The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-02 00:00:00

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
ANOTHER ALLEGED FENIAN.
Patrick Oartnon,• shoemaker, was charged with inciting
James Winterbounte, • journeyman printer, to take the
Fenian oath.

Superintendent Searle, of the E division, and Inspector
Thompson, of the detective force, attended to watch the
Can.

Winterhourne said he met the prisoner in the Easton-
road at about half-past 8 o'clock. The prisoner spoke to
him, and said, " I know you well ; go with me to Salisbury-
street to a meeting, and take the Fenian oath." He went
on to say that a plan was being arranged to blow up the
Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, and the British
Museum. Witness said he was not the man the prisoner took
him for, and being no Fenian he would take no oath of
the sort. The prisoner then threatened to kill him, and
" wash his bands in his blood." Witness went on with
him till they met a policeman (Dentry, 152 E), and gave
him in charge.
Dentry stated that the prisoner repeated his threats
and his avowal of Fenianiam in his presence. He was
drunk. Witness took him to the station.

The prisoner, who said he had no recollection of saying
anything of the sort, was again remanded.

CLERKEN WELL.
ROBBERY FROM SIMIAN!) RAILWAY TRCCIES.

Thomas Purcell, • coal porter, who has before been
convicted of felony, was charged before Mr. Bar.
ker, on remand, with stealing from the trucks
of the Midland Railway, Agar-town, St. Pawns, cloth
and other articles of the value of 40i., the property
of the Midland Railway Company. Mr. Ricketts, solicitor,
appeared to prosecute.
From the evidence it appeared that the cloth and other
articles were sent from Leicester and were shunted on to a
siding of the North London Railway, about 10 o'clock,
and evidence was given to show that the robbery was
effected during the night by the prisoner, with the
assistance of one or two other men, who do not seem to
have been arrested.

The prisoner wu committed to the Jliddlesex sessions
for trial.

A LADY PINED FOR LEAVINGA TRAIN WHILST IN MOTION.

3lrs. Fanny Leddiard, of 8, Russell-street, North Brix-
ton, was summoned for leaving a carriage of the Metropo-
litan Railway Company while the train of whisk the said
carriage formed a part was in motion.
ft appears from the evidence that in attempting to
leave the train the prisoner fell heavily upon the station
platform, and was much shaken. The station master
lifted her up while the train was still in motion.

Mr. Barker said that as a heavy penalty was not pressed
for he should only order the defendant to pay a fine of
2s. bd. and the costa.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THE MARQUIS OF TOWISHINLI AND THE SOLDIER./
CHILDREN.

A little boy and girl named James and Maria Little,
aged respectively 6 and 9, were charged by the Marquis of
Townabend with begging.
The marquis deposed to seeing the children at half-past
8 in the evening, sitting on a door step under the colon-
nade in the Pall-mall, the boy crying, and stating
—a very common thing among juvenile beggars- -
that be had dropped something down an area.
The marquis having watched the children, and
saw them receive money from different persons, spoke
to the constable (Mitchell 126, A Reserve), and as soon
as the children saw the constable approaching they made
off, but were followed and taken to the station.

From subsequent inquiries made by the constable, it a-
peed that he went to Taylor's-buildings, S. Martini-
lane, and found the room occupied by the children's
mother, very clean, but showing every sign of
the greatest poverty. There were two children In
bed, one about 12 months old, and the other about
two years old, and another child about seven years of age
was looking after them. The mother, who was from home
looking for the other children, was the wife of a soldier
of the Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards, bat he having
married without the permission of his officers had for-
feited the usual allowance.

The mother (a cleanly-looking woman, but from wham
appearance there was little doubt that she was struggling
with poverty, and who was in tatters) said that she
worked at army clothing, and al terpaying her rent with the
little assistance she got from her husband, she had but
9d. a day to support hermit and faintly.
The marquis, commiserating the poor woman, who
said that she never sent her children out to beg,
said that if she would attend at the office of the
Universal Beneficent Society, Soho-square (of which
society the marquis is the president) be would look
into her cue, and see what could be done for her, and
the magistrate seconding the marquis's kind offer, dis-
charged children.

WORSHIPMTIMET.
ANOTHER RAILWAT TRW.

WsMan Thorn, 22, described as • clerk, was charged
on remand with having stolen from the first class
waiting room of the Shoreditch terminus of the Great
Eastern Railway a carpet bag. containing • coat
and other articles, value 81., the property of Mr. John
May. The prisoner was further charged with having stolen
from the same place a bag and • hat-box the property of
Mr. Joseph Watson, value 21.
The prisoner, who walked away with the property during
the temporary absence of the owners, but in the presence
of other witnesses, pleaded guilty to both charges, and
was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard
labour for each offence.

WANDSWORTH.
THROINISO AT MAWS.

A boy, named lidwia Giles Cook, appeared to answer a
summons, at the instance of Mr. T. Bent, the superinten-
dent of police on the South Western Railway, for throw-
ing a missile at one of the Mein. between Chiswick and
Barnes.
The defence offered was that the boy was playing, and
threw the missile. not at the train, but at a wall.
The Magistrate fined him 10a., or fourteen days' im-
prisonment

The trials of the October prisoners continue at
Rome, but, as ie usual in all political trials under the
Roman government, the proccedhop are kept es sweet se
possible. The prisoners are tried in groups. Bests who
were arrested with arms in their hands have bees already
sentenced to the galleys for life or for 20 years. One of
the prisoners at San Dikbeis was slut a fortnight ago at
the grating of his all by one of the soldiers on guard.