The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-16 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION HOUSE.

&mow woodho;;;;;; who hasbeta ;Z some time known
to the police as an active associate of thieves and house-,
breakers, was brought before Sir B. W. Carden, upon the
charge of having feloniousiy received a B.nk of England
note lot 20!., which had, together with other bank ,notes,
been stolen from Mrs. Parsons by two women and a little
girl, near the station at London-bridge.
Inspector Brennen, of the G division, said—Between
seven and eight o'clock this morning, in consequent* of
information which I received, I went with another con-
stable to No. 19, Sarah-street, Kingsland-road, Shorediuh.
I found the prisoner In bed there. I was in plain clothes,
and I said to him that I belonged to the police, and came
to take him into custody for being concerned, with others,
in stealing a sum of money in back notes, in the month of
July last, and that I was also informed that he had been
found recently dealing with a 20/. note, part of that
robbery, on which charge a publican named Foley
was in custody. He said, " I know nothing at all
about it. I know nothing of what you are talking of.
I don't thick you know what you are talking about your-
self. What do you want me for ?" I then repeated what
I had previously stated, and told him to dress himself. He
sat some time on the bad, and then I asked him, " Pray
how long are you going to keep me hers 1" He said, " You
know you must not ask me questions—it is not your duty."
After be had dreseed himself we proceeded down the Kings-
land-road towards Bhoraditeh church. He said, "Where are
you going to take me to ?" I said, " To Foley's public-boa., ;
end if you are not identified you shall not be detained." He
welted for some time, end then hesaid, " Well, you can
only make • vitae.' of me. I'll be a witness, so helping
God, 11 you like." He then said. " We went with Tom what's
his nuse—l forget his name, but Ted Foley known him
br these twenty years—last Wednesday week, and Tom
asked him whether he would buy a 201. note. We told him
it was square, and he said he did not care a He
bought it for 121. We told him not to take it to the Bank, or
it would burn him." He said " I don't think be (Ted
Foley) went himself to the Benk ; bet he sent some ens
else He told us he should not be gone above three quar-
ters of an boor, end I don't think he came back for two
hours and a halt." The note was, the prisoner said, an old
ripped up thing.
The prisoner—Witness, I wish to ask you a question.
You say that I stated that we went last Wednesday week to
Foley's. Now how could that be when every one knows
that the thing took plass this day week ?
Witness—l have only stated what I believed you said.
Russell (the detective officer) said—This day week Foley,
the publican, who is now in prison, was taken into custody
charged with having received a 201. note. I was prattle at
the time. The note was produced here, and was much
torn and dilapidated, and a lady named Parsons gave evi-
dence on that occasion of the loss of it. Oa Wednesday last,
on first going into Foley's house with the man named Bern-
stain, who had gone to the Bank to ebange the 201 note,
I saw the prisoner and another man at the end of the bar,
sitting on a tub, and when Foley came home afterwards be
was taken into custody, bat the prisoner and the other man
who accompanied him left the house after I went, and
Foley, upon speaking to his wife, said the men I had seen at
the bar were those from whom he had received the 201.
note.

Sir R. W. Carden—lt has been said that the prisoner is
known to the polioe. Has he been in prison on any serious
charge
Several officers said the prisoner bad boon several times
in prison, and bad lately been committed from the Mansion•
house.

The prisoner—That was ooly for wigging.
ffir. Goodman (the chief clerk) said the prisoner's con.
stout employment war to watch for and pick up countrymen,
induce them to go to low pnblio bonus, and rob them of
their money and watches, by tricks with cards.
The prisoner—That's all, my lord. It's mere wagging;
nothing but card playing. I know I was at Foley's at the
time the officer was there. There's no doubt of it.

The prisoner was remoulded.
Mr. Hobler, the solicitor to Foley, who was on Wednesday,
the 8..1e of August, remanded to prison upon the charge of
having feleniousty receiving the note, attended with ball (or
[bat prisoner, end offered two respectable sureties for the
appearance of bis client ; but
Sir H. W. Carden said it was quite impossible that be
could think of accepting bail alter the evidence he bad
heard that day.
The prisoner was then ordered to be brought up, together
with Foley, for further examination on a future day.
Joseph Sataideret, a well-known pickpocket, who has been
frequently committed from the Mansion-house and Guild-
hall justice rooms, and a young man of respectable appear-
ance named Ford, who laboured under the infirmity of
deafness, were charged with having stolen ten shillings and
athoence out of a lady'. pocket.
Thomas Smith, mvsenger at St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, said—Last night abut 8 o'clock, I was on London-
bridge, and Ford looked at me in rather a suspicious man-
ner, and then I observed Saunders in front of two females.
Ford wee clue behind them. I saw Saunders put his hand
into the pocket of one of the females, both of whom then
crossed over the bridge, and! went over to them and asked
them whether they had lost anything. They said they bed
not; but upon my saying " I was glad of that," one of them
put her hand in her pocket and said she had lost twelve
shillings. I then told her to follow me, end I called a
policeman. I saw the two prisoners in conversation together,
and they parted, and I ranged out Saunders to the pollee-
man as one of the two who had committed the robbery
Ford said to me, that I had better make a job of it.
Croes examined by Baundors-1 saw your hand in the
lady's pocket.
The complaisant said she knew nothing but that she had
been robbed of the money.
Ford—Ho says be saw me speaking to this boy (Saunders)
I call Ood to witness that I never saw the boy till I went
over to where the crowd was about him, and then I was
taken into custody,the first witness having pointed out me as I
one of them. I never thought of such a tbiog as picking
pockets.
Sir H. W. Carden very closely inquired into the particu
lays of the eau, and was informed by a detective policeman.
who asked about Ford's character in the neighbourhood in
which the young man resided, as well as about his pursuits,
that no imputation of any kind bad keen east upon him at
any time. The alderman, after having re-esamined the wit-
neueo, said, that of the guilt of Saunders there was not the
slightest doubt, but his opinion of Ford was quite different
from that he had been obliged to form of that offender. He
did not believe that Ford bad any the slightest participation
in the conduct of the person neat to whom he had been
placed at the bar, and it was his firm impression that the
witness Smith, who bad acted with such praiseworthy seal
for the service of the ladies, was mistaken as to the identity
of that young man, who would lease the justice-room with-
out any injury in his character.
Saunders was then sentenced to be imprisoned in Hollo-
way Gaol with hard labour for three calendar months.
GUILDHALL.

Sir Peter Laurie attendee with aaotber of Wm. Mark's
circulars, bearing the usual official looking blue seal. As
in former cues, Mark promises Mr. Balky, of 46, Fleet-
street, the favoured individual in this instance, that be shall
"hereof something of importance to his,advantagr," on for-
warding 11. marling to the "office for the settlement ~f
claims against the general government of the United
States," at 92, Warren street, New York, City. The worthy
alderman said he had expressed his opinion with regard tv
Wm. Mark and his fraudulent transactions, and the press
were giving every facility to expose him; it would there-
fore be unneuesary fur him to make any further remarks
to pat the public on their guard.
MARLBORO 00 H -STREET.
Lessen Eppelesee; wife of the Prussian ambassador's
porter, appeared before Mr. Bit ghats' to refute the charge
brought against keg by a cove try somui of having atoms
from her an ear jewel of the alleged value of 6,000 dollars.
The complainant, it will he recollected, stated that she
had a jewel is her possessior which she had rehired 6,000
dollars for at Leipzig, and which she had offered for sale to
the Baroness Rothschild ; that she went M the Premien
ambassador's for assistance ; that she showed the jewel to
the porter ; that the porter took her home to his wife, the
accused ; and that, alter staying two or three nights at the
prisoner's lodging, she missed her jewel ander circumstances
which induced her to charge the porter's wife with the
robbery.
Mr. Bingham, from the earnestness of the complainant,
although evidently not placieg entire credit in her story,
was induced to remand the charge to a future day, in order
to give time to the accused to produce evidence of her
innocence.
The sassed was enabled to bring forward such testimony
as clearly proved that the story wee trumped up, that the
jewel was valueless, cad that struts documents bearing the
Bareness Rothsehild'a sigrature were spurious.
Mr. Bingham wee satisfied with the evidence, and imme-
diately dismissed the charge.
Ilerbert Temp/mom was ordered to find boil to answer
the charge of keeping a house of ill fame, at 92, Newman-
street.
The house is well known as being conseeted with the
trifle in foreign prostitutes, and has more thou ogee attracted
the notice of the polies sad parish authorities.
Notelets Colbert was aloe brought into wort, dressed in
mane apparel, and required to find bell to answer the
charge.
Edwards one of the summoning (Maus of the court, by
the eurcisii of emisiderable dexterity, contrived to take the
woman into custody in Pantnn.street, in her disguise, and
just prepared for a flight to Peewee.
WISTMII4BTIIR.

AM Oak, daserihili;;isWeiZiProprieter, wee SOW
aped hr openly his bow hi *epeeist el %Miss with

persons resorting thereto. The defendant appeared to a
1 former summons, when be was described as the owner and
occupier of the house; but es in the evidence it was ascer-
tained that he was improperly described, the present sum•
mons was issued in terms describing him as a person using a
certain house.

Mr. Walsh, solicitor, Staples Inn, was engaged for the de-
fendant.

Nathaniel Lush, a Waterman, No. 15, D'Orleq•street,
Chelsea, stated that he was et the defendant's bi.usis on the
10th of J sly, at 12 o'clock at noon, when he was shown a list
of horses which had to run at the Liverpool Races. He
asked the defendant about the state of the adds in reference
to t►em, in consequence of which he deposited 7s upon
them. He gave a man at the bar half-a sovereign, and re-
ceived 3s. in change.
Witnesses were sworn for the defendant, who stated that
the complainant was at the house in the evening between
six and seven o'clock, and one of t►em, a man named
Ronson, said that he was at the bet all the day. He did
not see complainant there at 12 o'clock; and he gave the
complainant change for half a sovereign, which he tendered
for • pint of ale.
Hr. Arnold said that it was a question as to the credibility
of witnesses, and that be was inclined to believe the state•
Went of the complainant. The penalty for the offence was
for a sum not exceeding 1061, or a period of imprisonment
with hard labour without penalty.
The defendant was had in the mitigated penalty of 201.,
or in default of payment three months imprisonment in the
House of Correction.

Mr. Walsh gave notice of appeal, when bail was tempted
for his appearance at the unions—himself in 801. and two
sureties in W. each.

LAMBETH._

Francis Morris, a well-known and convicted thief, sur-
rendered in discharge of his bail.
On the night of Wednesday. the let inst., three notorious
pickpockets, named Caroline Cox, E.'s' Scott, and Agnes
Morris were apprehended at the Waterloo station by In-
spector Bent, while attempting to pick the pockets of some
passengers who had arrived by the Portsmouth train. When
taken to the police-station, toe prisoner Morris drew from
her arm-pit and close to her ski, a puns containing twenty-
five sovereigns, which she said were marked and were her
own property, and also a gold watch end chain, which she
said belonged to her. On the following day the prisoner
volunteered himself as a witness, sad swore that the money
in the purse was his proper, and that he had
given it to her to keep, but his account of him-
self, and his mode of living, was unsatisfactory, and
it was also sworn by a constable that the prisoner rushed to
the cab-door and spoke to his wife Agnes Morris, telling
her to my the money found en her was her own, and fur-
ther had made use of violent threats towards the constable.
Mr. Norton therefore was of opinion that he had something
to do with stealing the money found on his wife, end
ordered him into custody, but admitted him to bail. At the
subsequent examination of the prisoners they were all
sworn as notorious and convicted pickpockets, and the
three women were sent to Wandsworth Rouse of Correction

for three nsonthe each. The male prisoner, Morns, was
remanded en bail.

Yesterday Mr. Bent Informed the magistrate that though
he had received numerous communications from persons
who bed been robbed, none of them described the purse
bound on the prisoner, or the sovereigns lost, as marked.
Mr. Wontner, who attended on behalf of the prisoner,
applied for the restoration of the 251. found on his wile, and
also the watch and chain to be restored to his client, ob-
serving that from the admission of Mr. Bent that no robbery
had been committed, or at all events that there was no
reason to suppose that the money in question had formed
any part of a robbery.
The prisoner said the whole of the sovereigns were his
own, and that the reason for his marking them was this.
Having been in " t:ouble "he was of course known to the
police, and some members of that force being in the habit
of tskiag up persons like him from caprice or spite, he made
it a rule to mark all the money about him with a cross, so
that he might be able to speak to its identity as well as its
amount, and therefore they could not keep his property from
hits.

After some farther evidence Mr. Elliott laid that the
watch and chain might be restored, but he should not at
present make any order reopecticg the money.
The prisoner was discharged.