The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-29 00:00:00

BOW43TREET.

dim:rated--
H, Germ a looking man, was placed at the
bar charged with uttenog counterfeit coin.
Elizabeth Bryant, of the Crown public-house, New Ox-
ford-street, maid—thi the 7th of October the prisoner woo
into the bar and asked fur a half-pint of porter and some
tobacco, and tendered a florin in psymeot„ which I at once
said was a counterfeit coin. W hen I told him it was but
he said, " Will you know we again?" I said I certainly
shoubL I took the beer back, and having broken the base
coin in halves, I gave him one portion of it and retained the
other, which I gave to a police-coustable on the following
Monday.

klr. John Fenwick, landlord of the Angel and Crown,
Glianvater-street, Queen's-alums, Bloomsbury, said--On
the 14th of October, about half Tart 7. the priserser came
to my house and called for a glees of ale, sod tendered •
shilling, which I placed in the detector. The rota was
broken, and I returned it to the prkorier, saying, " Gover-
nor, that wool do for soy." Ile said, "Whet do Jon mean?
I gave you a good shilling, that iso't mice." I said, I tell
you what it is, I've a good mirk to lock you up at owe?
I let him go, but 1 set a person to watch him, and he wee
seen to enter the Bull'. Head public•house, Oxford-street,
Mr. Thomas Howe, landlord of the Bull's Head public.
house, said—The prkoner came into any house on the even-
ing of the 14th of October, and tendered a bed shilling in
payment for beer. I saw it wee a counterfeit. At that
!Jarman some person came in, sod then I told the prisoner
that I thought he had been uttering base coin before. He
yard lie lied another sixpence, but I sent for • constable
and gave him in charge. I marked the coin and gave it to
the

Police-constable 77 F. —I took the nrisooer into custody
oft the everting I. question at Mr. Howe's house. and re-
ceived from that gentleman the counterfeit shilling now
produced. I afterwards received front Miss Bryant the half
of a counterfeit Biota.

Mr. Carrie-1 am going to commit you for trial ; hare
you anything to ay?
Pri.oner— 'Pitt b reaped to the all illi-og I took it in change,
sad I don't think I yea wrong in getting rid of it. With
inspect to the florin it's a ruietake. I never maw her in my
life. IWM at St. John's-wood when the woman any. I W
in Orfordatreat. It's hard to have my liberty sworn away
by a woman I never saw before.
Mr. Coffin—Well, that amounts to an alibi. You will
hare an opportunity to prove that on your trial.
PrMoner—Well, but it's hard to be sent to trial for a
think I never did.

Mr. Corrie—You can teU the jury that.
The prisoner was then fully committed.
A well-dreamed young man, named Jolla Ayerbury, was
domed with assaulting a youth named Thomas Bate.
The oomnant dated that at about four o'clock on
Saturdayaftsrnooo he was driving, in Broad-street, Blooms-
bury, in a pony cart belonging to has father, who is a taker
in Clare-stmt. Clare-market, when the defendant, who was
crossing the road, asked him why he drove so dose epos
him Whores replied that he did it by accident. The de-
fendant then snatched the whip from him and cut him
wraiths face with it. [The witness had a severe scar on
his fate.]
The defendant said that complainant drove so close upon
him that be was obliged to seise the reins and bold the pony
back, in order to preserve himself from being rue over. The
complainant then struck him with the whip, and he, being
exasperated at this treatment, took the whip from the boy
sad returned the blow with it.

The complainant said he did not strike the defendant in-
teationally ; bat he might ham glow so accidentally ra
whipping the pony.
Yr. Carrie mad defendant had acted very hastily and In-
temperately. He had no right in strike the complainant at
aQ atiU lea to Ulla him so viuleutly. He must pay a fine of
N.. which would probably be • warning to him for the
future.
The fine was immediately paid.

Jots Harper, a labourer, was charged before Mr. Barker
with stealing a cow of the value of zw., the property of Mr.
William Ranee, oewkeepar, of 16, King s-terrace, New
North-road, Islington. The primmer was further charged
with stealing a set of harness, the property of Ur. Howard,
11, Matilda. ateeet, Islington.
The primmer had been in the employ of both prceeenton,
and has before been in custody and convicted of embezzle-
ment. The prisoner was Brat appreheaded co the charge of
stealing the hareem by Polio ..mutable Stamen, 1:46 N. In
this emelt apprised that the prisoner had been only discharged
from Zr. 3 Hawerd's service &few days when the kitchen of the
latter was brisket open and the harness stolen. The nest
day the prisoner sold the harness. and stated that it belonged
to his brother. In the ‘ase of the cow, the prisoner
had bees discharged from Hr. Hatice's employ. He WY
princijsilly espied at the prosecutor's cowsheds, in North-
aniptunatreet, Lower-road, Islington, and consequently
knew about the time that the prosecutor and his servants
would be sheee• The cow was stolen about the latter end
of June, and the prisoner was emu driving it some distance
from the proseeetor's sheds. He drove it to Mr. ("ramie
slaughtering-yard at Old Smithfield, and mated that lie
wanted to sell it • it was the property of his sister, and she
was very short ritooney. A forgain was made to purchase
the cow for 16/.. the party who pumhased it stating that he
would go with the prisoner, and pay the money to his (the
defendant's) sister. To this noun the prisoner readily
assented. But when the purchaser was ready to go the
prisoner was nowhere to I. fuuod. In the course of a
few hours the cow was awned, and the primmer wee not
again seen until apprehended on the charge of stealing
the harness.
The prisoner did not deny the charge of starling the har-
ness, and Loped the magistrate would deal with it.. With
regard to stealing the cow he was sure the witnesses were
all mistaken as to his identity, and were perjuring them.
selves.
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The witless'. were recalled, asid swore positively to the
prisoaer's identity.
Mr. Barker said It s ease fore jury, sod fully cola.
mined the primmer for trial cia both chugs.

SOUTHWARK.

Catharine Ponder, a respectable-looking remade, was
brought before Mr. Bureham charged with committing •
murderous assault on Sarah Harris with • poker, injuring
her severely.
The prosecutrix, n middle•sged person, who seemed to be
suffering from a wren wound on her head, which was
landaged up, sail that she lodged in the same hour es the
primer and her husband is the liorough.rowl. On Satur-
day afternoon about four o'clock witness came home, when
die was informed that the prisoner had throws ashes on
Use stairs a•d had broken • window. Witness went npatain
to sweep the ashes away, a•d while doing so the prisoner
elms oat of bow room with the poker in her hand and
struck her on the top of the heed and hark with it, and she
wee intmedietely Dowered with blood. She was takon to
Dr. Donoghue's. who dressed her wounds, and directed her
to be kept quiet.
The prie+•sr denied wing the poker or causing the