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The trial of Richard Morris, of the Turk's Head,
St. George's-in-the-East, on an indictment for arson,
occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Byles and the
jury the whole of the morning. The verdict had
❑ot been returned when we went to press.
The lady swindler, Geraldine Meurice, was this
day sentenced by the Common Sergeant to 18
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

23LicE niTELLIG.'ENCIE.—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

HYDE PARK AT NIGHT.—John Hayes, a coster-
monger, and Ellen Morri-z, an unfortunate, were
charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with disorderly con-
duct in Hyde-park.
Police-constable Dillaway, 275 A, said that he
was on duty last night about nine o'clock when he
heard screams of " Murder," and " Police," and on
going to a path leading to Victoria-gate ho saw
the prisoner surrounded by a number of prostitutes
who frequent the park, and the prisoner was
knocking the female prisoner about, and both of
them were calling out at the top of their voices,
and he took thorn into custody.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said
the male prisoner was drunk. He knew the male
prisoner to be in the habit of hanging about the
park living on the prostitution of females, and if
they refused to give him the money he demanded he
knocked them about.
The male prisoner said he had never been in cus-
tody before.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the female prisoner for
seven days, and in committing the male prisoner for
a month, said that he looked upon him as one of
the worst men in Lond on, and as one of those
wretches who hung about the parks and did so much
651 mischief.

WESTMINSTER.

NOVEL METHOD OF CHEATING THE AUTHORITIES.
—Charles May, proprietor of the Eagle beer-shop,
in Exeter-street, Chelsea, was summoned by In-
spector M. Hugo, of the B division, under the 2d
and 3d Victoria (the Police Act), for that he did
use a certain internal communication between a
house not licensed for the sale of wine, spirits, beer,
or excisable liquors, and another house duly licensed
for the sale of beer.

Christopher Henry lkFling°, inspector of the B
division, said—At 11.20 on the 3d inst., in company
with Sergeant Strathdee, he visited the Eagle beer-
shop, kept by the defendant, at the corner of Exe:er-
street and Lower North-street, Chelsea. Ile entered
by a side door, went down into two large cellars,
over one of which is a cats' meat shop ; in this cellar
he found a ladder fixed leading up to a trap
door, and that any person could go from the
cellar to the cats'-meat shop, and vice versa. He
directed the sergeant to knock at the trap-door, and
it was opened by the owner of the cats'-meat shop.
He had a conversation with the owner (not evi-
dence). On Sunday last the defendant'was pre-
sent, when he again examined the trap-doot, and
he said it had existed for years. The trap-door was
not fastened in any way. The defendant said it
was used in fetching water and other purposes.
The defendant, who is paralysed, and had an im-
pediment in his speech, could not be understood,
and a gentleman, representing the owners, said the
trap had been in existence twenty years, and was
used for the purposes stated.

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Mr. Arnold informed defendant that he was liable
to a penalty of £lO every day for twenty years, ac-
cording to his own showing, and that would be
something very heavy. He inquired whether the
police had reason to suspect the trap was used on
Sundays.

Inspector —Mr. Hugo replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Arnold said it was very hard for people who
wanted to slake their thirst with beer at the time
when the law did not allow them to do so. He must
convict the defendant, but would adjourn the case
to have the tr ip done away with, and for Inspector
Hugo to ascertain; whether the trap had been used
on Sunday during the defendant's occupation.