The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-02 00:00:00

TEE POLICE COURTS.

GIIILI?HA!.L.

Fanny Hoof was charged with smuggling spirits into
Whits -sheet Priem, in contesvention olds* negnistiorui.
lit ugh Baker, the searcher °flambe st the pieta, said—
What the prisoner applied for admission this morning 1 abed
bur if she bad any spirits about bar, sad she said she had
and I took tram her a bottle containing about half a pint of
ea.
Alderman Copelead—Who does sbe go to see there?
Wituses—Two Indies of the tsar CI Boost and Chris-
tian, who were in boldness together se an in Da‘de-
mstreetititeleyco=
Wars you %at* service f
Prisonsr—Ten etr ; for the list 11•••• yaws.
Witusse—She had the bottle tied rood her mat at the
back of her stays as a bustle.
Aldermen Comirad—Wall, I have based of sawdust
bustles sad crinoline, but I never before hard of the gin
bottle bends—me magistrate afterwards maid it was evi •
dent the young woman was of respectable character from
the time she had nerved her mistreated. Nevertheless the
rules of the plaint most be upheld. Ile sentenced the pri-
soner to pep 40e., or in default to ander 14 days' impri-
sonessot _ . . .

""`"l"cselosat was shortly attar paid, having been lent by the
Modem'. nilstresu,__

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ROW-STREET.
Je•eph Cierkate was charged with obtaining two pieces of
damask from Marra 13hoolbred and Co., drapers, of Tot-
tenharn-ogart-road, by mesas of a forged order, purporting
to be written by Major Martha, of Upica Court, W-ororater.
shirt.
On Treday, 24th Noverter, flare.. Bhoolbred received,
through the post, a letter, miasma a neat head, and which
ran as knows :
" King-street, fit. Jam's. Nov. 24, 1857.
" Major Martin bought from Marra Eshoolteed, a short
time ego, some damask—the colour gross, with a lace pat-
tars; bat, at it is an used, Major Moir arra red a pat-
ter, but will Mask Mears. [Moaned to rime a
as are as possible, and send two pieces, addressed to='
to
the ark-roar of the Eustou-.gyre ration, No *het his as,
rat. who will be parr down, ran bike it with his by the
610 train. Major Merlin paid 4e. 9d. to ss. per yard for
the last pieces.
As Major Martin had been Trendy emptied with two
paces of &mat such as wen described, so doubt was en-
tertained of the grainer of the order, which we. accord-
rasmicourd with, the goods being forwarded r .irected.
ay, however, it was ascatainei Met though Major
Martin with his errant did go down to Upton Court by the
teas specified, they never received the goo 4 ace were they
aware of thaw esistrm. The order was in feet a kagery,
and the damask was received at the dusk-room by erase
person pm:mg himself off for the major's servant. Under
these C-•ursesse Messrs. Bboolbred crisulted their sen-
ator, Mr. Chamberlayas, by whose advice the ars wee
paced in the hands of Inspector Cheekley, of the
who discovered an inquiry that the goods had been
for 61.10 e. by the prisoner at the bar. The latter yr ap-
prehended on Monday night, and at oar identified by the
pawnbroker.
Bernanded.

An Indian, who gam the use of Swam, bat who, on a
former Domains, called himself May Don, on another occa-
sion All, mid at Mbar times Hama, Mama, and Ryder
Ali, was charged with burglary and robbery is the bones of
Hsieh Moths. The prisoner was Sorority a dopey, sad than
Warm a Imocar,sed seined In nor thig • *kip to Laadoe,
la which he ought to have returned to Indic but be darted
the vessel, became a mendicant, and then an utter of bees
coin, sad lastly • thief and burglar. In February lea the
primer Ina convicted attire Central Criminal Court, and ma-
tented to nine months' imprisonment end hard labour for
breaking into the prosecutor's home find • quantity
of weanng apparel. The prisoner oommittad a ory direct'
he came out of prison, we remanded, and on hie
nation the prosecutor was Meted to have gone to ma, and the
glow was discharged.
Mr. Harris Marks now stated that he canted on Mears
at No. 236, High-street, Shadwell, and was a clothier mod
outfitter. He wont to bed on Friday morning at one o'clock,
end he Ina stowed from his step at tire on the mme morn-
ing, and found the parlour window open. The kitchen door
we Moo unbolted, the skylight over tits kitchen brokm, and
there was on optimum made sufficiently large to adroit a man,
end on able him to drop into the kitchen. The shop could be
attend ham the parlour, which was reached from the kit-
thee. Ha missed a jacket, hat, two shirta, two pan of
drwea, two bandkareb and • pair of spectacles from his
shop. Piney WOO all in his shop amongst his stock when be
Wit to bed at one o'clock on Friday morning.
la comer to questions by Mr. Self.,
The mcnocutor said that his premise' ware broken into and
*adored in precisely the same manner in January het, and
the prisoner wee convicted of the same at the minim Feb-
rneriguSieskons. no poisoner took out • pane of ems in the
sky echoed the kitchen, and found sdmimion to the
shop. new pane of Piss bad been substituted for the one
menoved, end the prisoner took that away or cut it out on
Prlday amorabsg, mad gained admindon to the shop as he had
dose Worn
Other evidence ha boon gi
Mr. Subcommittedving the prisovenern, for trial for the burglary
sad robbery, sad ordered that proof of tha former oonviction
=it him amid be tendered at the Central Criminal
The primmer was a mat dangerous thief, end he
hoped be would not be allowed to prey on society spin.