The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-18 00:00:00

raw POLICIR coURT&
MANIBIOMMOUBM.
Mr. Own Ihniths eft the Jail Sailors Warn. Nor-
' Maio append thine Alderman air Thomas (iebriel, on
gammen thenginglais with baying obtained on the 2nth
TeleenryAohisse Mr, Jahn Tait, wine merchant, of
I, Tema- Baekkabery, by means of false pretences,
a above I ~ with insist to defraud.
Kr. Pewee Millar, solicitor, conducted the peoecution;
and Mr. Ifeataga Williams, banister, defended.
The cemplainant did not appear when called upon, but
same evidenes was takes to justify a remand, and the
ease wee then adjourned till Tuesday, and the defendant
entered into his recognisance for 2001. to appear on that
day.
MARLBOROUGH-STRTIT.
Mr. Pees, of the An Tavern. llama:bet, and
Mrs. CArtmlier, of the ssn,, Duke-etrest, wan sum-
mined, the first far permitting prostitute to amemble,
and the second for keeping bee bone open at unlawful
hours.
In both eases the evidence wen to prove the infringe-
ment of the act, but as in each laminas the house heA
ben well-oonducted hitherto, the n'• • ate adjourned
his decision for the purpose of
sear • "theft how the basi-
n= would be carried on in the interim.
In a third case, Mr. Omer, of Panton-sheet, appeared
to answer three sununceses, one for keeping open at
illegal hours, and two for harbouring prostitutes. The
can we proved, and previous conviction had been re-
corded. A line of M. was leaded on the first summons
and of 201. on the second, while the docisiou on the third
wee adjonnied.
LAMBETH.
Johe Setwooll was finally examined on a charge of lev-
ies le Was and fraudulent pretences obtained various
wrist money from Henry Tobin.
Tobin, the wife of the prosecutor, stated that
aloe ten years ago her husband, who is now ill, assured
houilhfate and made a provision against siclmess in "The
in Need Awareness Society, " with an office in the
About • year and a half ego it was turned into
"Ifs Provincial Union Assurance Company (Limited),"
and the business was carried on at 104, Fleet-street. On
gi up the old policy her husband received a new one,
, on payment of Ind. a week, • payment of
ra:azu at death, and 10a. a week during !tickling.
The weekly payments had been made to the defendant,
who wax a collector. In October her husband was seized
with inner, and although she had sent in the medical
certificate in the usual way, and made a personal
application at the office in Chatham-place, she received no
sulk pay op to the time of taking the present proceed-
ings. A.ftar she had taken out the sunraons the defen-
dant came to hcr,t,said he would " see about it." and soon,
afterwards gave her a sovereign for two weeks' sick pay.
Zvideaco was given to show that the " Provincial Union
Aaurance Company" had been wound up in June last,
under an order of the Court of Chancery, and that c•in-
seipientl the defendant had no right to receive money in
its behalf.
Mr. Woolrych committal the defendant for trial, but
aoseipted hail fur hie appearance at the stamions.
GILEEN
Marry Ann Geary, a child twelve years of ale, was
charged with henna found at Sydenharn, wandering, and
without /any visible means of pulni,tence.
&meant Lest, l' division, said that on the previous
day the prisoner was brought by a eonstable to the '.cation,
and he reeor iced her aa having been brought to the sta-
tion two days before hut Christmas, when she was sent
home to her parents. lie Questioned the prisoner, who
told him that her father, who had worked on a railway,
having met with au accident, had been taken to the has-
pital, where his leg was amputated. but that dying Lis
body was brought home the next day, when Iry mother
was so much &hashed at the sight that she died also : and
that an infant three months old died the next day, after
which the brokers' entered the house and sei,ad and
carried away the goods. lie afterwards ascertained that
the father and mother of the prisoner were living at Penes..
The prisoner's mother here stepped forward, eat said
she had pent her out on the previous morning to fetch
Melee medicine for her infant child. The prisoner was in
the habit of straying from borne, and had no occasion to

biYr. Maude said the story told by the prisoner had
evidently been coacocted by some older heoh for the pur-
pose of exciting the sympathy of the charitable public.
Ile cautioned the mother against her being found again
wandering about, and then ordered her discharge.