The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.

MARYLEBONE.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
This day a ern named .thodreac linghom wee brought up
GS numm4 before Ilris=i,.= with stealing a pirt-
oantalg articles, the property of
Mn.a. Wed, efWeithary, ban tho waiting-room of
the Great Wotan Railway.
Mr. J. Cab* mmeriatelsient of the police, attended on
the part oldie ampig. Mr. Herring was engaged fur the
paratalku NM Kr. lawia jun., was engaged for the pri-
nting..
It apparel item ea frame% that on Saturday, the
14th ultimo. Mr. Wad ram tom Weatbury by an
' mama train, mad *dos Me reseal at the terminus
at Paddington, Me pertmeatesaa, which contained
jewelling at amines daliar wearing al,Parel.
&a., man labia parades of a porter, who placed it
to the weilleputas. , a man, answering the
was seta te Oahe it front the room. It
Crotssieeeqi=ashsied el. • anertption of the peniun who
Mei the perimmterm was mat round to the police, upon
Oda pelfeemem Thmuu IT F, knowing that the prisoner,
whelks supleal we ibe sera, waa in the habit of frequent-
ing the Mia awl l'eathiewl public-house, Holborn, went
Mem mil Melt lin hie reedy.
Farther etridtam bevies tun gone into, Mr. Long wee
about to marl the prhery whoa
Mr. lowie mid he we /his to prime an alibi.
Magiurele (ft the cartehie)—lrliet lid the prisoner my
WIND res treit4ite ',May?
carrobb—lnisa I WI bin via mint be wan
rieesdiel "Tea Itataw,Theme• eat is ail ab•V'
M Sellsokmallak elf the !ter sal prowl
that on the mem portmorma astew, NA et
the Woe Om plasm wee la the pariaer of bar
Mau sal make at abase Uwe the prtmeatma
was timpiesitly else mid ad the planar wee erg the
mmi ate- be IL
Mr. M elemud that after that evidence he could
not puma haw with the ewe.
The primmer wan immediately discharged.

Jae ThMIIIMS, aged 27, and described as a file•cutter,
of Whitedirgel, win brought before Mr. Belle, charged
with bring eanserned with others in del/suiting William
Benin, • 491. 18e.
The Irbil tea German, and spoke English
well, mid we from a British ship riff aterferi,
and premaded te owl demos to London. He had jest
snivel yl, tam •ma hailed him in the street and
mind bia M leis •Onset eh*, ad than took him to a
place,
where men hips illsowlas Mimeo ea far as they could
for ahead* Owings. Atreethe wins ens drunk he was taken
to • ddlide-greemd, wbss time we not mots for throwing
mean, smiths primate had Arm bad • geese at skittles.
He but Ma. The men wee met Wm bat Mitred to bet
30/. that no Ruse poem be the loam could produce
201. among them. He ens aid Oa point* his money and
Will the bet. He went to his ladeibp and obtained 91., end
returned to the skittle-ground. A _men threw the boll at the
skittles and it went over them. lets were made that the
roan who played ea badly could not knock down
tho balls in three or bur throws, and he woe
told to bet, ea wm menred be would win money.
Ho did bet, and the men wbe played so badly at Inn knocked
thorn MI down at coo throw. He betted and loot 9/. He
only played one game./ skittles. The people in the skittle
ground all ran away at once.
John Thread, pallonergeant 27 It, heard that • gang of
skittle deseing • sailor in the skittle-ground,
and he pat bpd over the pangs and looked at them,
when they .11 ten away, and the prisoner was the only one
he cold overtake. Tiamp•a bad been in custody before
for • similar offence, and belonged to a gang of ekittla
sharpers, who were always on the look out for homeward-
bound seamen, countrymen, and strangers. The mato of
a skip was detritioded of 231. in a *MU ground by the same
gang ore Thbasd.ax.
Roche, the of the mutt, mid the prisoner belonged
to a very gang of skittle-rpne, card-sherpere, and
mogsmen.
Mr. Fletcher, eolieltre and snommer to Mr. Pelham, on
behalf of the prisoners, elicited bum Bendall, that he
would have won if he could ; and awed, ou behalf of his
client, there bad only beta some bets laid.
Mr. Belle mid there was evidence eta conspiracy to defraud
the seaman, and remanded the prisoner, adding that the
occupiers of the skittle-grounds where such practices were
allowed might to be indicted.