The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-14 00:00:00

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

GUILDUALL.
Art+ NITED IMICTIM THEODOR ALLBGIED OPPBIOIIOS.
initiont Taylor, 21, .London-street, Caledonian-road,
...1, driver, was placed at the bar before Alderman Carter,
isarged with attempting to commit suicide by cutting hie
roit with a pocket knife.

Hugh Miller, 122, said that on the 13th of July he saw
ft.. 1., 'meter in the Western Approach-street to Holborn-
I ill the middle of the day, and observed that he was
: ming two by the aide of the road. Thinking he was only
....tie,: himself, he took no notice of him, but shortly
ft-mails a man told bim that the prisoner was in a pool
t ti si. He went to him and found that he was bleed-
-1.;.; prufneely from a wound in the throat, which he had
..theted with a pocket-knife. Es called a cab and took
in to the hospital, where he had remained ever since.
IEP primmer was perfectly sober at the time, but much
tinted. _

The prisoner said he did not know what induced him to
Ile left the county court at eleven o'clock in the
, "ruing, and wandered about without knowing where he
going; and he was not aware that he had cut his
.!.!•at until he found himself in the hospital. He had
eleven years a cab driver, and never had a black
k Against him until some time ago his master
I a horse that was so skittish that
...Hid do no good with it, and the oonsequenoe was
ti ~t he was not able to take home the day's money to his
L....4er. Ilia master had endorsed his license to that
..,t. and uo other cab proprietor would employ him.
Taylor, a very respectable-looking woman, came
• want aid stated that her husband was a very sober
.!-s.ly man, and never had a complaint • him; but
-.rannouence of the master endorsinghis he could
t on employment, and they had been brought to ruin.
hushand had a complaint which disabled him from
...g any other work than cab-driving.
Alderman Carter thought it a very cruel proceeding on
• .. part of the master, and asked how it came to pass
d ..t the master had the power of endorsing the license; he
the magistrates only did that.
Ml... Taylor said the masters did it also for non-payment
the daily hire of the cab.
Mr. Griffin (the cashier) said there was an understand-
ing among ..ith-proprietors that if any one of their men
tailed to lc.y his money daily his name warn put in the
rand sent round to all the cab-proprietors, and
..no of them would employ him.
Alderman Carter Raid that looked very like conspiracy.
U. then discharged the prisoner, and gore Mrs. Taylor
nut of the poor-box.

BOW-STIMET.
110118117 AT TUE BIM= ZOTICL.

.!oh, .111nry Phillips, a cook, Henry Smart, and John
1.:10e, porters, were charged with being concerned in
',ding some piece. of old carpet from the British Hotel,
t ~ckspur-street, Pall-mall, where they were employed.
It appeared that some old carpet had been stored away
i.r *lateen years in a loft of the hotel, but owing to the
recent fires in London, Mr. Smith, the proprietor ordered
the loft to be cleared out and the carpet brought into
the open air, for the purpose of being sold. Mr. Smith
afterwards directed the beet pieces to be cut out, and de-
tained the other parts to be destroyed. A police-constable,
Bradley, 325 A, detected a man removing portions of the
t.apet from the yard of the hotel. being charged
ulth stealing it, he said he was employed by the prisoners
1. lake it switetolone of their houses, where some of the
i .rpet was subsequently discovered.
Mr. Abrams, w o appeared for the defence, dwelt for
• • me period on the good character of all the prisoners
! therm. They had no intention of stealing it, but he
admit they bad done wrong in not obtaining Mr.
Ah's permiatuon first.
Mr. Smith valued the carpet at 51., and added that ho
tight it was the first act of impropriety thu prisoners
•l low•ii guilty of.
pri.oners were discharged with a caution.