The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-31 00:00:00

the Load Mayor committed the prisoner for tried.
MARYLEBONE„

Thews. Davin, cabman, was charged with an assault.
(Aarhus Richards, prosecutor, rosidiug at 2i, North
Audwy-street, stationer, said, at an early hour that
moaning he wan in conirany with three other persons iu a
doorway in Portman-anew, near Osford-street, and
asked • constable to send them a cab if he saw olio. Pri-
soner came round, and complainant and the others gut
into his cab and directed him to drive to Priuoer-street,
Paddington. They got out at Pried-street, and gavo pri-
soner Is. 6d. lle demanded 2s. of complainant, and on •
refusal knocked him down. • sergeant came up and
prisoner was given into custody.
Prisoner said it was raining Yer7 fast, and he wet
taken off the cabstand to take complainant, another man,
and two young women. pri getting out, complainant
offered him Is. 6d., which he took, and demanded another
6d. übe comidered it was over a mile. One of the
ladies said that be (peseoner) deserved the 2s. for the ao-
oonimodation be bad given thee. He wished they ware
present, to tall the truth. N. denied striking the com-
plainant till he was struck. The complainants companion
Wok •
instead shilling from kis hand and gave him • Fanny
.
A police-re_ 31 X, proved that he saw the prisoner
strike cow R
Widlasa rewire I, fleorgeetreek Grosvenor-square,
the other man M the abb, swore positively he did not take
a shilling hem %Imprisons,.
Mr. d'ilacersei sondiered the &ain't yy vest, sad
lied prisoner ails.sr a mouth's Ms

DeGeserest,ralin.as aememse
leforjrionirMlt.
341gitTFle.lei eaffeag ia Hyde-park.
• 2111 k saw the defendriat at
=steak mese Aimee. el Ile 17th inst. A/Mired •
rate du!m the new ride be Hyde-park. Hs called
to the defeadeattlat he took no seem, and gaßoVarb tl
al
beers as herd gibe meld moil be came to the
Arch, gad Men be gate, and a led mooted the bone.
There were many yeriems about at the tins.
Tbe father of thin dedesdaat said his sea was oaly •
gibed boy, sad was new in the country.
Ilestiebitt said seek deaserovie patellae. must not be
ia, hi* ghee of peilbee resort Hke Hyde-park, and
the Ardemdmit mama theesiere pay a Sae of 40e. and meta.
In asserts ease, /chew Teener, of No. 2, Lyall-mews,
wee charged with a simihir offence.
The cams was proved by Police-constable feria; A 273.
The defendant said his master told him to try the horse
in the rark.
Fined 40a. sad mete.
THANE&
Twenty able-bodied male paupers were brought before
Mr. Benton charged with tearing up their clothes in the
casual ward of the workhouse of St. Georges-in-the-
reat.
Mr. John Newcombe, labour meter, said he admitted
42 destitute paupers into the amid ward on Tueslay
night, and each had a pound of bread and • pint of gruel
on admission, and a similar ration that morning. The
prisoners writhed round the ward and tore up their clothes,
which cost 61. ad. • suit, laughed at him, and said they
wanted new clothing, which warn provided for them.
Mr. Allison. master of et. George's workhouse, paid that
font of the prisoners had been ;seriously convicted of a
similar offence, and that all of them were very impudent.
The prisoners, who were between the ages of 19 and 80,
said their clothes were ragged and dirty ; sin fact, a nui-
sance to them, and full of vermin.
Mr. Benson e Aid that these cases presented themselves
every day, chiefly from St. (korge's-m.the- East, and that
be convicted twelve from the same parish and fire from
the Ratcliff workhouse belonging to the Stepney Uuion
on Tuesday evening. Ho could not draw any distinction.
This was not a case when men, from a natural impulse,
threw off clothing which was unpleasant to them. He
was satisfied the . prisoner, acted in concert, and were
regular tramps, living at the expense of the ratepayers.
1 bey received their directions outside the house from
scamp as bad as themselves. The prisoners deserved •
more tereie punirbasent than the one ho was about to
inflict. He sentenced them to one month's imprisonment
and bard labour. lie had inflicted the extreme punish-
ment.