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London, England, 1861-08-24 00:00:00

complainant's dress—operations implying consider• t CENTRAL Cl?
able experience.
The prisoner, who gave a false address, said she
should reserve her defence.
Mr. D'Eyncourt committed her for trial.

LAMBETH:—Henry Rosenburgh, Wm. Jones,
alias Tucker, Henry Turner, and John Conway, all
convicted thieves, living in that infamous street,
Granby-street, Waterloo-road, were charged with
being concerned in a desperate riot, and demolish-
ing the glass in the front windows of the house,
No. 82, Granby-street.
From the testimony given by the police and
others, it appeared that on the night of Sunday week
a disturbance took place between a notorious thief
and prostitute named Poll White, who lives with
the prisoner, and the wife of a costermonger. It
led to a general fight between the thieves and cos-
termongers, which created the greatest consterna-
tion in the neighbourhood, and so fierce was the
conflict at one time that it was feared that loss of
life must result. The costermongers had the best of
the battle, and compelled their opponents to take
shelter at Nos. 71 and 59. After doing so they
smashed the windows. On the following day, dur-
ing the absence of the costermongers at their work,
the thief party took their revenge, and not only
smashed the whole of the windows of the house No.
85, but assaulted some of the female inmates.
At the conclusion of the evidence,
Mr. Norton expressed his intention to commit the
whole of the prisoners for trial ; but said, as it was
his wish to deal aut even-hande justice, he should
hold three of the costermongers, who were alleged
to have been active,y engaged in the disturbance on
the Sunday night, to bail, to give the opposite party
an opportunity of producing further evidence. If
they were enabled to make out a sufficient ease, he
would send both parties before a jury. The case
was therefore ordered to stand adjourned for a
week.
Two youths, the sons of respectable parents, were
summoned for driving velocipedes along the foot
pavement. It appeared the defendants spent their
Saturday half-holiday in riding a brace of hired
velocipedes along the foot pavement in the Albany-
road, Camberwell.
A shopkeeper in the line of road complained of
the practice as a very serious nuisance, and ex-
pressed a hope that his worship would put a stop to

it,
The defence set up was that the roads had been
fresh watered on the day in question, and they
therefore went on to the foot pavement.
Mr. Norton observed that there could not be the
least doubt the practice was a nuisance, and also
alarming to ladies walking along the foot pavement.
If persisted in heavy penalties would be imposed.
The defendants said they should not repeat the
offence, and were ordered to pay half-a-crown each
and the expenses.
Michael Cleney, a beggar, was charged with
breaking a square of plate-glass, of the value of £3,
in the shop window of Mr. Thomas Steadling, a
baker, of Camberwell-green.
Mr.S teadling said that about two hours previously
the prisoner apkroached his shop front, and, with-
out the slightest provocation, deliberately with his
fist dashed in a square of plate-glass of the value of
£3. Not attempting to escape, he was given into
custody.
Mr. Norton (to the prisoner).—Well, what ex-
cuse have you to make•for this wanton conduct ?
Prisoner—Well, Sir, some young fellows at a
public-house a few doors off drank out of a pot of
beer and spirted it in my face.
Mr. Norton—And is that any reason why you
should deliberately destroy property to the amount
of £3 ?
Prisoner—Well, I was vexed, and did
Oakes, the gaoler, said that this was not the first
offence of the same kind -nmmitted by the prisoner.
He had been previously before the Court for fling-
ing a stone through the shop window of Mr. Simp-
son, a chemist. On that occasion he broke a square
of glass of the value of £7 103., for which he suf-
fered six weeks' imprisonment.
Mr. Norton—As he seems a practised offender
he must in this case pay the amount of the damage,
£3, or be imprisoned for too months.

GREENWICH.—Henry Hall, carman, of 9,
Skinner's buildings, Roan-street, Greenwich, was
charged with causing the death of Sarah Ann
Thornton, a child 19 months old, by driving over
her with his horse and waggon.
Mary Greenwood, of Thames-street, Greenwich.
s id she was sitting at needlework between 5 and
6 o'clock the previous afternoon, when she saw the
prisoner, who was seated on a coal waggon, drawn
by two horses, enter the street. The deceased
was then playing in the roadway, and, fearing• she
would be run over, witness called to the prisoner,
who did not appear to hear her. The deceased
got up and ran across the road, and witness saw
her knocked down by one of the horses. Witness
immediately ran into the street, and there saw that
the waggon had gone over the child and that it was
killed. The prisoner was on his right tide of the
road, and driving with reins.
The prisoner said he was extremely sorry for
what had occurred, but he never saw the deceased
until she was knocked down. _

Mr. Maude said it was perfectly amazing to find
parents who could allow children of such tender
age to be playing in public roadways, with no one
to look after them. The death of the deceased ap-
peared to have resulted from no fault of the pri-
soner, and he would therefore be discharged.

HAMMERSMITH.—Mr. Henry Hodsdon, land-
lord of the William the Fourth publichouse, Kensal-
green, appeared before Mr. Dayman to answer a
police summons, charging him with having his
house open for the sale of wines, spirits, &c., on
Sunday afternoon, the 11th inst., the same not being
for the refreshment of travellers.
Police-constable Fondey, of the D division, said
that at a quarter to 5 o'clock he saw a hearse and
mourning coach outside the defendant's house, the
windows of which were open, and the mourners
entered and stood round the bar. They were on
their return from the cemetery, which was about
half a mi!© from the house. He had been specially
employed to watch the mourners attending with
funerals on Sundays in consequence of their disor-
derly conduct.
Mr. Dayman inquired if the mourners were in
the habit of getting drunk ?
The constable said that those attending the Roman
Catholic Cemetery were in the habit of doing so.
On many occasions the Irish funerals were followed
by 100 persons or more.
A sergeant said that the scenes on Sunday were
disgraceful, and that the inhabitants frequently
complained.
Mr.Dayman said people were liable to be punished
for abusing what was lawful. He was of opinion,
but of course he was open to correction, that mourn-
ers were travellers in every sense of the word, and
it had been held that persons going to Putney merely
on their own pleasure were travellers. He dismissed
the summons.

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OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justices Blackburn an
THE BETTING IN BRIDE-L.N.E.
The four prisoners indicted for creating a nuisance in
Bride-lane, by obstructing the thoroughfare by betting on
horse racing, viz., Newsome, Powter, Scams% and Wale
surrendered to their bail.
The police constables repeated their evidence to the effect
that the four defendants were engaged in Bride- lane betting
on horse races. A great many persons in. c - onsequence
assembled and the thoroughfare was completely obstructed.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The learned judge said he supposed there, was nothing
vindictive about the present prosecution.
Mr. Sleigh, who appeared to prosecute, said. the indict-
ment was preferred mainly for the purpose o f making it
known to others that the state of things that ha d existed in
Bride-lane could not be tolerated.
Justice Blackburn said, such being the case, he should
call upon each of the defendants to enter into sureties in
the sum of £lOO to come up for judgment when call.d upon.
The defendants entered into the required recognisances,
and were discharged.
THE POST-OFFICE ROBBEitIES.
John Smith, Peter Hollins Trounson, Alfred Chapman,
George Wright, Jabez Wright, and William Pearce letter-
carriers, all of whom had been convicted of stealing letters,
were sentenced to five years' penal servitude.
The Learned Judge said as the case of Bairstow differed
from the rest, and as it only amounted to larceny, he should
sentence him to 18 months' imprisonment.

NEW COURT.
THE SUGAR ROBBERV,

Frederick Henry Drake, 29, clerk, anti Henry Cooper,
28, grocer, were indicted for stealing four hogsheads of
sugar, of the valu of £l6O, the property of the Master of
Drake.
The jury found both prisoners guilty, and Drake was
sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in. the House of
Correction, and Cooper to five years' penal s,,:rvitude.