The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-19 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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Messrs. Poole, a mason, and Tyler, a builder, appenred
by their counsel to receive the judgment of the court in a
summons taken out against them by Mr. James Telly,
district surveyor of St. Margaret, St. John, and St. Peter,
Westminster.

Mr. Philbrick prosecuted ; Mr. Vaughan Richards
appeared for the defendants nominally, but in reality for
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
Mr. Arnold said that these were two summonses taken
out ly the district surveyor of the district of St.
Margaret, St. John, and of the close of the col-
legiate church of St. Peter, Westminster, com-
plaining that the defendants, respectively builders,
engaged in doing certain work in a building
within the ekee of the collegiate church of St. Peter,
did neglect to give to the complainant, as such district
surveyor, two days before such work wail commenced, due
notice in writing, stating the situation of the building,
and the partteulars of such proposed work, &c.
These summonses are taken out ander the 38th and 41st
sections of the Metropolitan Building Act, which make it
imperative on a builder to give such a notice, and impose
a penalty not exceeding M. for neglecting to do so. The
building under consideration was Westminster Abbey,
and the question was whether that building came within
the operation of the Metropolitan Building Act. The
defendants, or rather the dean and chapter of the Abbey,
who in fact resisted the application, contend that the
Abbey was, by the 6th section of the act, exempt from
its operation, as being either "one of her Majesty's royal
palacce," or " a building employed for her Majesty's use
and service."

In the course of a long and elaborate judgment Mr.
Arnold said he felt bound to come to the conclusion that
Westminster Abbey was not exempt from the operations
of the Metropolitan Building Act, either as a royal palace
or as a building employed for her Majesty's use or service,
and consequently tt the defendants were bound to give
the notice required. Having failed to do eo, they had in-
curred the penalty under section 41 ; but as the case had
been brought into court solely for the purpose of raising
an important and curious question of law, he considered
that a nominal penalty of Es. in each case would be suffi-
cient, and for the same reason he did not make an order
as to costa.

TILE MURDER Ofd COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
IN SHROPSHIRE.

. Yesterday the examination of George Harris,
with the wilful murder of Barnett Zusman, at
Suds ley, on the 15th November, was resumed in the
Town-hall, Wellington. The cane continues to excite the
most intense. interest in the district, and the route from
the raihiray station to the Town-hall, along which the
prisoner would pass on being brought from Shrewsbury
gaol, was crowded by groups of persons anxious to obtain
a glimpse of the prisoner. The court Itself was densely
crowded, and many hundreds failed to obtain admittance.
Mr. Peele again appeared for the prosecution; and Mr.
Young, of the Oxford circuit, for the prisoner. Mr. Peels,
having stated that since the last examination fresh and
important evidence was forthcoming, proceeded to ex-
amine a large number of witnesses. Of these several
spoke to seeing Harris with watches and chains at different
dates since the murder. On the 21st November, six days
after the murder and eight before the body was found, a
young woman named Jane Vaughan was in company with
the prisoner, when he brought out from his pocket two
gold watehes, and a few days later be told the witness
that he had found a ring in the lane. On the 12th March
the prisoner gave to a young man named Alfred Such a
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long link gold Albert I, seal and keys to keep for him,
and the witness retained possession of them for a fortnight,
when he gave them back to the prisoner. Thomas. Kelley,
landlord of a public-house, Hawley, lent to the prisoner in
May.last a sum of 2/., as security for which the pri-
soner lodged with him a long gold chain. The chain
remained in Mr. KoUey'a possession till given up
to the police, and, on being now produced, was iden-
tified by the witness. In March last the prisoner
gave to a man named Young, whom he mot
in a public-house, a gold chain, which Young
returned to him on the same night. Enoch Garbed
proved that on the 6th May he lent the prisoner 7s. to go
to Cheater races, receiving as security a long gold neck
chain, which he gave up to the police, and now identified.
Benjamin Jones proved that near the end of April the
r ioner offered to sell him a gold chain, which ho declined
. Gee. Palmer, a jeweller, living at Madeley,
called prisoner's works on the 6th June. In the
course of the conversation the prisoner said that on the
previous night he bad been drunk, and letting his watch
fall had trodden upon it and meshed it. Ho asked how
much an ounce witness would give for the old silver.
Witne4s said ho would give 4s. an ounce, and witness said
if he could get it he would melt it up. Subsequently he
went up into a loft and brought down the works of a
watch complete excepting the dial and name plate, which
were both absent. He wanted to sell them to the witness.
Mr. J. Mantle, chain manufacturer, Birmingham, having
the chain spoken to by the witness .homas /Cetley placed
in his hand, identified it as being one of his own manufac-
ture. He supplied Mr. Cohen, the deceased's employer,
with chains. The swivel upon the chain was not of his
make, or crethe same gold he used in his manufactory. It
had not been put on by a chain-maker. In his evidence
given on Saturday, Mr. Cohen stated that before giving
this chain to ZUBMWI to Bell, he had noticed that the
swivel was broken, and he had taken up an odd swivel
which was in his possession, and fastened it on the
chain itself. The witness continued—l always put my
initials, ",T. M.," on the chains I make. There are no
initials on this chain, nor on the ono spoken to
by Enoch Corbet, but three links of each chain
upon which those marks would be have been taken off the
chain. At this stage an adjournment for half au hour
took place. It was however upwards of an hour before
the examination was resumed, the crowd outside the court
being so great that the counsel for the defence was unable
to get up to the doors of the Town-hall. On the resump-
tion of the inquiry Mr. Young addressed the bench on
behalf of the prisoner, and was proceeding to millwitnesses
when our parcel was despatched. Mr. Young spoke fur
nearly two hours, and the conclusion of his address was
greeted with an outbreak of applause, which was with
difficulty repressed. The case was not likely to be brought
to a conclusion last night.

ORritAN Won=No Scrioar..—Yesterday was the
annual Me day of the 260 boys and 130 girls who are the
happy inmates of the well-known and deserving institu-
tion in Maitland-park, Haverstock-lull. There was a
very good attendance of the friends and supporters of the
charity, who could not fail to be otherwise than delighted
with what they saw and heard. It was the 110th anniver-
sary of the public examination of the school, and in the
result the children pissed through the ordeal with com-
plete success, the admirable manner in which
they acquitted themselves conclusively showing that
they were being well grounded in what will best fit them
for the battle of life on quitting the school, which event
takes place in the case of the boys at the age of 14, and
the girls at 16 or 16.
A NOVEL WAGER.—On Wednesday evening a
number of gentlemen at the Ship Hotel, Greenwich, stood
watching from the windows the gambols of some boys,
who dived into the river in search of coppers which the
gentlemen threw into the water, when a wager was made
between two of them for 601. andi dinner for the lot that
one of them, dressed as he was, in tight-fitting coat, could
not swim to a certain point and back. The gentleman
who undertook to perform the feat descended the stairs
leading to the water's edge, and placing his gold watch,
which was the only article he was permitted to divest him-
self of, in the bands of a friend, ho' deliberately walked
into the water and swam to the point stipulated and beak
amid the plaudits of hundreds of persons, who quickly
congregated to witness so novel a spectacle. The wager
was won, and the SOL paid. When the dinner will come
off has not been ascertained.

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