The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-03 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

Kew Corwr.—(Before Mr. Than, Chairman.) •
Joseph Leach, 27, and Dennis I allies, IN, were indicted
for being concerned with another, not in eustoffy, in
stealing a purse from the person of John Parsons P..ist, in
the Queens Head Tavern, Letterer,
Mr. Thompson prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley defended the
prisoner.
The Prosecutor, on being sworn, said he was a teacher
of music, residing at Lavender-villa, Wandsworth•road.
On the afternoon of the 13th ultimo he was out for n bon
day, and during his rambles he entered the Queen's Heed
public•house, in the New-road, Battersea, and, after
chatting at the bar, he went into the bagatelle-room,
where he saw the prisoner and another man. He played
with the latter some time, arid lost, the prisoners looking
on. At last he left off, and took out his purse to pay,
when the third man snatched it from him, handed it to
Collins, who passed it to Leach, and they all ran out of
the house. He saw them outside when he went to the
police•st.ation to live information of the robbery. On his
return be gave Collins in custody, and on the following
day Leach was apprehended. He had not since seen the
third man.

In reply to the chainnan,•be said he bad a 51. note, half
• sovereign, and about 10 or 12 shillings in his purse when
he took it out in the bagatelle-room.
lu cross-examination by Mr. Lilley witne=s maid he had
called at several jp.blic-houses that evening in his rambles,
and had drank a little at each. He did not take op a metal
flute and play while the prisoners and some ot'.ers danced.
He was very merry, and danced a little himself. He was
eery good tempered, but he did not like to be robbed. He
was sure that the third an stole his purse, and landed
something to Collins. who passed it to Leach. The third
man ran away, but the prisoners did not, and when charged
with the robbery they denied it.
In reply to the Court witness said he was not the worse
for drink ; he was only merry.
Mr. Lilley addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners,
and • verdict of acquittal was returned.

THE POLICE COURT&
_ . 9P---Rki!LENwELL

On Mr. Barker taking hie seat yesterday morning at ten
o'clock, at the Clerkenwell Police-oourt, he wee greatly
surprised to find that the list of charges was unusually
light, even for an ordinary Tuesday. Considering that
this is one of the largest districts in the metropolis, and that
large crowds of persons have assembled at the Horse Show,
at the Islington horse races, Highbury Bern, and the
Finsbury-park, this is a very pleming circumstance. Thi
following is an analysis of the charges.
Y divisioa (Somers Town), suspected person, 1 ; Caledo-
nian.road, drank and assn • police-constable, 1. G
divisioa (Oldibrest), drunk and disorderly, 2 ; assault, 1-
1 ; drunk and incapable, 2 ; drunk and die.
orderly andassaults,2-4. N division (Upper-street, 'sling.
ton), assaults, 2; drunk and disorderly, 2; found wandering,
1-1. Total, 14.

WEBTMINSTKII.
Folios sergeant ()come Lewis, 1 13:00lioe cow
stable Stephen Paireiniel, 91 B; and Dante Bird, 303 B,
were charged with a neglect of duty, in that they did
not use their best endeavours to prevent a fight between
some women and a breach of the peace.
Mr. W. D. Smyth, solicitor, of Rochester-row, de-
fended.

The charge was preferred by Mr. Broughton, a clerk in
the treaaury, residing at 10, Gloucester-street, Pimlico,
who deposed that at 7 in the evening of the lst of May
be was in Upper Becleaton-street, between Belgrave and
Eaton-squares, and saw three women, one of whom walked
with a crutch, and bad a child in her arms. They corn-
menoed fighting, and all three fell on the ground together.
The child was hurt and bled ; the witness picked it up and
looked for a policeman ; he could not see one, and sent
a lad to fetch one. As the lad left him he saw the three
defendants together, end called oat " police." They NM
the women fighting, and walked leisurely towards the spot,
and when they came up the women were still fighting; they
did not separate them. but the women, when teed, got up,
and ahe with the crutch showed her hinds, which were cut
to the police ; witness said to the sergeant, " You had better
take care of this child," and the sergeant told him to keep
it himself. They took one of the women to the police-
station. There were ten or twelve people present at the
time.
The witness was arose-examined at length as to the
time which transpired between the commencement of the
fight and the arrival of the police, and considered about
two minutes elapsed. They did not interfere until the
women had done fighting.
Thomas Usher, servant to Mims Webb, of 39, Chatham
place, fully corroborated this testimony.
Mr. Smyth, in his address to the court, did not wish to
impute to Mr. Broughton or his witness any wilful inten-
tion to state that which was not true ; but his case was
that the defendants hastened with all speed to the spot,
separated the combatants, and locked the aggressive party
up, but when taken to the station the woman with the
crutch declined to prosecute.
Catherine Halligan, the lame woman, deposed that the
constable, had turned their backs to them, and wore going
away from them when they began fighting. Only two
took part in the fight. The police hastened to the spot. The
witness at find said the sergeant ran, and the sergeant took
her finger out of the other woman's mouth, and ordered
the other woman into custody. She went to the station,
but no charge was preferred.
The three defendants were called for each other ; neither
corroborated the woman as to the sergeant taking her finger
oat of the other woman's mouth, but they were all *greed
that they hastened to the spot, that Fairchild took
the other woman off the top of the lame woman, and that
the sergeant lifted the lame woman up, and ordered the
constables, to lock the other woman up. The sergeant said
a few people were present. Fairchild said the prosecutor
alone was present, and Bird thought twelve people
stood by.
All three received excellent characters, and Supt. Hayes
watched the ease for the Commissioners of Police, who bad
referred Mr. Broughton to the magistrate, he having in
the fist place written to the Horne Secretary and then to
the Commissioners of Police.
Mr. Arnold was sorry to say that there was deliberate,
perjury on one side or the other, and regretted it was a
case he could not send for trial, but must decide himself ;
if the parties had all been agreed as to the facts he should
not have thought it a case for conviction, but looking at
the evidence as it stood, all parties were in as awkward
position. It was a very serious question, and as be would
like to look carefully over the mei fence before deciding, he
adjourned the owe till Thursday for that purpose.

WORSHIP-STREET.
WsMast heats a respectable looking man, about 36
years of ne, stating himself to be a clerk in a City house,
was charW with attempting to commit self-destruction
by throwing himself in front of an approaching train on
the North London Railway.
Henry Plowr*ht., foreman porter at the Hauerstone
station, stated that about 10 o'clock the previous night the
prisoner was seen on the platform of the station men-
tioned. Ha was drank and noisy. Soddenly witness saw
him jump from the platform between the rails, on which
was approaching a train for Broad-street. A porter jumped
down, and had he not pushed the prisoner on one Nide he
must inevitably have been run over, and in all probability
killed. A passsagsr dragged him on to the platform, sad
it took three men hold him down. Witness was dm&
and kicked by him, and after a scuffle together en the
ground they both rolled against the train which was then
!Sanding at the platform. With the aid of others, wit-
ness, after much exertion, succeeded in getting him to the
waiting-room, where he was given into custody.
The magistrate dealt with the seas as one of the results
of exreesive Making, sod laid the prisoner 205., er 14
days in default of parowsid.
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John Ha, aged ili, who said that he had no horns, was
charged with haring attempted suicide by wallowing •
qaantity of preelpttata powder.
John Eagle, a draggises amistant in the Bethnal-
green-road, saki that as Thursday the prisoner called at
his master's shop sad siked for • psnsyworth of white
precipitate powder. Them mewed kips ia • paper that