The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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William Brodie. a respectably deemed men, of about 30
yean of age, wee brought before the Lord Mayor upon re-
mand. charged with having stolen a great cost ketones' to
Mr. J. M. Jones, • warehomemen in Newiegtominste.
At the previous examination the persecutor mid that on
Saturday morning but he entered the newe rooms In Merm-
aid.% end placed his great cost over one of the eettks. While
reading a nempsper he saw the prisoner hastily leant hie
.at, end take up his (prosecutor's) coat, and maim towards
the door. Prosecutor celled nut to him, " Where son you
going to take that mat to ?" Upon which the prisoner re-
turned, end in a date of excitement raid he had made s Ws-
take, end taken it for his own. lie WM then given Into

come.
Mr. dyHobler, the solicitor, yesterday attended for the pri-
soner, and said he had been given to undmtand by the wife
of the latter that he really had left home on the morning in
question with his great coat over his arm.
The Lord Mayor said he thought that not much reliance
could be plead upon the evidence of • wife under such cir-
cumstances, end he did not see the necessity for putting soy
qemakes Whet.
In answer to the Lord Mayer,
Seegesat White. pelia,constable No. 3, said he had been
able to learn but very little respecting the pristmwe. charac-
ter. He had only been in his present lodgings a fortnight.
Mr. Hobter—My instructions are that the prisoner is a
very respectable young man, and bears an excellent charac-
ter, to which a gentleman has been requeted to attend and
speak. Unfortunately, however. he was not present.
The prisoner's wife, a decently-dressed good .looking young
woman, hen entered the witnearbos, and in reply to the
Lord Mayor, mid she had been married since 1853, and lived
in Salisbory-street, Strand. Her husband did not live with
her. She had formerly bald a situation to one of the waiting-
ing-roome on the Great Western Railway, her husband
doting the time working wherever he could find employment.
She left her situation about 13 weeks ago and came to Lon-
don to her meant address, believing her husband to be living
at the Panklitanon Iron Works, in Baker strut. Although
he ad not live with her she had been for some weeks peat in
the habit of seeing him rime every day. The last time she
saw him before now was on Saturday morning laid, when, ea
far ma she could recollect, he quitted her, taking with him hie
great cost
The Lord Mayor—l cannot understand how it Is that be
has only been in his present lodgings a fortnight, aceeeding
to the statement of the constable. How COMM he to be
living apart from you P
Wits (with much simplicity)—l mina at all account for
that lam afraid row, however, that he boa lost his situa-
tion and taken a serrate lodging, not liking to come to me.
He knows that for weeks peat I have been unable to main-
tain myself. At the present moment I have not bread to eat.
The Lord Mayor—There is something very mysterious
about this case.

Wife-11yhteeband is too honeet a man to steel a coat. I
am convinced that he sever would do anything of the sort.
White, the constable, said that the address which the
prisoner had given him was No. 2, Dake-street, Bloomsbury.
and that on proceeding thither he found a young woman who
mkt she we. the prisoner's wife.
The Lord Mayl6,-Where I. that young woman?
White—She to now in court, my lord.
The Lord Mayor desired her to stand forward, and • good•
looking girl of about 18 years of sge stepped into the box
and surd next the priannee's wife.
The Lord Mayor—What relation are you to the prisoner?
Girl—Nora at all, bat I ought to be.
The Led Neyor—You are not his wife P
Oirl—No; been living with him. He hoe seduced
• saw =Mae ens repeated promisee of marriage. We
he,, been a *eta& topther at our present lodgings. He
Mid me he was not • merrisd mem cm. girl commenced
eryistg bitterly sad fainted.)
TN Lord Mayer—Ptimmer, we now understand your sea.
eon fbr having a mond lodging. You bare deceived your
wife ; you have seduced this other poor girl, and ruined her
preepects for life. That is the greeted crime a man can
ccesmit.

don't think be has rained her, my lord. (To the
primer) : Have von rallied bar?
Ptiermer—No : I have not.

Lef:TfliF6h77•B,7;il have, and you know it.
The rd Mayor—And now he baa taken to thieving for
the pupae of supporting a second home.
Wif e—l don't think he would do that, my lord.
The Lord Na Not do that ? A fellow who bag acted aa
be is proved to are done, will do anything, I shall commit
him to prima, with hard labour, for three months.
Wife (sobbing)—Oh, pray, my lord, for my sake, duet do
that.

The Lord Mayor—lt is my duty to °malt him, end lam
only befriending you in doing so. Yon are very much better
without such a man than with him. I pity you from my
heart. and wioh I could do something for you.
wiah you could, my WM. If you could but give
me a few shilltop to enable me to get a morsel of food for myy
poor little child, I should be so much obliged to you. We
hare nothing at all to eat. I have got neakint teo•imoniale
v:rdpocket ; and If you could but get me a situation I
be truly grateful to you.
adThe girl here went into hysteria, and wse carried into itoiaisiag room.
llks Lard Mayor (to misotiees wife)—l have looked at your
and am ormlacad ol your nmpsetabillry. As