The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Payne.)
CAUONT A? LANT.
/,,eis, 26, described as an upholsterer was
.r indecently assaulting two little girls, named
f vt:irr and Abegail Durston.
prosecuted.
:r •n in question, aged 11 and 12, presented a
• .1 miserable appearance, and the assault coin-
. : as committed nearly three years ago. The
se, then arrested, but managed to escape from
• of the police. and nothing was seen of him
r day when the constable who had charge of
when lie escaped saw him in a public-house
•eeured him.
.mmediately found the prisoner Guilty.
• : ta, asked if he was known.
.1 Cole, 23 C, gave the prisoner a very bad cha-
i ie was a clever watch thief, and, although a man
hadd, he could throw the strongest policeman on
The prisoner was a thief ; he bad undergone 12
r.prisonment for a watch robbery. Re was a
• .11 of thieves, and was altogether a vile, disgusting

.y-rie said children must be protected from such
the prisoner.
two years with hard labour.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
• FORTUNATE RECAP&
• a.. Frederick Wall, aged 55, of Clarendon-villas,
•I. OM, described on the charge-sheet as a gentleman,
karFixl with being drunk and incapableat Old-street,
I ecrday afternoon the defendant was found at the
rof 1:olden-lane surrounded by some thieves. As he
drunk and incapable of taking care of himself, he was
rued to the police-station, and ou him was found
W. Bank of notes, 21s. in silver, and some
Perl Y
Pro•
Nir Barker as the defendant was only charged with
ug drunk and incapable, discharged him.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ANSADVE ON A BAGUET CARILLON ATTENDANT.
Mr. W. Sawyer, brewer, of Totnes, was charged before
:. Knox with assaulting Henry Austin, hackney car.
..;,e attendant, No. 207.
Sr. Breton (Messrs. Lewis and Co., Marlborough-
appeared for the defendant.
Austin said, that in consequence of a cabman on the
:4.1 in the Haymarket complaining that the prisoner
rt.• trusconducting
Tie:irately knocked him down ; and, on hie getting up
knocked him down a second time.
l'.iice-constable Robert Carr, 30 C, proved seeing the
knock the constable down.
Ilr. Breton could not deny the assault, but said the pri-
• •:..r was not aware the complainant was an officer, and
lin for one of the persons loitering about the Hay-
: an improper purpose
a called for the
defence, Mr. John Lane,
• of Peckham, and Mr. Dollard, an officer of
• I .•iit of Exchequer, did not alter the complexion of
' • : the only difference between their evidence and
complainant being that they stated that the
• • • r was sober, while the complainant said he had
• • • king.
1.. .x fined the prisoner 51., or a month.
• • • was at once paid.
WORSHIP-STREET.
BY Akt RE-AGENT OF AN ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
I Irk a man of about 35 years of age, was
;ore Mr. Ellison with having obtained the sum
• f rom Mr. Henry Blab by false and fraudulent
• • i.tat ions.
' - that the prisoner for some time past had
,ilar agent to the National and Provincial
viral:any, and as such agent bad been
Tit of culling at the houses of the
..hers and subscribers to the society to
• • iv:ay subscriptions. In consequence of some
•. Mr. Orr irge Reid, secretary to the society,
•L. prismer from his agency on the 11th inst.
• .or. .r ((at the 13th) the prisoner called at the
Mr. Henry Dish, at Three Colt-corner,
' ' • .1.•1. and that person knowing the prisoner as
:.•t v, and believing him dill to be one of its
• ;i him on his demand Is. 21d. for a week's
• • Mr. Dish subsequently received a notifl-
•• it the prisoner had been discharged
if dy. and warning him not to pay
lunacy, of course, for that week.
• i came too late, but yesterday the
, all, on Mr. Dish, and asked him to
neck's subscriptions, and he then gave
on the above charge.
' •II secretary, asked for a remand,
1• prisoner in some 12 or lb other cases
• , •
.20 11, proved apprehending prisoner,
.•ii• i•liarge, maid that the money was not
• •• lice,; he had his books.

AI .N1:1) BY THE HEAT OF THE
11 E.ITHER.

1.1 iiir.rning the Metropolitan Fire
..teed from their chief office information that
•or•ivt7cin different parts of London. One
• tiot,,,hly cattwid by the heat of the sun,
• • aired in the premises belonging_ to Mr •
merchant, in Bow-lane, Chearitoo-
. • • 0 att,•tolui from Watling-street and other
th. tire was confined to the destruction of a
L Two other tires happened almost simulta-
, ' Colt-.tart, Old Ford. One was in the
to Mr. 0. Birch, No. 11 in that street,
. t the beershop belonging to Mr. G. Smith,
ti,,.hfere.Another fire, also supposed to
•"'1 by the excessive heat of the weather,
toled with considerable damage, hap-
', 1.. • helonging to Mr. W. Davis, a grocer
lisg on business at No. 57, Charlotte-
The flames were not extinguished
.le was nearly destroyed and the

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r ,i,(l the officers who servod in
• .'; •••-•t. gkti.r at W Rooms on Tuesday,

• • I•Ni. of A WASP.— A wasp was the
I ;wriaent in the pariah of Tinwell on
'• ..f corn dmwn by three horses, the
, •tl., F:ul tosinsborough, was beinconveyed
•flrnrrll Mill. When descending the lane
• ti..• side-bar the shaft horse was stung by a
caused the animal to kick violently and then
means the other two horses became
the train and entered the village; but the
had been stung turned into a garden plot by
and kiiorked down a pigsty. The waggon
and the horse aenously injured. It is
are two wasps' nests in the lane, which ought
rt,yed, and persons hare been deterred from
'44; that Way in coniequence.—Stamfordihrewry.