 year.—
that he hu served in the army for six years and 254 day.—
that he is d!schareed in OCMINIIMICO of being Inabitibly
enlisted. ' W. W. HO9O, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major
lot Ltle Gouda, Commanding °Moir.
" Dated at Itegenra-perk Barracks, 16th day of
Mareheu.
" Character vary good—Major let Life Guards.
W. W. HOOO, L t.-Colonal CemmendbeLa
I made inquiries, and found the artificial hal been
in the date of the enlistment and the time whisk he had
served in the army, and I sent for the primmer b tautened
yesterday morning at ten o'clock, and Imam. I lilOWld Ids,
the letter and the certificate, and he aid they we Me,
and that they were genuine. I gave hint alarm of deisseden
to fill up, and he filled it up in my prunes, and I produce
it. I then told him the certificate war forged. He said he
did not alter It. In the declaration he inserts the same term
as his service in the army as in the certilioate of discharge.
Adjutant Limbed, let Life Guards, said—l know the pri-
soner. Be was shied on the 4th July, 1867. and was dis-
charged an the 16th Minh, 1868, and served 264 dais. Ho
wee diseherged in osnestiosnee of being ineligible. The cer-
tificate delivered to Nubs' best altered.

fc. Iffisc;;;;:iaii;"eTe sonasiio;l4 in his Mum sad
vas cocomitied for trial.
GUILDHALL.

William Day, a butcher, the employ of Mr. Potter, a
seisensan of Newsate-market, was charged with stealing •
home and cart, and other property, valued 401., from Bp-
s= Downs ma the Derby Day.
City police-constable 251 add—l was so duty In New-
gate. street to-day at 12 o'clock, whm the porsoutor ewes
to INN sad add be had lost a home and sat on Spawn
Downs on Wednesday last, and that the peleaftw, wits was
standing at his master's door, was the pawn M whose we
he had Wt it. I went over to the primer awd told him the
charge against him, and asked him idiot he had done with
the horse and cart. He said he kaew meth* about It then,
but he admitted that he attended to the horse, and after-
wards left it in the charge of four other butchers who had
employed him for the day, and when they paid him he left.
He told me ha had earn one of the butchers, named Dixon,
that morning, who informed him that the other three drove
the horse sndosrt to the Swan, at Tooting. The nick-
mam., of two of the men were Harry Bill end Cast-iron.
Dixon also told him that the horse and cart had been left at
the Swan, at Tooting.
Mt. Reid, • telegraph engineer, of 26, University-street,
said—l wee at Epsom on Wisinesday,srad delivered my horse
and cart into the care of the prisoner. He took out the
horse, cleaned and fed it, after which I went away, and
when I returned the prisoner and the horse and cart were
gone, as wall as two coats and three rugs which were in the
cart. My name and address were on the cart.
. . .

Primmer—l had not charge of the hone and cart; I only
attended to the horses, which the other men, who employee
me, took charge of, and when they paid me I had nothing
more to do with them.

-itidertraiie;rt;i7st;ld be should remand the prisoner, but
as Mr. Potter, his master, had given him an emollient cha-
racter he would accept bail in 601 for his re•appeannce.
Remanded accordingly.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Thome Sei;ws;—Ciargoi with—keeping a place for the
purpose of bettingon irnsPs.l* . . .

▪ 134effintendent Harkin of the F division stated, that on the
17th inst. he went with a number of constables to 17,
Phaeniz-street, St. seal on proceeding to a loft con-
nected with the house he found it filled with moons, who,
on seeing him, attempted to make their escape. The con-
Mahlon captured twelve of the party, bat the others escaped
through a trap door, and among them the dehedeat, who
was the keeper of the betting place. He found betting-
books, moo Bata, and other materials used by keepers of
Henryhoaar
Wosd proved that he paid a penny for admission
into the loft, where he found the defendant, and made a bet
with him, 16 to 1 on Pension, and 26 to 1 against Border
for different recs. The defendant received the money, and
gave tickets. While in the loft several other persona came
in and made bets, and paid money to the defendant.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Never asked defendant to
compromise the matter with him. flaw him at the Derby
and gave him his card, bat that was only to inform him
' where he could get a cigar.
Police-sergeant Silverton, A 293, proved that the bets
were made on the Chester Cap, and that the race bed
come off.

Mr. Lewis complained that his client should have been
brought to thus court fur such a paltry awe, when it was
notorious that noblemen and gaud emst assembled by scores
at Tattersall's end Els betted their thousands. lie
could not understand law mole • tUatinction between
small and great law- ars.
Mr. Bingham said the pude. a who betted at Tattersall's
knew each other, and bad confidence in each other. They
betted ea equal terms, acootding to their judgment of the
respective merit. of horse.. But in the defendant'. ewe
there was a regular traffic in bete. The evidence proved that
bets WPC sold and money paid down. This made a different
case to that of the Tanana better.. he this was the de-
fondant's first offence, and be was not in very good dream-
stamen he should this time inflict the mitigated penalty of
101. The money was paid.