The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-14 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

YAN§ION-HOURS.

A young woman of eighteen,who refused her name end
address, and who ocaducted herself with gnat levity was
charged before the Lord Mayor with throwing lighted
paper and heifers into letter-boxes.
Hoskins, 662, a City constable, said that at half-put one
on Saturday morning he found the prisoner sitting down
on • door step in Old Fish-street. He asked her what
business she had there, sad she replied that ahe had been
setting firs to some letter-boxes at Islington, cue the
bur at the poet-office, and the other • pillar box. She also
said she had thrown some lighted paper and hailers into •
private letter-box at 24, Old Fish-street. Witness asked
her why she had dons so, and she said because she had had
some letter. written to her which she had not received, add-
ing that it she did not get her letters no one else should get
theirs. ( Laughter.) Witness next asked her name and address,
which she refused to give, and in reply to the question
where she had come from, she said she did not know, and
that be could had out. Witness went to Hr. Gale's, 24,
Old Fish-street, and found some burnt Wailers and ashes
in the letter-box. There was also • letter which had been
thrown in subsequently. He had made no inquiries at
Islington, but the case bad been reported to the Poet.
office authorities, from whom no answer had yet been
received.

The Lord )Mayor—Sine• Saturday bare you asked her
where abe lived!
The tkinstable—l have asked her several times, but she
won't say.... . . _

The LOrd Mayor (to the prisoner)—Where do you live?
Prisoner—l won't tell.

The Lord Mayor—What made you do it!
Prisoner—l will set fire to every one in London when I
get out of prison. (Laughter.)
The Constable—She said she meant to have set fire to
some more if I had nbt det.ined her.

The Lord Mayor 1V here did you `et the dress you hare
on ? (The dress was a new one, and ohs also wore a black
cloth jacket.)
Prisoner—l did not steal ik

The Lord Mayor—l am not saying you did.
Priaoner—l won't tell you.
Borne doubts being entertained as to her sanity, she was
remanded for a week.

Louis Deatzall, 3s, seaman, was charged with concealing
a quantity of foreign an tobacco with intent to
evade payment of the duty.
It appeared from the evidence of John Atkinson, an ex-
amining officer of the customs, that on the arrival of the
steamship Olger off Brewer slimy on Sunday morning the
seamen were asked if they had anything liable to duty.
The prisoner produced half a pound of Cavendish tobacco,
which he said was all he had, but three pounds more be-
longing to him were found concealed in the forecastle.
tie had likewise about foor-and-a-half pounds of the
same kind of tobacco concealed on his person, part of it
being sewed up in cloth like a string of sausages, and tied
round his waist, and the remainder of the cakes inside bis
stockings. The single value and duty of the whole was
about 2/.
The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had
done.
The Lord Mayor—You are sorry after you are found
out, but you should, have thought of the consequences
beforehand. You would have been allowed half.a-pound
free of duty. I shall fine you double the value of the
tobacco, that is 4/. 2a. 6d., or in default a month's im-
prisonment.