The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Gideon, No. 17, the alleged 1
proprietor of a betting-house, John Bantry, 128, Long-
sere, Whines Handky, No. 50, High-atmet, Semipros
liondley, MAW addrom, Thomas. Gill, No. 4, Princes-street,'
John Myers, 20, Chapel-street, Bielsard Richards, otherwise
Weige, 4, Elm-street, Beginning Tarsier, 47, Great Compton-
street, Wit ices Prim, 9, Itaybarri-atrect, Arthur Whirr, 6,
Portland-street, William Paaor, No. 4, King-street, George
Wilkinson, 5, Plough-court, Nutting-hill, and John Clark,
$7, Milford place, was charged with hating been found with-
out lawful excuse M a =union betting-offim, No. 17, Great
Itheepart-street.
Mr. Huddlestoce appeared for the defendants.
Superintendent Ilannant produced the authority from the
Pollee Connuinioners for entering the house. Ile went yes-
terday to No. 17, Great Newport-street, and found all the
defendants there. The chop was fatted up as a tobacconist's,
and the defendant Gideon was behind the counter, the other
defendants being in front and about the shop. Gideon
begged he would keep the thing quiet. He searched the
place, and on the reenter he found a betting-both, with
entries therein, of bets made on serious races. Be also found
another book with bets entered to the amount of 1,1001., and
the names of tke parties against the bets. A number of cards
misting to betting and racing were also found, and other
cards were there which related to monies paid. There was •
large sum of money in the different drawers, the total was
406 f., and Gideon took 1321. from his pockets.
Draper, A 326, beard Gideon, who was behind the counter,
call out, "Bets, has, for those gentlemen; be m quick as
yea can, and do not occupy the office longer than neormary,
but make way for others." Witnesswent to the office again at
12 o'clock, and saw several permits them. Cards similar to the
betting cards produced ware on the COLIIIIM, and he saw one
iKentlsome put down 21. for a bet on Cadet, and Gideon took
Went • time to the boons at ono o'elock.
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persons warstldrd prosent—ose of whom Gadd Gideon

slut was the lowest he would take, and received for answer
9to 1. Want again at ball-past 2 o'clock. Gideon nod
ware behind the COQUillr, and a man " Put me
down U. an Hmigawa, at 6toL" On each section (Odeon
wrote maahlng in I bask when bet me lor money.
He left the ohm. end what addle veil the emperintendea

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it wee immeethie hha to pt le maimed thet
ease et Gideam, he whim be appeared, did not his
withia
the meseing Mho eel. Had Gideon atood by himself, it me
hie Mead= 6) be,. pleaded guilty and thrown Newly
the mercy oldie amt. It was Gideon's teat efface, aid
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elthengh not the ealy proprietor, Gideon wee willing to ad„
mit that
won he had treaemelleed the . kw, and to hope the court
Mr. ld indict a velligated penalty
VendorsßAW whether the evidence against the other
defendants went farther than to show that they were
In a betting-nonce
The police said it did not.
Mr. Beatles said he should content himself with dischar
ing all the defendants except Gideon. The care of Gideon
embraced the largest mount of betting traneactima that had
yet come before the court. The betting business appeared to
have been carried on in quite a systematic manner, with •
bank, betting-booka, and partners, and that, too, in spite of
the warnings that had been previously given. lie could not
put ea • small fine, as the betting acts had been carried on in
the face sad to defiance of former proceedings anthenvictions.
Government wee fully determined to put down betting-homer,
end it must be elm* understood, if parties were brought
before him after a first conviction, he would not put on •
fine bat give hard labour, without tine. As far so that dis-
trict wee conmened, betting-hewn' should be put down.
The fine of 604 wee then inflicted.
THAMES.

Marko Inakr, aged 21, described u a stoker
of No. 20, Langdale-sheet, St. Gemge's-in-thr-East, sari
William Oakes, 22, of Watling-street, lit. Goorge's' colour
grinder, were brought before Mr. Polk, charged with break-
ing into Messrs. Wtgenur and Co.'s attgarhone, is Welk:Lac-
quers, and stealing therefrom 2 costs, 4 pair of trowiers, 2
silk handkerchiefs, and a variety of ether articles, value 20t.,
the property of an Italian named Nimbi Ponta.
The pnarmare were committed for trial.
GREENWICH.

Wifl ee■ Messed!, 18, of Rest
B.rawad.r,
acular employed by the Inland Revenue acres, am
p.
.red on ban, before Mr. Traill, charged with stealing a
aldf-10•01411101.
The prisoner was unpaged with another Custom-house
officer in searching the Prussian ship Mary Ann, of Memel,
ls=Rotherhithe, when the captain charged him with
a half-sovereign from the rimed of one of the ship's
boys. The prisoner consented to be searched, emptied the
contents of his purse, consisting of half-a-crown, a shilling,
end four sixpences, and said that was all the money he bad
about him. Ile was observed, however, in the act of taking
off one of bin shove, to put hie hand inside it, and thee
thrust It into his nuttier* pocket, front which he brought it
out shut. On being told to open it he did so, and a half.
sovereign wag found in it. The prisoner said he bed for-
gotten he bad it about him. Committed for trial.