The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-05 00:00:00

♦ CONXIIISIONAIIIL

Edward Hyde,••;;:arm---i;dmal, dressed in the garb of a
commissionaire, with medals and clasps on his breast, wan
brought before Mr. Combs, charged with committing a
cowardly assault upon the barmaid of the Lord Hill Tavern,
Waterloo-road ; also with committing an outrageous assault
on the police.
The barmaid said that about 7 in the morning the pd.
loner and another man mine to the bar and were served with
a pint of beer. The prisoner dropped a penny between
the engine and the counter, and requested her to get
it for him. She told him she could not, when
ho abused her in the most disgusting manner, making
use of very filthy epithets. She remonstrated with him,
and as she was washing some glasses, some water sprinkled
over him. He instantly reached his one arm over the bar,
and struck her a heavy blow on the left eye. A constable
of the railway came to her assistance, and prevented hint
from committing further violence towards her.
William Angentein, a constable of the South Western
Railway, mid he witnessed the assault and remonstrated
with the prisoner, who seemed to regret what he had done,
but as witness was standing near the doorway, talking to
another man, the prisoner suddenly rushed upon him and
struck him over the head with his troll stump. A constable
of the L division came to his assistance, and after cone•
derahle violence he was secured.
. .

Pohce-constable 77 L said he went to take the prisoner
into custody, when he was so outrageous that Le knocked
witness down and kicked him.

The prisoner said he was the worse for liquor, and be re-
gretted what had taken place. His conduct, however, would
cause bun to be dismissed from his situation.

Mr. Combs fined him 10s. for the assault on the barmaid,
20a. for the assault on the railway officer, and 10.. for the
assault on the police constable, or six weeks' hard hour.

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Elks Reed, a smartly-dressed prostitute, and who, when
taken into custody, wore a gold watch, and bad V. 7s. 10d.
in her poreasion, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
stealing a puree containing one sovereign and one shilling
and 611, the property of Mrs. Ann Pepper, a widow lady,
residing at 29, Norfolk-street, Strand.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared
for the prisoner.
Mrs. hippo' said she got into one of the Atlas aid
Waterloo Association omnibuses at the end of Devonshire-
street, Portland-place, about half-past 10 the previous
night, and when it had reached the middle of Regret.
street she felt the hand of the prisoner, who was
sitting opposite her, touch her knee. Upon this she
(Mrs. Pepper) moved further down the omnibus, and the
prisoner did the stone thing. Shortly after she saw the pri.
sonar put her hand under her dress, and ou her potting her
hand into her pocket it went through the bottom. She at
once called out that die had bees robbed, and on getting up
the purse was lying between her and the pneoner at thw
bottom of the omnibus. She was positive it was the pn•
sonar's band, as she had been watching her, having been
formerly robbed. She also observed that the prisoner had
some small instrument in her hand at the time.
In answer to the clerk Mrs. Pepper said that her pocket
was whole when she got into the omnibus, and that the 64(1.
was loose in her pocket, and was found at the bottom of die
stnnibtuh
Ia cress.examination by Mr. Lewis the prosecutrix said
the prisoner at first said she was going to Ilromptoo, but en
her saying that she had been robbed, she said she wanted to
get out, but she prevented her. There were several others
in the omnibus, but no one near her (promeutrix).
Mrs. Harriet Blake, of the Colonnade, Old Kent.road,
said that as soon as the constable came in sight the prisoner
stood up, and she (witness) felt the cushion on which she
was sitting rise up, and saw the prisoner place something
under it.
Inspector Holden here handed the magistrate a shinp
pointed knife, which Linthay, A 305, proved finding under
the maim after the prosecutrix had told biro that she bad
had her pocket picked.
Mr. Lewis said the knife was an ordinary pocket knife.
Mr. Holden said it bad a remarkably sharp point.
Mr. Lewis having addressed the magistrate on prisoner'a
behalf'
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had no doubt the prisoner ww. •
regular omnibus thief, her victims being female', sod be
should commit her for three months with bard labour.