The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-18 00:00:00

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

MANSION HOUSE.
TEO DOO LLW.
Thomas Bond, drover, was brought up on remand before
the Lord Mayor, charged with setting aforocious dog on a
police-officer. . _

On Saturday evening last, about 6 o'clock, Oliver
Abbott, a police-constable, law the foot-pasaingers
stopped on London-bridge, and many of them in the car-
riage-way. On going up to see what was the matter, he
saw a dog lying, on the pavement, uninuaaled, and with his
tongue
.out. rhe officer mixed the dog by. the neck and
was taking it to the station when the prisoner came up
and said the constable should not take it to the station,
and told the dog to bite him. The animal then got loon
and bit him twice in the wrist.
Mr. Beard, solicitor, now appeared for the prisoner, and
said he was instructed that the dog bit the officer from
the manner in which it was treated by him.
A witness was called in corroboration of this state-
ment, but _ _

The Lord Mayor said be did not believe hie evidenee,
and fined the Fleenor 11. for setting the dog ou the officer,
and another 1/. as compensation to the constable.

GUILDHALL.
erIPICIOUS ronsietox or ritOPIWIT.
William Rapt:, who gave Ma address at 17 Bell-alley,
Goswell-street, was placed at the bar before Sir Benjamin
Phillips, charged with being in possession of three cigar
cams, value 24a, supposed to have been stolen.
William Smith, detective officer, said that about 11
o'clock this day he was in Mr. Walter's shop in Alders-
gate-street, when the prisoner came in and claimed the
three cigar cases as his. They had been previously
offered in pledge by a female and detained as she
could not give a proper account of their possession.
He asked the prisoner if they were his, and where
he got them from, and he replied that they came to
him from Germany. He gave a correct address, but a
false name. He was well known to the police.
The prisoner said he did not take them Into the pawn-
broker's shop himself, but only went to claim them.
Sir B. Phillips remanded the prisoner for inquiries.

BOW-STREET.

AOT BIIHOIARB AND inua BECOIMB Of THEIR DOOM

1{ ißnaw fotzgeraid, AMR Barrett, and 14;i7lista 71;to-
max, boys of about 15 or 16 years of age, were brought
up on remand before Mr. Vaughan, the two former being
charged with breaking into the premises of Mr. Andrews,
dairyman, Leigh-street, Burton-crescent, and stealing a
gold seal and other property, and the last with receiving
the gold seal, knowing it to be stolen.
On the night of Saturday, or morning of
Sunday last, Mr. Andrews's premises were broken
into, and a gold seal, three silk handkerchiefs,
some patsy stamps, and 20a. in money were
stolen. On Tuesday, Police-constables Chamberlain, E
163, and Carter, E 117, saw the three prisoners in Cromer-
street, at the corner of Brighton-street, and apprehended
them. Chamberlain took Bateman, and Carter the other
two. Upon hearing the charge, Fitzgerald said, " All
right, Mr. Carter, I will tell you the truth. I stood by
the door, and Barrett got on my shoulders and opened
the fanlight, and got in that way. We should
have ot more swag only we were inter-
rupted.'' Chamberlain said to Bateman, " Have you
bought a seal of any one?" Bateman replied,
" o." On the way to the station he said to Cham-
berlain, " There you are," handing him a piece of
paper, which was afterwards found to contain a bit of
cigar end. At the same moment he attempted to pass
something to another boy, who passed at the moment
but Chamberlain caught hold of has hand, and prevented
him hom doing so. Bateman said, " I did buy a seal,
and gave a man Bd. for it. I was going to sell it to
another man." Chamberlain asked him if he knew it
was gold. He replied, " Yes ; I tried it." At the stn-'
tion-house the seal was found in his trousers pocket. It
was identified by Mr. Andrews. Fitzgerald afterwards
said to Chamberlain, " One of youry sergeants stopped
us when we were coming away it, and turned us
over; but he could not find anything. We had the hand-
kerchiefs up our sleeves."
Maurice Cane, a bov a about 14 years of age, said he
bought a silk handkerchief, which he now produced, from
Fitzgerald for Id. He saw the name Andrews written in
the corner, but Fitzgerald tore the piece off and threw it
away.
Mr. Vaughan—What do you think be did that for?
Witness—l don't know. I did not care. I wanted a
handkerchief, and I bought it.
Mr. Vaughan—Where did you meet with him ?
Witness—l saw him with • lot more, towing in the
street.

Vaughan—Were you tossing too ? .
Witnees—No, I was not tossing, because I had no
money to tom with. I had only one penny.
Fitzgerald—Why, you had five-and-sixpence.
Bateman said he bought the seal from a strange man
and did not know that it was stolen. He called as a
witness a man named Connor, who keeps a newspaper
and sweetstuff shop in Brighton-street, who said that on
Monday Bateman was in his shop when a man named
Bung came to the door and beckoned him out
to ask him if ho would buy a seal. Bateman
said, "I will show it to Connor." He did so,
and asked him what it was worth. Witness said it would
not be dear at 6d. or la.? and Bateman gave the man Rd.
for it. Bateman had since worn it on his watch chain.
Witness asked him why he wore such an ugly thing.
Mr. Vaughan, after examining it, said he ooald not
understand how anyone could call it ugly. Did witness
really mein to say ho thought so?
The witness reluctantly admitted that he considered it
very indeed. He also stated that he lent Bateman
the Bd. to buy the seal
A witness was ealled to give the a good cha-
racter, but it was stated by the oat that he was is the
habit of encouraging young thieves at his house.
They were committed for trial.
As they were being removed Bateman set up a series
of hideous howls, mingled with protestations of incomes
and rubbed his eyes most industriouely, but of
to ex.
tract a single tear. Two women in court (one his another)
joined in the chorus of lamentation with au effect more
ludicrous than pathetic.

• PUSS 110111* PIIIIIIIII7ID.
Arse Tract." aged brickl&yer, of 7, Bowman's-
place, Holloway, was charged before Mr. Barker with
righting and creating a disturbance in the Seven Sisters-
road, Islington.
From the evidence of Police-constable Bond, 264 Y.
it appeared that last night he beard that a fight
was taking 'Alice in the Seven Sisters- and on
going there he found the defendant and another man
fighting, they being surrounded with a large mob of per-
sons. He separated the combatants and they went a short
distance and began fighting pin. They caused such •
disturbance that he was compelled to take them into
citst,dy, and on the way to the polictwtation the other
man got away.
The prisoner was discharged with an admonition.

THE FATAL AOCIDENT IN THE FARRINGTON-
IIOAD.—Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner, held an inquest
last evening at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, touching the
death of tieinuel Hilton, aged six years, who fell from the
parapet of one of the model lodging-houses while playing
with some other boys at a game called " follow my
leader." The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death," and recommended that the earporation should
cause an iron railing to be erected on the parapet sur-
rounding the roof of the house.
DRESS ETIQUETTE Dr COUNTY CoITRTS.—At
sitting of the county court for this district, held at the
County Hall, Mold, en Monday last, the learned judge,
Mr. B. V. Williams, addressing the advocates, a
that his attention had been drawn to the fact that
none of the professional gentlemen in this circuit
appeared in his courts in their oMcial costume,. and that
he observed, on the present occasion, one gentleman in a
velveteen coat, and another in a light and airy shooting-
jacket. This was neither respectful to the court nor
dignified in itself, and the practice mud not be con-
tinued. An excellent rule had been made in this
by the late judge ef this court, which in future wortTiTetcdt
enforced, and he hoped that public notice would be taken
of this intimation. At a later stage of thine proceedings,
upon one of the advocates, who appealed the shooting-
ischet, applying for an advocate's fee, his Honour refused
it upon t e sole ground thatla Ina not in the recognised
legal dress.—Cernarem N.,ei •