The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS:

MANSION-HOUSE,
John Bower, the landlord of the Penal Tavern, 90, Fleet-
strut?, chargal, upon an information before Alderman
Cubitt, with having !Alloyed the bar of Lis house t be used

for heitieg purposei.
Mr. Staab...fry appeared fee the prosecution; Mr. Orridge,
of the bar, attended for the defence.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
John Hawks (175) said-1 believe the defendant keeps the
Punch Tavern. On the 22nd of 313 y, about oin theeven-
ing, I was there in plain clothes, and saw him behind the
ter acting as landlord. I saw several gentlemen there. One
of them pure:Land a handicap book of the landlady behind
theism. I heard one gentleman make a bet with another on
the Derby. Several mealier bets were made and entered in
hooka by the parties in the defendant's presence. Ho dad not
ay anything about it. There was a convention about
hone-racing, and the defendant raeutioned the name
of the horse ho thought would win. I bought
a book of the landlady for a penny. I went
again on the 23rd of Mar, and saw a man named Newcombe
sitting there, with several papers, lists, and hocks, rehiring
to horse-racing rat the counter. Several beta were made by
gentlemen with Newcombe, in the presence of the defendant.
I saw the defendant give to Newcombe two cheques and •
quantity of gold.
The witness gave similar evidence as to a visit pail by hint
at the house on the 4th of June, and he elm spoke as to
visite on the 18th, 19th, and 2tith of June,at each of which
he saw betting take MVO on huree-raring. On some of
these wagons the defendant woe present, on others he
was not present.
The witness did not at all vary in his account on a strict
cross elimination by Mr. Orridge.
John Johnson, 131, and Marshall, 215, corroborated the
statements made by the framer witness in the mom:dial
points.
James Bath who was the principal wittiest on the ores-
signs on objet persons were charged with ensures under the
Betting-houses Act a abort time ego, was also examined. He
repeated his evidence in Ito material points, and identified the
defendant as the landlord of the house' and as having been
present upon several oemaione when the betting was going on.
Mr. °midge then addressed the alderman in mitigation.
He stated that his eltent's house had never been a piece in
which young ram had been induced to gamble, and that
although Mr. Bawer had no doubt acted improperly in allow-
ing tench a coarse to be pursued as had been thweribed in Ma
house, there had been no moral injury done. Under such
circumstances, the learned counsel loped that no penalty
would be indicted, and that the sentence would be contingent
upon the repetition of the offence, which his client would
take care should never Le attempted on his premises mein.
Alderman Cubitt said he had consulted with the Lord
Mayor upon the subject, and they agreed that tee ease was
' by no means of en aggravated a description as that upon
' which the heave sentence of the court had been recently
L. paused. It wete,liovevor, quite impossible to allow the case
to pass without setting a mark upon it. The ity magistrates
were reaolved to put a stop to a practice which wax pregnant
with evil. They were, and would be, assisted meet earnestly
by the press and by the polite; and the defendant must
pay the penalty of 291., and 10e. coeds, or go to prison for one
month.
. .

Tho penalty and costs were immediately paid.
James d wen then charged upon an infor.aation
with having need the front of the Bar of the Louse No. 31,
l'oppin'astourt, Fleet-street, for betting purpoaes.
The defendant pleaded guilty, and was tined 25/. penalty
end 10s. coats.
The penalty and coats were paid.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Aim Stewart, ensign in the Dist Regiment, was charged
by Mesa. Redpath and Manning, tailors, Bond-street, with
attempting to obtain a quantity of goods from them by falsely
reprewnting huarelf to be Lieutenant Orcig, of the Diet
Itorite.nt.
The prisoner. about ten days ago, went to Messes. Red-
path's shop and ordered a quantity of clothe., *ensure ins
himstlf as Lieutenant Oreig, of the Diet Regiment. One of
tbo travellers happening to Inman Lieutenant Orel". informed
the firm of the imposition, and accordingly, when the pri-
soner called again, a conttablo was in maaineas to take him
into custody. The prisoner, hi the bearing of a witness, said
it was his Bret offence, and he also admitted that ho was not

Lieutenant Greig.
Mr. Bingham asked the prisoner if he wished to any any-
thing to the charge It
The primner, whose age is 19, and who appeared eery
much affected at his position, replied that ho had nothing to
as
r. Bingham—Why did you represent yourself to be Lieu-
tenant Greig ?
Priamer-1 hare explained the
Reclpath.
One of the firm stated that the prisoner had said that
Lieut. Gregg owed him 601., and had authurieed him to call on
his tailors and get garments to that amount.
Mr. Bingham—la it true that Lieut. Greig owes you W.,
Frisoner—Licut. Greig owes we money, but not to that
extent.
Mr. Bingham—Did he authorise you to call on Messrs.
lb-sipath and eigain goods ?
Prisoner—lle did not.
Mr. Bingham reumnded the ease till next Friday, and ad-
mitted the pmioner to bail, two sureties in 501., and himself
in 100/.

to Motors.

THE DIVORCE BILL I\ TUE COMMONS.—The 23rd
report of the select committee on public petitions, lately
printed, show, that up to the 10th of July no leas than
202 petitions, with 48,273 signatures, had been presented to
the flouse of Commons against the Divorce Bill, being very
nearly double the number of signatures obtained on any
other 'object on which the new house has been petitioned
upon, for or against.

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