The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-08 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

CLERK EN WELL.
. Sl.Echth CONsTADLE DOING NIS
tho,o, Thor • determined young man, wee charged
',miry articles from No. 210, Holloway-road,
.:.d well breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. Samuel
of No. 212, Holloway-road, and stealing there-
ft... wren table rovers and a quantity of clothing.
It appeared from the evidence that Mr. John Yeotnes
1 • No. 210 by the back door, about 10 minutes tolo
.lock ~n Tuesday night, and as he expected to return in
minutes he left the door open, and on his return at
,liont a quarter-nest 10 heard a noise above and his dog
barlcin lie went up to the first floor, and on
; !ling the window, saw the prisoner standing up against
it e w.Ol on the leads covering the 'hop. The prisoner said
" All you —," and Mr. Yeomes immediately shut
dos, n tie itirlor r..isod an alarm. The alarm washeard
by Mr. Amlerson, altailor and outfitter who lived next door,
and he at once went to the spot and collared the prisoner ; a
strugle mond. arid Anderson called for assistance. Just
!..t the moment Mr. Jos. Henry Elms, a special-constable
m•iding t irermott-road, Hackney-downs, was passing by,
avetog two men struggling on the leads he rushed
tl—ough the shim and pease.' up stairs, through the
f!..t floor window, to Mr. Anderson's assistance.
Mr. Anderson naked him who he was, and on finding
rbat he was a special constable, he handed the
prisoner over to hm custody. The prisoner, however,
refused to go until he had seen the special's warrant which
was shown to him, and he was then conveyed to the polio:
sc..tion, and haricot over to the custody of police sergeant
F.edmick Aberline, 24 Y. When first taken he had no
shoes on, but his own were afterwards found in
a lo,fet of one of the houses. The stolen property
was found on the leads. It further appeared that the pn-
miner must have entered No. 210 by the back door which
had been left open, ascended to the first floor, which he
itimmaged, and then passed out of the window on to the
leads over the shops and into No. 212 by means of a
dow, the catch of which he forced back with a knife ;• after
ransacking that room, he again passed out on to the leads
with the plunder. when he was heard, and an alarm was
raised.
lie was fully committed to the Central Criminal Court
for trial.

DOG !MALMO.
Thomp..,), :15, painter, was charged before Mr.
.f.nold with stealing a dog, value Lt., the property of a
lady residing at h. Arlington-street,
Mrs. Laura Millicent Holycake said—l was at Hyde-
-1,1.k-corner yesterday at J o'clock, sad had with we a
valuable little dog. I crossed to go over to Halkin.street,
wl was just turning down Grosvenor-place, when I missed
my dog, and I asked my maid if she saw it. I
bawl just seen a man pass with a short pipe, and on turning
to look saw the tio,'s tail and legs from underneath the
luau's arm. My maid and I orertook him, and we seised
the dog. He held it quite tight, and said "It is not
yours ; it is mine." I got the dog out of his arms with the
anistance of my maid, and I sent an orange woman for a
policeman, end three came. The prisoner kept saying the
dog was not mine ; he had 40 dogs.
Cross-exam; ned—l held your coat while the woman
went for a policeman. You were not sober.
Prironer—l picked up the dog to prevent its being ran
over by a carnage at the Duke of 'Wellington's-arch. I
meant to bring the dog to the station. I did not know
it belonged to the lady, and only walked a few paces
with it.
James Brain, 124 A—l was on duty at Hyde-park-
corner, and WAG fetched to take the prisoner into custody
be said the dog came to his legs and he picked it up, and
be was slightly under the influence of liquor. He has
given • right address, and seems a respectable min from
Matinee.
The pollee stated that the prisoner was known to them
as a respectable man, and had been • househokkr for 20
years,
Mr. Arnold said it was a ease of extreme euspcion, but
be did not think the prisoner intended to stea i
the dog,
although if the lady had sot seen him with it, it might
never have been seen again. After the respectable character
given of him be would not *avid him, but order him
to be bound over to keep the pesos, and be of good helr
visor for eix months.