The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

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Mr. Philip Pry. pawnbroker, Crowmstreet, was summoned
by Jobs Phelps for sot carrying on his bushier in the mode
prweeribed by act of parliament.
The Brat information was for not haring a printed list of
Wes of interest put up in some conspicuous place in the
elsolso7 and also for not having lie name legibly written ores
the door, and the word pawnbroker after it.
Mr. viwhitt said there were two charges mixed up to-
(ether ; the complainant must elect which he would pro-
ceed upon.
The complainant said be would select the charge for not
having tho name over the door.
Mr. Ed ward Lewis, of Crest Marlborough-street, attended
for the defendant. _ _

The complainant said be was an accountant. He bad to
redeem some property predged with the defendant, and be
found fault with the excessive charge for interest. The
defendant had not the word " pawnbroker " over the door
as required by act of parliament, be had only the words
dealer in iodise and gentlemen's wardrobes ; soil this showed
that the deifendant kept a "dolly shop," and was not •
regular pawnbroker. He had, however, ascertained that
the defesdnot had a license to act as pawnbroker.
Mr. Tyrwbitt referred to the summons, sod found the
words that he (defendant) had been a licensed pawnbroker
far three year,. He said, as the complainant had chosen to
Mien these words in the information, he must prove them
in a legal way.
The complainant said be had been to the Stamp-office
aemertaioed the fact.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the informer ought to have bad some
one from the Stamp-o Mos to prove the fact.
The complainant asked to have the matter adjourned.
Mr. Tyrwhitt would never consent to adjourn an in.
former's case. The informer ought to be repotted with his
evidence. The information must therefore be discniseed.
The next information, which also contained more than
one charge, was hien' with reference to the charge of
'mein taken too much interest.
The technical proof of the defendant being a plernbroker
having bean defective.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he must dismiss the in wrest one, bat
at the lame time be must remark that the defendant ap-
peared to carry oa his business in a slither irregular manner.
Mr. Z. Levis said he we. prepared with a complete
answer to all the matter cmiteined in the informations, but
it was lot NOISII•ry to show that the charges were totally
unfounded, ae the informations were dismissed.
William* Jones was charged with the following robbery:
William West, in the employ of Mr. Bertitt, of the
York Arum, 12. Curzon.street, said that ou going into the
tap-room the previous night, he saw something wider the
prisoner's coat, end ea asking him what be had got, he re-
plied " Nothing," but afterwards gave him a quart pot.
Two other measures were hers moducel, and the witness
Yul they were also Mr. Bartlett's.
Horning, CO C, said he found two pot., both of them
having the bottoms cut out, for the convenience of doubling
up. in the prisoner's posseension.
Mr. Bartlett said he had had hi eye on the prisoner for
some time, and had missed a number of pots.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was as organised system of robbing
pubheans, who suffered severely. He (the magistrate)
knew what the pots were wanted fur—they were wanted
for snaking counterfeit money.
The prisoner was committed for two months with hard
labour.

GOVIERNM6NT PRIDIUNTATION FOR SAVINO 'AFC—
On Wednesday the Lord Provost of Glasgow, as chairman
of the Locrd Jhelum Board, presented to Captain Edward
Scott, of the steamer John Bell, a silver mounted telescope
awarded by government to him for saving three of the crew
of the @chooser John Silver, and his kindness to them after
they were rescued. The Lord Provost, in presenting the
telescope, stated that Captain Scott, on the 27th October
last, while proceeding with his steam-ship from Glas-
gow to Quebec, and while off the Straits of Belleisle,
fell in with the surviving three of the crew of a
@clamor called John Silver, of Halifax, and notwithstand-
ing very stormy weather and • heavy sea, went with
several °goers sod men, at the imminent peril of.their lives,
in • mall boat to the wreck, to which the three men were
clinging. There w every reason to believe that the re-
?brooder of the men had met • watery grave. The men
who were saved bad been with little or no food for three
days. Captain Scott modes brief reply, in which he men-
tioned that the lea was so hasty that the boat in which his
men went out was lost. The Lord Provost stated that go-
vernment had also presented to each of the officers and men
who manned the boat 2/, and a medal in acknowledgment of
their serviced.

CaTirrAL PALAce. ONE anzunto Day.
Tatman" Dice. 28.—Adinisioes os psysessto 35,898; ditto
►y sea tb.kota, 3.2ol—totia, 39,0 U.