The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-10 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

Doosiolgste Carroll, stall powerful fellow, who has beep
convicted of felooy, was charged with violently assaalting
and thicati ning the p.
On Tuesday evening Felice Constable William
!igen, 307, saw the prisoner earrying something bulky
under his clothes, enter a pawnbroker's in the Fulham-
reed. Ari empanied by W. haunter, :Ilt; U, the cond.Oslo
followed him and saw him hand something to another
man, which the latter offered in pledge. When in multi a
were made of the defendant re:Tv-tang the property he
deemed he would knock the isoleitahle's brains out. On
examination it was found that defendant had possession
of a woman's dress and a act of briishei, which he de-
clared to be his own. He made a violeut attack upon both
the constalikee and used very serious threat., declaring that
when he regained his liberty he would run a knife WV)
their hear ta.

Defendant raid he had previously had a punishment of
seven ;cars, which wee totally tuUnerited. He declarel
that he had Do right to have been stopped on the present
occasion, as the things belonged to his mother and step-
father, who had given him permission to pawn them.
Mr. Nolte said that the constable w.i.• perfectly justified
in Mopping him, and inquiring shoat the pinperty. De-
fendant had been guilty of assaulting both of the enn-
itubler, and had maxi the moat violent threat"; towards
Hu in. He tlinuld commit him for two nionthi to hard
labour in the House of Correction, and further re- lure
hue to find bail fur his good behaviour for three months.

M A ItLItOItOUG If -STREET.
Georg.. IVilliumP, a young man da•scribing himonlf as a
labour. .r, with no home, N 4121 charged beton. Mr. Tyrwhitt
with being concerned with two other men not in eustoly
in atealin a silver watch, of the value of al., from the
person of Henry Oardner, a plumber, of No. 4, Crust-
street, St. James's.
The prosecutor, an elderly men, sald—Abont I &elixir
thin morning I wax walking along Coventry-stre,t, thn
street being very quiet at the time, when some one behind
me seized me tightly by the throat, and I lost all power,
and while I was being held my watch and chain were tent
from me, and as soon as I wee released the prisoner ran
away.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was there one person or more ?
Prosecutor— Two or three, I think. When i was seized
I had no power. As soon as I recovered my breaths I nate
after Immo persons whom I raw running, and called
" Stop thief ,7 and somebody caught the prisoner.
Mr. Tyrwhitt--Do you know when: the persons exmo
front

Prosecutor- Ido not. I did not hear them coming up
to me. My wutch was worth 6/.
Mr. Tyrwhitt --Ito you reeogni.. the pri..twr n; one of
the 1H.M.11,:
l'rostrutor--I do not. _

Trimmer—Yoe mid at the nation r c,m1,1 not ewer
to me.

Prosecutor—l cannot swear to you as one of the persons
who attacked in...

Mr. Hobert Aiworthy, of No. 17, Carnabpstrect, a
tailor, mid— About one this morcing. I was srteaking t,
a friend, and heard a cry of "Stop thief and PAM two
men run down Marlboiough-street. I pursued them.
The prisoner was one of the two ; and after running
mime distance they separated, and the prisoner walked
iuto Oreat Vine-street, where I went up and yoke to a
constable, who took the prisoner into enstode.
l'olice-oonstable Charles Csupeuter, 3i C 17, ,aid- -I aw
the prisoner walking through a court leading into
Regent-street shortly after one o'clock this morning. The
last witness told me that hearing a cry of " Atop thief,"
end seeing the psi over and another man running. he les I
followed them. I took the prisoner hark to Carnaly-
street, when the prosecutor sand he had bean robbed of
his watch, and that the prisoner was about the stature of
one of the men who had rubbed him. The prisoner wee
out of breath and mold not speak at first, hot afterw.irds
said that he came from the Haymarket, whereas he lis.l
cease in quite a di.ferent direction ; and on say a.skiter
him where he had been ten minutes beton., he male 114
answer. The prisoner was wearing a File of noiseless
running bouts. . .

Tyrwhitt-- The prixmer be reman.l,4l for 3
reek.
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WOHSHIP-STRE I.:T.

Mary Am. SOre as. 2.1, described as an unfortunste, arts
charged with having auslieiondy rut and would.' Cheri-.
rewilerov, by stabbing him in the face with a pit-:o of
',token glare.
The prneeilitnr rtated that whilst proeeeding *long
Fliorediti h, in company with his brother, the prisoner,
with another woman of her ekes canto up to aceoste I
them. Ile (prosecutor) bade her pass on. and was in the
act of doing so himself when prisoner struck his brothi
on the head with a common dunking glass. which bio'in,
but inflicted no injury on him; shethen turned round to
the prosecutor. and without a word " jobbed " him in the
kit cheek with a piece of the glass which she still held in
her hand. It cut his face seriously. and aimed envered
him with blood. A con,lahle was *anal, and the prisoner
instantly given into custody.
John Cowderoy, brother of the prosecutor, gave con-
ftrinatosy.tostiniony ; soul rolice-ix.nstable 1241 II deposal
to receiving prisoner into custody from the hands of the
prosecutor, whose face was bleeding profusely from a deep
cut on the left cheek. The prisoner, he added, used
most disgusting language, and repeatedly threatened the
people around her. She was not drunk, although she had
had-liquor ; most probable the glee she had broken of er
prosecutor's brother had lire,' stolen from some public-
house.

Prisoner ImliqlPhe wsw drunk at the time. and did not
know anything about it.
The magistrate 'sentenced the primmer to two months
nor 'risaitimant with hard labour in the Howie of come-
tion.