The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.
eluguatur Henry Frederick Pinckney, of 47, Nelson-
square, Blackfriars-road, waa placed at the tar before Sir
Robert W. Carden, charged with embezzling the sums of
111. 12a. I Id., 71. 144. 4d., 61. 7s. Id., 1/. 18s. 2d., and
other sums, amounting in the aggregate to about 2001, the
props of Albert Augustus Dean, of 71, Ludgate-hill,
hie ern oyer.
Mr. marl Beard appeared for the prisoner.
Henry King said he was manager to Mr. Dean, tea
dealer, of 71, Ludgate-hill, and the prisoner had been in
his service as traveller for about four years, and was paid
by wages and commission. His duty was to take orders
from customers, to deliver the goods, receive payment for
them, and havuig received the money, to pay it to him
(witness) the same evening or the next morning.
Be received the above amounts, and did not account
to him for them or any portion of them.
Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—The prisoner received
wages 1!. per week, and commission 11. per week. Prior
to February last the prisoner bad 11. 6e. per week. He
went out in a cart, and his customers were in a great mea-
sure publicans. He bad to spend money at a great mauyof
their houses. The prisoner had agreed to pay out of his own
income bell the amount of bad debts, but had never had to
pay anything. H he met with an accident by his own
carelessness he would have to pay for it, but he never met
with an accident.

Sir Robt. W. Carden, on this evidence, remanded the
prisoner, and refused to take bail for his appearance.

MARLIIOROUGH-STREEi;.

Richard Salter, • frame-maker, of 43, Dudley-street,
charged with stabbing Johannah Salter, his wife, was
again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt.
Mr. Sayer, from the office of Messrs. E. Lewis and Co.,
of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defence.
On the case being called on, the wife appeared, and
said she had no wish to go on with the case, as the injury
she had received was solely through her own fault, she
having, after a few words with her huadand, spat in his
face, and otherwise aggravated him.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, it was clear that no
evidence of a satisfactory character could be got from the
wife, as although the constable Gofton, 110 F, stated
that her clothes were saturated with blood, she stated that
she had merely received a scratch from a knife, and that
that was by accident.
Mr. Sayer said the prisoner's master was in attendance,
and wished to speak on his behalf.
The prisoner's master gave him an excellent character
for kindness and sobriety, and said that several of the
prisoner's shopmates were in attendance to speak on his
be
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it would be useless to send such a
case to the session, as there was no chance of a conviction,
and he should therefore order the prisoner to find one
bail in IW. for three months.

The prisoner's master became bail.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Richard Marshall, a respectably-dressed man, about 40
years of age, described as a boot-finisher, living at 94,
Wentworth-street, Spitalfields, was charged before Mr.
Newton with assault under the following circumstances :
Charles Brufoot, a broker, denoeed that on the previous
day he put an execution into the prisoner's apartments at
94, Wentworth-street, for the sum of 25e. On entering, ho
was met by the prisoner, who denied his right to enter.
Witness, therefore, produced his warrant, and walked
into the room, followed by his assistant. Leaving
his assistant there, witness left for a moment, but had
scarcely got outside the door when he found his man
suddenly ejected, thrown out into the street, and the
door closed against them. On forcing it open again they
were assailed by the prisoner who, with a chopper, swore
that he would do for the firsti man that set foot inside.
They forced their way in, aided by a policeman. The pri-
soner then shouted to the crowd to "do for the brokers,"
and so excited them that a regular melie ensued, stones,
bricks, and every description of missile being thrown
through the windows into the room. Thec prisoner and
one or two others entered the room, and seizing witness by
the throat hurled him bodily into the street. His assistant
was also violently ejected, and again was the door closed
against them ; with assistance it was broken open, and he
then gave the prisoner into custody.
Andrew Bodoe, assistant to last witness, gave corrobo-
rative evidence, adding, that when left in possession the
prisoner seized him by the coat collar, and, putting his
knee in his back, thrust him out of the house.
John Reed, 42 H Reserve, corroborated the latter por-
tion of the evidence, and deposed to taking prisoner into
custody.
Mr. Brufoot, the prosecutor, stated that dining the
time they were fighting to remain in possession, a neigh-
bour at No. 05, Wentworth-street, had lowered a rope
from the windows above, and removed a great portion of
the [plods of the prisoner.
Prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that he was not
aware that the prosecutor was a broker, and he therefore
ejected him as an intruding stranger.
Mr. Newton sentenced him to one month's imprison-
ment with hard labour, and subsequently granted a sum-
mons against the person at No. 9,1, for removing the goods
from lawful custody.
THAMES.
Mr. Benson sentenced live persons to ten and fourteen
days' imprisonment for assaulting policemen in the execu-
tion of their duty ; and in the last case the magistrate
was very much pressed by the prisoner and his Mends to
substitute a line for imprisonment. Mr. Benson said when
constables were wantonly assaulted by drunken and vio-
lent persons he should always inflict imprisonment, and
in good circumstances who could affordpay
persons
would to not be relieved from that punishment if the
assaults were without provocation. He would make no
distinction of persons at all. A man withtlfozd coat on
his back and a well-filled purse would be in every
respect like the poorest individual.

GREENWICH.
William Serra, aged 21, was charged with stealing two
sums of M. and W. and ciao two 61. Bank of England
notes, the moneys of his muter, Professor Airey, the
Astronomer Royal.
The prisoner bad bean for three years in the service of
Professor Airey, and it appeared to be the customs to keep
a certain amount of money locked in a small drawer in au
iron safe at the Observatory, one key belonging to which
was kept by Professor Airey, and a secondDl:244 Mr.
Stone, the first sesistant at the Observatory. some
days absence of Mr. Btone the second key was in e pos-
session of Mr. Dunkin, also an assistant at the Observe-
toryt and on the 26th of July. he missed U. from
67/: in gold, which he had locked in the safe. This loss
was communicated to the - as also a further loss

wairofessor, AS SLIM
Nof .on Friday last, and was then discovered that two
51. notes had been stolen from a drawer in the professor's
residence, and in which drawer one of the two keys be-
longin- to the safe was usually kept. Inquiries were then
and it being ascertained that the prisoner had Re-
cently been spending more money than ids wages would
warrant, and that two M. notes had been changed by him,
he was questioned. At first he denied having taken any
of the money • but subsequentlyaclmowledged committing
the three robberies, and he was given into custody.
The prisoner pleaded guftty, and it was stated that be
had recently married, and bad been induced to commit
the robberies.
Mr. Maude paid the prisoner had acted most adroitly in
taking his master's key and unlocking the safe, and after
taking the money returning the key from where he bad