The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

Anse WOW*. was brought up on remand before Mr.
D'Byncourt, upon a charge of hemming and robbing Mr.
Isaac Brown, a fringe manafaeturer, in Bethnal-gran.
The prosecutor stated that between seven and eight
o'clock on the morning of Wednesday se'nnight, he entered
a public-house in Holywell-lane, Bhoreditch, and called for
a glass of pale ale, at which time he observed a number of
low characters of both sexes standing on either side of him
in front of the bar. As soon as the liquor was placed before
him, he was induced to turn hie head on hearing a sudden
ezolassaraon, which was evidently intended to divert his
&nestles, but he drank the ale immediately afterwards, and
the Mama he bad swallowed it he became perfectly stupifled,
and he bed not the slightest realisation of anything that
eslosciestly occurred until the lapse of several hours, when
be boat himself is bed at his own house in a state of ex-
treme vapor and exhaustion, and discovered that he had
been tabbed of about 41. in gold and giver, together with
bit Sus signet rianriti,cremil and watch and guard, the
letterer which es was now produced by the police.
Charles Harding, a sawyer, said that while getting break-
fast at a coffee-house mar the public-house referred to, be
saw the prisoner and three men rifling the pockets of the
prosecutor, who we. in one of the boxes. The prosecutor
was is a state of complete stupor. Witness left to find a
policeman, bat the prisoner and her confederates, suspecting
hit intention, followed him out, supporting the prosecitor
between them, and proceeded in the threaten of Batsman's-
row. In a house in that street prisoner wee found 'ay the
rdioll3llllll, holding the prosecutor, whose watch and gold
du were lying on the table of the room.
the prisoner wee remanded for the completion of the de-
positions.
SOUTHWARK.. . . .

David Skin, • enuni;;ZoikingTad, was charged with
obtaining considerable property from Mews. Moser and
Co., iron merchants, in the Borough, by means of forged
orders.
Mr. Moser said that for some time pest a large quantity
of goods bad been obtained from their warehouse by means
of orden now ascertained to be forgeries. The prisoner,
who bad woe before obtained a considerable amount of
goods by a forged order, bad called again with a horse and
cart, sad presented • similar document. He was given into
custody, bat the firm believed that he was the dupe of some
clover swindlers, sad did not wish to prosecute him, as
through his means they were likely to find the real offenders.
Tim prisoner was aoserdingly discharged, and left the
lend with Mr. Maser and the police.

Swan Robison and Assras7;p7middle-aged females of
gipsy-like appearance, were placed at the bar before the
Ron. G. C. Norton on the following charge.
Ann ladle, servant to a patients* named Preston, re-
oldie; in Grove-road, Brixton, deposed that about live
monoe ago, the primer Robinson called at her master's
house with some lam for sale, and having represented that
she was is very great distress, she (witness) gave her a
mall quantity of tea (about an ounce), and some cold
mutton and bread. Oa Monday last she called again, and
said that she had been taken up for es tea witten had
given her, and lint to prison for two ',oaths for having it
la her possession. Bhe also said that she bad concealed the
am. of ens person from whom she got it, but unions she
=9) •up the 51. she had to pay to her, she
not suffer for bee any longer, but would give
up bet name, and she @Unlit be then had up
ete Ws tea, then the whole Wag meet come
to bee same. knowledge. Wilms told her the the