The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A sOlDire s nation) WITH McMinn° A COMRADE.
.E•iot ./:-/it 0,01, a private of the 2nd battalion of
Cremalier Cuanls, was charged before Mr. Knox with
shilling two •atches of the value of $l., the property of
t•simuel l'artwri,:lit, another private of the slum battalion.
The prosecutor, a married man, residing with his wife
at st. George's B.arracks, said that ou the Nth instant his
• ,re went out. and while she was gone he went into the
K' oral barrack room with hie child, locking the door of
li. room, but leaving the key in it. About an hour after-
suds he went to his room and missed two watches. Think-
his wife might have put the watches away before going
ant he said nothing about them till she returned, when he
fiend that the watches had been stolen dosing her absence.
lie then gave information to the police, and subsequently
iw one of the watches in the hands of a pawnbroker. The
such produced was the same. On charging the prisoner
with taking the watches he denied doing so.
Charles Kelly. assistant to Mr. George Attenborongh,
pawnbroker, of Fleet-street, said that on Thursday after-
noon the prisoner eamein with", watch mewled, andotfered
it is pledge. Seeing information in the List" respecting
the watch he detained it, and sent for a constable, but the
ten 'Lama
est ze.
pbeforenterhe arrival of the
emir
that he
thet
watch for 14 months, but he afterwards Said it was his
sister's, and that he had it from her, and on his (witness)
sling him how long he had it he said a fortnight. Suhee-
..,,ently he (witness) went to St. George's Barracks, and
luentiried the prisoner.
In answer to the prisoner the witness said the watch
was detained at half-past 3.
The prisoner said that he could call vanesees to prove
that he was not out of the barracks after 2 o'clock.
Sergeant Harris, ta A, said that he accompanied the
last witness to the barracks, and on the sergesnt-
Euler ordering some men, all about the same size, '
:am dressed in a similar manner, to fall in, the
witness Kelly identified the prisoner as the man who
had offered him the watch in pledge. On telling the pri-
soner that he should take him into custody for stealing
the watch, he said, " Very well ; you have got the wrong
man."
The prisoner denied stealing the watches, and said he
could prove that he did not.
The witness Kelly said he was positive the prisoner was
the man who offered the watch in pledge.
In answer to Mr. Knox,
Sergeant Hardy, the prisoner's sergeant, raid the pri-
soner could have been out of the barracks at the tune
stated, lent he thought proper.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner should have every oppor-
tunity afforded him for calling his witnesses, and remanded
bon for that purpose.

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WANDSWORTH.
A srtaa. CONSTABLE FINED FOB AN ASSAULT.
.h.srpA Cook, a special constable, was re-examined on a
chwgial with being concerned, with other persons, in corn-
nutting a violent assault upon Mr. John W. Embleton,
builder.
A youth, named 2'hosias Comet/ow, appeared on this
wagon to answer a summons for assaulting the same
complainant.
It appeared from the evidence that the a
°t,iiiimg some houses in Brewer-street, _ _
On the 28th nit. he received information that the sub
banns of a shop were being broken. When he came up he
KW Cools with other men and boys dancing_ round an organ
tuan. The complainant seised Currey, ilhin• special eon-