The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

TSB POLICE COTIETa

GUILDHALL.
Alderman Copeland requited the press to acknowledge
for him the receipt of a cheque for live guineas, from the
Worshipful Company of Scriveners, for the pool-boa of Ibis
court.
BOW.STREBT.

John Mahoney, a man well known to the polies ; John
Smith, a retained convict; Mary Ann Foley, and Emma
Shaw, two wow, of the town ; sad • boy of about 12 years
of age, named Edward Lawreme, were brought up for final
ezamination. charged with being cemented in a burglary
ecmmitted at the Marquis of Granby Tavern, in Chandoe
street, St. Mania's-late. on the night of the 13th nit., when
property to the estimated value of upwards of 2001. was
stolen.
The evidence—satirely of a cirenntstantial character—wee
Ivoliminess and somplioated. It appeared that at shout
three o'clook on the morning of the 14th November, Mr.
Boehm, the landlord of the Marquis of Granby, was die.
turbed by some noise in the house, which at first suited his
suspicion, but after limiting for a few ntioutes he re-assured
himself and took no farther notion. U. then heard the
voice of Mahoney—whom he knew as • ;smolt in the habit
of using the house—singing in Taylor's-buildiags, a smut
adjoining his premises. At are o'clock in the morning the
policeman on duty found the back door (in Taylor's
buildings) open, and called Yr. Bonitos up to inform him
of it. It was then found that an entry had bees
effected by the first floor window, which had been
left open over-night, sad the door, which had
been safely barred, had bees unfastened from within.
A desk in the bar-parionr bad been broken open, and •
lease and other valuable documents taken sway. A consi-
derable quantity of cigars and some spirits were also missed.
Suspicion at once fell on the prisoners, from their having
boos seen several tines in the sparse of the night in the
court, and from the fact that on arse occasion Mahoney was
observed mounting a ladder left standing against the wall
of prosecutor's house by some labourers at work at the
adjoining premises. Search was made at a room occupied
by Smith sad Foley, who cohabited at 12, Caries-street,
Drury-lane, where were found a large quantity of cigars,
similar to those lost by prosecutor, and a shawl, at once
identified as belonging to Nis. Bonitos. The two women
and the boy were la bed streak. Mahoney and Smith kept
out of the way, and were only taken, the former after a
lapse of soma days, the letter on Wednesday last. The
entry by the window is supposed to have been made br
Lawrence, who would have had to mount the ladder already
spoken of, and walk along a narrow ledge by two sides of
the house, to rime the window, the space being too narrow
for a full-grown person.
The prisoners, who all protested innocence, were corn-
milted for trial.

Several destitute perms presumed themeless before Mr.
Masudll to complain of the harsh treatment to which they
bad been subjected at the hands of the authorities of the
White:limpet Uatim.
From the statement of the two int epplieents (an infirm
sad siskly-lsoking man, verging on his 70th year, and his
wife, a careworn elderly woman) it appeared that about
Mee weeks dace, in coosequenes of a severe attack of
=accompanied by a partial deprivation of sight, which
inespacitated the husband from working at his
Mb sic ajourneyma tailor, he was compelled to enter the
martheuse, is which his wife also was subsequently forma
M Medic shelter, after an abortive straggle to support hew
Calf by her labour, They had dace rentaMed is the house
estU Tuesday last. when they were summoned before the
gialedians in the beard-rem, where they received an abrupt
Ingimatisa that nothing more mild be done for them, and
asy IMPS bit& tamed into the streets without farther
eszys.saill—Do you mean to say that no moms what-
ear were wiped for year expulsion ?
I TM Wife—They only said that my husband was quite
I olds to work if its p2ossed, whl. h is sot the ease, se he is so

of a Al. dote from " Donor ;" sa4 the Goldsmiths' Com
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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
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201. was received from the Goldsmiths' Co.sPulYr
from E. G., for the poor.bea.
SOUTHWARK.
201. was received from the Goldsmiths' Company' for OH
poor-bon.
LAMBETH.
James Blase, a .an of colour, wee charged with being
'romeersod is the sonsaisdea of the following highway
gefsher y.
Mr. Thomas Towel', residing at No. 10, Brunswick-
Omar, Walwotth, said—On last Monday evening, at aboat
▪ quarter to 4 o'clock, I was passing along the Walwerth
read, when I was asked for charity, and when I turned
nand to ace the person who addressed nee, I observed it we.
a young man of dark colour, aad about the height of the
prisoner, but I cannot positively swear to his being the
person. I gave him a threepenny piece, and passed os till
I mune to my own gate, and was in the act of undoing the
gate when I was et:echos the back of the head and knocked
down, and robbed of my gold watch, chain, and seals. The
blow I received was with something different from I.
clenched est, for I remained insensible for nearly an hoar
and • half, and am still suffering from its effects. My
watch was in my waistcoat pocket, with • short chain and
seals attached, and the bottom part of my waistcoat was
buttoned to the waistband of my women; so that it required
much force to drag it away. I suffered considerably all that
night and the neat day from the effects of the injuries
received, end, in feet, was almost delirious on the followiep
day. My watch was • valuable one, one indeed for which I
paid thirty gateau SOWN years ago, aad the chain and seals
cast me tea guineas.
Two lads, one of them a servant te a chsesemonger, and
the other to &milkman, described the prisoner and three
other men following the last witness, and both of them par
ticulasly noticed the prisoner from his being • man of
eolour, and one of them knew him very well as the person
who went up to the prosecutor and asked him for ecesethieg.
One ef the other men first endeavoured to trip up the prose-
cutor, bat in this he did not succeed. lie then struck him
teem behind. The prolocutor fell to the ground, when the
ntlgot rotted him, and the witnesses saw the gold watch
itands of one of them. AU of them then took to
gait heels.
Sergeant Copping, of the P division of police, said that
is islocisstion of the robbery and a description of
the pordes wises it had been committed, he apprehended
ty poisisse so as al the persons eoneented in its commis-
aka ea the sowing before. He had on at the time • shawl
shoat his wit which he said he purchased on Tuesday
neetwing for Es., and • coat which he said he purchased on
the maw morning in Petticoat-lane for 10s., and said he
wen the money with which he purchased them In twin at
as a, Mae is Kent-street.
Is reply to the questions of the magistrate, Copping
farther said that the prisoner had always been • very in-
different character, and he should be able to show, ha
'thought, at • future examination, that he had bean tried
and convicted of felony.
The prisoner, who merely denied the charge, was re-
minded to • future day.