The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-14 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

A big, surly-looking mulatto, named Janes Stevenson,
was brought up on remand, charged with steeling a watch
and chain from the person of William Daniel Sharp, a
gentleman's coachman oat of employment.
It appeared that on Monday evening, about 8 o'clock,
the complainant was passing along Wellington-street, to-
wards aterloo-bridge with his clothes-box on his book.
He had just left a situation, and was going by the South
Western Railway from Waterloo to his own home at
Add;estone, Surrey. As he was passing Lancaster-place the
prisoner and two others were lurking about the stairs, and
were noticed by poliosman Terry, 176 F, who r as on special
duty in private clothes, and Mr. Charles Carter Palley,
the deputy-superintendent of special constables for the Co-
vent-garden district. The two other men came behind the
prosecutor, laid hold of his box, and endeavoured to pull it
away. While the prosecutor's attention was thus occupied,
the prisoner snatched away his watch and chain and bolted
with it. The others also took to their heels. Terry and
Mr. Palley ran slier the prisoner, who threw away the
watch, the glass of which was broken on the flagstones.
One of his companion.' snatched up the watch, and carried
it of. The prisoner was overtaken by Mr. Palley, who
handed him over to the custody of Terry. The prisoner
was tried at the last Newington Sessions for a similar
cfanoe, but acquitted.
The prisoner, after cress-examining the witnesses with
considerable ingenuity, finding that he could not shake
their evidence, told the learned magistrate that he did
commit the robbery, end said that he did it beams* he was
hungry. He was remanded.

William Cook, James Whetstone, labourers, and Edward
Charles Davis, a surveyor and special constable, were
charged before Mr. Arnold with being drunk and assault-
ing the landlord of the Admiral %appal public-house,
Fulham-road. They were Bret charged with creating a
distort:ones, bat this being very vague, Mr. Arnold ordered
it to be amended as above.
Mr. James Hughes, the landlord, said—About half-nest
six last evening soy attention was called to • disturbance
in the bar. The prisoners and two other men were toge-
ther, mach the worse for liquor. I told them to leave,
when Davie said, " I am a special," and showed me his
staff. I told him for that reason be should keep order.
Cook said, "It you come here, I'll give you something,
and your barman, too." I went to eject him, and
he 'track at me, and I asked Davis, as he was
• special, to amidst me, but he pat his arms round
me and pulled me on my back. We got the prisoners out
of the bowie ; the other two escaped. Whetstone came
Woes next compartment, again took up a halt-quartern
measure, and threw it at my eon's wife. He then went to
the further end of the house, picked up some stones, re-
entered, and threw several stones at me. I produce them.
He threw them from the outside. Some bit the door, and
some Game in. Davis was in the house at the time, and
I again asked him to waist me, but he refumed, and said,
" I shall rot." Davis and Whetstone were taken in the
house, the other outside.
Mr. Arnold said Davis was not fit to act as • e
constable, and banded his warrant to the pollee. gt!
ordered to enter into recognisancee to keep the pesos for
six months; Cook the same, and Whetstone was fined 20e.,
or 14 days' imprisonment.