The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-13 00:00:00

VIE CALENDAR.

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The calendar contains the names of 128 primeness ems.
witted for trial, of whom 116 were indicted for felony, and
12 for misdemeanour. The date of education of the pri-
soners was again reported as of a very low standard. The
offences with which the prisoners stand indicted embrace
larcenies from the person, felonies, house-breaking, rob-
Nuke from railway companies, and assaults oa the
police.

THE mamma OP INDECENT MINT&
Williaar Dagdal• and James ifilmm, who pleaded
" Guilty " last sessions to an indictment charging them
with having sold and uttered certain indecent prints and
books, were placed at the bar to answer the indictment of
the mud.

Mr. Poland and Mr. Cooper appeared for the u-
tion ; Mr. Ribton and Mr. Cooper Wyld for Dugdale,,aand
Mr. M. Williams for Milian.
Mr. Ribton said the defendant Dugdale pleaded guilty
to the indictment lad sessions, but since then he had given
most important information to the police, by means of
which they bad been enabled to get to the manufacturers
of these infamous articles. He was 73 years of age, and
as far as possible had expressed his sorrow for what he
had dons, and on that ground be prayed the mercy of the
court. Prom the information Dugdale had given the
officers had been enabled to seize wo and plates to about
five tone weight.
Mr. M. Williams, on behalf of Mileon, said he had no
pecuniary interest in the trade, and was only the servant
of Dugdale.
Mr. Superintendent Durkin said, in consequcmco of in-
formation he received from Dugdale himself, accompanied
by Sergeants Sumenay and Shore he went to No. 102,
Old-street, where he found a large quantity of copper
plates, prints, books, and other things, sufficient to fill a
two-horse van, and the next day they brought away 45
large lithographic stones in a cart, each stone producing
eight indecent prints to illustrate the indecent books. Since
then he had been engaged with Sergeant Sumenay and
those employed in sorting and reading these books,
kc., and found 357000 books and prints of a
very filthy description. He also found a number
of copper plates, and between 400 and 500 pictures
taken from the lithographic ones, and Dugdale acknow-
ledged that he was the owner of the whole. The owner
of the house where they were secreted knew nothing about
what was in his house.

The defendant Dugdale threw himself on the mercy of
the court, and said he had given such information to the
pohce that every vestige of books and prints had been
taken, and this was a trade that could never be revived in
London. He was a very old man, and had only a few
years to live, and he trusted his lordship would have
merry upon him.
The Assistant-Judge said he thought the age of Dug-
dale was an aggravation of his offence and he knew
that he (the Amdetant-Judge) had often prosecuted
him for eimlar offences. However, he did not lode sight
of the fact that he had given information to put an
end to the trade, and the sentence on him would be
slightly reduced on that account. He sentenced him to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months, and
Ilileon for nine months.
Mr. Cooper brought under the notice of the court the
conduct of the officers.

The Assistant Judge warmly commended the conduct of
Superintendent Durkin and Sergeants Sumenay and
shorc for the intelligence they had displayed throughout
the whole of this case.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

MANSION HOUSE.
AN 17WWLY MILICHOLT PASBCCOEB.._

"Writ* Huggins, bootmaker, was this morning charged
before the Lord Mayor with being drunk, and refusing to
pa his fare from Gravesend to London.
John Bain, chief mate of the Princess Alice, said the
prisoner was a passenger on board of that vessel last
night, but he annoyed the other re so much that
they were oblificto put own below and
place him in c e of two men. On arriving
at London-bridge e was asked for his ticket,
and he said he had none. He also refused to pay. his fare,
and tam witness took hold of him to prevent him going
away the prisoner seized him by the throat and struck
him. lie bad been drinking, but knew what he was
about.

The prisoner said he had lost hie friends at Gravesend,
and he was very drunk and did not know what he was
doing.
The ticket collector and a passenger deposed that the
prisoner knew perfectly well what he was about.
The Lord Mayor lined him 40e., or a month.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SOBEHREIM AT • CHITIK3I.
Richard Darin, a young man, described as a baker,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing from the
person of Miss Fanny Harrison, of No. 11, Brook-street,
Hanover-square, a porte-monnaie containing some money
and other articles while in All Saints' Church, Margaret-
street
The proeecutriz said that about 1 one o'clock yesterday
shewas coming out of All Saints' Church, Margaret-street,
after the service, when she found the prisoner and two
other young men pressing against the pocket of her tiros, in
which was her Porte-monnaie and church service, which in-
duced her to think that they Intended to rob her. On
getting out of the church door she felt in her pocket and
found that her porte-monnaie was gone, and called out
"Stop that man," and her brother, who was in the church-
yard, seized him, and he was taken to the station, where
ho gave up the ports-monnaie to the constable.
The prisoner asked the prosecutrix whether she felt him
take the ports-monnaie.
The prosecutrix said she did not.
The prisoner said that he did not take it, but that it was
given to him.
Police-constable Benjamin Nicholls, 89 E., said that
while on duty
.outside All Saints' Church, yesterday, the
prisoner was given into his custody for picking the prose-
cutrix's pocket He took the prisoner to the station and
as soon as he was put in the dock he handed over the
prosecutrix's porte-monnaie, and another one (a brown
Russian leather one) was found in his hat. Information
had been received of other robberies in the church.
Inspector Hubbard, E division, asked for a remand,
stating that he believed the prisoner was a well-known
thief.
The prisoner was remanded.

SOUTHWARK.
ALLZCIED 171• I'D ST • BANNIIIPT.
lle.ry Sparkman, a cheesemonger, carrying on business
at 105, 'Union-street, Borough, was charged before Mr.
Burcham, under the 221st section of the Bankruptcy Act,
with fraudulently removing and concealing goods of the
value of 10/. and upwards, with intent to defraud his
creditors.
It appeared that the defendant was adjudicated a
bankrupt on the 16th of November last on his own
petition, the debts according to the schedule amount-
ing to 639!. 17s. 3d. On the Bth of the same month he had
a large stock on his premises, and goods were sent in up
to the eve of his bankruptcy. When the messenger took
pospcxsion Lis stock had been nearly all removed, and, in.
eluding a pony and cart, only fetched 401.
Mr. Richard Thornton, an officer of the Court of
Tankruptcy, having put in the proceedings,
Mr. Joseph John Valle, wholesale cheesenionger, Half-
moon-street, Birhopsgate, said he was assignee, and there
was doe to him under the bankruptcy 210!. 1 Is. Bd., the
whole of which, excepting 401., was contracted within a
mouth of the bankruptcy. On the Monday prior to that
be called on the- defendant, when be promised
to send him 100/. on the Monday. At that time
he paw the stock, and it was worth about 300!.
On the Friday following, as the defendant did not send
the money, he called again when he apps ed to have •
similar stoCk, and he told witness he had 100 Assario,a
cheese and 25 firkins of butter, all of which he had peed

EXPRESS, MONDAY
for. That win the day before the bankruptcy. When the
mets•enger went in there was no stock.
Cleorge Hedges, shopman to tho defendant at the time,
proved leaving cheeses and portions of bettor at different
trat the desire of the bankrupt on the evening of the
hallovember. The stock and fixtures were sold to Kr.
Ball, the defendant's brother-in-law, and afterwards it
was alleged the property was brought back, and the defen-
dant resumed Ins position as the proprietor of tho shop.
It was contended that the bankruptcy was not com-
nilteinasmuch as a complete statement of accounts had
bde'en tiled by defendant.
He was accordingly remanded on bail.