The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

BOW-STREET.

A Muds°, who (*lid Itintselliiaiteettd Ali, but who is
known to the police as AM Freshet's Brow's, Was charged
with obtaining goods and mow by gamely representing him-
self as belonging to the wits of the Queen of Oudia and also
with steeling s cheque-book from Messrs. Grindley's bank,
f3t. Martin'relszte.
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The prisoner called at the bank, end =fed that he wished
to transfer a sum of money to s London bank from one at
Liverpool. He made out an or= for 3,7661. upon an ima-
ginary Arm in Liverpool. Before leaving the hank the pri-
mmer contrived to pompom himself of a cheque-book. Ho
thms called at Nrews. Silk and Co.'s, the coechmakers, in
Learecre, and Masora Noses, tailor., Hart-street, Blooms-
bury, mad after ordering various articles, drew cheques on
Merin. Grindley's bank.
He wee omendtted for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A gnat deal of time and attention were devoted by Mr.
Benign to the bearing of summonses served on the owners
or occupiers of dilapidated or highly ruinous buildings in the
district of this court.
It was contended by a professional gentleman (understood
to be surveyor to the Marquis of Salisbury), who appeared
fur the owner of the property No. 6, Craubourn-panage,
that the authoritiee bad many exercised a very arbitrary
power in eosins on to premises, and giving preremptory
directions respecting than, which had pot his client to con-
siderable expense, and that unnecessarily. It was stated
that the intention hd been to take down the dangerous part,
but they had now been called upon to shore up a portion,
and time incresee the expense, and that there was no occa-
sion for this. He was of opinion that the magistrate's time
was wry usinseemartly occupied by summonses for suck
as a. the one In question.
Mr. Beetles said be was quite of another opinion. A very
salutary set of parliament had been properly put into
operation, and was being carried out with judicious effect in
the matter of old and dilapidated plummiest, dangerous to the
public. Time occupied in the investigation of these canes
could not be unnecessarily bestowed. The owner or occu-
pier was personally liable, and when neither could be readily
found, it was required by the act simply to &Mx a notice on
the door of the dangerous premiers complained of.
Ordered to be put in proper repair or taken down within
14 days.
CLERKENWELL.

Thomas Myers • simple-looking lad, wee charged with
stealing three sheep, of the value of 6!. the property of Mr.
Ries, • farmer and grazier residing Si Ilona
On Thursday afternoon, • police-constable of the N divi-
sion, 'ay the prisoner driving three sheep along the Lower-
road, Islington, mid followed him as far se hboreditch Church,
when he stopped him and inquired where he had delight
them from. lie replied that he had been engaged by a man
whom he did not know to drive them; that he wee followiug
behind, and would shortly overtake them. After waiting
some time, and the man not coming, the Meaner was locked
u Ipe-
wlelb olliV;r1g funyheur.l.uewitiliie tood, the t
d aid kromford wee ",
stole
the three sheep, end having engaged a cart, brought them to
the Lower-road, where he was told to drive them.
fiergesot Beckley, N diviiiion, raid the sheep were marked
with • dot of pitch on the shoulders, end by that means the
police were enabled to trace them.
The peiiinner, who said nothing fa sewer to the charge,
wee remanded fore week.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Thomas Day, an ceeentric-looking elderly man, described
se • bookbinder. appeared before Mr. D'Erneourt, at the
inetance of the pariah authorities of St. Luke e, for the pur-
pose of making an attestation with regard to the legal settle-
ment of his wife, who had become chargeable to that parish.
The examination of the wife was first proceeded with,
from which it appeared that she wee narried to Day about
eight years ago, but in consequence of his outrageous con-
duct towards her she wee compelled to leave him in leas than
a week after their union. She afterwards formed an inti-
macy with • Scotchroan named Robertson, who opened a
ourreepondeneo with her husband, with a view to her di.-
=whir h resulted in a general rendeevou at • public-
in the neighbourhood, where ohs was formally sold
by her owner, Pay, fur half a pint of gin, which
wu paid for by her paramour. She had pines un-
dergone a series of trying vicirwitudee, and was reduced
at last to such extremity that rime sought an asy-
lum I. the workhouse. The declaration of the husband
WAS then gone into. Arcording to his statement, about •
month after the death of hie first wife, he accidentaffy became
acquainted with the parish prof,* at a public-house rattle,
where eke mode him elf offer of marriage, to nerumpliph
which all. borrowed entficient money next morning for tho
purehas of a special limn.. They had only been • few
days together, however, when she eloped in the night, taking
with her every portable article the could ley her hands upon,
and be heard no more of her until he wan incited to enter
into the negoti glom for her sale at the public-houee, where
he &nested to tiro offer of bartoriug hoc fur half a pint
of gin.
Dickson, the beadle of St. Luke's, having deposed to the
profligate conduct of the wife, who had given birth to Eve
children cities the time of their separation, the dedarationa
of the couple were formally signed by the magistrate, and
the wife wee removed in charge of the beadle for immediate
conveyance to her distant destination.

LAMBETH.
Mr. Lane, rate-collector of St. Mary, Newington, appeared
to support two summonses made returnable on that day,
taken out against the directors of the Surrey Gardens COOS
pony, one for 561. 54., and the other for 31/. 5e., miners of
poor and highway-rates. On the came being called on it
tranop:red that the summonses had been taken out only on
the preceding afternoon, and bad not Leen served until that
morning, and it was presumed that the notice being so short
wan the cause of no one being present to represent the com-
pany. A messenger wan sent to the gardens requesting the
titeudsnco of some of the parties summoned. The officer
room,' with a morning paper, which the secretary of the
Royal Surrey Girdene Comper.y hod given to him with a
request that be would lay it beforethe magistrate. The paper
in question contained the 011.:46, announcement in which
the Itoyal Surrey Cardona Company (limited) appeared as
bankrupts.
Mr. Norton considered the notice for bearing the coin-
runtime too short, and peetponesl the hearing till Wednesday
next.