The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

11Api810N-MOUSE..

Dead Lay was brought Mike* Alderman Salomon
sxintltr.
ueb,erthge. of havingi ficloisatly embezzled the DanYl Lange, orsumof
Trinity-square owe.-
Mr. Mr. Lange acid—The prisoner was my errand boy. end I
sent him last Friday with some geode to Mr. Hold, of Jewry-
street. I sent the bill with the clothes, but the primmer did
not return to my employment. I did not see Min again till
be was in custody. If he had brought back the money it
would have been all right, but I did not tell him to get the
mosey, as I did not expect it would have been paid. Me has
Dever amounted to me for the amount, which was 111. 16a.
Mr. A. P. Hold, merchant, of Jewry•street, Aldgate, said
—I had some clothes front Mr. Lange and they ware
brought home to me by the prisoner on Friday last, with the
account produced, which l_paid to the prisoner, who put the
word " paid" to the bill. I gave him a 101. note, an Irish
beak note for IL, half a sovereign, and firs Mailings.
Daniel May the detective officer, said—Yesterday I was
called to the chief eaahicr's office at the Bank of England,
when I saw the prisoner, and the IW. note I produce wax
handed to me. The beak note looked as if it had been torn
In several pieces and kept together by bits of pasted paper.
1 mated the prisoner when he had got the note, and he mid
"from a money changer in Fenchurch-eMset, in change for
Irish notes." I took him to several money amp's, but I
could not eseertain an about the note, and I brought
him back to the Bank of d, and in consequence of
Information which I had removed I Mid him that the note
ha been stolen. Us said, " !tole IX*

The prisoner, upon beit said whethWhe wished to say
anything en the subject of charge, said ttut he had to
may waa that be had gone into a public-house after he
got the money and lighted hu pipe there, and u he did so he
brunt the bank notes, one of them entirely and the other aa
the court now saw it. end ho was afraid to go back again.
Committed for tr'sl.
BOW-STREET.
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Hr. Helder, late citplaia and —paymaster 6th Lancashire
Multi., wee spin brought before Mr. Jardine on the charge
of 'misapplying a rum of public money—via., the balance of
1,163 f. 10s. due from him at the expiration of has service.
Idr. Bodkin opened the case by informing his Worship
that the defendant became paymaster of the above regiment
In January, 18.56, and held the office till the same month in
1866. His last quarter's account showed a balance of
1,1531. 10.. against him, and on Much 27, he wrote M the
War DeFertment, to the effect that this arose in
of his having, in the cellulite for the quarter, incTIMUZe.
sums
two hundred men who had volunteered into the Line, but
whose names he had fur two months omitted to " deduct "
from the het. He added th he would pay the balance to
the public account in the Bank of England, bat this had
never teen done. There were other sums alleged to have
been niMappropriated, including one of 2641., made up of items
of one guinea received on account of Borne of the men towards
their clothing, but these would not be gone into at presoak
Evidence having been given of the above facts,
Mr. Grey, the defendant's counsel, contended that the case
did not come within the meaning of the act. The defendant
had an account with the government. There was a balance
and he had not paid it—that was all.
Mr. Jardine mid that question must be argued eleewhere.
In his opinion, the case clearly came within the act, and he
should send the defendant for trial.

Mr. Jardine gave judgment on the six eummonem against
prinutellere in Holywell-street, whose books, prints, &c.,
ware recently seized.
In two cases only the defendants appeared, and attempted
by counsel to show that their books, &co.. did not come within
the meaning of the act ; the learned gentleman Timing • de-
finition of " obscenity" from Cicero, "Do Offitlic"
Mr. Jardine deMded that the 110(ill, were obscene, and
ordered their destruction, subject to • delay of seven days, in
one of appeal, or in case government should decide upon in-
dicting parties.
In the four remaining cases the same order was made in re-
gard to the greater proportion of the articles, a few being ex-
cepted on the ground that they were not minlciently indecent to
come within the meaning of the act, not being each ma would
be subject to indictment. Amongst those excepted were some
copies of the paper called Paid Pry.
The books, /cc., excepted were ordered to be returned to
the parties, who, however, were not in attendance to claim
them.
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Samuel &ere', iaboarer, of Bni t-street, Holloway, wee
charged with cruelty to a bullock.
The bullock had walked out of the New Cattle Market,
when the prisoner followed it, and struck it six or sena
blows on the head with a hese', cudgel, which appeared to
stupify it. On its afterwards turning away, the prisoner
struck ft on one of its legs, so as to lame it.
Fined 20.. In default the prisoner was committed to the
House of Correction for one month, with bard labour.