The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-12 00:00:00

IHE POLICE COURT&

lame lifromiory,—a butcher, ea;cia rged with steeling
sixteen sheep, the property of Mr. Betts, a salesman in the
New Cattle-market.
TM primmer came to Mr. Betts in the market on Monday
morning, about half-pest six o'clock, and bargained to give
him 11. 19e. each for the sixteen sheep. Before he took the
beep from the market the prisoner ought to have paid the
for them into Mr. Betts's bankers, Marrs. Hill and
massy
of doing so, the primmer watched the man who
bad charge of the sheep away, and then employed another
men and a drover to take them from the market to Newgate-
iamb* to be killed. Mr. Betts and a detective officer ...we-
bbed that five of the sheep had been taken to a Mr. WU-
Nemo and kllled,_and the others bad peen taken to Moulins,
and Mei, Mr. Willies; • skinner, having bought the acme.
The Water was remanded until Friday, bail being
rebeed.

WARLBOROVOH-STRW.

Wiffism Per7lrls7r:i7eisi7iZelic ths7rwiiii • quantity of
vitriol over ths eases of two yews worms•
Borah Tinker, waitress at 13, Bovlint-oboot, • maw
bourn bort kydr. Jones, Mend that on Tnesiny altsrimon
the prima' tem into the Win, and Aar meLIYg •
surly remark went beldnd her soil tiny 11•111111thillig on her
gown. The nest morning eke some dot Non dress was
burnt into boles.
Salley, entrant In des sear beam, on Tuesday
night a gown which was bonging op In her bedroom
with vitriol. Whoa its got lap the neat morning
she found • frock sad ratter ems bung with vitriol. The
damage done amonstird to bottom dl. and 61. Heard Mr.
Jones oak tho primmer why Mt threw the vitriol over the
girls' dresses, to which the prisoner enamored that be wanted
to do them some mierhkf.
Henry Felt, servant to Mr. CHllmwt, oilman, Tottenham.
court-road, proved that on Tuesday the prisoner bought a
pennyworth of vitriol, and on being told there war water in it
bad it changed for the strongeet met
Tsliedrieoner denied the charge, sad woo fully committed
for
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SOUTHWARK.
Jails Democrat, a tall, powerful young fellow, 22 years of
me, was charged with oommitting a violent somult on
Catherine Donovan, his mother. lie was deo charged with
assaulting his father.
The latter, shard-working old man, said that he obtained
his berlihood by working at the wharves, and brought up a
iLegs family, who chiefly supported themselves, except the
prisoner, who lived at home. On the pinions afternoon his
wife was confined. About two o'clock that morning the
prisoner caroe home intoxicated, and roused them all up. lie
then entered the room in which his mother and the baby
were lying, sad, making sue of an oath, struck her seven,
times and told her to get up. She celled out for widener,
and when wienses went up Din son had pulled her out of bed,
and was threatening to throw her out of the window. Ho imme-
diately edged hold of him to prevent him, and had not a rea-
dable come in at the time he believed murder would have
been committed.
Sentenced to six months with hard labour.

LAMBETH.
Richard Matthews, formerly en omnibus pmprietor at
Norwood, was re-examined on the charge of stealing a trues
of straw, the property of the London Oared Omnibus Com-
WY.
It will be remembered that soma thee ago the omnibus
computy purchased en omnibus and harem of the primmer,
sad took possemiou of his stables, end that the primmer was
since seen to throw a truss of straw from the loft, and carry
it away. Witnesses were now called to show that the straw
had been purchased of a farmer by the pieoner, and takes by
mistake to the company's stables.
Prisoner via discharged.
THAMES.

Bartholomew Milos, a tall man, about 30 years of age,
was brought before Mr. Belie, charged with violently as-
saulting his wife Eliza Norton, an attenuated careworn
looking woman, who presented herself in court with marks
of brutal violence on her face, sad with one of her eyes
closed.
The complainant add her husband sometimes played upon
the violin and sometimes went to see, and that when he was
WI shore, he was continually beating her. About eix weeks
ago her husband struck her on the bead with a chair, and
knocked her about. lie had beaten and kicked her rcpestedly.
On Wednewiny night ate was mated outside her door in
Rumen-court, St. Georges-in-the-East, when bee husband
woe home and kicked her about the face and body. She
was anxious her husband ehould not be punished, but only
that he should be bound over to keep the peace towards her,
sad not ill nr her.

A policeman confirmed the wife's statement and gave the
prisoner a bad character.
The prisoner, in defence, said that he was innocent of the
charge, and that his wife was an habitue' drunkard, in the
practise of pawning and telling his furniture, limn, and wear-
ing apparel, and alio his child ren's clothes. 11. called a man
named Dennis Murphy, who raid that he had lived in the
seine house as the prisoner for three weeks, and always found
him to be a very quiet inoffensive man. Ile believed the wife
had been taking an extra drop lately.
Mrs. Norton solemnly denied the troth of the prisoner's
statement.
Mr. Self. believed what the woman said, room particularly
as abs wished to shield her husband from punishment. lie
bad no doubt the prisoner kicked his wire in the face on
Wednesday night, awl fur that tumult he sentenced him to
three months' imprisonment and hard labour.

WANDBWORTF.

Mr. Comellie, the clerk of Wandsworth District Baud
d Works, attended to answer three summonses against the
board for compensation to Mr. Dryden, barrister, of High-
argot, Putney, Mr. E. Hare, and another, also residents of
that parish, for the loss of water in their wells through the
construction of a sewer.
Some time fine.] the Hoard of Work' constructed • sewer
in High-street, Putney, winch had the effect of draining the
wells urn the complainaittee pmperty. It vas contended
by Mr. Dryden that the Mconputis Load Management Act
gave them power to apply to ff., magistrate for ootopenestion
in tits stoppage of their supply oe eater.
Mr. Cors objected that the act only applied to the
stoppage of a mill or atreum of water and not to a well,
and tits act contemplated that, the parties &grieved

should first appeal to the Central Board of Works before
they could come to the maglatratea.
Dayman, on reading the clauses la the act with refer-
Cie* to this question, mid there was a doubt es to wbatbar
the parties ought not test to bare applied to the central
board, sad he therefore should take tuue to conaider his
decision.
Oonellie add he would meation that if the drelska
wee gestalt him, sad that oompeneation was awarded, the
Booed of Works intended to appeal.
The eumoscamet were then ........ until Saturday.

GREENWICH.
Williams llaricrii, of West-street, Bermondsey, was
naming on the charge of s• • haif.eovereign
ing to Wilhelm Pomba', a boy on board tre
Mary Ann, al Mato&
ahiP
It will be remembered that the prisoner with eaotimr
Custom-hour akar was mureged In matching the murk
when the boy compialand diet • hali.sorensign had been
Moles from his chest, end that an his being semolied • frail.
sovereign was found in hie clenched hand; sal tbet he
stated that he had forgotten her* that coin 'boot him At
the Ant examinalka the prisoner was remanded for ths
attendance of the boy Parched. It was now stated that as
the ship, which was expected, would not strive in time to
permit of the case being disposed of at the next Old Baby
sessiona, bail would be takes in two sureties of 601. each, sod
himself in 1001., for the prisomer's appeanuace on the 6th ;sly
neat. The bail was found.