The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COMM

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A young man who gave hie age as 24, and hls cams aa
Bichnid Mown, but who was mid to be tha son of • clergy-
man and brother of • baronet, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with Welding • bag valise 2a., from a shop
door in Gracechumb-street.

liviTlee;* an to the robbery having been given,
The Lad Mayor put some questions to the prieoner, who
add hem cree from Australia by the Argo het May, end be
bed since been living on about 1201., which he bed received
ont of MU left him by his father. A gentlemen in court
said he knew that the father bad been deed fifteen or sixteen
years. The same gentleman made • private communication
to the Lord Mayor, in coneequence of which his lordship,
addreesuag the young men, sued—l now know all about you,
and I find that you have bed plenty of money during the
lut month, but that you have been a disgrace in your family
sines your childhood. You have been Imprisoned twice
before; once for two months, and once for three month.. I
*hall now sand you for three months more with hard labour,
and rut metered that your next offence will be followed by
paid servitude.
The prieoner, who wore an air of sullen melancholy, and
who was attired in a balfasilor costume, was spin
locked up.
GUILDHALL.

Wm. Hoary Greener was charged with breaking open his
rasater's desk sad stealing a ma i-box captaining a cheque
book, a banker's book, and NOON valuable esawities.
Bkhard Hooking, the manager of Mr. Wm. Bickford
Smith'. bleakest works, at 31, Laden-lea, stated tat the
prisoner was In Hr. Smith's employ for twelve manta,
about three month' ago, and he had been taken on again
within the last few months am warehouseman, at • salary of
10s. per week. On Monday, Deminibse. 7, witness
went out to dinner and left him in charge of the corm
house, and when he carne back the prisoner win out and the
desk had been forted and the cash-box taken away. A cup-
board had also been broken open, and the door .plastered into
about a darn plasm and mattered about the counting-boom.
There weer a bank book, a cheque book, two powers of attor-
ney, and • variety of nemeareade gapers locked up in the
aish-box. There were elar persons at the warehouse, but
the prisoner was the may ems who hod wow to the wanting-
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Tbsi prisoner was rissailed.
WILIITXINOTER.

.ellfeed Johnnie wee charged with robbery at Mr. Smith's,
pawnbroker, 17, Victoria-road Pimlico.
Mr. &loud Smith stated diet at half-past 5 o'clock on
Monday evening the prisoner was brought into his shop, and
he was legormad that he had been robbed. Prosecutor then
examined his windem and found that • pane of plate glum,
opposite some valuable plate and jewellery, had been cut out,
and that two diamond rings had been stolen.
Emma Richards, • little girl, living at I, King's Head-
court, Orchard-street, said that she was emit on en errand,
and attracted by the jewellery in Mr. Smith'. window wee
indeed to stop and look, when she saw the piens, cut the
window with mum instrument, which appeared to be • brad-
awl. She then saw a piece of glows fall out, end the prisoner
immediately put his hand through the aperture and took two
diamond rings from the shop, and handed them to a man
who stood by Ws side. She was going in to tell the shop-
when the prisoner ran off, pursued by some one.
Thomas Makepeace, decorator, living at Wellato Wharf,
said he and his wife were peening Mr. Smith's when she
pointed out three suspicions looking fellows at the window,
and in the next moment he thought he heard glass fall, and
approached nearer the shop. His movement was obeerved
by the men, who ran off. He punned the prisoner and an-
other of them through several streets, and at last he secured
the accused. His companions escaped.
Prisoner was remanded for a week.

Rodiwon and John Irellia ware charged with
meeting a great disturbance.
For some time past many of the highly respectable resi-
dents of Eaton and Chester-squares and the neighbourhood
have been subjected to continual annoyance by the female
defendant, who millers under the delusion that she is the
rightful owner of the houses they respectively inhabit, and
that the is either entitled to receive the rents or take p ses-
sion of the property. She has been five times charged at this
court, and although she haa recently sulfentd • long im-
prisonment in default of surmise, she yesterday conducted
herself in the following extniordioary manner She went to
the house of Dr. Oriffithe, 33, Eaton-equare, and having ob-
tained admiesion in the ordinary way, by knocking at the
door, rushed up stairs Into the front drawing-mom,
end having taken her station upon the balcony, she, with
violent gesticulations, addremed the persona in the street upon
the subject of her alleged claims and her mid wrong.. Dr.
Griffiths, finding his old tormentor had paid him another
visit, and had proceeded to such greet lengths, sent for the
police, and on Mr. Cummiags, an inspector of the H divi-
sion, arriving with • party of his men, he found the square
in •complete tumult, the female defendant still haranguing
the populace from the balcony, a large crowd of persons haw-
leg by that life assembled, interepereed with gentlemen's
carriages, hackney robe, and other vehicles, the occupants of
which were in perfect bewilderment at the scene which wee
going on, while the inmates of some of the homes had
crowded to the windows to ascertain if possible the canes of
tbe disturbance. On arriving at Dr. Griffith.'. door, Mr.
Cummings found the male defendant ainging • di7
on the subject of Mum Robinson's
having dispomd of him by banding him over to
the wife custody of two of his men, Mr. Cummings pro-
ended to the drawing-room, which he found in coniiderable
confusion, the triodew curtains being torn, and varton•
thing,. strewn about the place. Upon wising the insC
to whom she had long been a comae of great troub she
upbraided him with the appellation of "monster,' and
km to take her away from her own house. He, however,
caught her up in hie area, and carrying her down stair. to a
alb eoaveyed her to the station. There he. been • suit in
Chmeriert respecting some house property in the neighbour-
hood which was fully determined, but the female defendant
wee completely unknown and unheard of es a claimant to
the case.
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...During the elm:ablation of tbe witnemee in wipport of the
charge, defendant, fur her excited, vehement, and incoherent
interruptions, was frequently milled to order, and wee
ultimately removed in the course of one of her addresses.
Mr. Psyoter ordered the defendants to end good ball foe
their ro-appearance in a week, and intimated that they might
be committed for conspiracy.
Not being provided with the sureties, they were locked up
for remand.

On Monday evening the boys belonging to the
BMA London Ragged School and Shot Block Society and
Rohm -en entertained at tea, at the preoins helongtag to
the Young Men's Christian Association to Aldenarehmtreet.
About 70 lads and between SO and 40 parents wan thus set-
belabsed, the refreshment conelatlng of tea, case, plum
eel* end Wet.