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

THE POLICE COURT&

Henry Thomas Jones, • well-dressed young MIL it
ed before the Lord Mayor, to answer n
shar o sees&
cahoot two yards of parematta cloth, vase
Linde& prosseaMd ; sad Yr. Lewis, of Bly-plsoe,

fended.
It appeared that the prisoner was a junior clerk, and
kept certain portion, of the stook in the warehouse of Mr.
George Evans, muslin manufacturer, No. 3, Cannon-
street. Two months ago be obtained two yerds of pan,-
matte from William Allan, a hatband maker with Mr.
Evens, and about the game time he protected • cloak
made of (Indiar material to a young women with whom
he load been acquainted for mix or seven years, and to
whom be was in the habit of making presents. Some
suspicion baying been raised by the fact of other articles
being mimed, it was discovered that the defendant had not
taken the paramatta to be entered, and be was then given
into custody. He had also presented the young woman
with a doses cambric handkerchiefs, a pair of sleeves, and
several needle cams similar to goods kept in stock by Mr.
Evans, but the evidence as to the identification el
these articles was not considered suffloient.
The Lord Mayor inflicted a fine of 31. for unlawful
Nation and 13e., the value of the parignatta, or in
two months' imprisonment.
MARYLXBONK
William Skeels, aged 18, and who said he wee a servant,
wee charged, en his own confession, with setting fire to
some saw mills belonging to the Midland Railway, at
Derby, whereby the same were destroyed.
John Hulett, 79 D, said the prisoner, on the previews
night, came to him said he wishe to give himself np.
Afterr cautioning him he asked what for, and he replied
for setting fire to the saw mills at Derby. He eouveyedbine
to the etation-house, where he made the same statement.
t Radford, 7D, said be visited the cells that
morning, the poisoner said he pot through a window
at the hotel where be wee at work, onto the mills, and ob-
tained some shavings and turpentine and set light to them.
He then got back through the window and into bed. After
lying for about an hour he got up and saw the mill in
flames, and he then made off.
Prisoner declined to ask any questions, and said he
believed it was all true.
Adam Hunter Boylan, superintendent of the Mid-
land goods depot at St. Pancras, said he had to ask
for a remand, as he had telegraphed to Derby. It was
true that the saw mills bad been burnt down.
Remanded till Thursday next.
LAMBETH.
John Pratt, a tall, middiseged man, said to be an &Me-
-1 nomer, with seazWy a shoe to his feet, or a rag to his
I back, was charged before Mr. Elliott with stealing two
COAL
John Barker said be was in the employ of Mr. Evans, a
earkeeper and dairyman, living in Rest-street, Lambeth.
Early that morning hewn delivering milk at the houses of
metemers in Chester-skeet, Kennington, when he met the
=who dropped an empty milk can on the pavement.
beheangsomething was wrong followedand stopped
threereoner, and asked him what he had got in his coat
U. He at led refused to say, but ultimately took out
we milk ems and gem them to wanes', who then moor-
tains& that they losissapd to Kr. James, a dairyman, and
had been taken by prisoner from the doors! of houses in the
skeet when they were left filled with milk. He then
called a constable and prisoner was looked up.
Other witnesses were called, who showed that for a
considerable time this system of stealing milk cans and
contests bad been extensively carried on, and prisoner bad
fre=liamibnrieen prowling about early in the morning.
le 181 L said he had made inquiries, and
martalned that prisoner formerly occupied • very excel-
lent position. He was a master of several languages, •
member of the Royal Academy of Music, and, in fact, a
man of oonsidemble attainments, but through drink he
had been reduced to • most miserable rendition.
Prisoner, who seemed to feel his position, said he had
bees suffering from illness, and was advised to drink milk,
I and seeing these cans, and being without money, he was
tempted to drink the contents. He had no intention of
stealing
the cans. He had suffered much lately, having
scarcely anything to eat, and at night sleeping under carts
and in sheds.
The Magistrate said prisoner without doubt had, through
his drunken habits, brought himself to his present do-
gramful condition. He would have to be imprisoned for
14 days, with hard labour.
THAMES.
Mr. George Wiggins, a lighterman, who is well known
on the river and in the eastern part of London, came be-
fore Mr. Benson, and said that, sines the execution of his
son for the murder of Agnes Oates, his life Intl been••
misery to him. He was 72 years of age, feeble, and la-
bouring under infirmities and gnat mental depression.
A woman named Flick had abused him, and called him •
murdering old reseal.
Mr. Benson was very sorry that any one could be so
dastardly and wicked as to torment a poor old man because
hie son had committed crime. It made
his blood run cold
to think that any one should be so perverse, so infamous,
as to taunt the old man with the crime f his son, who
had suffered the extreme penalty of the law. Re in-
quired when and where the woman had abused Wiggins.
Applicant—ln my own house.
Mr. Beeson said he had no power to interfere. He
would seriously advise the old man to remove to a locality
where he was not known, and where the reminiscences of
his eon's crime would not be talked about.
The applicant said his bread lay hero, and he had lived
in the East all his life. The same woman had abused him
in the street, and said he ought to be hanged like his son.
Mr. Benson—lt is very cruel and very shooting. Have
you any witnesses that the woman of whom you complain
insulted you in the street ?
The applicant believed there were witnesses to the out-
rage in the street.
?dr. Benson—You shall have a summons.
Wiggins then said, that in the sight of God and man he
would -distinctly say his eon was innocent of the murder
for which he was most unjustly banged.
Mr. Benson said he would not enter into that subject,
and must beg of the applicant not to talk about the matter
in that oourt.
Wiggins then left the court, dad/zing vehemently that
his son was unjustly sacrificed.