The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-12 00:00:00

WESTNENSTEIL

A young man and om;n7lla;;Elirank Taylor and Jane
Arrhrr, were placed at the bar charged with plundering
John Rebore!), a countryman, of some money and his
watch. _ _ _ _ _

It appeared fr, m the evidence adduced that the prose-
cutor was proceeding along the Queen's-road, Chelsea, on
Monday night, when he was accosted by the woman, and
inveigled limier sonic pretext into a house. He had not
been there long when the male prisoner rushed in, claimed
the woman us his wife, and affecting the utmost indigna-
tion at prosecutor's visit, took his watch and money from
him, but him, and turned him out of the house. Thepolice
immediately ;afterwards apprehended the prisoners, when
the watch and some money were found in the prisoners'
pockets.
Mr. Arnold—Did the women say anything when the man
cams in!

Prosecutor—Nothing at all.
Mr. Arnold—Did she interfere in any way!

Prosecutor—Not in the least.

The n:1; prisoner eked the magistrate to deal with the
ease, and paid he was guilty, but the young woman did not
know anything about it.
Mr. Arnold—Are they known as being intimate with
each other'

Sergeant Bone, 7 K—They cohabit together, and I
believe have both been in custody before. There are nume-
rous complaints of men being got into this house and
robbed.

Prisoners were remanded for • week.
_ SOUTHWARK.

Heart Gwen, 11 years of age, whose head scarcely
reached the top of the dock, was charged with stealing a
horse, the property of some person unknown.
Police constable 21; 111 said that about 9 o'clock he was
on duty in Illackfriars-road, when he saw the prisoner
leading a horse up Friar•atreet. Being so very young he
followed him, and raw him turn into Green-street, when
be rang the bell at Winkley's, the horse slaughterers, and
wanted to dispose of it. Witness went up to him and
asked whose horse it was, and not getting • satisfactory
reply be took bins to the station-house. He bad since
told witness that he had fetched the horse from Wands-
worth-common,
Burchain asked whether there was anybody else
with him.

The constable replied that there was a younger boy with
him.

Alfred Green, quite • child, was then put forward, and
he said the other boy asked him to go with him to Weeds.
worth.common to get a horse. Ho did not know whet he
was going to do with it.
The constable informed hie worship that the parents of
both boys were bard-working people, but he was of opinion
that some older person had got hold of them. He had
not yet found the owner of the hone.

Mr. Bureham said he onuld pot think of detaining such
a young child for horse-stealing. The horse would be de•
tamed, and the child given up to his father.

TRAFFIU RETURNS.

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Metropolitan

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and otherrivate bills now pending in parliament (Yearn.
Freya and Pilgrim) both held courts yesterday at West-
minster, end proceeded with their duties. In Mr. Frese's
court, held in committee room No. 16, the examiner de-
clared the standing orders to have been complied with in
the cases of the unopposed petitions of the Merthyr Tydfil
Or, and of the Metropolitan Cu Companies Amalgama-
tion Bills. The further consideration of the um
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petition of the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier, Isle of9;il
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posed petition of the Topsham Woodbury, and Lymp-
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